Films

I AM SO HANDSOME (C’EST MOI LE PLUS BEAU)

Anaïs Sorrentino, Arnaud Demuynck
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgique , 2018 / 6 min / French OV / animation, family

One fine morning, Mr Wolf wakes up in an unusually good mood.

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143 SAHARA STREET (143 RUE DU DÉSERT)

Hassen Ferhani
Documentary competition

Algeria, France, Qatar, 2019 / 100 min / Arabic OV with French or English subt. / documentary

A reverse road-movie documentary where instead of seeking adventure, adventure comes to find Malika

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A DARK-DARK MAN (CHYORNIY, CHYORNIY CHELOVEK)

Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Official selection - Non Competition

Kazakhstan, France, 2019 / 110 min / Kazakh & Russian OV with French and English subt. / crime thriller

A corrupt cop discovers his conscience when a journalist starts looking into the murder of a young boy.

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A DRAMATIC FILM (UN FILM DRAMATIQUE)

Éric Baudelaire
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France, 2019 / 114 min / French OV with English subt. / documentary

From age 11 to 14, school children from Seine-Saint-Denis film snippets of their lives and offer a reflection on the state of contemporary France.

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A REGULAR WOMAN (NUR EINE FRAU)

Sherry Hormann
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Schools
12-18 years

Germany, 2019 / 90 min / German OV / drama

The real story of a young woman who loved life and wouldn’t bend to her family’s strict rules.

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A SON (BIK ENEICH – UN FILS)

Mehdi M. Barsaoui
Official selection - Non Competition

Tunisia, France, Lebanon, Qatar, 2019 / 96 min / Arabic and French OV with French subt. / drama

Young Aziz’s parents are left to grapple with their past as his life hangs by a thread after being hit by a stray bullet.

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A WALK IN THE WOODS (PROMENONS-NOUS)

Hugo Frassetto
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium , 2017 / 5 min / French OV / animation, family

A musical adaptation of a famous French nursery rhyme.

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ABIGAIL

Nicolas Debray
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 5 min / French OV / short, animation

An old man finds a way to be young again.

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ABOUT ENDLESSNESS (OM DET OÄNDLIGA)

Roy Andersson
Official Competition

Sweden, Germany, Norway, 2019 / 76 min / Swedish OV with French or English subt. / drama

A poetic and melancholic take on the human existence in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.

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ABSENCE

Florian Beros
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 12 min / French OV with English subt. / short, drama

A young woman struggles with her romantic feelings.

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ADOLESCENTES

Sébastien Lifshitz
Documentary competition

France, 2019 / 135 min / French OV with English subt. / documentary

The lives of two French teenagers act as a reflection of France’s recent past.

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ADULTS IN THE ROOM

Costa-Gavras
Official selection - Non Competition

France, Greece, 2019 / 124 min / Greek & English OV with French subt. / political drama, Biopic

The financial crisis seen from inside the highest echelons of politics: a modern Greek tragedy.

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ATLANTIS

Valentyn Vasyanovych
Official Competition

Ukraine, 2019 / 108 min / Ukrainian OV with English or French subt. / drama

A soldier haunted by the ghosts of war is trying to rebuild his life in a land in ruins.

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BABYTEETH

Shannon Murphy
Official Competition

Australia, 2019 / 117 min / English OV with French & Dutch subt. / comedy, drama

The first love of a seriously ill teenager gives her a new lust for life. A heartbreaking comedy about how good it is not to be dead yet and how far we will go for love.

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BAIT

Mark Jenkin
Official Competition

United Kingdom, 2019 / 87 min / English OV with French subt. / drama

A tradition-loving, Cornish fisherman takes it upon himself to fight off gentrification.

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BEING IMPOSSIBLE (YO, IMPOSIBLE)

Patricia Ortega
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Venezuela, Colombia , 2018 / 97 min / Spanish OV with English subt. / drama

A powerful encouraging drama about gender identity, freedom, self-determination, our bodies and our lives.

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BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH

Najwa Najjar
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Palestine, Iceland, Luxembourg, 2019 / 95 min / Arabic, Hebrew & French OV with English subt. / Road-movie, Drama

This divorce story in a form of a road movie takes you on a journey that explores the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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BIG WOLF & LITTLE WOLF (GRAND LOUP & PETIT LOUP)

Rémi Durin
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium , 2018 / 14 min / French OV / animation, family

Big Wolf learns about the value of friendship after meeting another wolf.

