In keeping with the theme, Croatian actor Rade Serbedzija will receive the Artistic Excellence in World Cinema Award. Other themes for this year’s festival include a focus on urban city life and a look back at US elections.
CEE films in the main competition include Dogs by Romanian director Bogdan Mirica, Mellow Mud from Latvia directed by Renars Vimba and Quit Staring at My Plate by Croatian director Hana Jusic.
The list of competition films follows:
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
Mellow Mud (Latvia)
Directed by Renārs Vimba
Produced by Tasse Film
Supported by the National Film Centre of Latvia, Culture Capital Foundation of Latvia, MEDIA
My Life as a Courgette (Switzerland, France)
Directed by Claude Barras
Quit Staring At My Plate / Ne gledaj mi u pijat (Croatia, Denmark)
Directed by Hana Jušić
Produced by Kinorama
Coproduced by Beofilm
Supported by the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the Croatian Radiotelevision
Worldly Girl (Italy, France)
Directed by Marco Danieli
One Week and a Day (Israel)
Directed by Asaph Polonsky
The Swallow (Switzerland)
Directed by Mano Khalil
Tramontane (Lebanon, France, Qatar, UAE)
Directed by Vatche Boulghourjian, Lebanon, France, Qatar, UAE
