30th WFF
films seen on 30th Warsaw Film Festival 10-19.X.2014
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- DirectorMartti HeldeStarsLaura Peterson-AardamTarmo SongMirt Preegel"Risttuules" is a very emotional, tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on the memories of Erna. It all started on June 14, 1941, when trucks came for the innocent families with their children where they headed to the train station and later by animal wagons to Siberia. "How to survive hunger, cold, humiliation, losing friends and freedom, but still keep living on, when almost all hope is lost?"10.X.2014; 11:00; IC (International Competition); +; ; N3; Ecumenical Jury Prize; ;
- DirectorStephan KomandarevStarsAssen BlatechkiOvanes TorosianIna NikolovaA father and a son live in a poor area, near the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek border.10.X.2014; 13:30; IC; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorPaco LeónStarsCarmina BarriosPaco CasausMaría LeónA 60-year-old woman tries to hide that her husband is dead.10.X.2014; 16:00; IC; +; ; N3; Special Jury award for actors; ;
- DirectorJoel LamanganStarsNora AunorRocco NacinoRosanna RocesA foul-mouthed woman fights for her soul in the belly of the city. Working for a human trafficking agency controlled by a powerful syndicate, she sees no evil, hears no evil. In such a society one has only two choices: to be a victim or a victimizer. What choice will she make?10.X.2014; 18:30; IC; +; producer, actor; N3; ; ;
- DirectorOles SaninStarsStanislav BoklanJeff BurrellBoris GeorgievskiyAmerican boy Peter and blind minstrel Ivan are thrown together by fate amidst the turbulent mid-1930s Soviet Ukraine.10.X.2014; 21:00; IC; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorYukun XinStarsWeimin HuoXiaotian WangYun LuoA young man tries to get away from his family's overwhelming power, but when he accidentally kills a local thug, his fate will be intricately linked to his father's. A woman, who for years has been victim of domestic violence, finds comfort in the arms of her ex-lover. The news of the death of her husband arrives as she was planning his murder. An honest village chief plans to retire but an exceptional event related to his son will pull him into the abyss.11.X.2014; 11:00; IC; +; ; N3; Warsaw Grand Prix; ;
- DirectorOmid TootoonchiStarsPoolad MokhtariMahsa Mohammad KazemZahra Behrouz ManeshA 25-year-old young man feels very lonely. He is fighting depression caused by emotional failures and family problems. He spends the nights alone in his car. He's also worried about a friend who doesn't realize that her behavior is putting her in danger of disappointment.11.X.2014; 13:30; IC; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorAditya Vikram SenguptaStarsRitwick ChakrabortyBasabdatta ChatterjeeSet in the crumbling environs of Calcutta, Labour of Love is a lyrical unfolding of two ordinary lives suspended in the duress of a spiralling recession.11.X.2014; 16:00; IC; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorSebastián SchindelStarsGuillermo PfeningAndrea GarroteJoaquín FurrielWith dreams of a better life, a humble but illiterate labourer and his wife leave their poor village in Santiago to move to Buenos Aires. However, a sinister boss' promise of a bright future will come at a high price.11.X.2014; 18:30; IC; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorArto HalonenStarsMartti SuosaloPamela TolaJanne ReinikainenEvery nation gets the heroes it deserves.11.X.2014; 21:00; ODK (Discoveries); +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorKim Kyung-mookStarsSu-hyeon KimYooyoungJeong Hye-inThe various faces of youth and people in an enclosed space of a convenience store for 12 hours.12.X.2014; 9:30; FS (Free Spirit); +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorAnatol DurbalãStarsIgor BabiacSergiu BitcaIgor Caras-RomanovAfter two years spent as a student in Boston, a 22-year-old visits his native Moldova. It is April 2009. People gather in the streets of Chisinau, the call having spread through social networking sites. They are demonstrating against the communist authorities who falsified the election results. They seize and plunder the parliament and presidential buildings. The demonstrators carry away documents, furniture and office equipment. Our protagonist is coming from a friend's home carrying his own computer monitor. He is mistaken for a demonstrator, brutally beaten up by the police and taken to the police station. His interrogator is an experienced major. The authorities can do anything. Based on real events, the film asks questions about freedom, justice and the price of human life.12.X.2014; 13:45; 1-2 [1st 2nd movie]; +; director; N3; FIPRESCI award; ;
