After its world premiere in Toronto, After the Fire [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Mehdi Fikri will tomorrow open the 12th edition of the Bordeaux International Independent Film Festival. This year, the event, directed by Natacha Seweryn, will pay homage to Quebec filmmaker Monia Chokri (retrospective, masterclass and with The Nature of Love [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Monia Chokri
scheda film] closing the festival), Belgian director Joachim Lafosse through a Focus (including amongst others A Silence [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Joachim Lafosse
scheda film] and a conversation with Pierre Salvadori) and French documentarian Dominique Marchais (retrospective including his latest film, La Rivière), as well as many cartes blanches such as the one dedicated to production outfit Kidam.

In the international feature competition, the jury, consisting of actress Camélia Jordana and three filmmakers (Romanian director Corneliu Porumboiu and the French Lola Quivoron and Thomas Cailley) will have to choose between nine titles: The Hypnosis [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Asta Kamma August
intervista: Ernst De Geer
scheda film] by Swedish filmmaker Ernst de Geer (Best Actor award and Europa Cinemas label in Karlovy Vary), Milk [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Stefanie Kolk
scheda film] by Dutch director Stefanie Kolk (discovered in Giornate degli Autori), Spirit of Ecstasy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Héléna Klotz
scheda film] by French filmmaker Héléna Klotz (Platform competition in Toronto), The Vourdalak [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Adrien Beau
scheda film] by her fellow countryman Adrien Beau (International Critics’ Week in Venice), Toll [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Brazilian director Carolina Markowicz (appreciated in Toronto) and four documentaries: Keeping Mum [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Emilie Brisavoine
scheda film] by French filmmaker Émilie Brisavoine (discovered in Karlovy Vary), Samsara [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Lois Patiño
scheda film] by Spanish filmmaker Lois Patiño (Special Encounters Jury prize in Berlin), My Worst Enemy [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mehran Tamadon
scheda film] by Iranian director Mehran Tamadon (also unveiled in Encounters) and Nome [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Bissau-Guinean filmmaker Sana Na N’Hada (selected in ACID Cannes).

Open to all formats and exclusive to films made outside classic financial schemes, the Contrebande competition will also present nine films, including two French features: After [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Anthony Lapia
scheda film] by Anthony Lapia (discovered in the Panorama section in Berlin) and Personne n’a rien vu by Clothilde Leclercq. Also noteworthy in the festival’s programme are a short film competition, premieres for The Beast [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bertrand Bonello
scheda film] by Bertrand Bonello, La Chimera [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher, and No Love Lost [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Erwan Le Duc
scheda film] by Erwan Le Duc, and a rich documentary selection: Madame Hoffman by Sébastien Lifshitz, Orlando, My Political Biography [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Paul B. Preciado
scheda film] by Spanish director Paul B. Preciado, the French-Colombian co-production Nuestra Película by Diana Bustamante, Brazza by Antoine Boutet, On the Edge [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Nicolas Peduzzi and Little Girl Blue [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mona Achache
scheda film] by Mona Achache.