BIFF 2021
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- DirectorAleem KhanStarsJoanna ScanlanNathalie RichardTalid ArissSet in the port town of Dover, Mary Hussain suddenly finds herself a widow following the unexpected death of her husband. A day after the burial, she discovers he has a secret just twenty-one miles across the English Channel in Calais.
- DirectorHadas Ben AroyaStarsElisheva WeilLeib LevinYoav HaytDanny is pregnant by Max but she doesn't get around to telling him at a party. Meanwhile, Max is busy trying out his girlfriend Avishag's sexual fantasies with her.
- DirectorTheo AnthonyStarsTheo AnthonyKeaver BrenaiRobert CunniffA far-ranging look at the biases in how we see things, focusing on the use of police body cameras.
- DirectorVolkan ÜceAt the start of the summer season, Ismail and Hakan are preparing for their new job in a gigantic all-inclusive hotel at the Turkish Riviera. They observe the colourful swimsuits, the unemptied plates, the different ways of addressing other people, and gradually discover new opportunities to move ahead in life. ALL-IN explores the loss of innocence against the backdrop of a fading European dream. Initial kindness turns into indifference as Ismail and Hakan's initiation into the absurd world of Western tourism soon leads them to ask: which dreams are really worth aspiring to?
- DirectorPeter MortimerNick RosenStarsMarc-André LeclercPeter MortimerAlex HonnoldMarc-André Leclerc climbs alone, far from the limelight. The free-spirited 23-year-old makes some of the boldest solo ascents in history. With no cameras and no margin for error, Leclerc's approach is the essence of solo adventure.
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsAdam DriverMarion CotillardSimon HelbergA stand-up comedian and his opera singer wife have a two-year-old daughter with a surprising gift.
- DirectorShipei WenStarsEddie PengSylvia ChangYanhui WangOn a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered - riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed.
- DirectorJessica KingdonThe absorbingly cinematic Ascension explores the pursuit of the "Chinese Dream." This observational documentary presents a contemporary vision of China that prioritizes productivity and innovation above all.
- DirectorFlore VasseurStarsGreta ThunbergXiuhtezcatl MartinezMohamad Al JoundeMelati Wijsen travels the world to meet young activists who have already helped the world with their perseverance and selflessness.
- DirectorNils GaupStarsHaakon MehrenThe amazing story about the amazing unknown painter Aksel Waldemar Johannessen which never had an exhibition, until Haakon Mehren was shown the amazing production in a barn, 70 years after. Since then they have amazed people worldwide.
- DirectorJacques LoeuilleAn American odyssey along the Mississippi River banks which unfolds as a novel counter-history of the politics of the United States from an environmental point of view.
- DirectorMike CahillStarsOwen WilsonSalma HayekNesta CooperA mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is a computer simulation.
- DirectorDaniel Sánchez LópezStarsMatthew MorrisonAlexandros KoutsoulisLouis Labron-JohnsonHarry has been partying for 48 hours when he meets Johannes on the dance floor of a club in Berlin. With 15 hours until his flight home, Johannes offers to help him print his boarding pass. This mundane task leads to a day together wandering the city. The contrasts in their lives and values force each one to confront their own truths. Boys Meet Boys is a feature length mumblecore about the journey of a brief encounter: the mark left by a fleeting moment of joy.
- DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsOscar IsaacTiffany HaddishTye SheridanWilliam Tell is an ex-military interrogator living under the radar as a low-stakes gambler. When he encounters a young man looking to commit revenge against a mutual enemy, he takes him on the casino circuit to set him on a new path.
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsAnas BasbousiIsmail AdouabZineb BoujemaaAnas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture.
- DirectorBenoit BringerStarsSunna AevarsdóttirHeydar AliyevIlham AliyevHow do dictatorships like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan launder their reputations from despotic to democratic? This investigative series exposes how Lady Gaga, luxury gifts and scandalous private wealth are used to wield a new "caviar diplomacy" around the world.
- DirectorMilica TomovicStarsDubravka KovjanicStefan TrifunovicKatarina DimicWinter, 1993. Bill Clinton is elected president. Audrey Hepburn dies. Wars following the breakup of socialist Yugoslavia are continued in Croatia and Bosnia. Belgrade is under sanctions and inflation that threaten to become hyperinflation. MOTHER wakes up on a day when she has to do all the preparation for her younger daughter's birthday party - cooking awaits her, guests await her and dirty dishes await her, when the night is over. After a full year of not having sex with her husband, Mother introduced masturbation in her everyday routine.
- DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsSwamy RotoloPio AmatoCarmelo CaccamoFollows the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
- DirectorGorki Glaser-MüllerStarsPatricio GalvezClive Stafford SmithIsabel ColesOne man's lonely struggle to rescue his seven orphaned grandchildren from a prison camp in Syria.
- DirectorJoseph HillelStarsSamuel BronfmanArthur EricksonCharles-Édouard Jeanneret-GrisCity Dreamers is a film about our changing urban environment and four women architects, inspiring trailblazers with over 60 years of experience each, who are working, observing and thinking about the transformations that are shaping the city of today and tomorrow.
- DirectorJohn DaschbachStarsMasamoto UedaFor more than forty years, ramen master Masamoto Ueda has been serving his legendary Tokyo-style ramen to a community of regulars who are not only his customers, but true friends.
- DirectorJames AshcroftStarsDaniel GilliesErik ThomsonMiriama McDowellA schoolteacher is forced to confront a brutal act from his past when a pair of ruthless drifters take his family and him on a nightmare road trip.
- DirectorAnne Zohra BerrachedStarsCanan KirRoger AzarDarina Al JoundiTwo students marry in secret despite objections from the woman's mother. In a mosque in Hamburg, they promise to stay together, but the man commits to an act that will shake the whole world.
- DirectorAliaksei PaluyanStarsPavel HaradnizkyDzianis TarasenkaMaryna YakubovichAn inspiring and encouraging documentary about the peaceful uprising of a nation against injustice and the brutal oppression of their democracy movements.