Haifa Film Festival 2013
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- DirectorAri FolmanStarsRobin WrightHarvey KeitelJon HammAn aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
- DirectorGideon BachmannStarsFederico FelliniGideon BachmannMax BornA behind-the-scenes documentary about the filming of the Federico Fellini film, "Satyricon."
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
- DirectorGracia QuerejetaStarsTito ValverdeMaribel VerdúArón PiperMargo is struggling to deal with her son, Jon a rebellious and free-spirited teenager who runs with a bad crowd.
- DirectorValeria Bruni TedeschiStarsValeria Bruni TedeschiLouis GarrelFilippo TimiA family is forced to sell their Italian home.
- DirectorTobias LindholmStarsPilou AsbækSøren MallingDar SalimThe crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen.
- DirectorIlmar RaagStarsJeanne MoreauLaine MägiPatrick PineauAnne leaves Estonia to come to Paris and care for Frida, an elderly Estonian lady who emigrated to France long ago. Anne soon realizes that she is not wanted. All Frida wants from life is the attention of Stephane, her younger lover from years ago. Stephane, however, is desperate for Anne to stay and look after Frida, even against the old lady's will. In this conflict of strangers, Anne finds her own way...
- DirectorMark CousinsStarsMark CousinsBenLauraA Story of Children and Film is the world's first movie about kids in global cinema. It's passionate, poetic, portrait of the adventure of childhood: its surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and stroppiness: as seen through 53 great films from 25 countries. A story of children and film is an eye opener, a landmark film and a celebration of both childhood and the movies.
- DirectorRaphaël NadjariStarsOri PfefferMoni MoshonovMichaela EshetSaul, fortyish, a melancholic dreamer, decides to visit his father whom he hasn't seen in five years, and whom he blames for all his ills. He discovers a possible new life...
- DirectorRichard CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonRachel McAdamsBill NighyAt the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
- DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsMarcel OphülsWoody AllenElliott ErwittSecond-generation filmmaker Marcel Ophüls chronicles his extraordinary life.
- DirectorClaudio GiovannesiStarsNader SarhanStefano RabattiBrigitte ApruzzesiStefano and Nader, two teenagers, share their time between a robbery at the supermarket and the mornings at the disco, but their friendship is destined to crack.
- DirectorYasujirô OzuStarsChishû RyûShima IwashitaKeiji SadaAn aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsYuval ScharfYussuf Abu-WardaSarah AdlerA story about the life of Sagi Dash, a legendery guitar player.
- DirectorLyubov ArkusThe 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.
- DirectorLaurent BoileauJung HeninStarsMaxym AnciauxMahé ColletChristelle CornilComic-book artist Jung returns to Seoul for the first time since he was abandoned at the age of 5.
- DirectorHisham ZamanStarsAbdullah TaherSuzan IlirBahar OzenA sixteen-year-old boy gets wrapped in plastic, and lowered into a tank truck full of crude oil. That's how Hisham Zaman's long awaited feature film debut begins.
- DirectorKarzan KaderStarsZamand TahaSarwar FazilDiya MariwanThe story is about two brothers want to travel to america and the adventures that they face in the journey.
- DirectorYuval AdlerStarsTsahi HaleviShadi Mar'iHitham OmariTells the story of the complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.
- DirectorJeremy SaulnierStarsMacon BlairDevin RatrayAmy HargreavesA mysterious outsider's quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.
- DirectorAlex van WarmerdamStarsJan BijvoetHadewych MinisJeroen PercevalA vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
- DirectorMarion VernouxStarsFanny ArdantLaurent LafittePatrick ChesnaisCaroline has retired and realizes that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood's senior club - Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge.
- DirectorAmikam KovnerStarsOshri CohenLana EttingerDanny IsserlesDuring the Second Lebanon War, Motti and Keren, a young orthodox couple from the North of Israel, looks for a place to stay to escape the bombings and stress of their hometown near the border. They end up at the heart of suburbia, in Tel Aviv, at the bourgeois apartment Yali and Boaz. The spacious apartment suddenly seems crowded and small when tensions between the couples begin to mount. The situation is further complicated as Keren's obvious pregnancy adds to the pain of Boaz and Yali, who cannot have children of their own. The shifting relationships between the four serve to examine the tensions and complexities of Israeli society today.
- DirectorSatyajit RayStarsSoumitra ChatterjeeMadhavi MukherjeeShailen MukherjeeThe lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
- DirectorCãlin Peter NetzerStarsLuminita GheorghiuBogdan DumitracheNatasa RaabAfter the terrible news of a fatal car accident involving her son, a desperate mother will do anything in her power to set her child free.
