HKIFF
List activity
982 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
75 titles
- DirectorHo-Cheung PangStarsMiriam Chin-Wah YeungShawn YueMi YangFormer lovers Jimmy and Cherie discover that getting over each other isn't as easy as they thought in this sequel to the romantic comedy Love in a Puff.
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsRalph FiennesGerard ButlerBrian CoxA banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.
- DirectorGerardo NaranjoStarsStephanie SigmanNoé HernándezIrene AzuelaAfter entering a beauty contest in Tijuana, a young woman witnesses drug-related murders and is forced to do the gang's bidding.
- DirectorJoseph CedarStarsShlomo Bar-AbaLior AshkenaziAliza RosenEliezer and Uriel Shkolnik are father and son as well as rival professors in Talmudic Studies. When both men learn that Eliezer will be lauded for his work, their complicated relationship reaches a new peak.
- DirectorYasemin SamdereliStarsVedat ErincinFahri YardimLilay HuserThe story of three generations of a Turkish immigrant family.
- DirectorTerence DaviesStarsRachel WeiszTom HiddlestonAnn MitchellThe wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot.
- DirectorSteve McQueenStarsMichael FassbenderCarey MulliganJames Badge DaleA sex addict's carefully cultivated private life falls apart after his sister arrives for an indefinite stay.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsMia WasikowskaHenry HopperRyô KaseThe story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
- DirectorCédric KlapischStarsKarin ViardGilles LelloucheAudrey LamyAfter losing her job at a local factory, a single mother enrolls in a housekeeper training program, soon landing work cleaning the Paris apartment of handsome but cocky power broker.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsMichelle WilliamsSeth RogenSarah SilvermanA happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
- DirectorGeoffrey EnthovenStarsCharlotte TimmersRoos Van VlaenderenRobrecht Vanden ThorenThree guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first sexual experience. Jozef is blind, Philip is paralyzed from the neck down and Lars is in a wheelchair with a brain tumor, but they're not going to let anything stand in their way...
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsFreida PintoRiz AhmedMita VashishtThe story of the tragic relationship between the son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner.
- DirectorMilagros MumenthalerStarsMaría CanaleMartina JuncadellaAilín SalasPortrait of everyday life of Marina, Sofia and Violeta, three sisters living in Buenos Aires his grandmother's house, the woman who raised her, after she has died.
- DirectorSantiago MitreStarsEsteban LamotheRomina PaulaRicardo FelixRoque starts University in Buenos Aires but he is not particularly interested in attending classes or working towards a degree. Instead, he dedicates his time to one of the many groups vying for control of the university, motivated less by grand political ideals than by a wish to get close to Paula, an attractive young teacher heavily involved in internal university politics.
- DirectorKarl MarkovicsStarsThomas SchubertKarin LischkaGeorg FriedrichThrough his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
- DirectorJustin KurzelStarsLucas PittawayDaniel HenshallLouise HarrisBased on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
- DirectorKieran Darcy-SmithStarsJoel EdgertonTeresa PalmerFelicity PriceTwo Australian couples, two sisters, are on vacation in Southern Cambodia. Jeremy goes missing. What happened? Were drugs involved? Secrets are slowly revealed after the 3 return to Sydney.
- DirectorNicolas ProvostStarsIssaka SawadogoStefania RoccaSerge RiaboukineThe struggles of illegal African immigrant Amadou in search for a better life in Brussels.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzStarsCamila AmadoLuisa ArraesMilton GonçalvesIn "The Silver Cliff" Violeta (Alessandra Negrini) is a married dentist in a normal working day. While listening to a message left on the cell she enters in despair. The message of her husband, Djalma (Otto Jr.), said he was leaving her and going to another city.
- DirectorGuy ÉdoinStarsPascale BussièresGabriel MailléLuc PicardOn a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive.
- DirectorJan HrebejkStarsAnna GeislerováOndrej VetchýHynek CermákThe descent from the top of the ladder to the bottom of the barrel can be swift. Sometimes just one sentence suffices to destroy everything you've built up like a house of cards. A respected doctor, beloved father, and husband (Ondrej Vetchý) faces very serious criminal charges. Overnight he exchanges his high-class address for a custodial-prison cell, a place from which proving his innocence proves difficult, especially when the opposition is being aided by a man who could be motivated by personal revenge. It's said that the truth always prevails over lies and hatred in the end, but that doesn't necessary guarantee victory.
