This section includes debut shorts and features by some of the best contemporary filmmakers—those who define what the cinema is today and what it will become tomorrow. As young and little known authors, they often started their careers with low-budget films that nevertheless convey their individual style and their creative boldness.
The program is organized in collaboration with Film Art magazine.
Film Art magazine has been published since January 1931 and remains one of the oldest periodicals in the world about cinema. Each release highlights current issues in cinema and visual culture, and also includes rare archival publications, reviews of major international film festivals, Russian and foreign film screenings, and other materials.
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A bored Florida couple with a gun found by the side of the road try to escape the ennui of their daily lives and flee to the American nowhere. One of the most important contemporary filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt describes her film as a "road movie without the road, a love story without the love, and a crime story without the crime."
Director Kelly Reichardt. UK, 1994, 76 minutes. 16+
Three strangers running away from alienation and loneliness of contemporary life accidentally end up in one apartment. David Lynch’s jury awarded Tsai Ming-liang’s feature the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival in 1994.
Director Tsai Ming-liang. Taiwan, 1994, 118 minutes. 18+
Leos Carax’s debut feature also became his breakthrough onto the big screen. The black-and-white picture about two Paris dreamers is considered to be the first notable work by the author of Les Amants du Pont-Neuf and Holy Motors.
Director Leos Carax. France, 1984, 100 minutes. 16+
