Big Screen Competition
Overview of films
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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. -
A Perfectly Normal Family
Malou Reymann | 93' | Denmark | World premiere
When the father of two Danish girls becomes a trans woman, the younger daughter in particular struggles with this radical transition. -
El perro que no calla
Ana Katz | 73' | Argentina | European premiere
Kind-hearted thirty-something Sebastián hops listlessly from job to job in this pleasing mix of empathetic drama and the slightly absurd. -
Portrait of a Certain Orient
Marcelo Gomes | 92' | Brazil | World premiere
A potent parable of religious intolerance and cultural difference, about Lebanese migrants living in Brazil. -
The Puppet’s Tale
Suman Mukhopadhyay | 120' | India | World premiere
An urbane doctor struggles with his destiny in a classical, deeply felt period drama. -
Queen of Hearts
May el-Toukhy | 127' | Denmark | European premiere
An ostensibly happy woman risks her marriage and family life by seducing her stepson. -
Raptures
Jon Blåhed | 108' | Sweden | World premiere
A searing portrait of religious extremism, inspired by a movement in 1930s Sweden. -
Seven Seas Seven Hills
Ram | 135' | India | World premiere
An immortal and an everyman meet in this irresistible mix of melodrama, comedy and spectacle. -
Sexual Drive
Yoshida Kota | 70' | Japan | World premiere
Triptych on sex, aphrodisiac foods and secret desires. No explicit sex, but plenty of very sensual close-ups of women eating. -
Soft Leaves
Miwako Van Weyenberg | 94' | Belgium | World premiere
A tender, coming-of-age story of a young girl facing up to the realities of life.