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FRIENDS OF FILM FOREIGN OSCAR SUBMISSION SERIES
Please join Executive Director Bob Sharka at five foreign film
Oscar(r)submissions...
Screenings are held at Laemmle 4-Santa Monica
at 11am*, 1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica
SWITZERLAND'S: SUMMER GAMES
THE NETHERLANDS': SONNY BOY
SUNDAY, Dec 11th, 11:30am
NOTE: VENUE/TIME CHANGES
OCEAN AVE SCREENING ROOM, 11:30am
1401 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica
CZECH REPUBLIC'S: ALOIS NEBEL
There is limited seating (45 seats) so seating will be available to Academy voters, and financial supporters of Friends Of Film - other RSVPs will be seated if space permits
LITHUANIA'S: BACK TO YOUR ARMS
SUNDAY, Jan 8th, 2012
URUGUAY'S: THE SILENT HOUSE
More, to come....
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Bob Sharka
Executive Director
Friends Of Film
1137 Charm Acres Place
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Friends Of Film Fundraiser for Haiti Relief Efforts
Cocktail Party/Outdoor Screening - private residence, Pacific Palisades
MINIMUM DONATION - $40
6pm - cocktails/food/socializing, 8:15 film
SUN CITY PICTURE HOUSE
Directed by David Darg; Produced by Bryn Mooser
After watching the last of the old colonial movie theaters destroyed in
the earthquake, a young Haitian man enlists the help of a priest and two
young aid workers to build Haiti's only movie theater on a hill above a
tent city. This is the joyful and moving story of a community torn
apart by disaster then united in a singular vision.
"A beautiful film that will renew your faith in fellow man." - Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
Friends Of Film
Social Justice Series
(accepting submissions now)
Levantine Cultural Center
5998 Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Plenty of free street parking on Pico after 6 pm
Second screening
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Social "hour" 7 pm - films to screen when dark, around 7:50pm
TAGUT
(´Fog´in Tashelhit) (17 minutes)
Directed by Melanie Reynard - IN ATTENDANCE!
Reynard follows the non-profit organization Dar Si-Hmad based in Ifni, Southwest
of Morocco who launches a fog-collecting project in June 2011 in order
to provide drinking water to Amazigh communities living in the
Anti-Atlas Mountains and relieve women from fetching water an average of
3.5 hours per day.
BEIRUT RISING
Directed by Soula Saad - FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!
Saad documents the beginning of a spontaneous and non
sectarian outcry for peace and justice in a makeshift tent camp in the
middle of Beirut.
Best Documentary Film at Women International Film & Televisionvisionary
Awards.
Admission is $5 - food/drinks for purchase on site
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Social "hour" 7 pm - films to screen when dark, around 7:40pm
Two short documentaries
WITH MY OWN TWO WHEELS
Directed by Jacob Seigel-Boettner and Isaac Seigel-Boettner
For many Americans, the bicycle is a choice. An expensive toy. An eco-conscious mode of transportation. For countless others across the globe, it is much more.
For Fred, a health worker in Zambia, the bicycle is a means of reaching twice as many patients.
For Bharati, a teenager in India, it provides access to education.
For Mirriam, a disabled Ghanaian woman, working on bicycles is an escape from the stigma attached to disabled people in her community.
For Carlos, a farmer in Guatemala, pedal power is a way to help neighbors reduce their impact on the environment.
For Sharkey, a young man in California, the bicycle is an escape from the gangs that consume so many of his peers.
With My Own Two Wheels weaves together the experiences of these five individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world—one pedal stroke at a time.
JOBS FOR RENT
Directed by Michelle Paster
Jobs For Rent follows the emotional and financial journeys of three 20-somethings establishing their careers. Ride along with the overachieving lawyer, struggling artist, and wandering Starbucks employee, knowing you are not alone in the process. Do you want to borrow a job?
Admission is $5 to benefit Bikes Not Bombs
www.BikesNotBombs.org
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PAST EVENTS
Friends Of Film to honor
Jonathan Lynn
May 13, 2011
with a Lifetime Achievement Award
at a VIP cocktail party and outdoor screening of the short documentary
WITH MY OWN TWO WHEELS
Directed by Jacob Seigel-Boettner and Isaac Seigel-Boettner
For many Americans, the bicycle is a choice. An expensive toy. An eco-conscious mode of transportation. For countless others across the globe, it is much more.
For Fred, a health worker in Zambia, the bicycle is a means of reaching twice as many patients.
For Bharati, a teenager in India, it provides access to education.
For Mirriam, a disabled Ghanaian woman, working on bicycles is an escape from the stigma attached to disabled people in her community.
For Carlos, a farmer in Guatemala, pedal power is a way to help neighbors reduce their impact on the environment.
