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There\u2019s something for everyone in this year’s International competition. Comedy, genre films, thrillers, romance, social commentary, suspense, and sometimes a little bit of everything at once. 64 films that tell stories and sometimes History navigate between wide-open spaces and intimate confrontations, between promising beginnings and difficult endings, between unexpected bursts of laughter and teary eyes.<\/p>\n

First, there are the longings for elsewhere. To see a little further, to step outside the box, as in Out of Window<\/em> (China), where a worker caught up in the dark machinations of one of his colleagues seeks a glimmer of hope in the landscape through his window. In When You Will Be Big<\/em> (United States) and Buah<\/em> (Singapore), nature becomes a new playground. We take our time, feet in the water and in the heart of the woods, to experience unexpected adventures and to rediscover ourselves at the dawn of a new beginning. And then there are the constrained horizons, those that no longer open up, those that cause you to dream of what lies on the other side. In Kentucky Gaza<\/em> (Jordan, Palestine), a young man embarks on a series of strange adventures with his group of friends. A quest where the holy grail takes the form of a bucket of golden fried chicken brought from beyond the checkpoints. Destinies that yearn for a place somewhere else, near or far.<\/p>\n

And then there are those who stand rooted to the spot, stuck in their daily routine, close to losing it. In the delightful A Shot at Art<\/em> (Netherlands), volunteers at a contemporary art event take advantage of an unusual installation to blow off some steam. At a time when AI is transforming our world and the way it operates, a group of diehards decides to fight against the omnipresence of robots by taking up space in We Were Here<\/em> (India). They become a backup camera, a microwave, or a satellite dish in a funny and offbeat mockumentary. In Obi Is a Boy<\/em> (Nigeria), Obi decides to finally embrace his identity in the eyes of everyone, in a society where simply being yourself can lead to hatred. Others, always others, with their inquisitive stares, sometimes disguised with insincere good intentions, as in Ovary-Acting<\/em> (Norway, UK, Sweden) by director Ida Melum (selected in the International competition in 2022). A young woman endures the incessant questions of her family regarding her lack of desire to have children, until her uterus gets involved\u2026 literally.<\/p>\n

When things get tough, what better way to let off steam than with a good song? The contestants in this International Competition have taken this principle to heart. From “The Final Countdown” in Myggor & Salta<\/em> (Sweden) to “No Limit” in Ride Your Horse<\/em> (China), there will be no shortage of hit songs to set the rhythm for this year’s programs. Hit songs are also featured in Nostalgie<\/em> (United Kingdom), in which Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger from Game of Thrones<\/em>) shines as a somewhat washed-up singer who discovers that one of his songs has become the anthem for an unexpected cause. But above all, music brings people together. It creates timeless moments, as in The Singers<\/em> (United States), where the patrons of a bar embark on a mesmerizing singing competition. Moments suspended in time where people and music take center stage.<\/p>\n

