84th Montecara Film Festival

84th Montecara Film Festival

Official poster
Location	Çinematèca di Stado, Montecara
Festival date	22 – 29 October 2023

The 84th Montecara Film Festival is scheduled to take place from 22 to 29 October 2023.

Jury

The jury is scheduled to be announced in mid-October.

Official selection

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  Os Ossos

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  Tracks

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  Munzira

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  Love Bytes

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  Doroteia

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  Yggr

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  Skymning

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  Dayang

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  The Depression Club

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  The Symphony

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  Mens Rea

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  Journey

Title	Original title	Country of origin	Synopsis
The Bones	Os Ossos	Asterian Federative Republic	A Gaullican paleontologist discovers how far he is willing to go to triumph over his Weranian rival in the lawless Asterian Frontier.
The Traitor-King	Išdavikas-Karalius	Aucuria	A historical drama following Kapakrokas, the king of Čačapojas, as he attempts to end Andavailan hegemony over Cutinsua by making an alliance with užkariautojas Jurgis Leikauskas.
Yggr	Yggr	Blostland	The 20-year-old Prince Albert Guðmundsson rises to the throne of a dying Empire, he must simultaneously try to keep the Empire together in the face of rising enlightenment liberalism while also handling the equally tasking situation of his many personal relationships.
Dusk	Skymning	Eldmark	Kassie Ossler, an unnassuming homesteader and farmer, is faced with the dilemma of harboring a mysterious wounded fugitive and protecting her son and home from outlaws, and her mysterious past life.
Tracks	Tracks	Template:Country data Estmere	A man finds himself lost, wandering down an abandoned train track in a dark forest with no memory of his identity or past life. He must travel down the tracks and confront his anxieties and past in order to leave it.
Le cinéaste	Le cinéaste	Gaullica	A biopic of the ‘father of film’, Napoléon Fétique, from his rise as the most revolutionary and visionary ‘cinéaste’ of his day to the harsh reality of producing propaganda for the Functionalist regime.
Doroteia	Doroteia	Paretia	A psychological horror about a fado singer in 1945 Etrurian-occupied Paretia gives herself up to a spirit to get revenge against the Etrurian soldiers and Paretian collaborators who hanged her husband. As she goes on her way killing the people responsible for her husbands death, the truth of the matter is revealed.
Dayang	Dayang	Penduk	An underemployed graduate must return to his hometown, a small fishing village in rural Gelamutam, in order to administer the estate of his late uncle. Upon returning, he finds himself forced to try to keep the traditional family fishing business alive as he wrestles with the realities of the rural world he has become long estranged from.
On the Road	Munzira	Rwizikuru	A PinPin influencer and a recent University of Rwizikuru graduate go on a road trip from Port Fitzhubert to Rusere to start their new lives in Rusere, and get to know one another better over the course of their journey.
The Depression Club	The Depression Club	Satavia	A psychological drama telling the story of several unrelated individuals brought together by attendance at a peer-led mutual aid group for people suffering with depression. The film exposes the lack of help people suffering with their mental health receive in Satavian society and follows their lives through their memories, from their childhood to their eventual suicides.
Mens Rea	Mens Rea	Scovern	A struggling immigrant finds herself falsely accused of a crime by her new landlords and let down by the Scovernois legal system while trying to fight against being forcibly removed from her residence.
Bíìjà	Bíìjà	Tiwura	A historical epic set in medieval Tiwura and follows the story of warrior who is banished from his kingdom after the king is foretold the fate of his kingdom. The warrior begins a journey to prepare himself to return to his home and bring justice to the king.
Love Bytes	Байт кохання	Vinalia	A Vinalian AI developer, designs a highly advanced dating app that can predict without fail the viability of any relationship. After meeting a man the app deems a relationship with as unviable, they both opt to go against the app's recommendation and pursue a relationship.
The Symphony	Samfoni	Zorasan	A psychological drama telling the story of Shirin Kosari, a talented cellist who is detained and tortured by AKHID, the feared military secret police for reasons she does not know.
Journey	Journey	Mahayala	A drama following the journey taken by Mahayalan villagers on a 900 kilometer pilgrimage to Dharma.