European Film Forum Scanorama 2013
by podolicious | created - 28 Oct 2013 | updated - 30 Oct 2013 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. Of Horses and Men (2013)
Not Rated | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A 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.
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson | Stars: Ingvar Sigurdsson, Charlotte Bøving, Johann Pall Oddson, Kristbjörg Kjeld
Votes: 3,495 | Gross: $0.01M
2. Open Up to Me (2013)
95 min | Drama, Romance
Maarit has successfully managed to live her life as a transgender, attractive and intelligent woman. However, this new life has come at a considerable price, as many transgender individuals... See full summary »
Director: Simo Halinen | Stars: Leea Klemola, Peter Franzén, Ria Kataja, Emmi Nivala
Votes: 785
3. 8-Ball (2013)
107 min | Crime, Drama
Single 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.
Directors: Jose L Cruz, Aku Louhimies, Adrian Manzano, Dave Manzano | Stars: Jessica Grabowsky, Eero Aho, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Mikko Leppilampi
Votes: 1,995
4. Belleville Baby (2013)
76 min | Documentary
Director 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.
Director: Mia Engberg | Star: Olivier Desautel
Votes: 322
5. Concrete Night (2013)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama
A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older brother.
Director: Pirjo Honkasalo | Stars: Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen, Juhan Ulfsak
Votes: 1,264
6. Detective Downs (2013)
84 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Detective 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.
Director: Bård Breien | Stars: Svein André Hofsø Myhre, Martin L. Lotherington, Bjørn Sothberg, Berit Kullander
Votes: 580
7. The Princess of Egypt (2013)
90 min | Drama
Marja, 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.
Director: Jan Forsström | Stars: Emmi Parviainen, Luna Leinonen Botero, Ylva Ekblad, Mazdak Nassir
Votes: 210
8. Sex, Drugs & Taxation (2013)
110 min | Biography, Drama
Based 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.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Pilou Asbæk, Nicolas Bro, Jesper Christensen, Jakob Højlev Jørgensen
Votes: 2,386
9. The Weight of Elephants (2013)
83 min | Drama
The 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?
Director: Daniel Borgman | Stars: Demos Murphy, Angelina Cottrell, Catherine Wilkin, Matthew Sunderland
Votes: 385
10. Kon-Tiki (2012)
PG-13 | 118 min | Adventure, Biography, Drama
Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the Pacific on a balsawood raft in 1947, in an effort to prove that it was possible for South Americans to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
Directors: Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Stars: Pål Sverre Hagen, Anders Baasmo, Gustaf Skarsgård, Odd-Magnus Williamson
Votes: 51,961 | Gross: $1.52M
11. We Are the Best! (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Music
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark
Votes: 11,323 | Gross: $0.18M
12. Before Snowfall (2013)
96 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Hisham Zaman | Stars: Abdullah Taher, Suzan Ilir, Bahar Ozen, Ava Abdulsattar
Votes: 599
13. Northwest (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
18-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 ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Lene Maria Christensen, Annemieke Bredahl Peppink
Votes: 4,308
14. Skytten (2013)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Kristian Halken, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 1,841
15. All That Matters Is Past (2012)
105 min | Drama
As 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?
Director: Sara Johnsen | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Inga Berger Schou, Tea Sandanger, Line Billa Ljøstad
Votes: 830
16. Things We Do for Love (2013)
96 min | Drama
Vaarala, a reserved romantic photographer, has an odd artistic vision of loneliness: he takes serial photos of an empty park bench in remote spaces of nature. When he meets and falls in ... See full synopsis »
Director: Matti Ijäs | Stars: Sampo Sarkola, Krista Kosonen, Tommi Korpela, Aurora Kuusisto
Votes: 473
17. All That Matters Is Past (2012)
105 min | Drama
As 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?
Director: Sara Johnsen | Stars: Maria Bonnevie, Inga Berger Schou, Tea Sandanger, Line Billa Ljøstad
Votes: 830
18. Skytten (2013)
90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A 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.
Director: Annette K. Olesen | Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Kim Bodnia, Kristian Halken, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Votes: 1,841
19. Northwest (2013)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Crime, Drama
18-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 ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Noer | Stars: Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Oscar Dyekjær Giese, Lene Maria Christensen, Annemieke Bredahl Peppink
Votes: 4,308
20. XL (2013)
88 min | Drama
Leifur 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... See full summary »
Director: Marteinn Thorsson | Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, María Birta, Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir, Elma Lísa Gunnarsdóttir
Votes: 254
21. 3x3D (2013)
70 min | Comedy, Drama
A triptych of short stereoscopic films by Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard and Edgar Pêra.
