The Creation of Meaning

Italy, Locarno Cineastes of the Present 2014- Best New Director, Rotterdam 2015

Simone Rapisarda Casanova

Synopsis

The Creation of Meaning is set in the Tuscan Alps, where German occupying forces massacred hundreds of civilians during WWII, and follows the daily life of Pacifico, a shepherd born in the wake of the war among those same breathtaking landscapes. The film blurs fiction, documentary and anthropology to explore the transient nature of meaning in capturing what Borges calls an Aleph, an allegorical singularity in space and time where past, present and future overlap and intertwine.

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Labyrinthus

Belgium, Toronto Kids section 2014

Douglas Boswell

Synopsis

Frikke, a 14-year-old boy, comes across a computer game and discovers that it’s being played with real children, uploaded in the game’s labyrinth. In a race against time, Frikke tries to find the evil creator of this horrible game.

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Fort Buchanan

France, Locarno 2014- Signs of Life, Rotterdam 2015

A first feature film by Benjamin Crotty

Synopsis

From the woods of Eastern France to the Djiboutian desert, Fort Buchanan follows a group of army husbands and wives over one year. With dialogues inspired from American TV, protagonists change with the seasons as the group evolves romantically, sexually, and (a little bit) intellectually. Continuer la lecture →

Cure- The Life of Another

Switzerland, Locarno 2014- in competition

Andrea Staka

Synopsis

1993: after the Siege of Dubrovnik. 14-year-old Linda has moved back to Croatia from Switzerland with her father. Her new best friend Eta takes her up to the forbidden forest above the city.

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Corn Island

Georgia, Karlovy Vary competition 2014- Crystal Globe for Best Film

George Ovashvili

Synopsis

The Enguri River forms the border between Georgia and the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia. Tensions between the two nations have not abated since the war of 1992-93. Every spring the river brings fertile soil from the Caucasus down to the plains of Abkhazia and northwestern Georgia, creating tiny island: small clusters of no man’s land. The islands are havens for wildlife but occasionally also for man. Continuer la lecture →

Paris of the North

Iceland, Karlovy Vary competition 2014

Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson

Synopsis

Seeking shelter from the trials and tribulations of city life, Hugi has built a quiet existence for himself in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere. Continuer la lecture →

Adventure

Kazakhstan, Karlovy Vary competition 2014

Nariman Turebayev

Synopsis

Marat is single, lives alone and works as a security guard.He lives his lonely life according to a never changing boring daily routine. Then, one day, somethingunusual happens. Continuer la lecture →

Mercuriales

France, Cannes ACID selection 2014

Virgil Vernier

Synopsis

This story takes place in a far distant time, a time of violence. All throughout Europe, a silent war was spreading. In a city there lived two sisters…

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40 Days of Silence

Uzbekistan, Berlin Forum 2014

A first feature film by Saodat Ismailova

Synopsis

Surrounded by high mountains, in an isolated village of Central Asia, Bibicha, a young woman, decides to take a vow of silence followed by her past, unaware of her future and struggling with the present. Will her awakening as a woman and her personal journey answer her questions? Continuer la lecture →

I’m not Him

Turkey, Rome 2013- best screenplay, Rotterdam Spectrum 2014

Tayfun Pirselimoğlu

Synopsis

Middle-aged unmarried loner Nihat works in a hospital canteen. When young colleague Ayşe invites him to her house for dinner, he accepts despite the rumours that her husband Necip is in jail for a serious offence. Continuer la lecture →