Cardiff International Film Festival 2019
Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th October 2019
https://www.theciff.co.uk/
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- DirectorNelly Michenaud
- DirectorIsabel GarrettA miserable hotel performer learns to express herself when she falls in love with a walrus.
- DirectorBellopropelloThe diverse communication options offered by a cell phone influence our social and consumer behavior. Excessive use changes the design of life and lifestyle habits.
- DirectorKew LinStarsMichael BoccaliniRhiannon HopkinsA comical triptych featuring the most revered animal of all time - the human being - in its natural habitat. Watch how he interacts with the other animals around him.
- DirectorLewis CarterKristian KaneStarsMichael AustinLinda BaileyDavid ConstantA young autistic boy named Sam, with a passion for Western films, must decide whether to stand down or stay his ground when a showdown for the soul of his village takes place in the local corner shop.
- DirectorKenneth J. HarveyStarsMary PrattFeminist painter or traditional housewife? Displaced and isolated, Mary Pratt's life was a highly complicated one of delicate rebellion. Award-winning filmmaker, Kenneth J Harvey, reconstructs Mary Pratt's life from archival footage dating back to the 1950s, across decades, and up to Mary's final interview conducted by Kenneth in 2017.
- DirectorElliot ManarinJoel Van der MolenStarsJoel Van der MolenTimea Van der MolenTony Jeton SelimiIn a Facebook/Instagram world everyone thinks Joel has made it. But when he invites Human behavior expert Tony into his world, a journey of self-discovery reveals the truth, leading to a decision that will change the course of his life.
- DirectorJustine LéauxStarsMirdrit Zhinipotoku
- DirectorKatsuhiro ÔtomoStarsMitsuo IwataNozomu SasakiMami KoyamaA secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.
- DirectorIoan HollandStarsWayne ForesterRhian Marston-JonesPhilippe NielsenA rebellious Welsh girl runs away to find adventure, and travels with a grumpy talking bird to another world in the clouds.
- DirectorWalt PerezStarsAly TrasherDavid Phillip FishmanDrew MaciasA yuppie seeks help from two townspeople in finding his wife and daughter, during a blizzard storm.
- DirectorShiri CohenStarsAsia NaifeldKeren ReuvenYarin UzanA bittersweet, coming of age tale of a 12-year-old Israeli girl, who goes to the beauty salon for the first time to get her eyebrows done.
- DirectorSteve JohnsonStarsJeremy TheobaldNicolette McKeownLee FanningSuccessful writer, Martin, is struggling following the death of his wife and child in a car crash. But when he meets grieving mother Lily at a bereavement group, his life changes and he starts to question the circumstances of the accident.
- DirectorLeon ChambersStarsNaomi MorrisAndrew MurtonPhilip JacksonWhen Charlie discovers her parents have hidden her real father from her, she does what any 18-year old would - recruits a homeless guy as her 'responsible adult' and sets off to Scotland on her provisional driving licence to go find him.
- DirectorCarlo CaldanaStarsSolana PazCristina AnselmoKeith JefferdsA deaf painter finds his wife alive, two years after her supposed death, and winds up in a whirlwind of misunderstanding and intrigue.
- DirectorJulius TelmerJevgeni JevsikovStarsEthan TomasLiam GrahamMarthe Snorresdotter RovikJames enters the small town of Greenfield to win his former girlfriend Kelly back, but tensions soon explode when her brother confides him with a volatile secret.
- DirectorAmartya BhattacharyyaStarsPriyanka Ghosh RoyUrbi SenguptaSwastik ChoudhuryRunanubandha is a term used in spirituality which refers to the body's memory, which comprises of genetic memory and memory of intimate physical connect. It is this memory which is said to bind a parent and a child, a husband and a wife or any other intimate relationships. The film explores a daughter's search for her father in the metropolis of Kolkata. The daughter Shatarupa, finds the voice of her father in a young man who comes to her life as a director. The paternal traits draw her towards him, but she find herself trapped elsewhere between emotional complexities and simplicity. The film also draws a parallel with the mythological tale of Lord Brahma, the universal father and creator, who was attracted to his own daughter Shatarupa (also known as Saraswati). The film unfolds the mystic journey of a daughter in pursuit of her father.
