KISFF programmers have selected the best of the best from this year's program, to show the essense of the festival.
🎤 Films are screened in their original language, with Ukrainian and English subtitles.
These films are also playing in Anmania, Out & Proud, Comedies, Horrors Beneath the Skin, and Teen Spirit.
❗ These films may contain potentially triggering or disturbing elements, such as,blood, death, nudity, body parts
🔞 Recommended Age:12+
Other screening of the program: September 4, 16:00, ZHOVTEN | KLASIK
DIE BULLY DIE
Director: Nathan Lacey, Nick Lacey
Country: Australia
Duration: 10
Seventeen years on, Max’s dinner with his high-school bully stirs up dangerous old feelings he thought were buried.
CHICO
Director: Enzo Lorenzo
Country: France
Duration: 21
Jojo, a clumsy, goofy young gay squatter, sets out to repair a washing machine in order to satisfy Lucien, the object of his desires. He wanders around Brussels on a frantic quest, ready to take any risk to achieve his goal.
FISH RIVER ANTHOLOGY
Director: Veera Lamminpää
Country: Finland
Duration: 9
The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.
OBEY, OBEY
Director: Akira Kawasaki
Country: Germany
Duration: 4
A tutorial on how to flawlessly achieve the obedient Japanese student look.
A FERMENTING WOMAN
Director: Priscilla Galvez
Country: Canada
Duration: 23
On the brink of getting fired from her restaurant by new owners, visionary chef and master fermenter Marielle Lau (Sook-Yin Lee) develops an incendiary new dish with a bewitching ingredient she’s convinced will save her career.
OFF-TIME
Director: Nata Metlukh
Country: Japan
Duration: 10
A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time—but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and breakfast is always burnt. He discovers joy in life only when time breaks apart.