Films from our international competition about people, animals, and the relationships between them.
Language: Fin, Eng Duration: 92 min Age Limit: 16+
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Wed 6.3.
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15:00
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Cine Atlas 1
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12
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Thu 7.3.
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14:30
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Cine Atlas 4
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12
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Pętla
The LoopSilmukkaDirector: Antoni FerencyCountry: PolandYear: 2023Genre: FictionDuration: 15 minA young man takes a night bus to meet a girl. He falls asleep. He wakes up in the company of a strange man who turns out to be somewhat similar to him. The sequence of events makes the young man miss his stop and return to the same place from which he set out.
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Calf
VasikkaDirector: Jamie O'RourkeCountry: IrelandYear: 2023Genre: FictionDuration: 15 minA calf is about to be born. The accident that suddenly strikes a remote Irish farm reveals a secret that has long been deafened and leaves Cáit with a terrible decision to make. A gut-wrenching film from way out in the countryside, a place where the worst things are silenced.
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2% Baby
2% VauvaDirector: Róisín Sinai KellyCountry: IrelandYear: 2023Genre: Experimental, AnimationDuration: 4 minOn a stormy night a little girl takes cover in an old fridge and finds herself in a once familiar home, but the rain is seeping in and the house is changing.
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Ghouroub Beirut
The Sun Sets On BeirutAurinko laskee Beirutin ylleDirector: Daniela StephanCountry: United Kingdom, LebanonYear: 2022Genre: FictionDuration: 18 minMounia, a girl in her mid-20s, is looking for her cat in a now-destroyed city, Beirut. Accompanied by her best friend Ghady, who is more interested in flirting with a British journalist, they embark on a journey to find what has been taken from them.
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Testigo del viento
Wind WhispererTuulikuiskaajaDirector: Fernanda CaicedoCountry: Ecuador, GermanyYear: 2022Genre: AnimationDuration: 7 minAt the end of the horizon a singing cicada is born. Its flight is short, yet its chanting is eternal.
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Blood and Tears
Verta ja kyyneliäDirector: Haomin LuCountry: ChinaYear: 2023Genre: FictionDuration: 13 minThe man recounts his experiences: he was once abducted, his parents were murdered, and he was forced into a perilous life as a performer. The film sheds light on the moral dilemma between humans and animals within the context of zoos in the industrial and post-industrial eras.
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Comrade Poopy
Toveri PoopyDirector: MCountry: Myanmar, France, JapanYear: 2023Genre: DocumentaryDuration: 20 minFollowing the protest against the 2021 Myanmar military coup, travel blogger Naw and her husband embark on a harrowing escape through the vast jungles. Amidst the chaos and uncertainty, the couple finds comfort in an unexpected companion – a newly adopted kitten they name "POOPY."