Official Selection 2021

COMPETITION

19nd edition TIFF 2021

Feature Films

FEATURE

  1. 18% Grey by Viktor Chouchkov Jr. | Bulgaria, Germany, North Macedonia, Serbia, Belgium | 2020 | 108’
  2. A Fish Swimming Upside Down by Eliza Petkova | Germany | 2020 | 103’
  3. Daniel ’16 by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos | Greece | 2020 | 101’
  4. Hive by Blerta Basholli | Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, Albania | 2021 | 83’
  5. Looking for Venera by Norika Sefa | Kosovo | 2021 | 111’
  6. Sanremo by Miroslav Mandić | Slovenia | 2020 | 90’
  7. The Exam by Shawkat Amin Korki | Germany, Iraq | 2021 | 90

EYE on TIFF

  1. Botox by Kaveh Mazaheri | Iran, Canada | 2020 | 97’
  2. Emetofobia by David Jahn | Germany | 2020 | 105’
  3. Identifying Features by Fernanda Valadez | Mexico | 2020 | 97’
  4. Pebbles by P S Vinothraj | India | 2021 | 77’
  5. Spagat by Christian Johannes Koch | Switzerland | 2020 | 110’
  6. The Ghosts by Sebastián Lojo | Guatemala | 2020 | 76’
  7. The Last Bath by David Bonneville | Portugal | 2020 | 94’

DOCUMENTARY

  1. 1970 by Tomasz Wolski | Poland | 2021 | 70’
  2. A Man and a Camera by Guido Hendrikx | Netherlands | 2021 | 63’
  3. A Rifle and a Bag by Cristina Haneș, Arya Rothe, Isabella Rinaldi | India, Romania, Italy, Qatar | 2020 | 89’
  4. All Light, Everywhere by Theo Anthony | USA | 2021 | 109’
  5. The Pageant by Eytan Ipeker | Turkey, Israel | 2020 | 83’
  6. This Rain Will Never Stop by Alina Gorlova | Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar | 2020 | 102’

SHORT Films

LIVE ACTION OSCAR® qualifying

  1. A New Perspective by Emanuela Ponzano | Italy | 2020 | 19’
  2. Charon by Yannick Karcher | France | 2020 | 16’
  3. Chaval by Jaime Olías de Lima | Spain | 2020 | 28’
  4. Displaced by Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | 2021 | 15’
  5. Ganef by Mark Rosenblatt | UK | 2020 | 14’
  6. Georgia by Jayil Pak | South Korea | 2020 | 30’
  7. Home by Sergei Davidoff | Moldova, USA | 2020 | 20’
  8. Leylak by Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | USA | 2020 | 17’
  9. Like the Ones I Used to Know by Annie St-Pierre | Canada | 2021 | 18’
  10. Long Distance by Or Sinai | Israel | 2020 | 20’
  11. Menarca by Lillah Halla | Brazil | 2020 | 22’
  12. Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit into His Suit by Gabriel Herrera | Mexico | 2021 | 10’
  13. North Pole by Marija Apcevska | North Macedonia, Serbia | 2021 | 15’
  14. Nour Shams by Faiza Ambah | Saudi Arabia | 2021 | 25’
  15. Red Day by Besim Ugzmajli | Kosovo | 2021 | 15’
  16. Safe by Ian Barling | USA | 2021 | 16’
  17. The Lamb of God by David Pinheiro Vicente | Portugal | 2020 | 15’
  18. Titan by Valéry Carnoy | Belgium | 2021 | 19’
  19. We’re not Animals by Noé Debré | France | 2021 | 16’
  20. Yoruga by Federico Torrado Tobón | USA | 2020 | 7’

