Official Selection 2022
OFFICIAL COMPETITION
20nd edition TIFF 2022
FULL LENGTH Competition
FEATURE
- Illusion by Marta Minorowicz | Poland | 2022 | 85’
- In Limbo by Alexander Hant | Russia | 2021 | 103’
- Klondike by Maryna Er Gorbach | Ukraine | 2022 | 100’
- Men of Deeds by Paul Negoescu | Romania, Bulgaria | 2022 | 105’
- Mikado by Emanuel Parvu | Romania, Czech Republic | 2021 | 96’
- Saving One Who Was Dead by Václav Kadrnka | Czech Republic, Slovakia, France | 2021 | 89’
- The Legend of the Cane by Xhoslin Rama | Albania | 2022 | 105’
PerspecTIFF
- After the Winter by Ivan Bakrac | Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia | 2021 | 101’
- Blue Moon by Alina Grigore | Romania | 2021 | 90’
- Brothers by Darkhan Tulegenov | Kazakhstan | 2022 | 100’
- Geranium by Çağil Bocut | Turkey | 2021 | 83’
- Our Father, The Devil by Ellie Foumbi | USA, France | 2021 | 108’
- The Den by Beatrice Baldacci | Italy | 2021 | 90’
- Toubab by Florian Dietrich | Germany | 2021 | 97’
DOCUMENTARY
- A Night of Knowing Nothing by Payal Kapadia | France, India | 2021 | 96’
- Factory to the Workers by Srđan Kovačević | Croatia | 2021 | 105’
- Infinity According to Florian by Oleksiy Radynski | Ukraine, USA | 2022 | 70’
- The Balcony Movie by Pawel Lozinski | Poland | 2021 | 100’
- The Eclipse by Nataša Urban | Norway | 2022 | 101’
- Where Are We Headed by Ruslan Fetodow | Russia | 2021 | 63’
Made In ALBANIAn
- A Life With You by Erion Kame | Albania | 2021 | 76’ | Feature
- Purgatory ’90 by Ismet Sijarina | Kosovo | 2022 | 75’ | Documentary
- Sons of Cain by Keti Stamo | France, Albania, Italy | 2021 | 69’ | Documentary
- Winter Fireflies by Artur Gorishti | Albania | 2022 | 149’ | Feature
SHORT Films Competition
LIVE ACTION OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying
- Atonement by Kaveh Akaber | Sweden | 2022 | 18’
- Hold Up by Alex Rollins Berg | USA | 2021 | 15’
- Incognito by Ravi Muppa | India | 2022 | 25’
- Lucienne in a World Without Solitude by Geordy Couturiau | France | 2021 | 30’
- Reykjavík by Irving Uribe Nares | Mexico | 2021 | 18’
- The Gold Teeth by Alireza Kazemipour | Canada | 2022 | 15’
- The Red Suitcase by Cyrus Neshvad | Luxembourg | 2022 | 18’
- The Silent Whistle by Yingtong Li | China | 2022 | 18’
- The Trunk by Morgan Guering | France | 2021 | 17’
- The Wake by Luis Gerard | Puerto Rico, Canada | 2022 | 24’
- Tria by Giulia Grandinetti | Italy | 2022 | 17’
- Unjustified by Mohammad R. Khavari | Iran | 2022 | 15’
ANIMATION OSCAR® & European Film Awards qualifying
- A Most Exquisite Man by Jonas Taul | Estonia | 2021 | 15’
- Elena by Birutė Sodeikaitė | Lithuania, France, Croatia | 2021 | 13’
- Garrano by Vasco Sá, David Doutel | Portugal, Lithuania | 2022 | 14’
- Ice Merchants by João Gonzalez | Portugal, France, UK | 2022 | 14’
- In his Mercy by Christoph Büttner | Germany | 2022 | 12’
- Loop by Pablo Polledri | Spain, Argentina | 2021 | 8’
- Rest in Piece by Antoine Antabi | Germany, France, Qatar | 2021 | 10’
- Scale by Joseph Pierce | France, UK, Belgium, Czech Republic | 2022 | 15’
