Cannes - Un certain regard

This section of the Cannes Film Festival features films with "a certain look" that stand out for their unusual styles and stories. It is the place for films that are too original, daring and innovative for the official competition.
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  • R U There

    R U There

    Drama

    2010

    1h.23min

    6

    Pro-gamer Jitze has to take a forced break from a tournament in Taipei and meets a young woman who changes his view of the world.


  • And Along Come Tourists

    And Along Come Tourists

    Drama, Independent

    2007

    1h.25min

    0 FSK

    In the shadow of Auschwitz, a touching story of reconciliation takes place between a young German and a concentration camp survivor.


  • Wendy and Lucy

    Wendy and Lucy

    Drama

    2008

    1h.20min

    6 FSK

    Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy.


  • The Harvesters

    The Harvesters

    Drama

    2018

    1h.46min

    16+

    Tense psychological drama and mesmerizing portrait of adolescence set in South Africa brims with religious motives and impending doom.


  • Freda

    Freda

    Drama

    2021

    1h.33min

    16+

    Haitian anthropology student FREDA must navigate the tensions between family expectations, postcolonial structures, Christianity, and voodoo.


  • Personal Affairs

    Personal Affairs

    Drama

    2017

    1h.30min

    16+

    This bitingly funny episodic film subtly interweaves the conflicts of a Palestinian family with the political realities of the Middle East conflict.


  • The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis

    The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis

    Drama

    2017

    1h.16min

    16+

    Argentine 1977: Francisco, a former communist, is given the chance to save two dissidents from the hounds of the military junta.


  • Fire Will Come

    Fire Will Come

    Drama

    2019

    1h.26min

    16+

    The strange loner Amador was blamed for a devastating forest fire. After serving his prison sentence, he is now no longer welcome in his village.


  • Marseille

    Marseille

    Drama

    2004

    1h.31min

    0 FSK

    "German cinema can be this exciting: Angela Schanelec's fourth film MARSEILLE" (taz)


  • Liberté

    Liberté

    Drama

    2019

    2h.2min

    18

    An erotic nirvana somewhere between Potsdam and Berlin shortly before the French Revolution in 1774.


  • After the War

    After the War

    Crime, Drama

    2018

    1h.31min

    16+

    One man's acts of political violence in 1970s Italy rebound on his family decades later.


  • August 32nd on Earth

    August 32nd on Earth

    Classics

    1998

    1h.28min

    16+

    In Denis Villeneuve's feature film debut, a young model narrowly escapes death and endeavors to give her life new meaning by becoming a mother.


  • Euphoria

    Euphoria

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.50min

    12 FSK

    Two dissimilar brothers find each other again through a stroke of fate.


  • Reunion in Travers

    Reunion in Travers

    Classics

    1989

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    During the French Revolution, in the village of Travers ensconced in neutral Switzerland, Prussian aesthete Herman Beyer is on the verge of divorcing wife ...


  • Stopped on Track

    Stopped on Track

    Drama

    2011

    1h.49min

    6 FSK

    A heartbreaking drama about love and transience. Winner of four German Film Awards.


  • All Together

    All Together

    Drama

    2010

    1h.32min

    6 FSK

    Five long-time friends hatch a daring scheme to escape from their old people's home. Their plan is to become roomates in their own place.


  • Cemetery of Splendour

    Cemetery of Splendour

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2015

    2h.2min

    0 FSK

    A group of soldiers in a small town on the Mekong River in northern Thailand are struck with a bizarre sleeping illness.


  • Until the Birds Return

    Until the Birds Return

    Drama

    2017

    1h.53min

    6 FSK

    Director Moussaoui interweaves three stories into a multi-faceted portrait of Algeria between slums and luxury apartments, tradition and modernity.


  • October

    October

    Comedy

    2010

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    A Peruvian comedy about a cold and uptight pawnbroker, who suddenly learns about warmth, love and compassion in the form of a baby and a woman. In short, ...