London Film Festival · 2013
The Sutherland Award recognises the most original and imaginative directorial debut.
12 films · 5 reviews
To begrudge this film its faults would be to ignore the way it cuts to the very heart of the contradictions and hypocrisies of a nation that still regards women as vessels for male bloodlines.
(Country: Nigeria; Year: 2013; Director: Chika Anadu; Writer: Chika Anadu, Chika Anadu; Stars: Uche Nwadili, Nonso Odogwu, Ngozi Nwaneto, Frances Okeke)
A poetic and tense debut that explores not so much the coming of age as the coming of mortality.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Daniel Patrick Carbone; Stars: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O'Leary) , Official site , Trailer
Ilo Ilo is a quietly assured first feature that marks the director out as a bright new talent.
(Country: Singapore; Year: 2013; Director: Anthony Chen; Stars: Yeo Yann Yann, Chen Tianwen, Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler)
Krikodas should be wary of letting his style run rampant over material that could have been both resonant and disturbing given some restraint.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: John Krokidas; Writer: Austin Bunn, John Krokidas; Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHann, Ben Foster, Michael C Hall, Jack Huston, Elizabeth Olsen)
(Country: Turkey; Year: 2013; Director: Alphan Eseli; Writer: Alphan Eseli, Serdar Tantekin; Stars: Ugur Polat, Nergis Öztürk, Serdar Orçin, Muharrem Bayrak, Sevket Suha Tezel, Sila Cetindag, Sila Cetindag)
(Country: Greece; Year: 2013; Director: Michalis Konstantatos; Writer: Michalis Konstantatos, Stelios Likouresis; Stars: Nicholas Vlachakis, Eleftheria Komi, Christos Sapountzis, Yota Argyropoulou, Thalassini Vostantzoglou, Connie Zikou, Anna Kouroupou, Steve Krikris, Magda Lekka, Aglaia Pappa, Yorgos Tsemberopoulos, Maria Tsima, Munse Kamal Hossain)
Saleh Bakri is superb in the central role, at first chilling, then lurching between brutality and incongruous tenderness.
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 2013; Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Writer: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza; Stars: Saleh Bakri, Sara Serraiocco, Luigi Lo Cascio, Redouane Behache)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2013; Director: Chloé Robichaud; Writer: Chloé Robichaud; Stars: Sophie Desmarais, Jean-Sébastien Courchesne, Geneviève Boivin-Roussy, Hélène Florent, Micheline Lanctôt, Eve Duranceau, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Benoît Gouin, France Pilote, Fred-Éric Savail, Joseph Bellerose, Catherine Renaud, Julianne Côté, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé, Carla Turcotte)
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Rob Brown; Writer: Rob Brown; Stars: Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Rachael Stirling, Rosie Day, Fady Elsayed, Sam Spruell, Alexis Zegerman, Christopher Simpson, Deon Williams, Mercedes Grower, Dave Hill, Heidi Gowthorpe, Christopher Hamilton, David Warren)
(Country: China; Year: 2013; Director: Vivian Qu; Writer: Vivian Qu; Stars: Wenchao He, Yulai Lu)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Fernando Franco; Writer: Fernando Franco, Enric Rufas; Stars: Andrés Gertrúdix, Marian Álvarez, Manolo Solo, Luis Callejo, Ramón Barea, Rosana Pastor, Ramón Agirre, Nagore Aramburu)
(Country: Israel, Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Tom Shoval; Stars: Eitan Cunio, David Cunio, Moshe Ivgy, Gita Amely, Shirili Deshe)
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