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MATTERHORN

By Diederik Ebbinge

By Diederik Ebbinge

With: Ton Kas, René van ‘t Hof, Porgy Franssen
Netherlands 2013, 87 min
Original Language: Dutch with English subtitles

 

 

Winner of the "Audience Award" in Rotterdam!

 


One day, the tramp Leo wanders into the life of lonely Fred and turns his well organized life upside down. With Leo’s "special" talent help, Fred starts to set out into the big, wide world. Will he fulfil his dream?

 

A FOLD IN MY BLANKET

By Zaza Rusadze

By Zaza Rusadze

With: Tornike Bziava, Tornike Gogrichiani, Avtandil Makharadze
Georgia 2013, 75 min
Original Language: Georgian and Russian with English subtitles

 

 

Berlin (Panorama Opening Film)

 


Dmitrij returns after studying abroad to his provincial hometown. He divides his time between his dull job at the local court of justice and his hobby: rock climbing. Dmitrij’s daily routine is interrupted when he starts to flee into his fantasy world and meets his new friend Andrej...

 

HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD

By David Verbeek

By David Verbeek

With: Lu Huang, Lu Yi Ching, Wu Pong Fong
Netherlands 2013, 80 min
Original Language: Chinese Mandarin with English subtitles

 

 

Rotterdam (Nominated for The Big Screen Award)

 


Looking after her blind mother and falling in love with a former scientist, Liling's attraction towards the inexplicable increases and little by little she is drawn into a mystery...

 

JACKIE

By Antoinette Beumer

By Antoinette Beumer

With: Holly Hunter, Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten
The Netherlands/USA 2012, 100 min
Original Language: Dutch and English with English subtitles

 

 

Toronto, Hamburg, Göteborg

 

 

Twin sisters Sofie and Daan (33) embark on a road trip with their biological, ill and so far unknown mother that alters their assumptions about everything that they once believed to be true....

 

Starring Academy Award winner Holly Hunter (THE PIANO)

 

THREE KIDS (TWA TIMOUN)

By Jonas d’Adesky

By Jonas d’Adesky

With: Jules Vitaleme, Sima Mickenson, Pierre Jean Mary
Belgium 2012, 82 min
Original Language: Creole with English subtitles

 

 

Toronto, Berlin

 

 

When the earthquake of Port-au-Prince destroys the city, three kids have to build up a new life for themselves in the ruins of the Caribbean town...

 

TOOTING BROADWAY

By Dev Shanmugam

By Dev Shanmugam

With: Nav Sidhu, Elizabeth Henstridge, Kabelan Verlkumar
UK 2012, 85 min
Original Language: English


Former criminal Arun returns to his hometown. Having left his family, his gang and his friends behind to exit a world of violence, he now is on the verge of being sucked back into it...

 

Starring San Shella (PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) and Oliver Cotton (THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, BEOWULF)

CHAIKA

By Miguel Ángel Jiménez

By Miguel Ángel Jiménez

With: Salome Demuria, Giorgi Gabunia, Aytuar Issayev
Spain/Georgia/Russia/France 2012, 100 min
Original Language: Russian with English subtitles

 

San Sebastian (In Competition), Plus Cameraimage (Best Director Debut & Best Cinematographer Debut), Thessaloniki, Mannheim/Heidelberg

 

 

The paths of beautiful Aysha and serene Asylbek cross on a cargo ship, both of them searching for their way home. Throughout the eternal winter in Siberia and the summer in Kazakhstan a love-story between a whore and a loser sailor begins...

 

THE STONING OF SAINT STEPHEN

By Pere Vilà Barceló

By Pere Vilà Barceló

With: Lou Castel, Marie Payen, Luis Rego
Spain/France 2012, 80 min
Original Language: French with English subtitles


Karlovy Vary (In Competition), Montreal, BFI London, Valladolid (FIPRESCI Award)


 

Étienne is an old man living alone in a cramped apartment full of stuff. He refuses to move in a home, believing that the souls of his dead wife and daughter are still present within its walls. Nevertheless the apartment’s owner is trying to throw him out by any means…

 

STUDENT

By Darezhan Omyrbaev

By Darezhan Omyrbaev

With: Maiya Serkivayeva, Yedyge Bolysbayev, Bakhytzhan Turdaliyeva
Kazakhstan 2012, 90 min
Original Language: Kazakh with English subtitles

 

Cannes (Official Selection "Un Certain Regard"), Moscow, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, Tokyo, Thessaloniki, Mar del Plata, India, Göteborg, Trieste, FICUNAM Mexico etc.


