60 min Section: Youth Days This selection is made up of short films about the need for belonging: to a culture, to a family, to a group; about searching, about trying and reconnecting. “Out of the City” (dir. Ahmed Essam Soliman, 2023, 10 min) “Blue” (dir. Ana Vîjdea, 2024, 20 min) “Sister of Mine” (dir....See more details
1940, SUA, 124', r: James Algar, Samuel Armstrong, Ford Beebe Jr., ANIMAȚIE, s.rom.
Fiul unor refugiați armeni, mic de statură, sărac și cu o voce considerată atipică – mulți credeau că Charles Aznavour nu va reuși niciodată. Dar, prin muncă asiduă, ambiție și o voință de neclintit, a devenit un simbol al muzicii și al culturii franceze....See more details
87 min Section: Youth Days The most diverse and unexpected of associations include everything from a Romanian found footage film (“The Diary of Florica S.”) to a film made with video games (“How to Disappear”). “The Diary of Florica S.” (dir. Eugenia Gutu, 1975, 10 min) “Bimbos Against Capitalism” (dir....See more details
1974, SUA, 123', r: Robert Altman, DRAMĂ, POLIȚIST, s.rom.
THE SHARDS Directed by: Masha Chernaya Documentary – Georgia, Germany – 2024 – 90 min Section: Exist to Resist In Spring 2022 Masha prepares to leave Russia — her homeland that has changed. It turns into chain of unexpected farewells: her mom dies of cancer, her lover flees army conscription, everything including her own old self is falling apart....See more details
Directed by: Marc Isaacs Documentary – United Kingdom – 2020 – 75 min Section: Focus Marc Isaacs When the Filmmaker is told his next film must be about crime, sex or celebrity to get funded, he takes matters into his own hands and begins shooting in his home with a cast of characters connected to his own life....See more details
Directed by: Benjamin Brown, Sam Chown-Ahern, Robin Elliott-Knowles, Georgia Kumari Bradburn, Lucy Walker, Steven Eastwood Documentary – United Kingdom – 2024 – 67 min Section: Dialogues “The Stimming Pool” is an experimental—at times fantastical—hybrid feature film, co-created by a collective of autistic artists, the Neurocultures Collective, and filmmaker Steven Eastwood, who invite you into a neurodiverse world within the undulating logic of neurotypical environments.
1976, SUA, 124', r: Robert Altman, COMEDIE, DRAMĂ, s.rom.
Directed by: Farah Kassem Documentary – Lebanon, Qatar, Denmark – 2024 – 180 min Section: Dialogues After more than a decade, Farah returns to her hometown Tripoli in Lebanon to live with her widowed aging father, Mustapha. Their generational differences often lead to clashing perspectives on the country’s political instability, making it difficult to communicate with each other....See more details