This site is sponsored by Heineken The International Competition Section, programmed by festival director Michel Demopoulos, consists only of first or second features by new and emerging filmmakers. Two prizes are awarded in this section: the Golden Alexander, with a $50,000 prize, and the Silver Alexander, with a $30,000 purse.

Topless women talk about their lives ....... Harry Sinclair [New Zealand ,1997]

In the company of man ....... Neil Labute [USA 1996]

Twentyfourseven ....... Shane Meadows [Great Britain 1997]

Wintersleepers ....... Tom Tykwer [Germany 1997]

Somersault in a coffin ....... Dervis Zaim [Turkey 1996]

Tired companions ....... Zoran Solomun [Germany 1996]

A brother… ....... Sylvie Verheyde [France 1997]

Burnt by frost ....... Knut Erik Jensen [NORWAY 1997]

The collector ....... Auli Mantila [Finland 1997]

Green fish ....... Lee Chang-Dong [Korea 1997]

I went down ....... Paddy Breathnach [Ireland - Great Britain 1997]

Road to Nhill ....... Sue Brooks [Australia 1997]

No sympathy for the devil ....... Dimitris Athanitis [Greece 1997]

Nights gambled away ....... Angeliki Antoniou [Greece 1997]