A student of Philosophy suffers from lack of money and loneliness. He decides to kill the owner of a shop and has to learn the influence of conscience. When he falls in love with a girl he has to take responsibility for his actions.

The script is based on Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime And Punishment”.

 

LILET NEVER HAPPENED

By Jacco Groen

By Jacco Groen

With: Sandy Talag, Johanna ter Steege, Timothy Mabalot
The Netherlands 2012, 105 min
Original Language: English and Philippinewith English subtitles

Warsaw (In Competition), Tallinn Black Nights, India etc.

 

 

 

Lilet is viciously resisting arrest for streetwalking. Cursing, kicking and clawing. In the polilce stations Lilet appears hardened by misery and poverty. She is an angry, bitter young girl. But if she wants to, she can look innocent and angelic.

The film is based on interviews with Lilet.

 

KID

By Fien Troch

By Fien Troch

With: Bent Simons, Maarten Meeuwsen, Gabriella Carizzo
Belgium 2012, 90 min
Original Language: Dutch with English subtitles


AFI Los Angeles, Rome, Rotterdam, Mumbai, Ghent, Göteborg etc.

 

 

Kid, a little boy of seven, lives whit his mother and his slightly older brother Billy on a farm outside a small town. Since their father abandoned them a few years previously, they have had to fend for themselves, and their finances are in ruins. Then fate strikes. The two little boys have to move with their uncle and aunt. Kid misses his mother more than ever, and wants to be with her again.

9 FULL MOONS

By Tomer Almagor

By Tomer Almagor

With: Amy Seimetz, Bret Roberts, Donal Logue
USA 2012, 103 min
Original Language: English

 

Frankie, a wildly enigmatic and hard-partying social butterfly, compensates her loneliness with different men. But she falls in love with Lev, an attractive solitary young musician with a radically different personality: she is Fire, he is Ice! Free-spirited and nonconformist towards social norms, they experience a rollercoaster ride full of emotions...

PATTY'S CATCHUP

By Tina von Traben

By Tina von Traben

With: Luise Risch, Thekla Carola Wied, Anneke Kim Sarnau
Germany 2012, 86 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles


The struggle of Patty's family's little Imbiss versus uncle Walther's chain of fastfood restaurants, fighting to guard the secret her family inherited: the best ever German sausage sauce!

A "Heimat" film about pride, betrayal and family ties.

UNCONDITIONAL

By Bryn Higgins

By Bryn Higgins

With: Harry McEntire, Madeleine Clark, Christian Cooke
UK 2012, 92 min
Original Language: English

 

Slamdance, Frameline San Francisco LGBT, Edinburgh, Munich

 


Seventeen year-old twins Kristen and Owen are so wrapped up in their own world that they’re misfits in the real one. As Liam comes along Kristen falls for him, but Liam starts a romance with Owen and offers him unconditional love. The only condition: Owen must take his sister’s identity and become a new “Kristen”.

HEMEL

By Sacha Polak

By Sacha Polak

With: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen
Netherlands/Spain 2012, 80 min
Original Language: Dutch with English subtitles

 

Berlin International Film Festival (1st Feature Competition), FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) FILM AWARD

 


Hemel likes to play around with men, but her father is the only man that really counts. When he falls in love with young Sophie, Hemel has to find the difference between sex and love herself.

BEAT DOWN

By Deanne Foley

By Deanne Foley

With: Robb Wells, Marthe Bernard, Tony Nappo, Janet Kidder
Canada 2011, 93 min
Original Language: English

Starring Marthe Bernard (REPUBLIC OF DOYLE), Robb Wells (TRAILER PARK BOYS) & Tony Nappo (SAW II, FOUR BROTHERS)

 

Sweet 18-years-old Fran White is prevented from wrestling by her father, a former pro. She runs away to join the tour of his one time rival Dark Thunder, meets her mother for her first time, a sexy ex-wrestler, and wrestles for her dreams...