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BINTI

Frederike Migom
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Schools
5-12 years

Belgium, Netherlands , 2019 / 90 min / French version / family

Binti, the daughter of an illegal immigrant to Belgium, hatches a plan to save her family from deportation.

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BLACK MOR’S ISLAND (L’ÎLE DE BLACK MÓR)

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 2004 / 85 min / French OV / adventure, animation

On the look for a famous pirate’s treasure island, the Kid, sets out on a journey that will lead him to discover friendship, love, the sea and above all life.

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BONJOUR LE MONDE !

Anne-Lise Koehler, Éric Serre
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

France, 2019 / 61 min / French Original Version / Animation

Ten animals born on a river bank learn about the rules of life and get to know each other.

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CHICHINETTE – HOW I ACCIDENTALLY BECAME A SPY (CHICHINETTE : MA VIE D'ESPIONNE)

Nicola Alice Hens
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Germany, France , 2019 / 86 min / French & English OV with DE subt. / documentary

The story of a young Jewish girl who became a spy in Nazi Germany.

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CITRON ET SUREAU (LEMON & ELDERFLOWER)

Ilenia Cotardo
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

United Kingdom , 2018 / 3 min / without words / animation

No flight experiments are too crazy for two hummingbirds with wings too tiny to take to the air.

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CITY DREAMERS

Joseph Hillel
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Canada, 2018 / 81 min / French & English OV with French subt. / documentary

Four phenomenal female architects reflect on their contribution to the architectural landscape of North American cities

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COLLECTIVE (COLECTIV)

Alexander Nanau
Documentary competition

Romania, Luxembourg, 2019 / 109 min / Romanian OV with French and English subt. / documentary

An explosive observational documentary revealing the sickening lies and corruption following a fatal nightclub fire in Bucharest.

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CRAZY CINÉMATOGRAPHE FOR KIDS – MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR

Fränz Hausemer, Hughes Maréchal
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

, 2019 / 45 min / Luxembourgish or French / Special Screening - Tented fairground cinema

By: Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
With: Fränz Hausemer, Hughes Maréchal
Language: Luxembourgish or French

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CURIEUSE NATURE / DROLEG NATUR

Olivier Pesch, Robin Noorda, Bethany de Forest, Gary Fouchy, Jeremy Guerrieri, Paul Jaulmes, Nicolas Leroy, Leslie Martin, Maud Sertour, Alexandre Toufaili
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Luxembourg, Belgium, Netherlands, France, 2015 / 55 min / Without words / Live Film Concert

A joyful live film concert conceived especially for the Luxembourg City Film Festival.

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CYCLE

Sophie Olga de Jong, Sytske Kok
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Netherlands, 2019 / 2 min / without words / animation

A little girl gets a taste of adventure by cycling.

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DEEPNESS OF THE FRY

August Niclasen
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Denmark , 2019 / 4 min / English OV with English subt. / Animation

An existential crisis in film form.

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DESIGN CANADA

Greg Durrell
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Canada , 2018 / 76 min / English and French OV with French subt. / documentary

Design Canada chronicles the history of Canadian graphic design and how it shaped a nation and its people.

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DIE MISSION DER LIFELINE

Markus Weinberg
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Schools
12-18 years

Germany , 2019 / 68 min / English and German OV with German subt. / documentary

The story of the “Lifeline” and her crew who made it their mission to save refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean.

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DOUBLE TROUBLE AND THE MAGICAL MIRROR (UNHEIMLICH PERFEKTE FREUNDE)

Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Schools
5-12 years

Germany , 2019 / 92 min / German OV / Comedy

When two friends meet their perfect doppelgängers, they come to realise that perfection isn’t always the solution.

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DOWNHILL

Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2020 / 86 min / English OV with French & Dutch subt. / comedy, drama

After barely escaping an avalanche during a skiing holiday in the Alps, a family’s ties are tested.

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DR. PYCKLE AND MR. PRYDE

Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

USA , 1940 / 20 min / without words / Silent movie, Comedy, Horror

In Victorian London the esteemed Dr. Pyckle experiments on a new drug that turns him into a compulsive prankster.