- Slow Light by Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski | Poland, Portugal | 2022 | 11’
- The Record by Jonathan Laskar | Switzerland | 2022 | 8’
- Us by Nelson Fernandes | Portugal | 2021 | 5’
- Wet by M. Bergeonneau, L. Montpert, M. Mandon, C. Peyrebrune, E. Taussac | France | 2021 | 6
DOCUMENTARY European Film Awards qualifying
- Adjusting by Dejan Petrović | Serbia | 2021 | 19’
- Blue Dots by Lorenzo Squarcia | Italy | 2022 | 13’
- Foam Horse by Juanjo Rueda | Spain | 2022 | 20’
- Handbook by Pavel Mozhar | Germany, Belarus | 2021 | 26’
- In Flow of Words by Eliane Esther Bots | Netherlands | 2021 | 22’
- In Plain View by Luis Palomino | Mexico, Thailand | 2021 | 15’
- Nicolae by Mihai Grecu | France | 2022 | 45’
- Our Ark by Deniz Tortum, Kathryn Hamilton | Netherlands, USA, Turkey | 2021 | 12’
- The Sower of Stars by Lois Patiño | Spain | 2022 | 25’
- Under the Lake by Thanasis Trouboukis | Greece, Finland | 2022 | 17’
- Will You Look at Me by Shuli Huang | China | 2022 | 20’
VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL European Film Awards qualifying
- Abyss by Jeppe Lange | Denmark | 2022 | 14’
- Amo by Emmanuel Gras | France | 2022 | 20’
- At the Movie Theater! by Johanna Vaude | France | 2021 | 10’
- Basin of Attraction by Jonathan Pêpe | France, Italy | 2021 | 16’
- Continuity of Parks by Zhenia Kazankina | Russia | 2022 | 12’
- Happy Life by Amélie Hardy | Canada | 2021 | 16’
- Happy New Year, Jim by Andrea Gatopoulos | Greece | 2022 | 9’
- Incipience by Yaroslav Bulavin | Russia | 2021 | 12’
- Soliloquium by Karolina Monwid-Olechnowicz | Poland | 2022 | 10’
STUDENT OSCAR® qualifying
Fiction
- A Dead Marriage by Michał Toczek | Poland | 2021 | 19’
- Falling Up by Maryam Bakhtiari | Iran | 2022 | 15’
- Fatjona by Steve Bache | Germany | 2022 | 28’
- Island of Freedom by Petr Januschka | Czech Republic | 2022 | 26’
- Limbo by Ashraf Arshad | Singapore | 2021 | 17’
- Na Lei by Qin Junjie, Li Yue | China | 2021 | 16’
- Night Visit by Mya Kaplan | Israel | 2021 | 25’
- The Boy Who Couldn’t Feel Pain by Eugen Merher | Germany | 2022 | 21’
Animation
- A Place in Blue by Yi Seung-eon | South Korea | 2021 | 9’
- Blessing in Disguise by Kevin Koch, Emma Holzapfel | Germany | 2021 | 5’
- Butterfly Jam by Shih-Yen Huang | France, Taiwan | 2021 | 6’
- Girl in the Water by Shi-Rou Huang | Taiwan | 2021 | 7’
- Headprickles by Katarzyna Miechowicz | Poland | 2022 | 8’
- Louise by C. Bertoux, C. Bozec, P. Guitton, P. Mauviere, M. Monaghan | France | 2021 | 6’
- Orogenesis by A. Vendrely, D. Barthas, L. Delacroix, E. Gaillien, P. Legargeant, R. V. Hollebeke | France | 2021 | 6’
- The Clearing by Daniel Hope | UK | 2021 | 13’
- The House of Loss by Jeon Jinkyu | Japan, South Korea | 2022 | 10’
- The Seine’s Tears by Y. Belaid, E. Benard, N. Mayeur, E. Moulin, H. Pinot, L. Vicente, Ph. Singer, A. Letailleur | France | 2021 | 9’
- The Soloists by M. Abdollahinia, F. Woldehawariat, R. Issaka, C. Jamneck, Y. Liu | France | 2021 | 8’
- The Uncertain Snow by M. Boisrond, M. L. Coumau, G. Legendre, A. Hernaez, R. Tisseau | France | 2021 | 7’
