This section serves up 13 highlights from major festivals, including Oscar submissions from France, Ireland and Romania. France is represented by no less than four films: with the quirky comedy THE SECOND ACT, the star-studded (Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon) opening film from Cannes is coming to Wiesbaden; in MY NEW FRIENDS, Isabelle Huppert plays a widowed forensic scientist who attempts to overcome ideological divides; in the black comedy PLASTIC GUNS, the entire population of France follows every development in the case of a serial killer on the run; and, finally, in the multi-award-winning masterpiece EMILIA PÉREZ, a cartel boss wishes to become a woman. The Austrian shocker VENI VIDI VICI seeks to knock the world’s super-rich down a peg or two, while in GINA a nine-year-old fights against hopelessness, neglect and child welfare services. From Ireland, we have SO THIS IS CHRISTMAS, a very special Yuletide film, and KNEECAP, a portrait of the eponymous hip-hop group. Lastly, DREI KILOMETER BIS ZUM ENDE DER WELT – recipient of Cannes’ Queer Palm – takes us to Romania’s Danube delta.