XXXI Message to Man IFF Announced Competition Programmes

The jury and the audience will have an opportunity to see 76 films on the competition programme, 24 Russian movies and 13 world premieres.

The full-length documentary films on the International Competition Programme:

  • Aya, dir. Simon Coulibaly Gillard, 90 min., Belgium, France, 2019
  • Babi Yar. Context, dir. Sergey Loznitsa, 120 min., Ukraine, Netherlands, 2021
  • Waiting for Handke, dir. Goran Radovanovic, 74 min., Serbia, 2021
  • Another day in Paradise, dir. Tomer Halfon, 62 min., Israel, 2021
  • Life of Ivanna, dir. Renato Borrayo Serrano, 80 min., Russia, Estonia, 2021
  • By the Throat, dir. by Effi and Amir, 75 min., Belgium, 2021
  • Taming the Garden, dir. Salomé Jashi, 92 min., Switzerland, Georgia, Germany, 2021
  • A Man and a Camera, dir. Guido Hendrikx, 64 min., Netherlands, 2021
  • Anny, dir. Helena Třeštíková, 67 min., Czech Republic, 2020

Short documentaries include:

  • Can Gardell, dir. Florencia Aliberti, 22 min., Spain, 2020
  • Masks and Men, dir. Pawel Lozinski, 11 min., Poland, 2020
  • A People’s Radio – Ballads from a Wooded Country, dir. Virpi Suutari, 26 min., Finland, 2021
  • The Nightwalk, dir. Adriano Valerio, 15 min, France, Italy, 2020
  • Call It the Burning, dir. Bénédicte Liénard, Mary Jiménez, 38 min., Belgium, 2021
  • Ashes, Wood and Stardust, dir. Tom Ehrhardt, 20 min., Germany, 2021
  • Storgetnya, dir. Hovig Hagopian, 20 min., France, 2020
  • Family History, dir. Mathilde Blanc, 28 min., Belgium, 2020
  • Three Songs for Benazir, dir. Elizabeth Mirzaei, Gulistan Mirzaei, 22 min., Afghanistan, 2021
  • We Have One Heart, dir. Katarzyna Warzecha, 11 min., Poland, 2020

Animation short films:

  • Vadim on a Walk, dir. Sasha Svirsky, 8 min., Russia, 2021
  • Life’s a Bitch, dir. Varya Yakovleva, 6 min., Russia, 2021
  • I Gotta Look Good for the Apocalypse, dir. Ayce Kartal, 5 min., Turkey, 2021
  • Megamall, dir. Aline Schoch, 4 min., Switzerland, 2020
  • Bad Mood, dir. Loris Giuseppe Nese, 12 min., Italy, 2020
  • Impossible Figures Part I, dir. Marta Pajek, 16 min., Poland, 2021
  • On Time, dir. Zbigniew Czapla, 6 min., Poland, Japan, 2021
  • The Hangman at Home, dir. Michelle and Uri Kranot, 13 min., Denmark, 2021
  • The Night Watch, dir. Julien Regnard, 12 min., Belgium, 2021
  • Your Own Bullshit, dir. Daria Kopiec, 8 min., Poland, 2020
  • All Those Sensations in My Belly, dir. Marko Djeska, 13 min., Croatia, 2021

Feature short films

  • Other Than That, I’m Fine, dir. Eren Aksu, 14 min., Turkey, 2020
  • The Trees, dir. Ramzi Bashour, 23 min., Lebanon, USA, 2020
  • A Questo Punto, dir. Pablo Cotten, Joseph Rozé, 25 min., France, 2020
  • In the Woods, dir. Sara Grgurić, 17 min., Croatia, 2020
  • On the March, dir. Vladilen Vierny, 17 min., France, 2020
  • Trumpets in The Sky, dir. Rakan Mayasi, 15 min., Palestine, 2021
  • After a Room, dir. Naomi Pacifique, 21 min., UK, 2020
  • Almost Spring, dir. Nastya Korkiya, 14 min., Russia, 2021
  • Titan, dir. Valéry Carnoy, 19 min., Belgium, 2021
  • Displaced, dir. Samir Karahoda, 15 min., Kosovo, 2021
  • Farmhouse, dir. Dian Weys, 15 min., South Africa, 2021

National Competition Programme:

  • 27А, dir. Darya Likhaya, 17 min., Russia, 2021
  • 91, dir. Dina Karaman, 26 min., Russia, 2021
  • About you, dir. Renata Dzhalo, 36 min., Russia, 2021
  • Long Shot, dir. Vladimir Golovnev, 67 min., Russia, 2021
  • Joy, dir. Darya Slyusarenko, 63 min., Russia, 2020
  • Home, dir. Igor Gladkov, 37 min., Russia, 2021
  • The Fence, dir. Maria Kogan-Lerner, 8 min., Russia, 2020
  • Why Dreams, The Manifest Association, 65 min., Russia, 2021
  • Cells, dir, Dmitry Lukyanov, 57 min., Russia, 2021
  • The Unknown Land of the North, dir. Ayaal Adamov, 15 min., Russia, 2021
  • OK Good, Pinega, dir. Yulia Kurmangalina, Sasha Kulak, 23 min., Russia, Germany, 2021
  • A Boy, dir. Vitaly Akimov, 53 min., Russia, 2020
  • We Will Be Together, dir. Serafima Truevtseva, 4 min., Russia, 2021
  • Narodnaya, dir. Vadim Kostrov, 90 min., Russia, 2021
  • Promenade, dir. Nadya Zakharova, 45 min., Russia, 2021
  • The Theory of New Genius, dir. Taisiya Krugovykh, 50 min., Russia, 2021
  • Do You Believe in God?, dir. Grigory Muzurov, 17 min., Russia, 2021
  • The Berry Hunter, dir. Ilya Zheltyakov, 57 min., Russia, 2021

In Silico Experimental Competition Programme:

  • And Then They Burn the Sea, dir. Majid Al-Remaihi, 12 min., Qatar, 2021
  • Inside, dir. Yann Chapotel, 6 min., France, 2020
  • Tender, dir. Christine Lucy Latimer, 3 min., Canada, 2021
  • Irani Bag, dir. Maryam Tafakory, 8 min., UK, 2020
  • Meteor, dir. Anya Tsyrlina, 12 min., Russia, 2020
  • Push This Button If You Begin to Panic, dir. Gabriel Böhmer, 13 min., UK, 2020
  • Failed Emptiness. Time, dir. Mika Taanila, 14 min., Finland, 2021
  • Please Leave a Message After the Tone, dir. Risto-Pekka Blom, 11 min., Finland, 2021
  • Planktonium, dir. Jan van Ijken, 15 min., Netherlands, 2021
  • The Stream XI, dir. Hiroya Sakurai, 8 min., Japan, 2021
  • Buried News, dir. Bill Morrison, 12 min., USA, 2021
  • Biting the Dust, dir. Neozoon, 13 min., Germany, 2021
  • Empty Places, dir. Geoffroy de Crécy, 9 min., France, 2020
  • Ostrich Theory, dir. Simon Ellis, 8 min., UK, 2021
  • Third Nature, dir. Daria Kiseleva, 15 min., Netherlands, 2021
  • Citadel, dir. John Smith, 16 min., UK, 2021
  • Laila’s Apple, dir. Azar Saiyar. 8 min., Finland, 2021