27th WFF
films seen on 27th Warsaw Film Festiwal 7-16.X.2011
Summary: 31 total; 31 tickets; 27 reviews
PS 8/20; IC 10/20; 1-2 2/17; FS 4/15; DOC 1/17; ODK 5+1/19+22
Summary: 31 total; 31 tickets; 27 reviews
PS 8/20; IC 10/20; 1-2 2/17; FS 4/15; DOC 1/17; ODK 5+1/19+22
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- DirectorSergio AisensteinPablo PintorStarsNéstor LombardoElsa MaríaHéctor Mayoral8.X.2011; 18:30; FS (Free Spirit);+;; N0 (Notebook 0 - review);;
- DirectorMichale BoganimStarsOlga KurylenkoAndrzej ChyraIlya IosifovChernobyl, 1986: a few hours before the disaster, Piotr and Anya's wedding is interrupted by a fire at the power station.9.X.2011; 14:00; IC (International Competition);+; director; N0;;
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsMarcin DorocinskiAgata KuleszaMalwina BussRose, a German widow, hides from Russian soldiers who like to rape women and fights off Polish refugees who will steal everything she has. She gets help when Tadeusz, a former Polish officer, arrives looking to hide from his past.9.X.2011; 16:30; IC; +; director, writer; N0; Warsaw Grand Prix, Viewers Award; My personal best on 27th WFF.
- DirectorChi-Yuarn LeeStarsYi-ching LuVicci PanKang Ren WuA young woman, an elevator operator, changes her life thanks to her blowfish.9.X.2011; 19:00; IC; +;;N0;;
- DirectorAleksey BalabanovStarsMikhail SkryabinYuriy MatveevAleksandr MosinThe film, set in the mid 1990s outside of St. Petersburg, tells the story of an ethnic Yakut, Major Skryabin, a shell-shocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, who works as a stoker.10.X.2011; 13:30; PS (Special Screenings);+;;N0;;
- DirectorHiroyuki OkiuraStarsKaren MiyamaYukaDaizaburo Arakawa11-year-old Momo moves with her mother to a small island town after her father dies. When she arrives, she encounters three goblins that others cannot see who try to help her to cope with the loss of her father and the changes in her life.10.X.2011; 16:15; IC;+;producer;N0;;
- DirectorDonald LiStarsAlan WeiKe TangLinfeng ChenA refreshing Chinese dark comedy.10.X.2011; 18:30; FS; +; director; N0;;
- DirectorMin-suk KimStarsGang Dong-wonGo SooJung Eun-chaeCho-In can control other people's minds when they are within his field of sight.Except one man.10.X.2011; 21:00; FS; +; director; N0;;
- DirectorOscar GodoyStarsJorge RománFrancisca GavilánTomás VerdejoThe story of Julio, a Peruvian emigrant in Chile that has traveled to change internally. In this trip, Julio, wrath resigning to the different opportunities that appear to him, because he begins to understand his true emotional and spiritual condition.11.X.2011; 11:30; IC; +; director; N0;;
- DirectorGavin WiesenStarsFreddie HighmoreEmma RobertsMichael AngaranoGeorge, a lonely and fatalistic teen who has made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.11.X.2011; 13:30; PS; +;;N0;;
- DirectorJonathan Cenzual BurleyStarsAndrea CalabreseJonathan Cenzual BurleyFeliz CenzualA magic realism tale of two brothers who meet for the first time on the way to their father's funeral, who they never knew. A journey where memories are mixed with dreams, and death is just another character.11.X.2011; 18:30; FS; +;;N0;FS competition distinction;
- DirectorGillo PontecorvoStarsBrahim HadjadjJean MartinYacef SaadiIn the 1950s, fear and violence escalate as the people of Algiers fight for independence from the French government.11.X.2011; 21:00; PS; +; distributor; N0;;
- DirectorTomás LunákStarsMiroslav KrobotMarie LudvíkováKarel RodenA train dispatcher encounters a mute stranger who appears out of nowhere, and finds himself mysteriously involved with a murder in Poland.12.X.2011; 16:30; IC; +; director; N0;;
- DirectorNadav LapidStarsYiftach KleinYaara PelzigMichael MoshonovA member of an Israeli anti-terrorist unit clashes with a group of young radicals.12.X.2011; 18:45; IC; +; director; N0;;
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKoji YakushoMunetaka AokiNaoto TakenakaA tale of revenge, honor and disgrace, centering on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son-in-law, setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord.12.X.2011; 21:00; PS; +;;N0;;
- DirectorSantiago AmigorenaStarsMarie-Josée CrozeIgnacio RogersTony NardiA Toronto police officer finds her husband and son violently murdered.13.X.2011; 11:30; IC; +;;N0; Best Director Award;
- DirectorHaolun ShuStarsEwen ChengXufei ZhaiLili WangIn the late 1980's Shanghai, a 16 year-old boy, Xiaoli, comes of age surrounded by his neighbors and grandfather. His best friend is a girl named Lanmi, a couple years older than him. But Lanmi slowly drifts away from him, lured by the new opportunities which come as China opens up to foreign goods and businessmen. At the same time, the 1989 events force Xiaoli to grow up and to let go of his teenage dreams.13.X.2011; 14:00; 1-2 (1-2 Competition [1st 2nd film]); +; director; N0; NETPAC Award;
