The official program of the 64th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg
The International Jury will decide on the “Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg”
Mannheim-Heidelberg has a worldwide reputation as an international film festival of yearly discoveries of talented directors from all the continents. It is renowned for continually presenting a high-quality selection of the best and most promising newcomer films. In a pool kept deliberately small, the 22 new cinematographic works will be competing for the Grand Newcomer Award Mannheim-Heidelberg in the International Competition. Among them one World Premiere, five International Premieres, three European Premieres and 13 German Premieres.
“Every film in the Competition distinguishes itself by telling its story with a very personal touch – authentic and believable – and the fact that none of the films deny where the come from. Each of them are infused with the culture, the people and the country of their origin,” Festival Director Dr. Michael Kötz describes the program. “Presenting films that have a genuinely compassionate attitude towards life and humanity is very important to us here.”
The Films of this year's "International Competition Newcomer Films"
- Bridgend (Denmark) by Jeppe Rønde // German Premiere
- Clever (Uruguay) by Federico Borgia und Guillermo Madeiro // European Premiere
- De nærmeste – Homesick (Norway) by Anne Østensen Sewitsky // German Premiere
- Distancias cortas – Walking Distance (Mexico) by Alejandro Guzmán Álvarez // German Premiere
- Domácí Péce – Home Care (Czech Republic) by Slávek Horák // German Premiere
- Een dag in 't jaar – 12 Months in 1 Day (Netherlands) by Margot Schaap // European Premiere
- El Jeremías – Jeremy (Mexico) by Anwar Safa // International Premiere
- Gluckauf – Son of Mine (Netherlands) by Remy van Heugten // German Premiere
- Jade Shahriyar – Road to Shahriyar (Iran) by Vahid Qazimirsaeid // International Premiere
- Jalaler Golpo – Jalal's Story (Bangladesh) by Abu Shahed Emon // European Premiere
- La delgada línea amarilla – The Thin Yellow Line (Mexico) by Celso R. García // German Premiere
- La Tierra Roja (Belgium, Argentinia) by Diego Martínez Vignatti // German Premiere
- Le Rang du Lion – The Lion's Path (Canada) by Stéphan Beaudoin // International Premiere
- Magallanes (Peru) by Salvador del Solar // German Premiere
- Nullpunkt – Zero Point (Estonia) by Mihkel Ulk // German Premiere
- Odnazhdiy v detskom dome – Once at an Orphanage (Kazakhstan) by Ruslan Magomadov and Serik Abishev // World Premiere
- Papa Lumière – So Long Africa (France) by Ada Loueilh // International Premiere
- Paradise Trips (Belgium) by Raf Reyntjens // International Premiere
- Rider Jack (Switzerland) by This Lüscher // German Premiere
- Safakla Dönenler – Before Sunrise (Turkey) by Murat Eroglu // German Premiere
- Simshar (Malta) by Rebecca Cremona // German Premiere
- Une Histoire Américaine – Stubborn (France) by Armel Hostiou // German Premiere
