Official Selection 2021

COMPETITION
19nd edition TIFF 2021
Feature Films
FEATURE
- 18% Grey by Viktor Chouchkov Jr. | Bulgaria, Germany, North Macedonia, Serbia, Belgium | 2020 | 108’
- A Fish Swimming Upside Down by Eliza Petkova | Germany | 2020 | 103’
- Daniel ’16 by Dimitris Koutsiabasakos | Greece | 2020 | 101’
- Hive by Blerta Basholli | Kosovo, Switzerland, Macedonia, Albania | 2021 | 83’
- Looking for Venera by Norika Sefa | Kosovo | 2021 | 111’
- Sanremo by Miroslav Mandić | Slovenia | 2020 | 90’
- The Exam by Shawkat Amin Korki | Germany, Iraq | 2021 | 90
EYE on TIFF
- Botox by Kaveh Mazaheri | Iran, Canada | 2020 | 97’
- Emetofobia by David Jahn | Germany | 2020 | 105’
- Identifying Features by Fernanda Valadez | Mexico | 2020 | 97’
- Pebbles by P S Vinothraj | India | 2021 | 77’
- Spagat by Christian Johannes Koch | Switzerland | 2020 | 110’
- The Ghosts by Sebastián Lojo | Guatemala | 2020 | 76’
- The Last Bath by David Bonneville | Portugal | 2020 | 94’
DOCUMENTARY
- 1970 by Tomasz Wolski | Poland | 2021 | 70’
- A Man and a Camera by Guido Hendrikx | Netherlands | 2021 | 63’
- A Rifle and a Bag by Cristina Haneș, Arya Rothe, Isabella Rinaldi | India, Romania, Italy, Qatar | 2020 | 89’
- All Light, Everywhere by Theo Anthony | USA | 2021 | 109’
- The Pageant by Eytan Ipeker | Turkey, Israel | 2020 | 83’
- This Rain Will Never Stop by Alina Gorlova | Ukraine, Latvia, Germany, Qatar | 2020 | 102’
SHORT Films
LIVE ACTION OSCAR® qualifying
- A New Perspective by Emanuela Ponzano | Italy | 2020 | 19’
- Charon by Yannick Karcher | France | 2020 | 16’
- Chaval by Jaime Olías de Lima | Spain | 2020 | 28’
- Displaced by Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | 2021 | 15’
- Ganef by Mark Rosenblatt | UK | 2020 | 14’
- Georgia by Jayil Pak | South Korea | 2020 | 30’
- Home by Sergei Davidoff | Moldova, USA | 2020 | 20’
- Leylak by Scott Aharoni, Dennis Latos | USA | 2020 | 17’
- Like the Ones I Used to Know by Annie St-Pierre | Canada | 2021 | 18’
- Long Distance by Or Sinai | Israel | 2020 | 20’
- Menarca by Lillah Halla | Brazil | 2020 | 22’
- Motorcyclist’s Happiness Won’t Fit into His Suit by Gabriel Herrera | Mexico | 2021 | 10’
- North Pole by Marija Apcevska | North Macedonia, Serbia | 2021 | 15’
- Nour Shams by Faiza Ambah | Saudi Arabia | 2021 | 25’
- Red Day by Besim Ugzmajli | Kosovo | 2021 | 15’
- Safe by Ian Barling | USA | 2021 | 16’
- The Lamb of God by David Pinheiro Vicente | Portugal | 2020 | 15’
- Titan by Valéry Carnoy | Belgium | 2021 | 19’
- We’re not Animals by Noé Debré | France | 2021 | 16’
- Yoruga by Federico Torrado Tobón | USA | 2020 | 7’
ANIMATION OSCAR® qualifying
- Death and the Winemaker by Victor Jaquier | Switzerland | 2021 | 19’
- Fetch by Sam Gill | Canada, New Zealand | 2021 | 18’
- Heart of Gold by Simon Filliot | France | 2020 | 13’
- House of Memory by Sofía Rosales Arreola | Mexico | 2020 | 13’
- Just for the Record by Vojin Vasovic | Canada, Serbia | 2020 | 7’
- Love, Dad by Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czech Republic | 2021 | 12’
- Spam Gets a New Hat by William Joyce | UK | 2021 | 12’
- Murder in the Cathedral by Matija Pisacic, Tvrtko Raspolic | Croatia | 2020 | 16’