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DREAMLAND

Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2019 / 98 min / English OV / drama, thriller

When a young man meets a beautiful bank robber and falls for her, it’s the beginning of the adventurous life he always wished he had.

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DREAMLAND

Bruce McDonald
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Canada, Belgium, Luxembourg, 2019 / 92 min / English OV with French subt. / Thriller, Horror

On the night of the strangest wedding in the history of cinema, a grotesque gang boss hires a stone-cold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.

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DRIVE (PULSIÓN)

Pedro Casavecchia
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Argentina, France , 2019 / 7 min / without words / animation, drama

A story about a broken family, an accident and the ensuing violence.

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EASYGOING TEDDY (MEDO TRAPAVKO)

Tomislav Gregl
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

Croatia, 2017 / 8 min / without words / animation

A small bear gets to experience friendship for the first time.

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EASYGOING TEDDY - Five animated short films for the little ones

Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, USA, United Kingdom, Croatia, 2019 / 32 min / without words / animation

Five animated short films for the little ones.

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EFFACER L’HISTORIQUE

Benoît Delépine, Gustave Kervern
Official Competition

France, Belgium, 2020 / 106 min / French OV with English subt. / comedy

The story of everyday people totally overwhelmed by new technologies but dead set on striking back.

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EMA

Pablo Larraín
Official Competition

Chile, 2019 / 102 min / Spanish OV with English or French & Dutch subt. / drama, music, dance

A dancer undertakes a strange, secret and risky quest to start a new life for her and her family.

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ENG ÄERD

Tom Alesch
Made In / With Luxembourg
Documentaries

Luxembourg, 2020 / 84 min / Luxembourgish OV with French & English subt. / documentary

A documentary on ecology and waste of resources in Luxembourg.

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ENORMOUS (ÉNORME)

Sophie Letourneur
Official selection - Non Competition

France, 2019 / 98 min / French OV with English subt. / comedy

An unexpected desire for children threatens the equilibrium of a couple solely living for their musical passion.

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ENOUGH

Anna Mantzaris
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

United Kingdom, 2018 / 2 min / without words / animation, comedy

What would happen if you were to impulsively act on your everyday frustrations? 

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FALEMINDERIT

Nicolas Neuhold
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 13 min / English OV with French & German subt. / short, history

In 1921, a Luxembourgish cartographer helped peacefully define Albania’s borders.

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FELICITÀ

Bruno Merle
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France, 2020 / 85 min / French OV with English subt. / drama, comedy

On the eve of a big day, a “normal” family discovers that being normal actually doesn’t exist.

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FLIPPED

Hend Esmat, Lamiaa Diab
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

United Kingdom, 2018 / 5 min / without words / animation

One day, children find their parents acting strange and discover the meaning of parenthood.

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FREEDOM FIELDS

Naziha Arebi
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Libya, United Kingdom, Netherlands, USA, Qatar, Lebanon, Canada, 2018 / 97 min / Arabic & English OV with English subt. / documentary

A portrait of contemporary Libya through the story of three women fighting for their right to play football after the Arab Spring.

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GLOW

Fred Neuen, Mik Muhlen
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 8 min / without words / short, animation

The power of dreams takes centre stage in this animated short.

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GOOD HEART (DOBROE SERDTSE)

Evgenia Zhirkova
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Russia, 2019 / 5 min / without words / animation

When your Mummy is strict and neat, your new four-legged friend is not exactly welcome.

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GOOD NIGHT

Makiko Nanke
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Japan, 2018 / 6 min / without words / Animation

Twin brothers showing each other some tough love.

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GREENER GRASS

Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2019 / 101 min / English OV with French subt. / comedy, satire

A deliciously twisted, hilariously deadpan comedy set in a demented, timeless suburbia where soccer moms constantly compete with each other while their kids settle differences on the field.

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HALLIGALLI

Govinda Van Maele
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 35 min / Luxembourgish OV with English subt. / short, drama

Four ex-cons live together in a bourgeois townhouse, until they receive a young woman’s unexpected visit.

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I AM (NOT) A MONSTER

Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

United Kingdom , 2019 / 98 min / English & Japanese OV with English subt. / documentary

“I Am (Not) A Monster” investigates the act of thinking in the 21st century as well as fears associated with it.

