The final preparations are underway for the 13th edition of War on Screen (running 6 – 12 October), which is the only international festival to focus on filmmakers from all around the world who look to decipher, revisit and transform the depiction of war on screen, and who are only too aware of the vital need to commemorate and reflect upon the causes and consequences of all wars, whether historical conflicts or more current events, such as the situation in Ukraine or Gaza.

This year, the event will welcome Ukrainian maestro Sergueï Loznitsa as its guest of honour, who’ll be delivering a masterclass on 9 October and whose three films are scheduled for screenings (notably his brilliant Cannes competitor, Two Prosecutors [+lee también:
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entrevista: Sergei Loznitsa
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Eleven feature films will battle it out in competition, six of which are fiction films, including In the Land of Arto [+lee también:
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entrevista: Tamara Stepanyan
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entrevista: Akinola Davies Jr.
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ficha de la película] by Japan’s Akio Fujimoto (the winner of the Special Jury Prize in Venice’s Orizzonti line-up – notably co-produced by France and Germany), Le gâteau du président by Iraq’s Hassan Hadi (awarded the Caméra d'Or in Cannes), Under the Volcano [+lee también:
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entrevista: Damian Kocur
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The competition also boasts an animated movie (The Square by South Korea’s Bo-Sol Kim – the winner of Annecy’s Contrechamp Jury Prize) and four documentaries: the French-Belgian production Imago [+lee también:
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entrevista: Déni Oumar Pitsaev
ficha de la película] by Chechnya’s Déni Oumar Pitsaev (which scooped the French Touch Jury Prize in Cannes’ Critics’ Week, as well as the Golden Eye on the Croisette), Militantropos [+lee también:
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entrevista: Kamal Aljafari
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ficha de la película] by Paraguay’s Juanjo Pereira (co-produced by France and Germany, among other countries, and unveiled in the Berlinale’s Panorama line-up).

Two animated movies stand out among the unique works gracing the Points of View section (Allah Is Not Obliged [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Zaven Najjar and the 1986 title When the Wind Blows by Jimmy T. Murakami), together with a wonderful crop of Cannes-screened films (Palme d’Or winner It Was Just An Accident [+lee también:
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entrevista: Jafar Panahi
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entrevista: Óliver Laxe
ficha de la película] by Spain’s Oliver Laxe and the documentary Orwell: 2+2 = 5 [+lee también:
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ficha de la película] by Haiti’s Raoul Peck, among other works) and the movie Marco [+lee también:
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entrevista: Aitor Arregi y Jon Garaño
ficha de la película] by Spanish directors Aitor Arregi and Jon Garaño, to name just a few.

The remainder of the festival’s ample programme includes a focus on Japanese Fantasy (from the angle of "how to express and heal trauma") and sections entitled "Rock’n’War" (notably showcasing Kneecap [+lee también:
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The festival line-up also boasts a short films competition and a “Young Audience” section, screening Ugo Bienvenu’s animated movie, Arco [+lee también:
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