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- 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.!!!
Jim Jarmusch
Cannes: Nominated Palme d'Or - DirectorBenedikt ErlingssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonCharlotte BøvingJohann Pall OddsonA country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.!
Official submission of Iceland to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category. - DirectorJose L CruzAku LouhimiesAdrian ManzanoStarsJessica GrabowskyEero AhoPirkka-Pekka PeteliusSingle mother name Pike who, having just been released from prison, is trying to start her news life anew. When her former boyfriend Lalli come back from abroad, it open a window into her past that Pike want to put behind her.
- DirectorMia EngbergStarsOlivier DesautelDirector Mia Engberg received a call from a man from the past, who tells her he spent several years in prison. She remembers Paris, a motorcycle, a cat, memories and things that got lost in the way.
- DirectorPirjo HonkasaloStarsJohannes BrotherusJari VirmanAnneli KarppinenA fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
- DirectorJan ForsströmStarsEmmi ParviainenLuna Leinonen BoteroYlva EkbladMarja, 25, is the single parent of 7-year-old Julian. She has a night job and the days she spends with Julia. Their lives change when they encounter an Iranian immigrant, Kamaran, who claims to be Julia's father.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsMarine VacthGéraldine PailhasFrédéric PierrotAfter losing her virginity, Isabelle takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting her clients for hotel-room trysts. Throughout, she remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes.!!!
Cannes: Nominated Palme d'Or - DirectorChristoffer BoeStarsPilou AsbækNicolas BroJesper ChristensenBased on true events, two notorious and provocative figures of modern Danish history, Spies and Glistrup, provide a radical view on liberty through money, sex and drugs.Christoffer Boe
- DirectorJoachim RønningEspen SandbergStarsPål Sverre HagenAnders BaasmoGustaf SkarsgårdIn 1947, with five loyal friends in tow, explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails a fragile balsa wood raft along an ancient path some 4,300 miles across the Pacific.
- DirectorDaniel BorgmanStarsDemos MurphyAngelina CottrellCatherine WilkinThe sensitive, bullied and lonely Adrian (10) is living with his grandmother and sick uncle. He finds a friendship with a new mysterious neighbor Nicole (10). Is she one of the abducted children that they keep talking about on TV?
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsMira BarkhammarMira GrosinLiv LeMoyneThree girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
- 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.
- DirectorMichael NoerStarsGustav Dyekjær GieseOscar Dyekjær GieseLene Maria Christensen18-year-old Caspar wants to reach the top, no matter what. He carries out small-time break-ins for Jamal, before moving on to work for big player Björn. All goes well, until Jamal's gang decide they want revenge. What starts with pushing and shoving soon escalates into armed conflict. This is a big test for Caspar: is he ruthless enough for this battle? And will he drag his younger brother into it?
- DirectorAnnette K. OlesenStarsTrine DyrholmKim BodniaKristian HalkenA reporter confronts the Danish foreign minister on TV about broken promises on ecological policies with offshore oil drilling NE of Greenland. A geophysicist/sharpshooter is angered and loose in Copenhagen.
- DirectorSara JohnsenStarsMaria BonnevieInga Berger SchouTea SandangerAs kids, Janne befriends William. After years abroad, William returns to Norway and contacts her. She spends the summer with him. She's found half dead next to two dead men in the woods. What happened?
- DirectorMarteinn ThorssonStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonMaría BirtaNanna Kristín MagnúsdóttirLeifur Sigurdarson, an unstoppable ladies man and alcoholic parliament member, is forced in rehab by his friend and boss, the Prime Minister of Iceland. But before he gets spanked in public, he invites his friends over for a gargantuan feast. During the party we get to know Leifur and the other characters in the movie as well as finding out about Leifur's, and his posse's, sordid past.Karlovy Vary
- DirectorPuttipong NakthongJean-Luc GodardPeter GreenawayStarsTiago CorreiaAkarin AkaranitimaytharattPedro AlmendraA triptych of short stereoscopic films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and Edgar Pêra.
