Competition Programs | International Competition: And The Cranes Kept Dancing
UNIT.Verse | B.12

07.10 | 16:00

08.10 | 19:00

18+

Stories about traumatic events that tie the past, present, and future into a tight knot. To cut or to untangle?

Running time 91 min.

  • WAR
    Dimitar Dimitrov

    Bulgaria | 06:17 | 2022

    A little girl named WAR, with surial abilities, grows up isolated in a foster home. Flowers wither, trees dry up, objects are set on fire by the proximity and her touch. One day WAR escapes from the orphanage, unfolding to extreme her gift, causing all sorts of disasters to humanity.

  • From the Border
    Artur Saribekyan

    Armenia | 07:05 | 2022

    The old man is the only one who did not leave the village, he repairs the door of an abandoned house every day. One night suddenly the villagers' dialogues and children's voices are heard. The dog looks at the man in surprise. He is wearing a white suit, and smugly "turned on the voice of the village."

  • Armat
    Elodie Dermange

    Switzerland | 11:37 | 2022

    Elodie tries to find out more about her family’s Armenian origins. She interviews her father, her uncle, her great aunt, and discovers a harsh history where violence and the inability to express love are passed down from generation to generation.

  • Cuddle
    Margot Reumont

    Belgium | 15:26 | 2022

    At her father's request, Coline returns to her childhood bedroom to sort through her belongings. The various objects she finds there plunge her into the memories of her childhood. Among them stand out those that have marked her to this day.

  • And The Cranes Kept Dancing
    Natasza Cetner

    Poland | 08:41 | 2023

    When the Cranes appear on the shore and introduce the Man to the world of beauty and dance, he needs to decide what priorities in his life are. The further the Man distances himself from the family, the more the Woman decides to fight through her trauma in order to attempt one last try at their relationship while the Child is lost in his nightmares and abandonment, while the Cranes keep on dancing.

  • Ice Merchants
    João Gonzalez

    Portugal | 14:00 | 2022

    Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.

  • Box Cutters
    Naomi Van Niekerk

    France, Netherlands, South Africa | 08:24 | 2023

    A young woman recalls a day when she was attacked by three men on her way home, but daily life must resume its course.

  • Love in Times of Coal-Based Economy
    Tomasz Siwiński

    Poland | 12:00 | 2021

    A prehistoric fish takes the first step on dry land. A cuddling T-Rex couple is about to become extinct. Meanwhile in Poland, it is 1963, and the Winter of the Century is in full swing. Chimneys cheerfully spit out clouds of black smoke. A young coal loader is madly in love with a beautiful crane operator. The heat of his love will not let him freeze while he trudges through snow drifts guided by wild desire.

  • Her Dress for the Final
    Martina Mestrovic

    Croatia | 08:45 | 2023

    One day my granny dyed her wedding dress black. She wanted to be buried in it.