2024 Citlivý Člověk

World Competition
A Sensitive Person
2023 | 120 Minutes
Czech
Colour
Czech Republic, Slovak Republic

Director: Tomáš Klein

Producer: Tomáš Michálek, Ivan Ostrochovský
Cast: David Prachař, Jaroslav Cuhra, Tatiana
Synopsis: Dyková, Jiří Lábus, Milan Mikulčík, Jiří Schmitzer,
Young Eliáš and his Dad, both disguised as women, run to find Vladimír Javorský, Ján Jackuliak, Alexandra
Eliáš's mother through a strangely dystopian landscape where Borbély
people are filled only with frustration and fear. In order for the boy to Screenplay: Tomáš Klein, Lucie Vaňková, Kateřina
keep his childhood ideals and become a real sensitive person, he
Traburová,
has to face this cruel world of adults, which includes his own dad.
Cinematographer: Dušan Husár
Editor: Vadim Usoltsev
Sound Designer: Dominik Dolejší
Music Composer: Pjoni
Production Company: MasterFilm, Punkchart
Films
World Sales: MasterFilm
Festivals: Karlovy Vary IFF 2023 | Denver IFF
2023 | Cork IFF 2023

Tomáš Klein studied directing at FAMU. His short film Director's Selected Filmography:
Retriever was presented in the Cinéfondation section 2016 The Wolf from the Royal Vineyard Street
of the Cannes. He worked as the second director on (Co-Director)
The Wolf from the Royal Vineyard Street (2016), 2015 Obsession (Short Doc)
produced by Czech MasterFilm in coproduction with 2014 Retriever (Short)
French Bocalupo Films and Slovak Media Film, which
he later finished after the legendary author Jan Němec
Director's
Biography:

passed away.
 2024 Urotcite na Blaga

World Competition
Blaga's Lessons
2023 | 114 Minutes
Bulgarian
Colour
Bulgaria, Germany

Director: Stephan Komandarev

Producer: Stephan Komandarev, Katya Trichkova,
Eike Goreczka, Christoph Kukula
Synopsis: Cast: Eli Skorcheva, Gerasim Georgiev, Rozalia
When a retired, recently widowed teacher falls prey to a phone Abgarian, Ivan Barnev, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivaylo
scam, she's left robbed of her life savings and without any money Hristov
for her late husband's grave. Her life turns upside down when she Screenplay: Simeon Ventsislavov, Stephan
realises that there's no way of gaining her money back, up until she
Komandarev
receives an alluring, yet suspicious offer for work. The tables turn
Cinematographer: Vesselin Hristov
as she takes matters into her own hands and cash begins rolling
in, this time claiming her most prized attribute: Her values, as she Editor: Nina Altaparmakova
slowly and surely transforms into the scammer herself. Sound Designer: Johannes Doberenz
Music Composer: Kalina Vasileva
Production Company: Argo Film, Bulgarian
National Television, 42film
World Sales: Heretic Outreach
Festivals: Karlovy Vary IFF 2023 | Rome IFF 2023
| Golden Rose Bulgarian FF 2023 | PriFest
Pristhina IFF 2023 | Busan IFF 2023 | Sao Paulo
IFF 2023

Stephan Komandarev is a renowned Bulgatian Director's Selected Filmography:

filmmaker, born in 1966 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Stephan 2019 Rounds
graduated in Film & TV directing at the New Bulgarian 2018 Occupation 1968 (Documentary)
University (1999). His works include award-wining 2017 Directions
feature and documentary films. He is a lecturer at the 2014 The Judgement
Film Department of the New Bulgarian University, 2008 The World Is Big and Salvation Lurks
Sofia (since 2008). He is a 2011 EAVE graduate and a Around the Corner
Director's
Biography:

Member of the European Film Academy, Bulgarian

Film Directors' Association and Bulgarian Film
Producers' Association. His fiction features, and
documentary features have been screened at
festivals across the globe, including Cannes, Busan,
Sarajevo and many others.
 2024 Mokalake Tsmindani

