Tiger Competition

Photography, sex, reproduction and the power of minerals merge into one in this aesthetic alleviation of fear of the finite.

A young model returns to the Georgian countryside, where a confrontation with her past offers hope for the future.

Chinese road movie with Western elements in crisp black-and-white about a woman, a lobster and a great sorrow.

Stylised, dark thriller about a young Tunisian woman leading a double life: a contemporary Medusa for the #MeToo era.

Cross-section of life in a Corsican village where tradition is revered, observing the locals throughout one summer.

Mysterious, suggestive, often humorous drama about the suppressed needs of women in a small town in a depopulated rural part of Spain.

Monochrome impressions reveal the traumas that keep an influential Thai family imprisoned in emotional paralysis.

Plato, dildos, an injected tulip: reconstruction of a troubling case by idiosyncratic cinephile and talent from Rotterdam, Tim Leyendekker.

A succession of awkward interactions involving two rudderless millennial protagonists results in a wryly comical presentation of contemporary solipsism.

A penetrating mix of parody and desperation, about a Norwegian woman and a critical play that simply refuses to become reality.

The landscape gains a voice when elderly Sonja talks about being in the anti-fascist resistance and escaping from Auschwitz.

Sensory story of the Dominican messianic figure Papá Liborio and the community he inspired.

Delicate, observational coming-of-age story about Kosovan teenager Venera, struggling to go her own way in a strongly patriarchal situation.

The death of a trans woman links three lives in Brazil’s agrarian heartland. An ingenious debut, bursting with visual flair.

Feminist fable in which Ana ends up in a war between the sexes. Unruly adventure film in a gritty dream world.

A poverty-stricken father and son wander a southern Indian landscape where anger and frustration burn hotter than the sun.