KINO PAVASARIS'13
by alisazarkova | created - 21 Jan 2013 | updated - 26 Feb 2013 | PublicVilnius International Film Festival (Vilnius IFF) "Kino pavasaris" is the biggest and most important cinema event in Lithuania. Festival was established in 1995 and now that sixteen years have passed it earned its reputation because it is showing high quality newest films that are carefully picked out of highly rated festivals and has been awarded the prizes by both the audience and film critics. Serious discussions, widely respected Lithuanian and international filmmakers, events for industry guests, social and educational projects is essential part of the festival, as well as cheerful parties. http://www.kinopavasaris.lt/en/about_festival
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1. Of Snails and Men (2012)
Not Rated | 93 min | Comedy
The story of one man who tries to save his car factory
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Andi Vasluianu, Monica Barladeanu, Dorel Visan, Jean-François Stévenin
Votes: 2,474
2. Vanishing Waves (II) (2012)
Unrated | 124 min | Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A neuron-transfer scientist experiments with the thoughts of a comatose young woman.
Director: Kristina Buozyte | Stars: Marius Jampolskis, Jurga Jutaite, Rudolfas Jansonas, Vytautas Kaniusonis
Votes: 2,861
3. The Color of the Chameleon (2012)
111 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Batko becomes the spider in his own invisible web of informants by recruiting a group of intellectuals to spy on each other. He builds his own secret archive. After the fall of communism, he uses it to wreak havoc on the government.
Director: Emil Christov | Stars: Lilia Abadjieva, Kasiel Noah Asher, Mihail Bilalov, Rousy Chanev
Votes: 446
TIFF
4. Redemption Street (2012)
91 min | Drama, Thriller
It has been years since the war ended. A young deputy prosecutor, Dusan, handling the investigation of war crimes, is assigned to investigate the formation of a paramilitary group. Quickly ... See full summary »
Director: Miroslav Terzic | Stars: Gordan Kicic, Uliks Fehmiu, Rade Serbedzija, Jelena Djokic
Votes: 1,052
5. Krivina (2012)
Not Rated | 67 min | Drama
An immigrant from former Yugoslavia embarks on a trip to find an old friend, who he has not seen since the war in the nineties.
Director: Igor Drljaca | Stars: Jasmin Geljo, Minela Jasar, Erica Leung, Edis Livnjak
Votes: 86
TIFF
6. Baby Blues (2012)
100 min | Drama
Baby Blues is a vintage fashion blog about loneliness. It is about Natalia's baby-boy. His existence shows how easy it is to fulfill teenage needs today. Just like ordering something in a ... See full summary »
Director: Katarzyna Roslaniec | Stars: Magdalena Berus, Nikodem Rozbicki, Mikolaj Lubek, Dominik Lubek
Votes: 802
7. My Dog Killer (2013)
90 min | Drama
In the absence of a true family, a young skinhead lets his life revolve around his cherished pit bull dog.
Director: Mira Fornay | Stars: Irena Bendová, Patrik Czanik, Ladislav Dirda, Emilia Dirdová
Votes: 349
8. Loving (2012)
105 min | Drama, Romance
The relationship of a young successful couple expecting a baby is put to the test after the traumatic experience Maria has endured. Her husband Tomek wants to seek revenge but doesn't know who is to blame.
Director: Slawomir Fabicki | Stars: Marcin Dorocinski, Julia Kijowska, Adam Woronowicz, Agata Kulesza
Votes: 371
9. Keep Smiling (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Drama
10 women, seven of them belonging to the poorest population, are desperately trying to win a beauty contest for mothers who have more than 3 children. The winner will get an apartment and $25000.
