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Films I've watched and liked at Venice Biennale and TIFF
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- DirectorAdilkhan YerzhanovStarsAzamat NigmanovKamila NugmanovaSanjar MadiEx-con Kermek and his beloved Eva want to leave their crime-infested lives on the Kazakh steppes behind. He has a dream: building a movie theater in the mountains.
- DirectorChristos NikouStarsAris ServetalisSofia GeorgovassiliAnna KalaitzidouAmidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
- DirectorKiyoshi KurosawaStarsYû AoiIssei TakahashiMasahiro HigashideA Japanese merchant who leaves his wife behind in order to travel to Manchuria, where he witnesses an act of barbarism. His subsequent actions cause misunderstanding, jealousy and legal problems for his wife.
- DirectorAndrey KonchalovskiyStarsYuliya VysotskayaVladislav KomarovAndrey GusevWhen the communist government raises food prices in 1962, the rebellious workers from the small industrial town of Novocherkassk go on strike. The massacre which then ensues is seen through the eyes of a devout party activist.
- DirectorMajid MajidiStarsAli NasirianJavad EzatiTannaz Tabatabaei12-year-old Ali and his three friends, together they work hard to survive and support their families. In a turn of events that seems miraculous, Ali is entrusted to find hidden treasure underground.
- DirectorKornél MundruczóStarsVanessa KirbyShia LaBeoufEllen BurstynWhen a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones in this deeply personal story of a woman learning to live alongside her loss.
- DirectorDarius MarderStarsRiz AhmedOlivia CookePaul RaciA heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.
- DirectorGianfranco RosiGianfranco Rosi's new documentary is an immersive portrait of those trying to survive in the war-torn Middle East.
- DirectorJasmila ZbanicStarsJasna DjuricicIzudin BajrovicBoris LerAida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp.
- DirectorKaouther Ben HaniaStarsYahya MahayniDea LianeKoen De BouwHis own body turned into a living work of art and promptly exhibited in a museum, Sam, a Syrian refugee, will soon realize to have sold away more than just his skin.
- DirectorMariano CohnGastón DupratStarsPenélope CruzAntonio BanderasOscar MartínezA wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsFilippo ScottiToni ServilloTeresa SaponangeloIn 1980s Naples, young Fabietto pursues his love for football as family tragedy strikes, shaping his uncertain but promising future as a filmmaker.
- DirectorAudrey DiwanStarsAnamaria VartolomeiKacey Mottet KleinLuàna BajramiAn adaptation of Annie Ernaux's novel of the same name, looking back on her experience with abortion when it was still illegal in France in the 1960s.
- DirectorSean BakerStarsSimon RexBree ElrodSuzanna SonMikey Saber is a washed-up porn star who returns to his small Texas hometown, not that anyone really wants him back.