RIGA IFF 2023
Missing:
Bezkaunīgie / The Brazen (Aik Karapetian)
Suņa skatiens / A Dog's Gaze (Ieva Aleksa)
Missing - SHORT:
Après l'aurore / After Dawn (Yohann Kouam)
Bye Bye, Bowser (Jasmin Baumgartner)
Catalog '93 (Grau Del Grau)
Leikkejä eläville / In the Midst of Chaos There Was Shape (Saarlotta Virri)
Miisufy (Liisi Grünberg)
Modern Speed (Mats Christian, Rude Halvorsen)
Such Miracles Do Happen (Barbara Rupik)
Przypadek N.N. / The Case of N.N. (Yu-Sung Chang)
O Jardineiro do Convento / The Covent Gardener (Patrícia Neves Gomes)
La Desesperación de los monos / The Despair of Monkeys (Julián García Long)
The Eastern Rain (Milly Yencken)
Le fantôme de Marioupol / The Ghost from Mariupol (Marie Chemin)
Gruzis / Debris (Ilze Ance Kazaka)
Stāsts par ūdens nozīmi / Importance of Hydration (Toms Šķēle, Jānis Ābele)
Ksenija / Ksenia (Renāte Saulīte)
Mirū iemīlas / Miru Falls in Love (Ieva Norvele)
Upurjērs / Sacrificial Lamb (Uģis Olte)
Tanatofobija / Thanatophobia (Ieva Balode, Maikls Higinss)
Silvas metode / The Silva Method (Mersedese Margoit)
Resistance Is Futile (Armands Začs)
Beigu beigas / In The End (Linda Stūre)
Trygg-Hansa Glasrutan / The Glass Plane (Roy Andersson)
Husa / The Goose (Jan Míka)
Ježek / The Hedgehog (Daniela Hýbnerová)
Va-t'en, Alfred! (Arnaud Demuynck, Célia Tisserant)
Kočky Jsou Tekuté / Cats Are Liquid (Natálie Durchánková)
Kayak (Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi)
Missing - Music Video
Biedeigais B (Ruslans Fradkins)
Chop It Up (MØR)
Fight! (Daniils Ravinskis)
Gate (Frančesko Roso)
Imposer (Karloss Lesmess)
La La La (Jons Šarkus)
Lost Weekend (Ivars Murds)
Meilės Mieste (Justs Ramanausks)
Mēs Turpināmies (Tīna Zariņa)
Oxo (Joseps Volks)
Pažadai (Aboveground)
Raķešu Zinātne (Elīza Jordane)
Runča Dziesma (Leo Līcis, Labais Dāma)
Saisti (Toms Harjo)
Vasara Pasaka (Ģiedre Nalivaikaite, Adoms Koreņuks)
Ūdensvīrs (Dāvis Gauja)
Bezkaunīgie / The Brazen (Aik Karapetian)
Suņa skatiens / A Dog's Gaze (Ieva Aleksa)
Missing - SHORT:
Après l'aurore / After Dawn (Yohann Kouam)
Bye Bye, Bowser (Jasmin Baumgartner)
Catalog '93 (Grau Del Grau)
Leikkejä eläville / In the Midst of Chaos There Was Shape (Saarlotta Virri)
Miisufy (Liisi Grünberg)
Modern Speed (Mats Christian, Rude Halvorsen)
Such Miracles Do Happen (Barbara Rupik)
Przypadek N.N. / The Case of N.N. (Yu-Sung Chang)
O Jardineiro do Convento / The Covent Gardener (Patrícia Neves Gomes)
La Desesperación de los monos / The Despair of Monkeys (Julián García Long)
The Eastern Rain (Milly Yencken)
Le fantôme de Marioupol / The Ghost from Mariupol (Marie Chemin)
Gruzis / Debris (Ilze Ance Kazaka)
Stāsts par ūdens nozīmi / Importance of Hydration (Toms Šķēle, Jānis Ābele)
Ksenija / Ksenia (Renāte Saulīte)
Mirū iemīlas / Miru Falls in Love (Ieva Norvele)
Upurjērs / Sacrificial Lamb (Uģis Olte)
Tanatofobija / Thanatophobia (Ieva Balode, Maikls Higinss)
Silvas metode / The Silva Method (Mersedese Margoit)
Resistance Is Futile (Armands Začs)
Beigu beigas / In The End (Linda Stūre)
Trygg-Hansa Glasrutan / The Glass Plane (Roy Andersson)
Husa / The Goose (Jan Míka)
Ježek / The Hedgehog (Daniela Hýbnerová)
Va-t'en, Alfred! (Arnaud Demuynck, Célia Tisserant)
Kočky Jsou Tekuté / Cats Are Liquid (Natálie Durchánková)
