2022

71st International Film Festival Mannheim Heidelberg
17th to 27th November 2022

Director
Dr. Sascha Keilholz (Artistic & Managerial Director)

Head of Programme Organisation
Frédéric Jaeger
Programme Coordination
Philipp Schwarz
Curator KINDERFILMFEST
Lisa Niederauer
Curator RETROSPEKTIVE
Hannes Brühwiler
Curator FACING NEW CHALLENGES
Jan-Philipp Possmann
Programme Advisors
Violeta Kovacsics, Louise Malherbe, Daniela Persico, Felix Rieger, Anselm Scherer, Alfred Stumm, Cécile Tollu-Polonowski

Production & Organisation
Julia Fischer
Project Management
Lena Reitschuster
Technical Project Lead
Michael Woll
Guest Management
Susanne Berckhemer
Assistance Festival Production
Ipke Cornils
Guests of honour, Sustainability and Inclusion
Amelie Opitz
Accreditations
Julia Schadler
Target Marketing
Derice Schumacher
Traineeship Accreditations
Janina Rücker
Traineeship Festival Production
Merve Uslu

Editorial & Programme Advisor
Alfred Stumm
Editorial & Programme
Felix Rieger
Media Design & Content Management
Alex Rozmann
Social Media & Partners
Eva Hillebrand
Social Media
Michael Kienzl, Nils Schröder
Press Relations
Carola Schaffrath

Partner Management
Katharina Breiding
Assistant to the Festival Direction
Maxi Cieszynski
Office Management
Stephanie Ebs
Accounting & Legal Advice
Thomas Hartmann

Head of CUTTING EDGE TALENT CAMP
Zsuzsi Bánkuti
Assistance CETC
Tina Haagmann

Sponsors
Stadt Mannheim, Stadt Heidelberg, Land Baden-Württemberg, BKM, MFG, Goethe Institut, Manfred Lautenschläger-Stiftung, Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation

The Jury

International Jury
Christoph Bach
Antoinette Boulat
Mohsen Makhmalbaf

FIPRESCI Jury
Augustín Acevedo Kanopa
Jérôme d'Estais
Veronika Zakonjsek

Ecumenical Jury
Chantal Laroche-Poupard
Bärbel Mauch
Dr. Peter Muszatics

Student Jury
Munir Manuel Nolte
Klaudia Rzezniczak
Natascha Stogu
Clara Schmid

Awards

International Newcomer Award - Best Director (30.000 Euro)

YOU WON'T BE ALONE
Director: Goran Stolevski
Countries: Australia, United Kingdom, Serbia

Rainer Werner Fassbinder Award - Best Script (10.000 Euro)

ASHKAL
Script: Youssef Chebbi (also Director), François-Michel Allegrini
Countries: Tunesia, France

Special Mention of the International Jury for the Main Award

WOLF AND DOG
Director: Cláudia Varejão
Countries: Portugal, France

Special Mention of the International Jury for the RWF Award

THE MAIDEN
Director: Graham Foy
Country: Canada

FIPRESCI Award

THE MAIDEN
Director: Graham Foy
Country: Canada

Award of the Ecumenical Jury (2.500 Euro)

VALERIA IS GETTING MARRIED
Director: Michal Vinik
Countries: Israel, Ukraine

Special Mention of the Ecumenical Jury

THE DAM
Director: Ali Cherri
Countries: Sudan, France, Germany, Serbia

Award of the Student Jury (5.000 Euro)

THE MAIDEN
Director: Graham Foy
Country: Canada

Audience Award (5.000 Euro)

JOYLAND
Director: Saim Sadiq
Country: Pakistan

Programme

OPENING NIGHT

• Diary of a Fleeting Affair (Chronique d'une liaison passagère) - Director: Emmanuel Mouret, Country: France

CENTRE PIECE

• The Beasts (As Bestas) - Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Countries: Spain, France

