Films from the 2019 edition

THIS IS THE 2019 PROGRAM

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Opening Night Film

Willy the 1st

Winner of the Prix d’Ornano for Best French Debut as...

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Closing Night Film

Hands of a Mother

Winner of the Young German Cinema Award for Best Director ...

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Cetaceans

Subtle, funny, unpretentious, and completely charming, Florencia Percia’s debut is...

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Clean Up

Given its depth of feeling and precise visual style, it’s ...

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The Dragon Defense

First-time director Natalia Santa’s droll drama about three middle-aged me...

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Genesis

Probably the best Canadian film of 2018, Philippe Lesage’s audacious, do...

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Holy Air

Writer-director-star Shady Srour’s alternately funny and compassionate satire tackles a ...

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The Line

Winner of the Best Director award at the 2017 Karlovy Vary ...

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Newton

India’s submission for the Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award in...

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Sicilian Ghost Story

When the hypnotic Sicilian Ghost Story opened the Critics’ Week at ...

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That Trip We Took With Dad

Set amidst the turbulent events of 1968 in Eastern Europe—the cr...

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Volcano

‘It is total anarchy. If you get used to it, yo...

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Winter Flies

Two mismatched boys in a stolen Audi wend their way ...

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