World Competition
Citizen Saint
2023 | 100 Minutes
Georgian
Black and White
Georgia, Bulgaria, France

Director: Tinatin Kajrishvili

Producer: Lasha Khalvashi, Tinatin Kajrishvili
Cast: Levan Berikashvili, George Babluani, Mari
Synopsis: Kitia, Gia Burjanadze
On the main square of a small mining town stands a cross Screenplay: Tinatin Kajrishvili, Basa Janikashvili
depicting a saint, regarded by the local miners as their protector. Cinematographer: Krum Rodriguez
One day, the cross is taken down for repair and the statue of the Editor: David Apkhaidze
saint suddenly vanishes. When a mysterious stranger
Sound Designer: Emanuel Soland
subsequently appears among them, the residents put two and two
Music Composer: Tako Zhordania
together. Shortly after celebrating his presence, they lose hope, as
an ordinary man cannot protect them from their misfortunes. Production Company: Artizm, Gemini, Mandra
Hopeless and frightened crowd crucifies the saint again, believing Films, Chouchkov Brothers
that he will have more power on the cross. World Sales: Artizm
Festivals: Karlovy Vary IFF 2023

Tinatin Kajrishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia in 1978. Director's Selected Filmography:
She graduated with a degree in film directing from the 2018 Horizon
State Theatre and Film University of Georgia in 2001. 2014 Brides
She attended the producer's workshop of the
European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) and
made several short films before her feature film debut
Brides (2014) and her second Horizon (2018) received
Director's
Biography:

their premier at Berlinale, and went on to be screened

at multiple film festivals and won numerous
accolades.
 2024 Hotsureru

World Competition
Fly On
2023 | 83 Minutes
Japanese
Colour
Japan, France

Director: Takuya Kato

Producer: Masa Sawada
Cast: Kadowaki Mugi, Tamura Kentaro, Shota
Synopsis: Sometani
Watako has just lost her lover, Kimura, in a traffic accident in Tokyo. Screenplay: Takuya Kato
She decides to bury the trauma of this tragedy and carries on with Cinematographer: Shota Nakajima
her life with her husband. Although she puts on a facade for a Editor: Sylvie Lager, Mototaka Kusakabe
while, the loss of Kimura has left deep marks, and she can't
Sound Designer: Hirokazu Kato, Manabu Kagara
escape his memory any longer. She must now confront her grief.
Music Composer: Eiko Ishibashi
Production Company: Comme des Cinémas,
Nagoya Broadcasting Network
World Sales: Charades Sales
Festivals: 3 Continents Festival 2023

Takuya is a versatile playwright, theatre director, film Director's Selected Filmography:

director. Takuya's journey began at the age of 17 2022 Grown Ups
where he wrote radio and TV programmes. He was the
youngest playwright/director to stage Tick at
Mitsukoshi Theater at just 23. This production was
also presented at Theatre Tram, where he won the
Excellence Award at the Young Director Contest 2017.
Director's
Biography:

In 2018, his first TV drama script for Fuji Television's

The Stories of Heisei was nominated for the 7th
Shinichi Ichikawa Script Award. He wrote his first
drama series Do I Have to Enjoy Club Activities at
School? for Nippon Television. In 2022 he directed his
first feature film Grown-ups.
 2024 Here

