The story takes place in the Colombian city of Medellin, where a man flees a religious sect and finds work at a T-shirt factory as his past returns to haunt him. Contact: Film Constellation. Dir: Victor Kossakovsky Russian filmmaker Kossakovsky follows his Venice selection Aquarela with this more intimate documentary portrait of the lives of farm animals that are destined for the dinner table. He follows the titular pig, two cows and a chicken to remind the audience of the value of all lives.
Contact: Cinephil. Maria Villar stars as an aspiring actress from Buenos Aires who keeps running into a former theatre associate. Produced by Trapecio Cine, Isabella shot in Argentina over two years. Contact: Melanie Schapiro, Trapecio Cine. Dir: Mariusz Wilczynski This animation is the debut feature of Polish director Wilczynski, who has an extensive shorts career dating back to It follows a man who, after losing those dearest to him, hides in a land of memories where they are still alive.
Contact: Agnieszka Scibior, Bombonierka. Its changing cast deal with generational conflicts, war guilt and obsolete cosmologies. Emigholz is a Berlinale fixture: his last six features, all documentaries, have launched at the festival.
Contact: Filmgalerie His latest feature is a minute period drama in which an elite group of individuals converge on a country estate and discuss topics including the Antichrist, progress and morality. The producer is Anca Puiu for Bucharest-based Mandragora. Contact: Shellac. Inspired by her family, in particular her grandmother, it explores the relationship between a naval officer who spends long periods at sea and his wife, who raises their six children.
Dir: Melanie Waelde Bavaria-born Waelde makes her feature debut with this coming-of-age story, centred on five youngsters in a German province. The posse enjoy one final winter together, knowing they will go their separate ways when they graduate from high school. Contact: Media Luna New Films. Kluge appeared in Competition in as one of the directors contributing to omnibus film Germany In Autumn. Contact: Rapid Eye Movies. It follows two young men who enter a Roman Catholic seminary to escape the influence of the Communist regime only to discover it too has infiltrated the establishment.
