International Competition Programme

Marana

Giovanni Benini, Davide Provolo, Italy, 2020, 64'

In the Italian foothills, summer is almost over. Mirko and Max meet in the forest and wander in abandoned places, while Giorgia and Lorenzo live timid moments of intimacy.

Bewegungen eines nahen Bergs

Sebastian Brameshuber, AustriaFrance, 2019, 86'

In a remote, abandoned industrial site near a centuries-old ore mine in the Austrian Alps, a self-taught mechanic runs a business exporting used cars to his native Nigeria.

Pahokee

Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan, USA, 2019, 112'

In a small agricultural town in the Florida Everglades, hopes for the future are concentrated on the youth. Four teens face heartbreak and celebrate in the rituals of an extraordinary…

Space Dogs

Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, AustriaGermany, 2019, 91'

According to the legend Laika, the first living being sent into space, returned to Earth as a ghost and still roams the streets of Moscow alongside her free-drifting descendants.

El cuarto reino

Alex Lora, Adán Aliaga, Spain, 2019, 83'

The Fourth Kingdom depicts the day-to-day life of a can collection and recycling center in a New York neighborhood.

L'âge d'or

Jean-Baptiste Alazard, France, 2020, 68'

In an old sheepfold without water or electricity, two farmers make their wine, compose their music and live their love to the rhythm of the seasons.

A Metamorfose dos pássaros

Catarina Vasconcelos, Portugal, 2020, 101'

Beatriz married Henrique on the day of her 21st birthday. Henrique, a naval officer, would spend long periods at sea.

Il Passo Dell'Acqua

Antonio di Biase, Italy, 2019, 52'

From the mountain to the sea, through the eyes of three solitary souls: an old shepherd, an elderly widow and a retired fisherman.

Victoria

Sofie Benoot, Liesbeth De Ceulaer, Isabelle Tollenaere, Belgium, 2019, 71'

In the Mojave Desert, not far from Los Angeles, lies the unfinished city of California City. Lashay T. Warren (25) left behind his turbulent past in LA to build a…