- This will not be a Festival Film by Julia Orlik | Poland | 2022 | 8’
- Yallah! By N. Nassar, E. Pitula, R. de St Albin, C. Adant, A. Sassatelli, C. Behague | France | 2021 | 7
Documentary
- Aralkum by Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko | Uzbekistan, Germany | 2022 | 14’
- Father’s Land by Francesco Di Gioia | Italy | 2021 | 11’
- Homesick Lungs by Felix Klee | Germany | 2021 | 15’
- My Period is Late by Cai Ning | Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, China | 2021 | 11’
- Nothing to See Here by Nicolas Bouchez | Belgium, Portugal | 2022 | 16’
- Soum by Alice Brygo | France | 2021 | 30’
- Sounds of Weariness by Taymour Boulos | Lebanon, Belgium, Portugal, Hungary | 2021 | 13’
Experimental
- Before After by Filip Bojarski | Poland | 2022 | 20’
- Darkness Within Darkness by Chia-Yun Wu | UK | 2021 | 7’
- Homeland by J Frisch-Wang | USA, Germany | 2021 | 14’
- Sleepless Far from Home by Axel Cuevas de Chaunac | Spain, Mexico, France | 2022 | 7’
- The Land of Cruciform Sun by Aleš Zůbek | Czech Republic | 2021 | 12’
BALKAN Shorts
- 5pm Seaside by Valentin Stejskal | Austria, Greece | 2022 | 25’ | Fiction
- A Night of Riots by Andreas Sheittanis | Cyprus | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- Body Parts by Svetislav Dragomirović | Serbia | 2021 | 19’ | Fiction
- Contactless by Göksel Tuzun | Turkey | 2022 | 13’ | Fiction
- Do You See Me? by Jan Cvitkovič | Slovenia | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- Fractal: Money Man by Zahid Çetinkaya | Turkey | 2022 | 20’ | Fiction
- In the Name of the Father by Vladimir Dembinski | Romania | 2021 | 29’ | Fiction
- Memoir of a Veering Storm by Sofia Georgovassili | Greece | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
- On Xerxes’ Throne by Evi Kalogiropoulou | Greece | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- Sugar People by Suzana Dinevski | North Macedonia | 2022 | 25’ | Fiction
- The Choice by Bahri Baykal | Turkey | 2022 | 12’ | Fiction
- The Night Generation by Yasemin Demirci | Turkey | 2021 | 17’ | Fiction
- Yama by Andreas Vakalios | Greece | 2021 | 15’ | Fiction
In ALBANIAn Shorts
- Clara With a Mustache by Ilir Blakçori | Kosovo | 2021 | 10’ | Animation
- Diell by Rain Nikolla | Albania, France, Kosovo | 2022 | 18’ | Fiction
- Gravity by Xhegi Dyrmishi | Albania | 2022 | 17’ | Fiction
- Happy New Year 1982 by Sokol Keraj | Albania, Romania, Colombia | 2021 | 20’ | Fiction
- Shpija by Flaka Kokolli | Kosovo | 2022 | 7’ | Animation
- Spider’s Envy by Genti Korini | Albania | 2022 | 21’ | Experimental
- The Black Pelicans by Luli Bitri | Albania | 2022 | 19’ | Fiction
FOCUS
RetrospecTIFF – Tribute to Aki Kaurismäki
- Crime and Punishment | Finland | 1983 | 93’ | Crime, Drama
- Hamlet Goes Business | Finland | 1987 | 86’ | Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Ariel | Finland | 1988 | 73’ | Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Leningrad Cowboys Go America | Finland, Sweden | 1989 | 78’ | Mockumentary, Music
- The Match Factory Girl | Finland, Sweden | 1990 | 70’ | Comedy, Crime, Drama
