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In The Rearview In The Rearview
In The Rearview and If Only Night Wouldn't Fall
Bringing The Voice (Traer la voz) (Country: Chile, Brazil; Year: 2023; Director: Klaudia Kemper)
Visual artist Klaudia Kemper tries to reconnect with her ageing, aphasic father, a psychoanalyst who remained in Brazil after she left for Chile when she was young.
World premiere
Hotel Metalurg (Country: France, Georgia; Year: 2023; Director: George Varsimashvili, Jeanne Nouchi)
Survivors of the Abkhaz-Georgian war find themselves under pressure to leave the disused luxury hotel where they have lived for more than 30 years.
World premiere
If Only Night Wouldn't Fall (Als de nacht maar niet valt) (Country: Netherlands, Norway, USA; Year: 2023; Director: Marc Schmidt)
Three Western countries’ attempts to grapple with anxiety, depression and psychosis.
Full Review
World premiere
In The Rearview (Skąd dokąd) (Country: Poland, France, Ukraine; Year: 2023; Director: Maciek Hamela)
This fly-on-the-wall film captures Ukrainians as they are forced to leave their homes and drive into the unknown.
Full Review
International premiere
The Price Of Truth (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Patrick Forbes)
How far would you go to defend the idea of a free press? Russia’s only independent newspaper and its editor fight for democracy.
World premiere
Tish Tish
Tish and Stone Town
Richland (Country: US; Year: 2023; Director: Irene Lusztig)
Portrait of a nuclear company town that embraces its origins and divisive past, all while reflecting on its future.
International premiere
Stephen (Country: UK; Year: 2023; Director: Melanie Manchot)
Exploration of addiction and mental health as a man auditions to play himself.
World premiere
Stone Town (Shi Tang Zhen) (Country: China; Year: 2023; Director: Jing Guo, Dingding KE)
Portrait of a town on the cusp of radical change.
World premiere
Tish (Year: 2023; Director: Paul Sng; Stars: Trish Murtha)
A working-class photographer captures the impact of Thatcherism on the north of England but is unable to escape the poverty and inequality she exposed.
Full Review
World premiere. Opening night
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