- StarsStefan KurtJacob MatschenzLuna Zimic MijovicThis Trilogy saga or Mini-Series made for TV, tells three different points of view about a little neighborhood in which a prisoner who went to visit his dying mother at a hospital, escapes and must hide in the forest while a huge police man-hunt for him is being made. First you see it from the view of young 20' something couple "love story ", then from the Police men and a specialized psychologist and finally the escaped prisoner.
- DirectorAki KaurismäkiStarsAndré WilmsBlondin MiguelJean-Pierre DarroussinWhen an African boy arrives by cargo ship in the port city of Le Havre, an aging shoe shiner takes pity on the child and welcomes him into his home.
- DirectorFrederick WisemanStarsPhilippe DecoufléNaamah AlvaPhilippe BeauA look inside Paris' Crazy Horse, a club that boasts the greatest and most chic nude dancing in the world.
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsLéo-Paul SalmainMarc BarbéUlrich MatthesA teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
- DirectorMojtaba MirtahmasbJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiIgiMrs. GheiratIt's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.
- DirectorGianni AmelioStarsMichel CrémadèsJacques GamblinMickaël BatretThe first man is an adaptation of the unfinished autobiographical novel "Le Premier Homme" by the french writer Albert Camus. It tells the story of Jacques Cormery and his childhood in Algeria.
- DirectorKaneto ShindôStarsEtsushi ToyokawaShinobu ÔtakeNaomasa MusakaToward the end of World War II, middle-aged soldier Keita is entrusted with a postcard from a comrade who is sure he will die in battle. After the war ends, Keita visits his comrade's wife Yuko and bears witness to the tragic life she has led. This year's Oscar entry from Japan finds SHINDO in top form and his 49th and reportedly last film as fresh and poignant as ever.
- DirectorMojtaba MirtahmasbJafar PanahiStarsJafar PanahiIgiMrs. GheiratIt's been months since Jafar Panahi, stuck in jail, has been awaiting a verdict by the appeals court. By depicting a day in his life, Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb try to portray the deprivations looming in contemporary Iranian cinema.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsJohannes ZeilerAnton AdasinskyIsolda DychaukA despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogRichard LopezMichael PerryConversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
- DirectorNanni MorettiStarsMichel PiccoliNanni MorettiJerzy StuhrA story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist.
- DirectorRobert GuédiguianStarsAriane AscarideJean-Pierre DarroussinGérard MeylanA union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.
- DirectorXiaoshuai WangStarsJingchun WangWenqing LiuGuo Liuxing Zhong11-year-old Wang lives with his family in a remote village in China. Life is tough, but they make the most of what little they have. When Wang is selected to lead his school's daily gymnastics, his teacher recommends that he wear a new shirt, which forces his family to make a great sacrifice. Soon after, Wang encounters a wounded man on the run and their fates are intertwined.
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsDavid DewaeleAlexandra LemâtreChristophe BonIn a village on the French Opal Coast, a drifter engages in a perplexing relationship with a young woman who has suffered abuse.
- DirectorRithy PanhStarsCyril GueïJhem ChuopSoeum ChhoeumWhen an American plane crashes in the Cambodian jungle, the pilot is taken captive by the Khmer Rouge. They instruct the kids of a village to keep an eye on the prisoner. While the younger kids gradually become friends with the stranger, the older boy called Pang has a different attitude. Since he grew up without parents, he accepted the Khmer rouge as his replacement parents and endears himself to them by betraying villagers. When Pang becomes responsible for watching the prisoner, things become worse for the pilot.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsStavros PsyllakisAris ServetalisJohnny VekrisA group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsJason PatricIsabella RosselliniUdo KierGangster and deadbeat dad Ulysses Pick embarks on an unusual journey through his home.
- DirectorBenedek FliegaufStarsKatalin ToldiGyöngyi LendvaiLajos SárkányUnknown racist murderers have already attacked four families. Some of them died. Who will be the next on this ordinary day? Inspired by a true story.