 

WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN

By Mun Chee Yong

By Mun Chee Yong

With: Eric Mabius, Will Yun Lee, Erick Avari
USA/Singapore/Indonesia 2011, 93 min
Original Language: English

Starring Eric Mabius (RESIDENT EVIL, CRUEL INTENTIONS), Will Yun Lee (DIE ANOTHER DAY, ELEKTRA) and Erick Avari (PLANET OF THE APES, THE MUMMY)

WorldFest Houston (BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR & SPECIAL JURY AWARD), Los Angeles Asian Pacific (SPECIAL JURY AWARD), Sao Paulo (In Competition), Bahamas (In Competition)

 

In a LA hotel named “Normandie” the paths of four men intersect briefly with life changing consequence. A Japanese hitman with a mysterious past befriends a New Yorker manager living in the shadow of a mistake that cost him his marriage. A British backpacker, who sleeps with a different girl each night, gets in trouble together with his new best friend, an illegal Mexican immigrant.

BIG MAMMA'S BOY

By Franco di Chiera

By Franco di Chiera

With: Frank Lotito, Holly Valance, Carmelina di Gugielmo
Australia 2011, 98 min
Original Language: English

Starring Holly Valance (96 HOURS, DEAD OR ALIVE) and Osvaldo Maione (LOVE'S BROTHER, PROOF)

 

Rocco has it all: a great job in real estate, a hot car and a woman who will do anything for him and loves him unconditionally—his mum. But when he meets the gorgeous Katie, Rocco realises that he needs to make some changes. Enlisting the help of his zany neighbour Mrs. Cotoletta, Rocco attempts to counteract his image as a big mamma’s boy, and to discover the key to Katie’s heart.

 

 

 

IMPLOSION

By Sören Voigt

By Sören Voigt

With: Sven Gielnik, Eye Haidara, Hans-Jochen Wagner
Germany/Spain 2011, 91 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles

 

Hof IFF, Max-Ophuels-Preis

 

 

Thomas’ holidays with his father in Spain takes a turn when a boat with African refugees sinks close to their hotel. One of them is Djamile. Thomas decides to hide her from the Spanish authorities and, even worse, the African smugglers…

 

 

TANGUERO

By Emanuele Persico

By Emanuele Persico

With: Omar Quiroga, Veronica Palacios, Jorge Juanatey
Argentina/Italy 2011, 78 min
Original Language: Spanish with English, Italian, German, French or Japanese subtitles

 

Petaluma IFF (In Competition)

 

 

 

Tango-teacher Omar is forced to return to Buenos Aires and discovers a changed city. He meets relatives, old friends and Veronica, his childhood girlfriend. They remember the time they had spent together years before and decide to take on a difficult challenge... and Omar rediscovers himself in Tango!

BEHOLD THE LAMB

By John McIlduff

By John McIlduff

With: Nigel O’Neill, Aoife Duffin, Michael Mason
UK 2011, 83 min
Original Language: English

Galway, Karlovy Vary, Toronto, Pusan, Festival du nouveau cinema Montreal, Bergen, Dinard (In Competition), Arras (BEST DIRECTOR AWARD), Thessaloniki (BEST SCREENPLAY AWARD)

 

In order to save the neck of his junkie son, Eddie, a depressed accountant agrees to a mysterious pick up accompanied by Liz, his son’s girlfriend. In between moments of unexpected heroism and sporadic bird watching, Eddie’s dysfunctional humanity connects with Liz’s tortured past and a kind of healing begins.

SNEAKERS

By Valeri Yordanov & Ivan Vladimirov

By Valeri Yordanov & Ivan Vladimirov

With: Ina Nikolova, Ivan Barnev, Ivo Arakov, Philip Avramov, Vasil Draganov, Valeri Yordanov
Bulgary 2011, 105 min
Original Language: Bulgarian with English subtitles

 

Karlovy Vary (In Competition), Moscow (Special Mention Award), Molodist, Mannheim-Heidelberg

 

 

Six young people escape from their failures - in families, love, money, ambitions. They escape from the aggression of the City to East of Hell - to the point farthest away, the seacoast. The clean beach brings them together to reopen hope in them all. But is such an escape at all possible?

MESH (WALKING)

By Shiar Abdi

By Shiar Abdi

With: Selamo, Abdullah Ado, Nujîyan Kılgı
Germany/Turkey 2011, 90 min
Original Language: Turkish & Kurdish with English subtitles

 

Istanbul (In Competition), Pusan (In Competition), Antalya Golden Orange (BEST ACTOR & ACTRESS, MUSIC and ART DIRECTION AWARDS)

 

Xelilo, a disturbed man, walks endlessly through the streets of the Kurdish village in the south east of Turkey. He is curiously being noticed by Cengo, a 12 year old boy, selling chewing gum. Their poor but carefree lives take a sudden turn, when the Turkish military takes power in 1980. The curfew and the resistance of the people become the centre of their lives with dramatic consequences.

