Section International Panorama
Me and the Others (DE, 2021)
“I want it to be all about me, for you all to see me.” The miniseries is a surreal expedition into the head of Tristan, a man with a complicated relationship with the world and himself. We will screen all three episodes at the festival....
Alma’s Not Normal (UK, 2021)
A fun series based on comedian Sophie Willan’s own experiences growing up in an orphanage. Alma is a 30-ish woman with no job experience or other marketable skills. She has just been dumped by her rent-paying boyfriend and has to rethink her life from the ground up. ...
Partisan (SWE, 2020)
Fares, a Swedish star of Lebanese descent known for the Department Q film series, plays the enigmatic character of Johnny in this mystery thriller. We join him as he arrives at a remote farm bringing in two orphaned teenagers. There are foster parents waiting for them, as well as an unspecified job waiting for Johnny... ...
Too Close (UK, 2021)
In this suspenseful psychological thriller, British star actress Emily Watson (Breaking the Waves, Chernobyl) plays a forensic psychologist facing the toughest assignment of her career: to assess the mental state of Connie Mortensen, a patient known across the country as the “yummy mummy monster”. We will screen all three episodes....
Snow Angels (DEN, 2021)
It’s winter shortly before Christmas and a Stockholm suburb is paralysed by a snowstorm. Jenni, mother of five-month-old Lukas and her school-going daughter Nicole, wakes up only to discover that the crib is empty and the baby gone. She begins a desperate search into what happened....
OVNI(s) (FRA, 2021)
Set in the colourful 1970s, this French retro comedy-drama follows the work of a real-world department of the French space agency tasked with investigating unidentified flying objects....