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I AM SO STRONG (C’EST MOI LE PLUS FORT)

Anaïs Sorrentino, Arnaud Demuynck
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium , 2018 / 6 min / French OV / animation, family

Mr Wolf has just enjoyed a fine dinner. Replete, he goes off for a walk around the forest, just to make sure that everyone can see that he is indeed the strongest creature around!

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I WILL CROSS TOMORROW (DEMAIN, JE TRAVERSE)

Sepideh Farsi
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

France, Greece, Luxembourg, Netherlands, 2019 / 90 min / Greek, English & Arabic OV with French subt. / drama

The brief but intense encounter of a Greek police officer and a Syrian refugee changes the way the two see this world.

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IF WE SMARTEN UP (DACĂ NE DEȘTEPĂM)

Larisa Faber
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Romania, Luxembourg, 2020 / 16 min / Romanian OV with English subt. / short, drama

Inspired by real events, meet Maria, a homeless live-in maid, who has to move into the broom cupboard of her old house.

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JACOB, MIMMI AND THE TALKING DOGS (JĒKABS, MIMMI UN RUNĀJOŠIE SUŅI)

Edmunds Jansons
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Schools
5-12 years

Latvia, Poland , 2019 / 70 min / French version / animation, adventure

Two cousins team up with a pack of talking dogs to save their historical neighbourhood from real estate sharks.

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JE SORS ACHETER DES CIGARETTES

Osman Cerfon
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France , 2018 / 13 min / French OV with EN subt. / animation, drama

The absence of a father fills up every corner of a young boy’s room.

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JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY

Miguel Llansó
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Latvia, Romania, United Kingdom, 2019 / 82 min / English OV with French subt. / action, comedy, science fiction

An unexpected mix of 70s exploitation flicks, espionage films and comedy set across Ethiopia, Spain and Estonia that is sure to keep you on your toes.

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JUMBO

Zoé Wittock
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

France, Luxembourg, Belgium, 2020 / 93 min / French OV with English subt. / Drama, Fantasy

Jeanne will have to fight to make her mother accept her strange amorous feelings towards Jumbo, a fairground attraction.

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JUST 6.5 (METRI SHESH-O NIM)

Saeed Roustaee
Official selection - Non Competition

Iran, 2019 / 134 min / Persian OV with French or English subt. / action, crime, drama

A police detective frantically tries to pin down an influential drug lord as Iranian drug consumption keeps on rising at an alarming rate.

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LA BONNE ÉPOUSE

Martin Provost
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France, 2020 / 109 min / French OV / comedy

In the days leading up to May 68, the head of a housekeeping school sees her beliefs slowly falter.

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LATTE AND THE MAGIC WATERSTONE (LATTE IGEL UND DER MAGISCHE WASSERSTEIN)

Regina Welker, Nina Wels
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Germany, 2019 / 81 min / German OV / animation, adventure, fantasy

Latte the hedgehog and Tjum the squirrel show great courage on their big adventure despite their small size.

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LES MONDES IMAGINAIRES DE JEAN-FRANÇOIS LAGUIONIE

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1964 / 78 min / French OV with English subt. / animation

Dive (back) into the timeless animated universe of Jean-François Laguionie through seven of his poetic shorts.

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LUPUS

Laurent Prim
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 18 min / Luxembourgish OV with English subt. / short, drama

After discovering multiple dead chickens in his barn, an old farmer becomes convinced a wolf is behind the attacks.

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L’ACTEUR

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1975 / 5 min / without words / animation

Before entering the theatre stage, a young actor puts an old man’s makeup on.

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L’ARCHE DE NOÉ

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1967 / 11 min / without words / animation

A hermit living in Noah’s Ark prepares himself for the flood.

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MEMORABLE (MÉMORABLE)

Bruno Collet
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France , 2019 / 12 min / French OV with English subt. / animation, drama, fantasy

A touching film about Alzheimer’s disease and how it changes your life.

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MIDNIGHT FAMILY

Luke Lorentzen
Documentary competition

Mexico, USA, 2019 / 81 min / Spanish OV with English & French subt. / documentary

A look at Mexico City’s cut-throat private ambulance service.

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MIDNIGHT TRAVELER

Hassan Fazili
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, Qatar, United Kingdom, Canada, 2019 / 88 min / Persian and English OV with French or English subt. / Documentary

When the Taliban threaten to kill them, an Afghan filmmaker and his family are forced to flee their country.

