Programme 2026

International Competition #2

Lviv International Film Festival invites you to the screening of the second selection of the International Competition!

Screening date: September 24, 6:30 P

Screening location: Lviv Art Palace, 17 Kopernyka str.

The project is supported by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation. Festival partners: ZMIN Foundation, Ukrainian State Film Agency, M-Rental, Morshynska, America House Lviv, Lviv City Council, Megogo, Morshynska, Lviv Film Hub, Suspilne Culture, Sebto Media, Zaxid.Net

Films in the programme

6 films · 80 min

  1. 01

    PITHEAD

    Pol De Plecker, Wannes Vanspauwen, Belgium 2026 · 16′

    In a freezing, dreamlike landscape, a woman braves the blizzard to take refuge in a Black Metal bar, before discovering a penguin stranded in a nearby tree, separated from its colony.

  2. 02

    BECAUSE TODAY IS SATURDAY

    Alice Eça Guimarães, Portugal 2025 · 13′

    It's Saturday, and a woman struggles to reconcile her home life with her need to escape.

  3. 03

    NO GOD NO FATHER

    Paul Kermarec, France 2025 · 12′

    No God No Father is a documentary/fiction that explores the intimate relationship a young man has with the Internet. In the absence of a father figure, he turns to Google as an unexpected mentor.

  4. 04

    TAPEWORM ALEXIS & THE OPERA DIVA 

    Thaïs Odermatt, Switzerland 2025 · 11′

    How the tapeworm Alexis helped the opera diva Maria Callas achieve fame and allowed her to spend a turbulent life with her until the bitter end.

  5. 05

    ASTRONAUT

    Giorgio Giampà, France, Guatemala, Italy, Mexico 2025 · 16′

    Audely, 39, works as a lumberjack in the Guatemalan jungle. At home, his daughter Carol, 11, dreams of entering that same forest. Audely thinks about it, then goes to the moon.

  6. 06

    THE BODY OF CHRIST

    Bea Lema, Spain 2025 · 12′

    With an unacknowledged mental disorder, Adela seeks answers in popular rituals. She feels that something is watching and harming her, and only religion seems to understand her. During a visit to a healer, she confesses the disturbing origin of her suffering.

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