International New Horizons Competition
The most important and exciting part of the festival, as usual, are its competitions. The International New Horizons Competition will feature unconventional premieres, original films, searching for new forms of expression selected from among hundreds of films submitted and seen by festival programmers around the world.
A jury composed of critics affiliated with the International Federation of Film Critics will award the prestigious FIPRESCI award. The films competing for competition awards include: the surrealistic hit at the Rotterdam IFF and winner of the Golden Tiger – Iranian Fat Shaker (Larzanandeye charbi) by Mohammad Shirvani, the hypnotic Night from Argentinian director of Polish origins Leonardo Brzezicki, the Russian film Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari by Aleksey Fedorchenko as well as the newest film by original Polish creator Tomasz Wasilewski, Floating Skyscrapers, recognised by American critics as one of the best films presented during this year’s Tribeca Film Festival in New York.