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MOFFIE

Oliver Hermanus
Official selection - Non Competition

South Africa, United Kingdom , 2019 / 103 min / English and Afrikaans OV with English subt. / drama, romance, war

A young conscript struggles not only with his military service in Apartheid South Africa but also with his homosexuality.

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MOSQUITO

João Nuno Pinto
Official Competition

Portugal, France, Brazil, Mozambique, 2020 / 122 min / Portuguese OV with French or English subt. / drama, history, war

In 1917, a Portuguese soldier crosses a hallucinatory Mozambican savanna in order to find the front line.

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MOTHER (MADRE)

Rodrigo Sorogoyen
Official selection - Non Competition

Spain, France, 2019 / 129 min / Spanish OV with English subt. / drama, thriller

When she just started getting over the disappearance of her son from ten years ago, Elena believes she’s seen him again.

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MOVING ON (NAM-MAE-WUI YEO-REUM-BAM)

Yoon Dan-Bi
Official Competition

South Korea, 2019 / 105 min / Korean OV with French or English subt. / drama

The portrait of three estranged generations forced to live under one roof by circumstances out of their control.

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NEGATIVE SPACE

Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France , 2017 / 5 min / English OV with French subt. / animation

A short, Oscar-nominated animated short that depicts a father-and-son relationship through the art of packing a suitcase.

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NIGHT AND FOG (NUIT ET BROUILLARD)

Alain Resnais
Non-Festival
Special Screening

France, 2019 / 32 min / French OV with English subt. / documentary, history

In 1956, renowned filmmaker Alain Resnais directed one of the first documentary shorts about the Holocaust and the terror of concentration camps.

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NORIE

Yuki Kawamura
Made In / With Luxembourg
Documentaries

Luxembourg, Japan, 2019 / 80 min / Japanese OV with English subt. / documentary

Through the shared memory of the wife and mother they both loved, a father and his son get to know each other.

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OVERSEAS

Sung-A Yoon
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations
Documentary competition

Belgium, France , 2019 / 90 min / Filipino and English OV with French or English subt. / documentary

“Overseas” sheds light on the issue of domestic slavery, highlighting the determination of exploited women and their strategies to face obstacles.

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PANORAMA – SHORTS MADE IN/WITH LUXEMBOURG 2020

Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, Romania, 2020 / 88 min / / Shorts

Discover 5 short films with varied subjects and meet their directors at this cinematic evening at Ciné Utopia.

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PIG: THE DAM KEEPER POEMS

Erick Oh
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

USA, 2017 / 50 min / without words / animation

A beautiful ecological fable about the adventures of Pig the Dam Keeper and his friends.

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PINOCCHIO

Matteo Garrone
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

Italy, France, United Kingdom, 2019 / 125 min / Italian OV with French & Dutch subt. / fantasy, adventure

When the director of "Gomorrah" revisits this classic of children’s literature, he doesn’t shy away from the darker aspects of the source material.

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POTR’ ET LA FILLE DES EAUX

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1974 / 11 min / French OV with English subt. / animation

A beachcomber and a mermaid clumsily and lovingly try to get over their differences.

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PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN

Emerald Fennell
Official selection - Non Competition

États-Unis, 2020 / 113 min / English OV with French subt. / Drame, Crime, Thriller, Comédie

A promising young woman acts as easy prey for sexual predators to teach them a lesson.

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RADIOACTIVE

Marjane Satrapi
Official selection - Non Competition

United Kingdom, Hungary, 2019 / 103 min / English OV with French subt. / biopic, drama

An unconventional biopic on the physicist Marie Curie.

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RARE BEASTS

Billie Piper
Official selection - Non Competition

United Kingdom , 2019 / 87 min / English OV / Black Comedy, Anti Rom-Com

An anti rom-com about Mandy, a career-driven single mother, who falls in love with charming, traditionalist Pete.

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RED FIELDS (MAMI)

Keren Yedaya
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Israel, Luxembourg, Germany, 2019 / 93 min / Arabic & Hebrew OV with subt. TBC / Drama, Musical Film

The film adaptation of a cult Israeli anti-war rock opera of the 1980s.

