International Competition

Can cinema and literature justly express the tragedy of war? Conversing with renowned exiled Syrian writer Samar Yazbek, the film weaves different visual and sound elements to face the violence of this world. Then what is the work of a writer?

Memory prevents rest and a woman about to die takes advantage of cinema to tell her story (inseparable from that of Franco’s Spain) and to say goodbye. A domestic film of ghosts.

Da periferia para a baixa da cidade, Mariano atravessa Córdova na sua mota. Conduz e passeia com Constanza, explorando a cidade. Uma lei recente permite detenções discriminatórias. Entre manifestações e feiras, estabelecem uma ligação emocional.

"A self-reflexive documentary on the extraordinary Mexican/Chicano performance artist Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s 40-year career alongside his international troupe La Pocha Nostra. When the media is filled with demonizing stories about the US–Mexico border, the film presents the philosophical frameworks of an artist with a dedication to artistic interventions on that border, and presents a portrait of his troupe on the road for three years. Featuring footage from his archive, Gómez-Peña enacts his interventions by reclaiming and “queering the border” as a laboratory for utopian ideas and experiments."

Child prodigy, scandalous author, traitor to the fatherland, feminist, fashion lover, communist, language terrorist, rebel, vulnerable artist. A film about Elfriede Jelinek, who was the first Austrian writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Nizhny Tagil, September of 2021. Two musicians meet to compose the song Ya Videl for a new album. The film is a memory, a gesture that against all odds reminds the true power and beauty of art creation, a bitter Orphic attempt to look back.

O filme acompanha a migração repleta de perigos dos caranguejos chineses, importados da China por acaso no início do século XX. Uma parábola poética moderna, uma metáfora existencial e slapstick, mostrando o mundo “pelo olhar de um animal”.

A young woman wearing a camouflage backpack crosses a provincial town under lockdown and its outskirts. Once at the destination, a strange mourning protocol awaits her. With 16mm images and music by Throbbing Gristle, the film reflects grief and loneliness.

Performance de poesia por Gōzō Yoshimasu em 2019. Enquanto ele arranha um poema e canaliza a energia para o desenho, a banda de vanguarda Kukan Gendai esculpe formas sonoras. Um universo inteiro ganha importância por meio de uma competição entre voz e música.

Nikita and Volha have had a dysfunctional relationship for the past 8 years. They play fictional Nikita and Volha, who have just met. Can anything be started anew at the end of history? A bittersweet reflection on Belarus masterfully shot in one take.

“Filmei os meus amigos entre 1995 e 2000. Tínhamos dezasseis anos, vinte, era uma festa.” O realizador revisita arquivos da sua juventude. Estas imagens de vídeo granuladas contêm o universo inteiro das sombras. Tempo recuperado, a eternidade está no cinema.

Pierre Guyotat em casa, entre 2002 e 2009. Cenas da vida de um escritor. Um cinema atento dá-nos um vislumbre da intimidade do seu trabalho. O protagonista é o próprio texto, seja como contemplação da história, memórias pessoais ou ditado hipnótico.