So let’s sing, travel, fight, laugh, and rejoice together with this new International selection. A feast for our eyes, ears, and hearts!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A SHOT AT ART<\/strong><\/td>\nIlke Paddenburg \/ Netherlands \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 17′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AGAPITO<\/strong><\/td>\nArvin Belarmino, Kyla Romero \/ Philippines, France \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AIR HORSE ONE<\/strong><\/td>\nLasse Linder \/ Switzerland, Belgium \/ 2025 \/ Documentary \/ 21′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASH VALLEY: JANYL<\/strong><\/td>\nShu Zhu \/ Canada, Kyrgyzstan \/ 2024 \/ Experimental iction \/ 17′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASK VE DIGERLERI (LOVE AND THE OTHERS)<\/strong><\/td>\nBerna Sitera De\u011firmen \/ Turkey \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ASTRONAUTA<\/strong><\/td>\nGiorgio Giamp\u00e0 \/ Italy, Guatemala, Mexico France \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 16′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BALCONADA<\/strong><\/td>\nIva Tokmakchieva \/ Bulgaria, France \/ 2025 \/ Animated iction \/ 8′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EL BANNER (THE BANNER)<\/strong><\/td>\nTom\u00e1s Terzano \/ Argentina, Spain \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BIRTHMARK<\/strong><\/td>\nGeorge Peter Barbari \/ Lebanon, France, Croatia \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BLEAT!<\/strong><\/td>\nAnanth Subramaniam \/ Malaysia, Philippines \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BREAKING WALLS<\/strong><\/td>\nJan-Dirk Bouw \/ Netherlands, Nelgium, Norway \/ 2025 \/ Animated documentary \/ 23′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BROKEN DAWN<\/strong><\/td>\nHae-oh Park \/ South Korea \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 16′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BUAH (FRUIT)<\/strong><\/td>\nJen Nee Lim \/ Singapore \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BUDA<\/strong><\/td>\nRapha\u00ebl Kaddour \/ Belgium \/ 2025 \/ Documentary \/ 24′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C\u00c3O SOZINHO (DOG ALONE)<\/strong><\/td>\nMarta Reis Andrade \/ Portugal, France \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 13′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CASI SEPTIEMBRE (CLOSE TO SEPTEMBER)<\/strong><\/td>\nLuc\u00eda G. Romero \/ Spain \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 30′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CE QU’ON LAISSE DERRI\u00c8RE (WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND)<\/strong><\/td>\nJean-S\u00e9bastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte \/ Canada \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 11′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C\u0152UR BLEU (BLUE HART)<\/strong><\/td>\nSamuel Suffren \/ Haiti, France \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC<\/strong><\/td>\nBlake Winston Rice \/ United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 14′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EASTER DAY<\/strong><\/td>\nMykola Zasieiev \/ Ukraine, France \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FRUTAFIZZ<\/strong><\/td>\nKauan Okuma Bueno \/ Brazil \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GARDIENNES DE NUIT (NIGHT WATCHERS)<\/strong><\/td>\nNina Khada \/ France, Algeria \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 25′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE GREAT ORGAN<\/strong><\/td>\nMichalis Kimonas, Roxanne Krimizi \/ Greece \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 33′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IM AUTO TAPES UND BUTTERBROT (WITH TAPES AND TOASTS IN THE CAR)<\/strong><\/td>\nKiana Naghshineh \/ Germany, France \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 14′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KENTUCKY GAZA<\/strong><\/td>\nOmar Rammal \/\u00a0 Jordan \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 22′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
KIIEVI TORT (KYIV CAKE)<\/strong><\/td>\nMykyta Lyskov \/ Estonia \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 22′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LOQUITA POR TI (CRAZY FOR YOU)<\/strong><\/td>\nGreta D\u00edaz Moreau \/ Spain \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 19′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LOYNES<\/strong><\/td>\nDorian Jespers \/ Belgium, France, Macedonia, United Kingdom \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 25′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MAGID \/ ZAFAR<\/strong><\/td>\nLu\u00eds Hindman \/ United Kingdom \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 19′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MANGO SEED<\/strong><\/td>\nBerni Jiang \/ Australia \/ 2024 \/ Fiction \/ 14′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MARDOCHI<\/strong><\/td>\nLucas Gloppe \/ France, Tunisia \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 27′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MOGWA (QUINCE)<\/strong><\/td>\nSo-hye Baek \/ South Korea \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 34′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MOTHER OF A SON<\/strong><\/td>\nKevin Koch \/ Germany \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MYGGOR & SALTA PINNAR (A REAL SWEDISH MIDSOMMAR)<\/strong><\/td>\nVille Gobi \/ Sweden \/ 2024 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NING\u00da BORDA (NOBODY BARKS)<\/strong><\/td>\nJ\u00falia Coldwell Serra \/ Spain \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NO MEAN CITY<\/strong><\/td>\nRoss McClean \/ United Kingdom \/ 2025 \/ Documentary \/ 14′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NO PLACE LIKE HOME<\/strong><\/td>\nShen-Chieh Tsang \/ Taiwan \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 12′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NORHEIMSUND<\/strong><\/td>\nAna A. Alpizar \/ Cuba, United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 12′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOSTALGIE<\/strong><\/td>\nKathryn Ferguson \/ United Kingdom \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 19′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NOT SCARED, JUST SAD<\/strong><\/td>\nIsabelle Mecattaf \/ Lebanon, Bulgaria \/ 2025 \/ Documentary \/ 18′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OBI IS A BOY<\/strong><\/td>\nDika Ofoma \/ Nigeria \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 16′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ONE TROPICAL RAIN OF LOVE AND GUILT<\/strong><\/td>\nSein Lyan Tun \/ Indonesia \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OUT OF WINDOW<\/strong><\/td>\nJiahe Li \/ China \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OVARY-ACTING<\/strong><\/td>\nIda Melum \/ Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 12′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IL PONTE (THE BRIDGE)<\/strong><\/td>\nGiacomo Bendotti \/ Italy \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 17′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PORQUE HOJE \u00c9 S\u00c1BADO\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nAlice E\u00e7a Guimar\u00e3es \/ Portugal, Spain, France \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 12′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QUI PART \u00c0 LA CHASSE (HUNTING)<\/strong><\/td>\nLea Favre \/ Switzerland \/ 2025 \/ Documentaire anim\u00e9 \/ 11′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RIDE YOUR HORSE<\/strong><\/td>\nDongxu Song \/ China \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 21′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RU NI SUO YUAN (CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG)<\/strong><\/td>\nHao Zhou \/ Germany, United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Documentary \/ 22′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SENTO<\/strong><\/td>\nNoemie Nakai \/ United Kingdom, Japan \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 9′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
THE SINGERS<\/strong><\/td>\nSam Davis \/ United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Experimental fiction \/ 18′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TURISTI (TOURISTS)<\/strong><\/td>\nMaria Kralovi\u010d \/ Slovakia, France, Czech Republic \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNA VEZ EN UN CUERPO (ONCE IN A BODY)<\/strong><\/td>\nMar\u00eda Cristina P\u00e9rez Gonz\u00e1lez \/ Colombia, United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Animation fiction \/ 10′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNAVAILABLE<\/strong><\/td>\nKyrylo Zemlyanyi \/ Ukraine, Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNE BR\u00c8CHE (A BREACH WITHIN)<\/strong><\/td>\nJean-Fran\u00e7ois Leblanc \/ Canada \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 28′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UNE FUGUE (TO THE WOODS)<\/strong><\/td>\nAgn\u00e8s Patron \/ France \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VIL\u00c1GV\u00c9GE (THE WORLD SHOULD PERISH)<\/strong><\/td>\nGabriella Csoma, P\u00e9ter Hajm\u00e1si \/ Hungary \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 20′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WE WERE HERE<\/strong><\/td>\nPranav Bhasin \/ India \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 11′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WHEN THE GEESE FLEW<\/strong><\/td>\nArthur Gay \/ New Zealand \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 19′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WHEN YOU WILL BE BIG<\/strong><\/td>\nSarah Schutzki \/ United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 24′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WINTER IN MARCH\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nNatalia Mirzoyan \/ Estonia, Armenia, Belgium, France \/ 2025 \/ Animated fiction \/ 16′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
YOU DO NOT EXIST<\/strong><\/td>\nDwayne LeBlanc \/ United States of America \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 8′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ZIZOU<\/strong><\/td>\nKhaled Moeit \/ Egypt, France, Qatar \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 19′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ZZA SZYBY PODGLADAM JAK UMIERA SARNA, MLODA (DYING OF THE YOUNG DEER)<\/strong><\/td>\nAngelika Cygal \/ Poland \/ 2025 \/ Fiction \/ 15′<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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First, there are the longings for elsewhere. To see a little further, to step outside the box, as in Out of Window<\/em> (China), where a worker caught up in the dark machinations of one of his colleagues seeks a glimmer of hope in the landscape through his window. In When You Will Be Big<\/em> (United States) and Buah<\/em> (Singapore), nature becomes a new playground. We take our time, feet in the water and in the heart of the woods, to experience unexpected adventures and to rediscover ourselves at the dawn of a new beginning. And then there are the constrained horizons, those that no longer open up, those that cause you to dream of what lies on the other side. In Kentucky Gaza<\/em> (Jordan, Palestine), a young man embarks on a series of strange adventures with his group of friends. A quest where the holy grail takes the form of a bucket of golden fried chicken brought from beyond the checkpoints. Destinies that yearn for a place somewhere else, near or far.<\/p>\n