MIDNIGHT SCREENING

• Unicorn Wars - Director: Alberto Vàzquez, Countries: Spain, France

CLOSING NIGHT

• Chiara - Director: Susanna Nicchiarelli, Countries: Italy, Belgium

International Competition - ON THE RISE

• El Agua - Director: Elena López Riera, Countries: Spain, Switzerland, France
• Ashkal - Director: Youssef Chebbi, Countries: Tunesia, France
• Astrakan - Director: David Depesseville, Country: France
• The Dam (Al-Sadd) - Director: Ali Cherri, Countries: Sudan, France, Serbia, Germany
• How Is Katia? (Yak tam Katia?) - Director: Christina Tynkevych, Country: Ukraine
• I Have Electric Dreams (Tengo suenos eléctricos) - Director: Valentina Maurel, Countries: Costa Rica, Belgium, France
• Joyland - Director: Saim Sadiq, Country: Pakistan
• The Maiden - Director: Graham Foy, Country: Canada
• Next Sohee (Da-eum-so-hee) - Director: July Jung, Country: South Korea
• The Sixth Child (Le sixième enfant) - Director: Léopold Legrand, Country: France
• Sons of Ramses (Goutte d'or) - Director: Clément Cogitore, Country: France
• Suna - Director: Cigdem Sezgin, Countries: Turkey, Spain, Bulgaria
• A Tale of Shemroon (Chevalier noir) - Director: Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi, Countries: Iran, France, Germany, Italy
• Valeria is Getting Married (Valeria mithatenet) - Director: Michal Vinik, Countries: Israel, Ukraine
• Wolf and Dog (Lobo e Cao) - Director: Claudia Varejao, Countries: Portugal, France
• You Won't Be Alone - Director: Goran Stolevski, Countries: Australia, United Kingdom

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

• Blanquita - Director: Fernando Guzzoni, Countries: Chile, Mexico, Luxembourg, France, Poland
• Dead for a Dollar - Director: Walter Hill, Countries: USA, Canada
• Forever Young (Les amandiers) - Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Country: France
• Leila's Brothers - Director: Saeed Roustaee, Country: Iran
• Manticore (Mantícora) - Director: Carlos Vermut, Country: Spain
• The Night of the 12th (La nuit du 12) - Director: Dominik Moll, Countries: Belgium, France
• Pacifiction (Pacifiction - Tourment sur les îles) - Director: Albert Serra, Countries: Spain, France, Portugal, Germany
• Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) - Director: Alice Winocour, Country: France
• Stella in Love (Stella est amoureuse) - Director: Sylvie Verheyde, Country: France
• Stone Turtle - Director: Woo Ming Jin, Country: Malaysia
• Vera - Directors: Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel, Country: Austria
• When the Waves are Gone (Kapag wala na ang mga alon) - Director: Lav Diaz, Countries: Philippines, Denmark, Portugal, France
• Winterboy (Le lycéen) - Director: Christophe Honoré, Country: France
• A Woman (Une femme de notre temps) - Director: Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Country: France

SPECIALS

• Skin Deep - Director: Alex Schaad, Country: Germany
• Palm Trees and Power Lines - Director: Jamie Dack, Country: USA
• Rodeo (Rodéo) - Director: Lola Quivoron, Country: France
• Safe Place (Sigurno Mjesto) - Director: Juraj Lerotic, Country: Croatia

RETROSPECTIVE - CINEMA OF SPLENDOUR

• The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant- Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Country: BRD
• Falbalas - Director: Jacques Becker, Country: France
• The Women - Director: George Cukor, Country: USA
• Ludwig - Director: Luchino Visconti, Countries: Italy, France, BRD
• Bande des filles - Director: Céline Sciamma, Country: Frankreich
• Orlando - Director: Sally Potter, Countries: United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
• Picnic at Hanging Rock - Director: Peter Weir, Country: Australien
• Pink Narcissus - Director: James Bidgood, Country: USA
• Puzzle of a Downfall Child - Director: Jerry Schatzberg, Country: USA
• Salomé - Directors: Charles Bryant, Alla Nazimova, Country: USA
• The Handmaid (Ah-ga-ssi) - Director: Park Chan-wook, Country: South Korea
• The Virgin Suicides - Director: Sofia Coppola, Country: USA

CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL

• Bigman (Strijder) - Director: Camiel Schouwenaar, Country: Netherlands
• Comedy Queen - Director: Sanna Lenken, Country: Sweden
• The Exploits of Moominpappa (Muminpapps Bravader) - Director: Ira Carpelan, Countries: Finland, Poland
• Gandhi & Co. - Director: Manish Saini, Country: India
• Oink (Knor) - Director: Mascha Halberstad, Countries: Netherlands, Belgium
• My Small Land - Director: Emma Kawawada, Countries: Japan, France
• Sun & Daughter (Cuidando al sol) - Director: Catalina Razzini, Countries: Bolivia, Spain, Germany

HOMMAGE: BENOÎT DEBIE

• Love 3D - Director: Gaspar Noé, Countries: France, Belgium
• Spring Breakers - Director: Harmony Korine, Country: USA
• Vinyan - Director: Fabrice du Welz, Countries: Belgium, France, United Kingdom

GRAND IFFMH AWARD

• Paris Memories (Revoir Paris) - Director: Alice Winocour, Country: France
• Proxima - Director: Alice Winocour, Countries: France, Germany

FACING NEW CHALLENGES

• Landscapes and Bodies Series - Artist: Daniel Kötter
• Live-Voguing-Showcase - Artists: Grace the Floor
• Philoktet - Artist: Jan Bonny