This year, the number of entries submitted to the Lublin Film Festival hit a new record high! We received 3607 films, including 359 full-length films and 3248 shorts. 150 films from 43 countries got selected to the programme. 73 of them were chosen to be part of 8 different competitions and they will have a chance to win the LFF award – the Golden Anteater statuette. We created new categories of films that will be screened outside the competitions. Below is the complete list of films selected to Lublin Film Festival 2017.
MASTERS OF FEATURE FILMS
1. Boy on the Bridge, dir. Petros Charalambous (Cyprus)
2. Flocking, dir. Beata Gårdeler (Sweden)
3. Hjartasteinn, dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Iceland/Denmark)
4. Little Harbour, dir. Iveta Grofova (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Hungary)
5. The Erlprince, dir. Kuba Czekaj (Poland)
6. The Nest of the Turtledove, dir. Taras Tkachenko (Ukraine)
7. The Student, dir. Kirill Serebrennikow (Russia)
8. Wild, dir. Nicolette Krebitz (Germany)
SHORT FILMS COMPETITIONS
1. 12 Eyes Gauging the City, dir. Ali Alizadeh (Iran)
2. A L’arraché, dir. Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium)
3. A Man Returned, dir. Mahdi Fleifel (United Kingdom/Lebanon/Denmark)
4. Alexithymia, dir. Alena Alenkina (Russia)
5. As I Love You, dir. Fernando García-Ruiz Rubio (Spain)
6. Au revoir Balthazar, dir. Rafael Sommerhalder (Switzerland)
7. Backstage, dir. Dominik Truhlar, Martin Mach (Czech Republic)
8. Balcony, dir. Toby Fell-holden (United Kingdom)
9. Beautiful Figure, dir. Hajni Kis (Hungary)
10. Below 0, dir. Itai Hagage, Jonathan Gomez (Costa Rica)
11. Breathe, dir. Just Philippot (France)
12. Buffet, dir. Santa de Santis, Alessandro d’Ambrosi (Italy)
13. Child, dir. Iring Freytag, Viktor Stickel, Linus Stetter (Germany)
14. Close Ties, dir. Zofia Kowalewska (Poland)
15. Cold Storage, dir. Thomas Freundlich (Finland)
16. Crash, dir. Hong Heng Fai (Macao)
17. Cube, dir. Jun Yang (USA)
18. Debut, dir. Katarzyna Kijek (Poland)
19. Dust of Time, dir. Nadya Zakharova (Russia)
20. Education, dir. Emi Buchwald (Poland)
21. Emily Must Wait, dir. Christian Wittmoser (Germany)
22. Estás vendo coisas, dir. Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Búrca (Brazil)
23. Feed, dir. Eri Okazaki (Japan)
24. Impossible Figures and Other Stories II, dir. Marta Pajek (Poland)
25. Finito, dir. Mauricio Bartok, Gabriel Dorazio (Brazil)
26. Fox, dir. Jacqueline Lentzou (Greece)
27. Framed, dir. Marco Jemolo (Italy)
28. Für Elise, dir. Albert Ventura (Taiwan)
29. Gloria, dir. Luis Hernández de la Peña (Mexico)
30. Happy Birthday, dir. Nicolas Khamsopha (France)
31. Immersion, dir. Lalita Brunner (Switzerland)
32. Indian, dir. Balazs Simonyi (Hungary)
33. Leave a Print, dir. Christina S. Nerland (United Kingdom)
34. Little Wanton, dir. Carlos Alonso Ojea (Spain)
35. Lockjaw, dir. Kordian Kądziela (Poland)
36. Mama – Saint Sebastian, dir. Alexander Mercury (United Kingdom)
37. Mutants, dir. Alex Dostie (Canada)
38. My Grandfather Was a Cherry Tree, dir. Olga Poliektova, Tatiana Poliektova (Russia)
39. Nocturne, dir. Anne Breymann (Germany)
40. Pautinka, dir. Natalia Chernysheva (Russia)
41. Perfect Town, dir. Anaïs Voirol (Switzerland)
42. Rainy Day Melancholy, dir. Bryan Joseph O’Sullivan (Ireland)
43. Romantik, dir. Mateusz Rakowicz (Poland)
44. Running Lights, dir. Gediminas Siaulys (Lithuania)
45. Semele, dir. Myrsini Aristidou (Cyprus)
46. Serval and Chaumier: Masters of Shadows, dir. Arthur Goisset , Bastien Daret (France)
47. Shanghai, Baku, dir. Teymur Hajiyev (Azerbaijan)
48. Stars, dir. Han Zhang (USA)
49. The Best Fireworks Ever, dir. Aleksandra Terpińska (Poland)
50. The Bridge Over the River, dir. Jadwiga Kowalska (Switzerland)
51. The Bus Trip, dir. Sarah Gampel (Sweden)
52. The Chop, dir. Lewis Rose (United Kingdom)
53. The Cliff House, dir. Jin Yao Wong (Malaysia)
54. The Hedgehog that is Not a Hedgehog, dir. Alexey Ignatov (Russia)
55. The Lost Letter, dir. Kealan O’ Rourke (Ireland)
56. The Magic Pearl, dir. Alexey Ignatov (Russia)
57. The Peculiar Abilities of Mr Mahler, dir. Paul Philipp (Germany)
58. The Shrapnel, dir. Dmitry Ivanov (Russia)
59. The Square, dir. Yakov Krugovykh (Russia)
