Above: Rinko Kikuchi in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
The lineup for this year's Forum section has been unveiled (minus the special screenings which will be announced soon), providing "an overview of independent, artistic filmmaking with a disregard for convention, screening 28 world and eight international premieres from every single continent."
The Airstrip (Heinz Emighol), Germany - World Premiere
Al doilea joc (The Second Game) (Corneliu Porumboiu), Romania - World Premiere
Le beau danger (René Frölke), Germany / Italy - World Premiere
Butter on the Latch (Josephine Decker), USA - World Premiere
Casse (Scrap Yard) (Nadège Trebal), France - International Premiere
Castanha (Davi Pretto), Brasil - World Premiere
Cheol-ae-kum (A Dream of Iron) (Kelvin Kyung Kun Park), Republic of Korea / USA - World Premiere
Chilla (40 Days of Silence) (Saodat Ismailova), Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Netherlands / Germany / France - World Premiere
The Darkside (Warwick Thornton), Australia - International Premiere
L’enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq (The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq) (Guillaume Nicloux), France - World Premiere
Forma (Ayumi Sakamoto), Japan - International Premiere
Free Range – Ballaad maailma heakskiitmisest (Free Range) (Veiko Õunpuu), Estonia - International Premiere
Das große Museum (The Great Museum) (Johannes Holzhausen), Austria - World Premiere
The Guests (Ken Jacobs), USA - World Premiere
Gui ri zi (Shadow Days) (Zhao Dayong), China / Hong Kong - World Premiere
Huba (Parasite) (Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal), Poland / United Kingdom - World Premiere
Ich will mich nicht künstlich aufregen (Asta Upset) (Max Linz), Germany - World Premiere
Iranien (Iranian) (Mehran Tamadon), France / Switzerland - World Premiere
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (David Zellner), USA - International Premiere
Kumun tadı (Seaburners) (Melisa Önel), Turkey - World Premiere
Lajwanti (The Honour Keeper) (Pushpendra Singh), India - World Premiere
Los Ángeles (Damian John Harper), Germany/Mexico - World Premiere
La marche à suivre (Guidelines) (Jean-François Caissy), Canada - World Premiere
N - The Madness of Reason (Peter Krüger), Belgium / Germany / Netherlands - World Premiere
Nagima (Zhanna Issabayeva), Kazakhstan
Non-fiction Diary (Jung Yoon-suk), Republic of Korea - International Premiere
Pădurea e ca muntele, vezi? (The Forest is Like the Mountains) (Christiane Schmidt, Didier Guillian), Romania / Germany - World Premiere
Que ta joie demeure (Joy of Man’s Desiring) (Denis Côté), Canada - World Premiere
Shemtkhveviti paemnebi (Blind Dates) (Levan Koguashvili), Georgia
She’s Lost Control (Anja Marquardt), USA - World Premiere
Ship bun (10 Minutes) (Lee Yong-seung), Republic of Korea - International Premiere
Souvenir (André Siegers), Germany - World Premiere
Sto spiti (At Home) (Athanasios Karanikolas), Greece / Germany - World Premiere
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker), USA - World Premiere
To Singapore, With Love (Tan Pin Pin), Singapore
Töchter (Daughters) (Maria Speth), Germany - World Premiere
Top Girl oder la déformation professionnelle (Top Girl or la déformation professionnelle) (Tatjana Turanskyj), Germany - World Premiere
Und in der Mitte, da sind wir (And There We are, in the Middle) (Sebastian Brameshuber), Austria - World Premiere
Zamatoví teroristi (Velvet Terrorists) (Ivan Ostrochovský, Pavol Pekarčík, Peter Kerekes), Slovak Republic / Czech Republic / Croatia - International Premiere