PIFF '21
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- DirectorAhmad BahramiStarsAli BagheriMahdie NassajFarrokh NematiLotfollah is a brick factory supervisor, acting as go-between for the workers and the boss. The boss wants to talk to the them about the shutdown of the factory. All matters now to Lotfollah is to keep Sarvar, the woman he loves, unharmed.
- DirectorMårten KlingbergStarsHedda StiernstedtRolf LassgårdLena EndreAfter breaking up with her boyfriend, 28-year-old aspiring journalist Hanna decides to leave Stockholm and move back in with her parents and brother in her small hometown, Alingsås. After she gets a job at the local news station, her world turns upside-down when her father, a respected priest in the community, informs his family of his lifelong feminine side and announces that he wants to come out as Marianne. The whole family must now deal with the consequences this might have for them and the community at large.
- DirectorIvan IkicStarsMarijana NovakovTijana MarkovicValentino ZenuniReal life people play versions of themselves, in a love triangle set in a facility for intellectually disabled youth.
- DirectorNora MartirosyanStarsGrégoire ColinHayk BakhryanArman NavasardyanAn engineer must decide whether to reopen the airport in Nagorno Karabakh.
- DirectorNader SaeivarStarsBakhtiyar PanjeeiSevil ShirgirHadi EftekharzadehIn an ordinary Iranian town, two mysterious strangers in a car begin to park daily at the same spot for hours. This unusual occurrence causes paranoia among the locals, who suspect them to be national security.
- DirectorGanesh VinayakStarsAbarnathiTharunkumarThaen is based on the real-life incident of an economically-backward husband who carried his dead wife to the cremation ground as he was unable to pay for the mortuary van.
- DirectorDaria WoszekStarsGrazyna MisiorowskaHelena SujeckaSylwester PiechuraMary is just some lonely, small town grocery store worker, living a life free from sin. Struggling with menopause, she visits her doctor, who prescribes a course of hormone replacement therapy. On the eve of her 50th birthday, Mary's life begins to take a totally unexpected turn: it is freaking magical. As she starts to feel things differently, she begins to live more extravagantly. On top of this, her young, vivacious niece keeps showing up at her doorstep and affects Mary's sexual awakening. But there's something much darker bubbling beneath the surface. Meanwhile, a holy presence in Mary's home appears to silently judge her, which deepens the hero's uncertainty. This religious anxiety threatens to suppress her newfound lust for life. Mary must act if she is to keep the wickedness at bay.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsFélix LefebvreBenjamin VoisinPhilippine VelgeWhen 16-year-old Alexis capsizes off the coast of Normandy, 18-year-old David heroically saves him. Alexis has just met the friend of his dreams, who opens his eyes to a new horizon of friendship, art and sexual bliss.
- DirectorAmir RamsesStarsIlham ShaheenAmina KhalilAhmed MagdyThe events take place in the fall of 2013 after the curfew decision in Egypt, where Fatin is released from prison after spending 20 years for committing a horrific crime. As she's forced to spend the night with her daughter Layla, who subject her to a second trial in search of unanswered questions.
- DirectorAmin Behroozzadeh
- DirectorLemohang Jeremiah MoseseStarsMary TwalaJerry MofokengMakhaola NdebeleWhen her village is threatened with forced resettlement due to reservoir construction, an 80-year-old widow finds a new will to live and ignites the spirit of resilience within her community.
- DirectorDani RosenbergStarsMarek RozenbaumRoni KubanNatan RosenbergA father and son try to freeze time through cinema, but the father's illness threatens to cut their quest short.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
- DirectorEmmanuel MouretStarsCamélia JordanaNiels SchneiderVincent MacaigneWaiting for her boyfriend to join her on a country vacation, three months pregnant Daphne bonds with his cousin Maxime, and their shared intimacy brings them closer together into a full fledged love affair.
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsYahya MahayniDea LianeKoen De BouwHis own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
- DirectorEmma DanteStarsAlissa Maria OrlandoSusanna PirainoAnita PomarioMaria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. When Antonella accidentally dies, the sisters' relationships are turned upside down for the rest of their lives.
- DirectorPrithvi KonanurStarsAkshatha PandavapuraGunjalammaDeepak SubramanyaA young mother returns home early to discover her baby-daughter and the care taker missing. Thus begins a frantic day for all the stake holders that forces them to confront their pasts, presents and futures.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Min-heeLee Eun-miSong Seon-miWhile her husband is on a business trip, Gamhee meets three of her friends on the outskirts of Seoul. They make friendly conversation but there are different currents flowing independently of each other, both above and below the surface.
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsSidney FlaniganTalia RyderThéodore PellerinA pair of teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania travel to New York City to seek out medical help after an unintended pregnancy.
- DirectorFilippo MeneghettiStarsBarbara SukowaMartine ChevallierLéa DruckerPensioners Nina and Madeleine have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades, but their bond is put to the test when they are suddenly unable to move freely between each other's apartments.
- DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsZhila ShahiBaran RasoulofMohammad ValizadeganThe four stories that are variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsPaula BeerFranz RogowskiMaryam ZareeUndine works as a historian lecturing on Berlin's urban development. But when the man she loves leaves her, the ancient myth catches up with her. Undine has to kill the man who betrays her and return to the water.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsYû AoiIssei TakahashiMasahiro HigashideA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
- DirectorDavid IlundainStarsDavid VerdaguerPatricia López ArnaizAna LabordetaA substitute teacher takes on a job as a year 6 class teacher in a village he does not know. He has to help a student adjust back into school, although none of his classmates want him there.