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RIVER TALES (CUENTOS DEL RÍO)

Julie Schroell
Made In / With Luxembourg
Documentaries

Luxembourg, 2019 / 82 min / Spanish OV with French subt. / documentary

A canal project in Nicaragua linking the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean raises questions on identity for the people living by the San Juan river.

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ROADS

Sebastian Schipper
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Schools
12-18 years

Germany, France, 2019 / 100 min / English, Spanish, German, French and Lingala OV with French subt. (OV with FR subt.) / adventure, comedy, drama

A young European and an African migrant strike an improbable friendship in Morocco leading them across Europe on the search of loved ones.

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ROMY’S SALON (KAPSALON ROMY)

Mischa Kamp
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Schools
5-12 years

Netherlands, Germany , 2019 / 90 min / German version / drama, family

When Grandma Stine shows early signs of dementia, it’s her granddaughter Romy’s turn to look after her.

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ROSA & DARA AND THEIR GREAT HOLIDAY ADVENTURE

Martin Duda
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Czech Republic, 2015 / 26 min / French version dubbed in Luxembourgish / Animation

Together with her inventive grandmother and her dog, twins Rosa and Dara go on a journey full of adventures and brimming with creativity.

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ROWING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC (LA TRAVERSÉE DE L’ATLANTIQUE À LA RAME)

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1978 / 21 min / French OV with English subt. / animation

A couple leaves their home in New York and spend the rest of their days on a boat in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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RUST (FERRUGEM)

Aly Muritiba
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Schools
12-18 years

Brazil, 2018 / 100 min / Portuguese OV with English and German subt. (PT OV with EN & DE subt.) / drama

This brooding drama explores the terrible consequences of toxic social media culture.

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SHOWCASE – SHORTS MADE IN/WITH LUXEMBOURG 2020

Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, Romania, USA, 2020 / 134 min / / Shorts

Discover 9 short films with varied subjects and meet their directors at this cinematic evening at Kinepolis Kirchberg.

The shorts will be shown in two parts with a short break in between

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SKIN WALKER

Christian Neuman
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Luxembourg, Belgium, 2019 / 89 min / English OV with French & Dutch subt. / drama, psychological thriller, horror

A family’s painful history resurfaces as the past keeps haunting a young woman not ready to face it

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SLUT IN A GOOD WAY (CHARLOTTE A DU FUN)

Sophie Lorain
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences

Canada , 2018 / 89 min / French OV with English subt. / Comedy, Coming-of-Age

Recently heartbroken, Charlotte decides to put an end on her emotional dependence and explores her sexuality.

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SONG WITHOUT A NAME (CANCIÓN SIN NOMBRE)

Melina León
Official Competition

Peru, Spain, USA, Switzerland, 2019 / 97 min / Spanish and Quechua OV with English or French and Dutch subt. / drama

Having her newborn daughter taken from her at birth, Georgina has to prevail over corruption and racism in a Peru in crisis in order to find her baby.

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SPOOKY IMPROVISATION : CONCERT DE MIDI AVEC INECC ET UNITED INSTRUMENTS OF LUCILIN

Luxembourg City Tourist Office (LCTO)
Events and workshops
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

, 2020 / 60 min / without words / Concert

With: Sascha Ley (voice), United Instruments of Lucilin (Guy Frisch – percussion instruments, Frin Wolter – accordion, André Pons-Valdès – violin), Institut Européen de Chant Chora

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SUPERHERO

Émile V. Schlesser
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, USA, 2020 / 13 min / German OV with English subt. / short, drama, romance

A young man with Down syndrome takes on a superhero identity to muster the courage to profess his love to a childhood friend.

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THE AMERICAN SECTOR

Courtney Stephens, Pacho Velez
Documentary competition

USA, 2020 / 67 min / English OV with French subt. / documentary

A film essay about the Cold War commemoration in America.

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THE AUGUST VIRGIN (LA VIRGEN DE AGOSTO)

Jonás Trueba
Official selection - Non Competition

Spain, 2019 / 125 min / Spanish OV with French subt. / Drama

Summertime Madrid offers a young woman the opportunity of self-discovery.

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THE BIG BAD WOLF IS BACK (LE RETOUR DU GRAND MÉCHANT LOUP)

Pascale Hecquet
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium , 2019 / 11 min / French OV / animation, family

The times they are a-changin’ for the Big Bad Wolf in fairyland.