Director: Rusudan Chkonia | Stars: Ia Sukhitashvili, Gia Roinishvili, Olga Legrand, Tamar Bukhnikashvili
Votes: 613
10. Eastalgia (2012)
93 min | Drama
When Ruslana floods her Munich flat, Vladan, a former Boxer from Serbia, comes to her rescue. It is the night when Ruslana's son Bogdan should finally come from Kiev. He rather falls in ... See full summary »
Director: Daria Onyshchenko | Stars: Karl Markovics, Nina Nizheradze, Georg Friedrich, Ivan Dobronravov
Votes: 139
11. Rocker (2012)
90 min | Drama
A desperate father deals with the problems of his drug addicted son.
Director: Marian Crisan | Stars: Dan Chiorean, Alin State, Ofelia Popii, Razvan Corneci
Votes: 290
12. Djeca (2012)
90 min | Drama
Siblings Rahima and Nedim are the Bosnian war orphans. She works as a restaurant chef and earns just enough money to survive.
Director: Aida Begic | Stars: Marija Pikic, Ismir Gagula, Bojan Navojec, Sanela Pepeljak
Votes: 688
Cannes - Un Certain Regard - Special Distinction of the Jury
13. 111 Girls (2012)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama
A government official travels across Iranian Kurdistan on a mission to stop 111 young women from committing suicide. An official selection of the prestigious, award-winning Global Lens ... See full summary »
Directors: Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zmanpira | Stars: Reza Behbudi, Amin Sadeghi, Mehdi Saki, Yasemin Ashvan
Votes: 112
14. A Month in Thailand (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Comedy
Radu and Adina, a young couple of graduates, have just made love. She is profoundly in love with him and cannot wait to move to his place; however, he has reservations. While going shopping... See full summary »
Director: Paul Negoescu | Stars: Andrei Mateiu, Ioana Anastasia Anton, Sinziana Nicola, Tudor Istodor
Votes: 622
VFF - International Critics' Week Award (nominated)
15. Comrade Kim Goes Flying (2012)
81 min | Comedy, Romance
A female coal miner in communist Korea aspires to be an acrobat in a circus.
Directors: Nicholas Bonner, Anja Daelemans, Gwang Hun Kim | Stars: Jong-sim Han, Chung-guk Pak, Ri Yong Ho, Son-nam Kim
Votes: 324
16. Mushrooming (2012)
93 min | Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
A journalist has gotten wind of corruption rumors involving a politician. On the day the journalist tries to contact him, he decides to go mushrooming with his wife.
Director: Toomas Hussar | Stars: Raivo E. Tamm, Elina Reinold, Juhan Ulfsak, Üllar Saaremäe
Votes: 1,240
TIFF
17. Ixjana (2012)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Marek is a handsome and extremely talented writer. One night he goes to a ball hosted by an eccentric millionaire. When he wakes up the next day, he knows only one thing - he killed his best friend Arthur.
Directors: Józef Skolimowski, Michal Skolimowski | Stars: Sambor Czarnota, Magdalena Boczarska, Borys Szyc, Ewa Hornich
Votes: 91
18. Young & Wild (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Daniela, raised in the bosom of a strict Evangelical family and recently unmasked as a fornicator by her shocked parents, struggles to find her own path to spiritual harmony.
Director: Marialy Rivas | Stars: Alicia Rodríguez, Aline Küppenheim, María Gracia Omegna, Felipe Pinto
Votes: 3,045 | Gross: $0.00M
Sundance
19. L (2012)
Not Rated | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
It's absurd not to trust me.
Director: Babis Makridis | Stars: Aris Servetalis, Makis Papadimitriou, Lefteris Matthaiou, Nota Tserniafski
Votes: 805
Sundance
20. La Pasión de Michelangelo (2013)
99 min | Drama
The real story of a young man who fooled a nation in the time of Pinochet.
Director: Esteban Larraín | Stars: Patricio Contreras, Sebastián Ayala, Roberto Farías, Aníbal Reyna
Votes: 172
21. Mold (2012)
94 min | Drama
Basri, a widower little out of retirement, walks every day along the railroad tracks to check the status. Aside from his work, his only thought is to have news of his son, who's been ... See full summary »
Director: Ali Aydin | Stars: Ercan Kesal, Muhammet Uzuner, Tansu Biçer, Ali Çoban
Votes: 1,008
VFF - Luigi De Laurentiis Award
22. S#x Acts (2012)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama
Gili changes schools and hooks up with the most popular guy to improve her social status. He passes her off to friend after friend and the lines of consent begin to blur.
