Not only will the last day be a chance to catch up on several very exciting films, but we also get to see the latest film from Cristina Grosan, director of  Things Worth Weeping For. Ordinary Failures is also the closing film of the Festival.

In his documentary, The Forest Maker, Volker Schlöndorff, acclaimed director of the Palme d’Or-winning The Tin Drum, and The Ogre, paints a portrait of Tony Rinaudo, recently awarded the so-called Alternative Nobel Prize, the Right Livelihood Award. Rinaudo has found a way to “wake up” the still-living tree trunks and roots that have been dormant for decades, and grow trees in the most barren areas, providing a livelihood for thousands of African farmers. Schlöndorff follows Tony Rinaudo to various African countries to witness the impact his work has had in the fight against desertification. Tickets for the screening (which is also the last screening of the film at the festival) are available for 650 HUF and should be purchased in advance.

Cristina Grosan’s Ordinary Failures had its world premiere at the prestigious competition program of the world’s oldest film festival, the ‘A’category Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days) section a few days ago. It comes straight to CineFest, where it will be screened for the first time in Hungary as the closing film of the festival. The story starts with an inexplicable natural phenomenon that interrupts the ordinary day of an eccentric teenager, an anxious mother and a recently widowed woman. As chaos ensues around them, the three women try to get through the day and find their place in the world. One of the characters in the film is played by Vica Kerekes (Tall Tales, Cream). Tickets for the two screenings (one of which is also the closing gala) are available for 650 HUF and should be purchased in advance.

Best friends Dylan and Youssef dream of becoming professional football players in Bigman. When Dylan ends up in a wheelchair following an accident, he must come to terms with his new life. His dad – and former coach – wants him to accept his disability and keep football from his life, but Dylan is determined to play again. A story about true friendship and striving to win a final in the last seconds of the game. Tickets for the screening (which is also the last screening of the film at the festival) are available for 650 HUF and should be purchased in advance.

Telling the story of a teenage girl’s time in rehab for heroin addiction in clean, sophisticated frames in 4:3, Immaculate is a proof again that Romanian cinema is bursting with boundless new energies and unexpected emotions. Screened in the selection of the recent Venice Festival Giornate degli Autori (Venice Days), the film won the Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut and makes its Hungarian debut at the CineFest competition program. Tickets for the screening (which is also the last screening of the film at the festival) are available for 650 HUF and should be purchased in advance.

Noémi Veronika Szakonyi’s astonishing first feature Six Weeks made its debut in the competition program of the Sarajevo International Film Festival in mid-August and will be screened in Hungary for the first time at the CineFest. Inspired by early Dardenne classics, the film tells the story of a teenage girl, Zsófi, who lives in difficult circumstances. After she becomes pregnant, she decides to give her daughter up for adoption to a couple who have been waiting for a baby for years. Although at first she feels she has made the best decision, after giving birth she becomes unsure and considers the possibilities of motherhood. The law gives her just six weeks to change her mind. The main character is played by Katalin Román, the adoptive parents by Móni Balsai and András Mészáros. Tickets for the screening (which is also the last screening of the film at the festival) are available for 650 HUF and should be purchased in advance.