The Friday raid has begun, during which everything misleading and deceptive is spread through our cinemas: challenges to a person's sense of reality. As the unstoppable spread of the cult of personality on social media no longer surprises anyone, in today's action no door will be closed to the raid.

Colleagues, distant relatives and best friends on the career ladder - each of them has a role to play today in revealing hidden realities.

Check out Friday at PÖFF here.

Unprecedented
Nov. 19, 6:15 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza
World premiere. With film guests

Director Masaaki Kudo creates an equally direct, intimate and fearlessly raw portrait of young people in their early twenties living in the midst of covid restrictions in Tokyo, who are extremely vulnerable due to lack of economic security and are struggling with lost jobs and growing debts, each in their own way. Instead of a conventional melodrama, Kudo's dramaturgical approach is provocatively honest.

What Went Wrong?
Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza
International premiere. With film guests

Today, people are questioning romantic relationships more than ever before - and rightly so. We can only improve our relationship if we dare to doubt ourselves. Lili or Liliana Torres, the film's screenwriter and director, puts herself in front of the camera, reflecting her life on a wonderfully intimate level, fusing reality with fiction and inspiring every viewer to ask themselves the same question in an unusually intimate way.

Tenzin
Nov. 19, at 8:45 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza
World premiere. With film guests

Growing up in the Tibetan community in Canada, Tenzin has crossed the milestone of his 20s and finds himself at a dizzying crossroads in life. Written by Tibetans themselves with immediate intimacy, "Tenzin" is strengthened by a straightforward spirit of structure and dramaturgy, which allows the viewer to descend into the unknown sensations created in this symbiotic co-creation and discover a mysteriously distant and inaccessible world.

The Shape of Things to Come
Nov. 19, at 9:15 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza
World premiere. With film guests

In a dystopian city, 12-year-old Teo works with his father Luis to develop a mysterious machine that will flood a city where it never rains. Luis wants to get the machine up and running at all costs and is willing to risk the constant embargoes and threats from the authorities. The film balances neo-noir and science fiction, where director V. Checa fills the whole universe with bright (and dark) visions.

Ascension
Nov. 19, 6:15 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza

Jessica Kingdon's spectacular and humorous documentary watches the Chinese pursue the Chinese Dream promoted by the Communist Party. In front of the viewer, a cross-section of an increasingly stratified society opens up, where the lower class works out front for scraps of bread, while the upper class enjoys unimaginable benefits. The best documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival and an Oscar favorite for the best documentary of the year.

Zero Fucks Given
Nov. 19, 8:30 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza

Cassandre, 26, works for a low-cost airline. Without purpose, she lives one day at a time in the spirit of her Tinder username “Carpe Diem”. The young woman's life is filled with partying, basking by the pool and traveling from one place to another. Unfortunately, such a cool, Instagram-worthy lifestyle is an escape from reality. "Zero Fucks Given" is a captivating look at a social media generation, where breathtaking pain is often hidden behind smiles.