Kayak (Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi)
Missing - Music Video
Biedeigais B (Ruslans Fradkins)
Chop It Up (MØR)
Fight! (Daniils Ravinskis)
Gate (Frančesko Roso)
Imposer (Karloss Lesmess)
La La La (Jons Šarkus)
Lost Weekend (Ivars Murds)
Meilės Mieste (Justs Ramanausks)
Mēs Turpināmies (Tīna Zariņa)
Oxo (Joseps Volks)
Pažadai (Aboveground)
Raķešu Zinātne (Elīza Jordane)
Runča Dziesma (Leo Līcis, Labais Dāma)
Saisti (Toms Harjo)
Vasara Pasaka (Ģiedre Nalivaikaite, Adoms Koreņuks)
Ūdensvīrs (Dāvis Gauja)
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- DirectorDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsKamila UrzedowskaRobert GulaczykMiroslaw BakaJagna is a young woman determined to forge her own path in a late 19th century Polish village - a hotbed of gossip and on-going feuds, held together, rich and poor, by adherence to colorful traditions and deep-rooted patriarchy.
- DirectorMartin SkovbjergStarsAngela BundalovicJonas Holst SchmidtZlatko BuricA young woman named Ida disappears without a trace. Her boyfriend voluntarily lets himself be locked up to be questioned by Ida's father and brother, but Sander does not tell the whole truth.
- DirectorTia KouvoStarsRia KatajaElina KnihtiläLeena UotilaAn annual family Christmas get-together that sees the usual tensions rise.
- DirectorRainer SarnetStarsUrsel TilkEster KuntuKaarel PoggaA guard on the Soviet-Chinese border who, after surviving a deadly attack, decides to become a monk but must continually prove along the way that he's capable of becoming the enlightened man he set out to be.
- DirectorAngela SchanelecStarsAliocha SchneiderAgathe BonitzerMarisha TriantafyllidouAbandoned as a baby, Jon finds himself in prison on a manslaughter charge. He falls in love with prison guard Iro, unaware of their fateful connection.
- DirectorIvan OstrochovskýPavol PekarcikStarsNikita TyshchenkoViktoriia MatsYana Yevdokymova12-year-old Niki and 11-year old Vika are hiding from the terrifying war at a Kharkiv metro station. Daylight is synonymous with mortal danger, and they are not allowed to leave, living under the constant glow of their neon lights.
- DirectorAnna HintsStarsKadi KiviloMaria MeresaarElsa SaksIn the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsKoji YakushoTokio EmotoArisa NakanoHirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself.
- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
- DirectorAlice RohrwacherStarsJosh O'ConnorCarol DuarteVincenzo NemolatoA group of archaeologists and the black market of historical artifacts.
- DirectorNuri Bilge CeylanStarsDeniz CelilogluMerve DizdarMusab EkiciA young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life.
- DirectorJoão Miller GuerraFilipa ReisStarsCarla MacielFátima SoaresVitória Nogueira da SilvaAt an old manor house in northern Portugal, Ana helps her friend, Emília, the elderly housekeeper who is determined to continue to keep the unoccupied house in order for the owners who are never there.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsThomas SchubertPaula BeerLangston UibelA group of friends are in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea where emotions run high as the parched forest around them catches fire.