- DirectorGuillaume GallienneStarsGuillaume GallienneAndré MarconFrançoise FabianA young man named Guillaume finds out that own personality is not such a simple thing.Cannes: C.I.C.A.E. Award, SACD Prize (Directors' Fortnight)
- 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.! Official submission of the Netherlands to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category; Cannes: nominated Palme d'Or
- StarsTatiana PauhofováJaroslava PokornáPetr StachBased on real characters and events, this drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969. Dagmar Buresová, a young female lawyer, became part of his legacy by defending Jan's family in a trial against the communist government, a regime which tried to dishonor Palach's sacrifice, a heroic action for the freedom of Czechoslovakia.Agnieszka Holland
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsMustafa NadarevicPredrag EjdusMeto JovanovskiThe story of a retired music professor, Misha Brankov, who under unusual circumstances discovers his true origins. At the place where once stood a Nazi concentration camp for Jews during World War II, a metal box filled with documents is found. It was buried by an inmate Isaac Weiss in the year 1941. The professor finds out that his real parents, the Weiss's, gave him away to their friends, the Brankovs, just before they were taken into the camp. Inside the box there is an unfinished musical score, called "When day breaks", composed by the inmate Isaac Weiss. Searching for the truth about himself and his origins, Misha discovers the little-known truth about Judenlager Semlin camp, one of the worst Nazi execution sites in the heart of contemporary Belgrade. At the same time, the professor's obsession is to complete the composition, started by his father, and to perform it on the site of the former camp... which he, after many vicissitudes, finally succeeds.The official submission of Serbia to the Best Foreign Language Film of the 85th Academy Awards 2013
- DirectorThanos AnastopoulosStarsSavina AlimaniAngelos PapadimasGiorgos Symeonidis14 years old Myrto kidnaps the son of his father's business partner whom she blames for bankrupting her father's business.
- DirectorAntoinette BeumerStarsCarice van HoutenJelka van HoutenHolly HunterDutch twin sisters travel to America to look for their long-lost mother.
- DirectorAmir ManorStarsYosef CarmonRivka GurEfrat Ben-ZurHayuta and Berl, an elderly couple, find it hard to adjust to today's Israel and to the social changes surrounding them.
- DirectorNatasha MerkulovaAlexey ChupovStarsYuri KolokolnikovYuliya AugOlesya Sudzilovskaya"Intimate Parts" is an ironic melodrama about middle-class Muscovites. Each of them has a personal secret, hidden from others - the "intimate part". The main character, a scandalous photographer Ivan, juxtaposes himself to others. He is convinced that people are born to be happy; and happiness is freedom to stay true to one's self. The real question is: how safe is it to let your inner self out?
- DirectorEmmanuelle BercotStarsCatherine DeneuveNémo SchiffmanGérard GarousteFacing a failed relationship and a struggling restaurant, a woman hits the road for a trip with her grandson.Berlin: nominated Golden Berlin Bear
- DirectorNanouk LeopoldStarsJeroen WillemsHenri GarcinWim OpbrouckA middle aged farmer, living with his old and bedridden father, tries to find truth in life.Karlovy Vary: nominated Audience Award
- DirectorBruno DumontStarsJuliette BinocheJessica ErreroRobert LeroyWinter, 1915. Confined by her family to an asylum in the South of France - where she will never sculpt again - the chronicle of Camille Claudel's reclusive life, as she waits for a visit from her brother, Paul Claudel.Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
- DirectorDaniel HoeslStarsJohanna Orsini-RosenbergChristina ReichsthalerJosef KleindienstFanni has had enough of money and Anna has had enough of pigs. Fanni leaves the city and her pearls behind, while Anna is stuck wearing muddy overalls. When they finally cross paths, they embark on a punk adventure towards Marxist liberty.Sundance: nominated Grand Jury Prize
- DirectorTom ShkolnikStarsEdward HoggElisa LasowskiNathan Stewart-JarrettEd (Edward Hogg) is at a crossroads in his life. In his early thirties, his unrewarding job in a call centre is getting more and more frustrating, while his career as a stand-up is not taking off in the way he hoped it would; in fact, he's starting to acknowledge he might not be a very good comedian. His love life begins to look promising when he meets artist Nathan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), a gorgeous younger man who quickly develops a deep affection for Ed. Yet Ed's feelings are conflicted when he recognises he is drawn to his female flatmate Elisa (Elisa Lasowski).