- DirectorMohammad RasoulofStarsLeila ZareFereshteh Sadre OrafaiyShahab HosseiniStory of a young lawyer in Tehran in search of a visa to leave the country, which is what Mohammad Rasoulof did during the winter of 2010/11.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsKôki MaedaOshiro MaedaRyôga HayashiTwelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
- DirectorMiguel GomesStarsTelmo ChurroMiguel GomesHortêncílio AquinaA restless retired woman teams up with her deceased neighbor's maid to seek out a man who has a secret connection to her past life as a farm owner at the foothill of Mount Tabu in Africa.
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsNadezhda MarkinaAndrey SmirnovAleksey RozinWhen a sudden illness and an unexpected reunion threaten dutiful housewife Elena's potential inheritance, she must hatch a desperate plan ...
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKaya ScodelarioJames HowsonSolomon GlaveA poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsYoo Joon-sangKim Sang-jungSong Seon-miA professor in the film department at a provincial university goes to Seoul to meet his senior, who works as a film critic, and stays in a northern Seoul village for three days.
- DirectorTodd SolondzStarsJordan GelberSelma BlairChristopher WalkenRomance blooms between two tricenarians in arrested development: an avid toy collector who is the dark horse of his family and a depressed woman on the rebound.
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsAuður Drauma BachmannÞorsteinn BachmannKristín DavíðsdóttirHannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
- DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsLola CrétonSebastian UrzendowskyMagne-Håvard BrekkeA chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan, which begins during their adolescence and picks up after Sullivan's 8-year absence from exploring the world.
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsNoémie LvovskyHafsia HerziCéline SalletteAt an elegant Parisian bordello at the dawn of the 20th century exists a cloistered world of pleasure, pain, hope, rivalries--and, most of all, slavery.
- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsZoé HéranMalonn LévanaJeanne DissonA family moves into a new neighborhood, and a 10-year-old named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsJonathan ZaccaïGolshifteh FarahaniBilley DemirtasIn Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his fiancee Siba to Paris. She's due to arrive in the next few days. The two men strike up a friendship and when Avdal dies suddenly and unexpectedly, Philippe finds himself left to organize the funeral arrangements. What should he do with the body? Siba arrives in Paris, and soon learns that Avdal has died. She is taken in by a group of Kurdish men and before long she also meets Philippe - all of whom are quite smitten by her beauty. Meanwhile, Avdal's father Cheto, a devout Muslim, comes to Paris to grieve for his son. He intends to force Siba to return to her homeland, but the young woman has now had a taste of freedom
- DirectorRoschdy ZemStarsSami BouajilaDenis PodalydèsMaurice BénichouIn the summer of 1991 an elderly woman Ghislaine Marchal is found murdered in the basement of her home with the message "Omar M'a Tuer" (Omar has kill me) written beside in her own blood. Despite a lack of forensic or DNA evidence, her Moroccan gardener Omar Raddad is found guilty and sentenced to 18 years in a French prison. Shocked by the case, and convinced of his innocence, journalist Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard moves to Nice to investigate, and uncover the truth... A powerful and gripping French crime drama depicting a remarkable true story.
- DirectorÓskar Thór AxelssonStarsThorvaldur KristjanssonJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonDamon YoungerAfter being reacquainted with a childhood friend Stebbi joins the drug trade world in order to pay off his debt. Inspired by actual events.
- DirectorEmanuele CrialeseStarsFilippo PucilloDonatella FinocchiaroGiuseppe FiorelloA Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.
- DirectorMani HaghighiStarsTaraneh AlidoostiMani HaghighiSaeed ChangizianAn Iranian couple from the city drive around a remote mountainous region. They hand out bags of money to poor villagers in return for them carrying out unusual requests the couple make of them.
- DirectorAndrea MolaioliStarsToni ServilloRemo GironeSarah FelberbaumErnesto Bolta is the accountant of LEDA, a big agribusiness. Its founder, Amanzio Rastelli, appointed several of his relations to managerial positions and the firm decided quite lightly to think internationally and now it is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta is on the watch. He uses all the tricks of his art to cook the books. But rushing headlong will not avoid the coming catastrophe...
