‘Euphoria,’ ‘The End’ to Bookend Balinale’s 19th Edition

Julian Rosefeldt’s “Euphoria” will open Balinale‘s 19th edition, with Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End” closing the program.

The festival is adding a new competitive category: Best Indonesian Short Tapestry of Indonesia, dedicated to local short-form storytelling.

Indonesia’s only Academy Award qualifying festival presents 94 films from 38 countries. The narrative feature competition brings together four titles: Mohamed Zran’s Tunisian drama “Mon Ami,” Morad Mostafa’s Egyptian film “Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” South Korean entry “Death Drive” from Park Eolgul, and German director Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling.”

The documentary feature competition includes Dmytro Hreshko’s “Divia,” a co-production between Poland, Ukraine, and the Netherlands; Leigh-Ann Beverley’s U.S.-produced “The Madness of Moonlight”; and two Spanish entries, “The Rain Won’t Let Us Fly” by Ignacio Marín and Rubén Díez, and Gonzalo Hergueta’s “The Designer Is Dead.”

The short narrative section features eight films, including “Psychopomp” from “Game of Thrones” actor Kit Harington and Amir Zaza’s Netherlands-produced “Close Your Eyes Hind.” Adnan Al Rajeev’s “Ali” is a Bangladesh-Philippines co-production, while Ugnė Skonsmanaitė’s “Jasmine. Home. Mother.” spans Lithuania, the U.K., and the U.S. Rounding out the section are Dian Weys’ France-South Africa co-production “Vultures,” Bálint Kenyeres’ “The Spectacle” from France and Hungary, U.K. co-directors Kat Butterfield and Daniel Audritt’s “Life Goes On,” and South Korean entry “Lip Balm” from An Kwangsik.

The short documentary competition features Oppenheimer’s “The Revolution Against Death” alongside Andreas Grützner’s German film “Actually, I Didn’t Want to Stay Long,” Pawel Chorzepa’s Polish entry “The Tuners,” and U.K. co-directors Alexander Kiehl and Misha Novak’s…