- 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.Berlin: Won Special Mention, Nominated Golden Berlin Bear
- DirectorCorneliu PorumboiuStarsBogdan DumitracheDiana AvramutMihaela SirbuDuring the production of his new movie, a director wants to add a scene to improve the film's narrative by emphasising the aesthetic of female nudity. Endless negotiations ensue between lunch and dinner. Can they conclude?Locarno: Nominated Golden Leopard
- 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.!
Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert.
Venice: Nominated Golden Lion - DirectorAlain GuiraudieStarsPierre DeladonchampsChristophe PaouPatrick d'AssumçaoSummertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.Cannes: won Queer Palm, Un Certain Regard - Directing Prize, nominated Un Certain Regard Award
- DirectorValeria Bruni TedeschiStarsValeria Bruni TedeschiLouis GarrelFilippo TimiA family is forced to sell their Italian home.Cannes: Nominated Palme d'Or
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsBérénice BejoTahar RahimAli MosaffaAn Iranian man deserts his French wife and her two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife's request for a divorce.!!!
Asghar Farhadi
Official submission of Iran to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.
Cannes: Won Best Actress, Won Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Nominated Palme d'Or - DirectorGilles BourdosStarsMichel BouquetChrista ThéretVincent RottiersSet on the French Riviera in the summer of 1915, Jean Renoir -- son of the Impressionist painter, Pierre-Auguste -- returns home to convalesce after being wounded in World War I. At his side is Andrée, a young woman who rejuvenates, enchants, and inspires both father and son.
- DirectorValentin HoteaStarsSerban PavluAnghel DamianCorina MoiseBucharest, 2009. Twenty years after Romanian Revolution, Tavi Ionescu, a nice but quite immature guy for his late 30's finds out from his Securitate (Romanian Secret Police) file that he could be the father of a son he didn't know about. Starting his own secret investigation, Tavi is caught by a complicated past that now comes to reveal ugly hidden truths, messing up his life and the life's of the ones close to him. For the first time in his life, Tavi is forced to take really mature decisions.Locarno: Nominated Golden Leopard - Filmmakers of the Present
- 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.Cannes: Won Critics Week Grand Prize, Won France 4 Visionary Award
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsArnas FedaraviciusVilius TumalaviciusEleanor TomlinsonIn a ghetto run by a clan of outlaw gangs, the head preaches an "education" of mastering the illegal arts such as theft and banditry; while keeping a stringent code of honor that is considered ethical and moral and must never be broken.
- DirectorKrzysztof LukaszewiczStarsDzmitry Vinsent PapkoKarolina GruszkaAnatoliy KotBelarus has been under dictatorship of Lukashenko for 15 years. Miron (23) is not interested in politics. However, the next concert of his 'apolitical' rock band triggers off an anti-regime manifestation. Miron, is enlisted for the army for 15 months by way of punishment for 'fomenting political unrest among young people'. And this is just a beginning.. A film inspired by the story of Frank Viachorka, activist of the Belorussian opposition. Starring top Belorussian cinema and rock stars.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsTamer LeventReha ÖzcanMehmet ÖzgürWhen some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.Berlin: Won Caligari Film Award, Won First Movie Award - Special Mention
Karlovy Vary: Won Netpac Award - DirectorCristi PuiuStarsLudivine AnbérréeMarion BottollierUgo BroussotThree films based on Three Conversations by Russian writer and philosopher Vladimir Solovyov.The actors' 'exercises' develop into a minimalistic trilogy on cinema and literature, social and spiritual life, acting in film and in real life.
