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International A

Cloud Study
Drama Germany
15:00
Dir. Esa-Lu Lorenz
Olive, a young aspiring designer, receives a letter from an old relative that makes her pause. Confronted with the meaning of a lifetime she suddenly comes closer to herself again and manages to take a step back from her own reality.

Whistle
Drama Greece 19:13
Dir. Thanasis Protatos
A woman finds herself trapped at a friends reunion. To avoid boredom, she escapes the gathering.

In Bethlehem Beyond
Doco Greece 20:25
Dir.Kallirroi Kostikoglou
A documentary about how the dead and the living coexist and how death breathes in us through the work or two women who dig graves.

Mother Drama
Poland 29:08
Dir.Sebastian Kwidziński
Paulina (35 years old) is out on parole after serving a prison sentence for the murder of her husband Andrzej. She returns to her hometown to meet her 11-year-old son Nikodem.

Trespass
Thriller United Kingdom 14:09
Dir. Desmond Lynch
A young boy witnesses the murder of his father on his doorstep in Belfast, 1976. As an older man he works his way into the home of the man who shot his father dead.

International B

Where Motion Has Not Yet Ceased
Documentary Canada 17:00
Dir. Juliette Balthazard
Prague, 2022 – Having found refuge from the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, two women and their young daughters face the waiting and hope of an imminent return to Ukraine. Shelved in this city, these women tell the story of their past and give access to their daily life, their present, in which they try to learn how to live again.

Shirin’s Bitter Tears
Drama Iran 7:00
Dir. Amin Fallah
Shirin, a female filmmaker under a travel ban due to restrictions on artistic activities, has turned to street vending and in order to reclaim her confiscated items, she enters the cold and harsh environment of the municipal office.

I Promise You Violence
Animation Mexico 9:07
Dir. Juan Maria Leon
A visual exploration of the personal memories of coming of age during the so-called “war against narco” in Mexico.

Peace with Myself
Animation Israel 3:50
Dir. Sally Boger
Through animation music and voiceover, the creator looks back into her past and deals with the sexual abuse that she experienced when she was 9 years old.

The Samaritain
Drama France 20:00
Dir. Mary Arnaud
An abbey, far from the world. Thomas, 25 years old, leads a life of prayer and silence. A few days before his final vows that will make him a monk, an encounter will shake his convictions.

A Good Boy
Drama France 19:00
Dir. Paul Vincent de Lestrade
Maxime is 16 years old and a promising swimmer, he is about to enter a sport study program. One afternoon, the police interrupts a training session to question his coach, who has been accused of sexual abuse by one of the club’s young swimmers. These accusations will crack the armour of silence that Max has built to survive the abuse he himself suffered years earlier.

Lunge
Drama Iran 15:00
Dir. Negar Hassanzadeh
An Iranian fencer at the world fencing championships is not allowed to play her next match, because if she loses, she will face the Israeli team and the Iranian team is not allowed to compete with the Israeli team.

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