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This is the end. Or is it the beginning? The films in this programme deal with send-offs, farewells, curtain-closings, and apocalypses of every kind. The title of the surreal It\u2019s Raining Frogs Outside<\/i> says it all \u2013 WTF? Leave logic behind, embrace the catastrophe (and kiss the frog). In Neptune\u2019s Plan<\/i>, it\u2019s just water flooding but it leaves two survivors in a battle of wits and jests. Both Steady Flow<\/i> and Not the 80s<\/i> conjure a sense of doom and loss in the seemingly innocuous context of a romantic comedy. Capuchinhos<\/i> is another funny farewell, this time to patriarchy (and to a stable internet connection). And finally, the sole Ukrainian title in the international competition, Liturgy of Anti-Tank Obstacles<\/i>, is a tale of resistance under the current state of war. It\u2019s a powerful demonstration that, to quote Federico Fellini, \u201cThere is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life\u201d.<\/p>\n
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