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Wednesday at 18:30

Figurant

Poland, 2023’ 113 min. 

 

Film Director: Robert Glinski

written by: Andrzej Gołda

director of photography: Adam Bajerski PSC

music: Zygmunt Konieczny

sound: Krzysztof Jastrząb

edited by: Krzysztof Szpetmański

cast: Marianna Zydek, Mateusz Więcławek, Zuzanna Lit, Zbigniew Stryj, Adrian Brząkała

production: Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych

producers: Zbigniew Domagalski, Włodzimierz Niderhaus [#RAMKA]

co-produced by: Telewizja Polska, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe

executive producer: Zbigniew Domagalski

production manager: Leszek Pieszko

co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

 

Tuesday at 16:00

Not What You Think

Turkey, 2023; 108 min.

 

Director: Vuslat Saraçoğlu

Screenplay: Vuslat Saraçoğlu

Director of Photography: Meryem Yavuz

Editing: Naim Kanat

Art Director: Elif Taşçıoğlu

Cast: Serdar Orçin, Alican Yücesoy, Hazal Türesan, Ozan Çelik, Ünal Yeter, Elif Neva Özhan, Ahmet Sarp Keşkek

Producer: Vuslat SaraçoğluProduction Co.: Streç Film Yapım

 

Tuesday at 20:00

Panopticon

Georgia/France/Italy/Romania, 2024; 95 min.

 

Film director: George Sikharulidze

Cast: Data Chichua, Ia Sukhitashvili, Malkhas Abuladze, Vakhtang Kedeladze

Screenplay: George Sikharulidze

cinematography: Oleg Mutu

editing: Giorgia Villa

set design: Ketevan Nadibaidze

costume design: Ketevan Nadibaidze

music: Chiara Costanza

producer: Vladimer Katcharava, Olivier Chantriaux, Luca Cabriolu, Anamaria Antoci, Andrea Di Blasio

production:  20 Steps Productions, Filmo 2, Ombre Rosse Film Production, Tangaj, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of CNC, Georgian National Film Center, Région Ile-de-France

 

Tuesday at 18:00

Antique

Georgia/Finland/Switzerland/Germany, 2024; 132 min.

Written by Anonymus & Rusudan Glurijdze.

Directed by Rusudan Glurijdze.

Production Companie” Cinetech, Cinetrain SA, Whitepoint Digital, BasisBerlin Filmproduction.

Producers” Zurab Magalashvili, Manana Shevardnadze,Andrey Epifanov, Tanya Petrik, Jussi Myllyniemi, Uschi Feldges

Co-producers” Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tatiana Detlofson

Creative Producer” Marie-Pierre MaciaDOP” Gorka Gomez Andreu

Editing: Grigol Palavandishvili

Music: Gia Kancheli

Cast: Salome Demuria, Sergey Dreiden, Vladimir Daushvili.

Wednesday at 22:30

La Chimera

Italy/France/Switzerland, 2023; 

 

Writer and director: Alice Rohrwacher

DOP: Hélène Louvart

Editing: Nelly Quettier

Sound design: Xavier Lavorel

Casting director: Chiara Polizzi

Cast: Josh O'Connor, Isabella Rossellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Carol Duarte, Vincenzo Nemolato

Production manager: Alessandro Stella

Production Companies: tempesta, Ad Vitam, Amka Films Production, RAI CINEMA

 

Tuesday at 22:30

Io Capitano

Italy/Belgium/France, 2023; 121 min.

Director: Matteo Garrone

Production: Archimede, Rai Cinema, Tarantula, Pathé FIlms

Cinematographer: Paolo Carnera

Editor: Marco Spoletini

Production Designer: Dimitri Capuani

Music: Andrea Farri

Main Cast: Seydou Sarr, Moustapha Fall, Issaka Sawagodo,Hichem Yacoubi, Doodou Sagna, Khady Sy, Bamar Kane, Cheick Oumar Diaw

Screenplay: Matteo Garrone, Massimo Gaudioso, Massimo Ceccherini, Andrea Tagliaferri

Wednesday at 20:30

Forced Migration of Butterflies

Georgia 2023, 90 min.

