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Ever imagined what life would be like if humans were apes in modern life? That is the portrayal in this deeply thought provoking mind boggle.Read More »
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Steve Oram – Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
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Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit – Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013)
2011-2020ArthouseExperimentalNawapol ThamrongrattanaritThailandfrom Pan Asian Film Festival 2014
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Portraying a character struggling to make sense of her life as it threatens to spin out of control, Nawapol’s brilliant second film creates an inventive narrative of an uncontrollable life through a brilliantly modern artistic concept: to adapt a Twitter stream into a fictional film.The director used 410 real Tweets from an anonymous girl as a springboard to create a fantasy world of a contemporary Asian teenager, and the results are funny and strange, a conflation of modern Thai teenage life, Wes Anderson-esque humour, and the possibilities for escape offered by the digital world.Read More »
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Tobias Lindholm – Krigen AKA A War (2015)
Drama2011-2020DenmarkTobias LindholmWarQuote:
Company commander Claus M. Pedersen (Pilou Asbæk) and his men are stationed in an Afghan province. Meanwhile back in Denmark Claus’ wife Maria (Tuva Novotny) is trying to hold everyday life together with a husband at war and three children missing their father. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy crossfire and in order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences for him – and his family back home.Read More » -
Stig Björkman – Jag är Ingrid AKA Ingrid Bergman, In Her Own Words (2015)
2011-2020DocumentaryStig BjörkmanSwedenA documentary on Ingrid Bergman, told through entries from her own private diary, letters and home movies. In her own words.
And some interviews.Read More »
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Ross Partridge – Lamb (2015)
2011-2020DramaRoss PartridgeUSAQuote:
When a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.Read More » -
Rufus Norris – London Road (2015)
2011-2020AdventureMusicalRufus NorrisUnited Kingdom
London Road documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of five women. The residents of London Road had struggled for years with frequent soliciting and kerb-crawling on their street. When a local resident was charged and then convicted of the murders, the community grappled with what it meant to be at the epicentre of this tragedy.Read More »
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Radu Jude – O umbra de nor AKA Shadow of a Cloud (2013)
2011-2020DramaRadu JudeRomaniaShort Film“My wretched life has passed like a deep sleep, like the shadow of a cloud, withering like a wildflower. And the joints of my limbs have begun to weaken, to twist and shake in my body. And my evil deeds have surpassed the countless grains of sand in the sea.” (fragment from a prayer)
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Radu Jude – Trece si prin perete AKA It Can Pass Through the Wall (2014)
2011-2020DramaRadu JudeRomaniaShort FilmAn old man tries to play backgammon with friends while babysitting his granddaughter, who’s terrified of the young suicide in their building.Read More »
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Martti Helde – Risttuules AKA In The Crosswind (2014)
2011-2020DramaEstoniaMartti Helde“Risttuules” is very emotional and tragic movie about mass deportation to Siberia based on memories of Erna. It all started 14th of June 1941 when trucks came for the innocent families with their children where they headed to train station and later by animal wagons to Siberia. “How to survive hunger, cold, humiliation, losing friends and freedom, but still keep living on, when almost all hope is lost?”Read More »








