27-09-2018

FESTIVALS: The 34th Warsaw IFF Announces Lineup

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    WARSAW: Fifteen films will vie in the international competition of the 34th Warsaw International Film Festival, which will take place from 12 to 21 October 2018.

    The festival is also organising its regular sections: Competition 1-2, the Free Spirit Competition, the Documentary Competition, the Short Film Competition, Shorts Special, Best Shorts from Poland, Next Generation Short Tiger 2018, Classics from Poland, Discoveries, Special Screenings and Family Cinema Weekend.

    A Tramway in Jerusalem by Amos Gitai will open the festival, while Forgive Us Our Debts by Antonio Morabito, a coproduction between Italy, Switzerland, Albania and Poland (through Agresywna Banda sp. z o.o , Cavatina, Studio ORKA) is the closing film.

    International Competition:

    7 Emotions / 7 uczuć (Poland)
    Directed by Marek Koterski
    Produced by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
    Coproduced by Studio Produkcyjne Orka
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Angel / Un ange (Belgium, the Netherlands)
    Directed by Koen Mortier

    Eden / Aden (Turkey)
    Directed by Barış Atay

    Eight out of Ten / Ocho de cada diez (Mexico)
    Directed by Sergio Umansky Brener

    Irina (Bulgaria)
    Directed by Nadejda Koseva
    Produced by Artfest
    Supported by the Bulgarian National Film Center

    Moon Hotel Kabul (Romania, France)
    Directed by Anca Damian
    Produced by Aparte Film
    Coproduced by Cinema Defacto
    Supported by the Romanian Film Centre, the MEDIA Programme

    Paul Sanchez Is Back! / Paul Sanchez est revenu (France)
    Directed by Patricia Mazuy

    School Service (Philippines)
    Directed by Luisito Lagdameo Ignacio

    Soledad (Italy, Argentina)
    Directed by Agustina Macri

    The Delegation / Delegacioni (Albania)
    Directed by Bujar Alimani

    The Fall (China)
    Directed by Zhou Lidong

    The Goose Goes South (South Korea, Japan)
    Directed by Jae-ho Baek, Hep-seop Lee

    Two Tickets Back (Russia)
    Directed by Dmitryi Meshkiev

    We Are the Heat / Somos calentura (Colombia, Argentina)
    Directed by Jorge Navas

    Working Woman / Isha ovedet (Israel)
    Directed by Michal Aviad