For Sharkey, a young man in California, the bicycle is an escape from the gangs that consu
me so many of his peers.
With My Own Two Wheels weaves together the experiences of these five individuals into a single story about how the bicycle can change the world—one pedal stroke at a time.
Friends Of Film
Foreign Film Oscar(R) Submission Series
Screenings at
Laemmle Theaters, 1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Sunday, Nov21st, 11am - ILLEGAL (Belgium’s submission)
Sunday, Nov28th, 11am - LA PIVELLINA (Austria’s submission)
Sunday, Dec 5th, 11am - STEAM OF LIFE (Finland’s submission)
Saturday, Dec 11th, 11am - IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE (Romania's submission) - Note: Sat.
Sunday, Dec 12th, 11am - LULA, SON OF BRAZIL (Brazil’s submission)
Saturday, Dec 18th, 11am - LA PETITE CHAMBRE (Switzerland’s submission) - Note: Saturday
Sunday, Dec 19th, 11am - SIMPLE SIMON (Sweden’s submission)
Sunday, Dec 26th, 11am - THE ANGEL (Norway’s submission)
Sunday, Jan 2nd, 11am - TIRZA (The Netherlands' submission)
Saturday, Jan 8th, 11am - MIENTE (Puerto Rico's submission) - Note: Saturday
Sunday, Jan 9th, 11am* - THE PRECINCT (Azerbaijan’s submission)
Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 11am
ILLEGAL - Belgium's submission
Director: Olivier Masset-Depasse
Tania is a former teacher from Russia, living illegally
in Belgium with her son, Ivan. One day she is stopped for a routine check by the police and is arrested. Separated from Ivan, who manages to escape, she is placed in an immigration detention center for women and children. While utterly refusing to face expulsion, Tania thus begins a fight to preserve her dignity, identity and humanity, as well as find her son.
Sunday,Nov 28th, 2010 - 11:00 am
Austria's submission
LA PIVELLINA
Directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
Abondoned in a park, the two-year-old girl Asia is found by Patti, a circus woman living with her husband Walter in a trailer park in San Basilio on the outskirts of Rome. With the help of Tairo, a teenager who lives with his grandma in an adjacent container, Patti starts to search for the girl's mother and gives the girl a new home for an uncertain period of time.
La Pivellina is a film about a cosmos of outcasts in present-day Italy: a moving tale of courage and discrimination, of loss and togetherness, a look behind the corrugated-iron fence of a gated community.
Trailer available at www.LaPivellina.com
Screening sponsored by Austrian Consul General's Office
Dec 5th, 2010, 11am
Finland's submission
STEAM OF LIFE
Directors: Joonas Berghall, Mika Hotakainen
Screening made possible with partial support of
Scandinavian Film Festival Of Los Angeles www.scandinavianfilmfestivalla.com and
European Languages and Movies in America, www.ELMA.org
Note: Bob Sharka will moderate a Q+A after the screening with filmmaker Mika Hotakainen
"Who says men can't express their feelings?
Naked Finnish men open up their hearts, minds and souls in the saunas of Finland...the most affordable therapy known to man." - Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
Dec 11th, 2010, 11am
Note this is a Saturday screening
Romania's submission
IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE
Director: Florin Serban
Silviu has only two weeks left before his release from a hostile juvenile detention center. But when his mother, who abandoned him long ago, returns to take his younger brother away - a brother Silviu raised like a son – those two weeks become an eternity. While his outcries for help fall on deaf ears, he finds himself mercilessly taunted and harassed by the other inmates. And just as Silviu's frustration evolves into full-throttled aggression, he is introduced to a beautiful social worker that he can only dream of being close to. Faced with a slew of conflicting emotions and wild with desperation, Silviu is driven to a surprising act of defiance as he makes a last grasp for freedom.
Dec 12th, 2010, 11am*
Brazil's submission
LULA, THE SON OF BRAZIL
start time may move back based on running time
Dec 18th, 2010 - 11am -
NOTE: This is a SATURDAY screening
Switzerland's submission
LA PETITE CHAMBRE
Screening sponsored in part by Switzerland's Consul General's Office
Directed by Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond
This is a story of the heart. Edmond's is no longer strong. But it still beats with an independence which fights against the very idea of entering a retirement home, while at the same time refusing help from Rose, his home carer.
Dec 19th, 2010 - 11am
Sweden's submission
SIMPLE SIMON
Screening made possible with partial support of
Scandinavian Film Festival Of Los Angeles www.scandinavianfilmfestivalla.com and
European Languages and Movies in America, www.ELMA.org
Directed by Andreas Ohman
"I’m Simon. I have Asperger’s syndrome. I like space, circles and my brother Sam who always looks after me. I dislike feelings, other people, changes and romantic comedies with Hugh Grant."