 

GARBAGE PRINCE

By Raimo O. Niemi

By Raimo O. Niemi

With: Jon-Jon Geitel, Pihla Maalismaa, Heikki Silvennoinen, Kristiina Elstelä, Milla Kaitalahti
Finland/Norway 2011, 100 min
Original Language: Finnish with English subtitles

 

 

Haugesund Norway, Montreal, Helsinki, FICI (BEST FILM AWARD)

 

 

 

19-year old Jed’s life is perfect, almost too perfect. Successful parents, lots of friends and success at school promise him a rosy future. However...Jed doesn’t know what he wants in life. Fed up by his parents’ career directions, Jed decides to leave it all behind. Without a plan, he gets on a train and ends up in a small town in Finland.

BLOWFISH

By Chi Yuarn Lee

By Chi Yuarn Lee

With: Kang Jen Wu, Vicci Pan, Angel Yao, Yi Ching Lu
Taipei 2011, 90 min
Original Language: Mandarin with English subtitles

 

Taipei (In Competition), Montreal, Warsaw (In Competition), Geneva Cinema Tous Ecrans (FIPRESCI and TITRA FILM AWARDS), Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Mannheim-Heidelberg

 

Xiao-Zhun, a shy girl, decides to find a better home for her pet blowfish. A lonely baseball coach purchases the blowfish at an internet auction. When she takes it to his trashed home, they make passionate love in the surreal blue light of his aquarium. But their love staggers like a blowfish...

AMÉRICA

By Sonia Fritz

By Sonia Fritz

With: Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias, Edward James Olmos
Puerto Rico 2011, 95 min
Original Language: Spanish & English with English subtitles

Based on the novel "América's Dream" by Esmeralda Santiago!


Starring Edward James Olmos (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, BLADE RUNNER, STAND AND DELIVER), Yancey Arias (LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD, THE TIME MACHINE, NUMB3RS) and Lymari Nadal (AMERICAN GANGSTER, AMERICAN FAMILY, BATTLESTAR GALACTICA)

 

Cinequest, Guadalajara, Montreal

 

 

América's life at a small Caribbean village suffers the hardest hit when her lover takes their daughter from her. Fury and fear push her to run away. In her new life as a nanny in New York City, with support from relatives and other women, América finds comfort and hope. When she dares to dream of a life without violence, reality hunts her down. Will she survive to tell her story?

 

LOVE ACTUALLY... SUCKS!

By Scud

By Scud

Hong Kong 2011
Original Language: Cantonese with English ST

Philadelphia Q-Fest, Chicago

 

 

Love is life, life as it is. Not every love story is a fairy tale. After a dramatic wedding feast, unusual love stories unfold towards unexpected endings. Inspired by real life cases, LOVE ACUTALLY… SUCKS is about love that gone bad: a brother and sister in love but caught by the mother, a married painter falls for his young life drawing model of same sex, an intimacy between a dance school teacher and his rich but senior student, a lesbian couple one of which has role-play paranoid, a dreadful love triangle ending with the girl being beheaded…This film celebrates love that no one care but actual life is love, love as it is.


ROMEOS

By Sabine Bernardi

By Sabine Bernardi

With: Rick Okon, Maximilian Befort, Liv Lisa Fries
Germany 2011, 94 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles

Berlinale (In Competition), Guadalajara, Rainbow Honolulu (BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD), Seattle, Galway, Montreal, Oslo Gay & Lesbian Skeive Filmer (QUEER YOUTH AWARD), Queer Lisboa (In Competition), Mix Copenhagen, Taipei Golden Horse, Chéries-Chéris (GRAND PRIX) etc.

 

 

Handsome 20-years-old Lukas moves to the big city. Full of the zest for life, he meets the macho-driven Fabio, who seems to personify everything he wants to be. The attraction between both gradually develops, but how much are they up to risk for their feelings, when Lucas has to reveal his identity?