- Night Bus by Joe Hsieh | Taiwan | 2020 | 20’
- Pilar by Yngwie Boley, J.J. Epping, Diana van Houten | Netherlands | 2020 | 9’
- Red Shoes by Anna Paděrová | Czech Republic | 2021 | 14’
DOCUMENTARY
- 164880 by Maria Falileeva, Alexandra Matveeva | Russia | 2021 | 25’
- Brothers – A Family Film by Valentin Merz | Switzerland, France | 2020 | 17’
- In Ictu Oculi by Jorge Moneo Quintana | Spain | 2020 | 15’
- Rat Tail by Chad Sogas | USA | 2020 | 14’
- Rosebud by Álvaro López Alba | Spain | 2020 | 10’
- Scars by Alex Anna | Canada | 2020 | 10’
- Some Kind of Intimacy by Toby Bull | UK, France | 2021 | 6’
- The End of Kings by Rémi Brachet | France | 2020 | 40’
- The Game by Roman Hodel | Switzerland | 2020 | 17’
- Waste Vol. 1 by Jan Ijäs | Finland | 2020 | 57’
STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying
- Elephant in Castle by Florence Yuk Ki Lee | Hong Kong | 2021 | 5’ | Animation
- Fall of the Ibis King by Mikai Geronimo, Josh O’Caoimh | Ireland | 2021 | 10’ | Animation
- Fracture by Rony Tanios | France | 2020 | 10’ | Experimental
- I Don’t Feel at Home Anywhere Anymore by Viv Li | Belgium | 2020 | 16’ | Documentary
- Land of Glory by Borbála Nagy | Germany | 2020 | 27’ | Live Action
- Sea by the River and River by the Sea by Sovran Nrecaj | Kosovo | 2021 | 28’ | Live Action
- Summer Planning by Alexandru Mironescu | Romania | 2021 | 26’ | Live Action
- The Сity of the Sun by Maria Semenova | Russia | 2021 | 30’ | Documentary
- The Doll by Elahe Esmaili | Iran | 2021 | 30’ | Documentary
- The Tale of the Green Cheese by Noah Erni | Switzerland | 2020 | 5’ | Animation
- Waid by Lorenz Piehl | Germany | 2021 | 20’ | Live Action
VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL
- Blue Honda Civic by Eerola Jussi | Finland | 2020 | 11’
- Chartres Bell Ringers by Hervé Bacquet | France | 2020 | 7’
- Double Bind by Ruben Bellinkx | Belgium | 2020 | 11’
- Inside by Yann Chapotel | France | 2020 | 6’
- Let’s Get Digital by Omar Abo | Egypt | 2020 | 7’
- One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Wang Yuyan | France | 2020 | 11’
- Passage by Ann Oren | Germany | 2020 | 13’
- Silence by Dmitry Zakharov | Germany | 2020 | 5’
- Terms of Play by Florian Tscharf | Germany | 2020 | 7’
- The Old Child by Felipe Esparza | China, France | 2020 | 16’
- Us Outside by Lluís Nadal | Spain | 2020 | 15’
BALKAN Shorts
- Bella by Thelyia Petraki | Greece | 2020 | 25’ | DocuFiction
- Brigitte Bardot by Çağıl Bocut | Turkey | 2021 | 14’ | Live Action
- Everything in its Right Place by Nikola Stojanovic | Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2020 | 22’ | Live Action
- In Her Steps by Anastasia Kratidi | Greece | 2020 | 25’ | Live Action
- Kaimos by Sarra Tsorakidis | Romania | 2020 | 27’ | Live Action
- Motorway 65 by Evi Kalogiropoulou | Greece | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
- Radio Freedom by Ismar Vejzovic, Bafl Sarhang | Netherlands, Bosnia-Herzegovina | 2021 | 19’ | Live Action
- Rainbow by Aleksandar Vujović | Montenegro | 2020 | 17’ | Live Action
- Spark by Luka Bursac | Serbia | 2021 | 18’ | Live Action
- The Criminals by Serhat Karaaslan | Turkey, France, Romania | 2021 | 24’ | Live Action