Directors: Puttipong Nakthong, Jean-Luc Godard, Peter Greenaway, Edgar Pêra | Stars: Tiago Correia, Akarin Akaranitimaytharatt, Pedro Almendra, Carolina Amaral
Votes: 363
22. Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy
A young man named Guillaume finds out that own personality is not such a simple thing.
Director: Guillaume Gallienne | Stars: Guillaume Gallienne, André Marcon, Françoise Fabian, Nanou Garcia
Votes: 8,045
23. Borgman (2013)
Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A vagrant enters the lives of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.
Director: Alex van Warmerdam | Stars: Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, Alex van Warmerdam
Votes: 18,910 | Gross: $0.06M
24. Burning Bush (2013– )
231 min | Biography, Drama, History
Based 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 ... See full summary »
Stars: Tatiana Pauhofová, Jaroslava Pokorná, Petr Stach, Vojtech Kotek
Votes: 1,735 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Kad svane dan (2012)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama
The 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Goran Paskaljevic | Stars: Mustafa Nadarevic, Predrag Ejdus, Meto Jovanovski, Zafir Hadzimanov
Votes: 872
26. The Daughter (2012)
87 min | Drama
14 years old Myrto kidnaps the son of his father's business partner whom she blames for bankrupting her father's business.
Director: Thanos Anastopoulos | Stars: Savina Alimani, Angelos Papadimas, Giorgos Symeonidis, Ieronymos Kaletsanos
Votes: 114
27. Jackie (II) (2012)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Dutch twin sisters travel to America to look for their long-lost mother.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Carice van Houten, Jelka van Houten, Holly Hunter, Jacob Browne
Votes: 2,298
28. Epilogue (2012)
90 min | Drama
Hayuta and Berl, an elderly couple, find it hard to adjust to today's Israel and to the social changes surrounding them.
Director: Amir Manor | Stars: Yosef Carmon, Rivka Gur, Efrat Ben-Zur, Itay Turgeman
Votes: 198
29. Intimate Parts (2013)
80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
"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 ... See full summary »
Directors: Natasha Merkulova, Alexey Chupov | Stars: Yuri Kolokolnikov, Yuliya Aug, Olesya Sudzilovskaya, Ekaterina Shcheglova
Votes: 785
30. Young & Beautiful (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Romance
After 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.
Director: François Ozon | Stars: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot, Fantin Ravat
Votes: 38,272 | Gross: $0.05M
31. On My Way (2013)
Not Rated | 116 min | Comedy, Drama
Facing a failed relationship and a struggling restaurant, a woman hits the road for a trip with her grandson.
Director: Emmanuelle Bercot | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Némo Schiffman, Gérard Garouste, Camille
Votes: 2,588 | Gross: $0.31M
32. It's All So Quiet (2013)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama
A middle aged farmer, living with his old and bedridden father, tries to find truth in life.
Director: Nanouk Leopold | Stars: Jeroen Willems, Henri Garcin, Wim Opbrouck, Martijn Lakemeier
Votes: 1,061 | Gross: $0.00M
33. Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)
Not Rated | 95 min | Biography, Drama
Winter, 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.
Director: Bruno Dumont | Stars: Juliette Binoche, Jessica Errero, Robert Leroy, Jean-Luc Vincent
Votes: 3,936 | Gross: $0.02M
34. Soldier Jane (2013)
PG-13 | 80 min | Drama
Fanni 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.
Director: Daniel Hoesl | Stars: Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler, Josef Kleindienst, Aurelia Burckhardt
Votes: 221
35. The Comedian (2012)
Not Rated | 79 min | Drama, Romance
Ed (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 ... See full summary »
Director: Tom Shkolnik | Stars: Edward Hogg, Elisa Lasowski, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Steven Robertson
Votes: 369
36. Layla Fourie (2013)
Not Rated | 107 min | Thriller
Layla 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.
Director: Pia Marais | Stars: Rayna Campbell, August Diehl, Rapule Hendricks, Terry Norton
Votes: 220
37. When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism (2013)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama
During 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?
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu | Stars: Bogdan Dumitrache, Diana Avramut, Mihaela Sirbu, Alexandru Papadopol
Votes: 1,187
38. Dormant Beauty (2012)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama
A 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.
Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Toni Servillo, Isabelle Huppert, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Riondino
Votes: 1,766
39. Stranger by the Lake (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Summertime. 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.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte
Votes: 15,911 | Gross: $0.32M
40. A Castle in Italy (2013)
104 min | Comedy, Drama
A family is forced to sell their Italian home.
Director: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi | Stars: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Louis Garrel, Filippo Timi, Marisa Borini
Votes: 1,254
41. The Past (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Mystery
An 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.
