The Opus Bonum competition section presents the most notable international documentary titles. This year the competition’s sole juror, French editor Claire Atherton, will pick one title out of a total of 16 films from thirteen countries, six of which are world premieres.
Between the Seas, a competition section composed of the best documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe will offer 14 titles, seven of which are world premieres, while Czech Joy competition section boasts 13 titles on various politically and socially charged topics.
The festival will focus this year on Turkey and will present the documentary work of Eric Rohmer. Viktor Kossakovsky, Thomas A. Østbye, Thomas Hellum and Lordan Zafranovič will hold masterclasses.
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Opus Bonum - Best World Documentary Film Competition
27 Times Time (Belgium)
Directed by Annick Ghijzelings
Appunti del passaggio (Italy, Switzerland)
Directed by Maria Iorio, Raphaël Cuomo
The Road Back (Belgium)
Directed by Maurits Wouters
Time Splits in the River (Taiwan)
Directed by I-Chieh Huang, Xuan-Zhen Liao, Chia-Hung Lee, Yo-Ping Wang
Yellowing (Hong Kong)
Directed by Tze-Woon Chan
Katyusha: Rocket Launchers, Folk Songs and Ethnographic Refrains (Canada)
Directed by Kandis Friesen
Taego Ãwa (Brazil)
Directed by Henrique Borela, Marcela Borela
La Perla, about the Camp (Argentina)
Directed by Pablo Baur
Metaphysics and Democracy (Germany, Colombia)
Directed by Luis Ortiz
The Room You Take (Portugal)
Directed by Pedro Fiipe Marques
The New Day (Argentina)
Directed by Gustavo Fontán
The Nature of Things (Italy)
Directed by Laura Viezzoli
Spectres Are Haunting Europe (Greece, France)
Directed by Maria Kourkouta, Niki Giannari
We Make Couples (Canada)
Directed by Mike Hoolboom
Smiling on the Phone (Netherlands, Spain, United States)
Directed by Aitziber Olaskoaga
A Distant Echo (United States, United Kingdom)
Directed by George Clark
Between the Seas - Best Central and East European Documentary Film Competition
A Fable (Slovakia)
Directed by Lucia Nimcová, Sholto Dobie
Dialogue with Joseph (Lithuania, France)
Directed by Elžbieta Josadé
A Hole in the Head (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Robert Kirchhoff
Depth Two (Serbia, France)
Directed by Ognjen Glavonic
Among Houses and the Cosmos (Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Kostana Banovic
Sea Tomorrow (Kazakhstan, Germany)
Directed by Suvorova Katerina
Monk of the Sea (Poland)
Directed by Rafal Skalski
Butterflies (Russia)
Directed by Kubasov Dmitry
My Friend Boris Nemtsov (Estonia)
Directed by Zosya Rodkevich
Notorious Deeds (Romania)
Directed by Gabriel Tempea
The Dazzling Light of Sunset (Georgia, Germany)
Directed by Salomé Jashi
The Things (Georgia)
Directed by Nino Gogua
A Two Way Mirror (Croatia)
Directed by Katarina Zrinka Matijevic
Cinema Futures (Austria)
Directed by Michael Palm