"Simple Simon" is the story of 18 year-old Simon, a boy with Asperger’s syndrome whose life is turned upside-down when his brother Sam is dumped by his girlfriend. To make his life work, Simon needs structure. He needs things to follow a certain pattern - with the same schedule, the same meals, the same clothes - week in week out. Sam is the one who’s always taken care of Simon. Making him food in the shape of circles and helping him understand humans.
But with Sam depressed over the breakup with his girlfriend everything changes and Simon’s world turns into chaos. Wanting things to get back to normal, Simon gives himself one mission - to find Sam a new girlfriend. Unfortunately Simon knows nothing about love and doesn’t understand.
"Just in time for THE HOLIDAYS, a heart-warming film that will bring out the full emotional gamut." - Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
Dec 26th, 2010 - 11:00 am
Norway's submission
THE ANGEL
Screening made possible with partial support of Scandinavian Film Festival
Of Los Angeles www.scandinavianfilmfestivalla.com
European Languages and Movies in America, www.ELMA.org
and Norway's Consul General's Office
Directed by Margreth Olin
THE ANGEL is a story about women. About carrying and inheriting Mummy´s traumas. When addiction rules all your decisions.
Lea grows up in a home characterized by lack of protection. From being a cheerful, curious little girl, Lea changes dramatically when her mother Madeleine returns to her ex-boyfriend Ole. The death dance between the two adults harms the child growing up between them.
Dope enables Lea to hold out everyday life with her family. Then Lea gives birth to her daughter Sonja. She wishes to break with her family and start a new life. She wants to take care of her child and give her the protection she herself never got. But Lea soon realizes that she lacks the ability to do so. Consequently, she has to make an impossible decision.
"A hard riveting film that hits like a NFL linebacker...makes plans for an after screening drink, you might need it." - Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
Jan 2nd, 2011, 11am
THE NETHERLANDS' submission
TIRZA
Directed by Rudolph van den Berg
Jörgen's world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part of his life which makes sense - raising his beloved daughter, Tirza - is shattered when she disappears on holiday in Namibia. After weeks of terrifying uncertainty, Jörgen goes searching for her, but the heat, his drinking and bad memories combine to unhinge him. His only ally is a child prostitute called Kaisa. Together they journey into the wilderness on Tirza's trail to discover her fate.
Jan 8th, 2011, 11am
PUERTO RICO's submission
MIENTE
Digital Projection
Directed by Rafi Mercado
Miente follows the story of Henry, an introverted young artist who, seeking to escape the banality and violence of urban life, begins to blur the distinction between fantasy and reality.
Jan 9nd, 2011, 11am
AZERBAIJAN's submission
THE PRECINCT
Directed by Ilgar Safat
The story is set in Baku. A famous photographer has to choose between accepting a valuable job offer in Africa or marrying his fiancee - a young , talented sculptor inspired by images of ritual dances.
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Bob Sharka’s *Pick of the Week*
Drop us a note if you'd like to be considered for this - Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
TROUBADOURS
Feb 4, 2011
Fresh off the hot trail of the 2011 Sundance Film festival comes TROUBADORS, a remarkable doc that journeys into the heart of the late 60’s and early 70’s singer-songwriter scene in Los Angeles with some of the biggest names of the time - Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Brown, Elton John, the list goes on and on, one name bigger than the next.
Los Angelinos in particular will probably recognize the film’s title as Doug Weston’s club on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood that spurned the illustrious careers of so many ….
Hearing these living legends talk about the times brought a smile to my face from ear to ear and tears to my eyes.
Filmmaker Morgan Neville, a very polished music documentarian (among other things), pieces together some incredible archival footage with present day interviews to produce an absolute gem, a not-to-be missed chronicle of this most memorable period…
TROUBADOORS opens this Friday at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 in West Hollywood for a one week run
- Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
IF I WANT TO WHISTLE, I WHISTLE
Jan 5, 2011
"Distributor FILM MOVEMENT picks up another foreign gem, this time Romania's Oscar(r) submission for best foreign film...you'll feel the prison conditons in the air." - Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
TRUE GRIT
Dec 24, 2010
"A sure-fire frontrunner for some Oscar(r) nods, including best cinematography."
- Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
RABBIT HOLE
Dec 17, 2010
"Best actress category is always one of the toughest to call but NIcole Kidman's top-notch performance makes it one less headache....she nails it."
-Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
THE FIGHTER
Dec 10, 2010
"Bad hairdoos and a few bad Boston accents aside, THE FIGHTER is, round for round, one of the year's best..... Christian Bale gives a supporting performance guaranteed an Oscar nom."
