KVIFF 2021
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- DirectorNadine LabakiStarsZain Al RafeeaYordanos ShiferawBoluwatife Treasure BankoleWhile serving a five-year sentence for a violent crime, a 12-year-old boy sues his parents for neglect.
- DirectorJonas Poher RasmussenStarsDaniel KarimyarFardin MijdzadehMilad EskandariFLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsKang-sheng LeeAnong HoungheuangsyKang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsLucie ZhangMakita SambaNoémie MerlantÉmilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three girls and a boy - they're friends, sometimes lovers and often both.
- DirectorEly DagherStarsManal IssaRoger AzarYara Abou HaidarAfter a long time gone, Jana, a young woman, suddenly returns to Beirut. She finds herself reconnecting with the familiar yet strange life she had once left.
- DirectorPanah PanahiStarsPantea PanahihaMohammad Hassan MadjooniRayan SarlakFollows a chaotic, tender family that is on a road trip across a rugged landscape and fussing over the sick dog and getting on each others' nerves. Only the mysterious older brother is quiet.
- DirectorDavid OndricekStarsVáclav NeuzilMartha IssováJames FrechevilleAutumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.
- DirectorClio BarnardStarsAdeel AkhtarClaire RushbrookMacy ShackletonAli and Ava, both lonely for different reasons, meet and sparks fly. Over a lunar month a deep connection begins to grow, despite the legacy of Ava's past relationship, and Ali's emotional turmoil at the breakdown of his marriage.
- DirectorAndy FehuStarsStepán KozubJakub StáfekTomás MagnusekShoky and Morthy are best friends and successful YouTubers, but their fame is slowly beginning to fade. While Morthy would like to quit, Shoky comes up with ideas for making their videos more interesting - and bloodier. In the end, they set out for one "last big thing" that will save their YouTube channel and their disintegrating friendship.
- DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsSwamy RotoloPio AmatoCarmelo CaccamoFollows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsLily FrankySakura AndôKirin KikiOn the margins of Tokyo, a dysfunctional band of outsiders are united by loyalty, a penchant for petty theft and playful grifting. When the young son is arrested, secrets are exposed that upend their tenuous, below-the-radar existence.
- DirectorJasmila ZbanicStarsJasna DjuricicIzudin BajrovicBoris LerAida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsRenate ReinsveAnders Danielsen LieHerbert NordrumThe chronicles of four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.
- DirectorIoseb 'Soso' BliadzeStarsNutsa KukhianidzeIva KimeridzeEka ChavleishviliSixteen-year-old Nika hits an old man with a car. The family of the deceased agrees not to sue in return for a substantial sum of money. Nika's mother has to collect this amount in one day.
- DirectorPhilip BarantiniStarsStephen GrahamVinette RobinsonAlice FeethamEnter the relentless pressure of a restaurant kitchen as a head chef wrangles his team on the busiest day of the year.
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsSofia KokkaliSofia is panicky, again. The Universe decides to contact her. An other-worldly dialogue. A planet symphony for Mars, where people dream awake and fight for love.
- DirectorRafael ManuelStarsJorrybell AgotoMicah MusaSunshine TeodoroThe self-contained cosmos of the golf and country club reflects Philippine societal structures. New 'tee-girl' Isabel still needs to learn the rules, but she's already looking for ways to subvert the system.
- DirectorTheo RhysStarsAlison FitzjohnAnthony YoungA musical film about a taxidermist who dreams of stuffing a human and a man she meets online so afraid of ageing he volunteers to be her specimen. An unexpected romantic spark between them complicates their plans.
- DirectorCristina GrosanStarsDavid CosacSilvana MihaiLászló MátrayAt a theatre workshop for young people, a teenager embarks on a sexual relationship with a slightly older girl. But isn't this all a bit of a mistake? The people around them react in various ways, yet no one is indifferent to what's going on.
- DirectorTereza VejvodováStarsMarkéta JandováA young woman searches for a new apartment in a busy city. The film tests the possibilities of film language by placing more emphasis on the interplay of sound and movement than on classical character dialogue, and instead of traditional narration, it combines stylized movements with expressive dance that suddenly interrupts the flow of the story at certain moments.