Director: Johnathan Gurfinkel | Stars: Sivan Levy, Eviatar Mor, Roy Nik, Niv Zilberberg
Votes: 680
23. Touch of the Light (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Biography, Drama
A drama centered on the experiences of a blind piano prodigy.
Director: Jung-chi Chang | Stars: Sandrine Pinna, Yu-Siang Huang, Lieh Lee, Samantha Shu-Chin Ko
Votes: 1,018
! The official submission of Taiwan to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards
24. The Imposter (2012)
R | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A documentary centered on a young man in Spain who claims to a grieving Texas family that he is their 16-year-old son who has been missing for 3 years.
Director: Bart Layton | Stars: Adam O'Brian, Nicholas Barclay, Carey Gibson, Bryan Gibson
Votes: 50,479 | Gross: $0.89M
Sundance, BAFTA, BIFA ...
25. El Bella Vista (2012)
73 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
'El Bella Vista' is the story of a house started as a football club, becoming a successful transvestite brothel and changes at last to a Catholic Chapel, all in a small conservative village... See full summary »
Director: Alicia Cano Menoni | Stars: Agustina Aguero, Eliza di Pasqua, Fabiana Dinardi, Alcides Lerena
Votes: 38
26. More Than Honey (2012)
Unrated | 95 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China and Australia.
Director: Markus Imhoof | Stars: Fred Jaggi, Randolf Menzel, John Miller, Liane Singer
Votes: 4,320 | Gross: $0.07M
27. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn
Votes: 4,087
28. Room 237 (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 102 min | Documentary
An exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).
Director: Rodney Ascher | Stars: Bill Blakemore, Geoffrey Cocks, Juli Kearns, John Fell Ryan
Votes: 23,120 | Gross: $0.26M
!
29. Camp 14: Total Control Zone (2012)
106 min | Documentary, Biography
Shin Dong-Huyk was born on November 19, 1983 as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. He was a child of two prisoners who had been married by order of the wardens. He ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Wiese | Stars: Dong-Hyuk Shin, Oh Yangnam, Hyuk Kwon, August Diehl
Votes: 1,164
30. The Girl from the South (2012)
94 min | Documentary
Lim Su-kyung (also spelled as Lim Soo-kyung) attended the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students, held in North Korea in 1989, without first obtaining permission from the South Korean ... See full summary »
Director: José Luis García | Stars: Im Su-kyong, Alejandro Kim
Votes: 219
31. Stories We Tell (2012)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary
A film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
Director: Sarah Polley | Stars: Michael Polley, John Buchan, Mark Polley, Joanna Polley
Votes: 14,121 | Gross: $1.60M
TFCA Award
32. Los increíbles (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Drama, Family
The Incredibles tells the story of three everyday heroes: Broken Wing, The Iron Lady and Radioactive Woman. Three people who endure the adversities of life and who struggle against the most... See full summary »
Director: David Valero | Stars: Juan Eulalio López, María Moreno, Joana Martín
Votes: 51
33. Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary
A follow-up to the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008), focusing on the filmmaker's successful battle to avoid extradition into the U.S. in 2010.
Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Pascal Bruckner, Hillary Clinton, Douglas Dalton, Hervé de Luze
Votes: 331
34. Fuck for Forest (2012)
Unrated | 86 min | Documentary, Drama
Berlin's Fuck for Forest is one of the world's most bizarre charities: based on the idea that sex can change the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films on the Internet.
Director: Michal Marczak | Stars: Tommy Hol Ellingsen, Leona Johansson, Dany DeVero, Kaajal
Votes: 613
35. Three Sisters (2012)
Not Rated | 153 min | Documentary
Three young sisters live and work in extreme poverty in the harsh environment of Yunnan, a province on the Sino Burmese border area of China.
