18th International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK)
Films that were screened at 18th IFFK
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- DirectorAna GuevaraLeticia JorgeStarsNéstor GuzziniMalú ChouzaJoaquín CastiglioniAlberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Things don't turn out as planned as the non-stop rain forces them to stay indoors, away from the pools and with no TV. Alberto's efforts to entertain his children are met with indifference by Federico, his youngest son, and Lucía, his teenage daughter.
- DirectorLaura AstorgaStarsValeria ConejoAura DinarteCarol SanabriaFamily is no longer a safe place to grow up.
- DirectorLonesome SoloStarsAbdoul-Karim KonateMohamed BambaMamadou DiomandéAfter his father died, Tony was pulled out of school by his mother; and when she passed away, he made his way by selling cigarettes on Princess Street, famous in Abidjan for its exciting nightlife. Now 21 years old, Tony is bitterly convinced that his future has been sacrificed, and is desperate for a way out of the ghetto.
- DirectorHiroshi TodaA cinema projectionist , Akio(aged 70) happens to meet his old classmate, Susumu, for the first time in 20 years. To renew their friendships, they go to the bar Susumu has known very well. At the bar, they are recommended by the lady that they should go to the 'rejuvenating' hot spring called 'Waka -no-yu.' They immediately get interested in her recommendation and decide to go to that place. Now they are driving into the forest, in the expectation that they can get back their youth again...
- DirectorKen LoachStarsEileen ThompsonJulian Tudor HartDai WaltersA documentary on how the spirit of unity, which buoyed Britain during the war years, carried through to create a vision of a fairer, united society.
- DirectorMira FornayStarsIrena BendováPatrik CzanikLadislav DirdaIn the absence of a true family, a young skinhead lets his life revolve around his cherished pit bull dog.
- DirectorMostofa Sarwar FarookiStarsShahir Huda RumiChanchal ChowdhuryNusrat Imrose TishaAs a leader of the local community, Chairman Amin bans every kind of image in his water-locked village in rural Bangladesh. He even goes on to claim that imagination is also sinful since it gives one the license to infiltrate into any prohibited territory. But change is a desperate wind that is difficult to resist by shutting the window. The tension between this traditional window and modern wind grows to such an extent that it starts to leave a ripple effect on the lives of a group of typically colorful, eccentric, and emotional people living in that village. But at the very end of the film, Television, which he hated so much, comes to the rescue and helps Chairman Amin reach a transcendental state where he and his God are unified. A new twist to the story makes him embrace IMAGE and IMAGINATION
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsPierce BrosnanTrine DyrholmMolly Blixt EgelindA hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.
- DirectorHarun FarockiStarsUlrike GroteHarun FarockiDocumentary examines the 'blind spot' of the evaluators of aerial footage of the IG Farben industrial plant taken by the Americans in 1944.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsMaruschka DetmersFederico PitzalisAnita LaurenziA sizzling, erotic thriller about a triangle between a teenage boy, an older woman an her fiance, an imprisoned terrorist, set in a world of intrigue, betrayal and erotic pleasure, from which may be no escape.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsRyo IshibashiEihi ShiinaTetsu SawakiA widower takes an offer to screen girls at a special audition, arranged for him by a friend to find him a new wife. The one he fancies is not who she appears to be after all.
- DirectorJean RenoirStarsJean-Pierre CasselClaude BrasseurO.E. HasseAn upper-class corporal from Paris is captured by the Germans when they invade France in 1940. Assisted and accompanied by characters as diverse as a morose dairy farmer, a waiter, a myopic intellectual, a working-class Parisian, and a German dental assistant, the corporal tries to escape from prison camps, sometimes making it a few yards, sometimes reaching the French border.
- DirectorSantiago LozaStarsLisandro RodríguezEugenia AlonsoFidelia Batallanos MichelLiso, an upper middle class young man, has just finished a stay at a psychiatric institute. He goes to live at his parent's house where he is treated as if he were a child. He begins a relationship of mutual complicity with Sonia, the Bolivian maid, who takes care of him and protects him. Liso tries to recapture old loves but he is unable to pull his life together. Everything seems to be broken. The only things that seems to keep him going is his relationship with Sonia and the time he spends with his grandmother.
- DirectorEmir BaigazinStarsTimur AidarbekovAslan AnarbayevMukhtar AndassovLonely Kazakh teenager Aslan is bullied at his new school. He prepares himself for a bloody revenge on the school bully Bolat.
- DirectorBoaz DebbySimon DolenskyTomás KratochvílStarsAkbar KurthaStefan LampadiusNili TserruyaThursday morning. Zagreb, Jerusalem, London, Cologne, Prague. Five people. Getting up. Going to work. In five cities-hives, like bees. Looking for the sweeter life then the one they are living now.
- DirectorLucía PuenzoStarsAlex BrendemühlDiego PerettiGuillermo PfeningThe story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.
- DirectorPedro CostaManoel de OliveiraVíctor EriceStarsJudite AraujoMaria Fatima Braga LimaMarco CarreiraA feature film with four stories celebrating the city of Guimarães in the North of Portugal.
- DirectorJafar PanahiKambuzia PartoviStarsKambuzia PartoviMaryam MoghadamJafar PanahiIn a secluded house by the sea with the curtains shut, a screenwriter hides from the world with only his dog as company. The tranquility is abruptly broken one night by the arrival of a young woman fleeing from the authorities. Refusing to leave, she takes refuge in the house. But come dawn, another unexpected presence will change everything.
- DirectorNana EkvtimishviliSimon GroßStarsLika BabluaniMariam BokeriaZurab GogaladzeSet in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi in 1992. Friends Eka and Natia look to leave childhood behind as they ignore societal customs and work to escape their turbulent family lives.
- DirectorFernando EimbckeStarsDiego CatañoHector HerreraDaniela ValentineA story of a teenager and the strange events that take place in his small town.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsGeraldine ChaplinJosé Luis López VázquezAlfredo MayoJulian, content, meets friend Pablo's fiancée Elena. Obsessed with free-spirited Elena who rejects him. Pursues meek nurse Ana, tries molding her like Elena.
- DirectorMiguel FerrariStarsGuillermo GarciaIgnacio MontesHilda AbrahamzFashion photographer, Diego suddenly needs to care for the teenage son he's not seen in years just as his boyfriend is put in a coma from a brutal assault. Father and son must grow to understand each others' worlds to face other problems.
- DirectorJoshua OppenheimerAnonymousChristine CynnStarsAnwar CongoHerman KotoSyamsul ArifinA documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsVincent LindonChiara MastroianniJulie BatailleMarco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy - though he is ill-prepared for her secrets as they quickly muddy the waters.