- Vouta by Dimitris Zahos | Greece | 2020 | 18’ | Live Action
In ALBANIAN
- A Child by Bekim Guri | Kosovo | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
- Cadillak and Blackberries by Suela Bako | Albania | 2021 | 15’
- Disco Funeral by Benart Laze | Albania | 2020 | 17’ | Live Action
- Exit by Artur Muharremi | France | 2021 | 6’ | Animation
- Freestyle to Montenegro by Ardit Sadiku | Albania | 2021 | 72’ | Documentary
- Pranvera by Mario Banushi | Albania | 2021 | 9’ | Experimental
- The Planting of Trees by Fabio Seferi | Albania | 2021 | 30’ | Live Action
- The Professional by Atina Laço | Albania | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action
- The Sweet Dealer by Jonid Jorgji | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
- The Vanished by Arben Thaçi | North Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania | 2020 | 100’ | Feature
- Those Who Drown Cling to Foam by Urtina Hoxha | Kosovo | 2020 | 5’ | Animation
- Toni by Roman Filiev | Greece | 2021 | 16’ | Live Action
NON-COMPETITION
FOCUS
UN/DOGMATIC – The Danish Cinema
- Antichrist by Lars von Trier | Denmark | 2009 | 104’ | Drama
- Europa by Lars von Trier | Denmark | 1991 | 113’ | Drama
- Submarino by Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | 2010 | 111’ | Drama
- The Commune by Thomas Vinterberg | Denmark | 2016 | 111’ | Drama
- 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
- Feeling Through by Doug Roland | USA | 2019 | 19’ | Live Action
- The Letter Room by Elvira Lind | USA | 2020 | 33’ | Live Action
- The Present by Farah Nabulsi | Palestine | 2020 | 25’ | Live Action
- Two Distant Strangers by Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe | USA | 2020 | 29’ | Live Action
- White Eye by Tomer Shushan | Israel | 2019 | 20’ | Live Action
2021 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films | ANIMATION
- Burrow by Madeline Sharafian | USA | 2020 | 6’ | Animation
- Genius Loci by Adrien Merigeau | France | 2019 | 16’ | Animation
- If Anything Happens I Love You by Michael Govier, Will Mccormack | USA | 2020 | 13’ | Animation
- Opera by Erick Oh | South Korea, USA | 2020 | 9’ | Animation
- Yes – People by Gísli Darri Halldórsson | Iceland | 2020 | 9’ | Animation
EFA Shorts Tour 2020
- All Cats Are Grey in the Dark by Lasse Linder | Switzerland | 2019 | 19’ | Documentary
- Genius Loci by Adrien Mérigeau | France | 2020 | 16’ | Animation
- Invisible Hero by Cristèle Alves Meira | Portugal, France | 2019 | 27’ | Live Action
- It Wasn’t the Right Mountain, Mohammad by Mili Pecherer | France | 2020 | 29’ | Animation
- Memorable by Bruno Collet | France | 2019 | 12’ | Animation
- Nina by Hristo Simeonov | Bulgaria | 2019 | 19’ | Live Action
- Past Perfect by Jorge Jácome | Portugal | 2019 | 23’ | Experimental
- People On Saturday by Jonas Ulrich | Switzerland | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
- Sun Dog by Dorian Jespers | Belgium, Russia | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
- The Best City Is No City at All by Christoph Schwarz | Austria | 2020 | 15’ | Documentary
- The Shift by Laura Carreira | Portugal, UK | 2020 | 9’ | Live Action
- Things that Happen in the Bathroom by Edward Hancox | UK, USA | 2019 | 13’ | Live Action
