All About My Sisters
A searing portrait of Jin, filmed by her sister. Abandoned as a baby, Jin, now a young woman, faces multi-generational family trauma.
174'
USA
IFFR 2021
A special edition of Bright Future in which each programmer presents a fresh feature debut from the cutting edge of filmmaking.
Still: Phoenix
A searing portrait of Jin, filmed by her sister. Abandoned as a baby, Jin, now a young woman, faces multi-generational family trauma.
174'
USA
IFFR 2021
The sensation of being overwhelmed by nature shot in aesthetic black and white. With an undercurrent of spiritual connectedness.
79'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Poetic film essay on Syria – a country that for many now only exists in memories, or dreams.
83'
Canada
IFFR 2021
Upset by an anonymous note, a 12-year-old girl from a mountain village and her friends decide to visit her father in Shenzhen.
108'
China
IFFR 2021
Between repression and labouring on the khat plantations, Ethiopians dream of a better life. Rich impressions in poetic black and white.
120'
Ethiopia
IFFR 2021
A forty-year-old mother has to watch her expectations crumble in this subtle, superbly acted Brazilian drama.
87'
Brazil
IFFR 2021
Mysterious, poetic drama in which a woman washes ashore. She becomes acquainted with the previous inhabitants through their phone.
105'
Italy
IFFR 2021
Detectives hunt a murderous robot in this six-part science-fiction comedy that takes some serious swipes at the dangers of artificial intelligence.
240'
India
IFFR 2021
Freewheeling film celebrating both sexual and stylistic fluidity. Phoenix literally changes colour as the characters circle one another.
65'
Belgium
IFFR 2021
Hawaii as the intersection of ancient Polynesian culture, nature, colonialism, religion and astronomy. Full of immense images.
70'
USA
IFFR 2021
Ultimately compassionate Iranian drama about an incompetent man in his forties living with his mother, who suddenly dies.
85'
Iran
IFFR 2021
In a Malaysian village, a fishmonger suffers from a mysterious illness. Is it black magic? Did he upset a god?
105'
Malaysia
IFFR 2021
Distinctively styled film about a lonely young athlete with an all-controlling mother. An exceptional German debut.
92'
Germany
IFFR 2021
Kier-La Janisse helps us understand our current cultural malaise through this essay on an enigmatic aspect of horror cinema.
193'
USA
IFFR 2021