Film director: Nana Jorjadzze

Script: Nana jorjadze, Tamar Bartaia, George Shephard

DoP: Mikheil kvirikadze

Music: David Evgenidze

Producer: Jana Sardlishvili

Production Design: Giorgi Makharashvili

Costume Design: Keti Kalandze

Cast: Rati Eradze, Tamar Tabatadze, Natia Nikolaishvili, Ana Kurtubadze,Giorgi Tsagareli, Buba Jorjadze, Tamar Skhirtladze, Tamar Bziava

Tuesday at 20:30

Venezia

Georgia, 2024; 95 min. 

 

Film director: Rusudan Chkonia

Script: Rusudan Chkonia

DOP: Mark Zumbach

Production Designer: Teo Baramidze

Cast: Ia Sukhitashvili, George Babluani, Jano Izoria, George Bochorishvili, George Bakhutashvili, Mamuka Esadze, Tamuna Bukhnikashvili, Kato Kalatozishvili

Line Producer: Vladimer Chikhradze

Producers: Vladimer Katcharava, Rusudan Chkonia

Production Companies:  20 Steps, Nike Studio, Akka Films As, Atlantic Film Company, Ape & Bjørn

 

Wednesday at 20:00

The Frost and a Little Schoolboy

The Frost and a Little Schoolboy

Georgia, 2024; 20 min

 

Director & Scriptwriter: George Ovashvili,

Director of Photography: Touraj Aslani

Editing: Martin Mentzel

Music: Roy Shwartz

Costume Designer: Khatuna Maisuradze

Producer: George Ovashvili, Tolondou Toichubaev

Cast: Qishvard manelishvili, Eldino Sagharadze, Aleksi Gobadze,

Mannaa Betsetsashvili, Temur Mikeladze

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Bait

Georgia, 2024; 15 min. 


Director: Giorgi Mukhadze, Toby Andris

Writer: Giorgi Mukhadze, Toby Andris

Cast: Giorgi Tsereteli.Malkhaz Abuladz,. Natalia Gabisonia

Producer: Giorgi Kobalia, Nato Sikharulidze, Giorgi Mukhadze, Toby Andris

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Dead

Georgia, 2023, 17 min

 

Director: Goga Antidze

Screenwriter: Goga Antidze, Mari Beqauri

Music: Hamatsuki, Betkho(title music)

Cinematography: Lomer Akhvlediani

Editor: Mariam Guraspashvili.

Producer: Nika Abramishvili.

Cast: Temo Goginava, Rezo Koghoshvili,Nika Antadze, 

Mzia Gvasalia, Shalva Kaishauri, Sese Miqava,Givi Gulbatashvili,Vakho Davitashvili.

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Elene Dariani

Georgia, 2024, 15 min.


Director: Elene Tavadze

Producer: Sofio Chincharauli

Screenplay: Sofio Chincharauli, Elene Tavadze

Lead animator: Ana Khopheria

Character Designer: Mariam Gigauri

Art Director: Davit khursishvili

Cinematography:  Bakar Sharashenidze

Music: Irakli Margishvili

Cast: Ana Khopheria, Irakli Margishvili

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Shoemaker

Georgia, 2024; 



Film Director: Levan Birkadze, Tanne Sommer 

Script: Levan Birkadze, Tanne Sommer

DoP: Nikita Aniskin

Editing/Color correction: Levan Birkadze

Producer:  Levan Birkadze

Cast: Taso Ugulava, , 

Ivane Gvaradzde, Ruben Rojas Cuauhtemoc

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Stuck in Silesia

Georgia/Poland, 2024; 23 min.

 

Cast: Ekaterine Kalatozishvili, Paata Inauri  

Screenplay, Producer & Director: Sandro Wysocki

Operator: Sandro Wysocki & Antoni Grałek

Editing: Sandro Wysocki & Piotr Bodak

Co-Producer: Camera Nera

 

Wednesday at 20:30

Elene Dariani

Elene Dariani

Georgia, 2024, 15 min.

 

Director: Elene Tavadze

Producer: Sofio Chincharauli

Screenplay: Sofio Chincharauli, Elene Tavadze

Lead animator: Ana Khopheria

Character Designer: Mariam Gigauri

Art Director: Davit khursishvili

Cinematography:  Bakar Sharashenidze

Music: Irakli Margishvili

Cast: Ana Khopheria, Irakli Margishvili

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Aldi

Georgia, 2024; 18 min. 


