Big Screen Competition
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. -
2m²
Volkan Üce | 83' | Belgium | World premiere
How Much Land Does a Man Require? The answer could be: 2m² – the size of a grave. -
Aire: Just Breathe
Leticia Tonos Paniagua | 91' | Dominican Republic | World premiere
In the near future, a scientist races against time to change humanity’s fate. -
The Arab
Malek Bensmail | 106' | Algeria | World premiere
The unnamed figure from Albert Camus’ L’étranger is reframed through the testimony of his ageing brother. -
Archipel
Félix Dufour-Laperrière | 72' | Canada | World premiere
Animation, imagination and reality merge in this enchanting search for the soul of the French-Canadian province of Quebec. -
Aristocrats
Sode Yukiko | 124' | Japan | International premiere
Sophisticated, layered drama about breaking out of your social bubble and looking for love in contemporary Japan. -
As We Like It
Chen Hung-i, Muni Wei | 107' | Taiwan | World premiere
Energetic, colourful reworking of Shakespeare’s love story, in which the lovebirds are now played by women. Set in the bustling metropolis of Ta -
Assault
90' | Kazakhstan | -
Anonymous terrorists taking hostages at a school forces the members of an impromptu assault team to face their personal fears. -
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. -
Aurora
Paz Fábrega | 92' | Costa Rica | World premiere
A loving, painstaking study of the dilemmas of a girl facing an unwanted pregnancy and the woman helping her. -
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. -
Back to the Family
Sharunas Bartas | 91' | Lithuania | World premiere
A magnetising and quietly devastating portrait of family life defined by regret and recrimination.