First Feature Competition

The first films of promising young talents, representing youthful vivacity, questing ideas and unexpected viewpoints – the future of cinematic art. Only world and international premieres.

A Yard of Jackals

A Yard of Jackals

A quiet man’s life is shattered by sinister neighbours, leaving him to confront hidden horrors.

Local title
Šaakalite naabruskond
Director
Diego Figueroa
Country
Chile
Ciao Bambino

Ciao Bambino

“Gomorrah” meets Pawlikowski in this beautifully crafted romantic crime story.

Local title
Ciao Bambino
Director
Edgardo Pistone
Country
Italy
Corina

Corina

An uplifting journey of a woman daring to venture outside her comfort zone.

Local title
Corina
Director
Urzula Barba Hopfner
Country
Mexico
Lotus

Lotus

A dreamlike musical carousel, partly shot on an analogue camera from the 1920s.

Local title
Lootos
Director
Signe Birkova
Country
Latvia, Lithuania
Mongrels

Mongrels

A heartfelt and mysterious tale of Korean immigrants, centred on survival and spiced up with catching dogs.

Local title
Krantsid
Director
Jerome Yoo
Country
Canada
No Dogs Allowed

No Dogs Allowed

Without a doubt not your ordinary coming-of-age film that will leave no one indifferent.

Local title
Koertele keelatud
Director
Steve Bache
Country
Germany
Smaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump

Smaragda - I Got Thick Skin and I Can't Jump

When your glow-up gets interrupted by reality biting your ass under the warm Cyprus sun.

Local title
Smaragda - mul on paks nahk ja ma ei oska hüpata
Director
Emilios Avraam
Country
Cyprus
Sun Never Again

Sun Never Again

A film that progresses like Arvo Pärt’s music spreads on a cinema screen.

Local title
Päike enam ei tõuse
Director
David Jovanovic
Country
Serbia
The House With No Address

The House With No Address

A psychological dystopia that wrings existential dilemmas with Almodóvar-like elegance.

Local title
Maja ilma aadressita
Director
Hatice Aşkın
Country
Turkey, Germany
The Weeping Walk

The Weeping Walk

Do you remember the last time you had fun at a funeral?

Local title
Peiepidu
Director
Dimitri Verhulst
Country
Belgium
Two of Me

Two of Me

One is as bad as the other – the twin brothers’ head-spinning journey to the centre of the world and back.

Local title
Mind on kaks
Director
Raul Esko, Romet Esko
Country
Estonia
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