International Competition Films
Entries in Total: 1,196 Films out of 116 Countries and Areas
• October 9–13 [Venues] Yamagata Central Public Hall 6F, Yamagata Citizens’ Hall (Large Hall)
A program that began with the very first YIDFF. Feature-length works were sought from around the world, and from the 1,196 entries emerges a stringent selection of 15 cinematic gems, richly varied and representing the vanguard of world filmmaking.
- Always and Again [Chloé Inguenaud, Gaspar Zurita / FRANCE / 2015]
- Dreamcatcher [Kim Longinotto / UK / 2015]
- Future June [Maria Augusta Ramos / BRAZIL, THE NETHERLANDS / 2015]
- Hebei Taipei [Li Nien-hsiu / TAIWAN / 2015]
- Homeland (Iraq Year Zero) [Abbas Fahdel / IRAQ, FRANCE / 2015]
- Horse Money [Pedro Costa / PORTUGAL / 2014]
- I Still Being (Kachkaniraqmi) [Javier Corcuera / PERU, SPAIN / 2013]
- Our Last Tango [German Kral / GERMANY, ARGENTINA / 2015]
- Paraguay Remembered [Dominique Dubosc / FRANCE / 2015]
- The Pearl Button [Patricio Guzmán / FRANCE, CHILE, SPAIN / 2015]
- Silvered Water, Syria Self-Portrait [Ossama Mohammed, Wiam Simav Bedirxan / FRANCE, SYRIA / 2014]
- Toto and His Sisters [Alexander Nanau / ROMANIA / 2014]
- Us women . Them women [Julia Pesce / ARGENTINA / 2015]
- We Shall Overcome [Mikami Chie / JAPAN / 2015]
- A Young Patriot [Du Haibin / CHINA, FRANCE, USA / 2015]
(Alphabetically shown)