- Uncle Thomas, Accounting for the Days by Regina Pessoa | Portugal, France, Canada | 2019 | 11’ | Animation
PANORAMA
KIDs
- Beyond the Line by Jinuk Choi | USA, South Korea | 2020 | 3’ | Animation | Age 10-
- Blackbirds by Emma Séméria | France | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action | 11+
- Duet by Mika Orr | Israel, USA | 2020 | 21’ | Live Action | 11+
- Experiment by Z. Berton, S. C. Pérez, G. Heussler, Y. Kacprzak, M. Wiriath | France | 2020 | 6’ | Animation | 10-
- Fighters by Heng-Ruei Tung | Taiwan | 2021 | 6’ | Live Action | 10-
- Fly by Carlos Gómez-Mira Sagrado | Spain | 2020 | 15’ | Animation | 10-
- Footsteps on the Wind by G. Leal, F. Melo, M. Sanbar | Brazil, UK, USA | 2020 | 7’ | Animation | 10-
- Itch by Ma’ayan Rypp | Israel | 2021 | 9’ | Live Action | 11+
- La Tecnica by Clemente De Muro, Davide Mardegan | Italy | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action | 11+
- Little Forest by Paulina Muratore | Argentina | 2020 | 8’ | Animation | 10-
- Mila by Cinzia Angelini | USA, Canada, Italy | 2021 | 20’ | Animation | 10-
- Milk by Celia Jaspers | New Zealand | 2021 | 5’ | Live Action | 10-
- Mishou by Milen | Germany | 2020 | 8’ | Animation | 10-
- My Grandma Matilde by Miguel Anaya Borja | Mexico | 2021 | 11’ | Animation | 10-
- Over the Sky by Pauline Pelsy-Johann | France | 2021 | 20’ | Live Action | 10-
- Sea Dragon by James Morgan | UK | 2021 | 16’ | Live Action | 11+
- The Right Words by Adrian Moyse Dullin | France | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action | 11+
GENERATIONs
- Apibeurzdé by Basile Charpentier | France | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
- Desert Dogs by Samuel Morris | Switzerland | 2020 | 20’ | Documentary
- Solo.Pin by Javad Atefeh | USA | 2021 | 11’ | Live Action
- Foreigner by Lucía Aleñar Iglesias | Spain | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
- Mamma by Aslak Danbolt | Norway | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action
- Marko by Marko Šantić | Croatia | 2021 | 17’ | Live Action
- On My Way by Bertrand Basset | France | 2020 | 16’ | Live Action
- Rehak by Pierre B | France, UK | 2020 | 8’ | Live Action
- Return to Toyama by Atsushi Hirai | France, Japan | 2020 | 25’ | Live Action
- Shower Boys by Christian Zetterberg | Sweden | 2021 | 9’ | Live Action
- The Flies by Edgardo Pistone | Italy | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
- The Silence by Henrik Henziger | Sweden | 2020 | 7’ | Live Action
- Trophy by Sandra Coppola | Canada | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
- You are Always 20 by Christer Wahlberg | Sweden | 2020 | 15’ | Documentary
NEW WORLD
- Arctic Summer by Daniel Fradin, Kyle Rosenbluth | USA, Canada | 2020 | 24’ | Documentary
- Burros by Jefferson Stein | USA | 2021 | 15’ | Live Action
- Coffin by Y. Cai, N. Crabot, H. Huang, M. Janiw, M. Lebon, Th. T. Ngoc | France | 2020 | 6’ | Animation
- Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma by Topaz Jones, Jason Filmore Sondock, Simon Davis | USA | 2020 | 35’ | Documentary
- Five Tiger by Nomawonga Khumalo | South Africa | 2020 | 11’ | Live Action
