New Directors/New Films · 2012
25 films · 10 reviews
This is a deeply personal account of life in Palestine, and also one which sends out a strong political message.
(Country: Palestine, Israel, France; Year: 2011; Director: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi)
Las Acacias is a slow subtle film which focuses on the interaction of the three main characters within the bubble of the truck's cab.
(Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Pablo Giorgelli; Writer: Pablo Giorgelli, Salvador Roselli; Stars: Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani)
Subversive and incendiary.
(Country: Denmark, Sweden; Year: 2012; Director: Mads Brügger)
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Terence Nance; Writer: Terence Nance; Stars: Terence Nance, Namik Minter, Chanelle Pearson)
Unfortunately, the strong performances and engaging visuals come together to form a film that ultimately seems to lack direction.
(Country: Austria; Year: 2011; Director: Karl Markovics; Writer: Karl Markovics; Stars: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Gerhard Liebmann, Georg Friedrich, Stefan Matousch) , Official site
(Country: Romania, Poland; Year: 2011; Director: Anca Damian; Writer: Anca Damian; Stars: Vlad Ivanov, Jamie Sives)
(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Djinn Carrénard; Writer: Djinn Carrénard; Stars: Salomé Blechmans, Emilia Dérou-Bernal, Sékouba Doucouré, Laura Kpegli, Matthieu Longuatte, Laetitia Lopez, Benjamin Mayet, Amélie Moy, Marina Pelle, Vincente Perez)
(Country: US; Year: 1953; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Howard Sackler; Stars: Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp, Stephen Coit, Virginia Leith, David Allen)
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2011; Director: Julia Murat)
(Country: Russia, US; Year: 2011; Director: Victor Ginzburg; Writer: Djina Ginzburg, Victor Ginzburg, Viktor Pelevin; Stars: Vladimir Epifantsev, Mikhail Efremov, Andrey Fomin, Sergey Shnurov, Vladimir Menshov, Oleg Taktarov, Ivan Okhlobystin, Andrey Panin, Leonid Parfyonov, Renata Litvinova, Aleksei Podolsky, Aníbal Silveyra, Aleksandr Gordon, Amaliya Mordvinova) , Official site
Vibrant, funny and ultimately touching, Leon's loose limbed narrative is an ode to both the tribulations of adolescence and the city in which it's set.
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Adam Leon; Writer: Adam Leon; Stars: Tysheeb Hickson, Zoë Lescaze, Joshua Rivera, Tashiana R. Washington) , Official site
(Country: Iran; Year: 2011; Director: Mohammad Rasoulof; Writer: Mohammad Rasoulof; Stars: Leyla Zareh, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaiy, Shahab Hosseini, Roya Taymourian)
(Country: Netherlands / Spain; Year: 2012; Director: Sacha Polak; Writer: Helena van der Meulen; Stars: Hannah Hoekstra, Hans Dagelet, Rifka Lodeizen)
This is not just a piece of history, it's a how-to guide with lasting relevance.
(Country: US; Year: 2011; Director: David France) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: China; Year: 2011; Director: Song Chuan; Stars: Tian Yuefang, Liu Xiang)
Grim and unremitting, it's hard to go the distance.
(Country: Poland; Year: 2011; Director: Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal; Writer: Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal; Stars: Marcin Czarnik, Piotr Nowak, Elzbieta Okupska, Jerzy Lapinski, Hanna Chojnacka, Michal Pietrzak, Oskar Karas, Dawid Wolski, Waldemar Czyszak, Agnieszka Podsiadlik) , Official site
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2011; Director: Pierre Schöller; Writer: Pierre Schöller; Stars: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker, Sylvain Deblé, Didier Bezace, Jacques Boudet, François Chattot, Gaëtan Vassart, Arly Jover, Eric Naggar, Anne Azoulay, Abdelhafid Metalsi, Christian Vautrin, François Vincentelli)
A small, quiet, very personal piece that delivers a deeply layered and well acted tale.
(Country: Norway; Year: 2011; Director: Joachim Trier; Writer: Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier, based on the novel Le Feu Folle by Pierre Drieu La Rochell; Stars: Anders Danielsen, Lie Hans Olav Brenner, Ingrid Olava, Petter Width, Kristiansen)
(Year: 2011; Director: Alejandro Landes; Writer: Mateo Ingouville, Alejandro Landes, Ezequiel Schmoller; Stars: Porfirio Ramirez, Jarlinsson Ramirez, Yor Jasbleidy Santos) , Official site
(Country: France, Austria; Year: 2011; Director: Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar; Writer: Sandrina Jardel, Joann Sfar, Joann Sfar; Stars: François Morel, Maurice Bénichou, Hafsia Herzi, François Damiens, Mathieu Amalric, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Mohamed Fellag, Sava Lolov, Daniel Cohen, Eric Elmosnino, Alice Houri, Wojciech Pszoniak, Karina Testa)
(Country: South Korea; Year: 2011; Director: Kwang-kuk Lee; Stars: Young-Pil Kim, Dong Mi Shin, Chai-eu Lee, David Lee)
Bruce Lee is back, and he's Indonesian.
(Country: Indonesia; Year: 2011; Director: Gareth Evans; Writer: Gareth Evans; Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah) , Official site
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2011; Director: Mads Matthiesen; Writer: Mads Matthiesen, Martin Zandvliet; Stars: Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft, Lamaiporn Sangmanee Hougaard, David Winters, Allan Mogensen)
(Country: Russia; Year: 2011; Director: Angelina Nikonova; Writer: Olga Dihovichnaya, Angelina Nikonova; Stars: Olga Dihovichnaya, Sergei Borisov, Sergei Goludov, Roman Merinov)
Labaki manages to get across a view of life that is not predominant in cinematic stories, without making it seem like an agenda.
(Country: Lebanon; Year: 2011; Director: Nadine Labaki; Writer: Rodney Al Haddid, Jihad Hojeily, Nadine Labaki; Stars: Kevin Abboud, Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Julian Farhat, Ali Haidar, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf, Claude Moussawbaa, Antoinette Noufaily)
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