Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film Waiting for Happiness was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard winning a FIPRESCI Prize. His 2006 film Bamako received much attention. Sissako's themes include globalisation, exile and the displacement of people. His 2014 film Timbuktu was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the
Farid Ahmad Farid Ahmad is a nonfiction film writer-director from Bangladesh. He also worked as a program producer for televisions for more than 10 years. His films are mainly focused on freedom and human rights. His latest film 'Antara' received 'Short Documentary Showcase Excellence Film Award' at the Tokyo Docs-2020. His academic background is in Media Studies and communication. In addition, he teaches nonfiction film
Lena, a 42-years-old writer, moves into a hotel in Buenos Aires to finish writing a manuscript about her recently deceased mother. Riddled with grief and questioning her own motherhood, Lena slowly assumes the identity of Elba, a fabric store clerk. Director: Martina Juncadella Written by : Martina Juncadella and Paul Choquet Language : Spanish Production : Una Presencia (Argentina), Vitrine Filmes (Spain), House on Fire
Each summer in Bangladesh, the largest delta of the world, floods increase and are devastating. Sahana and her children took shelter at the Jamuna river embankment. When winter arrives, water comes down and an island emerges. Sahana serves there as cheap labor, caught in a modern slavery system. She fights before summer comes back. Written by : Farid Ahmad. Language : Bengali Production : Noyakar productions
From our window one can see a set of the film The Green Years, directed by Paulo Rocha in 1963. This was our starting point: guided by Rocha's gaze, we look back at the places of that film. The successive geological, urbanistic and social strata of Lisbon, besieged by the pandemic that interrupted the shooting, are drawn out in front of our camera, like a
Kylian (14 y/o), lives in the Beauregard estate in La Celle Saint Cloud. Passionate about skateboarding with his best friend Mehdi, they have created a T-shirt brand called Beauregard. One day, while both are skating at La Défense, they meet Paul, a young person their age who lives in the more residential part of their town. Paul comes from a different background and represents for
Dayao, a rather immature young man, lives on his mother's farm but works in the city, just like his pregnant wife Tiantian. He enjoys living close to nature. She wants to buy a flat in the city: her child will not suffer from poverty as they do. After an accident at his construction site, Dayao is severely injured. He slowly recovers at his mother's while
In the wake of a mysterious pandemic, biotechnician Anandi is placed in quarantine in a remote mountain resort despite testing negative. Surrounded by surveillance and strange disappearances, she receives her father’s ashes and yearns to fulfill his final wish. With the help of Nita, her transgender caretaker, she escapes the oppressive compound. Director: Vimukthi Jayasundara Written by: Vimukthi Jayasundara Language: English, Sinhala Production:Film Council Production
In the dead of night, Nadira escapes from a brothel in Delhi after fatally stabbing a police superintendent. With the law hot on her heels, she takes temporary shelter in a Northern Indian community of sex workers, assuming the Hindu name Renuka. There, she crosses paths with Devika, a young girl bound by a religious tradition condemning her to a life of prostitution. As their
After backing out of her wedding at the last minute, a young Ivorian woman moves to Guangzhou, where she works with 45-year-old Cai in a tea shop. Aya and Cai fall in love, but can their story survive the turmoil of their pasts and the weight of everyone else's prejudice? Director: Abderrahmane Sissako Written by: Abderrahmane Sissako, Language: Chinese, French, English Production:CineFrance (France)Archipel 35 (France)Gaumont
November 2013, the Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan has destroyed Tacloban city. Miguel, 23 years old, wakes up in the middle of a devastated landscape. Most of the buildings are wiped out. Everywhere, dead bodies lie among the ruins. While he is looking for his mother, Miguel comes across his friend, Andrea. She informs him about another incoming typhoon and offers him to leave the town with
Juanita Onzaga Colombian filmmaker and visual artist currently based between Bogotá, Brussels and Mexico. In her films, Juanita combines fiction and non-fiction elements, touching the importance of memory, death and imagination, creating poetic tales that reflect different ways of perceiving reality within strong political contexts. Her work explores the crossroads between mysticism, ancestral knowledge, transformation of trauma from violent conflict, the dreamworlds, animism, futurism, technology
Konstantin Bojanov Born in Bulgaria in 1968, KONSTANTIN BOJANOV is a writer, director and a visual artist. He graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in Sofia in 1987 and received an M.A. from the Royal College of Art, London. His career as an artist began in London in the early 90s, and his work has been exhibited internationally. His directorial debut was the
Pascal Tessaud Pascal Tessaud was born and grew up in the suburb of Paris. Coming from a working class family, he obtained a Baccalaureate specialized in fine arts before completing a master degree in Cinema at Nanterre-Paris X University. He studied Italian cinema at the Universtà Ca’Foscari Di Venezia and then specialized in documentary cinema at the IECA of Nancy. He directed four short-movies: Night
Carlo Francisco Manatad Born in Tacloban City, Carlo Francisco Manatad is an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy, Berlinale Talent Campus, and Docnet Campus Project. His short film, Junilyn Has was screened in Festival del film Locarno, Clermont Ferrand, and has since travelled the festival circuit. His other short film, Sandra has premiered at Fribourg International Film Festival last March and has won several awards
