20/09/2016 - Belgian director Manu Riche’s feature will open the 24th edition of the gathering, while News from Planet Mars by France’s Dominik Moll will bring it to a close

Manu Riche’s Problemski Hotel [+see also:
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This year, the annual co-production forum will focus on the relationship between the UK and the Ibero-American film industries, in collaboration with the Guadalajara International Film Festival. 

The competition titles are as follows: Jules and Dolores by Caito Ortiz (Brazil), A Double Life by Yoshiyuki Kishi (Japan), Train Driver’s Diary [+see also:
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interview: Jonathan Cenzual
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In the Best UK Feature competition, films are Long Forgotten Fields by Jon Stanford, For Grace by Sebastian Armesto, Gozo by Miranda Bowen (UK/Malta), AmStarDam by The Lennox Brothers and Five Days on Lesvos by Richard Wyllie. The Best Documentary Feature section includes Growing Up Coy by Eric Juhola (US), A Plastic Ocean by Craig Leeson (UK/Hong Kong/US), A Brilliant Genocide by Ebony Butler (Australia/New Zealand/US/Uganda/UK), Off the Rails by Adam Irving (US/Canada) and Death by a Thousand Cuts by Juan Mejia Botero, Jake Kheel (US/Dominican Republic). Lastly, the Best Feature Debut competition features Dusky Paradise by Gregory Kirchhoff (Germany), Her Composition by Stephan Littger (US/Germany), Kamper [+see also:
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interview: Mirko Pincelli
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