- La Vie de Bohème | Finland, France, Sweden, Germany | 1992 | 100’ | Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Drifting Clouds | Finland, Germany, France | 1996 | 96’ | Comedy, Drama
- The Man Without a Past | Finland, Germany, France | 2002 | 97’ | Comedy, Drama, Romance
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Opening Film
Ennio by Giuseppe Tornatore | Italy, Belgium, Japan | 2021 | 156’ | Documentary
2022 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films | LIVE ACTION
- Ala Kachuu – Take and Run by Maria Brendle | Switzerland | 2020 | 38’
- On my Mind by Martin Strange-Hansen | Denmark | 2021 | 18’
- Please Hold by K.D. Dávila | USA | 2020 | 19’
- The Dress by Tadeusz Łysiak | Poland | 2020 | 30’
- The Long Goodbye by Aneil Karia | UK | 2020 | 12’
2022 OSCAR® Nominated Short Films | ANIMATION
- Affairs of the Art by Joanna Quinn | UK, Canada | 2021 | 16’
- Bestia by Hugo Covarrubias | Chile | 2021 | 16’
- Boxballet by Anton Dyakov | Russia | 2019 | 15’
- Robin Robin by Dan Ojari, Mikey Please | UK | 2021 | 31’
- The Windshield Wiper by Alberto Mielgo | Spain | 2021 | 15’
European Film Awards | Shorts Tour 2021
- Armadila by Gorana Jovanović | Serbia | 2020 | 11’ | Fiction
- Beyond Is the Day by Damian Kocur | Poland | 2020 | 25’ | Fiction
- Blue Fear by Marie Jacotey, Lola Halifa-Legrand | France | 2020 | 10’ | Animation
- Flowers Blooming in Our Throats by Eva Giolo | Italy, Belgium | 2020 | 8’ | Experimental
- Hide by Daniel Gray | Hungary, Canada | 2020 | 11’ | Animation
- In Flow of Words by Eliane Esther Bots | Netherlands | 2021 | 22’ | Documentary
- Memories by Kristin Johannessen | Sweden | 2020 | 14’ | Experimental
- My Uncle Tudor by Olga Lucovnicova | Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, Moldova | 2020 | 20’ | Documentary
- Nha Sunhu by José Magro | Portugal | 2021 | 20’ | Fiction
- Precious by Paul Mas | France | 2020 | 14’ | Animation
- Push This Button If You Begin to Panic by Gabriel Böhmer | UK | 2020 | 13’ | Animation
- The Martyr by Fernando Pomares | Spain | 2020 | 18’ | Fiction
- The Natural Death of A Mouse by Katharina Huber | Germany | 2020 | 21’ | Animation
- Zonder Meer by Meltse Van Coillie | Belgium | 2020 | 14’ | Fiction
Tackling TABOOs
- #LetsTalkPERIOD: Tackling Taboos by Fatma Haxhialiu | Albania | 2022 | 8’ | Documentary
- #NepalsMenstrualMovement: Tackling Taboos by Rajin Maharjan | Nepal | 2021 | 8’ | Documentary
- I am Leo by Tajo Hurrle | Germany | 2021 | 18’ | Fiction
- I’m Late by Sawako Kabuki | France | 2022 | 11’ | Animation
- My Period is Late by Cai Ning | Belgium, Portugal, Hungary, China | 2021 | 11’ | Documentary
- Women of Virtue by Stéphanie Halfon | France | 2021 | 30’ | Fiction
PANORAMA Competition
KIDs Program -10
- A Book by its Cover by Leon Joosen | UK | 2021 | 23’ | Animation
- Alternate Mesozoic by Swann Boby, Lucie Laudrin, Marion Métivier, Léna Miguet, Sixtine Sanrame, Marie Schaeffer | France | 2021 | 6’ | Animation
- Bo and Trash by Tatiana Skorlupkina | Spain | 2022 | 11’ | Animation
- Candlelight by Scott Newton | UK | 2021 | 7’ | Animation
