Big Screen Competition
Programme IFFR 2025
A diverse competition bridging the gap between popular, classic and art house cinema.
Overview of films
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¡Caigan las rosas blancas!
Albertina Carri | 123' | Argentina | World premiere
A transgressively funny and radically queer road movie that challenges the mainstream queer agenda. -
The Assistant
Wilhelm Sasnal, Anka Sasnal | 124' | Poland | World premiere
A bookbinder becomes an inventor’s assistant, navigating ambition, servitude, and the machinations of contemporary neo-liberal society. -
Back to the Family
Sharunas Bartas | 91' | Lithuania | World premiere
A magnetising and quietly devastating portrait of family life defined by regret and recrimination. -
Bad Painter
Albert Oehlen | 80' | Germany | World premiere
A knowing portrait of painter Albert Oehlen, in the near future, by the painter himself. -
Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra
Hanung Bramantyo | 130' | Indonesia | World premiere
A tale of sexual awakening from one of Indonesia’s most acclaimed filmmakers. -
De Idylle
Aaron Rookus | 99' | Netherlands | World premiere
A life-affirming drama about the members of one family seeking meaning in their lives. -
Macai
Sun-J Perumal | 105' | Malaysia | World premiere
A drug dealer trying to save his neck finds his world spinning out of control. -
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. -
The Puppet’s Tale
Suman Mukhopadhyay | 120' | India | World premiere
An urbane doctor struggles with his destiny in a classical, deeply felt period drama. -
Raptures
Jon Blåhed | 108' | Sweden | World premiere
A searing portrait of religious extremism, inspired by a movement in 1930s Sweden.