Tiger and Big Screen interviews
During this year’s festival, 28 films had their world premiere in the Tiger Competition and Big Screen Competition. Ahead of the festival, IFFR’s Festival Director Vanja Kaludjercic spoke with the filmmakers behind the films, to hear more about the inspiration behind their stories, creative process, themes and other insights into their works. Click on the links below to access the individual film pages and watch the interviews.
Tiger Competition
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L’arbre de l’authenticité
Sammy Baloji | 85′ | Congo, Democratic Republic | World premiere
A fascinating film essay exploring the Democratic Republic of Congo’s colonial history and ecology. -
Bad Girl
Varsha Bharath | 115′ | India | World premiere
A coming-of-age comedy which embraces the idea that romantic relationships aren’t everything in life. -
Blind Love
Julian Chou | 145′ | Taiwan | World premiere
A teen’s rebellion and his mother’s rekindled romance expose the cracks in their family’s façade. -
Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović | 112′ | Croatia | World premiere
A fascinating hybrid documentary dramatises a singular moment in early 20th-century Italian and Croatian history. -
La gran historia de la filosofía occidental
Aria Covamonas | 73′ | Mexico | World premiere
The remarkable history of Western philosophy, as you’ve never seen or heard it. -
Guo Ran
Li Dongmei | 90′ | China | World premiere
A searching portrait of a young couple’s relationship at a pivotal moment in their lives. -
Im Haus meiner Eltern
Tim Ellrich | 95′ | Germany | World premiere
A timely and uncompromising drama exploring the limitations of caring for those in need. -
Perla
Alexandra Makarová | 108′ | Austria | World premiere
A moving rumination on the power that the past holds over us. -
Primeira pessoa do plural
Sandro Aguilar | 119′ | Portugal | World premiere
An unsettling exploration of the foundations upon which a relationship is built. -
Sunshine Express
Amirali Navaee | 100′ | Iran | World premiere
An exercise in role-playing reinforces the restrictive nature of everyday life in Iranian society. -
Tears in Kuala Lumpur
Ridhwan Saidi | 95′ | Malaysia | World premiere
The Malaysian capital plays a key role in this portrait of lovelorn youth. -
Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World
Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert | 111′ | Belgium | World premiere
Deadpan humour drives this comedy about two cops investigating a spate of suicides. -
Wind, Talk to Me
Stefan Djordjevic | 100′ | Serbia | World premiere
Stefan Djordjevic crafts a poetic reflection and a powerfully moving portrait of his family. -
Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master
93′ | Montenegro | World premiere
A beautifully composed, 19th-century-set drama about an exiled leader longing for home.
Big Screen Competition
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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. -
Back to the Family
Sharunas Bartas | 91′ | Lithuania | World premiere
A magnetising and quietly devastating portrait of family life defined by regret and recrimination. -
Bad Painter
Albert Oehlen | 80′ | Germany | World premiere
A knowing portrait of painter Albert Oehlen, in the near future, by the painter himself. -
¡Caigan las rosas blancas!
Albertina Carri | 123′ | Argentina | World premiere
A transgressively funny and radically queer road movie that challenges the mainstream queer agenda. -
De Idylle
Aaron Rookus | 99′ | Netherlands | World premiere
A life-affirming drama about the members of one family seeking meaning in their lives. -
Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra
Hanung Bramantyo | 130′ | Indonesia | World premiere
A tale of sexual awakening from one of Indonesia’s most acclaimed filmmakers. -
Macai
Sun-J Perumal | 105′ | Malaysia | World premiere
A drug dealer trying to save his neck finds his world spinning out of control. -
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. -
The Puppet’s Tale
Suman Mukhopadhyay | 120′ | India | World premiere
An urbane doctor struggles with his destiny in a classical, deeply felt period drama. -
Raptures
Jon Blåhed | 108′ | Sweden | World premiere
A searing portrait of religious extremism, inspired by a movement in 1930s Sweden. -
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. -
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.