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{{Infobox film or theatre festival
| name              = 82nd Montecara Film Festival
| logo              = 
| logo_size         = 
| logo_alt          = 
| image             = festa-2021.png
| image_size        = 250px
| image_alt         = Official poster
| caption           = Official poster
| awards            = ''Béco aùreo'' – [[Jocotero (2021 film)|''Jocotero'']]<br>Special Jury Prize –{{plainlist|
*[[Nascent Love (2021 film)|''Nascent Love'']]
*[[The Cat (film)|''The Cat'']]}}
| location          = Çinematèca di Stado, [[Montecara]]
| date              = 17 – 24 October 2021
| preceded_by       = [[81st Montecara Film Festival]]
| followed_by       = [[83rd Montecara Film Festival]]
| main              = 
| chronology        = [[Montecara Film Festival]]
}}
The '''82nd [[Montecara Film Festival]]''' was held from 17 to 24 October 2021. Nineteen films were included in the official selection, with the entry from [[Ardesia]], [[Jocotero (2021 film)|''Jocotero'']], winning the ''Béco aùreo''. Two films, [[Nascent Love (2021 film)|''Nascent Love'']] from [[Etruria]] and [[The Cat (film)|''The Cat'']] from [[Eldmark]], were awarded a Special Jury Prize. 

== Jury ==
* Tian De, writer/director, ''[[Harmony in Ultraviolet (film)|Harmony in Ultraviolet]]'' (''Béco aùreo'' 2020)
* Tsjedsje Groeneveld, actor, ''[[Our Indifference (Film)|Our Indifference]]'' (''Béco aùreo'' 2009)
* Alan Helmutssun, production designer, ''[[Śwartnes|Darkness]]'' (''Béco aùreo'' 2013)
* Reid Hoover, composer/sound engineer, ''[[Citizen William]]'' (''Béco aùreo'' 2016)
* Faf van der Merwe, cinematographer, ''[[A Secret]]'' (''Béco aùreo'' 1999)

