The Tyger Burns
Overview of films
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Due scatole dimenticate
Cécilia Mangini, Paolo Pisanelli | 58' | Italy | World premiere
A self-portrait by Italy’s documentary grand dame, Cécilia Mangini, triggered by memories of a journey in the 1960s to war-torn Vietnam. -
Family Romance, LLC
Werner Herzog | 89' | USA | None
Ishii, the owner of Family Romance, LLC, is hired to play the absent father of a young teenage Japanese girl. -
Les fleurs oubliées
André Forcier | 102' | Canada | International premiere
Brother Marie-Victorin, botanist-priest, is bored by heaven. Back among the living, he becomes the unlikeliest of eco-warriors. A gentle yet uproariou -
Fragments
James Scott | 43' | USA | World premiere
A portrait of pop artist and filmmaker Derek Boshier (1937), while working on major new works, by legendary filmmaker/artist James Scott. -
A Frenchman
Andrei Smirnov | 128' | Russia | International premiere
A mellow look back at the Soviet Union when it was sizzling, by Brežnev-era cinema star Andrei Smirnov. -
The Hidden Fountain – The World of Miriam Chalfi
Raquel Chalfi | 100' | Israel | None
An ambiguous portrait of the famous Israeli sculptor Miriam Chalfi by her equally celebrated daughter, poet Raquel Chalfi. -
The Home & The World Today
Aparna Sen | 146' | India | None
An elegantly directed, vital update of Rabīndranāth Ṭhākur’s seminal 1916 novel about the struggle between tradition and modernity, politics and priva -
In Pieces
Ruy Guerra | 93' | Brazil | World premiere
One man, two lovers, in the same apartment and yet oceans apart from each other. Paranoia is the name of the game. -
Labyrinth of Cinema
Obayashi Nobuhiko | 179' | Japan | International premiere
A cinema is transformed into a time machine. Arguably the most flamboyant, madly inventive movie trip IFFR 2020 has to offer! -
Leonie, actrice en spionne
Annette Apon | 90' | Netherlands | World premiere
In search of a woman with a myriad of faces. But who was Leonie Brandt really? And is there a ‘really’ here? A documentary thriller. -
The Long Road
Mette Knudsen | 106' | Denmark | None
A playfully personal chronicle of feminism in Denmark that combines research into suffragette history with reminiscences of 1970s hopes and disillusio -
Love’s Twisting Path
Nakajima Sadao | 94' | Japan | European premiere
The return of grandmaster Nakajima Sadao to his most beloved genre: the sword-fighting film. With a twist!