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THE EDUCATION

By Dirk Lütter

By Dirk Lütter

With: Joseph K. Bundschuh, Anke Retzlaf, Stefan Rudolf
Germany 2011, 85 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles

Berlinale (DIALOGUE IN PERSPECTIVE Award), Montreal (In Competition)

 

 

Jan is currently completing his last year of job training. He wants to please everybody. But that becomes increasingly hard. The pressure on Jan and his colleagues is constantly growing, due to the restructuring of the company. Frustrated and stressed, Jan seeks solace in fast cars and retail therapy. When Jenny joins the company as a temporary employee, a fresh love blooms. But Jenny's stay is short. Jan is caught in his inability to make decisions, in his fear to loose his job, his love and his status …

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THE TEQUILA EFFECT

By León Serment

By León Serment

With: Eduardo Victoria, Karla Souza, José María Torres
Mexico 2010, 100 min
Original Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Sao Paulo IFF (in competition), Guadalajara IFF (in competition)



Ambitious young stockbroker Jose Fierro is tempted by investing in his own pockets. Caught by his boss, he gets involved much deeper in illicit financial dealings. He must fight against powerful political and economic issues, not only for his carrier, but also for his family's fate. While the whole nation's future is heading for a disaster…

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MALU ON a BICYCLE

By Flávio R. Tambellini

By Flávio R. Tambellini

With: Marcelo Serrado, Fernanda de Freitas, Marjorie Estiano
Brazil 2010, 90 min
Original Language: Portuguese with English subtitles

Rio de Janeiro Intl. Film Festival (in competition), Paulinia Film Festival Brazil (Best Director, Best Actor and Best Actress), Goiania Film Festival Brazil (Best Sound)

 

 

Womanizer Luiz Mario, a nightclub owner, lives a frenetic life. Everything changes when beautiful Malu runs into him with her bicycle in Copacabana. Head-over-heels he falls in love. But their passionate romance is abruptly thrown into disarray when an enigmatic love letter is discovered…

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Luk's luck

By Ayse Polat

By Ayse Polat

With: René Vaziri, Aylin Tezel, Sumru Yavrucuk
Germany 2010, 91 min
Original Language: German and Turkish with English subtitles

 

Hof Intl. Film Festival (Young German Cinema Award)

 

 

An emigrated Turkish family in Germany wins the lottery jackpot! While the parents assume that their youngest son Luk, born in Germany, will contribute to buy a hotel in Turkey, he has other plans. Luk wants to record a song with his ex-girl friend Gül, which ends in a tragicomical catastrophe, guiding him to discover his real fortune. 

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blessed events

By Isabelle Stever

By Isabelle Stever

With: Annika Kuhl, Stefan Rudolf, Arno Frisch
Germany 2010, 90 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles

Torino, Hof, BFI London, Toronto etc.

 


New Year’s Eve, Simone decides to go out alone. The next morning, she wakes up in a strange car, next to a strange man. Few weeks later, she discovers she’s pregnant. Entirely unexpected Simone runs into the stranger again – the handsome Hannes – and is surprised to find out that, contrary to her expectations, he’s actually happy about the pregnancy and wants to live with her. But while asking herself if this could be the face of happiness, she creates obstacles on her own…

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BLACK FIELD

By Vardis Marinakis

By Vardis Marinakis

With: Sofia Georgovassili, Christos Passalis, Despoina Bebedeli
Greece 2010, 104 min
Original Language: Greek and Turkish with English subtitles


Awards: Sevilla (Silver Girandillo Award and Best Actress), Hellenic Film Academy Award (Best Cinematography and Sets), Mumbai (Special Jury Award for Technical Excellence), Cinema Tous Ecrans (Youth Jury Award), InsideOut Toronto (Best Film)
Fesivals: Karlovy Vary, Puchon, Chicago, Palm Springs (New Voices/New Visions), Miami (In Compeition), Seattle (Contemporary World Cinema) etc.


1654, Ottoman Empire, Greece. A Turkish Warrior arrives heavily wounded at a remote Christian female monastery and is nursed by Anthi, a young nun under the oath of silence. They fall in love against all odds. But Anthi is tormented by a dark secret. The two lovers escape in the nearby forest, where Anthi's secret is revealed: She is, in fact, a boy…

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I'M NOT HARRY JENSON

By James Napier Robertson

By James Napier Robertson

With: Gareth Reeves, Jinny Lee Story, Ian Mune
New Zeeland 2010, 98 min
Original Language: English



A grungy true crime novelist, Stanley Merse, has become obsessed with the subject of his latest book; Harry Jenson, a prolific serial killer. Convinced he's losing his mind he goes on a retreat to recover; but instead ends up with a traveller dead, blood on his hands and a secret he now has to try and keep from a lot of other people.

