The festival will screen 365 films including 199 full-length films, opening with Cannes Palme d’Or winner Winter Sleep by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Specials include a tribute to Ken Russell, a section on New Greek Cinema, rarely seen French cinema of the 70’s and 80’s, and a selection of Basque documentaries. Austrian Film Commission Executive Director Martin Schweighofer will serve on the international jury. The sixth edition of the festival’s discussion forum Film Language will be devoted to the topic of special effects in film.
The complete list of films in the international competition follows:
- A Spell to Ward off the Darkness, dir. Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, Estonia, France, Germany
- Butter on the Latch, dir. Josephine Decker, USA
- Calling, dir. Marcin Dudiak, Poland, France
- Canopy, dir. Aaron Wilson, Australia, Singapore
- Cherry Pie, dir. Lorenz Merz, Switzerland
- Falling Star, dir Luis Minarro, Spain
- History of Fear, dir. Benjamin Naishtat, Argentina, France
- How to Disappear Completely, dir. Premyslaw Wojcieszek, Poland
- My Blind Heart, dir. Peter Brunner, Austria
- Parasite, dir. Anna Sasnal and Wilhelm Sasnal, Poland (Huba Film)
- The Distance, dir. Sergio Caballero, Spain
- The Sheep, dir. Gilles Deroo and Marianne Pistone, France
- White Shadow, dir. Noaz Deshe, Tanzania, Germany