== Official selection ==
<!--In alphabetical order by country of origin -->
<gallery>
File:Liina release poster.png|''101 Wege ein Leben zu ruinieren''
TheTallGrass.jpg| ''The Tall Grass''
Women Hold Half The Sky.png|''Frauen Halden ân Halb âb de Hemel''
Last_Summer_Breath__poster.png|''Poslédni Otdih Léta'' 
Ti no Sakazukigoto film poster.png|''Communion of Blood''
Joyinthesilence.jpg|''Radost v Tishinata''
Functionalists_on_the_Moon_poster.png|''Fonctionnalistes sur la Lune''
animus_poster.png|''animus''
NascentLove.png|''Amore Nascente''
AnimadoEmRubro.png|''Animado em Rubro''
KatternReleasePoster.png|''Kattern''
The Fallen (theatrical release poster).png|''The Fallen''
Senria Girl poster.png|''Senryuu Laṛkī''
River_movie_poster.png|''Fiume''
DevantMoi7.png|''Devant Moi, Le Déluge''
Full_moon_rising_poster.png|''Full Moon Rising''
Pulse_theatrical_poster.png|''Pulse''
File:Jocotero (2021Poster).png| ''Jocotero''
</gallery>
:<span style="background:#E7CD00">Highlighted title</span> indicates ''Béco aùreo'' winner.
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-bottom:2px"
|-
! style="width: 15%;" | Title
! style="width: 15%;" | Original title
! style="width: 15%;" | Country of origin
! style="width: 60%;" | Synopsis
|-
|-
| ''101 Ways to ruin a life''
| ''[[101 Ways to ruin a life (film)|101 Wege ein Leben zu ruinieren]]''
| {{flag|Alsland}}
| A {{wpl|Drama_(film_and_television)#Teen_drama|teen drama}} that follows [[Education in Alsland|high-school student]] Yosi Hoelder after she is publicly blackmailed and forced to do embarrassing acts to prevent personal information being leaked to her school alongside 9 others.
|-
| ''The Tall Grass''
| ''[[The Tall Grass (2021 Ansene Film)| 키큰풀]]''<br>{{small|(''Kikeunpul'')}}
| {{flag|Ansan}}
| A war film set in the Dakian War, where a small band of students stage a desperate last stand against the Ajahadyan army.
|-style="background:#E7CD00"
| <span style="background:#E7CD00">''Jocotero''</span>
| ''[[Jocotero (2021 film)|Jocotero]]''
| {{flag|Ardesia}}
| A {{wp|black-and-white}} {{wp|drama film}} set in the early [[Estado Novo (Ardesia)|Estado Novo]], following the life of a {{wp|Italian Brazilians|Vespasian-Ardesian}} family in [[Rémont]] between 1961-1962.
|-
| ''Senria Girl''
| ''[[Senria Girl (flim)|Senryuu Laṛkī]]''
| {{flag|Arthasthan}}
| A romantic drama set in the in the 1990s about the fraught relationship of an interethnic Arthani and Senrian couple and the fallout that their relationship brings to their community. 
|-
| ''Women Hold Half The Sky''
| ''[[Women Hold Half The Sky|Frauen Halden ân Halb âb de Hemel]]''
| {{flag|Azmara}}
| A political drama detailing the 2003 [[Workers' Party (Azmara)|Workers' Party]] leadership election and the rise of candidates Eleina Helmutsdohter and [[Niina Hermansdohter]], their rivalry and their status as the first and second female [[Thingspeaker of Azmara|Thingspeakers of Azmara]].
|-
| ''Last Summer Breath''
| ''[[Last_Summer_Breath_(2021_film)|Последні Отдіх Лета]]''<br><small>''(Poslédni Otdih Léta)''</small>
| {{flag|Bistravia}}
| A tragic car accident brings families of three young people together, and as they face grief and anger, secrets from the past are revealed, forcing the children and the parents to make difficult decisions.
|-
| ''The Cat''
| ''[[The Cat (film)|Kattern]]''
| {{flag|Eldmark}}
| A feral sand cat explores the smoke-filled boom towns of the Eldmarsk frontier and, after finding himself ensnared in one of its most savage machinations, helps a young indigenous girl and her family escape the clutches of one of Eldmark's many forced integration centers.
|-
| ''Animus''
| ''[[Animus|animus]]''
| {{flag|Estmere}}
| An {{wp|artificial inelligence}} becomes {{wp|self-awareness|self-aware}} and embarks on a journey of discovery to encover their lost creators, better understand the world, and explore the {{wp|meaning of life}}.
|-
| ''Nascent Love''
| ''[[Nascent Love (2021 film)|Amore Nascente]]''
| {{flag|Etruria}}
| A successful [[Etruria|Etrurian]] woman has her life turned upside after a brief affair with a colleague. She must make the most important decision of her life, but the clock is ticking. 
|-
| ''River''
| ''Fiume''
| {{flag|Gapolania}}
| An elderly couple travels into deep forest to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, only to discover an isolated [[Mapuche|Chanuche]] village, where they witness a series of paranormal activities.
|-
| ''Before Me, The Flood''
| ''[[Before Me, The Flood (2021 Film)|Devant Moi, Le Déluge]]''
| {{flag|Gaullica}}
| After the end of humanity, a man struggles with his guilt as he travels the destroyed streets of Verlois and attempts to escort a fellow survivor back to her safe-zone.
|-
| ''Animated In Red''
| ''[[Animated in Red (2021 Film)|Animado em Rubro]]''
| {{flag|Paretia}}
| Set in an {{wp|alternate history}} where the world is ruled by those blessed with the ability to control the mind of others. A young man must decide who to trust and who to distrust as he runs away from his father, a ruler of this dystopian world.
|-
| ''The Fallen''
| ''[[The Fallen (film)|The Fallen]]''
| {{flag|Satavia}}
| A young woman finds her life turned upside down when Nuvania invades Satavia during the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]], prompting her husband and two brothers to join the resistance.
|-
| ''Full Moon Rising''
| ''[[Full Moon Rising (film)|Fullt tungl rís]]''
| {{flag|Scovern}}
| After a storm lays waste to a group of merchants' ships, four of them struggle to cope with each other's motives and personalities whilst aboard a small escape vessel.
|-
| ''Communion of Blood''
| ''[[Communion of Blood (film)|띠노싸까수끼고또]]''<br>{{small|(''Ti no Sakazukigoto'')}}
| {{flag|Senria}}
| A member of a 1970s {{wp|yakuza}} gang struggles with the abrupt suicide of his father, an elder member of the gang; his desire to leave the criminal life; his loyalty to his comrades-in-arms; and his fascination with the sadistic {{wp|dekasegi}} who becomes the gang's new leader.
|-
| ''Pulse''
| ''[[Pulse (film)|Пульс]]''<br>{{small|(''Pul's'')}}
| {{flag|Soravia}}
| A {{wp|docudrama}} following the story of [[Sergei Statnik]] and the [[Soravia|Orbitas-A17J mission]], where Statnik achieved the first ever successful "spacewalk" and gave renewed vigour to humanity's exploration and documentation of outer space.
|-
| ''Joy in the Silence''
| ''[[Joy in the Silence (Tengarian Film)|Pадост в Тишината]]''<br>{{small|(''Radost v Tishinata'')}}
| {{flagicon image|TengariaFlag.png}} [[Tengaria]]
| A {{wp|documentary film|documentary}} attempting to capture the joy and peace in the ascetic lives of the monks of the Monastery of the Incarnate Logos.
|-
| ''Broken Arrow''
| ''[[Broken Arrow|Зламана стріла]]''<br>{{small|(''Zlamana Strila'')}}
| {{flag|Vinalia}}
| In a {{wp|Dystopia|Dystopian}} future, a secretive police force, the Arrow. Is used to maintain law and order for an authoritarian regime. Resistance from the future makes a last ditch attempt to prevent the end of humanity and stop the Arrow by activating the "Broken Arrow".
|-
| ''Functionalists on the Moon''
| ''[[Functionalists_on_the_Moon_(2021_film)|Fonctionnalistes sur la Lune]]''
| {{flag|Yemet}}
| Three Yemeti officers in the Gaullican [[Tirailleurs Bahiens]] question the loyalties of their [[Gaullica|Gaullican]] superiors and their own loyalties following the surrender of Gaullica in the Great War.
|-}

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