- Depths of Night by Step C. | Hong Kong | 2021 | 13’ | Animation
- Don´t Blow it Up by Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková | Czech Republic | 2022 | 7’ | Animation
- Footprints in the Forest by Juhaidah Joemin, Sandra Khoo | Malaysia | 2022 | 18’ | Animation
- Friendship by Lin Tam | USA | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
- Impurrfection by Yao Chiang | Taiwan | 2022 | 13’ | Animation
- Laika & Nemo by Jan Gadermann, Sebastian Gadow | Germany | 2022 | 15’ | Animation
- Lockdown by Leon Joosen | UK | 2021 | 11’ | Animation
- Merry Big Mess by Sacha Gosselin, Ambre Bohin, Timothé Ballan, Amaury Emond, Hugo Joron, Arthur Morle, Antoine Tomasi, Clémence Van Gout | France | 2021 | 7’ | Animation
- Mom is Always Right by Marie Urbánková | Czech Republic | 2022 | 8’ | Animation
- Nounours by Lou Rigoudy | Canada | 2021 | 3’ | Animation
- Pinocchio by Valentin Clauzon, Guillaume Collin, Paul Goubet, Stella Jullian, Loïc Lemoine, Théo Miramon, Aymeric Richard, Laura Salomoni | France | 2021 | 6’ | Animation
- Run Totti Run by Shad Lee Bradbury | USA | 2022 | 17’ | Animation
- Stars on the Sea by Jang Seung-Wook | South Korea | 2021 | 6’ | Animation
- Suzie in the Garden by Lucie Sunková | Czech Republic | 2022 | 13’ | Animation
- The Social Chameleon by Alex Ross | USA | 2022 | 9’ | Animation
- There is Exactly Enough Time by Oskar Salomonowitz, Virgil Widrich | Austria | 2021 | 2’ | Animation
KIDs Program 11+
- A Shared Path by Negar Naghavi | Iran | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- Bird’s Nest by Nadia Louis-Desmarchais | Canada | 2022 | 9’ | Fiction
- Boydem by Yael Nivron | Israel | 2022 | 19’ | Fiction
- Garfield Seashell by Paul Marques Duarte | France | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
- Invincible by Vincent René-Lortie | Canada | 2022 | 30’ | Fiction
- Like Falling Asleep by Meitar Libi Flam | Israel | 2022 | 21’ | Fiction
- Silkworm by Amir Honarmand | Canada, Iran | 2022 | 30’ | Fiction
- The Errand by Amanda Renee Knox | USA | 2022 | 11’ | Fiction
- Women of Virtue by Stéphanie Halfon | France | 2021 | 30’ | Fiction
GENERATIONs
- Bear Hug by Margrethe Danielsen | France | 2021 | 11’ | Animation
- Before The Light Shut Down by Wilmarc Val | France | 2021 | 19’ | Fiction
- Between Us the Wilderness by Vincent Ercolani | Germany | 2022 | 22’ | Fiction
- Cherries by Vytautas Katkus | Lithuania | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- Cocon by Lisette Vlassak | Netherlands | 2021 | 20’ | Fiction
- Good Morning Midnight by Elisabeth Silveiro | France | 2021 | 20’ | Fiction
- In The Soil by Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen | Denmark | 2021 | 14’ | Fiction
- La Grogne by Alisi Telengut | Canada | 2021 | 10’ | Animation
- Off Side by Sophie Martin | France | 2022 | 22’ | Fiction
- Our Photo Memento by Samaneh Lashgari | Iran | 2022 | 6’ | Animation
- The Debutante by Elizabeth Hobbs | UK | 2022 | 8’ | Animation
- The Mighty Kingdom by Julien Meynet | France | 2022 | 29’ | Fiction
NEW WORLD
