Competition

Restlessly ambitious, emerging directors never fail to surprise with their early mastery and stylistic distinctiveness. These women and men are keen to explore the possibilities of visual language, to reflect boldly on complicated social issues, to let sensitivity and a tenderly romantic attitude in. Most importantly, they offer audiences a fresh perspective and portend a bright future for Europe’s auteur cinema.

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Release date

2023

Country

Portugal

Category

Experimental

Duration

100 min

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Baan

Baan

When the concept of home becomes meaningless: stunning scenery, striking music and L, who travels between continents and is lost in grief, making contact with K, a free spirit.
Release date

2023

Country

Spain

Duration

112 min

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Creatura

Creatura

As Mila's libido is disturbed, she is confronted with childhood experiences that gradually reveal her complicated relationship with sex.
Release date

2023

Country

Qatar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norway, France, Serbia, Croatia

Duration

93 min

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Ekskurzija

Excursion

An innocent game of "Truth or Dare" traps a teenage girl in a web of lies that becomes the centre of an uncontrollable conflict.
Release date

2023

Country

Netherlands, Ukraine

Category

Love

Duration

107 min

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Nazavzhdy-Nazavzhdy

Forever-Forever

90's Kiev: residential neighbourhoods, the thirst for freedom and Tonya, who joins a group of rebellious and sometimes violent teenagers.
Release date

2023

Country

United Kingdom

Category

Love

Duration

126 min

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Hoard

Hoard

After the collapse of seven-year-old Maria's world full of shiny junk, she grows up to engage in strange fetishistic games.
Release date

2023

Country

France, Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Qatar, Morocco

Category

Tension

Duration

94 min

Trailer

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Les meutes

Hounds

After kidnapping a man for the Mafia, a father and son embark on a sinister journey through a dark Casablanca.
Release date

2023

Country

Poland, Ukraine, France

Category

Real story

Duration

84 min

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Skąd dokąd

In the Rearview

A cramped van that becomes a refuge for Ukrainians, intimate conversations and a war that can be felt but not seen inside the car.
Release date

2024

Country

Germany

Category

Love

Duration

104 min

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Ivo

Ivo

A palliative care nurse is involved in a romance with the husband of a frail patient-friend when the latter asks the woman to help her leave this world.
Release date

2023

Country

Belgium, Netherlands, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, France

Category

Adventure, Art

Duration

90 min

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Augure

Omen

A surreal drama: Kofi's return to the Congo is met with a cold welcome and his countrymen believing him to be an outlandish sorcerer.
Release date

2023

Country

Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy

Category

Adventure

Duration

108 min

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Paradiset brinner

Paradise Is Burning

In the searing summer heat, three sisters abandoned by their mother create a world of their own: they rebel, laugh, mature, strengthen their bond and strive to maintain the fragile idyll of home.

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