Big Screen Competition
Overview of films
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Splendid Isolation
Urszula Antoniak | 76' | Netherlands | None
Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET -
Steppenwolf
Adilkhan Yerzhanov | 102' | Kazakhstan | World premiere
A visceral, absurdist revenge thriller, embracing elements of the Western, set across the Kazakh steppes. -
La Sudestada
Daniel Casabé, Edgardo Dieleke | 86' | Argentina | World premiere
An endearing reflection on urban loneliness disguised as a shape-shifting, genre-bending detective story. -
Synapses
Chang Tso-chi | 119' | Taiwan | International premiere
Melancholy Taiwanese family drama about the meaning and function of memories and the indestructibility of family ties. -
Talking to a Stranger
Adrián García Bogliano | 104' | Mexico | World premiere
A grieving mother is confronted by an uncanny presence that wears the face of her lost child. -
Tell Me What You Feel
Łukasz Ronduda | 100' | Poland | World premiere
Łukasz Ronduda follows two young artists trying, and often failing, to find a language for connection. -
Tenement
Inrasothythep Neth, Sokyou Chea | 88' | Cambodia | World premiere
A manga artist experiences terrifying visions when visiting her ancestral home in Phnom Penh. -
Transnistra
Anna Eborn | 93' | Sweden | World premiere
She loves me? She loves me not? Uncertainty dominates the lives of youngsters in the tiny, unrecognised state of Transnistria. -
Voyages en Italie
Sophie Letourneur | 91' | France | World premiere
Romantic comedy that dissects, with breathtaking authenticity, couple dynamics and clichés of the transformative holiday. -
The Worst Man in London
Rodrigo Areias | 127' | Portugal | World premiere
Art lover. Rogue. Blackmailer. A fascinating portrait of Victorian art dealer Charles Augustus Howell. -
X&Y
Anna Odell | 112' | Denmark | International premiere
Anna Odell cast herself and various renowned Scandinavian actors for her playful experiment about boundaries, (gender) identity and fact vs. fict -
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past
Negishi Kichitaro | 128' | Japan | World premiere
A rapturous portrait of a pivotal moment in the life of Japanese poet Nakahara Chūya.