- DirectorDavid WnendtStarsAlina LevshinJella HaaseSayed AhmadMarisa hates foreigners; she finds them guilty of the decline of her country. But her convictions will slowly evolve when she accidentally meets a young Afghan refugee.13.X.2011; 18:45; 1-2; +; producer; N0;;
- DirectorKivu RuhorahozaStarsRamadhan BizimanaTamim HakizimanaKennedy Jones MazimpakaBalthazar is a young African filmmaker on the brink of directing his first project, The Cycle of the Cockroach, a fictional story about a young woman who survived unspeakable atrocities only to find herself committed to the same mental institution as a man driven insane by the crimes he perpetrated during the war. Potential funders for the film insist the themes are too bleak and pessimistic-they encourage Balthazar to make a "message" film that raises awareness about gender-based violence or HIV/AIDS instead. But he refuses to give up. Instead of telling his production team the news, Balthazar continues preparations for the film without financing or equipment. After rehearsing a scene with each of the characters, reality blurs and scenes from the script materialize, provoking the question: Can a film like this exist only in the director's dreams? Armed with a daring and creative visual language, writer/director Kivu Ruhorahoza boldly grasps at the illusory trick of representation in the wake of trauma and its ensuing madness. Paralleling the protagonist in his film, Ruhorahoza's debut marks the very first feature-length narrative film directed by a Rwandan filmmaker living in his homeland.13.X.2011; 21:30; IC; +; director; N0; Ecumenical Yury Distinction;
- DirectorAnne BassStarsSokvannara 'Sy' SarAnne BassPeter BoalOn a trip to Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia in January 2000, filmmaker Anne Bass came across a 16 year old boy who moved her immensely with his amazing and seemingly natural charms and grace as a dancer. Having been a longtime devotee to the world of dance herself back in the United States, Anne felt compelled to give this young boy the opportunity to leave his home and follow a dream that she felt he hadn't even yet seen for himself. From the serene countryside of Southeast Asia to the halls of the New York's School of American Ballet to the stage of the Pacific Northwest Ballet in Seattle, DANCING ACROSS BORDERS peeks behind the scenes into the world of dance and chronicles the intimate and triumphant story of a boy who was discovered, and who only much later discovered all that he had in himself.14.X.2011; 16:30; DOC (Documentary); +;;ticket;;
- DirectorSean DurkinStarsElizabeth OlsenSarah PaulsonJohn HawkesHaunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.14.X.2011; 18:30; PS; +;;N0;;
- DirectorGerardo OlivaresStarsJuan José BallestaSancho GraciaManuel CamachoA child is sold to a tribe in the remote mountains. However, he manages to survive and lives among a pack of wolves for 12 years.14.X.2011; 21:00; PS; +;;N0;;
- DirectorOgnjen SvilicicStarsMaya SansaBristol PomeroyLeon LucevPeter and Martina are a tourist couple on a vacation on the Croatian coast. Both are successful and in their prime. However, the couple is going through a crisis. Both are frustrated and unsatisfied with their lives. They hope this vacation will help save their relationship. They both hope that this, long expected vacation will improve their relationship. They go on a mountain trip, and they get lost. Far from their usual comfort, confronted with the raw nature, they are left with no other option but to face one another.15.X.2011; 9:30; ODK (Discoveries); +;;;;
- DirectorTim FehlbaumStarsLilo BaurMarco CalamandreiLisa VicariIn the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun.15.X.2011; 13:30; PS; +;;N0;;applause
- DirectorEnrique CollarStarsJuan de Dios CollarTeodora GonzalezBernardino OjedaJuan de Dios (55) is a Guarani poet and craftsman. The harshness and deprivations of life in the countryside, endured throughout the years, have hardened his smile and stiffened the look in his eyes. Alongside the road, the symphony of nature vanishes and paradise seems to exist no more. However, within a few men, tenderness and desire do not vanish, wishes and dreams are well alive and keep beating in the depth of their souls. Novena lets us witness in a documentary, fiction and pictorial style how those few men, genuinely incarnated in Juan, push their dreams forward. Juans mother dies and this event offers him the last chance to travel to Buenos Aires and reunite with his sister, and perhaps, to start a smoothed, brand new life. Nine days of prayers and rosaries for the departed mother seem to catalyze years of waiting and disenchantment. There is only one thing to achieve before the Novena is ended: for once in his life to think of himself.15.X.2011; 16:00; ODK; +;;;;