World Competition
Here
2023 | 82 Minutes
French
Colour
Belgium

Director: Bas Devos

Producer: Marc Goyens
Cast: Stefan Gota, Liyo Gong
Synopsis: Screenplay: Bas Devos
Here in Belgium, there is Stefan, one of the workers of an ever- Cinematographer: Grimm Vandekerckhove
expanding city, just like in every urban centre in this part of the Editor: Dieter Diependaele
world. He is preparing to return to Romania, as he has not found Sound Designer: Boris Debackere, Yanna
his place in Brussels. To create some memories before he leaves,
Soentjens
he prepares a soup to share with colleagues, and friends. A hot
Music Composer: Brecht Ameel
meal makes you feel at home. In need of one himself and to shelter
from a summer storm, he encounters a local woman helping out in Production Company: Quetzalcoatl
a Chinese restaurant who is researching her doctorate on World Sales: Rediance
mosses. Her attention to the near-invisible stops him in his tracks. Festivals: Berlinale 2023 | Toronto IFF 2023 |
The sun sets among the buildings under construction, but Stefan New York FF 2023 | San Sebastián IFF 2023 |
prefers to walk and discover new places when the city is resting Busan IFF 2023 | MAMI Mumbai FF 2023
from its productivity. During the day, he also prefer to go by foot
than take commuter routes; by walking one can observe the light,
listen to the wind, feel the present space and time.

Bas Devos is a Flemish filmmaker. He studied at LUCA Director's Selected Filmography:

School of Arts. Since graduating, Bas Devos has 2019 Ghost Tropic
made two shorts The Close and We Know. His first 2019 Hellhole
feature, Violet (2013) won the Grand Prix of the 2013 Violet
Generation 14plus International Jury in 2014 and was 2009 We Know (Short)
selected for New Directors New Films at MOMA New 2008 The Close (Short)
York. His second feature, Hellhole (2019) was 2006 Pillar (Short)
Director's
Biography:

selected for Berlinale Panorama. Ghost Tropic (2019), 2005 Taurus (Short)
his third feature, premiered three months later at the
Director's Fortnight section in Cannes 2019. He
teaches film at LUCA School of Arts in Brussels.
 2024 Los Océanos Son Los Verdaderos

World Competition
Continentes
Oceans Are The Real Continents
2023 | 119 Minutes
Spanish
Black and White
Cuba, Italy

Director: Tommaso Santambrogio

Producer: Marica Stocchi, Gianluca Arcopinto
Cast: Alexander Diego, Edith Ybarra Clara, Frank
Synopsis: Ernesto Lam, Alain Alain Alfonso González,
Alex and Edith, young couple in their 30s, live their relationship Milagros Llanes Martínez
made up of small gestures and everyday life among the ruins of Screenplay: Tommaso Santambrogio
Cuban buildings. Cinematographer: Lorenzo Casadio Vannucci
Milagro, a retired old lady, tries to survive by selling 'mani' (typical
Editor: Matteo Faccenda
Cuban peanut cones) and by illegally raising piglets in her
Sound Designer: Tommaso Barbaro
backyard.
Alain and Frank, two nine-year-old boys, go to school and dream Music Composer: Ramiro Cordero, Marco
of emigrating together to the United States to become Major Reccagni
League Baseball players. Production Company: Rosamont, Rai Cinema
These three narrations and their respective worlds develop in the World Sales: Fandango Sales
setting of San Antonio De Los Baños, a town in the Cuban inland, Festivals: Venice FF 2023 | Thessaloniki IFF 2023
where time has frozen. This scenario incarnates a picture of our
| Vancouver IFF 2023 | MAMI Mumbai FF 2023
times that comes to life thanks to the memory of the characters; it
is in this place that the spectre of separation unveils itself, real
scourge of the Cuban society.

Tommaso Santambrogio is a young Italian director; he Director's Selected Filmography:

has lived between Milan, Paris, Rome, Florence, and 2023 Taxibol (Documentary)
Havana, and has collaborated with several 2021 Closing Time (Short)
internationally renowned filmmakers, such as Werner 2019 The Last Scene (Short Doc)
Herzog and Lav Diaz. His first short films The Last 2019 Oceans Are The Real Continents
Scene, and Oceans Are The Real Continents were (Short)
both screened in 2019 at the Venice FF and were then
Director's
Biography:

selected in many festivals around the world. Taxibol

(2023), his latest docu-film, recently premiered at
Visions du Réel. Oceans Are the Real Continents
(2023) is his debut feature film.
 2024 Puan