- I See Them by J.D. Granados | Belgium, Mexico | 2020 | 24’ | Live Action
- Lili Alone by Zou Jing | China | 2021 | 22’ | Live Action
- Orders by Aleix Pitarch | Spain | 2020 | 30’ | Animation
- Turning to Dust by Hüseyin Aydin Gürsoy | France | 2020 | 20’ | Live Action
- VO by Nicolas Gourault | France | 2021 | 19’ | Documentary
DIVERGENT MINDs
- Cat and Bird by Franka Sachse | Germany | 2021 | 8’ | Animation
- Do You Like Poetry? By Eduardo Mattos | Brazil | 2020 | 15’ | Live Action
- Eggshell by Ryan William Harris | Ireland | 2020 | 14’ | Live Action
- FreeBird by Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm | Canada | 2021 | 5; | Animation
- Holding On by Laura Petrone, Guillaume Kerbusch | Belgium | 2020 | 22’ | Live Action
- I’m not Telling You Anything, Just Sayin by Sanja Milardović | Croatia | 2020 | 18’ | Live Action
- Love Hurts by Elsa Rysto | France | 2020 | 30’ | Live Action
- Shut Up by Maor Noa Aharoni | Israel | 2020 | 16’ | Live Action
- This is not a Story About China by Francisca Jiménez | Colombia | 2020 | 15’ | Documentary
- TomBoy by Dorentina Imeri | Switzerland | 2020 | 18’ | Documentary
- We Won’t Forget by Edgar Morais, Lucas Elliot Eberl | USA, Portugal | 2021 | 14’ | Live Action
PARADE
- Being Sascha by Manuel Gübeli | Switzerland | 2020 | 34’ | Documentary
- Faraway by Aziz Zoromba | Canada | 2020 | 18’ | Documentary
- Heart of Flesh by Coline Potier | Belgium | 2020 | 18’ | Live Action
- Imposible Decirte Adiós by Yolanda Centeno | Spain | 2021 | 16’ | Live Action
- Imprisoned by Piotr Bielinski | Poland | 2021 | 20’ | Documentary
- Julka and Julie by Gloria Stern | Germany | 2020 | 30’ | Live Action
- Moth by Roxanne Gaucherand | France | 2020 | 48’ | Documentary
- The Call by Marios Psaras | Cyprus | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
REFLECTING ALBANIA
- Albanian Cinema Paradiso by Elton Gllava | Italy | 2019 | 16’ | Documentary
- Australia My Home: An Albanian Migration by Dritan Arbana | Australia | 2021 | 83’ | Documentary
- In the Name of Vjosa by Matthias Leupold, Eric Berg | Germany | 2021 | 15’ | Documentary
- University by Ekrem Xani | Kosovo | 2020 | 54’ | Documentary
- Vjosa, Free and Flowing by A. Carrouée, E. Landais, F. Le Cor, R. Thévenoux, G. Andriot France | 2021 | 30’ | Documentary
StudenTIFF On FILM
- Anna by Kristiana Rushiti | Albania | 2020 | 13’ | Live Action
- Bashkë + Jetesa by Genard Komino | Albania | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
- Deri në Mesnatë by Bojken Alimehmeti | Albania | 2020 | 8’ | Live Action
- I Humburi by Ervin Xhixho | Albania | 2020 | 11’ | Live Action
- Kriminel by Kristian Liguori | Albania | 2020 | 13’ | Live Action
- Lapidari by Nik Roshi | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
- Më Ler të të Ha by Laura Kulla | Albania | 2020 | 9’ | Live Action
- Në Lagjen Time by Jonida KoçI | Albania | 2020 | 19’ | Live Action
- Ne të Dy by Armejsa Kullolli | Albania | 2020 | 10’ | Live Action
- Një Natë e Vetme by Romina Ruda | Albania | 2020 | 11’ | Live Action
- Sonja by Ambra Cani | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
- Tirona by Anxhela Elmazi | Albania | 2020 | 12’ | Live Action
- Umbra by Dario Haruni | Albania | 2020 | 23’ | Live Action