INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

It is thought to be Lago’s gateway to the world of cinema and cinema from around the world.

Always open to consider the plurality of voices and forms in which contemporary cinema manifests itself, the International Competition this year will see films that testify to the liveliness of contemporary cinema, through a look aimed at including both genre films and peripheral cinemas, both new authors and globally recognized masters, elements that make up a cartography from which viewers can move to make a journey into the world of contemporary cinema.

The selection:

Tropicalía – Rodney Llaverías

Dominican Republic / 21’ / 2022 / Fiction / Italian Premiere

In The Soil – Casper Kjeldsen 

Denmark / 12’ / 2021 / Fiction

Land of Glory – Borbála Nagy

Hungary / 27’ / 2020 / Fiction / Italian Premiere

This Day Won’t Last – Mouaad el Salem

Tunisia / 26’ / 2020 / Doc

Girl in the Water – Shi-Rou Huang

Taiwan / 7’ / 2021 / Anima / Italian Premiere

Simone Is Gone – Mathilde Chavanne

France / 21’ / 2021 / Fiction

The Sower of Stars – Lois Patiño

Spain / 25’ / 2022 / Doc / Italian Premiere

A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here – Érica Sarmet

Brazil / 26’ / 2021 / Fiction / Italian Premiere

Lemongrass Girl – Pom Bunsermivicha

Thailand / 17’ / 2021 / Fiction

Blue Sky – Lur Olaizola

Spain / 14’ / 2021 / Doc /Italian Premiere

Haulout – Evgenia Arbugaeva & Maxim Arbugaev

UK / 25’ / 2022 / Doc 

Pests – Juliette Laboria

France / 6’ / 2021 / Anima

Tundra – José Luis Aparicio

Cuba / 30’ / 2021 / Fiction / Italian Premiere

The Infernal Machine – Francis Vogner dos Reis 

Brazil / 29’ / 2021 / Fiction / Italian Premiere

Madhu – Tanmay & Tanvi Cowdhary

India / 12’ / 2021 / Fiction / Italian Premiere

Deerwoods Deathtrap – James P. Gannon

USA / 9’ / 2021 / Doc / Italian Premiere

Y (Water in Guaranì) – Cris Arana

Paraguay / 12’ / 2021 / Fiction