- DirectorThomas CailleyStarsAdèle HaenelKévin AzaïsAntoine LaurentBetween his friends and the family business, Arnaud's summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque, a concrete block of tensed muscles and doomsday prophecies.12.X.2014; 16:30; ODK; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorLuis Antonio PereiraStarsPriscila FantinCarla MarinsAntonio CalloniEach move could be the last one.12.X.2014; 18:30; ODK; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorPrasanna JayakodyStarsSemini IddamalgodaSarath KothalawalaRukmal NiroshThree men transport the body of a woman, who was raped and murdered, in an old van. One of the men will find out that the woman is his estranged wife.12.X.2014; 21:30; ODK; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekEmmy RossumAt the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him to look after his 11-year old niece Sophia for a few hours.13.X.2014; 9:30; FS; +; director, main actor; N3; distinction Free Spirit Competition Jury; ;
- DirectorAnna MelikyanStarsTinatin DalakishviliSeverija JanusauskaitePavel TabakovYoung Masha desperately wants to become a star, she saves money for plastic surgery and in parallel, persistently goes to castings and looks after a lonely old man to earn money. Mature Rita is the lover of the deputy minister, who wants to become pregnant and marry him. Kostya is the son of a deputy minister, who is constantly in conflict with his father and Rita, but falls in love with Masha when he meets her. After quarreling, Rita is forced to leave her lover's house, and meets Masha by chance.13.X.2014; 11:00; IC; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorKen KwekStarsJeffrey QuizonAdrian PangJudee TanAfter falling victim to a property scam, a desperate émigré and restaurateur picks up a gun in ultra-safe Singapore and takes a group of hostages in an upscale bungalow.13.X.2014; 13:30; IC; +; director, main actress; N3; ; ;
- DirectorMyroslav SlaboshpytskyiStarsHryhoriy FesenkoYana NovikovaRosa BabiyA deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.13.X.2014; 16:15; 1-2; +(director signature on ticket); director, producer; N3; ; ;
- DirectorMaxime GirouxStarsMartin DubreuilHadas YaronLuzer TwerskyIn Félix and Meira, an unusual romance blossoms between two lost souls who inhabit the same neighborhood but vastly different worlds.13.X.2014; 18:30; IC; +; main actress (Hadas Yaron); N3; ; ;
- DirectorJan Jakub KolskiStarsMarysia BlandziJulia KijowskaMarcin DorocinskiA story, warm and full of humor, about Maszenka, an 11-year-old girl from an orphanage in the Bieszczady Mountains who loves ballet. The first stage on her road to fulfilling her dream is the entrance exam to the ballet school in Gdansk. To make it there in time, she escapes from the orphanage, taking newly hired educator Kordula with her. They travel all the way across Poland, hiding from the police and meeting people who help them in need.13.X.2014; 21:00; IC; +(director signature on ticket); director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorJochen Alexander FreydankStarsKristina KlebeErwin LederMirjam NovakThe story of a man in his prime who, having seemingly achieved everything, has entrenched himself in his burrow, a fortress-like apartment complex. But no matter how hard he tries to ignore it, there it is: the world outside.14.X.2014; 9:30; FS; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorNana DzhordzhadzeStarsKatya MolchanovaOleg SkripkaYevgeniy RybaA romantic story unfolding in a beautiful village by the sea. The protagonists are 14-year-old Fedor and 18-year-old Nyurka. Fedor has long been interested in the girl, but was too shy to talk to her. He is an ordinary boy who enjoys riding his bike, while Nyurka is almost an actress. Her favorite book is 'Angelique and the King', a novel that defines the way she looks at life. She has often imagined being cast in the title role in a film. When she becomes close friends with Fedor, she assigns him a part from the novel as well. A film showing that love has no age. True feelings can change people and make them grow up. And love is a magical and pure feeling that can awaken courage in hearts.14.X.2014; 11:00; IC; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorMarc WieseThe Bang Bang Club were four fearless young photographers who set out to expose the reality of Apartheid in South Africa - a battle that changed a nation but wound up almost destroying them.14.X.2014; 14:00; DOC (Documentary); +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorOnur ÜnlüStarsSerhan ErgörenSerkan KeskinAhmet ÇevikThere is a murder while at prayer. Selman Bulut, the imam of mosque, starts to investigate the murder and faces with people in the neighborhood.14.X.2014; 16:00; FS; +; ; N3; ; ;