Around eighty films are already confirmed for RIFF 2024 and many more are joining the selection. Including films that have received prestigious awards at film festivals abroad, such as:
“Pepe” by Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias, which was screened in a competing category at the Berlinale and received special recognition from the jury. The movie is about Pepe “The first and last hippopotamus killed in America,” who appears as a ghost and tells his story.
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“78 Days” by Emilija Gašić, which was screened at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam (IFFR) and recieved the Tiger Award for best new film. The film is a tender coming-of-age story of people in a war-torn country.
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“Crossing” by Levan Akin, which was screened at Berlinale and received the Teddy Awars for outstanding contribution to LGBTQ+ film. The main theme of the film deals with the experience of gay people in Turkey.
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“Grand Tour” by Miguel Gomes, which was screened at Cannes and won the FIPRESCI award. The film is a story of fate and love, and the setting is the First World War.
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Among other films that have attracted a lot of attention at major festivals abroad include:
“No Other Land”, a conflict story about the war in Palestine that was screened at Berlinale.
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“Samia”, tells the story of a Somali runner aiming for the Olympics, and premiered at Tribeca.
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“Rising Up at Night”, áhrifamikil kongósk kvikmynd eftir Nelson Makengo, sem fjallar um orkukreppuna í Afríku, var sýnd á Berlinale og Hot Docs.
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“A New Kind of Wilderness”, an award-winning Norwegian film by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, which tells the story of a family living in the wilderness who experiences a traumatic incident and has to return to technologically-driven society. The film was, among others, a hit at the Sundance Film Festival.
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