Film director: Giorgi Arabuli

Scriptwriter: Giorgi Arabuli, Mari Bekauri

Nodar Nozadze Edit and Color

Music and sound: Ika Paniashvili

Cinematogrpahy: Temo Macharadze

Producer: Davit Pirtskhalava

Cast: Gogia Gigauri

 

Tuesday at 12:00

3MWh

Czech Republic,  2024, 12 min. 


Director Marie-Magdalena Kochova

Producer Agata Kolarova

Production Company Helium Film

Screenwriter Josef Kokta

Cinematographer Kristina Kulova

Editor Veronika Kasparova

Sound Design Martin Michalek

Music Hastal Hapka

​Cast Jaroslav Pizl

Co-production company Magic Lab (Michal Krecek), FAMU (Tomas Simon), Nadacní fond FILMTALENT ZLÍN (Marketa Pasmovaa)

 

Tuesday at 14:00

Bird Flew

Colombia, 2024; 20 min.


Director: Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz

Screenplay: Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz, Fabian Suárez

Cinematography: Nicolas Ordoñez

Editing: Liana Dominguez

Sound Design: Maria Garabito

Sound: Harry Suárez

Production Design: Alexis Álvarez Armas

Casting: Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz

Producers: Dany Celeiro, Maria Alejandra Rodriguez, Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz

Executive Producers: Dany Celeiro, Leinad Pájaro De la Hoz

 

Tuesday at 14:00

A Summer's End Poem

China, 2024; 15 min


 Director:  Lam Can-zhao

Screenplay: Lam Can-zhao, He Yupeng, Xu Shutong

Cinematography: Pan Wenhua

Editing: Lam Can-zhao

Music: Mu Qingfeng

Sound Design Lai Wenhua

Sound Lai Wenhua

Producer: Lam Can-zhao

Executive Producers: Yana Lekarska, Jeremiah Foo

 

Tuesday at 14:00

Be Somebody

Poland, 2024; 27 min. 


Director: Michał Toczek

Screenplay: Michał Toczek

Cinematography: Tomasz Pawlik

Music: Jan Królikowski

Editing: Ignacy Ciunelis, Jakub Didkowski

Costumes: Olga Przylipiak

Cast: Sebastian Stankiewicz, Jowita Budnik, Klara Bielawka

Produced by: The Polish National Film School in Łódź 

Co-financed by: The Polish Film Institute

 

Tuesday at 14:00

Dreams like paper boats

Haiti, 2024,  19 min.


Director: Samuel Suffren

Screenplay: Samuel Suffren

Producer: Samuel Suffren

Executive Producers: Ruth Marcien

Cinematographer: Phalonne Pierre Louis

Sound Recording: Roodie Rigaud Marcelin

Sound Design: Pablo Dali Bonnely

Editor: Samuel Suffren

Composer: Daniel Larivière, Chorale Les Théophiles

Cast: Kenny Laguerre, Zaraina Ruth-Amma Suffren, Clorette Jacinthe

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Into The Wild Land

Austria, 2024, 20:00 min



PRODUCER: Damla Ilhan, Julie Stempelová

DIRECTOR: Emil Kaschka

DOP: Konstantin Johann

SCRIPT: Emil Kaschka

EDITING: Leyla Jaff

SOUND: Carmen Dürholt, Hannah Escobar

SOUND DESIGN: Carmen Dürholt, Hannah Escobar

MUSIC: Bilderbuch, Nino aus Wien

CAST: Nick Romeo Reimann, Olivia Axel Scheucher, Noah L. Perktold, Birgit Melcher, Josef Holzknecht


 

Tuesday at 12:00

Geese of Love

Ukraine, 2024; 25 min.



Film director: Artem Tumarchenko

Director of photography: Dmytro Shovgelya - 

Producers: Karina Gatsenko, Anzhelika Vorobey  

Production designer: Anastasia Sumska

Editor: Oleksandra Furzikova

Sound Engineer: Dmytro Skrypka, Denys Yakubov, Max Kozlov

Screenwriters: Artem Tumarchenko, Liza Khokhotva, Sofia Abdulla

 

Wednesday at 16:00

Happy End Day

Ukraine, 2024; 13 min.


Film director: Anastasiia Mykhalchuk

Screenplay: Anastasiia Mykhalchuk, Stas Volyansky

Cinematography: Oleksii Kuzmenko

Editing: Anastasiia Volodina

Music: Oggiama

Cast: Andrii Danylchenko, Anna YaremchukOleksii Savchenko 

Victoriia Shinderuk, Sasha Yakymenko

 

Tuesday at 12:00

Kvara, a story of love and soccer

Italy, 2024; 11 min. 


