Satirical parable centring on a statue of a saint.
(Country: Georgia, France, Bulgaria; Year: 2023; Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili; Writer: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Basa Janikashvili; Stars: Levan Berikashvili, George Babluani, Mari Kitia, Gia Burjanadze)
World premiere
Dancing On The Edge Of A Volcano
A catastrophic explosion in the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, in its wake a film crew face the choice of whether to continue with their dream project.
In many ways Fremont is advocating the importance of accepting that a life can be both average and fulfilling.
Donya works for a Chinese fortune cookie factory in San Francisco. Formerly a translator for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, she struggles to put her life back in order. In a moment of sudden revelation, she decides to send out a special message in a cookie.
(Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Babak Jalali; Writer: Babak Jalali; Stars: Anaita Wali Zada, Jeremy Allen White, Gregg Turkington)
“A comical and brutal report from the flipside of life”.
(Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic; Year: 2023; Director: Tomáš Klein; Writer: Tomáš Klein, Lucie Vaňková, Kateřina Traburová based on the novel by Jáchym Topol; Stars: David Prachař, Jaroslav Cuhra, Tatiana Dyková, Jiří Lábus, Milan Mikulčík, Jiří Schmitzer, Vladimír Javorský, Ján Jackuliak, Alexandra Borbély)
World premiere
We Have Never Been Modern
(Úsvit)
A pregnant doctor turns detective after the discovery of a dead newborn.
(Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic; Year: 2023; Director: Matěj Chlupáček; Writer: Miro Šifra; Stars: Eliška Křenková, Miloslav König, Milan Ondrík, Richard Langdon, Martha Issová, Luboš Veselý, Ladislav Hampl, Marián Mitaš)
World premiere
Where The Wind Blows
(Il vento soffia dove vuole)
A man decides to teach another a heretical version of Christianity.
(Country: Italy; Year: 2023; Director: Marco Righi; Writer: Marco Righi; Stars: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Fiorenzo Mattu, Yile Yara Vianello)
