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World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Big Girls Don’t Cry

Over one transformative summer in rural New Zealand in 2006, 14-year-old Sid Bookman discovers desire, identity, and the internet as she imitates the people she longs to be loved by.

Jan 24, 2:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 25, 9:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 9:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 7:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 9:15 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Extra Geography

In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood — friendship, boys, studies, and growing up — and embark on their school project, falling in love.

Jan 23, 5:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 1:10 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 2:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 3:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Feb 1, 2:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Filipiñana

Tee girl Isabel feels strangely drawn to Dr. Palanca, the president of the country club where she works. However, after piecing together a violent picture of what lies beneath the club’s pristine surface, she realizes that what began as an innocent infatuation is actually rooted in a sinister shared history.

Jan 23, 2:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 5:20 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 3:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 7:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 1:50 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

HOLD ONTO ME (Κράτα Με)

11-year-old Iris learns her estranged father, Aris, is back in town for his own father’s funeral. Determined to know him, Iris tracks him down to a dilapidated shipyard, where he’s been keeping to himself. What begins as a stubborn attempt to reconnect slowly unfolds into a fragile bond.

Jan 26, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 27, 5:20 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 9:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 3:45 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

How to Divorce During the War

In Vilnius in 2022, Marija has a revelation that she wants to divorce her husband, Vytas, right before Russia invades Ukraine. Forced to confront their crumbling relationship, they navigate the process of divorce as it collides with the ongoing war.

Jan 26, 2:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 27, 11:00 A.M. MSTin-person
Jan 28, 3:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 30, 6:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

The Huntress (La Cazadora)

In the border city of Juárez, Mexico, where violence against women is perpetrated with impunity, an unlikely defender emerges with a desperate call for change. Inspired by true events.

Jan 22, 3:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 23, 4:40 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 8:50 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 9:00 A.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

LADY

In the sprawling African metropolis of Lagos, a fiercely independent young cab driver meets a band of radiantly reckless sex workers whose sisterhood pulls her into danger and joy, setting her on a journey toward her own transformation.

Jan 22, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 23, 5:20 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 24, 9:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 6:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 5:20 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Levitating (Para Perasuk)

In a town where pleasure equals being possessed by spiritual beings, Bayu aspires to be the shaman of a trance party so he can fundraise enough money to prevent an impending eviction.

Jan 24, 11:45 A.M. MSTin-person
Jan 25, 2:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 28, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 4:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 30, 8:50 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Shame and Money

After losing their livelihood in a village, a Kosovar family is forced to move to the capital in pursuit of a place in a hypercapitalist society.

Jan 25, 11:30 A.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 1:50 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 6:15 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 31, 6:30 P.M. MSTin-person

World Cinema Dramatic Competition

Tell Me Everything

Amid the late ’80s pop craze and rising HIV epidemic, 12-year-old Boaz uncovers a devastating secret about the father he idolizes that threatens to tear his family apart. Across a yearslong journey, Boaz seeks to heal the wound and reclaim the father-son bond he never stopped yearning for.

Jan 25, 8:45 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 26, 6:00 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 28, 9:30 P.M. MSTin-person
Jan 29, 3:00 P.M. GMTonline
Jan 29, 8:10 P.M. MSTin-person
Feb 1, 4:00 P.M. MSTin-person

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