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DECEMBER

By Hilmar Oddson

By Hilmar Oddson

With: Tomas Lemarquis, Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir, Laufey Elíasdóttir
Iceland 2010, 91 min
Original Language: Icelandic with English subtitles

 

Starring Tómas Lemarquis (Noi the Albino)

Set during the Christmas holiday’s season, DECEMBER is a sweet-natured and present-day coming-of-age tale dealing with rather harsh realities of a family breakdown in the run up to Christmas. Including excellent performances from Tómas Lemarquis (Nói albínói) and newcomer Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir.

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AMPHETAMINE

By Scud

By Scud

With: Byron Pang, Thomas Price, Linda So
Hong Kong 2010, 97 min
Original Language: Cantonese and English with English subtitles


  Berlin International Film Festival - Panorama (competition)


A lonely fitness trainer has attached a passionate executive and fatefully fallen in love. The young men believe their love can bridge anything, even their difference in sexuality. It turns out that the addiction to love proves more fatal than the drug they apply for the purpose of love.

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STOLEN DREAMS

By Sandra Werneck

By Sandra Werneck

With: Nanda Costa, Amanda Diniz, Kika Farias
Brazil 2009, 85 min
Original Language: Portuguese with English subtitles


  Rio De Janeiro (Won Audience Award and Best Actress Award), Montreal World FF, Vancouver IFF, Ghent IFF, Cinema Tout Ecrans IFF (Intl. competition)


Jessica, Sabrina and Daiane have dreams like all young women in the world. They live in a low-income community in Rio de Janeiro, sometimes working as prostitutes in order to survive and satisfy their consumer desires. However, even in this context of absolute uncertainty and lack of hope, they insist on loving, having fun and dreaming of a better future.

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LIFE IN ONE DAY

By Mark de Cloe

By Mark de Cloe

With: Tygo Gernandt, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Loïs Dols de Jong
The Netherlands 2009, 94 min
Original Language: Dutch with English subtitles


  Rome Film Fest, Monterrey International Film Festival(Best Cinematography)


In a world in which a human life lasts just one day and where every action is a one-off, a boy and a girl fall so in love that they cannot bear this existence where everything happens only once. In the belief that they can prolong their love, they flee to hell.

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JORDAN

By Stuart Culpepper

By Stuart Culpepper

With: Gregory Zaragoza, Liezl Carstens, Isabel Kate Culpepper
USA 2009, 77 min
Original Language: English


Five-year-old Jordan walks miles through the night in the wake of a car accident on an isolated mountain road. But when small-town Sheriff Gil Lujan finally locates the girl's missing mother, Jordan claims the woman is an impostor - and insists that her real mother is still waiting for help out on the mountain. What follows is a story of psychological suspense and danger about the ferociously powerful bond between mother and child - and how far each one will go to protect it.

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MY TEHRAN FOR SALE

By Granaz Moussavi

By Granaz Moussavi

With: Marzieh Vafamehr, Amir Chegini, Asha Mehrabi
Iran/Australia 2009, 95 min
Original Language: Farsi, English

 

"It can not be overlooked" Screen International


  Won the IF award for Independent Spirit (Australia)
Adelaide (in competition), Toronto , Vancouver , Pusan , India , Mannheim Heidelberg (in competition), Rotterdam


Shot entirely on location in Tehran, MY TEHRAN FOR SALE tells the story of modern day Iranian youth struggling for cultural freedom. It brings to the screen never before seen images of modern urban Iran, and reveals how young Iranian people live behind closed doors.



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BLIND COMPANY

By Alkinos Tsilimidos

By Alkinos Tsilimidos

With: Colin Friels, Nick Barkla, Gloria Ajenstat
Australia 2009, 97 min
Original Language: English

 

"This is film at its best. A must see. Colin Friels and Nick Barkla wreak naked, embarrassing, honest emotional havoc. Blind Company is a major work." Larry Clark


  Melbourne IFF, World Film Festival Montreal


Geoff Brewster is seeing out his final days at the family’s isolated, coastal shack – walking the beach and recording confessions to his estranged wife, Sally. When his Porsche driving nephew, Josh, arrives unannounced, a tense game ensues with shattering consequences.