- DirectorRichard HeapStarsMolly WindsorRhys ConnahMacy ShackletonAfter their home life is turned upside down, three children and the family's donkeys escape across the backbone of Northern England, confronting both the harsh landscapes and what it means to be siblings.
- DirectorJean-Stéphane SauvaireStarsJoe ColeVithaya PansringarmCherry MikoThe true story of an English boxer incarcerated in one of Thailand's most notorious prisons as he fights in Muay Thai tournaments to earn his freedom.
- DirectorMehmet TanriseverStarsSoydan SoydasTarik TanriseverSüleyman KabaaliAbdullah and Cripple Ziya are gun dealers in the Bozkir district of Konya. They put honesty, honor, and dignity before anything else. Even though Abdullah and Cripple Ziya have opposite personalities, their friendship and partnership go back many years. Abdullah has worked hard and finally bought the horse he has been dreaming of.
- DirectorXiang XuStarsDeepak AnandJack KaoLi Fan, a down-and-out scriptwriter living in Beijing, has attained the age of 30 and still achieved nothing. One day, he receives a phone call and is told that his father, who lives alone in his hometown in the south, was diagnosed with glioblastoma stage IV. This phone call is from Li Fan's ex-girlfriend, who broke up with him years ago due to their different life pursuits and chose to stay in their hometown. As the train crosses through the desolate wilderness of the northern winter, Li Fan is also pondering whether his dog's life should be drawn to an end. This time, returning home to accompany his father on the last journey seems to be the most perfect excuse prepared for his surrender. However, when Li Fan arrives at home, facing this deserted small town in South Fujian, his married ex-girlfriend and his stubborn father, he get to realize that this place is no longer his home. How to fare the journey of life? Li Fan is as confused as many young people struggling in big cities. In winter, by the southern seaside, his father, whose life is coming to an end, gives him the answer. Three months later, his father passes away. In his father's closet, Li Fan inadvertently discovers the deepest love of his father.
- DirectorSumeshlalStarsMeghna NairNitin NathMadonna SebastianA man gets obsessed with a filmmaker whose films become inextricably entwined with his own life.
- DirectorStanislav DonchevStarsIrmena ChichikovaDiana DimitrovaSimeon AngelovA single mother, wanting to protect her eight-year-old son from pain, lies to him that his dad is away with the Antarctic expedition. But postponing the confession about the father's death, causes damage to her and her son.
- DirectorCarlo AvventiStarsDing DingJinseung MoonTwo Asian students meet in Heidelberg, the city of Romanticism, and soon the boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to vanish.
- DirectorMax KsjondaStarsViktor GrigorievVolodymyr RashchukArsen Shavlyuk12-year-old dreamer Vlad accidentally gets caught in a conflict between two alien forces. Together with an electric transformer box The Bobot, a brave girl and an eccentric scientist he has to save the world from a global catastrophe.
- DirectorHazrat WahrizStarsNeil MalcolmGeorge MalcolmTate ShinnA father teaches his son a life lesson about empathy.
- DirectorAneel AhmadStarsZafar BhuttKova TilavpurIqbal is a short documentary/drama, based on interviews and eye witness accounts, on the serial killer Javid Iqbal who murdered over 100 children in the early 1990s Lahore Pakistan.
- DirectorLorenzo TiberiaStarsElena CottaFrancesca Della RagioneRebecca Di SegniRebecca is a four year old girl, pushed by the umpteenth argument of her parents, escapes from her bedroom and hides in a nursing home garden. There, she will find her kingdom and her Queen: an old lady living in this structure. The woman is a victim of violence by nurses, but there is no evil in this place, at least not for the girl. It's a corner of her imagination. There is an insurmountable limit to enter , it's her own world. And so she starts drawing to keep herself attached to this world and not to let it go: the old lady is the Queen and the nurse is the servant. In an intertwining between reality and fantasy, the girl will receive a precious gift that will help her to contrast the reality that surrounds her.
- DirectorBastiaan RookStarsSytse FaberPoal CairoPeter LusseBrian, who got stuck in a rut, receives a call during his broadcast that doesn't turn into a pleasant conversation.
- DirectorSeabold KrebsStarsJonathan HansenSara SommererSet in turn-of-the-century Kansas, an isolated farmer finds the body of a young woman and uses it to get over the death of his wife.