International Competition

• AUTO*MATE [Martin Mareček / CZECH / 2009]
• Because We Were Born [Jean-Pierre Duret, Andrea Santana / FRANCE, BRAZIL / 2008]
• Driving Men [Susan Mogul / USA / 2008]
• Encirclement—Neo-Liberalism Ensnares Democracy [Richard Brouillette / CANADA / 2008]
• The Fortress [Fernand Melgar / SWITZERLAND / 2008]
• I am Von Höfler (Variation on Werther) [Forgács Péter / HUNGARY / 2008]
• Japan: A Story of Love and Hate [Sean Mcallister / UK, JAPAN / 2008]
• The Lightning Testimonies [Amar Kanwar / INDIA / 2007]
• The Mother [Antoine Cattin, Pavel Kostomarov / SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, RUSSIA / 2007]
• The New Rijksmuseum [Oeke Hoogendijk / THE NETHERLANDS / 2008]
• Oblivion [Heddy Honigmann / THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY / 2008]
• The Pier of Apolonovka [Andrei Schwartz / GERMANY / 2008]
• RiP! A Remix Manifesto [Brett Gaylor / CANADA / 2008]
• Staub (Dust) [Hartmut Bitomsky / GERMANY, SWITZERLAND / 2007]
• Z32 [Avi Mograbi / ISRAEL, FRANCE / 2008]

A program that began with the very first YIDFF. Feature-length works were sought from around the world, and from the 1,141 entries emerges a stringent selection of 15 cinematic gems, richly varied and representing the vanguard of world filmmaking.