Skin Deep – Alex SCHAAD – forbidden under 16 – 12:18 (Germany)
Official Competition
At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins, which changes everything.
Vera – Tizza COVI – Rainer FRIMMEL – 15:20 (Austria) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
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.
Les Survivants – Guillaume RENUSSON – 17:48 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Samuel goes into seclusion in his chalet in the heart of the Italian Alps. One night, a woman takes refuge in his house. She is Afghan and wants to cross the mountain to France. Samuel decides to help her but beyond the hostility of nature, it is the hostility of men that they will have to face...
Les Cyclades Booking possible – Marc FITOUSSI – 22:50 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Preview
Grâce à l'application TWAVOX, cette séance est également disponible en audio-description et renforcement sonore.
After years of losing touch with each other, Blandine and Magalie decide to take the trip they have always dreamed of. They head for Greece, its sun, its islands, but also its problems, because the former best friends now have a very different approach to holidays... and to life!
The Ordinaries – Sophie LINNENBAUM – 12:55 (Germany) Filmmaker in Attendance
Playtime
In a repressive three class-society, Paula, a simple Supporting Character, has to prove she deserves to be a Lead but so far has failed in generating great emotional music. In search of a solution, she finds herself in the abyss of the cinematic world, lost amongst the Outtakes.
My Love Affair with Marriage – Signe BAUMANE – 15:38 (Latvia)
Playtime
From an early age, songs and fairytales convince Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abides by societal expectations of how a girl should act. But as she grows older something doesn't seem right with this concept of love... A story of inner-female rebellion.
Eismayer – David WAGNER – 17:42 (Austria) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
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.
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?
La Ligne – Ursula MEIER – 15:11 (Switzerland) Filmmaker in Attendance
Playtime
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.
Into the Ice – Lars Henrik OSTENFELD – approved for all audiences – 12:01 (Denmark)
Playtime
INTO THE ICE follows groundbreaking and dangerous research expeditions over the Greenland Inland Ice. Ostenfeld accompanies glaciologists as they search for data to help answer an urgent question of our time: how fast is the ice melting and how much time do we have to make a new plan for the world?
L'Homme le plus heureux du monde – Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA – approved for all audiences – 17:45 (Republic of Macedonia) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness.
Un petit frère Booking possible – Léonor SERRAILLE – 20:26 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
The screening will be preceded by the short film in Competition Claudio's Songby Andreas Nilsson.
6:30 PM
En plein feu Booking possible – Quentin REYNAUD – 20:25 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Preview
Grâce à l'application TWAVOX, cette séance est également disponible en audio-description et avec un sous-titrage pour sourds et malentendants.
As a forest fire ravages the region for weeks, Simon and his father Joseph must leave their home and hit the road following evacuation alerts. Trapped in their vehicle in a forest transformed into a giant blaze, will Simon and Joseph manage to escape?
Toi non plus tu n'as rien vu Booking possible – Béatrice POLLET – 22:43 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Preview
Claire and Sophie studied together. They are both lawyers. Claire is going to be charged with attempted homicide of a child under 15. Sophie will take on her defence. How did Claire, already a mother of two, neither see nor feel that she was pregnant again?
Nos soleils – Carla SIMÓN – approved for all audiences – 12:15 (Spain) Filmmaker in Attendance
Oscar on skis
For as long as they can remember, the Solé family has spent every summer picking the peaches in their orchard in Alcarràs, Catalonia. But this year’s crop may well be their last, as they face eviction. For the first time, they face an uncertain future and risk losing more than their orchard.
Divertimento – Marie-Castille MENTION-SCHAAR – 15:15 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Preview
At 17, Zahia Ziouani dreams of becoming a conductor and Fettouma, her twin sister, a professional cellist. Lulled by classical symphonic music since their childhood, they wish to make it accessible to all and in all territories.