ANIMATION OSCAR® qualifying

  1. Death and the Winemaker by Victor Jaquier | Switzerland | 2021 | 19’
  2. Fetch by Sam Gill | Canada, New Zealand | 2021 | 18’
  3. Heart of Gold by Simon Filliot | France | 2020 | 13’
  4. House of Memory by Sofía Rosales Arreola | Mexico | 2020 | 13’
  5. Just for the Record by Vojin Vasovic | Canada, Serbia | 2020 | 7’
  6. Love, Dad by Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czech Republic | 2021 | 12’
  7. Spam Gets a New Hat by William Joyce | UK | 2021 | 12’
  8. Murder in the Cathedral by Matija Pisacic, Tvrtko Raspolic | Croatia | 2020 | 16’
  9. Night Bus by Joe Hsieh | Taiwan | 2020 | 20’
  10. Pilar by Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping, Diana van Houten | Netherlands | 2020 | 9’
  11. Red Shoes by Anna Paděrová | Czech Republic | 2021 | 14’

 

DOCUMENTARY

  1. 164880 by Maria Falileeva, Alexandra Matveeva | Russia | 2021 | 25’
  2. Brothers – A Family Film by Valentin Merz | Switzerland, France | 2020 | 17’
  3. In Ictu Oculi by Jorge Moneo Quintana | Spain | 2020 | 15’
  4. Rat Tail by Chad Sogas | USA | 2020 | 14’
  5. Rosebud by Álvaro López Alba | Spain | 2020 | 10’
  6. Scars by Alex Anna | Canada | 2020 | 10’
  7. Some Kind of Intimacy by Toby Bull | UK, France | 2021 | 6’
  8. The End of Kings by Rémi Brachet | France | 2020 | 40’
  9. The Game by Roman Hodel | Switzerland | 2020 | 17’
  10. Waste Vol. 1 by Jan Ijäs | Finland | 2020 | 57’

STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying

  1. Elephant in Castle by Florence Yuk Ki Lee | Hong Kong | 2021 | 5’ | Animation
  2. Fall of the Ibis King by Mikai Geronimo, Josh O’Caoimh | Ireland | 2021 | 10’ | Animation
  3. Fracture by Rony Tanios | France | 2020 | 10’ | Experimental
  4. I Don’t Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore by Viv Li | Belgium | 2020 | 16’ | Documentary
  5. Land of Glory by Borbála Nagy | Germany | 2020 | 27’ | Live Action
  6. Sea by the River and River by the Sea by Sovran Nrecaj | Kosovo | 2021 | 28’ | Live Action
  7. Summer Planning by Alexandru Mironescu | Romania | 2021 | 26’ | Live Action
  8. The Сity of the Sun by Maria Semenova | Russia | 2021 | 30’ | Documentary
  9. The Doll by Elahe Esmaili | Iran | 2021 | 30’ | Documentary
  10. The Tale of the Green Cheese by Noah Erni | Switzerland | 2020 | 5’ | Animation
  11. Waid by Lorenz Piehl | Germany | 2021 | 20’ | Live Action

VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL

  1. Blue Honda Civic by Eerola Jussi | Finland | 2020 | 11’
  2. Chartres Bell Ringers by Hervé Bacquet | France | 2020 | 7’
  3. Double Bind by Ruben Bellinkx | Belgium | 2020 | 11’
  4. Inside by Yann Chapotel | France | 2020 | 6’
  5. Let’s Get Digital by Omar Abo | Egypt | 2020 | 7’
  6. One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Wang Yuyan | France | 2020 | 11’
  7. Passage by Ann Oren | Germany | 2020 | 13’
  8. Silence by Dmitry Zakharov | Germany | 2020 | 5’
  9. Terms of Play by Florian Tscharf | Germany | 2020 | 7’
  10. The Old Child by Felipe Esparza | China, France | 2020 | 16’
  11. Us Outside by Lluís Nadal | Spain | 2020 | 15’

BALKAN Shorts

  1. Bella by Thelyia Petraki | Greece | 2020 | 25’ | DocuFiction
  2. Brigitte Bardot by Çağıl Bocut | Turkey | 2021 | 14’ | Live Action
  3. Everything in its Right Place by Nikola Stojanovic | Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2020 | 22’ | Live Action
  4. In Her Steps by Anastasia Kratidi | Greece | 2020 | 25’ | Live Action
  5. Kaimos by Sarra Tsorakidis | Romania | 2020 | 27’ | Live Action
  6. Motorway 65 by Evi Kalogiropoulou | Greece | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
  7. Radio Freedom by Ismar Vejzovic, Bafl Sarhang | Netherlands, Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2021 | 19’ | Live Action
  8. Rainbow by Aleksandar Vujović | Montenegro | 2020 | 17’ | Live Action
  9. Spark by Luka Bursac | Serbia | 2021 | 18’ | Live Action
  10. The Criminals by Serhat Karaaslan | Turkey, France, Romania | 2021 | 24’ | Live Action
  11. Vouta by Dimitris Zahos | Greece | 2020 | 18’ | Live Action

