Jenny, 17, dreams of becoming a synchronized swimmer. Family events turn her life upside down and she is forced move to a remote area to look after her ill father and younger brother. It won't be long before Jenny starts pursuing her dreams again.
(Country: Italy; Year: 2015; Director: Lamberto Sanfelice; Writer: Elisa Amoruso, Elisa Amoruso, Lamberto Sanfelice, Lamberto Sanfelice; Stars: Sara Serraiocco, Andrea Vergoni, Giorgio Colangeli, Ivan Franek, Piera Degli Esposti, Anatol Sassi, Anna Preda Anisoara, Chiara Romano, Andrea D'Aurelio, Mario Massari, Sofia Ranalli, Maria Antonietta Bafile, Pina Bellano, Guido Maiorano)
Gerard Barett's low-budget drama is marked out by raw performances and a strong empathy for its characters that help buoy up its downbeat subject matter.
A young cab driver tries to save his mum from alcoholism.
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2014; Director: Gerard Barrett; Writer: Gerard Barrett; Stars: Will Poulter, Toni Collette, Jack Reynor, Michael Smiley, Harry Nagle)
When Charlotte, 27, meets her brother Henrik, 35, for the first time, two people who don't know what a normal family is begin an encounter without boundaries. How does sibling love manifest itself if you have never experienced it before?
(Country: Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Anne Sewitsky; Writer: Anne Sewitsky, Ragnhild Tronvoll; Stars: Ine Marie Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Anneke von der Lippe, Silje Storstein, Oddgeir Thune, Kari Onstad)
World premiere.
Ivy
Sarmasik is sailing to Egypt when the ship's owner goes bankrupt. The crew learns there is a lien on the ship, and key crew members must stay on board. Ivy is the story of these six men trapped on the ship for days.
While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar’s role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy.
(Country: Israel; Year: 2014; Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer; Writer: Tali Shalom-Ezer; Stars: Ori Pfeffer, Shira Haas, Keren Mor, Adar Zohar-Hanetz)
While Anya Muylaert's engaging drama doesn't shy away from the realities of life as a home help in Brazil, she also concentrates on the upbeat humanity of those involved and suggests that change may be coming with the next generation.
When the daughter of a maid arrives to visit her mother at her employers after a 13-year separation, the scene is set for fireworks.
(Country: Brazil; Year: 2015; Director: Anna Muylaert; Writer: Anna Muylaert; Stars: Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli)
Kidman hasn't turned in a performance like this for some years.
When two teenage children go missing in the desert, their parents' lives begin to unravel.
(Country: Australia, Ireland; Year: 2015; Director: Kim Farrant; Writer: Michael Kinirons, Fiona Seres; Stars: Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving, Joseph Fiennes, Sean Keenan, Nicholas Hamilton, Megan Alston, Taylor Ferguson, Benedict Hardie, Martin Dingle Wall, Chris Pattinson, Lisa Flanagan, Maddison Brown, Ben Wood)
Seventeen-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her parents’ lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds in her teenage love, the only person that truly encourages her to fly.
(Country: Lithuania, France, Netherlands; Year: 2015; Director: Alanté Kavaïté; Writer: Alanté Kavaïté, Alanté Kavaïté; Stars: Aiste Dirziute, Julija Steponaityte)
World premiere. Day One Film.
Umrika
When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him.