Film director: Mario Leombruno

Writer: Raffaele Iardin, Mario Leombruno 

Producer: Raffaele Iardino, Mario Leombruno 

Diego D'Ambrosio

Direction of photography: Mattia Falco, Diego Bernabei De Nicola

Cast: Luca Gallone, Vishem Rismika, Vijava Kumar, 

Paolo Cipolletta, Ishara Hetti, Hemith Manita Vijaya Kumar

 

Tuesday at 12:00

Nominees

Lithuania, 2024; 15 min. 


Director: Birute Kapustinskaite

Producers: Ruta Petronyte, Dagne Vildziunaite

Writer: Birute Kapustinskaite

Cinematographer: Vytautas Katkus (LAC)

Production Design: Sigita Simkunaite

Editor: Gabriele Urbonaite

Sound Design: Dominyka Adomaityte

Composer: Agne Matuleviciute

​Cast: Aldona Vilutyte, Rasa Samuolyte, Rytis Saladzius, Kiril Glusajev, Martynas Nedzinskas, Lukas Malinauskas, Aiste Zabotkaite, Darius Meskauska, Vaidotas Martinaitis

 

Tuesday at 12:00

Sanki Yoxsan

France/Azerbaijan, 2024; 18 min



Screenplay: Azer GULIEV

Cinematography: Konstantinos KOUKOULIOS GSC

Screenplay: Azer GULIEV,Nijat MUKHTAROV

Editing: MOSMANUE

Production Design: Guram NAVROZASHVILI

Editing: Nicolas MILTEAU

Sound: Thomas ROBERT, Laure ARTO

Sound: Sanan GULAHMADZADA

 

Tuesday at 14:00

Shalal

Iran, 2024; 15 min.


Film director: Amir Ali Sisipour

Screenplay: Amir Ali Sisipour

Cinematography: Hamed Ezzatkhah

Editing: Pooyan Sholevar

Cast: Amir Reza Sisipou, rJavad Ansari, Masomeh Emami

 

Tuesday at 12:00

Short Trip

Albania, 2023; 17 min.


Directo: Erenik Beqiri

Screenplay: Erenik Beqiri

Cinematographer: Guillaume Le Grontec

Editor: Pauline Pallier

Costume Designer: Sarah Habib

Music: Rémi Durel

Cast: Luàna Bajrami, Tristan Halilaj, Walid Afkir, Arben Bajraktaraj

 

Tuesday at 12:00

Smell of Fresh Paint

Serbia, 2024; 14 min.



Film director: Nađa Petrović

Screenplay: Nađa Petrović

Cinematography: Mladen Teofilović

Editing: Nikola Stojanović

Music: Luka Cvetko

Cast: Anđelka PetrovićHelena BucaloIgor Benčina, Jelena Stupljanin

 

Tuesday at 14:00

The Deer's Tooth

Palestine, 2024; 16 min.


Director: Saif Hammash

Writer: Saif Hammash

Producer: Saed Andoni

Executive Producer: Wisam Al Jafari

Cast: Wisam Al Jafari, Raeda Ghazala,bYasmin Shalaldeh

Cinematography: Ibrahim Handal

Production Designer: Munther Jawabreh

Editing: Saif Hammash

Sound Design: Ahmed Saleh

Sound Mix: Issam Murad

Music Composer: Victor Qawwas

 

Wednesday at 12:00

The Wishing Tree

Georgia, 1976; 107 min. 



Director: Tengiz Abuladze

Producers: Rezo Kveselava Nino Natroshvili

Writers: Tengiz Abuladze Tevaz Inanishvili

Editor: Guliko Omadze

Cinematography: Lomer Akhvlediani Kukuri Gvasalia

Production Design: Revaz Mirzashvili

Composers: Yakov Bobokhidze, Bidzina Kvernadze

Sound: Tengiz Nanobashvili

Cast:  Lika Kavzharadze, Soso Jachvliani, Zaza Kolelishvili, Sesilia Takaishvili, 

Sofiko Chiaureli, Erosi Manjgaladze, Otar Megvinetukhutsesi, Ramaz Chkhikvadze etc.

 

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