Director: Wang Bing
Votes: 476
Venice Horizons Award
36.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
Woody Allen: A Documentary
(2011)
Not Rated | 192 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Woody Allen that trails him on his movie sets and follows him back to Brooklyn as he visits his childhood haunts.
Director: Robert B. Weide | Stars: Woody Allen, Letty Aronson, Marshall Brickman, Josh Brolin
Votes: 5,285
37. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two men and their sons must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions.
Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook
Votes: 290,554 | Gross: $21.38M
38. Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
PG-13 | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly, Lowell Landes
Votes: 85,093 | Gross: $12.80M
Sundance
39. Compliance (2012)
R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History
A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.
Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp
Votes: 37,315 | Gross: $0.32M
! Spirit, Locarno, Toronto
40. Ruby Sparks (2012)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
Directors: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris | Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Annette Bening, Antonio Banderas
Votes: 105,460 | Gross: $2.54M
Spirit
41. Simon Killer (2012)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.
Director: Antonio Campos | Stars: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Lila Salet, Michaël Abiteboul
Votes: 5,015 | Gross: $0.02M
! Sundance
42. A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2012)
R | 86 min | Comedy
A graphic designer's enviable life slides into despair when his girlfriend breaks up with him.
Director: Roman Coppola | Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Katheryn Winnick
Votes: 5,722
43. Anton's Right Here (2012)
110 min | Documentary
The film tells about Anton Kharitonov, a young man with autism whose mother, Rinata, dies of cancer, after which he has to live in social shelters, where he is not provided with adequate assistance.
Director: Lyubov Arkus
Votes: 306
44. Ya tebya ne lyublyu (2012)
84 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A youth comedy about the tragedy of the first love. An experiment in the area of the film language. REC, accidentally pressed in the middle of a fight. Jealosies, breakups, reunions. A few ... See full summary »
Directors: Pavel Kostomarov, Aleksandr Rastorguev | Stars: Viktoriya Shevtsova, Yevgeni Borisov, Evgeniy Borisov, Artyom Sotnikov
Votes: 65
45. Celestial Wives of the Meadow Mari (2012)
106 min | Drama
23 short stories about the Mari women. Stories joyful and sad, ridiculous and terrible. It is the movie ornament, the movie calendar telling about philosophy, traditions and today of the Mari people.
Director: Aleksey Fedorchenko | Stars: Nadezhda Smirnova, Yana Esipovich, Roman Mishin, Olga Degtyaryova
Votes: 719
46. Living (2012)
119 min | Drama
The heroes of the film are not ready to put up with their losses. They challenge fate, declare war on it and reach the human limit in it. And they go on, winning in their own way .
Director: Vasiliy Sigarev | Stars: Olga Lapshina, Marina Gavrilova, Sasha Gavrilova, Yana Troyanova
Votes: 1,782
47. Me Too (2012)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
Sanja the Bandit after a particularly vicious shootout, stumbles into the musician Oleg at the local banya. Following a retelling of a semi-mythological story, the pair decide to make a pilgrimage to a "bell-tower of happiness".
Director: Aleksey Balabanov | Stars: Aleksandr Mosin, Oleg Garkusha, Yuriy Matveev, Alisa Shitikova
Votes: 2,257
48. Betrayal (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A romance between two strangers who discover that their partners are lovers.
Director: Kirill Serebrennikov | Stars: Franziska Petri, Dejan Lilic, Albina Dzhanabaeva, Andrei Shchetinin
Votes: 964
49. Marley (2012)
PG-13 | 144 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.
Director: Kevin Macdonald | Stars: Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley, Jimmy Cliff
Votes: 14,504 | Gross: $1.41M
BAFTA, BIFA
50. Trains of Thoughts (2012)
85 min | Documentary, Musical
An audio-visual essay, which reflects upon & compares metro systems around the world. It is an exploration of a world inside the world as well as feelings, fascination, obsession, fear and themes - of survival, control & silence.
