Encounters with New Talents 2020


Opening Special Screenings Out of Competition

Kino Sonico
– Falling Leaves by Alice Guy Blaché, France, 1912, 12’
– Making an American Citizen by Alice Guy Blaché, France, 1912, 16’

Panorama Nordic | Female* Voices  ca. 85′
– Match (Matchen) by Pia Andell, Finland, 2018, 15‘
– The Ambassador’s Wife by Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Sweden, 2018, 17‘
– Tweener (Brottas) by Julia Thelin, Sweden, 2018, 16‘
– XY by Anna Karín Lárusdóttir, Iceland, 2019, 16‘
– I (Ég) by Hallfríður Tryggvadóttir, Vala Ómarsdóttir, Iceland, 2018, 15‘
– Quartz (Kvarcas) by Odeta Riškutė, Klaudija Matvejevait, Lithuania, 2019, 5‘36‘‘

Feature Films in Competition:

– Pahokee by Ivete Lucas, Patrick Bresnan (USA / France, 2019, 112’, Berlin Premiere)
– L.A. Tea Time by Sophie Bédard-Marcotte (Canada, 2019, 84’, German Premiere)
– Obscure by Kunlin Wang (USA/China, 2019, 91‘, German Premiere)
– Lillian by Andreas Horvath (Austria, 2019, 130’, Berlin Premiere)
– Enigma by Ignacio Juricic Merillán (Chile, 2018, 80’, Berlin Premiere)
– Tantas Almas (Valley of Souls) by Nicolás Rincón Gille (Colombia, Belgium, Brazil and France, 2019, 137’, German Premiere)
– Oleg by Juris Kursietis (Latvia, 2019, 84’, German Premiere)
– Indianara by Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Marcelo Barbosa (Brazil, 2019, 84’, Berlin Premiere)
– Ojos Negros by Marta Lallana, Ivet Castelo (Spain, 2019, 67’ – Berlin Premiere)

Short Berlin Encounters: 

Of Human and Beyond, 72′ – April 2
– The Divine Way (La Via Divina) by Ilaria Di Carlo, Germany, 2018, 15’
– Ali by Rain Kencana, Germany, Turkey, 2019, 13’30’’
– What We Were (Ohne Euch) by Hannah Martin & Melanie Waelde, Germany 2018, 13‘30‘‘
– Seed by Christobal Araneda, Germany, 2020, 10‘
– Q: Ghostly Remote Effect (Q: Spukhafte Fernwirkung) by Marcus Hanisch, Germany, 2020, 20‘

¡Viva la revolución!, 85′ – April 3
– Emperor (Kaiser) by Jannis Alexander Kiefer, Germany, 2019, 30‘
– Them by Robin Lochmann, Germany, Ireland, 2019, 15‘
– The Two of Us (Wir Zwei) by Cosima Frei, Switzerland, 2018, 16‘
– Revolvo by Francy Fabritz, Germany, 2019, 8’
– Lolo by Leandro Goddinho & Pablo Menezes, Germany, Brazil, 2019, 13’40’’

Heimat(en), 56′ – April 4
– Everything Alright (Minden rendben) by Borbála Nagy, Germany, 2018, 12‘
– How Do You Say (Come si dice) by Jasmin Preiß, Germany, 2020, 15’
– Sheep by Thomas Georgi, Malta, Germany, 2018, 11‘40‘‘
– Learn To Swim (Freischwimmer) by Gaya von Schwarze, Germany, 2019, 17‘

Death&Desire, 56′ – April 4
– Sleeping Messenger (Der Schlafende Bote) by Florinda Frisardi, Germany, 2019, 5‘
– Inside Me by Maria Trigo Teixeira, Germany, 2019, 5’
– Handarbeit by Marie-Amélie Steul, Germany, 2019, 13‘30‘‘
– Post Mortem berlin by Anton von Heiseler, Germany, 2019, 27‘
– Fuckboy by Stella Macdonald, Germany, 2019, 6‘