Radiography of a Family takes the viewer on a personal journey into the social genetics of modern Iranian society. As central metaphor and narrative frame for the story, we discover the lifeline and photo albums of an Iranian family, to relive and reconstruct the aftermath of the revolution, decoded and emphasized, to depict a deep and compelling story of the intriguing puzzle that constitutes modern Iranian identity.

NORWAY/IRAN/SWITZERLAND 82 min ORIGINAL TITLE Radiograph of a Family DIRECTOR Firouzeh Khosrovani PRODUCTION Fabien Greenberg and Bård Kjøge Rønning for Antipode Films CO-PRODUCTION Rainy Pictures, DV Films, Storyline DOMESTIC RELEASE 11/2020 SALES Taskovski Films FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute

After the Swedish company Boliden dumped toxic waste in the Chilean desert town of Arica in 1984, thousands of local residents fell ill. In this sequel to Toxic Playground (2009), the filmmakers follow the lawsuit against the mining company.

SWEDEN 95 min ORIGINAL TITLE Arica DIRECTORS Lars Edman, William Johansson Kalén PRODUCTION Andreas Rocksén for Laika Film & Television AB DOMESTIC RELEASE TBC SALES Lightdox FESTIVALS Lightdox

A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a randy fortuneteller and a doubtful young couple meet in late summer on a Russian river cruise on Volga. What does fate have in store for them?

SWEDEN/FINLAND/POLAND 86 min ORIGINAL TITLE Bitter Love DIRECTOR Jerzy Sladkowski PRODUCTION Antonio Russo Merenda for Ginestra Film  CO-PRODUCTION MADE, Ragusa Film DOMESTIC RELEASE 09/2020 SALES CAT&Docs FESTIVALS Swedish Film Institute

A pig, two cows and a one-legged chicken. Familiar, even commonplace animals – they peck, graze, and roll in the mud, catching worms and brushing away the flies. With stunning black-and-white photography and a complete lack of humans and dialogue, Gunda is a remarkably intimate and empathetic depiction of farmlife from the perspective of the animals.

NORWAY 93 min ORIGINAL TITLE Gunda DIRECTOR Viktor Kossakovsky PRODUCTION Anita Rehoff-Larsen for Sant & Usant CO-PRODUCTION Louverture Films, LLC DOMESTIC RELEASE 09/2020 SALES Cinephil FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute

A young adult film about figuring out who you are in this chaos called life. On top of that, there is a degree of seriousness to Rosemarie's life, for which she is much too young. She has been diagnosed with cancer, and although the doctors say she will survive, the long treatment leaves a mark on her young life. Not least with regards to her relationship with her mother, whose affection and attention suffocates her. At the same time, Rosemarie gets the feeling that she cannot really reach her mother who is guarding her emotions out of fear of losing her daughter. The film follows Rosemarie's struggle to move forward with her life – with school and friends – but also to get the rest of her family to move on with theirs.
 
DENMARK 78 min ORIGINAL TITLE Lever Elsker Savner DIRECTOR Sine Skibsholt PRODUCTION Helle Faber for Made in Copenhagen DOMESTIC RELEASE 03/2020 SALES DR International Sales FESTIVALS Danish Film Institute

In 1961, the German preacher Paul Schäfer and his congregation moved to Chile with the stated aim of helping the poor. They established Colonia Dignidad that transformed into a closed sect. This film explores how the remaining residents of the colony deal with 45 years of child abuse, collective beatings and slave-like living conditions. It also reveals how people in the colony assisted Pinochet’s dictatorship in torturing and killing political prisoners and burying them in mass graves on their own 16,000-hectare land. We meet those who completely deny the horrors and wish only to remember the bright moments, those who still today go through severe emotional struggles – and those caught in between.
 
DENMARK 88 min ORIGINAL TITLE Undertrykkelsens Sang DIRECTOR Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga PRODUCTION Signe Byrge for Final Cut for Real DOMESTIC RELEASE 03/2020 SALES Autlook FESTIVALS Danish Film Institute

How does it feel like when you come to understand that you are a pedophile?
 
FINLAND 15 min ORIGINAL TITLE Hiljaisuus DIRECTOR Saara Hakkarainen PRODUCTION Pauliina Maus, Aino Niemi FESTIVALS ELO Film School Finland

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