And then there are those who stand rooted to the spot, stuck in their daily routine, close to losing it. In the delightful A Shot at Art<\/em> (Netherlands), volunteers at a contemporary art event take advantage of an unusual installation to blow off some steam. At a time when AI is transforming our world and the way it operates, a group of diehards decides to fight against the omnipresence of robots by taking up space in We Were Here<\/em> (India). They become a backup camera, a microwave, or a satellite dish in a funny and offbeat mockumentary. In Obi Is a Boy<\/em> (Nigeria), Obi decides to finally embrace his identity in the eyes of everyone, in a society where simply being yourself can lead to hatred. Others, always others, with their inquisitive stares, sometimes disguised with insincere good intentions, as in Ovary-Acting<\/em> (Norway, UK, Sweden) by director Ida Melum (selected in the International competition in 2022). A young woman endures the incessant questions of her family regarding her lack of desire to have children, until her uterus gets involved\u2026 literally.<\/p>\n

When things get tough, what better way to let off steam than with a good song? The contestants in this International Competition have taken this principle to heart. From “The Final Countdown” in Myggor & Salta<\/em> (Sweden) to “No Limit” in Ride Your Horse<\/em> (China), there will be no shortage of hit songs to set the rhythm for this year’s programs. Hit songs are also featured in Nostalgie<\/em> (United Kingdom), in which Aidan Gillen (Littlefinger from Game of Thrones<\/em>) shines as a somewhat washed-up singer who discovers that one of his songs has become the anthem for an unexpected cause. But above all, music brings people together. It creates timeless moments, as in The Singers<\/em> (United States), where the patrons of a bar embark on a mesmerizing singing competition. Moments suspended in time where people and music take center stage.<\/p>\n

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International Competition selection committee<\/h4>\n

Calmin Borel, Diana Borja, Fabien De Macedo, Tim Redford, Gr\u00e9goire Rouchit, Julie Rousson, Camille Varenne.<\/p>\n

With the help of pre-selectors Laura Addamo, Pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 Aziako, Fanny Barrot, Gilles Berger, Georges Bollon, Guillaume Bonhomme, Lucas Brunier-Mestas, Adrien Calla, Regina Campos, Masumi Chiba, Elsa Cornevin, Fanny Dauny, B\u00e9ranger Debrand, No\u00e9mie Devos, Claire Diao, S\u00e9bastien Duclocher, Rapha\u00ebl Gallet, Christian Guinot, Clara Hugueney, Claire Juge, Caroline Lardy, R\u00e9mi Laro\u00ebre, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Laurichesse, Eleonore Llinares, Vera Mechid-Huin, Sarah Momesso, Sam Poulange, Aoliz\u00e9e Redobana, Bertrand Rouchit, Julia Salles, Chlo\u00e9 Sanchez, Kartik Singh, Laura Thomasset, \u00c9ric W\u00f3jcik.<\/p>\n

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