With this competition for feature-length films celebrating their German premieres, first initiated in 2023, the Filmfest brings a wide variety of high-quality films onto Bremen’s movie screens. Each film will guide the audience into completely different worlds:
A Canadian hurricane sweeps through the streets of Montréal; a woman in Malaysia fights for the right to self-determination; a French boy learns to keep the balance, not just on the board; a lawyer decides to take on one last case; an Italian boy tries to hire a killer; a family in Turkey fights to get by financially; a Torero strives towards his destiny; a night guard gets lost in nightmares; a single mother has to define herself anew and makes an unexpected friend; a widow in Uruguay is forced to free herself from the burdens of the past; a ferry between Africa and Europe sets the scene for a cinematic triptych and through striking visuals and sounds the audience becomes witness to the current Ukrainian reality.
From nearly 130 submissions, a seven-person viewing committee has selected twelve films from ten countries, including this year once again a documentary feature. These films are in the running for a first and second place in the audience’s view as well as the corresponding prize money. The films in this competition impressively show the universal theme that is currently on people’s minds: belonging.