Big Screen Competition
Programma IFFR 2023
A diverse competition bridging the gap between popular, classic and art house cinema. An expert audience jury picks the winner.
Overview of films
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Avant l’effondrement
Alice Zeniter, Benoît Volnais | 96' | France | World premiere
An anonymous letter triggers a desperate search for the truth in this drama from acclaimed author Alice Zeniter. -
Before the Buzzards Arrive
Jonás N. Díaz | 96' | Mexico | World premiere
An unfolding reverie, haunting us with notions that make the real world seem fragile. -
Copenhagen Does Not Exist
Martin Skovbjerg | 98' | Denmark | World premiere
A tense psychological thriller turns into a coolly existentialist study on the limits of (com)passion. -
Drawing Lots
Zaza Khalvashi, Tamta Khalvashi | 84' | Georgia | World premiere
A droll mystery noir about a tight-knit seaside neighbourhood. -
Endless Borders
Abbas Amini | 111' | Czech Republic | World premiere
An exiled Iranian teacher helps an Afghan refugee family, triggering a multi-layered crisis of commitment. -
Le formiche di Mida
Edgar Honetschläger | 75' | Austria | World premiere
A cinematic search for the points in history where ideas of nature changed, partly narrated by a donkey. -
Four Little Adults
Selma Vilhunen | 121' | Finland | World premiere
Middle-aged people pursue a polyamorous relationship. In this tenderly humanist comedy, a different world is possible! -
La hembrita
90' | Dominican Republic | World premiere
An unfulfilled upper-class Dominican woman finds herself unexpectedly responsible for her maid’s granddaughter. -
Joram
Devashish Makhija | 134' | India | World premiere
The dreams of a young family crash into fate and broken promises in this drama-thriller. -
Luka
Jessica Woodworth | 94' | Armenia | World premiere
Jessica Woodworth’s fantasia of post-truth lunacy perhaps reflects the present more closely than is comfortable. -
My Little Nighttime Secret
Natalya Meshchaninova | 90' | Russia | World premiere
Fourteen-year-old Mira spends the night away from her family, but holds a terrible secret inside. -
Não Sou Nada – The Nothingness Club
Edgar Pêra | 92' | Portugal | World premiere
Edgar Pêra’s psychological thriller explores the demonically kaleidoscopic world of Portuguese modernist poet, Fernando Pessoa.