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PÖFF unleashed its Rebels With A Cause 2024
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The side-competition, dedicated to films that push the boundaries of cinematic art, contains 6 world premieres and 4 international premieres.

"The filmmakers who come to our Rebel Area, don't fight or rebel for anything, they've already won," says Javier Garcia Puerto, the main curator of the programme. "They expose their crisp ideas, concerns and proposals in a very authentic, attractive and personal way, making them universal through a daring way of challenging the current norms of standard, industrial cinema."

Launched in 2017, the competition strand has become increasingly popular with festival audiences. "It's a candy for the audience," comments Puerto. "For those who see themselves as a conscious audience and who want to discover a different, engaging and a surprising way to immerse themselves in the joy of cinema."

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A Sip Of Hell. Photo: film still

Puerto also discloses the selection process: "Most of the time, we don't make our choices based solely on the films. We curate the programme with those viewers in mind who want to be challenged and discover different ways of storytelling. There are, of course, themes such as gender roles and their contemporary evolution, the labyrinths of the creative process, or the daily struggle in a post-pandemic society. But it's a selection that goes beyond themes and current genres, showing a wide palette of references and bets. There are crazy comedies, rage music films, a playful beyond-the-line doc-sex self-portrait or even a reinterpretation of a Western cultural myth."

The counterpart of the PÖFF Shorts sub-festival, Rebels With Their Shorts, consists of 14 works, including one world premiere and one international premiere. Programme details will be available from the 1st of November.

REBELS WITH A CAUSE COMPETITION 2024: FILM DETAILS

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Yellow. Photo: film still

REBELS WITH THEIR SHORTS TITLES

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