BIFFes '18
My picks for Bengaluru International Film Festival, 2018.
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- DirectorZiad DoueiriStarsAdel KaramKamel El BashaCamille SalamehAfter an emotional exchange between a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee escalates, the men end up in a court case that gets national attention.23-02 | 5:15 PM | Screen 7
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01-03 | 5:30 PM | Screen 10 - DirectorAmichai GreenbergStarsOri PfefferRivka GurHagit DasbergYoel, a meticulous historian leading a significant debate against holocaust deniers, discovers that his mother carries a false identity. A mystery about a man who is willing to risk everything to discover the truth.23-02 | 8:00 PM | Screen 8
27-02 | 5:00 PM | Screen 4 - DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsAlexandra BorbélyGéza MorcsányiRéka TenkiWhen slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.24-02 | 5:15 PM | Screen 7
26-02 | 5:10 PM | Screen 10 - DirectorErnesto ContrerasStarsFernando Álvarez RebeilJosé Manuel PoncelisEligio MeléndezWhen a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.25-02 | 7:40 PM | Screen 8
28-02| 8:15 PM | Screen 8 - DirectorNick Baker-MonteysStarsJürgen ProchnowPetra Schmidt-SchallerTambet TuiskA former German Army officer, accompanied by his granddaughter, journeys to the Ukraine to find the woman he once loved.24-02 | 11:30 AM | Screen 6
- DirectorKantemir BalagovStarsDarya ZhovnerAtrem CipinNazir ZhukovIn the late-1990s squalid town of Nalchik, a poor young Jewish couple is kidnapped and a grievous ransom is demanded, as bitter resentments and cruel dilemmas come to light, magnifying the small community's grave predicament.24-02 | 7:30 PM | Screen 11
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01-03 | 2:30 PM | Screen 10 - DirectorGjorce StavreskiStarsBlagoj VeselinovAnastas TanovskiAksel MehmetAn underpaid train mechanic gives his father a cake made of stolen marijuana to relieve his cancer pain, but he is cornered by the criminals who are searching for their drugs and the nosy neighbors who want a recipe for the "healing" cake.24-02 | 9:30 AM | Screen 4
28-02 | 9:30 AM | Screen 8 - DirectorSebastián LelioStarsDaniela VegaFrancisco ReyesLuis GneccoMarina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.24-02 | 5:00 PM | Screen 4
27-02 | 5:00 PM | Screen 5 - DirectorAnnemarie JacirStarsMohammad BakriSaleh BakriTarik KoptyA father and his estranged son must come together to hand deliver his daughter's wedding invitations to each guest as per local Palestinian custom, in this rousing family drama from Annemarie Jacir (When I Saw You).26-02 | 6:00 PM | Screen 4
28-02 | 2:30 PM | Screen 7 - DirectorAitor ArregiJon GarañoStarsJoseba UsabiagaEneko SagardoyIñigo AranburuA story about the world's tallest man, this is an unsettling Basque-language period drama focused on sibling rivalry.
- DirectorJoachim TrierStarsEili HarboeKaya WilkinsHenrik RafaelsenA confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.26-02 | 12:00 PM | Screen 5
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01-03 | 3:20 PM | Screen 2 - DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaKoji YakushoSuzu HiroseA courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.24-02 | 7:20 PM | Screen 4
- DirectorAndrey ZvyagintsevStarsMaryana SpivakAleksey RozinMatvey NovikovA couple going through a divorce must team up to find their son who has disappeared during one of their bitter arguments.23-02 | 5:30 PM | Screen 10
- DirectorLaura Mora OrtegaStarsNatasha JaramilloGiovanny RodríguezCarmenza CossioAfter the murder of her father, a young art student Paula searches for the contracted killer who carried out the crime, a young man named Jesús.24-02 | 6:40 PM | Screen 6
01-03 | 8:00 PM | Screen 11 - DirectorStephan KomandarevStarsHaralan AlexandrovDimitar BanenkinVasil BanovMultiple stories of taxi drivers while they work one night.24-02 | 5:45 PM | Screen 8
01-03 | 7:00 PM | Screen 6 - DirectorSahim Omar KalifaStarsMaaike NeuvilleFeyyaz DumanHalima IlterHavin, the young wife of Kurdish shepherd Zagros, is being accused of adultery. She flees with their daughter Rayhan from Kurdistan to Brussels. Zagros is convinced of her innocence, leaves his family to start a new life.23-02 | 8:00 PM | Screen 4
- DirectorSebastián CorderoStarsDaniel Adum GilbertVictor ArauzDiego CatañoEverything begins with a stray bullet... And a wealthy young man trying to evict 250 families who are squatting on the land he inherited from his father. The leader of the squatter settlement is ready to negotiate, knowing that an eviction will not happen without blood. Suspecting a betrayal, the dwellers voice their concern. SIN MUERTOS NO HAY CARNAVAL portrays the city of Guayaquil through all its social strata, full of latent tensions that can only be resolved through violence. SIN MUERTOS NO HAY CARNAVAL (2016) is Sebastián Cordero's sixth feature film. It's an Ecuadorian-Mexican- German co-production, entirely shot on location in Guayaquil, Ecuador.24-02 | 7:45 PM | Screen 7
- DirectorDiego LermanStarsBárbara LennieDaniel AráozClaudio TolcachirA woman flies from Buenos Aires to be present for the birth of the child she has arranged to adopt. When the child is born, she is confronted with a demand from the biological mother's family for $10,000 and an adoption process confounded with moral and legal ambiguity.24-02 | 8:20 PM | Screen 6
28-02 | 12:00 PM | Screen 7 - DirectorXavier LegrandStarsLéa DruckerDenis MénochetThomas GioriaA broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.23-02 | 6:20 PM | Screen 6
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01-03 | 5:00 PM | Screen 6 - DirectorMichael MatthewsStarsVuyo DabulaZethu Dlomo-MphahleleHamilton DlaminiLives change forever when Tau, the young lion, kills two corrupt policemen in a South African shanty town.24-02 | 9:30 AM | Screen 10
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsNakhaneBongile MantsaiNiza JayXolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.23-02 | 4:00 PM | Screen 4
01-03 | 7:50 PM | Screen 9 - DirectorKim NguyenStarsJoe ColeLina El ArabiBrent SkagfordA security robot operator in Detroit forms a connection with a young woman in North Africa who is trying to escape her engagement to a much older man.
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.