In ALBANIAN

  1. A Child by Bekim Guri | Kosovo | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
  2. Cadillak and Blackberries by Suela Bako | Albania | 2021 | 15’
  3. Disco Funeral by Benart Laze | Albania | 2020 | 17’ | Live Action
  4. Exit by Artur Muharremi | France | 2021 | 6’ | Animation
  5. Freestyle to Montenegro by Ardit Sadiku | Albania | 2021 | 72’ | Documentary
  6. Pranvera by Mario Banushi | Albania | 2021 | 9’ | Experimental
  7. The Planting of Trees by Fabio Seferi | Albania | 2021 | 30’ | Live Action
  8. The Professional by Atina Laço | Albania | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action
  9. The Sweet Dealer by Jonid Jorgji | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
  10. The Vanished by Arben Thaçi | North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania | 2020 | 100’ | Feature
  11. Those Who Drown Cling to Foam by Urtina Hoxha | Kosovo | 2020 | 5’ | Animation
  12. Toni by Roman Filiev | Greece | 2021 | 16’ | Live Action

NON-COMPETITION

FOCUS

UN/DOGMATIC – The Danish Cinema

  1. Antichrist by Lars von Trier | Denmark | 2009 | 104’ | Drama
  2. Europa by Lars von Trier | Denmark | 1991 | 113’ | Drama
  3. Submarino by Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | 2010 | 111’ | Drama
  4. The Commune by Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | 2016 | 111’ | Drama
  5. The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark, Sweden | 2012 | 111’ | Drama 

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Opening Film Hive (Zgjoi) by Blerta Basholli | Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, Albania | 2021 | 83’
Closing Film Looking for Venera by Norika Sefa | Kosovo | 2021 | 98’

2021 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films | LIVE ACTION

  1. Feeling Through by Doug Roland | USA | 2019 | 19’ | Live Action
  2. The Letter Room by Elvira Lind | USA | 2020 | 33’ | Live Action
  3. The Present by Farah Nabulsi | Palestine | 2020 | 25’ | Live Action
  4. Two Distant Strangers by Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe | USA | 2020 | 29’ | Live Action
  5. White Eye by Tomer Shushan | Israel | 2019 | 20’ | Live Action

2021 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films | ANIMATION

  1. Burrow by Madeline Sharafian | USA | 2020 | 6’ | Animation
  2. Genius Loci by Adrien Merigeau | France | 2019 | 16’ | Animation
  3. If Anything Happens I Love You by Michael Govier, Will Mccormack | USA | 2020 | 13’ | Animation
  4. Opera by Erick Oh | South Korea, USA | 2020 | 9’ | Animation
  5. Yes – People by Gísli Darri Halldórsson | Iceland | 2020 | 9’ | Animation

EFA Shorts Tour 2020

  1. All Cats Are Grey in the Dark by Lasse Linder | Switzerland | 2019 | 19’ | Documentary
  2. Genius Loci by Adrien Mérigeau | France | 2020 | 16’ | Animation
  3. Invisible Hero by Cristèle Alves Meira | Portugal, France | 2019 | 27’ | Live Action
  4. It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad by Mili Pecherer | France | 2020 | 29’ | Animation
  5. Memorable by Bruno Collet | France | 2019 | 12’ | Animation
  6. Nina by Hristo Simeonov | Bulgaria | 2019 | 19’ | Live Action
  7. Past Perfect by Jorge Jácome | Portugal | 2019 | 23’ | Experimental
  8. People On Saturday by Jonas Ulrich | Switzerland | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
  9. Sun Dog by Dorian Jespers | Belgium, Russia | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
  10. The Best City Is No City at All by Christoph Schwarz | Austria | 2020 | 15’ | Documentary
  11. The Shift by Laura Carreira | Portugal, UK | 2020 | 9’ | Live Action
  12. Things that Happen in the Bathroom by Edward Hancox | UK, USA | 2019 | 13’ | Live Action
  13. Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days by Regina Pessoa | Portugal, France, Canada | 2019 | 11’ | Animation

