Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. Who is responsible?
Vera – Tizza COVI – Rainer FRIMMEL – 13:00 (Austria)
Official Competition
Salle des festivals
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the suburbs, she forms an intense relationship with an eight- year-old boy and his father. But soon she must realise that also in this world she is only an instrument for others.
La Ligne – Ursula MEIER – 15:11 (Switzerland) Filmmaker in Attendance
Playtime
Salle Bernard Taillefer
Grâce à l'application TWAVOX, cette séance est également disponible en audio-description et avec un sous-titrage pour sourds et malentendants.
After assaulting her mother during an argument, Margaret is arrested and ordered to stay 100 metres away from the family home. Margaret will never stop trying to make amends for her act and this imaginary line will crystallise all the tensions of this dysfunctional family.
Addi, a boy raised by a clairvoyant mother, decides to adopt a bullied misfit into his gang of outsiders. The boys explore aggression and violence but also learn about loyalty and love. As their behaviour escalates towards life–threatening situations, Addi begins to experience a series of visions.
The screening will be preceded by the short film in Competition Scale by Joseph Pierce.
3:30 PM
Serviam - I Will Serve – Ruth MADER – 17:45 (Austria) Filmmaker in Attendance
Hauteur
Le Coeur d'Or 3
An all-girl Catholic boarding school near Vienna for the wealthy Austrian elite and their children. Martha, 12, one of the nun’s favourite pupils, is a devoted girl who wishes to expiate the sins of the world. Encouraged by the nun, she is given a penance belt and taken to the abandoned upper floor.
Le Marchand de sable – Steve ACHIEPO – 19:21 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Summit
Salle des festivals
En présence du réalisateur Steve Achiepo et des interprètes Moussa Mansaly et Ophélie Bau
Djo is a delivery driver in the city of Cergy. As the crisis erupts in Côte d’Ivoire, he finds himself having to clandestinely house members of his family. The prospect of offering a better life to his daughter is gradually tipping him into a spiral where he will lose control.
La Belle Ville Booking possible – Manon TURINA – François MARQUES – 19:50 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Special screening
Le Coeur d'Or 1
Manon and François take you on an inspiring journey to the four corners of the world. They offer you their vision of the beautiful city of tomorrow, through the meeting of ordinary people, with revolutionary initiatives, which reconnect People, Cities and Nature.
The screening will be preceded by the short film in Competition Guy Proposes to His Girlfriend on a Mountain by Bernhard Wenger.
8:15 PM
Normale – Olivier BABINET – approved for all audiences – 21:47 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Summit
Salle des festivals
En présence du réalisateur Olivier Babinet, des scénaristes Juliette Sales et Fabien Suarez et de la productrice Barbara Letellier
Lucie is 15 years old and has a vivid imagination. She lives alone with William, her father, who, underneath his retarded teenage looks, is fighting multiple sclerosis. Between school, a small job and the burden of daily life, Lucie manages as best she can, and escapes into the writing of a whimsical autobiographical novel, which navigates between dream and reality... The announcement of the visit of a social worker will upset this precarious balance. Lucie and her father will have to redouble their inventiveness to give the illusion of a normal life.
La Petite Véronique Booking possible – Robert LAND – 21:45 (Austria)
Special screening
Le Coeur d'Or 1
Because the parental home cannot raise the money for its Confirmation, Véronique goes to Vienna. She soon finds herself in a suspicious environment, which conceals many experiences for the innocent girl.
Eismayer Booking possible – David WAGNER – 22:17 (Austria)
Official Competition
Le Coeur d'Or 3
Sergeant Major Eismayer is known and feared as the toughest training officer in the Austrian Armed Forces, ruthless with recruits and unwavering in his discipline, order and macho toughness. But when he starts to fall in love with Falak, a new recruit who unashamedly embraces his homosexuality, Eismayer‘s closeted existence is shaken to the core. Will he choose to protect his badass tough guy image over all else, or can he follow his heart and his true desire? Inspired by a true story.
