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; ; ;
- DirectorLisa TakebaStarsRyôta OzawaMiwako WagatsumaHaruka SuenagaA science fiction/romance/comedy about a girl stalker who has a clone of her unwilling idol created from his severed little finger.14.X.2014; 18:30; ODK; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorAlejandro Gerber BicecciStarsMario BalandraValentina BuzzurroMargarita ChavarríaOmar (15) and Karina's (12) mother suffers a stroke during the family holidays. Abandoned to their luck, the siblings will start a long journey through Mexico to their grandmother's house. On the way they will face a broken and divided country, wounded by mistrust, resentment and violence. Diverse characters, strangers on their own land, will be joining and leaving, in a labyrinthine road, until their final destiny.14.X.2014; 21:15; 1-2;+; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorBence MiklauzicStarsFerenc LengyelTibor SzervétKálmán SomodyAnyone can park wherever they like in the car park, except for one place; the spot where Legionaire, the owner of the lot, buries dead mourning doves. But then a man (Imre) appears who wants to obtain that exact place for his 1968 Ford Mustang - at any cost, and will do almost anything to win. But, who wins in the end?15.X.2014; 9:30; FS; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorOgnjen SvilicicStarsEmir HadzihafizbegovicJasna ZalicaHrvoje VladisavljevicAfter their son has been beaten up in the street, parents find their world of false security collapsing and have to re-examine their lives and question everything into what they believed.15.X.2014; 11:00; IC; +; ; N3; Best Director Award; ;
- DirectorNigina SayfullaevaStarsKonstantin LavronenkoAleksandra BortichMarina VasilevaA practical joke ends up very wrong in Nigina Sayfullaevas curious youth drama. Two seventeen year old Moscow girls, Olya and Sasha, are visiting Olya's long lost father who lives in Crimea, when they decide to switch places and pretend to be the other person to the father. Little do they know that their joke comes with consequenses that will change their lives forever.15.X.2014; 13:45; 1-2; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorMasa SawadaStarsFujio HayashiHayashi Fujio, a 90-year-old veteran, narrates his memories from World War II, when he volunteered for the very first kamikaze operation planned by the Japanese Imperial Army.15.X.2014; 16:30; DOC; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorHussein ErkenovStarsShamkhan MitraevKheda AkhmadovaTimur BazinskiyAs the mass deportations of the Chechen and Ingush peoples begin in 1944, young Daud and Seda escape to the mountains. When they get back to their native village, however, they witness a horrifying war crime.15.X.2014; 19:00; ODK; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorOzan AçiktanStarsNehir ErdoganTardu FlordunIlker KaleliCenk has just arrived back to Istanbul from the United States. Suppressed love slowly begins to resurface after he encounters Ece, a woman whom he had a romantic relationship with in the past. Suddenly, there is a robbery attempt in a quiet and gloomy house, which results in a crime being committed.15.X.2014; 21:00; ODK; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorAkira IkedaStarsKazutoshi KatoKeisuke NishiyamaShû OnoGawkish Kogure passively allows himself to be cursed by the boss of the paperclip factory where he works as a paperclip bender. One day, he finds a butterfly in his small flat and he allows the insect to fly to freedom. On another day, he finds a trespassing woman speaking strangely in his flat. He lets her stay, just like her father who turns up. In Kogure's imagination, the woman is a transformation of the butterfly and he allows a series of things to happen because of it.16.X.2014; 9:30; FS; +; director, 4 actors; N3; ; ;
- DirectorGeoffrey EnthovenStarsJurgen DelnaetKoen De GraeveEvelien BosmansStef moved to a new home, but there is another man in his home, Theo. Theo is the previous owner of the house, he died a few years ago. Stef seems to be the only one who can see him.16.X.2014; 11:30; FS; +; director, producer; N3; ; ;
- DirectorHouman SeyyediStarsYasna MirtahmasbAmir JadidiAzadeh SamadiA drama about Bemani, a reticent and monosyllabic 13-year-old boy. His parents are separated and he's being bullied at school. His world is falling apart. A gang whose leader is a lovely-looking girl is his safe haven. Or so it seems.16.X.2014; 13:45; 1-2; +; ; N3; NETPAC award ; ;
- DirectorByamba SakhyaStarsYondonjamts Bayan OchirSodbileg BayarsanaaGanbaatar ChagnaadorjA runaway living on a rooftop in Ulaanbaatar, Tsog survives by selling milk and retreating into his vivid imaginary world. When he notices a lonely woman living in the building next door, he imagines he has found a kindred spirit and embarks on a mission to intertwine their fates.16.X.2014; 16:00; ODK; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorKristina GrozevaPetar ValchanovStarsMargita GoshevaIvan BarnevIvan SavovIn a small Bulgarian town Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the robber in her class so she can teach him a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself?16.X.2014; 18:45; 1-2;+; director; N3; 1-2 competition award; ;
- DirectorYui SekineStarsNanaka IshiiTôte TakahashiIo HaikiA child has privileges: it can say something selfish, cry, indulge in daydreams, be exempted from working... However, when the time comes, these privileges won't be accepted.16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+;director;N3; ; ;