- DirectorBostjan HladnikStarsDusa PockajMiha BalohRado NakrstPeter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time, half heartedly continuing with his habitual girlfriend, Marusa , who is considerably older, a fact that Peter is quick to point out. As an ageing actress, struggling for parts in her local theatre, she oozes insecurity and breathes uncertainty. Together, they spend their time in the local restaurant, smoking, drinking and trading verbal blows. "I bet you'll just end up a drunk," she tells Peter each time. Peter just grins and tells her how old she looks. Compounded by a thankless director who soon shows her the door, Marusa finds her identity being squeezed harder and harder against the wall. To escape, Peter and Marusa dream...
- DirectorBarbara Sarasola-DayStarsLuis ZiembrowskiAlejandro BuitragoMaría UcedoOn a tobacco plantation, Ernesto and Helena, who have been married for several years, receive a visit from Joaquín, her cousin, who has just come out of rehabilitation and creates a love triangle situation.
- DirectorHenry Alex RubinStarsJason BatemanJonah BoboHaley RammA drama centered on a group of people searching for human connections in today's wired world.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsToni ServilloIsabelle HuppertAlba RohrwacherA mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.
- DirectorDaniel Vega VidalDiego Vega VidalStarsFernando BacilioLidia RodríguezJuan Luis MaldonadoSomeone is out to get Constantino Zegarra. At least that's what Constantino Zegarra believes - and he has his reasons. His car window is smashed, he receives a career-killing demotion, and then, while driving at night, he's hit in the neck by what appears to have been a stray bullet. Or was it? Constantino is a judge with no sympathy for sob stories and an impressive conviction rate.
- DirectorYael ReuvenyStarsYael ReuvenyEtty ReuvenyShaul ReuvenyA documentary about the outcome of a decision made by a brother and sister in 1945. One missed meeting, two families, and three generations.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsWilliam HoldenMarthe KellerHildegard KnefDown-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement only to discover the horrible truth behind her success.
- DirectorMitra FarahaniStarsBahman MohassesA documentary on provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called "Persian Picasso," whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran.
- DirectorTomasz WasilewskiStarsMateusz BanasiukMarta NieradkiewiczBartosz GelnerThe story of a young man discovering his homosexuality, while his girlfriend tries to cling onto him.
- DirectorGustavo TriviñoStarsAlejandro AwadaPablo PintoMalena SánchezDespite his size, and his solid and threatening body, Juan Benítez seems to lead a life of tolerating mistreatment from others without ever unnerving and often agreeing in silence, swallowing his grief and humiliation. His boss at the factory where he works as an operator always harasses him, abusing his small power. He's undermined by the smug kids who attend the parties where he works as a bouncer for the extra money. He gets pressured, lightly but persistently, by his wife. However, he has at least one reason to swallow his pride. Juan has a dream of opening up his own gym, for which he still needs to get some of the money. And he's doing it, when one night after one of his routine days, he witnesses a terrible episode in which he makes a decision that will suddenly place him in a deadly crossroads.
- DirectorAdam SandersonStarsHilla VidorMatan AbarbuchMatan AberbachA young housewife yearns for human contact in a small, closed-off village.
- DirectorJenny DellerStarsPerla Haney-JardineLili TaylorAmy MadiganAbandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teen conservationist becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to learn to trust each other as they leap into the unknown.
- DirectorCarolyn CavalleroStarsElizabeth RiceEric RobertsEvan WilliamsDuring the height of the social revolution, a young dancer searches for salvation when she chooses to leave paradise.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsRamsey NasrF. Murray AbrahamHendrik AertsHendrik 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.
- DirectorRebecca ZlotowskiStarsTahar RahimLéa SeydouxOlivier GourmetGary, an unskilled young man, lands a job as a decontamination sub-contractor at a nuclear power plant in the lower valley of the Rhone. Inducted into the workforce by supervisor Gilles and veteran Toni, Gary discovers that radiation contamination is not just a risk factor but an everyday hazard. At the same time, he begins an illicit affair with Karole, the fiancée of Toni.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
- DirectorMahamat-Saleh HarounStarsSouleymane DéméAnaïs MonoryCyril GueïDespite a paralyzed leg, Grigris, 25 year old, dreams of being a dancer. A challenge. But his dreams are dashed when his stepfather falls critically ill. To save him, Grigris resolves to work for petrol traffickers.
- DirectorXavier KollerStarsUlrich NoethenHeike MakatschJasmin TabatabaiThe summerly adventures of Kurt (Tucholsky) and girl friend staying in a Swedish castle whilst the political changes in Germany in the thirties.
