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Istanbul Film Festival · 2018

Istanbul Film Festival 2018

Young Masters

Programme

15 films · 2 reviews

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Bloody Milk (Petit Paysan)

A man lives for his cattle herd, so when one of them becomes ill he will do anything to save the rest of his animals.

(Country: France; Year: 2017; Director: Hubert Charuel; Stars: Swann Arlaud, Isabelle Candelier, Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners, Valentin Lespinasse)

Candelaria

The Nineties. Cuba is drowning in hunger, cigars and rum. In this grim landscape, the life of Candelaria and Victor Hugo, a couple who stayed together out of inertia, takes a surprising turn the day Candelaria finds a video camera.

(Country: Germany, Argentina, Norway, Colombia, Cuba; Year: 2017; Director: Jhonny Hendrix; Writer: Jhonny Hendrix, Maria Camila Arias, Abel Arcos Soto, Carlos Quintela; Stars: Philipp Hochmair, Alden Knight, Verónica Lynn, Manuel Viveros)

Charleston

Story of a man, who, after losing his wife in a traffic accident, is going through the grieving process with his late wife’s lover.

(Country: Romania, France; Year: 2017; Director: Andrei Cretulescu; Writer: Andrei Cretulescu; Stars: Serban Pavlu, Radu Iacoban, Victor Rebengiuc, Ana Ciontea, Gabriela Popescu, Ana Ularu, Dorian Boguta, Gavril Patru, Andreea Vasile, Adrian Titieni, Sergiu Costache, Claudiu Dumitru, Gheorghe Ifrim, Lucian Ifrim, Alina Berzunteanu)

Doubtful (Mutalim Besafek)

Review preview for Doubtful

Dramatically powerful and thematically challenging, this is a remarkably impressive feature début.

Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
When a screenwriter is sentenced to community service, he finds his work with juvenile offenders offers him an unexpected outlet.

(Country: Israel; Year: 2017; Director: Eliran Elya; Writer: Eliran Elya; Stars: Yaakov Aderet, Osher Amara, Liron Ben-Shlush, Ran Danker, Elroi Fass, Melodi Frank, Adar Hazazi Gersch, Shalev Girgin, Elad Hudara, Riki Hudara, Eli Menashe, Batel Moseri, Idan Naftali, Orel Sapir, Hilla Sarjon)

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Disappearance (Napadid Shodan)

A brother rushes to support his sister after she arrives at a hospital saying she has been raped, but something is amiss.

(Country: Iran, Qatar; Year: 2017; Director: Ali Asgari; Stars: Amir Reza Ranjbaran, Nafiseh Zarei, Sadaf Asgar)

La Familia

(Country: Venezuela, Chile, Norway; Year: 2017; Director: Gustavo Rondón Córdova; Writer: Gustavo Rondón Córdova; Stars: Giovanni García, Reggie Reyes)

Killing Jesus (Matar A Jesus)

A woman who witnesses the death of her father encounters a man who she thinks killed him. Based on the director's own experience.

(Year: 2017; Director: Laura Mora; Writer: Laura Mora)

Manuel

(Country: Italy; Year: 2017; Director: Dario Albertini; Stars: Andrea Lattanzi, Giulia Elettra Gorietti, Francesca Antonelli, Raffaella Rea )

Once Upon A Time In Indian Country (Es war einmal Indianerland)

A teenager's life is turned upside down when his father kills his stepmother.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2017; Director: Ilker Çatak; Writer: Nils Mohl; Stars: Leonard Scheicher, Johanna Polley, Emilia Schüle, Joel Basman, Johannes Klaußner, Katharina Behrens, Clemens Schick, Robert Alan Packard, Bjarne Mädel, Canan Suvatlar, Christina-Maria von Gusinski, Leonie Wesselow, Leonard Scheicher, Johanna Polley, Emilia Schüle)

Out

A fiftysomething family man embarks on an Eastern European odyssey after losing his job.

(Country: France, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia; Year: 2017; Director: György Kristóf; Writer: Eszter Horváth, György Kristóf, Gábor Papp; Stars: Judit Bárdos, Attila Bocsárszky, Éva Bandor, Ieva Aleksandrova-Eklone, Sándor Terhes, Ieva Norvele, Guna Zarina, Ivars Brakovskis, Viktor Nemets, Varis Klausitajs)

Pure Hearts

A teenager who is about to take a vow of chastity embarks on a relationship with a 25-year-old with a violent temper and a difficult past.

(Country: Italy; Year: 2017; Director: Roberto De Paolis; Writer: Adriano Chiarelli, Roberto De Paolis, Luca Infascelli, Carlo Salsa, Greta Scicchitano; Stars: Selene Caramazza, Simone Liberati, Barbora Bobulova, Stefano Fresi, Edoardo Pesce, Antonella Attili, Federico Pacifici, Alexia Murray, Nick Nicolosi, Francesco Primavera, Selene Caramazza, Simone Liberati, Barbora Bobulova, Stefano Fresi, Edoardo Pesce)

Ravens (Korparna)

Review preview for Ravens

Assur is adept at creating striking images - such as the shadows of the ravens of the title on a barn wall or the threat of violence posed by a piece of machinery.

Amber Wilkinson · 3 out of 5
A troubled farmer and his family struggle with the hardships of their lives.

(Country: Sweden; Year: 2017; Director: Jens Assur; Writer: Jens Assur, based on the novel by Tomas Bannerhed; Stars: Reine Brynolfsson, Jacob Nordström, Maria Heiskanen)

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Scaffolding

Story of a struggling student who finds his world expanding thanks to help from his literature teacher.

(Country: Israel, Poland; Year: 2017; Director: Matan Yair; Writer: Matan Yair; Stars: Asher Lax, Ami Smolartchik, Yaacov Cohen, Keren Berger, Naama Manor)

Severina

An inspiring writer-bookseller grows ever fond of a mysterious book stealing muse named Severina and the relationship between the two transforms them both.

(Country: Brazil, Uruguay; Year: 2017; Director: Felipe Hirsch; Writer: Felipe Hirsch; Stars: Carla Quevedo, Alfredo Castro, Alejandro Awada, Daniel Hendler, Javier Drolas, Néstor Guzzini, Alfonso Tort, Gonzalo Delgado, Mirella Pascual, Anaclara Ferreyra Palfy, Hugo Piccinini, Susana Groisman, Pedro Dalton, Nacho Mendy, Nuria Fló)

Valley Of Shadows (Skyggenes Dal)

In a village where sheep have been mysteriously slaughtered, a six year old wanders into the woods by himself in search of his lost collie dog.

(Country: Norway; Year: 2017; Director: Jonas Matzos Gulbrandsen; Stars: Adam Ekeli, Jone Hope Larsen, Kathrine Fagerland)