Big Screen Competition
Overview of films
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Bad Painter
A knowing portrait of painter Albert Oehlen, in the near future, by the painter himself.
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Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
A rapturous portrait of a pivotal moment in the life of Japanese poet Nakahara Chūya.
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Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra
A tale of sexual awakening from one of Indonesia’s most acclaimed filmmakers.
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L’oro del Reno
Channelling the carnivalesque spirit of Fellini, this is the story of a lesser-known, Italian Rhine.
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The Assistant
A bookbinder becomes an inventor’s assistant, navigating ambition, servitude, and the machinations of contemporary neo-liberal society.
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Our Father – The Last Days of a Dictator
A fading dictator clings to illusions of power as his world quietly collapses around him.
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The Puppet’s Tale
An urbane doctor struggles with his destiny in a classical, deeply felt period drama.
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Back to the Family
A magnetising and quietly devastating portrait of family life defined by regret and recrimination.
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