- DirectorJulia von HeinzStarsKaroline SchuchDoron AmitLeah KoenigA German girl travels to Israel to help people with disabilities, where she learns a lot about the role of her grandparents in WWII and meets a man who wants to move to Berlin.
- DirectorYolande MoreauStarsPippo DelbonoMiss MingJackie BerroyerWhen restaurant owner Henri's beloved wife Rita tragically passes away, he finds his complacent life turned upside down. Adrift without the wife who kept the business running, Henri cannot cope with the tragedy, until a young woman named Rosette comes along to show him a new outlook on life.
- DirectorValeria GolinoStarsJasmine TrincaCarlo CecchiLibero De RienzoIrene, nicknamed 'Honey', has devoted herself to the practice of assisting people who are looking for help; she tries to alleviate their suffering, even when they make extreme decisions. One day she must cope with Grimaldi and his invisible malaise.
- DirectorJan HrebejkStarsAnna GeislerováStanislav MajerJirí CernýIt should have been the best day of her life, but then a strange guest with a stranger claim entered the marriage merriment. About the shadows which catch up with each of us.
- DirectorEva NeymannStarsNikolas AdamidisValeriy BasselVitalina BiblivA 8-year-old boy is travelling with his mother towards his grandfather, but their journey is stopped when the young woman dies of typhus in an unknown town, just as poor and in ruins as any other on the way. However, the boy is determined to go on. Eva Neymann's film is a visual journey into a country covered in snow and left poor by war. This is a place of beautiful, deserted landscapes and people overcome by both need and greed. The tranquil black-and-white images created by Lithuanian cameraman Rimmvydas Leipus masterfully evoke the atmosphere of the Second World War's penultimate year in the Soviet Union. The picture was based on motifs drawn from the autobiographical story of the same name by writer and screenwriter Friedrich Gorenstein, who also penned the script for Tarkovsky's Solaris.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsTommaso LazottiMaurizio De SantisGiacomo LazottiAn exciting and visionary portrait of the master filmmaker Federico Fellini, based on the memories and the feelings of his great friend director Ettore Scola.
- DirectorPaul BoundsJennifer DawnPaige McCauleyStarsPascha HannerHarvey JohnsonDeborah CramerThis is a film about America, what people think is wrong with America today, how we as a people can help each other in these current socioeconomic and political times, and if they feel that God needs to bless America again. If so, why and how can God do that, and what the people feel is a needed solution to our current situation in our country today. This is a 'Peoples' voice, set with interviews, bands, musicians, and words and point of views through song and original videos that portray their message.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsEngin GünaydinSerhat TutumluerNihal YalçinA man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Undergroud", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find himself disgusted.
- DirectorReha ErdemStarsDeniz HasgülerOnur ÜnsalYildirim SimsekJin, a guerrilla, lives in a cave and decides to escape from the organization. She finds some civilian clothes and goes down from the mountain to the city. However, the city is no safer than the mountain.
- DirectorXavier KollerStarsNecmettin ÇobanogluNur SürerEmin SivasThe story of a poor Turkish family who try to emigrate illegally to Switzerland.
- DirectorHaofeng XuStarsYang SongChenghui YuChengyuan LiThe spear signifies political power, the arrow personal ambition. What happens when the two collide?
- DirectorRachid BoucharebStarsSienna MillerGolshifteh FarahaniBahar SoomekhTwo women get on the highway heading to Santa Fe. Marilyn dreams of winning a contest held by a famous belly dancing company, while her friend, Mona, has a secret: she's a fugitive from justice - accused of her mother-in-law's death.
- DirectorJérôme BonnellStarsEmmanuelle DevosGabriel ByrneGilles PrivatA French actress meets a foreigner who awakens something deep within her.
- DirectorEmmanuel NaccacheStarsTomer SisleyLionel AbelanskiKev AdamsA surprising and twisted spy comedy about the Mossad's attempts to find out who killed Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh.
- DirectorAmos GitaiStarsLiron LevoTomer RussoUri KlauznerWhen the Yom Kippur War breaks out, two Israeli soldiers find themselves unable to locate their unit. Eager to take part in the war effort, they join an airborne medical evacuation unit.
- DirectorDaisuke ShimoteStarsDaisuke IijimaHikari KajiwaraAiri KidoThree young people in Tokyo. Kuro is a girl working a part-time job at a bakery. Eito is a photographer. Gou is a theater director. These three individuals meet by coincidence and, as a means to escape reality, begin living together at a deserted inn near the sea.