- DirectorLila AvilésStarsNaíma SentíesMontserrat MarañonMarisol GaséSeven-year-old Sol is spending the day at her grandfather's home, for a surprise party for Sol's father, Tonatiuh. As daylight fades, Sol comes to understand that her world is about to change dramatically.
- DirectorCeline SongStarsGreta LeeTeo YooJohn MagaroNora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrested apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Twenty years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsNatalie PortmanChris TenzisCharles MeltonTwenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
- DirectorSean Price WilliamsStarsTalia RyderEarl CaveSimon RexA picaresque journey through the cities and woods of the Eastern seaboard of the U.S undertaken by Lillian, a high school senior from South Carolina. She gets her first glimpse of the wider world on a class trip to Washington, D.C.
- DirectorJessica HausnerStarsMia WasikowskaKsenia DevriendtLuke BarkerA teacher takes a job at an elite school and forms a strong bond with five students - a relationship that eventually takes a dangerous turn.
- DirectorJessica WoodworthStarsJonas SmuldersGeraldine ChaplinJan BijvoetLuka, a young soldier craving battle, embeds himself in an isolated fort where men have been waiting in vain for ages for a mythical enemy to strike. A contemporary adaptation of Dino Buzzati's classic novel 'The Tartar Steppe'.
- DirectorMonia ChokriStarsMagalie Lépine BlondeauPierre-Yves CardinalFrancis-William RhéaumeSophia's life is turned upside down when she meets Sylvain. She comes from a wealthy family, while Sylvain comes from a family of manual workers. Sophia questions her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses.
- DirectorGeorgia OakleyStarsRosy McEwenKerrie HayesLucy HallidayIn 1988, a closeted teacher is pushed to the brink when a new student threatens to expose her sexuality.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsDave TurnerEbla MariClaire RodgersonThe future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving the land as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, thus making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees.
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsTilda SwintonLouisAugust JoshiReturning to a hotel now haunted by its mysterious past, an artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets in their former family home.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAlma PöystiJussi VatanenJanne HyytiäinenIn modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog.
- DirectorOle GiæverStarsIvar BeddariBernt BjørnMaria BockEster hides her identity to avoid being exposed to racism. When Ester suddenly finds herself in the middle of demonstrations against a big dam development in Alta, a personal journey out of the shame she has carried so long begins.
- DirectorKaroline LyngbyeStarsMarie Bach HansenMikkel Boe FølsgaardMihlo OlsenThe creative couple Stine and Teit and their young son Nemo leave their urban life in Copenhagen behind in favour of an isolated forest in Sweden, where they hope to find themselves as individuals.
- DirectorErnst De GeerStarsAsta Kamma AugustHerbert NordrumAndrea EdwardsA hypnotherapist sees Vera throw off the trappings of civilized behaviour. For a event She attends with André, Vera's behaviour holds a mirror up to the faux-authenticity, virtue signalling and hypocrisy of her fellow entrepreneurs.
- DirectorLin AllunaStarsAleqa HammondPaninnguaq HeilmannAsta HelmsRenowned Inuit lawyer Aaju Peter who has led a lifelong fight for the rights of her people. When her youngest son unexpectedly passes away, Aaju embarks on a personal journey to bring her colonizers in both Canada and Denmark to justice.
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsAlma PöystiVilhelm BlomgrenEero MilonoffA middle-aged couple who, in the middle of an infidelity crisis, decide to open their marriage and venture into polyamory.
- DirectorMaud Nycander"Love and Fish Sticks" - The film maker moves in with a family with children. From a very close perspective, we follow everyday life with things like exhaustively over-active children, robust hair care and cosy Friday evenings. The parents, Johan and Lena, generously share their views on occurrences of marital crisis, and their ways of trying to repair their relation by getting close again.
- DirectorErik BergströmStarsInka LäntaGuttorm BlindAugust LundbergThe course of events revolves around the young Sámi girl Inka Länta in her environment. The the arrival of Laestadian pastor August Lundberg stirs up emotions when his moral preaching goes to far.
