Official Submission: India

PANELISTS:

Jude Anthany Joseph

Writer/Director

Venu Kunnappilly

Producer

MODERATOR: Diana Lodderhose

“I thought I should make it a film so the whole world could know about this story.” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Indonesia

PANELIST:

Makbul Mubarak

Director

MODERATOR: Damon Wise

"In Indonesia, people watch this film and for them it’s more than a reflection. For them it’s a horror film." Read Story Here

Official Submission: Bulgaria

PANELISTS:

Eli Skorcheva

Actor

Stephan Komandarev

Director

MODERATOR: Nellie Andreeva

“It’s a question of dignity, to keep the dignity of these people." Read Story Here

Official Submission: South Korea

PANELISTS:

Lee Byung-hun

Actor

Um Tae-hwa

Director

MODERATOR: Damon Wise

"It’s sort of this weird thing where having — or not having — an apartment has become the standard for deciding whether you are economically successful or not.” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Belgium

PANELISTS:

BALOJI

Writer/Director

Eliane Umuhire

Actor

MODERATOR: Nancy Tartaglione

"What is interesting is that Mama Mujila is mirroring her and she doesn’t know that she has that freedom as well because she’s so trapped in these misogynistic rules that she doesn’t allow herself to think on her own.”Read Story Here

Official Submission: Australia

PANELISTS:

Coco Francini

EP

Noora Niasari

Writer/Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Diana Lodderhose

"It really helped to center the film in my mother’s experience but also allow me to understand all the pieces of our story that I wasn’t aware of.” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Spain

PANELISTS:

Belén Atienza

Producer

JA Bayona

Director/Writer/
Producer

Roberto Canessa

Survivor

MODERATOR: Baz Bamigboye

"Because we were shooting chronologically, when somebody was dying that meant that he was leaving the shoot, and you can tell by the faces of the other actors the impact of saying goodbye.” Read Story Here

Official Submission: The Netherlands

PANELISTS:

Ena Sendijarević

Writer/Director

Renée Soutendijk

Actor

MODERATOR: Melanie Goodfellow

“I didn’t want to look back in time and point with the finger and say, ‘Those were the dark pages in history, and now we live in the white pages of history.’ I wanted more like a surrealist bridge to the past...” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Poland

PANELISTS:

DK Welchman

Writer/Director

Hugh Welchman

Writer/Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Melanie Goodfellow

“I wasn’t allowed to look at my mobile phone, watch any films, read any emails, nothing for a whole month. I thought, if I don’t read this intimidating pile of antique books now, I’m never going to read them.” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Germany

PANELIST:

Ilker Çatak

Co-Writer/Director

MODERATOR: Melanie Goodfellow

"For some weird reason, I thought that the actor needed to be able to blush. I knew she can pull this off and that she has that vulnerability and insecurity.” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Switzerland

PANELIST:

Carmen Jaquier

Director

MODERATOR: Baz Bamigboye

"It’s really important for the themes of the film to realize that it’s not just from the past — it also happens today, in different forms...” Read Story Here

Official Submission: Egypt

PANELIST:

Omar Hilal

Writer/Director/Producer

MODERATOR: Diana Lodderhose

"They literally disappeared into thin air and it turned out they could all see. I was laughing and everyone in Egypt was laughing.” Read Story Here