- DirectorElena BrotschiStarsJara BihlerMaria-Valentina BrotschiThomas ButtewegIvan meets Paolo, little Jonas meets Ida, another Jonas meets Sandra and Annina meets Jonas - in July, at a campsite by a river.16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+;;N3; ; ;
- DirectorAlejandro MedinaStarsSarah Marínez VelázquezCarlos Manuel BanzoDaniel González TrianaWhen I was a kid, my primary school teacher was a real witch, she made my life a hell. The main character of Alejandrito and the Boogie Man have similar issues. It is a black comedy for the whole family.16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+;;N3; ; ;
- DirectorAnton BrutskiStarsMikhail GaidukovCan one triumph over death when it always comes unexpectedly? It is too early to die no matter how old you are, isn't it? Autumn. An old village in a remote Belarussian place. An elderly man is starting to objectify his fight.16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+; director;N3; ; ;
- DirectorAnatoliy LavrenishynStarsKatya ChillyAnimation by Anatoliy LAvrenishyn. Animation studio 'MarcusFilm'16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+; producer;N3; ; ;
- DirectorTian GuanStarsPham Viet DungTian GuanShi SunA young couple who are about to have sex in a car but realize that there are no more condoms left. Right at that moment, they see a young woman standing at the corner of an intersection not far from them. The girl in the car believes the young lady is a prostitute and asks the guy to ask her for a condom. The guy hesitates to go because he thinks the lady is not, and he doesn't want to be awkward. While they are arguing about the lady, a guy walks to her.16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+; producer;N3; Best Short with actors award; ;
- DirectorAlyx DuncanStarsLee StuartOne night an old seaman dreams a storm into his bed. Who knows how to stem the tide, except through dreams?16.X.2014; 21:00; Short;+;;N3; Best Animated Short award ; ;
- DirectorDusan MilicStarsNikola RakocevicBoris IsakovicKhetanya HendersonTeenage assassin sets out on a long voyage to gun down a witness under protection program, who luxuriates in the artificial worlds of Las Vegas.17.X.2014; 9:30; FS; +; director; N3; ; ;
- DirectorEma KuglerStarsMarko MandicNatasa MatjasecThe greatest human delusion is the illusion that man is free.17.X.2014; 11:30; FS; +; ; N3; ; ;
- DirectorMarie Amachoukeli-BarsacqClaire BurgerSamuel TheisStarsAngélique LitzenburgerJoseph BourMario TheisAn aging nightclub hostess decides to settle down and get married.17.X.2014; 13:30; ODK; +; ; N3-; ; ;
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsKaridja TouréAssa SyllaLindsay KaramohA girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of self confidence in the process. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.17.X.2014; 16:30; ODK; +; ; N3-; ; ;
- DirectorDrazen KuljaninStarsChristian EhrnsténLina SundénOn a train from southern Sweden, Malmö to Stockholm two strangers end up in same compartment not knowing that they both are on a way to a same wedding. Things gets a little more complicated when they discover that this is the wedding both of them wants to stop.17.X.2014; 21:15; 1-2; +; director, 2 actors, producer, operator; N3; 1-2 competition award; ;
- DirectorJim MickleStarsMichael C. HallSam ShepardDon JohnsonWhen a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.18.X.2014; 9:30; FS; +; ; N3-; ; ;
- DirectorNadav LapidStarsSarit LarryAvi ShnaidmanLior RazA kindergarten teacher discovers in a five year-old child a prodigious gift for poetry. Amazed and inspired by this young boy, she decides to protect his talent in spite of everyone.18.X.2014; 14:00; ODK; +; ; N3-; ; ;
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsRobin AubertMarilyn CastonguayViolette ChauveauSometimes, we're just waiting for a miracle. A nurse who is a Jehovah's Witness, grows fond of the miracle survivor of a plane crash. Two sexagenarians, a bartender and a parking lot attendant want to explore their forbidden passions. A conservative, well-off couple drown their disappointments in booze and gambling. And a man does his utmost to make amends for an irredeemable action, bringing us to a plane bound for Cuba. An ensemble film where every character affects the lives of others.18.X.2014; 16:30; ODK; +; ; N3-; ; ;
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsTôma IkutaRyôhei AbeYoshiki ArizonoReiji Kikukawa, who has a strong sense of justice, graduated from the police academy with the lowest score ever. He becomes a police constable, but is suddenly fired by the Police Chief due to "disciplinary" issues. In actuality, the firing is part of a carefully orchestrated plan. Reiji is ordered to become a "mole," an undercover cop. His target is Shuho Todoroki, the boss of the Sukiyakai gang. The group is the largest crime group in the Kanto area. Masaya Hiura, who works as a young boss of a Sukiyakai affiliated gang likes Reiji. While going through various hardships, Reiji works his way towards Shuho Todoroki.18.X.2014; 18:30; PS (Special Screening); +; ; N3-; ; ;
- DirectorKiley KraskouskasThe story of the most remote music festival in the world, Festival Au Desert, and the battle to make it happen.18.X.2014; 21:30; ODK; +; ; N3-; ; ;