Focus: Storytelling is a competition of mid-length and full-length feature productions with a clearly original creative approach, looking for original forms of narration. Both young and experienced filmmakers will compete for the prize. This year, 9 films from 8 countries will take part in the competition.
Mountain Onion, dir. Eldar Shibanov (Kazakhstan) 2022, 90’, 15+
Deep in the province on the China–Kazakhstan border, 11-year-old Jabai catches his mom leaving the truck of a local ladies’ man. The devastated boy believes that he will save the honour of his father, an environmental idealist, by acquiring the “golden Viagra” for him. To achieve that, he must go to the other side of the border. Film awarded at Venice IFF.
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