Fiction Competition

The Girl With a Needle

Denmark, Poland, Sweden, France, Belgium, 2024, 123’

Based on the true story of serial killer Dagmar Overbye, the film is set in 1919 Copenhagen, where Karoline, a young factory worker,…

Kneecap

Ireland, UK, 2024, 105’

They love ketamine and hate the Queen: Kneecap is the first Belfast-based group to perform in Irish Gaelic – and they’re sparking a…

Eighty Plus

After six decades of living and working in Germany, aging jazz musician Stevan Arsin returns to Serbia to finally resolve a long-delayed restitution…

Misericordia

France, Spain, Portugal, 2024, 104'

Thirty-something Jérémie returns to his hometown of Saint-Martial in the Massif Central to attend the funeral of an old friend. But in this…

Holy Electricity

Georgia, Netherlands, 2024, 104’

Teenager Gonga and his transgender cousin Bart stumble upon a suitcase full of rusted crucifixes at a scrap yard. Bart comes up with…

April

Georgia, Italy, France, 2024, 134’

Nina is a gynecologist working at the only hospital in a small provincial town. When a newborn dies under her supervision, she’s accused…

Kontinental ’25

Romania, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Brazil, UK, 2025, 119’

After being evicted from his makeshift basement shelter in a house put up for sale, a homeless man dies by suicide. Orsolya, a…

Black Dog

China, 2024, 116’

On the edge of the vast Gobi Desert in northwestern China, renegade Lang – once a stuntman, motorcyclist, and guitarist – returns to…

Invention

USA, 2024, 72’

We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no…

Universal Language (OPENING FILM)

Canada, 2024, 89'

In a bizarre liminal space somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, between utopia and slapstick, the lives of a multicultural ensemble intertwine in unexpected…