- DirectorSonja TarokicStarsMarina RedzepovicStojan MatavuljNives IvankovicA new school counsellor tries to stay out of power dynamics imposed by the Headmistress, teachers and parents.
- DirectorDietrich BrüggemannStarsAnna BrüggemannAlexander KhuonIsolde BarthDina, an actress, and Michael, a doctor, struggle to balance their relationship with their responsibilities as parents and fears of unemployment.
- DirectorGrzegorz JaroszukStarsOlaf LubaszenkoAdam BobikIzabela GwizdakDear Ones is an allegorical story about people who need to make real contact with their family and friends. Piotr is looking for a purpose and order in his life. To find it, he turns to magic, religion, and psychology. Unexpectedly, his father calls him and asks Piotr to come to his family home immediately. Piotr arrives at the same time with his sister, Marta, whom he hardly remembers and does not recognize. The father called for Piotr and Marta because their Mother went missing. Family members who meet for the first time after many years begin to search together. The facts they discover about their mother make them re-define what kind of family they are.
- DirectorElisabeth VoglerStarsVladimir SeguinAlice de LencquesaingAurore DéonIn a single unbroken shot, Roaring 20's gives viewers the chance not only to travel to Paris, but to live a day in the life there during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- DirectorSimón Mesa SotoStarsSandra Melissa TorresDiego Alejandro TobónLuciana GallegoIn 1998, single mother Amparo races to save her teenage son after is he drafted and deployed by the Colombian army.
- DirectorHarpo GuitLenny GuitStarsMaxi DelmelleHarpo GuitClaire BodsonIssachar and Zabulon, two brothers in their twenties, are supremely stupid and never bored, as madness is part of their daily lives. When they lose their mother's beloved dog, they have 24 hours to find it - or she will kick them out.
- DirectorJuho KuosmanenStarsSeidi HaarlaYura BorisovDinara DrukarovaAs a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- DirectorLevan KoguashviliStarsLevan TedaishviliGiorgi TabidzeNadezhda MikhalkovaGeorgian wrestler Kakhi travels to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
- DirectorIvan BakracStarsMomcilo OtasevicPetar BuricMaja SusaFive small town Montenegrin childhood friends still cherish their friendship, despite being scattered all across former Yugoslavia. Over the course of one year, after a series of life-defining events, they are forced to transform their careless, escapist youth into maturity. When the winter is over, each of them will have to build their own new world.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsJoséphine SanzGabrielle SanzNina MeurisseNelly has just lost her grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother's childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods. One day she meets a girl her age building a tree-house.
- DirectorMichaela PavlátováStarsZuzana StivínováShahid MaqsoodiShamla MaqsoodiWhen Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join.
- DirectorShawkat Amin KorkiStarsAvan JamalVania SalarHussein Hassan AliIf Rojin doesn't pass the university entrance exam, she will have to go through with an arranged marriage. If she gets in, she'll be free. This is the pronouncement of her father.
- DirectorKateryna GornostaiStarsMaria FedorchenkoArsenii MarkovYana IsaienkoNavigating the emotional turmoil of waiting for life to begin while hanging around with classmates - a radical, authentic, and sensitive insight into the unsettling feeling of being young and an inside perspective on Ukrainian youth.
- DirectorPaul VerhoevenStarsVirginie EfiraCharlotte RamplingDaphné PatakiaA 17th-century nun in Italy suffers from disturbing religious and erotic visions. She is assisted by a companion, and the relationship between the two women develops into a romantic love affair.
- DirectorJan BubenicekDenisa GrimmováStarsErica SchroederMarc ThompsonPaul Castro Jr.A mouse and a fox die and find themselves in animal paradise and become best friends. Upon their return to earth they are reborn in opposite roles, but the power of friendship surpasses the impossible.
- DirectorAndrew LevitasStarsAkiko IwaseKogarashi WakasugiJohnny DeppWar photographer W. Eugene Smith travels back to Japan where he documents the devastating effect of mercury poisoning in coastal communities.