- DirectorYossi AviramStarsNiels ArestrupLior AshkenaziGuy MarchandAn israeli man, who recently broke up with his girlfriend, gets to Paris and starts to follow a soon-to-be retired detective for a mysterious reason.
- DirectorPia MaraisStarsRayna CampbellAugust DiehlRapule HendricksLayla Fourie, a young single-mother in South Africa, receives a job assignment as polygraphist. In the constant presence of mistrust, lies and fear Layla soon becomes a suspect herself.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsGabriel ArcandGilles RenaudLucie LaurierWhen his grown daughter returns to the family farm in desperate need of money, solitary and stoic Gaby will be asked to sacrifice everything for those closest to him. WINNER - Cannes Film Festival
- DirectorJános SzászStarsLászló GyémántAndrás GyémántPiroska MolnárTwin siblings enduring the harshness of WWII in a village on the Hungarian border hedge their survival on studying and learning from the evil surrounding them.
- DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsDefne HalmanHakan ÇimenserGizem AkmanEla and Can seemingly have it all. Yet in this affluent section of Istanbul, love turns to suspicion, success delivers only material comfort and truth keeps playing hide-and-seek.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsMasaharu FukuyamaMachiko OnoYôko MakiRyota is a successful workaholic businessman. When he learns that his biological son was switched with another boy after birth, he faces the difficult decision to choose his true son or the boy he and his wife have raised as their own.
- DirectorDheeraj AkolkarStarsLiv UllmannIngmar BergmanSamuel FrölerThe 42 year long relationship between legendary actress Liv Ullmann and master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman.
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsKeith AllenMichael GambonSteve JonesLondon: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
- DirectorSlawomir FabickiStarsMarcin DorocinskiJulia KijowskaAdam WoronowiczThe 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.
- DirectorSebastián SilvaStarsMichael CeraJuno TempleEmily BrowningA naive young tourist's road trip across Chile with friends turns into a waking nightmare.
- DirectorGuy NattivErez TadmorStarsAriane LabedMakram KhouryVangelis MourikisAn elderly Greek man and his Hassidic rapper son embark on a journey with absurd encounters, which ultimately leads them to a final confrontation of father and son.
- DirectorYves MontmayeurStarsMichael HanekeJean-Louis TrintignantYves MontmayeurMichael Haneke, theorists of the image that knows better than any other the dregs of our society with their existential fears and emotional derail ment to bring to light - a portrait.
- DirectorArnaud des PallièresStarsMads MikkelsenMélusine MayanceDelphine ChuillotIn the 16th century in the Cévennes, a horse dealer by the name of Michael Kohlhaas leads a happy family life. When a lord treats him unjustly, he raises an army and puts the country to fire and sword in order to have his rights restored.
- DirectorJuraj LehotskyStarsMichaela BendulováKatarína FeldekováEla LehotskáThe story of a fifteen-year old girl who finds herself referred to a re-education centre as a result of her love affair. She is desperate to love but this is denied her. Despite all the restrictions imposed on her, she is determined to live her life to the full.
- DirectorJem CohenStarsMary Margaret O'HaraBobby SommerEla PiplitsWhen a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads that sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways in which works of art reflect and shape the world.
- DirectorHiner SaleemStarsKorkmaz ArslanGolshifteh FarahaniSuat UstaBaran, a Kurdish independence war hero, is now sheriff in Erbil, the capital city. No longer feeling useful in this society now at peace, he thinks about quitting the police force, but instead agrees to be stationed in a small valley, at the very borders of Iran, Turkey, and Iraq. It is a lawless territory, right at the heart of illegal drug, medication and alcohol trafficking. Having arrived in the small village, he refuses to bow down to Aga Azzi, the seriously corrupt tribal chief and absolute ruler of the area. Baran meets Govend, the village school teacher, who is also rejected by the villagers. Like Baran, she represents another law, that of the young and autonomous Kurdish state. Govend is all the more vulnerable as she is not a married woman.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsAna Rita GurgelCaio AlmeidaMaeve JinkingsThe lives of the residents of a Brazilian apartment building and the security guards who get the job guarding the surrounding streets.
- DirectorDeniz Akcay KatiksizStarsAhu TürkpençeLale BasarSavas Alp BasarThe story of four people who cannot manage to become a family again after a loss and who destroy themselves with each passing day.
- DirectorLav DiazStarsSid LuceroAngeli BayaniArchie AlemaniaAn embittered law student commits a brutal double murder; a family man takes the fall and is forced into a harsh prison sentence; a mother and her two children wander the countryside looking for some kind of redemption.