Director: Asghar Farhadi | Stars: Bérénice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Votes: 50,887 | Gross: $1.33M
42. Renoir (2012)
R | 111 min | Biography, Drama, History
Set 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Gilles Bourdos | Stars: Michel Bouquet, Christa Théret, Vincent Rottiers, Thomas Doret
Votes: 5,993 | Gross: $2.29M
43. Roxanne (2013)
97 min | Drama, Family
Bucharest, 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Valentin Hotea | Stars: Serban Pavlu, Anghel Damian, Corina Moise, Adrian Vancica
Votes: 292
44. Salvo (2013)
Not Rated | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Salvo 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.
Directors: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza | Stars: Saleh Bakri, Luigi Lo Cascio, Sara Serraiocco, Giuditta Perriera
Votes: 1,386
45. Educazione siberiana (2013)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama
In 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.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores | Stars: Arnas Fedaravicius, Vilius Tumalavicius, Eleanor Tomlinson, Jonas Trukanas
Votes: 8,054
46. Viva Belarus! (2013)
102 min | Biography, Drama
Belarus 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... See full summary »
Director: Krzysztof Lukaszewicz | Stars: Dzmitry Vinsent Papko, Karolina Gruszka, Anatoliy Kot, Aliaksandr Malchanau
Votes: 369
47. Beyond the Hill (2012)
94 min | Drama
When 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.
Director: Emin Alper | Stars: Tamer Levent, Reha Özcan, Mehmet Özgür, Berk Hakman
Votes: 3,944
48. Three Exercises of Interpretation (2013)
157 min | Drama
Three 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.
Director: Cristi Puiu | Stars: Ludivine Anbérrée, Marion Bottollier, Ugo Broussot, Anne-Marie Charles
Votes: 132
49. Child's Pose (2013)
Not Rated | 112 min | Drama
After 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.
Director: Cãlin Peter Netzer | Stars: Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Ilinca Goia
Votes: 8,853 | Gross: $0.09M
50. Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
127 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The 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.
Director: Andrzej Wajda | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski
Votes: 3,334
51. Zoran, My Nephew the Idiot (2013)
106 min | Comedy, Family
Paolo, 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Matteo Oleotto | Stars: Giuseppe Battiston, Teco Celio, Rok Prasnikar, Roberto Citran
Votes: 971
52. The Act of Killing (2012)
Not Rated | 117 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A 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.
Directors: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik
Votes: 40,804 | Gross: $0.49M
53. La Maison de la radio (2013)
Not Rated | 104 min | Documentary
Twenty-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. ... See full summary »
Director: Nicolas Philibert | Stars: Jean-François Achilli, Evelyne Adam, Jean-Claude Ameisen, Arno
Votes: 306 | Gross: $0.01M
54. Becoming Traviata (2012)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Musical
Natalie 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.
Director: Philippe Béziat | Stars: Natalie Dessay, Jean-François Sivadier, Louis Langrée, Charles Castronovo
Votes: 119 | Gross: $0.06M
55. Pipeline (2013)
116 min | Documentary
Director 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.
Director: Vitaliy Manskiy
Votes: 129
56. Milosc (2013)
91 min | Documentary
Twenty 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.
Director: Filip Dzierzawski | Stars: Leszek Mozdzer, Jacek Olter, Maciej Sikala, Mikolaj Trzaska
Votes: 81
57. The Expedition to the End of the World (2013)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
A 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.
Director: Daniel Dencik | Stars: Per Bak Jensen, Jonas Bergsøe, Bo Elberling, Jens Fog Jensen
Votes: 583 | Gross: $0.04M
58. Kidd Life (2012)
96 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Andreas Johnsen | Star: Nicholas Westwood Kidd
Votes: 147
59. The Golden Dream (2013)
Not Rated | 108 min | Drama
A road movie about teenage immigrants and their journey to the U.S.
Director: Diego Quemada-Diez | Stars: Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez, Carlos Chajon
Votes: 5,130
60. Workers (2013)
Not Rated | 120 min | Comedy, Drama
After 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Jose Luis Valle | Stars: Jesus Padilla, Susana Salazar, Barbara Perrin Rivemar, Sergio Limon
Votes: 472
61. Heli (2013)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Heli 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.
Director: Amat Escalante | Stars: Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios
Votes: 5,385
62. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
R | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A 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.
Director: Jim Jarmusch | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt
Votes: 108,144 | Gross: $1.88M
63. Prince Avalanche (2013)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Two 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.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne
Votes: 20,895 | Gross: $0.20M
Tell Your Friends