BFA
Overview of films
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Animal político
Tião | 76' | Brazil | International premiere
A cow tries to convince herself she’s really happy. But one evening, just before Christmas, she is overwhelmed by a sense of emptiness – a… -
The Bear Tales
Samuele Sestieri, Olmo Amato | 67' | Finland | International premiere
Through deserted Scandinavian landscapes, a robot monk follows a little red man. Only when they find a wounded teddy bear do they have a common… -
Bodkin Ras
Kaweh Modiri | 79' | Belgium | World premiere
Life stories of the inhabitants of a Scottish town were incorporated into the screenplay, after which they played themselves. The arrival of a strange -
Communication & Lies
Lee Seungwon | 103' | South Korea | International premiere
The driving force behind this character study of a young woman shot in casual black-and-white is the imperturbable and alarming lack of shame with whi -
Jacqueline (Argentine)
Bernardo Britto | 87' | USA | International premiere
Jacqueline wants to divulge a major government conspiracy, but the media won’t take the bait. Paranoia and boredom alternate while she waits for the m -
Of Shadows
Yi Cui | 80' | Canada | World premiere
The changes in China affect everyone. Hypnotically, yet also modestly, Of Shadows shows the creative world of shadow theatre and players whose way of -
Out of Love
Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito | 101' | Netherlands | World premiere
The boundary between passionate love and destructive obsession proves to be very thin for Varya and Nikolai, a couple whose fiercely blossoming relati -
Pacífico
72' | Mexico | World premiere
The building site of a house (designed by architect Ando Tadao) by the beach in Mexico is the setting for this loving, crystal-clear film focussing… -
The Sprawl (Propaganda About Propaganda)
Metahaven | 70' | Netherlands | World premiere
This documentary by the Dutch design and research studio Metahaven emphatically argues that the Internet has become a disruptive geopolitical super we -
The Strange Case of Shiva
Arun Karthick | 75' | India | International premiere
A real piece of author’s cinema that contemplates a young designer’s obsession with the photo of a girl. With no words, yet eloquently, the film… -
Strange Love
Natasha Mendonca | 75' | India | World premiere
Transgender Khush wants to transform his female body into a muscly Bollywood one. Suman is a musician whose work criticises the conservative socio-pol -
Tenemos la carne
Emiliano Rocha Minter | 79' | France | World premiere
Face to face with (and emerging from) a culture in which cruelty and lust are linked in a shocking way, this debut provides an intense,…