- DirectorTal ShefiA personal documentary about the filmmaker and her daughter, Kaya, a half Nepalese-Half Israeli girl who grows up in Goa.
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsAndi VasluianuMonica BarladeanuDorel VisanThe story of one man who tries to save his car factory
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsTilda SwintonTom HiddlestonMia WasikowskaA depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
- DirectorHanna Azoulay HasfariStarsRita ShukrunEsti YerushalmiHanna Azoulay HasfariGrandma Zohara occupies a special role within the Moroccan community within Israel. By cradling an object brought to her by her clients, Grandma Zohara gains access to the family's past through her dreams. This allows her to advise families on future decisions. Lately, however, Grandma Zohara is tiring and begins searching for someone to take over this role. She discovers that the only other person endowed with the power of dreaming is her daughter, Simone, who has different plans for her future. With support of Simone's sister, Fanny, who arrives unexpectedly from Paris, Simon gathers the strength to resist her mother's pressure and to pursue her own desire. Together the sisters wage battle for Simone's independence and creativity.
- DirectorJoanna Kos-KrauzeKrzysztof KrauzeStarsJowita BudnikZbigniew WalerysAntoni PawlickiThe rise and fall of the most distinguished Polish-Gypsy poetess Bronislawa Wajs, widely known as Papusza, and her relationship with her discoverer, writer Jerzy Ficowski.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsMaria HofstätterNabil SalehRené RupnikA single woman in her 50s devotes her vacations to doing Catholic missionary work in Vienna, descending into violent self-punishment as part of her faith.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsMelanie LenzVerena LehbauerJoseph LorenzThe final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the camp director, a doctor forty years her senior. As the doctor struggles with the guilty nature of his desire, Melanie had imagined her paradise differently.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsMargarete TieselPeter KazunguInge MauxTeresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsRachel McAdamsNoomi RapaceKaroline HerfurthThe rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
- DirectorHeinz EmigholzThe brothers Perret built many structures across France and Algeria. Their architecture has stood the test of time to be explored by the modern filmmaker.
- DirectorAlain ResnaisStarsDirk BogardeEllen BurstynJohn GielgudA dying writer bases his last book on his own perception of his family.
- DirectorGerard-Jan ClaesOlivia RochetteAnne Teresa De KeersmaekerStarsAnne Teresa De KeersmaekerLéonore BaulacJakub TruszkowskiOn 25th May 2011 the world renowned Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris presented Rain, its first ever performance of a choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker. The filmmakers Olivia Rochette and Gerard-Jan Claes followed the rehearsal process from the auditions to the opening performance. The documentary focuses on how De Keersmaeker and the Rosas dancers convey the dance idiom of the choreographer to the classically trained ballet dancers. The rigidity of ballet gives way to another kind of severity, namely the mathematical pattern of Rain, which, however, conceals a powerful emotional layering. A poetic documentary about searching, looking and hesitating within the walls of the opera.
- DirectorBruno BarretoStarsGlória PiresMiranda OttoTracy MiddendorfA chronicle of the tragic love affair between American poet Elizabeth Bishop and Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares.
- DirectorSteph GreenStarsMaxine PeakeEdward MacLiamWill ForteAn American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.
- DirectorFred C. NewmeyerSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisBill StrotherA boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
- DirectorShane SalernoStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanEdward NortonJudd ApatowAn unprecedented look inside the private world of J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye.
- DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsSaleh BakriLuigi Lo CascioSara SerraioccoSalvo is a body guard and hit man for a mafioso. After foiling an attack on his employer, Salvo hunts down the man who organised it and encounters the man's blind sister. She causes Salvo to question himself and his existence.
- DirectorJames TobackStarsJames TobackAlec BaldwinJessica ChastainAn exploration of several interconnected subjects: The Cannes Film Festival, cinema art, money, glamor and death.
- DirectorScott GrahamStarsChloe PirrieMichael SmileyJoseph MawleThe story of Shell, a girl who lives with her father Pete in a remote gas station in the Scottish Highlands, in their struggle against the elements and the impossible love they feel during the last winter that she will be in that place.
- DirectorAntonio CamposStarsBrady CorbetMati DiopLila SaletA recent college graduate flees to Paris after a break-up, where his involvement with a prostitute begins to reveal a potentially dark recent past.
- DirectorChris TeerinkSol LeWitt, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, changed art forever.
- DirectorRoberto MinerviniStarsSara CarlsonColby TrichellTim CarlsonSara, a girl being home-schooled on a goat farm alongside her 11 siblings, finds her devout values challenged after she meets Colby, an amateur bull rider.