- DirectorYûya IshiiStarsRiisa NakaAoi NakamuraRyo IshibashiNaka Riisa will play a 24-year-old woman named Mitsuko who is 9 months pregnant to an unknown father, but still puts aside her own problems to help others. Her character is described as having a deep sense of duty and humanity, traits which are getting less and less common in modern society. The hope is that Mitsuko's disposition will tug at the heartstrings of Japanese audiences much like the Tora-san character did through the Showa era. Nakamura Aoi will play Mitsuko's childhood friend, Yoichi.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsAnders Danielsen LieHans Olav BrennerIngrid OlavaOne day in the life of Anders, a young recovering drug addict, who takes a brief leave from his treatment center to interview for a job and catch up with old friends in Oslo.
- DirectorAdrian SitaruStarsBogdan DumitracheNatasa RaabMarian RâleaAlex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic character. When his mother is hospitalized with a stroke, the caring son's life gets out of track. At the hospital he finds himself in a burlesque kind of human zoo full of unexpected characters and surprising events. Trying to manage the situation in between everybody's advice, he's coming hypochondriac. While his mother seems to feel perfectly fine Alex is making his own set of mistakes - throughout with best intentions.
- DirectorAngelina NikonovaStarsOlga DykhovichnayaRoman MerinovSergey GolyudovMarina, an upper-class social worker with a doting husband and an enviable downtown apartment, is suddenly transformed into a bizarre twilight version of herself after having been raped by three policemen.
- DirectorMartin SulíkStarsPeter CizmarBeáta DubielováMiroslav GulyasGypsy tells the story of Adam, a boy who, after his father dies, tries to cross the boundary of his Roma shantytown and to improve the lives of his brothers and sisters. He encounters racial, social and cultural prejudices and comes into conflict with the unwritten laws of his own community. Circumstances turn against him and his situation drives him to commit a tragic act: murder.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsAnas AbdirahmanSebastian BlyckertYannick DiakitéAn astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, Sweden, a group of boys, aged 12-14, robbed other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. The thieves used an elaborate scheme called the 'little brother number' or 'brother trick', involving advanced role-play and gang rhetoric rather than physical violence.
- DirectorAvie LuthraStarsSihle DlaminiJayashree BasavarajJames NgcoboA 10-year-old South African orphan leaves his Zulu village to make his own life in the city... only to find no one will help him, except a formidable Indian woman.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsLéa SeydouxKacey Mottet KleinMartin CompstonA drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
- DirectorSally El HosainiStarsJames Krishna FloydElarica JohnsonFady ElsayedTwo teenage brothers must face their own prejudices head on if they are to survive the perils of being Egyptians growing up on the streets of gangland London.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsNopachai ChaiyanamSirin HorwangChanokporn SayoungkulA cop who becomes a hitman for a group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law finds his world turned upside down by a single a devastating blow.
- DirectorRodrigo PláStarsEmilia DíazErnesto LiottiJorge TemponiA middle-aged, single mother of three cares for her eighty year old father, and they are pushed to the breaking point.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsRobert WieckiewiczBenno FürmannAgnieszka GrochowskaA dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.
- DirectorLech MajewskiStarsRutger HauerMichael YorkCharlotte RamplingThis movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
- DirectorAntoni KrauzeStarsPiotr AndruszkiewiczJustyna BartoszewiczMagdalena BochanAntoni Krauze reminds one of the darkest history of the cards with PRL. Spectacular reconstruction of the dramatic events in Gdynia, ended a brutal pacification of demonstrators by troops and militia in 1970.
- DirectorGreg ZglinskiStarsRobert WieckiewiczLukasz SimlatGabriela MuskalaAlfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsMarcin DorocinskiAgata KuleszaMalwina BussRose, a German widow, hides from Russian soldiers who like to rape women and fights off Polish refugees who will steal everything she has. She gets help when Tadeusz, a former Polish officer, arrives looking to hide from his past.
- DirectorBartosz KonopkaStarsMarcin DorocinskiKrzysztof StroinskiMagdalena PoplawskaFather-to-be Marcin reaches out to his estranged schizophrenic father in search for love and understanding.
- DirectorTomasz LesniakJakub TarkowskiWojtek WawszczykStarsBorys SzycMaria PeszekMaciej MalenczukA compilation of many of the stories from the 'George the Hedgehog' comics sees two Nazi scientists create a clone of George in an attempt to defeat him.