The 74 films in the competitions include17 short fictions, 20 animations, 19 experimental and 13 documentary films.
The list of feature films in competition follows:
FEATURE FILMS 1. (87')
Alexey BALABANOV (Russia): Kochegar / The Stoker 87 min.
The film, set in the mid 1990s outside of St.
Petersburg, tells the story of an ethnic Yakut, Major Skryabin, a
shell-shocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, who works as a stoker.
FEATURE FILMS 2. (88')
Ben RIVERS (United Kingdom): Two Years At Sea 88 min.
A man called Jake lives in the middle of the
forest. He goes for walks in whatever the weather, and takes naps in the
misty fields and woods. He builds a raft to spend time sitting in a
loch. Drives a beat-up jeep to pick up wood supplies.
FEATURE FILMS 3. (70')
Panahbarkhoda REZAEE (Iran): Dokhtar...Pedar...Dokhtar / Daughter...Father...Daughter 70 min.The film poetically traces the solitary
existence of three sisters living in the traditional central western
region of Iran, where the occasional travelling salesman serves as a
distraction from the general monotony.
FEATURE FILMS 4. (87')
Bogdan George APERTI (Romania / Austria): Periferic / Outbound 87 min.
Midway through her prison sentence, rebellious
and self-destructing Matilda is granted a 24-hour temporary release to
attend her mother's funeral. Not willing to return to jail, she plans to
escape and flee the country. But before the day is over, Matilda must
first confront her troubled past.
FEATURE FILMS 5. (98')
Alyona SEMENOVA, Alexander SMIRNOV (Russia): Ryabinoviy Vals / The Rowan Waltz 98 min.As World War II wanes, the Soviet government
sends envoys to villages in northern Russia. Their mission is to teach
teenage girls to defuse German bombs still embedded in the earth.
Meanwhile, the rowan trees are in bloom; they blossom only briefly, yet
their wood is resilient.