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THE COUNTY FAIR (LA FOIRE AGRICOLE)

Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France, Belgium , 2019 / 26 min / French and English OV with French and English subtitles / animation, comedy

Indian and Cowboy desperately want to go to the County Fair but first they have to find the tickets Horse lost.

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THE COUNTY FAIR AND OTHER SHORTS

Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France, Belgium, Argentina, United Kingdom, Denmark, 2019 / 71 min / French and English OV with French and English subt. / animation

An animated short film anthology guaranteed to move you.

 

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THE FATHER (BASHTATA)

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Official selection - Non Competition

Bulgaria, Greece, 2019 / 87 min / Bulgarian OV with English subt. / Drama, Comedy

An intimate family drama about a mourning father and son facing the guilt they feel towards the one they lost.

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THE FRUITS OF CLOUDS (PLODY MRAKŮ)

Kateřina Karhánková
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

Czech Republic , 2017 / 10 min / without words / animation

A curious animal makes a great discovery after overcoming its fear of the unknown.

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THE GREAT ADVENTURES OF ROSA & DARA (ROSA & DARA A JEJICH DOBRODRUZSTVÍ)

Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Czech Republic, France, 2015 / 48 min / French version dubbed in Luxembourgish / animation, adventure, family

"Two Friends", "The New Species" and "Rosa & Dara" are three gems of animation cinema full of tender moments and childhood nostalgia.

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE

Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

USA, 1940 / 21 min / without words / silent film, comedy, horror

Buster Keaton ends up in a seemingly haunted house after being accused of being a bank robber.

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THE HOUSE OF GHOSTS (LA MAISON ENSORCELÉE)

Segundo de Chomón
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

France, Spain , 1940 / 6 min / without words / silent film, fantasy

A fantastic short gem by the Spanish Georges Méliès.

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THE HUNGRY LITTLE WOLF (TROP PETIT LOUP)

Arnaud Demuynck
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences

France, Belgium , 2017 / 9 min / French OV / animation, family

A wolf cub believes himself ready to hunt on his own.

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THE KITE (ŠARKAN)

Martin Smatana
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, 2019 / 13 min / without words / Animation

A little boy realises that, despite death, the bond he shares with his grandpa is everlasting.

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THE LADY AND THE CELLIST (LA DEMOISELLE ET LE VIOLONCELLISTE)

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1965 / 9 min / without words / animation

By the sea, a young musician inadvertently provokes a storm which takes a fisherwoman away.

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THE LAST DAY OF AUTUMN (LE DERNIER JOUR D’AUTOMNE)

Marjolaine Perreten
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Switzerland, France, Belgium, 2019 / 8 min / without words / animation

The forest animals are getting ready for their big annual race.

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THE MASK OF THE DEVIL (LE MASQUE DU DIABLE)

Jean-François Laguionie, Kali Carlini
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1976 / 12 min / French OV with English subt. / animation

An old lady engages in a strange game of dominoes with the Devil.

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THE NEW SPECIES (NOVÝ DRUH)

Kateřina Karhánková
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Czech Republic, 2013 / 7 min / without words / Animation

The story of three children, a mysterious bone and childish imagination.

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THE PRINCE’S VOYAGE (LE VOYAGE DU PRINCE)

Jean-François Laguionie, Xavier Picard
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

France, Luxembourg, 2019 / 76 min / French OV / Animation

An old prince is stranded in a foreign city of monkeys using science to fight the forest in this fable that expands on the story of A Monkey’s Tale.

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THE SCARECROWS (LES ÉPOUVANTAILS)

Nouri Bouzid
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Tunisia, Morocco, Luxembourg, 2019 / 97 min / Arabic OV with French subt. / drama

Two young Tunisian women who were sent into sexual slavery in Syria are trying to get themselves back together as their country and their families reject them.

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THE SHORT HISTORY OF THE LONG ROAD

Ani Simon-Kennedy
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2019 / 93 min / English OV / drama

A teenage girl who feels home on the open road takes a trip that might change her way of life.

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The Singing Club

Peter Cattaneo
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

United Kingdom , 2019 / 112 min / English OV with French & German subt. / Drama, Comedy

A feel-good story about the first British military wives’ choir that becomes a media sensation.