- 39 by Martín Delfino Guevara | Spain | 2022 | 13’ | Fiction
- A Guitar in the Bucket by Kim Boyoung | South Korea | 2021 | 15’ | Animation
- Breakpoint by Nicolas Panay | France | 2022 | 18’ | Fiction
- Caroline on the Roof by Alejandro Bordier | Luxembourg | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- Essential by Thierry Debroux | Belgium, France | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
- File by Sonia K. Hadad | Iran | 2022 | 20’ | Fiction
- Intercom 15 by Andrei Epure | Romania | 2021 | 22’ | Fiction
- Night by Ahmad Saleh | Germany, Qatar, Palestine, Jordan | 2021 | 16’ | Animation
- Sauerdogs by Guillermo de Oliveira | Spain | 2022 | 15’ | Fiction
- The Messenger by Arman Shirali Nejad, Mohammad Ali Khanabadi | Iran | 2022 | 14’ | Fiction
- The Untouchable by Avazeh Shahnavaz | Canada, Iran | 2021 | 15’ | Fiction
- Timber by Haolin Wang | China | 2022 | 25’ | Fiction
- Virtual Voice by Suzannah Mirghani | Sudan, Qatar | 2021 | 7’ | Documentary
- Yugo by Carlos Gómez Salamanca | Colombia | 2021 | 10’ | Animation
DIVERGENT MINDs
- And He Said Yes! by Gintarė Parulytė | Luxembourg | 2022 | 21’ | Fiction
- Chrysalis by Eydís Eir Björnsdóttir | Czech Republic, Iceland | 2021 | 11’ | Experimental
- Noria by Elisabet Terri | Spain, Andorra | 2022 | 13’ | Fiction
- Out of Time by Delphine Montaigne | France | 2021 | 9’ | Fiction
- Sillage: Portrait of an Onlooker by Farhad Delaram | Germany, Iran | 2022 | 22’ | Fiction
- The Calling by Joffrey Monteiro-Noël | France | 2022 | 20’ | Fiction
- Tremor by Rudolf Fitzgerald Leonard | Germany | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction
PARADE
- Blond Night by Gabrielle Demers | Canada | 2022 | 16’ | Fiction
- Boom and Bloom by Stefan Langthaler | Austria | 2022 | 24’ | Fiction
- Frida by Aleksandra Odić | Germany | 2021 | 23’ | Fiction
- Luw by Jos van Meerveld | Netherlands | 2021 | 9’ | Fiction
- Make Me A King by Sofia Olins | UK | 2021 | 16’ | Fiction
- So You Wanna Vogue Huh?! by Ila Pittaluga, Zelda Fitzgerald | Belgium | 2022 | 27’ | Documentary
- St. Jude by Pauline Quinonero | France | 2021 | 17’ | Experimental
- Stiletto: A Pink Family Tragedy by Can Merdan Doğan | Turkey, Germany | 2021 | 18’ | Fiction
- Swan in the Center by Iris Chassaigne | France | 2022 | 25’ | Fiction
- Vikken by Dounia Sichov | France | 2021 | 27’ | Documentary
- Warsha by Dania Bdeir | France, Lebanon | 2021 | 15’ | Fiction
REFLECTING ALBANIA
- Invisible Border by Mark Gerstorfer | Austria | 2022 | 27’ | Fiction
- Luma by Eleanor Mortimer, Liridon Mustafaj | UK, Albania | 2022 | 30’ | Documentary
- Reconciliation by Marija Zidar | Slovenia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo | 2021 | 82’ | Documentary
StudenTIFF On FILM
- Aiad by Rolanda Nika | Albania | 2021 | 14’ | Fiction
- Batim by Mauro Mace | Albania | 2021 | 26’ | Fiction
- Drite e Errësuar by Klaudia Pashnjari | Albania | 2021 | 26’ | Fiction
- Pse Jo by Tedi Arifi | Albania | 2021 | 19’ | Fiction
- Ringjallja by Rigers Shima | Albania | 2021 | 15’ | Fiction
- Saze by Eva Marku | Albania | 2021 | 19’ | Fiction