Director: Timo Novotny | Stars: Assibey Blake, Hines Buchanan, Hiroyuki Nagatake, Bernd Schulz
Votes: 246
51. Noseland (2012)
82 min | Documentary, Comedy
A humorous ode to the world of classical music and some of its star musicians.
Director: Aleksey Igudesman | Stars: Boris Andrianov, Nicola Benedetti, Boris Brovtsyn, Harvey De Souza
Votes: 52
52. Flashback Memories 3D (2012)
72 min | Documentary
GOMA who was famous didgeridoo performer from Japan. He developed higher brain dysfunction as a result of car accident and lost his memory of what a didgeridoo was. He looks back on his ... See full summary »
Director: Tetsuaki Matsue | Stars: Goma, Kyôichi Shiino, Kenta Tajika, Kôsuke Tsuji
Votes: 47
53. The Russian Winter (2012)
Not Rated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
The Russian Winter is a film about journeys. It's a film about Grammy nominated musician John Forte's journey from one of Brooklyn's most dangerous neighborhoods to the country's most ... See full summary »
Director: Petter Ringbom | Stars: Natasha Bedingfield, Patrick Firth, John Forte, Viktor Logachev
Votes: 48
54. Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
PG-13 | 86 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.
Director: Malik Bendjelloul | Stars: Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore
Votes: 72,930 | Gross: $3.97M
Sundance, Oscar, Bafta, BIFA, Toronto, Tribeca ...
55. Zuloak (2012)
99 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Fermín Muguruza | Stars: Tania De Sousa, Naiara Goikoetxea, Izaskun Muruaga, Arrate Rodríguez
Votes: 29
SSIFF
56. A Gun in Each Hand (2012)
95 min | Comedy, Drama
A comedy centered on eight men in their 40s, all with identity crises.
Director: Cesc Gay | Stars: Javier Cámara, Ricardo Darín, Eduard Fernández, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 3,384
57. Queen of Montreuil (2012)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
It's early summer and Agathe is back in France, at home in Montreuil. She has to get over her husband's death and return to her work as a film director. The unexpected arrival at her house ... See full summary »
Director: Sólveig Anspach | Stars: Florence Loiret Caille, Didda Jónsdóttir, Úlfur Ægisson, Éric Caruso
Votes: 363
VFF: Lina Mangiacapre Award
58. Wrong (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery
Dolph Springer wakes up one morning to realize he has lost the love of his life, his dog, Paul. During his quest to get Paul (and his life) back, Dolph radically changes the lives of others -- risking his sanity all the while.
Director: Quentin Dupieux | Stars: Jack Plotnick, Todd Giebenhain, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena
Votes: 10,590 | Gross: $0.05M
59. Mental (2012)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
A charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.
Director: P.J. Hogan | Stars: Toni Collette, Anthony LaPaglia, Liev Schreiber, Rebecca Gibney
Votes: 5,200 | Gross: $0.02M
60. Hand in Hand (2012)
81 min | Musical
Hand in Hand is about a French lady who stay under a spell with a boy, a very young boy, both search for answers to the question but nothings seems logic, just magic.
Director: Valérie Donzelli | Stars: Valérie Lemercier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Béatrice de Staël, Valérie Donzelli
Votes: 671
61. The Suicide Shop (2012)
79 min | Animation, Comedy, Musical
A family-run shop that sells everything you need to take your own life finds it hard to focus on business after a new baby -- one who makes everyone around him happy -- is born into the family.
Director: Patrice Leconte | Stars: Bernard Alane, Isabelle Spade, Kacey Mottet Klein, Isabelle Giami
Votes: 8,605
62. 4Some (2012)
Unrated | 78 min | Comedy
Two middle-aged couples are linked by more than just a lifelong friendship. While relaxing on a Caribbean island, they get an unconventional idea to enrich and, as a result, complicate their sexual lives.
