Directed by George Ovashvili
Written by Roelof Jan Minneboo, Simona Nobile, George Ovashvili
With Kira Andronikashvili, Givi Chuguashvili, Giorgi Gigauri
Produced by Joli Rideau Media
Twelve-year-old Toma is expelled from school after being relentlessly tormented by his classmates. His estranged father, Nemo, who disappeared when the boy was just two years old, invites him to their ancestral village. The locals do not embrace Nemo’s unwelcome return. But he doesn’t fear anyone and is determined to pass on the ancient tradition of deer hunting to his son. This fateful weekend Toma learns survival, independence, and the dark secrets of his father’s past.
Directed by Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny
Written by Philippe Bernard, Jean-Claude Flamand-Barny
With Alexandre Bouyer, Déborah François, Stanislas Merhar, Olivier Gourmet, Arthur Dupont
Produced by Special Touch Studios, Paul Thiltges Distribution
Distribution Paul Thiltges Distribution
Frantz Fanon, a French psychiatrist from Martinique has just been appointed head of service at the Blida psychiatric hospital in Algeria. His methods contrast with those of other doctors in a context of colonization. A biopic at the heart of the Algerian war where a fight is fought in the name of Humanity.
Directed by François Vautier
Written by Geoffroy Grison
With Rod Paradot, Michaël Erpelding, Nilton Martins
Produced by Da Prod,, Digital Voodooh, Kwassa Films, France Télévisions
Champ de Bataille is an immersive experience in the heart of Verdun’s trenches in 1916, during a murderous offensive. While participating in a TV program on WWI, I had the opportunity to meet some of the war’s remaining first-hand participants. This was both a shock and an opportunity for me to delve into my own family roots, since my grandfather had fought in this war. It also gave me a chance to explore my favourite theme: the human becoming. In 2016, I discovered another frontline as I watched my son venture into the intricacies of the video game, Battlefield 1. As impressive as it is, it’s devoid of what I consider to be an absolutely essential element: humanity—the inclination to be, to live, to feel something in one’s very flesh, and to fear for one’s life. The film offers an emotional counterpoint to this kind of immersion, while highlighting the absurdity of war. Julien, our young hero, is fragile, near-deaf, and a stranger in a world whose meaning he no longer understands. He’s in charge of maintaining open lines of communication: a metaphor for the lost human connection between good and evil. In spite of himself, Julien allows his officers to re-establish contact, who then send men to their deaths. He’s not actively fighting, but he remains the target and devastated witness of this battlefield. Champ de Bataille captures this devastation.
Directed by Elmar Imanov
Written by Elmar Imanov
With Lenn Kudrjawizki, Michael Hanemann, Sophie Mousel
Produced by Color of May, Wady Films
Bernard, a stoic, middle-aged writer with a sheep for roommate, leads an obsessively structured life in a lavish penthouse overlooking the city of Cologne. When his father Carlos, with whom he shares a knotty relationship, suffers an assault and falls ill, Bernard’s volatile reality grows even more shaky. He is hurled into a series of surreal, enigmatic encounters featuring his drifting girlfriend Agata, a neighbour defying gravity and perhaps time, unconcerned cops, overconcerned functionaries and even a six-foot grasshopper. In his second feature, The Kiss of the Grashopper, Elmar Imanov forges a dark, progressively mysterious odyssey through loss, grief and unexpected compassion. His nakedly psychoanalytical film unfurls like an arcane tapestry, a symbolic minefield overflowing with displaced figures, events and objects whose specific meanings may feel elusive, but whose potency and personal quality are unmistakable. With a rigorous, highly stylized mise en scène, Imanov engineers a visually arresting world governed by dream logic, where the rational casually coexists with the bizarre. The result is a work that never ceases to surprise, confound and provoke thought.
Directed by Jacque Molitor and Gary Seghers
With Louka Minnella, Philippe Jeusette, Steve Driesen
Produced by Les Filmes Fauves
Distributed by Les Filmes Fauves
The story follows a close-knit group of teenage scouts nicknamed "The Coyotes" on a summer camp in the Belgian woods. Their ordinary camp life turns into a high-stakes crime thriller when one of the teens, Kevin, discovers a stash of diamonds in the woods.
As the group decides to keep the gems, they unwittingly entangle themselves with dangerous criminals who are searching for the missing loot. Friendships are tested, and innocent teenagers get in way over their heads, resulting in a tense struggle for survival..
Directed by Tupac Martir
Written by Benjamin Farry
With Aude-Laurence Clermont Biver, Janine Horsburgh
Produced by a_BAHN, Satore Studio, Satore Tech
The story draws us inside the mind of Aiken, a 60-year-old man suffering from Alzheimer’s. As we wander through the spaces of his past, they shape-shift, as if in a state of constant re-construction inside his fragmented brain. However, the precious moments from childhood that Aiken manages to keep hold of, feel tainted. Alzheimer’s does not discriminate. The piece seeks to deliver a sense of hope and understanding to anyone affected by this very common and devastating disease. With advancements in VR, we strive to remember the forgotten. After all, Memory is all We Are.
Directed by Pol Cruchten
Written by Thom Richardson
With Martin McCann, Pascale Bussières, Astrid Roos
Produced by Iris Productions, Lyla Films, Ripple World Pictures
Distributed by Paul Thiltges Distributions
Jake De Long is one of the top computer programmers in the world. Hiding in an abandoned warehouse in Luxembourg, he is working on a secret website to be launched soon. As he does, he is warned that the police have discovered his whereabouts and are about to storm in. He manages to escape and fly back to Canada, where his colleague Valérie is waiting for him to get on with their life mission: the kidnapping of four very influential personalities. An oil tycoon, a renowned businessman, a minister of the environment and a very secretive foreign woman. The goal is to make them admit to their environmental sins, while being broadcasted live through a major website created by Jake and called: JUSTICE.NET.
Directed by Yilmaz Arslan
With Roland Kagan Sommer, Katharina Thalbach, Taies Farzan
Produced by Tarantula
Distributed by Tarantula Distribution
The 12 years old OKTAY, is finally reunited with his parents after being under the guardianship of his grandmother in Turkey. A story set in 1980's Germany. A country where the social and cultural relief could not be further from his homeland. Although OKTAY is facing life with a physical handicap, he will discover an unexpected world of love and friendship and share it with us till today.
Directed by Jan Kounen
With Clara Choi, Mariko Aoyama, Nagisa Morimoto, Kentaro
Produced by Red Corner, a_BAHN, Frakas Productions
Coproduced by France Télévisions Nouvelles Écritures
One June afternoon in Tokyo. A young girl throws herself under a subway. From the rails, his soul rises.
On the platform, the 6 witnesses of the scene are shocked. It has awakened in everyone a trauma, a painful memory, that turns in a loop.
To get out of his wandering, the soul will have to go through everyone's mind, dive into these memories and help them find peace.
Directed by George Ovashvili
Written by Roelof Jan Minneboo, Simona Nobile, George Ovashvili
With Kira Andronikashvili, Givi Chuguashvili, Giorgi Gigauri
Produced by Joli Rideau Media
Twelve-year-old Toma is expelled from school after being relentlessly tormented by his classmates. His estranged father, Nemo, who disappeared when the boy was just two years old, invites him to their ancestral village. The locals do not embrace Nemo’s unwelcome return. But he doesn’t fear anyone and is determined to pass on the ancient tradition of deer hunting to his son. This fateful weekend Toma learns survival, independence, and the dark secrets of his father’s past.