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THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL (LES HIRONDELLES DE KABOUL)

Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-Mévellec
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, 2019 / 81 min / French OV with English subt. / animation

In Kabul under Taliban rule, the destinies of two couples cross after a senseless act by one of them.

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TOO FAR AWAY (ZU WEIT WEG)

Sarah Winkenstette
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Schools
12-18 years

Germany, 2019 / 89 min / German OV (DE OV) / family

A German and Syrian boy overcome differences through their shared passion for football.

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TOUT LÀ-HAUT

Martina Svojíková
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium, 2019 / 13 min / French OV / animation

A baby giraffe gets lost in a forest and meets a grumpy squirrel that isn’t the most welcoming.

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TRAIN OF LIFE (TRAIN DE VIE)

Radu Mihăileanu
Non-Festival
Special Screening
Outside the walls

France, Romania, Israel, Belgium, Netherlands, 1998 / 103 min / German version / comedy, drama, history

A group of Eastern European Jews come up with a bold plan to escape the advancing Germans: They’ll build their own fake deportation train.

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TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG

Justin Kurzel
Official selection - Non Competition

Australia, United Kingdom, France , 2019 / 124 min / English OV with French & Dutch subt. / Biopic, crime, drama

A punk-rock take on Ned Kelly, one of Australia’s most iconic outlaws.

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TUNE INTO THE FUTURE

Eric Schockmel
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Young Audiences
Schools
12-18 years

Luxembourg , 2019 / 80 min / English and Luxembourgish OV with French subt. / documentary

Meet Hugo Gernsback, the Luxembourgish writer credited as the father of modern science fiction.

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TWO BALLOONS

Mark C. Smith
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

USA, 2017 / 9 min / without words / animation

Two lemurs navigate the skies in order to find each other again.

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TWO FRIENDS (DEUX AMIS)

Natalia Chernysheva
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

France, 2014 / 5 min / Without words / Animation

Two friends, a caterpillar and a tadpole, grow up in two very different environments.

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UN PETIT AIR DE FAMILLE

Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Russia, Japan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, United Kingdom, 2019 / 43 min / without words / animation

Five short films for young children about the importance of family.

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UNE BOMBE PAR HASARD

Jean-François Laguionie
Young Audiences Movies
12-18 years
Young Audiences

France , 1969 / 9 min / without words / animation

A town threatened by an explosion is evacuated, leaving an unaware drifter with the perfect opportunity to have some fun.

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VALLEY OF SOULS (TANTAS ALMAS)

Nicolás Rincón Gille
Official Competition

Colombia, Belgium, Brazil, France, 2019 / 137 min / Spanish OV with French or English subt. / drama

A grieving father’s lonely journey to bury his sons turns into a metaphor for his torn country, Colombia.

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VASILISA THE LAZY (LENTYAYKA VASILISA)

Marina Karpova
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Russia, 2018 / 13 min / French Version / Animation

A little girl finds inventive ways to avoid having to walk all the way home.

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WESTWAND

Philip Krieps
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2020 / 14 min / English OV with French subt. / short, drama

A young postman goes into the forest to deliver a letter to an old Chechen living in a hut

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WONDERFUL WACKY WOLVES – Six lupine animated short films for the little ones

Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
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3-5 years
Young Audiences
Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium, 2019 / 53 min / French OV / animation, family

Six lupine animated short films for the little ones.

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WRINKLES THE CLOWN

Michael Beach Nichols
Cartes Blanches & Artistic Collaborations

USA , 2019 / 78 min / English OV / documentary, horror

When a clown in Florida offers his services to parents looking to scare their misbehaving children, his Wrinkles persona starts an Internet phenomenon.

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YALDA, A NIGHT FOR FORGIVENESS (YALDA)

Massoud Bakhshi
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

France, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Lebanon, Iran, 2019 / 89 min / Persian OV with English subt. / drama

Sentenced to death for the accidental killing of her husband, Maryam has to beg her daughter-in-law to forgive her on TV in order to survive.

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ZIBILLA

Isabelle Favez
Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Switzerland, France, Belgium, 2019 / 26 min / French version / animation

An underconfident young zebra discovers that she is stronger than she previously believed.

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ZIBILLA OU LA VIE ZÉBRÉE

Young Audiences
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Switzerland, France, Belgium, 2019 / 47 min / French OV / animation

Three animated shorts in which tolerance, support and solidarity help overcome all obstacles.

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