The New Horizons International Film Festival is probably the largest film event in Poland, and the line-up for its 19^th edition reaffirms its position in the national cinema landscape. Running for the 14^th consecutive year in Wrocław, the historical capital of Silesia, the festival will showcase 223 feature-length films hailing from 54 countries at over 600 screenings, unspooling over 11 days (25 July-4 August). The Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award winner, Portrait of a Lady on Fire [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Céline Sciamma
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New Horizons is known for its uncompromising and edgy selection of movies in its International Film Competition, and this year is no exception. Twelve films will be competing for New Horizons’ Grand Prix, with the majority being European productions. The selection includes: Jessica Forever [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel (France), Koko-di Koko-da [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Johannes Nyholm
scheda film] by Johannes Nyholm (Sweden/Denmark), Alva [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ico Costa
scheda film] by Ico Costa (Portugal/France/Argentina), Ray & Liz [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Richard Billingham
scheda film] by Richard Billingham (UK), Take Me Somewhere Nice [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ena Sendijarević
scheda film] by Ena Sendijarević (Netherlands/Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ghost Tropic [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Bas Devos
scheda film] by Bas Devos (Belgium), Bait [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Mark Jenkin
scheda film] by Mark Jenkin (UK), The Children of the Dead [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Kelly Copper e Pavol Liška
scheda film] by Kelly Copper and Pavola Liski (Austria), Fire Will Come [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Oliver Laxe
scheda film] by Oliver Laxe (Spain/France/Luxembourg) and Tlamess [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Ala Eddine Slim
scheda film] by Ala Eddine Slim (Tunisia/France). Finally, A Russian Youth [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Alexander Zolotukhin (Russia) and Jinpa by Pema Tseden (China) round off the selection.

Apart from the opening and closing films, some of the other pictures selected for the Gala programme include the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Parasite by Bong Joon-ho, The Souvenir [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Joanna Hogg, Pain & Glory [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Antonio Banderas
Q&A: Pedro Almodóvar
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Q&A: Marco Bellocchio
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intervista: Agnieszka Holland
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intervista: Xawery Żuławski
scheda film], based on a script by his late father and leading figure of Polish cinema Andrzej Żuławski. Also, a special showcase bearing the title Żuławski / Żuławski will screen films by both.

Known for its special focus on retrospectives, New Horizons will home in on four fairly controversial and well-known figures: Catalan auteur Albert Serra; French filmmaker Olivier Assayas; avant-garde Japanese poet, dramatist, writer, film director and photographer Shūji Terayama; and, as an integral part of a special focus on New Argentinian Cinema, Albertina Carri.

Finally, the focus section “The Body in Which I Live” will be a pretext for investigating how the body is treated in the modern world, while the “Third Eye: Spirituality, Magic and Witches” thematic cycle will take a closer look at portraits of the body and corporality in film, and “Lost Lost Lost – Movies from the Outer Edge” is dedicated to those filmmakers who aim to operate at the extreme outer reaches of auteur cinema.