L'amant d'un jour

Philippe Garrel : 2017
Lover for a Day

The story of a father, his 23-year-old daughter, who goes back home one day because she has just been dumped, and his new girlfriend, who is also 23 and lives with him. Gilles, a professor of philosophy has been having a secret affair for the last three months with Ariane, one of his students – a relationship that he, resisted in the beginning. But he is also a father who sees his daughter Jeanne barge home one evening after a breakup, in tears and with her suitcase. Placing herself in the living room and at the heart of the life of the two lovers, Jeanne unloads her deep suffering. Consolatory and confident at first, Ariane slowly begins to feel pangs of jealously about Gilles's paternal love for his daughter and also shares loaded secrets with Jeanne who deploys schemes, conscious and unconscious, to remain the centre of attention. Whilst both might appear to be close and share the bond of an age dominated by desire, the two young women are, in reality, the protagonists of an underground war because the enemy remains the enemy even when you know that you are wrongly occupying their territory. Philippe Garrel's feature was winner of the Prix SACD when it premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Festival de Cannes 2017.

A Ciambra

Jonas Carpignano : 2017

In A Ciambra, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions – the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he's ready to step into his big brother's shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man. Jonas Carpignano's second feature premiered at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs at Festival de Cannes 2017.

Dede

Mariam Khatchvani : 2017

Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains where traditions have remained the same for centuries. Her marriage has been arranged but when handsome Gegi returns from war, she falls in love with him and they elope. Four years later Dina is estranged from her family but lives happily with Gegi and their child. Then Gegi is tragically killed. In traditional Svaneti culture a widow must marry the first man who asks for her hand, so when Girshel proposes, Dina is forced to leave her home and little boy behind forever. However, when Moses falls deathly ill, Girshel fights through the treacherous winter snow to get the life saving medicine. In the end Dina, along with Girshel, defies years of tradition and takes her child with her back to Ushguli. Mariam Khatchvani's feature debut was the winner of the Special Jury Prize when it premiered in competition in the East of the West section at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2017.