FilmFestival Cottbus, established as a festival for East European Cinema, organises competitions for both feature and short films. The entire programme will feature approximately 200 entries from 45 countries.
The international jury will be composed of Aida Begic, Andreas Kleinert, Visar Morina, Ineke Smits and Želimir Žilnik, while the short film competition jury will be composed of Sandra Staniszewska, Ivo Trajkov and Hannes Wagner.
LINEUP:
Planet Single / Planeta Singli (Poland)
Directed by Mitja Okorn
Produced by Gigant Films
Coproduced by TVN
The Last Family (Poland)
Directed by Jan P. Matuszyński
Produced by Aurum Film
Coproduced by HBO Polska, Mazowiecki Instytut Kultury, Lightcraft, Universal Music Polska
Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Mazovia Film Fund
Anna’s Life (Georgia)
Directed by Nino Basilia
Produced by Studio-99
Supported by the Georgian National Film Centre
Dogs / Câini (France, Romania, Bulgaria)
Directed by Bogdan Mirică
Produced by EZ Films 14
Coproduced by 42Km Film, Argo Film
Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, Bulgarian National Film Center
It’s Not the Time of My Life / Ernellaek farkaseknal (Hungary)
Directed by Szabolcs Hajdu
Houston, We Have a Problem!/Houston, imamo problem! (Slovenia, Croatia, Germany)
Directed by Žiga Virc
Produced by Studio Virc
Coproduced by Nukleus Film, Sutor Kolonko
Supported by the Slovenian Film Center, RTV Slovenia, FS Viba, MEDIA Programme, Eurimages, the Croatian Audiovisual Center, HBO Europe, WDR Germany, Doha Film Institut
House of Others / Skhvisi sakhli (Georgia, Russia, Spain, Croatia)
Directed by Rusudan Glurjidze
Produced by Liga Productions
Coproduced by Cinetech Ltd, Kinoskopik SL, Embrio
All the Cities of the North / Svi severni gradovi (Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, France)
Directed by Dane Komljen
Produced by Dart Film
Coproduced by SCCA/ pro.ba, Code Blue
Supported by Film Center Serbia
The Prosecutor, the Defender, the Father and His Son (Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden)
Directed by Iglika Triffonova
Produced by Klas Film
Coproduced by Phanta Vision, Filmlance International
Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center, the Bulgarian National Television, the Netherland‘s Film Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, Swedish Television
Kills on Wheels / Tiszta szivvel (Hungary)
Directed by Attilla Hill
Zoology (Russia, France, Germany)
Directed by Ivan Tverdovsky
Nightlife (Slovenia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Directed by Damjan Kozole
Produced by Vertigo
Coproduced by Sisters and Brother Mitevski, SCCA/pro.ba
Supported by the Slovenian Film Centre, Film Fund Sarajevo, FS Viba