60. The Wind Sauddenly, dir. Edris Samani (Iran)
61. Timballo, dir. Maurizio Forcella (Italy)
62. Total Harmony, dir. Roman Jarosz (Poland)
63. Uka, dir. Valle Comba Canales (Spain)
64. Veil of Silence, dir. Julie Gourdain (France)
65. Written / Unwritten, dir. Adrian Silisteanu (Romania)
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
1. 1977, dir. Raphael Pamplona (Brazil)
2. #Hostagetolikes, dir. Alexey Medvedev (Russia)
3. A Dog’s Life, dir. Thierry Gracia (France)
4. A Journey in Search of Abul Arabi, dir. Akram Elbezawy (Egypt)
5. A Love Story, dir. Anushka Kishani Naanayakkara (United Kingdom)
6. About Cinema, dir. Denis Prima (Russia)
7. Accordion Class, dir. Zuqiang Peng (USA)
8. After, dir. Hanna Jalali (Ukraine)
9. Amo’ – Uncle, dir. Haya Alghanim (USA)
10. And Still We Will Walk On, dir. Jonathan Millet (France)
11. Arab Winter, dir. Carl Halal (Lebanon)
12. Bawan, dir. Zouhair Chebbale (France)
13. Birta, dir. Sturla Óskarsson (Iceland)
14. Chair, dir. Cristal Buemi, Ludwig Camarillo (Spain)
15. Chapeu de bico, dir. Ricardo Saraiva (Brazil)
16. Crabs’ Flight, dir. Bhima Gandica, Inti Torres (Dominican Republic)
17. Daily Snout, dir. Lukas von Berg, Shirel Peleg (Germany)
18. Death in a Day, dir. Lin Wang (China)
19. Dispozitiv 0068, dir. Radu Barbulescu (Romania)
20. Dream the Other, dir. Abril Schmucler Iñiguez (Mexico)
21. El Andar del borracho, dir. Pol Armengol (Spain)
22. Emergency Call, dir. Raphael Biss (France)
23. Euna, dir. Seung-Hyun Chong (Germany)
24. Evil Deeds, dir. Piotr Domalewski (Poland)
25. Falling Prey, dir. David Guiraud (France)
26. Fishy Story, dir. Aleksandra Szymanska (Germany)
27. Flag, dir. Matan Ben Moreh (Israel)
28. Gyros Dance, dir. Piotr Loc Hoang Ngoc (Poland)
29. Hamlet. Comedy, dir. Eugeniy Fadeyev (Russia)
30. Han, dir. Jonathan Choo (Singapore)
31. Harmony Bunny, dir. Tobias Fitting (Germany)
32. Haven, dir. Tomasz Pawlik (Poland)
33. Holy Night Lonely Lights, dir. Matthew Noydens (Belgium)
34. Homecoming, dir. Noam Sobovitz (Israel)
35. Il Silenzio, dir. Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi (Italy)
36. Inflated Head, dir. Rouhollah Saadatmand, Amirpooya Afzalipoor (Iran)
37. Journey Birds, dir. Daphna Awadish (Israel)
38. Just play, dir. Ewa Chodzicka (Poland)
39. Karma, dir. Piotr Jeleń (Poland)
40. Last Call Lenny, dir. Julien Lasseur (USA)
41. Les Miserables, dir. Ladj Ly (France)
42. Liars, dir. Robert Hloz (Czech Republic)
43. Locus, dir. Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi (Poland)
44. Log in Dinner, dir. Hugo Cheong (Taiwan)
45. Lunch Time, dir. Alireza Ghasemi (Iran)
46. Ma Maison (My Home), dir. Uriel Jaouen Zrehem (France)
47. Maika mi calling, dir. Deyan Bararev (Bulgaria)
48. Me and My Father, dir. Alek Pietrzak (Poland)
49. Megazoe, dir. Marc Oller (Spain)
50. My Father, dir. Jean Malek (Canada)
51. Only Lovers Leave to Die, dir. Vladimir Kanic (Croatia)
52. OverLove, dir. Lucas Helth (Denmark)
53. Pain, dir. Fedotova Nadya (Russia)
54. Penelope, dir. Heta Jäälinoja (Finland)
55. Power, dir. Dana Sink (USA)
56. Pregnant Pause, dir. Alice Seabright (United Kingdom)
57. Pria, dir. Yudho Aditya (Indonesia)
58. Princess, dir. Karsten Dahlem (Germany)
59. Resistance Zucchinis, dir. Mélissa Idri, Benoit Lecailtel, Ivana Ngamou, Côme Balguerie (France)
60. Retouch, reż. Kaveh Mazaheri (Iran)
61. Seaduction: The Tale of the Tail, dir. Domenico de Ceglia, Serena Porta (Italy)
62. SELFIE, dir. Andrey Kartavtsev (Russia)
63. Still Devout, dir. Melissa Perez (USA)
64. Symbiofonia, dir. Eugeniusz Pankov (Poland)
65. Tanzonk, dir. Sasha Svirsky (Russia)
66. The Maltese Fighter, dir. Arev Manoukian (Malta)
67. The Nightfall, dir. Eszter Kemény (Hungary)
68. The Realm of Deepest Knowing, dir. Seunghee Kim (Republic of Korea)
69. The Return, dir. Damian Kocur (Poland)
70. The Transfer, dir. Michael Grudsky (Germany)
71. The Wolf’s Eyelash, dir. Liza Starikova (Russia)
72. The World of Blind, dir. Valya Karnavalova (Russia)
73. Through Your Eyelids, dir. Luis Briones (Mexico)
74. Trip, dir. Pascal Stervinou (France)
75. Watu Wote/All of us, dir. Katja Benrath (Germany)
76. Worlds on Edge, dir. Thiago B. Mendonça, Renata Jardim (Brazil)
77. You Deserve Everything, dir. Goran Stolevski (Australia)