Director: Jan Hrebejk | Stars: Jirí Langmajer, Marika Sarah Procházková, Hynek Cermák, Viktorie Cermáková
Votes: 646
63. Eternal Homecoming (2012)
114 min | Drama
At the heart of this story there are Him and Her, two former schoolmates who haven't crossed paths for a long time . One day, he arrives into Her town and right away, from the threshold, to... See full summary »
Director: Kira Muratova | Stars: Oleg Tabakov, Alla Demidova, Renata Litvinova, Sergey Makovetskiy
Votes: 285
64. The Grandmaster (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 36,806 | Gross: $6.59M
65. Goltzius and The Pelican Company (2012)
Not Rated | 128 min | Biography, Comedy, History
Hendrik Goltzius, a late-16th-century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints, seduces the Margrave of Alsace into paying for a printing press to make and publish illustrated books.
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Ramsey Nasr, F. Murray Abraham, Hendrik Aerts, Boris Bakal
Votes: 1,378
66. Hannah Arendt (2012)
Not Rated | 113 min | Biography, Drama
A look at the life of philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt, who reported for 'The New Yorker' on the trial of the Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem.
Director: Margarethe von Trotta | Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch
Votes: 12,026 | Gross: $0.71M
67. Centro Histórico (2012)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama
A feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal.
Directors: Pedro Costa, Manoel de Oliveira, Víctor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki | Stars: Judite Araujo, Maria Fatima Braga Lima, Marco Carreira, Arlindo Fernandes
Votes: 342
68. Everyday (I) (2012)
Unrated | 106 min | Drama
This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over the course of five years, a few weeks at a time.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Shirley Henderson, John Simm, Shaun Kirk, Robert Kirk
Votes: 843
69. Pieta (2012)
Not Rated | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
Director: Kim Ki-duk | Stars: Jo Min-soo, Lee Jung-Jin, Woo Ki-hong, Eunjin Kang
Votes: 15,774 | Gross: $0.02M
Venice
70. Something in the Air (2012)
Not Rated | 122 min | Drama
In the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.
Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Clément Métayer, André Marcon, Lola Créton, Felix Armand
Votes: 4,716 | Gross: $0.07M
Venice: Golden Osella
71. Post Tenebras Lux (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
Juan and his urban family live in the Mexican countryside, where they enjoy and suffer a world apart. And nobody knows if these two worlds are complementary or if they strive to eliminate one another.
Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Nathalia Acevedo, Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Rut Reygadas, Eleazar Reygadas
Votes: 5,941 | Gross: $0.04M
! Cannes Won Best Director
72. Rhino Season (2012)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Kurdish-Iranian poet Sahel has just been released from a thirty-year prison sentence in Iran. Now the one thing keeping him going is the thought of finding his wife, who thinks him dead for over twenty years.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Behrouz Vossoughi, Monica Bellucci, Yilmaz Erdogan, Caner Cindoruk
Votes: 7,300
73. Like Someone in Love (2012)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama
In Tokyo, a young sex worker develops an unexpected connection with a widower over a period of two days.
Directors: Abbas Kiarostami, Banafsheh Modaressi | Stars: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno, Ryô Kase, Denden
Votes: 13,093 | Gross: $0.22M
! Cannes
74. Kolona (2012)
22 min | Short, Drama
A family fleeing Kosovo in 1999 are stopped at a Serbian refugee checkpoint, where they are forced to make a terrible life or death decision.
Director: Ujkan Hysaj | Stars: Irena Cahani, Arbnesha Grabovci, Vedat Haxhiislami, Shkelqim Islami
Votes: 161
75. Orizont (2012)
11 min | Short, Fantasy
If a fisherman mysteriously disappears in the depth of the Black Sea and there is nobody around to hear him, does he make a sound?
Director: Paul Negoescu | Star: Mihai Cismaru
Votes: 34
76. Iris (II) (2012)
6 min | Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the near future, when status has become more important than ever before, a woman with a fake identity must decide how far she's willing to go to move up the social ladder.