World Competition
Puan
2023 | 109 Minutes
Spanish
Colour
Argentina, Italy, France, Germany, Brazil

Director: María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat

Producer: Federico Eibuszyc, Barbara Sarasola -
Day, Bárbara Francisco Mendivil
Synopsis: Cast: Marcelo Subiotto, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Julieta
Marcelo has devoted his life to teaching philosophy at the Public Zylberberg, Alejandra Flechner, Andrea Frigerio,
University of Buenos Aires. When his mentor Professor Caselli Mara Bestelli
dies unexpectedly, Marcelo expects to become the new head of Screenplay: María Alché, Benjamín Naishtat
Department. However, his plans turn upside down with the
Cinematographer: Hélène Louvart
unexpected arrival of Rafael Sujarchuk. Charismatic and
Editor: Livia Serpa
seductive, Rafael returns from his pedestal in European
universities to claim the vacant position for himself. Marcelo's Sound Designer: Fernando Ribero
clumsy efforts to prove he is the right candidate will trigger a Music Composer: Santiago Dolan
philosophical duel, while his life -and the country- enter a spiral of Production Company: Pasto Cine, Pucará Cine
chaos. World Sales: Luxbox
Festivals: San Sebastián IFF 2023 | Athens IFF
2023 | Vancouver IFF 2023 | São Paulo IFF 2023
| Viennale 2023

María Alché Director's Selected Filmography:

María Alché is an Argentine director, script writer and María Alché
actress. She wrote and directed the feature film A 2018 A Family Submerged
Family Submerged (2018), which won best Film in
Horizontes Latinos at the San Sebastian FF, and was Benjamín Naishtat
presented at the Festivals of Locarno, Havana, 2018 Rojo
Lincoln Center NY, Jeonju and Viennale, among 2015 The Movement
Director's
Biography:

others. 2014 History of Fear

Benjamín Naishtat
Benjamín Naishtat is an Argentine filmmaker. His film
Rojo (2018) was selected in Official Competition at the
San Sebastian FF, awarded with the Concha de Plata
for Best Direction. He wrote and directed The
Movement (2015) which premiered at the Locarno FF.
His film History of Fear (2014), premiered at the
Berlinale Official Competition.
 2024 Schlamassel

World Competition
Schlamassel
2023 | 112 Minutes
German
Colour
Germany

Director: Sylke Enders

Producer: Roman Avianus, Anja Wedell
Cast: Mareike Beykirch, Linda Wendel, Lore
Synopsis: Stefanek, Margarethe Tiesel
1996. While sheep Dolly has been cloned into life, Grandma is Screenplay: Sylke Enders
dead, and the family is already tearing itself apart. There is nothing Cinematographer: Jakob Wehrmann
and nobody to find solace in for Johanna, 32 year-old intern at the Editor: Sebastian Lempe
local newspaper. Her soul is raging as she confronts her
Sound Designer: Robert Fuhrmann
problematic family at Grandma 's funeral. She does not give
Music Composer: Bert Wrede
herself time to mourn throwing herself to her work at a newspaper.
When she discovers a photo of a female concentration camp Production Company: Joroni Film, CZAR Film
guard, she seizes the opportunity to confront to the woman. She World Sales: Media Luna Film
experiences an urge that she cannot identify, as a sense danger Festivals: Sao Paulo IFF 2023
starts to take over. But instead of finding release for her own
discontent and anger, she has to face her own "Schlamassel"
(mess).

Sylke Enders was born in Brandenburg an der Havel, Director's Selected Filmography:
GDR. She is a writer and director based in Berlin and 2013 Schönefeld Boulevard
known for realist tales about working moms and 2007 Mondkalb
coming-of-age stories. She studied directing at the 2004 Hab Mich Lieb!
German Film and Television Academy. Her successful 2003 Kroko
debut feature Kroko (2003) won the German film
award in silver and was nominated for the EFA as best
Director's
Biography:

newcomer. Hab Mich Lieb premiered at Munich IFF.

