Big Screen Competition
Overview of films
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Moonglow
Isabel Sandoval | 120' | Philippines | World premiere
Dahlia, a police officer, is tasked with investigating the heist she secretly committed. -
Mosquito
João Nuno Pinto | 122' | Brazil | World premiere
Mozambique, 1917. Teenage soldier Zacarias travels alone through this Portuguese colony, dizzy with malaria. A film like a feverish dream. -
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. -
The North Wind
Renata Litvinova | 122' | Russia | World premiere
The matriarchal Margarita struggles to keep the power over her family’s future after her son is hit by a tragedy. -
Now I Met Her
Xiao Luxi | 121' | China | World premiere
A teenager discovers his late mother’s diary and begins piecing together the life she once led. -
Okiku and the World
Sakamoto Junji | 90' | Japan | World premiere
Romance, resilience and waste management in Edo-era Japan. A jidaigeki that sparkles with wit and joy. -
The Old Bachelor
Oktay Baraheni | 192' | Iran | World premiere
An Iranian-set family drama of Shakespearean proportions which explores the corrosiveness of patriarchy. -
One Win
Shin Yeon-Shick | 115' | South Korea | World premiere
It ain’t about how hard you can serve, it’s whether you can serve to win. -
Orenda
Pirjo Honkasalo | 117' | Finland | World premiere
A beautifully restrained drama and portrait of two women grappling with guilt and the possibility of redemption. -
L’oro del Reno
Lorenzo Pullega | 90' | Italy | World premiere
Channelling the carnivalesque spirit of Fellini, this is the story of a lesser-known, Italian Rhine. -
Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator
José Filipe Costa | 108' | Portugal | World premiere
A fading dictator clings to illusions of power as his world quietly collapses around him.