Opening and closing films Tiger Competition The following films are selected to compete for the
Tiger Award. The line-up was announced on 17 December 2024. :Highlighted titles indicates award winner •
L’arbre De l’Authenticité,
Sammy Baloji, (Democratic Republic of the Congo) •
Bad Girl, Varsha Bharath, (India) •
Blind Love, Julian Chou (Taiwan) • '''
Fiume o morte!, Igor Bezinović (Croatia, Italy, Slovenia)''' •
La Gran Historia De La Filosofía Occidental, Aria Covamonas (Mexico) •
Guo Ran, Li Dongmei (China) •
Im Haus Meiner Eltern, Tim Ellrich (Germany) •
Perla,
Alexandra Makarová (Austria-Slovakia) •
Primeira Pessoa Do Plural, Sandro Aguilar, (Portugal, Italy) •
Tears in Kuala Lumpur, Ridhwan Saidi, (Malaysia) •
Vitrival – The Most Beautiful Village in the World, Noëlle Bastin, Baptiste Bogaert (Belgium) •
Wind, Talk to Me Vetre, pricaj sa mnom, Stefan Djordjevic (Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia) •
Wondrous Is the Silence of My Master, Ivan Salatić (Montenegro)
Big Screen Competition :Highlighted titles indicates award winner •
Back to the Family -
Šarūnas Bartas (Lithuania, France, Poland, Latvia) • '''
Raptures - Jon Blåhed (Sweden, Finland)''' •
Gowok: Javanese Kamasutra -
Hanung Bramantyo (Indonesia) •
¡Caigan las rosas blancas! - Albertina Carri (Argentina, Brazil, Spain) •
Our Father - The Last Days of a Dictator - José Filipe Costa (Portugal) •
Orenda -
Pirjo Honkasalo (Finland, Estonia, Sweden) •
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past -
Kichitaro Negishi (Japan) •
The Puppet’s Tale -
Suman Mukhopadhyay (India) •
Bad Painter - Albert Oehlen (Germany, USA) •
Macai - Sun-J Perumal (Malaysia) •
L’oro del Reno - Lorenzo Pullega (Italy) •
De idylle - Aaron Rookus (Netherlands, Belgium, Estonia) •
The Assistant - Wilhelm Sasnal, Anka Sasnal (Poland, United Kingdom) •
Soft Leaves - Miwako Van Weyenberg (Belgium)
Tiger Short Competition The following films were selected to compete for the Tiger Short Competition. :Highlighted titles indicates award winner •
Baby Blue Benzo dir. Sara Cwynar (United States, Germany) •
BAN♡ITS dir. Omar Chowdhury (Belgium, Bangladesh, South Korea) •
Bury Us in a Lone Desert dir. Nguyễn Lê Hoàng Phúc (Vietnam) •
Capitol Limited dir. Lily Ekimian Ragheb, Ahmed T. Ragheb (United States) •
Common Pear dir. Gregor Božič (Slovenia, United Kingdom) •
La durmiente dir. Maria Inês Gonçalves (Portugal, Spain) •
Empty Rider dir. Lawrence Lek (Switzerland, United Kingdom) •
The Garden of Electric Delights dir. Billy Roisz (Austria) •
Hepingli Playthrough dir. Zheng Yuan (China) • ''I Wan'na Be Like You'' dir. Margit Lukács, Persijn Broersen (Netherlands, France, Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany) •
Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths dir. Eva Giolo (Belgium, Italy) • '''
Merging Bodies dir. Adrian Paci (Italy)''' • '''
A Metamorphosis dir. Lin Htet Aung (Myanmar)''' •
Now, Hear Me Good dir. Dwayne LeBlanc (United States) •
Les rites de passage dir. Florian Fischer, Johannes Krell (Germany) •
The Rock Speaks dir. Amy Louise Wilson, Francois Knoetze (South Africa, Spain) •
Suspicions About the Hidden Realities of Air dir. Sam Drake (United States) • :'''
Temo Re dir. Anka Gujabidze (Georgia)''' •
Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World dir. Kevin Walker, Irene Zahariadis (Greece, United States) •
World at Stake dir. Susanna Flock, Adrian Jonas Haim, Jona Kleinlein (Austria)
Limelight A programme showcasing cinematic highlights of film festival favourites and international award-winners.
Bright Future The programme highlights first-feature films from promising filmmakers. •
Girl Infinite, Lilly Hu, United States, Latvia, Singapore •
Camp d’Été, Mateo Ybarra, Switzerland, France •
The Flamenco Guitar of Yerai Cortés (La guitarra flamenca de Yerai Cortés),
Antón Álvarez, Spain •
Later In The Clearing, Márton Tarkövi, Hungary, Spain •
Nyamula (Invisible Flame), Oskar Weimar, Kenya •
Your Touch Makes Others Invisible,
Rajee Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka, United States
Harbour The programme showcases contemporary cinema. •
And The Rest Will Follow,
Pelin Esmer, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania •
Dead Dog, Sarah Francis, Lebanon •
Finding Ramlee, Megat Sharizal, Malaysia •
No Dejes A Los Niños Solos, Emilio Portes, Mexico •
Primitive Diversity,
Alexander Kluge, Germany •
Thank You Satan, Hicham Lasri, Morocco, France •
Theatre, Nishanth Kalidindi, India •
Last Song for You, Jill Leung, Hong Kong •
The Night Is Dark and Brighter Than The Day, Christina Friedrich, Germany •
Un Gran Casino, Daniel Hoesl, Austria •
Olivia & the Clouds,
Tomás Pichardo Espaillat, Dominican Republic
RTM •
Traffic, Teodora Ana Mihai, Romania, Belgium, Netherlands
Short & Mid-length The Short & Mid-length film programme showcases films under 63 minutes. •
B AND S, Lipika Singh Darai, India •
GERHARD, Ulu Braun, Germany •
THE GREAT NORTH, Jenn Nkiru, United Kingdom •
THE LAST HARVEST, Nuno Boaventura Miranda, Cabo Verde, Portugal •
MY BROTHER, Saad Dnewar and Abdelrahman Dnewar, Egypt, Germany, France • THE NON-ACTOR, Eliza Barry Callahan, United States • A RIVER HOLDS A PERFECT MEMORY, Hope Strickland, United Kingdom, Jamaica • SILVESTERCHLAUSEN, Andrew Norman Wilson, United States, Switzerland •
TELL HER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME, Pethrus Tibúrcio, Brazil •
THOUGHTS ON PEACE IN AN AIR RAID, Vyacheslav Turyanytsya, Ukraine, Netherlands •
A THOUSAND WAVES AWAY, Helena Wittmann, Germany •
UPON SUNRISE, Stefan Ivančić, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia, Croatia •
YOU’RE A SHADOW, Rajee Samarasinghe, Sri Lanka, United States • IF YOU SEEK AMY, Ela Kazdal, United Kingdom, Turkey ==Awards==