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DIRTY MIND

By Pieter van Hees

By Pieter van Hees

With: Wim Helsen, Robby Cleiren, Peter van den Begin, Kristine van Pellicom
Belgium 2009, 102 min
Original Language: Flemish with English ST

 

"Tragicomedy laced with dark humor and some impressive stuntwork." Variety


Karlovy Vary IFF, L’Étrange Festival, Reykjavik IFF, Oldenburg IFF, Netherland Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Festival du nouveau cinema Montreal, Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (in compentition), Cinémascience Festival ( Grand Jury Prize and Jury Prize for Young Researchers)


Shy Diego struggles with low self-esteem, until he has a serious accident and wakes up as Tony T, a totally uninhibited free-spirited stuntman. A typical case of Frontal Syndrome? Certainly an ideal case study for young and ambitious neurologist Jaana. Everybody hopes that Diego will quickly recover. Except for Diego.

Dirty Mind is a tragic comedy about the fine line between manly behaviour and behavioural disorder.

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LOW LIGHTS

By Ignas Miškinis

By Ignas Miškinis

With: Dainius Gavenonis, Julia Maria Köhler, Jonas Antanélis
Lithuania/Germany 2009, 92 min
Original Language: Lithuanian with English ST


Won "Best Film" and Dainius Gavenonis (as Tadas) "Best Actor" at the "Silver Crane cinema and television film awards 2009"

Karlovy Vary IFF (in competition), Warsaw IFF (in competition), Filmfest Hamburg, Pusan IFF, Brussels Intl. Independent FF, Lübeck FF, Leeds IFF, EU Film Showcase – AFI, Sevilla International FF (in competition), Cottbus FF, European Film Festival Segovia, Tallin Black Nights FF


LOWLIGHTS is an atmospheric urban road movie, a love story and a buddy movie in one. Two men and one woman united for one night by a quaint ritual - night driving through the city streets. They discover new experiences, get close, find hope, love.

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PERMANENT RESIDEnCE

By Scud

By Scud

With: Sean Li, Osman Hung, Jackie Chow
HK 2009, 115 min
Original Language: Cantonese with English subtitles


  HK IFF, Taipei IFF, FebioFest Prague


Shot in Israel, Japan, Australia, Thailand and mainland China, PERMANENT RESIDENCE is the life story of a man who indulges in thoughts of after life and passionately falls in love with a straight guy.

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ADAM'S PARTY

By Santiago Lapeira

By Santiago Lapeira

With: Sergi Bitan, Rodrigo Garcia, Pedro Maria Atxa
Spain 2009, 92 min
Original Language: Catalan with English ST



A young actor, who has made his coming-out and decided to live his homosexuality, becomes writer of best sellers. He is about to get married with the man of his life, when the ghost of a serial killer that lived in San Francisco in the 70’s appears...

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RESCUE

By Santiago Lapeira

By Santiago Lapeira

With: Joe Lewis, Gisela Arnao, Manuel Medina
Spain 2009, 91 min
Original Language: Catalan with English ST

 

Three extraordinary bandits decide to end their carrier with a last coup: the kidnapping of the son of a shady businessman. For what seemed to be an easy job, the violence falls over them like storm.

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DANCE THE SALSA DUEL

By Francis Expósito

By Francis Expósito

With: José Ángel Vargas, Joan Toni Pou, Emilia Terradas
Spain 2009, 92 min
Original Language: Spanish with English ST

 

Javi falls in love with Teresa, a Salsa dancer, who doesn’t pay any attention to him, so he decides to learn how to dance in order to conquer her, helped by a retired dancer.

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BEAUTIFUL CRAZY

By Chi Yuarn Lee

By Chi Yuarn Lee

With: Amiya Lee, Yi Chiao Liao, Angel Yao
Taiwan 2008, 98 min
Original Language: Mandarin with English subtitles

 

Mannheim-Heidelberg (Special Mention Award), Tokyo (In Competition), Taipei (In Competition), Rotterdam Hong Kong GLBT, Torino GLBT a.o.

 

 

Three young girls fall in love, feel hurt, forget and have experiences which decide their future. Xiao-Bu finds herself in a cat fight with Angel, Amy sleeps with Xiao-Bu’s boxer boyfriend, and Angel kisses Xiao-Bu...

