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D’A Festival Internacional de Cine D'Autor de Barcelona · 2015

D’A Festival Internacional de Cine D'Autor de Barcelona 2015

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13 films · 4 reviews

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Corn Island (Simindis Kundzuli)

Review preview for Corn Island

Ovashvili tells the story with spare dialogue and absorbing attention to detail.

Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
An old peasant and his innocent 16-year-old granddaughter sow corn on an island in the middle of the Inguri River dividing Georgia from Abkhazia.

(Country: Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan; Year: 2014; Director: George Ovashvili; Writer: Roelof Jan Minneboo, George Ovashvili, Nugzar Shataidze; Stars: Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili, Irakli Samushia, Tamer Levent)

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Favula

Review preview for Favula

The music is an intensely emotional force within the film, and effectively acts as an interpretive guide for the audience in relation to the images of poetic abstraction.

Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
A cross between Snow White and Cinderella set in a tropical jungle.

(Country: Argentina; Year: 2014; Director: Raúl Perrone; Writer: Raúl Perrone; Stars: Lucia Ozan, Nix Noise, Aleli Sueldo, Sara Navarro, Sergio Boggio, Juan Rodriguez)

Full review See: D'A Festival preview

Güeros

Coming of age comedy.

(Country: Mexico; Year: 2014; Director: Alonso Ruizpalacios; Writer: Alonso Ruizpalacios, Gibrán Portela; Stars: Tenoch Huerta, Sebastián Aguirre, Ilse Salas, Leonardo Ortizgris, Raúl Briones, Laura Almela, Adrian Ladron, Camila Lora, Alfonso Charpener)

High Pressures (Las altas presiones)

A man returns to his home town and finds his life changed by a nurse.

(Country: Spain, Portugal; Year: 2014; Director: Ángel Santos; Writer: Miguel Gil, Ángel Santos, Ángel Santos; Stars: Itsaso Arana, Juan Blanco, Xabier Deive, Fernando Epelde, Andrés Gertrúdix, Diana Gómez, Iván Marcos, Marta Pazos, Hugo Torres)

The Kindergarten Teacher (Haganenet)

A teacher is determined to protect and support a young child with a gift for poetry.

(Country: Israel, France; Year: 2014; Director: Nadav Lapid)

The Lesson (Urok)

Review preview for The Lesson

Ethical acts are met with punishment and moments of kindness are just fleeting enough to make the next torque of tension feel all the more severe.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A provincial schoolteacher is faced with tough choices due to mounting debts.

(Country: Bulgaria, Greece; Year: 2014; Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov ; Writer: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov; Stars: Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov, Stefan Denolyubov, Ivanka Bratoeva, Poli Angelova, Kiril Bakalov, Mihail Boevski, Atanas Bratoev, Georgi Bratoev, Ana Bratoeva, Nadejda Bratoeva, Boris Doychinov, Vanina Geleva, Antoaneta Guleva)

Full review See: London Film Festival 2008 preview and recommended films

The Long Way Home (El camí més llarg per tornar a casa)

When a man discovers his dog is sick he is forced out of his reclusive existence.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Sergi Pérez; Writer: Eric Navarro, Roger Padilla, Sergi Pérez; Stars: Borja Espinosa, Miki Esparbé, Sara Espígul, Silvia Esquivel, Mireia Gubianas, Pol López, Maria Ribera)

Love At First Fight (Les Combattants, Fighters)

Review preview for Love At First Fight

Cinematographer David Cailley, the director's brother, offers stark beauty and wicked humor.

Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
Between his friends and the family business, Arnaud’s summer looks set to be a peaceful one. Peaceful until he runs into Madeleine, as beautiful as she is brusque.

(Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Thomas Cailley; Writer: Thomas Cailley, Claude Le Pape; Stars: Adèle Haenel, Kévin Azaïs, Léa Pelletant, Pascal Bernagaud, Antoine Laurent)

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Miss Brackets, the Baby-sitter, the Bastard Grandson And Emma (La señora Brackets, la niñera, el nieto bastardo y Emma Suárez)

The birth of a baby leads four women's lives to intersect.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Sergio Candel; Writer: Sergio Candel, Javier López-Bueno Ramos; Stars: Pilar Alonso, Luis Callejo, Laura de la Isla, Manuel Luis, Cruz López-Cortón, Nacho Marraco, Iván Rousseau, Emma Suárez, Carla Sánchez, Eduardo Velasco)

Not In Geneva (Pas a Gen eve)

On July 2011, in the midst of the “indignados” movement in Spain, we were invited to spend a few days in Geneva.

(Year: 2014; Director: lacasinegra)

Radiant Sea (Lichtes Meer)

A trainee on a container ship falls in love with an enigmatic older sailor.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2015; Director: Stefan Butzmühlen; Writer: Stefan Butzmühlen, Jan Künemund; Stars: Martin Sznur, Jules Léo Sagot)

The Romantic Exiles (Los exiliados románticos)

Road movie.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2015; Director: Jonás Trueba; Writer: Jonás Trueba; Stars: Renata Antonante, Francesco Carril, Vahina Giocante, Miren Iza, Luis E. Parés, Vito Sanz, Isabelle Stoffel)

Taller Capuchoc

A down-on-his-luck writer is forced to take a job running a literary workshop.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Carlo Padial; Writer: Carlo Padial; Stars: Laura Díaz, Cruz López, Pilar Alonso, Iván Alonso, Carla Sánchez, Enma Suárez)