She was one of the 13 directors contributing to the
episodic film Germany 09 - 13 Short Films on The State
Of The Nation that premiered at Berlinale.
 2024 Ayeh Haye Zaye

World Competition
Terrestrial Verses
2023 | 77 Minutes
Persian
Colour
Iran

Director: Alireza Khatami, Ali Asgari

Producer: Ali Asgari, Milad Khosravi, Alireza
Khatami, Cyrus Neshvad, Reyhaneh Rad
Synopsis: Cast: Bahram Ark, Arghavan Shabani, Servin
Terrestrial Verses follows everyday people from all walks of life as Zabetian, Sadaf Asgari, Faezeh Rad, Hossein
they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints Soleymani, Majid Salehi, Farzin Mohades, Gouhar
imposed on them by various social authorities, from school Kheir Andish, Ardeshir Kazemi
teachers to bureaucrats. These stirring vignettes, humorous and
Screenplay: Alireza Khatami, Ali Asgari
affecting, capture the spirit and determination of people amidst
Cinematographer: Adib Sobhani
adversity, offering a nuanced portrait of a complex society.
Editor: Ehsan Vaseghi
Sound Designer: Alireza Alavian
Music Composer: Masoud Fayaz Zadeh
Production Company: Taat Films, Seven Springs
Pictures, Tell Tall Tale, Cynefilms
World Sales: Films Boutique
Festivals: Cannes: Un Certain Regard 2023 | BFI
London 2023 | Vancouver IFF 2023 | MAMI
Mumbai 2023 | Melbourne IFF 2023

Alireza Khatami Director's Selected Filmography:

Alireza Khatami is an award-winning Iranian
American filmmaker based in Canada. His debut Alireza Khatami:
feature, Oblivion Verses developed at the 2017 Oblivion Verses
Cinéfondation Residency of the Festival de Cannes,
premiered at the Venice FF, winning three awards, Ali Asgari:
including the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay 2022 Until Tomorrow
Director's
Biography:

and the FIPRESCI Prize. Alireza also co-wrote Until 2017 Disappearance
Tomorrow, which premiered at the Berlinale 2022

Ali Asgari
Ali Asgari is a prominent Iranian cinema figure with
more than 200 awards to his name. His debut film,
Disappearance, was developed at the Cinéfondation
Residency of the Festival de Cannes and had its world
premiere at the Venice FF in 2017. Until Tomorrow his
second film, at the Berlinale in 2022.
 2024 Al Murhaqoon

World Competition
The Burdened
2023 | 91 Minutes
Arabic
Colour
Yemen, Sudan, Saudi Arabia

Director: Amr Gamal

Producer: Mohsen Alkhalifi, Amr Gamal
Cast: Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Samah
Synopsis: Alamrani, Fatema Adulbqawi
Isra'a lives with her husband Ahmed and their three children in the Screenplay: Mazen Refaat, Amr Gamal
old port city of Aden in southern Yemen. Their everyday lives are Cinematographer: Mrinal Desai
shaped by the civil war – which means military checks in the Editor: Heba Othman
streets, frequent power cuts, and having to haul water from the
Sound Designer: Rana Eid, Rawad Hobeika
street to the kitchen. Ahmed used to work for television, but after
Music Composer: Chen Mingchang
several salary cheques were not paid, he is now earning his
money as a driver. When Isra'a unexpectedly becomes pregnant, Production Company: Adenium Productions
the couple faces a crisis. They both know they cannot afford a World Sales: Films Boutique
fourth child: they are about to move to a cheaper flat and the Festivals: Berlinale 2023 | Chicago IFF 2023 |
children's school fees are due. Together they decide on an Shanghai IFF 2023 | Sydney IFF 2023 | Durban
abortion. An odyssey begins in which a doctor friend becomes a 2023
key figure. Set against the backdrop of one of the world's most
devastating civil wars, this sensitive family drama provides us with
a glimpse into the society of a country largely unknown beyond its
borders.