PANORAMA

KIDs

  1. Beyond the Line by Jinuk Choi | USA, South Korea | 2020 | 3’ | Animation | Age 10-
  2. Blackbirds by Emma Séméria | France | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action | 11+
  3. Duet by Mika Orr | Israel, USA | 2020 | 21’ | Live Action | 11+
  4. Experiment by Z. Berton, S. C. Pérez, G. Heussler, Y. Kacprzak, M. Wiriath | France | 2020 | 6’ | Animation | 10-
  5. Fighters by Heng-Ruei Tung | Taiwan | 2021 | 6’ | Live Action | 10-
  6. Fly by Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado | Spain | 2020 | 15’ | Animation | 10-
  7. Footsteps on the Wind by G. Leal, F. Melo, M. Sanbar | Brazil, UK, USA | 2020 | 7’ | Animation | 10-
  8. Itch by Ma’ayan Rypp | Israel | 2021 | 9’ | Live Action | 11+
  9. La Tecnica by Clemente De Muro, Davide Mardegan | Italy | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action | 11+
  10. Little Forest by Paulina Muratore | Argentina | 2020 | 8’ | Animation | 10-
  11. Mila by Cinzia Angelini | USA, Canada, Italy | 2021 | 20’ | Animation | 10-
  12. Milk by Celia Jaspers | New Zealand | 2021 | 5’ | Live Action | 10-
  13. Mishou by Milen | Germany | 2020 | 8’ | Animation | 10-
  14. My Grandma Matilde by Miguel Anaya Borja | Mexico | 2021 | 11’ | Animation | 10-
  15. Over the Sky by Pauline Pelsy-Johann | France | 2021 | 20’ | Live Action | 10-
  16. Sea Dragon by James Morgan | UK | 2021 | 16’ | Live Action | 11+
  17. The Right Words by Adrian Moyse Dullin | France | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action | 11+

GENERATIONs

  1. Apibeurzdé by Basile Charpentier | France | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
  2. Desert Dogs by Samuel Morris | Switzerland | 2020 | 20’ | Documentary
  3. Solo.Pin by Javad Atefeh | USA | 2021 | 11’ | Live Action
  4. Foreigner by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias | Spain | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
  5. Mamma by Aslak Danbolt | Norway | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action
  6. Marko by Marko Šantić | Croatia | 2021 | 17’ | Live Action
  7. On My Way by Bertrand Basset | France | 2020 | 16’ | Live Action
  8. Rehak by Pierre B | France, UK | 2020 | 8’ | Live Action
  9. Return to Toyama by Atsushi Hirai | France, Japan | 2020 | 25’ | Live Action
  10. Shower Boys by Christian Zetterberg | Sweden | 2021 | 9’ | Live Action
  11. The Flies by Edgardo Pistone | Italy | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
  12. The Silence by Henrik Henziger | Sweden | 2020 | 7’ | Live Action
  13. Trophy by Sandra Coppola | Canada | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
  14. You are Always 20 by Christer Wahlberg | Sweden | 2020 | 15’ | Documentary

NEW WORLD

  1. Arctic Summer by Daniel Fradin, Kyle Rosenbluth | USA, Canada | 2020 | 24’ | Documentary
  2. Burros by Jefferson Stein | USA | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action
  3. Coffin by Y. Cai, N. Crabot, H. Huang, M. Janiw, M. Lebon, Th. T. Ngoc | France | 2020 | 6’ | Animation
  4. Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma by Topaz Jones, Jason Filmore Sondock, Simon Davis | USA | 2020 | 35’ | Documentary
  5. Five Tiger by Nomawonga Khumalo | South Africa | 2020 | 11’ | Live Action
  6. I See Them by J.D. Granados | Belgium, Mexico | 2020 | 24’ | Live Action
  7. Lili Alone by Zou Jing | China | 2021 | 22’ | Live Action
  8. Orders by Aleix Pitarch | Spain | 2020 | 30’ | Animation
  9. Turning to Dust by Hüseyin Aydin Gürsoy | France | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
  10. VO by Nicolas Gourault | France | 2021 | 19’ | Documentary

