Encounters

A selection of Encounters works

*El eco* | *The Echo* | *Das Echo* by Tatiana Huezo

MEX, DEU 2023, *Encounters*

© Radiola Films

*Műanyag égbolt* | *White Plastic Sky* by Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó

HUN, SVK 2023, *Encounters*

© Salto Films, Artichoke, Proton Cinema

*Le mura di Bergamo* | *The Walls of Bergamo* by Stefano Savona

ITA 2023, *Encounters*

© ILBE

Melina Benli, Law Wallner, Maya Wopienka

*Sonne* by Kurdwin Ayub

AUT 2022, *Encounters*

© Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion

Mediatrice Kayitesi, Aline Amike

*Father’s Day* by Kivu Ruhorahoza

RWA 2022, *Encounters*

© Iyugi Productions

*MUTZENBACHER* by Ruth Beckermann

AUT 2022, *Encounters*

© Ruth Beckermann Filmproduktion

*As I Want* by Samaher Alqadi

EGY, FRA, NOR, PSE, DEU 2021, *Encounters*

© Prophecy Films

Olegunleko Ezekiel Gbenga, Thi Cam Xuan Nguyen, Thi Dung Le

Vị | *Taste* by Lê Bảo

VNM, SGP, FRA, THA, DEU, TWN 2021, *Encounters*

© E&W Films, Le Bien Pictures, Deuxième Ligne Films, Petit Film, Senator Film Produktion

*Nous* | We by Alice Diop

FRA 2020, *Encounters*

© Sarah Blum

Eve Duranceau, G.A. Roy, Maxim Gaudette

*Hygiène sociale* | *Social Hygiene* | *Sozialhygiene* by Denis Côté

CAN 2021, *Encounters*

© Lou Scamble

Sofia Kokkali

*Moon, 66 Questions* by Jacqueline Lentzou

GRC, FRA 2021, *Encounters*

Lena Watson

*The Trouble With Being Born* by Sandra Wollner

AUT, DEU 2020, *Encounters*

© Panama Film

Luis Felipe Lozano

*Los conductos* by Camilo Restrepo

FRA, COL, BRA 2020, *Encounters*

© 5a7 Films - mutokino - If you hold a stone - montañero cine

Ugo Broussot, Agathe Bosch, Marina Palii, Frédéric Schulz-Richard

*Malmkrog* by Cristi Puiu

ROU, SRB, CHE, SWE, BIH, MKD 2020, *Encounters*

© Mandragora

*The Works and Days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani Basin)* | *Werke und Tage (der Tayoko Shiojiri im Shiotanibecken)* by C.W. Winter, Anders Edström

USA, SWE, JPN, GBR 2020, *Encounters*

© Anders Edström/2020 General Asst.

Ian Madrigal, Lilith Stangenberg

*Orphea* by Alexander Kluge, Khavn

DEU 2020, *Encounters*

*Gunda* by Victor Kossakovsky

NOR, USA 2020, *Encounters*

© Egil Håskjold Larsen/Sant & Usant

Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young

*Shirley* by Josephine Decker

USA 2020, *Encounters*

© 2018 LAMF Shirley Inc.

Encounters is a platform aiming to foster aesthetically and structurally daring works from independent, innovative filmmakers. Its goal is to support new perspectives in cinema and to give more room to diverse narrative and documentary forms in the official selection.

Conceived as a counterpoint and a complement to Competition, Encounters is a competitive section devoted to new cinematic visions. The films selected will challenge traditional forms and ask viewers to reconsider their positions in relation to them. Being a mirror of the different ways of production that have developed in the 21st century and reflecting this vibrant energy, Encounters will become a meeting point for filmmakers and producers, programmers and film critics, cinephiles and festival lovers.

Not distinguishing between genres, Encounters comprises usually around 15 works - world or international premieres of fiction or documentary films of at least 60 minutes in length.