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With 3,500 submissions from 140 countries, the festival has set a new record this year \u2013 70 films have been selected, many of them as Austrian, European or even world premieres. \u2018Our festival is a window to the world \u2013 with voices from all continents that make diversity and solidarity visible,\u2019 emphasise festival directors Parisa Ghasemi and Ashkan Nematian. The festival opens in the main hall of the City-Kino Linz with \u2018Majonez\u00eb\u2019 by Giulia Grandinetti, the winner of the Mahsa Jina Amini Award 2023, which has since won international awards and been submitted as an Oscar candidate. 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