LIKE A FRIEND • 2020
DIRECTOR: Yi Han
COUNTRY: China
RUNTIME: '115
SYNOPSIS: Huang Simao, a rag man who wandering around day by day in the town, meets and becomes friend with an irrelevant left-behind child Shuisheng occasionally. After misunderstanding and conflict, their friendship comes to an end with their own growing up.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film
FEATURE FILMS
HAVANA KYRIE • 2019
DIRECTOR: Paolo Consorti
COUNTRY: Cuba
RUNTIME: '90
SYNOPSIS: An aging, down-on-his-luck Italian conductor reluctantly travels back to Havana, Cuba, to oversee several performances of compositions in which he specializes.
His concerns seem well-founded when his trip starts off on the wrong foot and he is quickly met by the son he never knew he fathered years ago, but his past eventually adds new purpose and meaning to his present. This is a heart-warming, nostalgic tale of a quirky old man rediscovering the “spice of life” once again.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film
YOU SING, I SING • 2020
DIRECTOR: Nikos Kornilios
COUNTRY: Grecia
RUNTIME: '108
SYNOPSIS: Paris and Yannis' cafe is a crossroad, where friends from all over the world, lonely neighbors and mysterious vagabonds meet. On the day of the dead, and also their anniversary, their stories mingle, their past and present unite, music and dance dominate them. During the night, within an ecstatic rite, the cafe is turned into an ark of memories and desires, that travels through space and time.
NOMINATIONS:
• Best Feature Film