Director: Justin S. Lee | Stars: Claudia Graf, Carl Ingemarsson Stjernlöf, Max Middleton, Sara Choi
Votes: 43
77. Comma (2012)
27 min | Short, Drama, Romance
'Comma' is a short film about a conflict of form and substance. The story follows one day in the life and death of Oscar, an architect in his 50s, deeply in love with a young actress. Oscar... See full summary »
Director: Gerry Pavloff | Stars: Sarunas Datenis, Severija Janusauskaite, Juris Zagars
78. I Am Going to Italy (2012)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
A Gypsy children brass band, from a poor town in Eastern Europe, is getting ready to go on a tour in Italy. Unfortunately, it turns out that, because of some bureaucratic obstacles, two of ... See full summary »
Director: Ivaylo Markov | Stars: Valeri Lekov, Filcho Nikolov, Stefan Pamukov, Angel Tichaliev
79. Who's Afraid of the Big Black Wolf? (2012)
25 min | Short, Drama, War
1944. Somewhere in the occupied Central Europe. A multicultural triangle between a little shepherd and two officers from the opposite sides in a sensual and emotional Alpine story of two tunes and one whistle.
Director: Janez Lapajne | Stars: Tilen Lapajne, Wayne T. Carr, Klaus B. Wolf, Michael Kranz
Votes: 33
80. Why Are You Here (2012)
13 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
At the end of World War II, a small group of German soldiers who have been separated from the Wehrmacht battalion come across a strange house in the woods as they try to find they way home.
Director: Laurence Walsh | Stars: Eric Bouwer, Andreas Christ, Benjamin Kramme
Votes: 5
81. Rew Day (2012)
7 min | Animation, Short, Drama
The last day of a man's life is seen as on a videotape which is being rewound to the moment he wakes up in the morning, having no idea what lays ahead.
Director: Svilen Dimitrov | Star: John Lawton
Votes: 89
82. The Inheritor (2012)
8 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The wealthiest citizen, founder of successful business, is found dead. He leaves behind three children that want the inheritance and will do anything to get to it.
Director: Ewa Stanislawska | Stars: Beau Allen, Andrew Lenard, Jared Spears, Karen Steele
83. The Swimmer (2013)
16 min | Short, Drama, Horror
Perth, Western Australia. Shark attacks 10 year-old boy leaving a scar that will never heal.
Director: Giovanni Basso | Stars: Tommaso Puccini, Daniel Wilkins, Finleigh Dignam, Luca Wilkins
Votes: 51
84. Babysitter (I) (2012)
7 min | Short
Director: Jason Cox | Stars: Alexis Kiley, Adrian Alvarado, Jennifer Bell
85. Roundabout (2012)
14 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Mirko struggles to deal with his early mid-life crisis and a wrecked marriage and he falls in love with the female voice in his GPS.
Director: Orsi Nagypal | Stars: Leon Lucev, Adnan Besirovic, Irina Dobnik
Votes: 42
86. Superman, Spiderman or Batman (2011)
Not Rated | 11 min | Short, Drama
Aron, a 5-year-old boy, together with his worried father, sets out on a journey at the end of which he wishes, like the superheroes in the comic books, to save his mother who is suffering from a heart condition.
Director: Tudor Giurgiu | Stars: Adriana Bailescu, Zsolt Bogdán, Ovidiu Crisan, Elena Ivanca
Votes: 396
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87. Distants (2012)
25 min | Short, Drama, Thriller
On a misty sea drifts a lonely boat. While unseen danger lurks in the fog, the boat's motor is out of order and visibility is as clear as the relationship between the two men sitting in the... See full summary »
Director: Janno Jürgens | Stars: Väino Laes, Indrek Ojari
Votes: 55
88. The Whistle (2013)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Drama
Thirtysomething Marcin, from a small town near Kraków, tries to make something of his life.