DIVERGENT MINDs

  1. Cat and Bird by Franka Sachse | Germany | 2021 | 8’ | Animation
  2. Do You Like Poetry? By Eduardo Mattos | Brazil | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
  3. Eggshell by Ryan William Harris | Ireland | 2020 | 14’ | Live Action
  4. FreeBird by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm | Canada | 2021 | 5; | Animation
  5. Holding On by Laura Petrone, Guillaume Kerbusch | Belgium | 2020 | 22’ | Live Action
  6. I’m not Telling You Anything, Just Sayin by Sanja Milardović | Croatia | 2020 | 18’ | Live Action
  7. Love Hurts by Elsa Rysto | France | 2020 | 30’ | Live Action
  8. Shut Up by Maor Noa Aharoni | Israel | 2020 | 16’ | Live Action
  9. This is not a Story About China by Francisca Jiménez | Colombia | 2020 | 15’ | Documentary
  10. TomBoy by Dorentina Imeri | Switzerland | 2020 | 18’ | Documentary
  11. We Won’t Forget by Edgar Morais, Lucas Elliot Eberl | USA, Portugal | 2021 | 14’ | Live Action

PARADE

  1. Being Sascha by Manuel Gübeli | Switzerland | 2020 | 34’ | Documentary
  2. Faraway by Aziz Zoromba | Canada | 2020 | 18’ | Documentary
  3. Heart of Flesh by Coline Potier | Belgium | 2020 | 18’ | Live Action
  4. Imposible Decirte Adiós by Yolanda Centeno | Spain | 2021 | 16’ | Live Action
  5. Imprisoned by Piotr Bielinski | Poland | 2021 | 20’ | Documentary
  6. Julka and Julie by Gloria Stern | Germany | 2020 | 30’ | Live Action
  7. Moth by Roxanne Gaucherand | France | 2020 | 48’ | Documentary
  8. The Call by Marios Psaras | Cyprus | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action

REFLECTING ALBANIA

  1. Albanian Cinema Paradiso by Elton Gllava | Italy | 2019 | 16’ | Documentary
  2. Australia My Home: An Albanian Migration by Dritan Arbana | Australia | 2021 | 83’ | Documentary
  3. In the Name of Vjosa by Matthias Leupold, Eric Berg | Germany | 2021 | 15’ | Documentary
  4. University by Ekrem Xani | Kosovo | 2020 | 54’ | Documentary
  5. Vjosa, Free and Flowing by A. Carrouée, E. Landais, F. Le Cor, R. Thévenoux, G. Andriot France | 2021 | 30’ | Documentary

StudenTIFF On FILM

  1. Anna by Kristiana Rushiti | Albania | 2020 | 13’ | Live Action
  2. Bashkë + Jetesa by Genard Komino | Albania | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
  3. Deri në Mesnatë by Bojken Alimehmeti | Albania | 2020 | 8’ | Live Action
  4. I Humburi by Ervin Xhixho | Albania | 2020 | 11’ | Live Action
  5. Kriminel by Kristian Liguori | Albania | 2020 | 13’ | Live Action
  6. Lapidari by Nik Roshi | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
  7. Më Ler të të Ha by Laura Kulla | Albania | 2020 | 9’ | Live Action
  8. Në Lagjen Time by Jonida KoçI | Albania | 2020 | 19’ | Live Action
  9. Ne të Dy by Armejsa Kullolli | Albania | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
  10. Një Natë e Vetme by Romina Ruda | Albania | 2020 | 11’ | Live Action
  11. Sonja by Ambra Cani | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
  12. Tirona by Anxhela Elmazi | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
  13. Umbra by Dario Haruni | Albania | 2020 | 23’ | Live Action