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International Competition 3

  • The "Kyiv Rus" cinema 93 Sichovykh Striltsiv Street Kyiv, 04050 Ukraine (map)

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The film contains scenes of abuse and sexual assault.


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MOTORCYCLIST'S HAPPINESS WON'T FIT INTO HIS SUIT | AL MOTOCICLISTA NO LE CABE LA FELICIDAD EN EL TRAJE

Gabriel Herrera

Mexico | 2021, 10 min

There he sits proudly on his beautiful motorbike which he would never loan to anyone. He is certain that he alone can explore the jungle. A playful re-enactment with reversed roles that takes aim at the hubris of the colonial conquerors.

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MAALBEEK

Ismaël Joffroy Chandoutis

France | 2020, 16 min

Survivor but amnesiac of the attack at Maalbeek metro station on 22 March 2016 in Brussels, Sabine is looking for the missing image of an over-mediatised event of which she has no memory.

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MOON | LUNE

Zoé Pelchat

Canada | 2020, 16 min

Babz Dubreuil, a lonely but endearing ex-convict, works as a cook in a suburban brunch restaurant. Despite her civilized conduct, she struggles to regain her place in society. Under the encouragement of an outrageous colleague, she finds the courage to ask an attractive customer to go on a date with her. It might be the beginning of redemption.

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BEST POSSIBLE LIFE | MAAILMAN ONNELLISIN KANSA

Ville Hakonen, Jussi Sandhu

Finland | 2020, 13 min

The United Nations has selected Finland as the happiest country in the world twice in a row. Finns are still very skeptical about this recognition – we tend to see ourselves as melancholic, pessimistic and dreary. Is this really the best possible life? This poetic documentary plows deep into the nation’s soul and visits places where these Nordic people can be found at their happiest.

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ORDERS

Aleix Pitarch

Spain | 2020, 30 min

April 2004. It's Friday, peak time. Somewhere in America, a phone rings. A voice on the other side of the line speaks: someone has reported a theft.

 
Earlier Event: August 7
FEM* RIOT
Later Event: August 7
Artist in focus: William Laboury