Director: Grzegorz Zariczny
Votes: 67
89. Tram (2012)
7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
On her morning route before the break of dawn, a conscientious but lonely tramcar conductress lets herself go, turning her overpowering impulses and her wild wet fantasies into a phallic and utterly surreal delirium.
Director: Michaela Pavlátová
Votes: 219
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90. Zalet (2012)
23 min | Short, Comedy
True Story. Two young actresses are trying to change their lives and prove that any change, even the one that never happened CAN change a life of a famous film director Emir Kusturica.
Director: Miroslav Stamatov | Stars: Milena Predic, Masa Dakic, Zoran Cvijanovic, Emir Kusturica
Votes: 65
91. Sve to (2012)
28 min | Short, Drama
A father takes his young son on a fishing trip to draw the boy's attention away from the funeral of a classmate. His plan turns out more difficult than expected, and his son shows maturity beyond his age..
Director: Branislav Milatovic | Stars: Slavko Stimac, Jovan Miranovic, Momo Picuric
Votes: 14
92. Curfew (I) (2012)
19 min | Short, Drama
Having reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
Director: Shawn Christensen | Stars: Shawn Christensen, Fatima Ptacek, Kim Allen, Dana Segal
Votes: 7,051
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93. Zaytoun (2012)
Not Rated | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Beirut, 1982: a young Palestinian refugee helps an Israeli fighter pilot escape from PLO captivity because he wants to visit his ancestral family home. En route through war-torn Lebanon their relationship develops into a close bond.
Director: Eran Riklis | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Abdallah El Akal, Alice Taglioni, Loai Nofi
Votes: 1,728 | Gross: $0.04M
94. Bwakaw (2012)
TV-PG | 110 min | Drama
Gruff and cynical Rene is no stranger to loneliness, living an emotionally detached life with his dog, Bkawaw. Yet a connection with a middle-aged taxi driver begins to soften his outlook on life.
Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Eddie Garcia, Princess, Rez Cortez, Bibeth Orteza
Votes: 367
95. The Attack (2012)
R | 102 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An Palestinian surgeon living in Tel Aviv discovers a dark secret about his wife in the aftermath of a suicide bombing.
Director: Ziad Doueiri | Stars: Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amsallem, Evgenia Dodina, Dvir Benedek
Votes: 4,559 | Gross: $1.71M
96. Imagine (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
A blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life.
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski | Stars: Edward Hogg, Alexandra Maria Lara, Melchior Derouet, Francis Frappat
Votes: 2,769
97. Black & White & Sex (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama
Angie is a prostitute, a chameleon - a butterfly. As she reveals herself, layer-by-layer, she also exposes the man who is interviewing her.
Director: John Winter | Stars: Katherine Hicks, Anya Beyersdorf, Valerie Bader, Roxane Wilson
Votes: 1,087
98. War Witch (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, War
Somewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Komona, a 14-year-old girl, tells her unborn child growing inside her the story of her life since she has been at war. Everything started when she was abducted by the rebel army at the age of 12.
Director: Kim Nguyen | Stars: Rachel Mwanza, Alain Lino Mic Eli Bastien, Serge Kanyinda, Ralph Prosper
Votes: 7,567 | Gross: $0.07M
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99. Tango libre (2012)
98 min | Drama, Romance
A prison guard is attracted to a woman at his weekly tango class. They meet again when she visits her husband in the prison where he works and he is drawn into her complicated romantic life. Meanwhile the prisoners are learning the tango.
Director: Frédéric Fonteyne | Stars: François Damiens, Sergi López, Jan Hammenecker, Anne Paulicevich
Votes: 1,152
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100. My Sweet Orange Tree (2012)
99 min | Drama, Family
My Sweet Orange Tree begins with José Mauro de Vasconcelos (Caco Ciocler) receiving an edition of his finished novel. Then, the film starts to tell the story from the writer's memories, ... See full summary »
Director: Marcos Bernstein | Stars: João Guilherme, José de Abreu, Caco Ciocler, Eduardo Dascar
Votes: 1,467
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