- 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.!
Berlin: Won FIPRESCI Prize, Won Golden Berlin Bear
Official submission of Romania to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category. - DirectorAndrzej WajdaStarsRobert WieckiewiczAgnieszka GrochowskaIwona BielskaThe depiction of the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, as events in the 1970s lead to a peaceful revolution.!
Official submission of Poland to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category.
Venice: Won Pasinetti Award - Special Mention - DirectorMatteo OleottoStarsGiuseppe BattistonTeco CelioRok PrasnikarPaolo, passes his days dragging himself between drinking sessions in the local bar with his friends, an unsatisfying job and an infantile stalking of his ex-wife. One day, he comes across his nephew Zoran, a curious boy of fifteen, born and raised in the mountains along with an aunt that Paolo did not know to have. After her death, Paolo is the only person who can take care of the boy. Thanks to the wise man owner of the Paolo's usual bar, he discovers that Zoran has a bizarre and unexpected gift: he is a real champion in playing darts. This is an opportunity for Paolo to take a revenge against the world. But things do not always develop as we would like them to.
- DirectorFilip DzierzawskiStarsLeszek MozdzerJacek OlterMaciej SikalaTwenty years ago five talented musicians decided to start a musical revolution in their native Poland and established a cult band. However, as time went by, their creative paths turned in different directions.
- DirectorDaniel DencikStarsPer Bak JensenJonas BergsøeBo ElberlingA grand and adventurous journey of discovery to the last white areas of the world map. But no matter how far we go and how hard we try to find answers, we ultimately meet ourselves and our own transience.
- DirectorAndreas JohnsenStarsNicholas Westwood Kidd
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsJean-François AchilliEvelyne AdamJean-Claude AmeisenTwenty-four hours in the life of Radio France, from one dawn to another. Along its corridors, inside its recording studios, with its producers, presenters, journalists and various guests. And outside on a motorbike in the wake of the Tour de France or in the company of a thunderstorm photographer.
- DirectorPhilippe BéziatStarsNatalie DessayJean-François SivadierLouis LangréeNatalie Dessay prepares to take on the role of Violetta in this documentary about the staging of Verdi's masterwork at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France.
- DirectorVitaliy ManskiyDirector Vitaly Manskiy sets off on the trail of the Trans-Siberian gas pipeline to find out what it's like for ordinary people living in its vicinity.
- 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.
- DirectorDiego Quemada-DiezStarsBrandon LópezRodolfo DomínguezKaren MartínezA road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.Cannes: Won Un Certain Regard - A Certain Talent Prize, Nominated
Un Certain Regard Award - DirectorJose Luis ValleStarsJesus PadillaSusana SalazarBarbara Perrin RivemarAfter a whole life of work at Tijuana, Rafael and Lidia are victims of injustice against their rights and dignity: Rafael learns that due to a paperwork mistake, he will not be entitled to his retirement pension. As for Lidia, she finds out that her employer's will leave the entire heirloom to the dog. In their own way, alone and silently, they'll begin a battle: Rafael against a company, Lidia against a dog. Curiously, these struggles are not visible.
- DirectorAmat EscalanteStarsArmando EspitiaAndrea VergaraLinda GonzálezHeli must try and protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the brutal drug world. He must battle against the drug cartel that have been angered as well as the corrupt police force.!
Cannes: Won Best Director, Nominated Palme d'Or
Official submission of Mexico to the Oscars 2014 best foreign language film category. - DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsPaul RuddEmile HirschLance LeGaultTwo highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
- DirectorBård BreienStarsSvein André Hofsø MyhreMartin L. LotheringtonBjørn SothbergDetective Robert has Downs, his own office, a trench coat and a Bogart hat. The only thing he is missing is a case. But then a lady comes to his rescue.