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…
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
Liar’s Dice
India, Sundance World Dramatic competition 2014, Rotterdam Bright Future 2014
A first feature film by Geetu Mohandas
Synopsis
The canvas of the film stretches from a small village on the mountains called Chitkul, which borders China to the industrial land of big dreams, Delhi city. Continuer la lecture
Au Revoir l’été
Japan, Tokyo 2013, Mongolfiere d’or & young jury award at Nantes 3 Continents 2013, Rotterdam Spectrum 2014
Koji Fukada
Synopsis
Sakuko, a high school graduate studying for her college entrance exams, decides to accompany her aunt Mikie to stay at a rural town by the sea. There, she becomes friends with Mikie’s friends Tatsuko, Ukichi, and Takashi. Continuer la lecture
Bloody Beans
Algeria, FID Marseille 2013- Grand Prix, CPH Dox 2013- Grand Prix
Narimane Mari
Synopsis
17 kids, relentless, insatiable of gestures and screams, set everything on fire. Continuer la lecture
The Quispe Girls
Chile, Venice Critic’s Week 2013, mention for best Latin American feature film at Mar del Plata 2013
A first feature film by Sebastian Sepulveda
Synopsis
Based on a true story that occurred in 1974, “The Quispe Girls” is the tale of the sisters Justa, Lucia and Luciana Quispe, shepherds in the Chil- ean altiplano, who lead a solitary life. The recent death of a fourth sister and news from abroad, forces the sisters to an existential quest that will relentlessly bring them to a tragic end. Continuer la lecture
Bellas Mariposas
Italy, Venice Orizzonti 2012, Rotterdam Big screen award 2013
Salvatore Mereu
Synopsis
Cate lives on the outskirts of Cagliari with her many brothers and sisters and a good-for-nothing father. She wants to get out and dreams of becoming a singer, not wanting to end up like her sister, Mandarina, pregnant at thirteen, or like Samantha, the neighbourhood slut. Continuer la lecture
Keep Me Upright
France, Berlin Forum 2012
A first feature film by Zoe Chantre
Synopsis
When I was a child they found I had a giant S-shaped scoliosis of the spine and a large angioma of the left brain. Continuer la lecture