MATTERHORN By Diederik Ebbinge By Diederik Ebbinge
With: Ton Kas, René van ‘t Hof, Porgy Franssen
Winner of the "Audience Award" in Rotterdam!
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A FOLD IN MY BLANKET By Zaza Rusadze By Zaza Rusadze
With: Tornike Bziava, Tornike Gogrichiani, Avtandil Makharadze
Berlin (Panorama Opening Film)
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HOW TO DESCRIBE A CLOUD By David Verbeek By David Verbeek
With: Lu Huang, Lu Yi Ching, Wu Pong Fong
Rotterdam (Nominated for The Big Screen Award)
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JACKIE By Antoinette Beumer By Antoinette Beumer
With: Holly Hunter, Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten
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)
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THREE KIDS (TWA TIMOUN) By Jonas d’Adesky
By Jonas d’Adesky
With: Jules Vitaleme, Sima Mickenson, Pierre Jean Mary
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...
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TOOTING BROADWAY By Dev Shanmugam By Dev Shanmugam
With: Nav Sidhu, Elizabeth Henstridge, Kabelan Verlkumar
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) |
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CHAIKA By Miguel Ángel Jiménez By Miguel Ángel Jiménez
With: Salome Demuria, Giorgi Gabunia, Aytuar Issayev
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...
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THE STONING OF SAINT STEPHEN By Pere Vilà Barceló By Pere Vilà Barceló
With: Lou Castel, Marie Payen, Luis Rego
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…
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STUDENT By Darezhan Omyrbaev By Darezhan Omyrbaev
With: Maiya Serkivayeva, Yedyge Bolysbayev, Bakhytzhan Turdaliyeva
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”.
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LILET NEVER HAPPENED By Jacco Groen By Jacco Groen
With: Sandy Talag, Johanna ter Steege, Timothy Mabalot 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.
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KID By Fien Troch By Fien Troch
With: Bent Simons, Maarten Meeuwsen, Gabriella Carizzo
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. |
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9 FULL MOONS By Tomer Almagor By Tomer Almagor
With: Amy Seimetz, Bret Roberts, Donal Logue
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...
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PATTY'S CATCHUP By Tina von Traben By Tina von Traben
With: Luise Risch, Thekla Carola Wied, Anneke Kim Sarnau
A "Heimat" film about pride, betrayal and family ties.
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UNCONDITIONAL By Bryn Higgins By Bryn Higgins
With: Harry McEntire, Madeleine Clark, Christian Cooke
Slamdance, Frameline San Francisco LGBT, Edinburgh, Munich
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HEMEL By Sacha Polak By Sacha Polak
With: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen
Berlin International Film Festival (1st Feature Competition),
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BEAT DOWN By Deanne Foley By Deanne Foley
With: Robb Wells, Marthe Bernard, Tony Nappo, Janet Kidder 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...
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WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN By Mun Chee Yong By Mun Chee Yong
With: Eric Mabius, Will Yun Lee, Erick Avari 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 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.
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IMPLOSION By Sören Voigt By Sören Voigt
With: Sven Gielnik, Eye Haidara, Hans-Jochen Wagner
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…
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TANGUERO By Emanuele Persico By Emanuele Persico
With: Omar Quiroga, Veronica Palacios, Jorge Juanatey
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! |
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BEHOLD THE LAMB By John McIlduff By John McIlduff
With: Nigel O’Neill, Aoife Duffin, Michael Mason
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. |
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SNEAKERS By Valeri Yordanov & Ivan Vladimirov By Valeri Yordanov & Ivan Vladimirov
With: Ina Nikolova, Ivan Barnev, Ivo Arakov, Philip Avramov, Vasil Draganov, Valeri Yordanov
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? |
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MESH (WALKING) By Shiar Abdi By Shiar Abdi
With: Selamo, Abdullah Ado, Nujîyan Kılgı
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.
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GARBAGE PRINCE By Raimo O. Niemi By Raimo O. Niemi
With: Jon-Jon Geitel, Pihla Maalismaa, Heikki Silvennoinen, Kristiina Elstelä, Milla Kaitalahti
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. |
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BLOWFISH By Chi Yuarn Lee By Chi Yuarn Lee
With: Kang Jen Wu, Vicci Pan, Angel Yao, Yi Ching Lu
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... |
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AMÉRICA By Sonia Fritz By Sonia Fritz
With: Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias, Edward James Olmos
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?
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LOVE ACTUALLY... SUCKS! By Scud By Scud
Hong Kong 2011 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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) |
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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 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
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 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 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 Rome Film Fest 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 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
Won the IF award for Independent Spirit (Australia) 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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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... |
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KADA KIEN SU KARMA By León Serment By León Serment
With: Blanca Guerra, José Alonso, Rocío Verdejo 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… |
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MEMORY By Matthias Luthardt By Matthias Luthardt
With: Franziska Petri, Paquale Aleardi, Harry Blank
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 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 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 Jesse Eisenberg, 2011 Oscar-nominee for THE SOCIAL NETWORK, starring in a comedy set in a timeless storybook universe. AFI (in competition)
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VILLA TRANQUILA By Jesús Mora By Jesús Mora
With: Pablo Rivero, Raul Medina, Maria Barrios 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 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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