Canadian filmmaker Wajdi Mouawad's feature debut Tideline(Littoral) will open this year's Mannheim-Heidelberg International FilmFestival on November 19.

Mouawad's political parable about war, exile andintegration will be competing with another 21 films in the InternationalCompetition which includes Sarajevo Film Festival winner Mila From Marsby Bulgaria's Zornitsa Sophia, Crossing Europe's winner How I Killed A Saintby Macedonia's Teona Strugar Mitevska, and the recent Hesse Film Prize winner TheRed Colored Grey Truck by Montenegran Srdjan Koljevic.

The complete lineup is as follows:

A Costa Dos Murmurios - Margarida Cardoso(Portugal)
Bumer - Pyotr Bouslov (Russia)
Charon - Gen Takahashi (Japan)
Dag Og Nat - Simon Staho (Denmark)
Detaljer - Kristian Petri (Sweden)
Doo Wop - David Lanzmann (France)
Floodhouse - Miro Bilborough (Australia)
Folge Der Feder - Nuray Sahin (Germany)
Kako Ubiv Svetec - Teona Strugar Mitevska (Macedonia, Slovenia, France)
Littoral - Wajdi Mouawad (Canada)
Mila Ot Mars - Zornitsa Sophia (Bulgaria)
Min Misunnelige Frisor - Annette Sjursen (Norway)
Move! Where Are You Going' - Pietro Jona (Spain)
Na Cidade Vazia - Maria Joao Ganga (Angola, Portugal)
Nema Problema - Giancarlo Bocchi (Italy)
Nuan - Huo Jianqi (China)
On The Corner - Nathaniel Geary (Canada)
Parvanei Dar Baad - Abbas Rafei (Iran)
Salto, Salmiakk Og Kaffe - Mona J. Hoel (Norway)
Shelter - Benno Schoberth (USA)
Sivi Kamion Crvene Boje - Srdjan Holjevic (Serbia & Montenegro,Slovenia, Germany)
The Halo Effect - Lance Daly (Ireland)