Amr Gamal is an independent Yemeni film and theatre Director's Selected Filmography:
director. In 2003, he received the President's Award in 2018 10 Days Before The Wedding
playwriting. In 2005, Gamal established Khaleej Aden
Theatre Troupe, he has written and directed all the
theatre productions by the troupe since 2005. His play
Ma'k Nazel became the first Yemeni play to be
performed in Europe after its big success in Yemen.
Director's
Biography:

His first feature film 10 Days Before The Wedding

(2018) was the first film to open commercially in
Yemen since the last three decades. The film
continued to be screened for over 8 months and
became Yemen's official submission to the Oscar in
2018.
 2024 L'homme d'Argile

World Competition
The Dreamer
2023 | 94 Minutes
French
Colour
France

Director: Anaïs Tellenne

Producer: Diane Jassem, Ceĺ ine Chapdaniel
Cast: Raphaël Thiéry, Emmanuelle Devos, Mireille
Synopsis: Pitot, Marie-Christine Orry
Raphaël, a one-eyed man, is the caretaker of a mansion where no Screenplay: Anaïs Tellenne
one lives anymore. Soon to turn 60, he lives with his mother in a Cinematographer: Pierre W. Mazoyer
small house located at the entrance to the grounds of the stately Editor: Heĺ ois̈ e Pelloquet
manor. Between mole hunting, bagpipe practice and the
Sound Designer: Rem
́ i Chanaud, Rosalie Revoyre,
occasional ride in the postwoman's Kangoo van, the days
Maxime Roy
resemble one another. But one stormy night Garance, the estate's
heiress, comes back to the family's abode and now nothing will Music Composer: Amaury Chabauty
ever be the same again. Production Company: Koro Films, Vagabonds
Films, Micro Climat
World Sales: Be For Films
Festivals: Venice FF 2023 | MAMI Mumbai FF
2023 | Busan IFF 2023

Anaïs Tellenne is a filmmaker, actress, dancer, and Director's Selected Filmography:

writer. She began her career as a film, broadcast, and 2018 Modern Jazz (Short)
theatre actress before turning her attention to 2018 Le Mal Bleu (Short)
screenwriting and directing. She made her debut with 2016 June 19 (Short)
a short film, June 19 (2016). She was chosen for the
annual selection of Le Groupe Ouest in-residence
writers' workshop, where she fleshed out the
Director's
Biography:

screenplay for her first feature film The Dreamer. It was

an official selection in the Orizzonti Extra section, the
Venice FF. She is currently working on her second
feature.
 2024 Thadavu

World Competition
The Sentence
2023 | 89 Minutes
Malayalam
Colour
India

Director: Fazil Razak

Producer: Pramod Dev, Fazil Razak
Cast: Beena R Chandran, Anitha M N,
Synopsis: Subramaniyan, Vappu, Ishak Musafir
Geetha, a play school teacher, is living alone and facing a harsh Screenplay: Fazil Razak
life. She is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. She is unable Cinematographer: Mridul S
to avail the costly treatment. On learning that jail inmates get Editor: Vinayak Suthan
medical assistance from the State, Geetha hatches a plan to
Sound Designer: Harikumar Madhavan Nair
commit a crime.
Music Composer: Vaisakh Somanath
Production Company: Bunch of Coconuts, F R
Productions
Festivals: IFF Kerala 2023 | MAMI Mumbai 2023

Fazil Razak is a Screenwriter, Editor, and Director. Director's Selected Filmography:

Over the past five years, he has worked on numerous 2019 Barrier (Short)
short films and completed a feature film as a writer and 2021 Crescent (Short)
director. In 2019, he wrote and directed his debut short
film Barrier. The film won Best Film and Best Director at
the 30thKerala State Television Awards. His second
venture was Crescent. The film won Best Film (under
Director's
Biography:

20 minutes) at 30thKerala State Television Awards. He

was selected as one of the '75creative minds of
tomorrow' program at the 52nd IFF India (IFFI), Goa.
 2024 Pedágio

World Competition
Toll
2023 | 101 Minutes
Portuguese
Colour
Brazil, Portugal

Director: Carolina Markowicz

Producer: Karen Castanho Vega, Luís Urbano,
Bianca Villar, Fernando Fraiha, Sandro Aguilar,
Synopsis: Carolina Markowicz
Suellen, a Brazilian toll-booth attendant, falls in with a gang of Cast: Maeve Jinkings, Kauan Alvarenga, Thomás
thieves in an attempt to keep her family afloat. In doing so, she Aquino, Aline Marta Maia, Isac Graça
realises she can use her job to raise some extra money illegally for Screenplay: Carolina Markowicz
a so-called noble cause: to send her son to expensive conversion
Cinematographer: Luis Armando Arteaga
therapy led by a renowned foreign priest.
Editor: Lautaro Colace, Ricardo Saraiva
Sound Designer: André Bellentani, Filipe Derado
Music Composer: Filipe Derado
Production Company: Biônica Filmes, O Som e a
Fúria
World Sales: Luxbox
Festivals: Toronto IFF 2023 | San Sebastián IFF
2023 | Rio de Janeiro IFF 2023 | Rome FF 2023 |
IFF India 2023 | Stockholm IFF 2023

Carolina Markowicz has written and directed 6 short Director's Selected Filmography:
films selected for festivals including Cannes, Locarno, 2022 Charcoal
Toronto, SXSW and AFI, and winners of more than 70 2019 Spit (Short)
awards. The Orphan, her most recognised one, 2018 The Orphan (Short)
premiered in Director's Fortnight in 2018 and won the 2017 Long Distance Relationship (Short)
Queer Palm, becoming first Brazilian film to win the 2016 Postponed (Short)
Queer Palm. Since 2021, Carolina is a member of the 2014 Tatuapé Mahal Tower (Short)
Director's
Biography:

Oscar Academy - AMPAS. Her debut feature,

Charcoal, premiered at Toronto Competition and San
Sebastian in 2022.
 2024 Míng Tian Bi Zuo Tian Chang Jiu

World Competition
Tomorrow is a Long Time
2023 | 105 Minutes
Chinese Mandarin, English
Colour
Singapore, Taiwan, France, Portugal

Director: Jow Zhi Wei

Producer: Fran Borgia, Jeremy Chua, Stefano
Centini, Xavier Rocher, Ico Costa
Synopsis: Cast: Leon Dai, Edward Tan, Julius Foo, Lekheraj
Life is not the most fulfilling for sixteen-year-old Meng: Lounging at Sekhar, Neo Swee Lin
home with his grieving father on a daily basis, being excluded from Screenplay: Jow Zhi Wei
his family's past, and forced into bullying other kids at school. Cinematographer: Russell Morton
Everything changes when he is thrown into a life-altering
Editor: Alexandra Strauss
adventure that propels him into an exciting unfamiliar landscape.
Sound Designer: Olivier Dandre, Alexandre Hecker
Music Composer: Ting Si Hao
Production Company: Akanga Film Asia, Volos
Films, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinema, Potocol,
Oublaum Filmes
World Sales: Pluto Films
Festivals: Berlinale 2023 | Vancouver IFF 2023 |
Hong Kong IFF 2023 | Taiwan FF in Australia 2023
| Kinotrip IFF 2023

Jow Zhi Wei studied at Le Fresnoy art school in France Director's Selected Filmography:
and at the Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. 2013 After the Winter (Short)
Since 2010, he has been a member of the Golden 2010 Waiting (Short)
Horse Film Academy in Taiwan. In 2014, he received 2009 Outing (Short)
the Young Artist Award from the government of
Singapore. After making three short films which
screened at festivals including San Sebastián and
Director's
Biography:

Cannes, Tomorrow is a Long Time (2023) is his debut

feature.