- DirectorMaud NycanderJohan and Lena have lived together for 25 years and they have three children together. Life has entered a new phase. They have decided to divorce. As friends. The filmspan cover 25 years, from the time they fall passionately in love, through the years of toddlers until they decide to divorce. It's a funny, sad and thoughtful film, narrated through the different perspectives of the five family members.
- DirectorHenrik Martin DahlsbakkenStarsAlfred Ekker StrandeThea Lambrechts VaulenPer FrischRejected by the art establishment, wracked with grief over the loss of his older sister and tortured by addiction, the film captures Edvard Munch's life, one of the world's greatest artists of all time.
- DirectorLukas NathrathStarsSebastian Jakob DoppelbauerPauline WernerSusanne Dorothea SchneiderA group of friends getting together for one couple's farewell party while eyeing each other's achievements.
- DirectorChristoph HochhäuslerStarsTimocin ZieglerThea EhreMichael SiderisFollows an undercover investigator infiltrating the world of a trans woman who has links to a major drug dealer and with whom he was in love under her former identity.
- DirectorMilena AboyanStarsBayan LaylaHadnet TesfaiDerya DurmazElaha, 22, believes she must restore her supposed innocence before she weds. A surgeon could reconstruct her hymen but she cannot afford such an operation. She asks herself: why does she have to be a virgin anyway, and for whom?
- DirectorMargarethe von TrottaStarsVicky KriepsRonald ZehrfeldTobias ReschThe relationship between writers Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohnny DeppGary FarmerCrispin GloverOn the run after murdering a man, accountant William Blake encounters a strange Native American man named Nobody who prepares him for his journey into the spiritual world.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayTom WaitsRoberto BenigniA series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsForest WhitakerHenry SilvaJohn TormeyAn African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsJohn LurieEszter BalintRichard EdsonA New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.
- DirectorJean-Loup FelicioliAlain GagnolStarsLoan LongchampAudrey TautouGuillaume CanetNina's life turned upside down since her father lost his job in a factory following embezzlement made by the foreman. With her friend, she embarks on a life-saving quest which leads to the discovery of a hidden treasure in the factory
- DirectorBenoît ChieuxStarsLoïse CharpentierMaryne BertieauxAurélie KonatéJuliette and Carmen, two audacious sisters discovering a passage to the universe of their favorite book: "The Kingdom of the Winds" where they will be transformed and trapped.
- DirectorIlmar RaagJoe LewisStarsHerman AvandiFlorin GussakJuhan UlfsakErik is convinced he has a stone for a heart. That's why he doesn't mind that his parents have no time for him or that he has no real friends. When his family moves to a villa they inherited from aunt Brunhilda, he discovers another family living there - Maria and her dad whom Erik's parents want to kick out. When the family gets an eviction notice, Maria activates her secret plan to bring back her missing mother to save them. Together they end up on a fantastical journey to the In-Between-World and Erik learns how hard it really is to wear a heart of stone.
- DirectorSophie Farkas BollaStarsAlex DuprasGaby JourdainMarilyse BourkeOn a cold winter's day in 1940, Jules moves to live with his uncle, mayor of a settler's village in northern Quebec. He is banned from school because of his rare skin disease. From that moment on, his greatest wish is to be cured.
- DirectorAna ChubinidzeIt follows alien Chef Franzy as she discovers that her special pink soup is not just delicious, but also magical, when she shares it with starving creatures living on a strange planet.
- DirectorClément CéardAnne-Sophie GoussetStarsVera BurkhardtLéa CharentonPauline CharlestonIn their world, two sisters make one. The older one gives the younger one a hand, and together they did everything. When the younger one is able to move around without her big sister one day, it becomes clear what inclusion can lead to.
- DirectorPhilippe KastnerStarsAnastázie DobrodinskáPhilippe KastnerAlena KastnerováPrague animation student Philippe Kastner's delicate portrait of day-to-day life, his dog Dede is always there but one day, Dede is no longer there.
- DirectorJore JanaviciuteStarsGelmine GlemzaiteGiedrius KielaRoma BudziuteDuring a conference in a hotel, a woman in her mid-thirties meets a man that she used to date in her teenage years.
