Official Selection 2025
Drama
Ruptures of the personal and political ripple through this year’s Drama programme, revealing stolen childhoods, fleeting romances, and acts of moral courage. Amid mysterious natural disasters and intoxicating World Cup fever, characters face turning points that can't be undone. An exploration of our seismic inner and outer worlds, with raw emotion and monumental stakes.
Saturday 20th September, 6.15pm
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SAIGON KISS
Dir: Hong Anh Nguyen
Mo roams through the rush hour traffic to avoid an unwanted phone call. When she meets Vicky by the side of the street with her broken motorbike, a visceral chance encounter unfolds between the two young queer women on the loud streets of Saigon.
AMARELA
Dir: André Hayato Saito
On the day of the World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika, a Japanese-Brazilian teenager, navigates a storm of tradition, violence, and how to belong when you feel like a foreigner in your own country.
VOX HUMANA
Dir: Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan
In the aftermath of an earthquake, the police find a man in the woods. A zoologist, a sound recorder, and a news team grapple with the truth that he may be the cause of all the natural disasters that devastated this small mountain town.
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Dir: Nebojša Slijepčević
The true story of a man who could not remain silent; when a passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces and they arrest innocent civilians, one man dares to stand up to them.
ALMOST CERTAINLY FALSE
Dir: Cansu Baydar
Having fled the war in Syria, Hanna dreams of Europe while raising her brother in Istanbul. When she meets a Turkish guy on a night out, she finds herself trying to balance her identity and desires with the needs of her young brother.
DISSOLUTION
Dir: Anthony Saxe
Featuring real archival home videos, an aging couple - played by the filmmaker’s parents - meet to sign divorce papers and grapple with physical deterioration, alcoholism, and decades of shared history.
Official Selection 2025
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