KADA KIEN SU KARMA

By León Serment

By León Serment

With: Blanca Guerra, José Alonso, Rocío Verdejo
Mexico 2008, 97 min
Original Language: Spanish with English subtitles

Starring Blanca Guerra, José Alonso & Rocío Verdejo

 

Every abandoned woman dreams of revenge on her husband. Karma gives Eva that possibility, when Joaquin, who left her for a younger woman, has to return to the family home temporarily invalid…

MEMORY

By Matthias Luthardt

By Matthias Luthardt

With: Franziska Petri, Paquale Aleardi, Harry Blank
Germany 2008, 82 min
Original Language: German with English ST

 

"Intelligent and quietly compelling thriller" The Denver Post


Hofer Filmtage, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Berlinale, Festival des Deutschen Films Ludwigshafen, Molodist International Film Festival, Mumbai International Film Festival


Matthias Luthardt second film after PING PONG. Helene´s husband has been missing since a maritime disaster, but she is certain that he is still alive. One day he is right in front of her at a concert. A tightrope walk between reality and illusion.


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AUTUMN

By Özcan Alper

By Özcan Alper

With: Onur Saylak, Megi Koboladze, R. Gulefer Yenigul, Serkan Keskin, Nino Lejava
Turkey/Germany 2008, 106 min
Original Language: Turkish - Georgian - Hemsin with English ST


Nominated for the European Film Awards 2009!

Locarno IFF, Sarajevo IFF, Montreal World Film Festival, Adana FF (Best Film), Bangkok IFF, Thessalonki IFF, Rotterdam IFF, Göteborg IFF, Cinequest, LA Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Middle East International Film Festival, Bergen International Film Festival, Kolkata Film Festival, Noordelijk Film Festival (Best Film), Filmfestival del Garda (special mention)


Sentenced to jail in 1997 as a university student at the age of 22, Yusuf is released on health grounds ten years later. He returns to his village in the eastern Black Sea region and meets Eka, a beautiful young Georgian hooker. His love for her becomes a final desperate attempt to grasp life and elude loneliness.


With the 1990s as a backdrop, the film at once documents and criticises a slice of recent history, exposing the irony, ruthlessness and reality of the period.

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FINNISH TANGO

By Buket Alakus

By Buket Alakus

With: Christoph Bach, Mira Bartuschek, Fabian Busch
Germany 2008, 90 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles


  Film Festival Emden Norderney, "Festival des Deutschen Films" in Ludwigshafen, Berlin & Beyond, Cinequest Film Festival, Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival, Open Film Festival "Golden Brig"


FINNISH TANGO tells the story of a man, who – on his quest of finding the easy way out – discovers his own humanity.

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THE LIVING WAKE

By Sol Tryon

By Sol Tryon

With: Mike O’Connell, Jesse Eisenberg, Jim Gaffigan
USA 2007, 92 min
Original Language: English

Jesse Eisenberg, 2011 Oscar-nominee for THE SOCIAL NETWORK, starring in a comedy set in a timeless storybook universe.


AFI (in competition)

 

 


Self-proclaimed artist and genius, K. Roth Binew has one day to live. He has enlisted his best and only friend, Mills Joquin, to help him in a final attempt to probe life's deepest mysteries. Binew endures one ridiculous trial after the next. He concludes his last day by gathering friends and enemies for a final performance, his living wake.

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VILLA TRANQUILA

By Jesús Mora

By Jesús Mora

With: Pablo Rivero, Raul Medina, Maria Barrios
Spain 2007, 82 min
Original Language: Spanish with English ST

 

A man travelling from Spain to Villa Tranquila (Buenos Aires) to visit his father is forced to experience life from an altogether different perspective after becoming stranded in a strange land where survival is an everyday struggle.

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ELEPHANT HEART

By Züli Aladag

By Züli Aladag

With: Daniel Brühl, Manfred Zapatka, Jochen Nickel
Germany 2002, 100 min
Original Language: German with English subtitles


  German Film Award for "Best Actor", Rotterdam IFF, Montreal World FF


Marko Stemper, 19 years old, comes from a disadvantaged background and works as a window cleaner. He accepts an offer of a dubious businessman to become a professional boxer. His father, an alcoholic, tyrannizes the whole family, so Marko's only joy in life is boxing...
 
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