- DirectorJavier Calvo de CabreraStarsLluís ArrugaMaria Lanau
- DirectorNataliya IlchukStarsLiliya BatenkoPoetic portrait of a Ukrainian woman working four jobs in a state of complete solitude in a nearly abandoned post-industrial city.
- DirectorAmirhossein ShojaeiStarsMona AhmadiDavoud NourpourA guard who does not guard doesn't take action and won't put himself in danger if there's a threat. He wanders and seeks an opportunity for himself in the darkness of the night.
- Film is generated by AI for humans. Don't worry humans are creative and better than AI. You are the ones who will always have the upper hand because you have the ability to imagine, feel, and love. Thank you for existing.
- DirectorLevi StoopsStarsLevi StoopsAnemone ValckeJeremy and Aurora are lost at sea. In the vast openness of the ocean they are cooped up together on a small tree trunk. As they fail to understand each other's desires and boundaries, the fight for their survival and the survival of their relationship becomes a bloody mess. Will our castaways be able to grow while trying to make it back to shore, or will they lose a piece of themselves along the way?
- DirectorAya KawazoeStarsKaoru IidaShion SasakiTakuji Suzuki
- DirectorQuentin PapapietroStarsJustine BouEugène GreenLuc MoulletOn the roads of Saintonge, at the entrance of the villages or along the ring roads, strange constructions have been laid out in places that we pass without stopping: roundabouts organized with an obsession for local culture.
- DirectorIvan LowenbergStarsAlejandro Reyes JaimeMariana Leon LambarriMartha Claudia MorenoAurora has not revealed to her son, a 35 year old man with autism, the reason why she has decided to move him to her best friend's house. The process for him is not easy, since he is used to his sheets, his order and the color of his room.
- DirectorAntanas SkucasGintare ValeviciuteWinter, 1942. Beyond the Arctic Circle, on the uninhabited island of Trofimovsk in the Laptev Sea, exiled peoples struggle to survive. This is the place chosen by Soviet authorities to deport vast numbers of inhabitants from the occupied Baltic countries, Finland, Ukraine and elsewhere. In this harsh, alien landscape, man is a mere speck. Against the backdrop of such majestic isolation, many thousands face the savage indifference and cruelty of nature. Always living on the edge, they must find a way to stay alive. All experiences depicted are based on the unfaded memories of those who survived.
- DirectorDániel NagyStarsMira BokorBálint LendvaiTamás Szabó Sipos
- DirectorHao ZhaoStarsXuanyu LiuXun LiuQi LuWen Hui believes he was born to be a goalkeeper, though nobody remembers how he first got into football. As a child, amid the turmoil of his parents' divorce, he was sent to therapy after practice. But he soon discovered that, when confusing incidents demand a response, there is comfort in the structure of the game. The odds of saving a penalty after coming on as a substitute are statistically stacked against him, but that is nothing to be sad about.
- DirectorTina ZarinaStarsJurijs DjakonovsIeva FlorenceIn a dystopian world, a limousine driver named Arthur transports various passengers around the centre of Riga. His every move is monitored by the limousine's artificial intelligence, MO. Arthur and MO's relationship is seemingly friendly and playful, but there is a feeling in the air that Arthur is careful not to provoke MO. The evening is tense and Arthur has several confrontations with MO. Arthur decides to distract the limousine's AI MO by telling jokes to avoid triggering the emotion control device.
- DirectorRoy Andersson
- DirectorRoy Andersson
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsKlas-Gösta OlssonAnne TubinLennart BjörklundAn educational film about AIDS contracted by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare, later to be withdrawn due to its controversial content.
- DirectorRoy Andersson
- DirectorRoy Andersson
- DirectorRoy Andersson
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsKlas-Gösta OlssonLennart BjörklundChrister ChristensenAfter witnessing an act of unprecedented violence without even flinching, an emotionally numb real-estate agent visits his ailing mother at the hospital, and then, the graveyard. Is there a speck of happiness in this cruel and short life?