BARNEY'S VERSION
Dec 3, 2010
"The buzz about Giamatti is well-deserved but Rosamund Pike steals the show up giving Oscar-esque performances in the best actress category.....a true delight and one of this year's films not to be missed."
THE KING'S SPEECH
Nov 26, 2010
"An absolute monster on the festival circuit, this one is chock full of well-deserved Oscar(r) hopefuls."
127 HOURS
Nov 19, 2010
"James Franco as the trapped hiker leaves you squirming in your seat....a strong contender for Best Actor this awards season."
MARWENCOL
Nov 12, 2010
Jeff Malmberg writes, directs, edits (and even drives the team’s bus, it seems) in this multi-award-winning film festival fave making its well-deserved theatrical release across North America.
Subject Mark Hogancamp – who was beaten to near death – must pick up the pieces of his life opting to retreat to his backyard to create a 1/6 scale world of the people he had previously known before suffering brain damage.
First time doc director Malmberg – a storyteller to watch - directs with such style and astute eyes, revealing the nuances in Hogancamp’s life very much the same as Hogancamps' very-own miniature creations; with fine detail, one better than the next.
New York has already embraced MARWENCOL, giving it a second week run (at least) at the IFC Center before heading to L.A. on Nov. 12th
JOLENE
11/5/2010
A solid indie film, starring Jessica Chastain, one of the freshest faces to hit the screen this year in her breakout role. ..Some fine perfs from seasoned vets, including the versatile Frances Fisher (perfectly cast as a prison guard who falls deep for Jolene), Chaz Palminteri, and Dermot Mulroney -make Dan Ireland’s pic a pleasant little surprise, indeed.
WELCOME TO THE RILEYS
10/29/2010
James Gandolfini, stepping out of the gangster role he can do in his sleep, is at his finest as an ailing father taking on a 17 year old run-a-way (Kristen Stewart) in this Sundance fave from last year.
HEREAFTER
10/22/2010
Director Clint Eastwood continues to tackle yet another difficult subject, the after-life, bringing his name into best director discussions.
LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB
10/15/2010
Finland swings for the fences and drives one out of the park in a mere 74 minutes with last year's submission to the Oscars for best foreign film.... A woman just out of prison ends up working for the local blind Catholic priest in this visually stunning gem ....Finland's submission this year, too, STEAM OF LIFE, a documentary, is headed for the best foreign film short list. You heard it here first.
KINGS OF PASTRY
10/8/2010
A doc that's working its way around the country (and not too soon)...
- on pastry no less - that leaves you licking your chops throughout the film from the masters of the doc D.A Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.... SpagettiO's: Little Italy :: Twinkies: Kings Of Pastry
CATFISH
The catch of the day/week...FACEBOOK friends beware; who exactly are we talking too?
A doc, for sure, that plays out like a thriller in this crowd fave from Sundance 2010. Back in 2007, filmmakers Ariel Schulman and Henry Joost had a notion that brother Nev's searching for love on the internet may lead to somthing special. A thoroughly entertaining pic that takes more turns, and brings more smiles, than the Indy 500...a brand-new fresh look at today's modern search for love on-line...
9/9/2010
NESHOBA: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
A multiple award-winning film on the film fest circuit, NESHOBA, THE PRICE OF FREEDOM follows a southern town still divided after over 40 years.
Parents and teachers alike should take note of this documentary gem that hits like a heavy-weight champ, offering families a terrific supplement to the standard ho-hum American History classes we’ve all had.
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Filmmakers Micki Dickoff and Tony Pagano recount a sad period from
Neshoba, The Price Of Freedom, distributed by First Run Features, continues its national run, opening Friday Sept. 10 in
www.FirstRunFeatures.com
Friends Of Film to head to Iceland for the
Reykjavik Film Festival Sept 23 - Oct 3, 2010
by Deborah DePauk
Life, indeed, is strange. We've been to many film festivals around the world but it has taken us until year seven of the RIFF to catch this one. Certainly one of the more obscure spots on the festival circuit, Reykjavik combines glaciers, fabulous films with the Northern Lights in this hip capital city of 200,000.
THE RIFF has a quite diverse program that is now released.
http://en.riff.is/
The 7th Annual Pacific Palisades Film Festival
May 13 + 15, 2010
Two Days, Two Parties, Two Outdoor Screenings
Closing Night Screening/Party Tickets Available
$50
Bring a jacket for outdoor screening!
OPENING NIGHT FILM/PARTY
Thursday, May 13, 2010
6:30 pm - Friends Of Film kicks off the festival with a fabulous ocean-view, sunset-viewing, cocktail party/screening on 15060 Corona Del Mar
and the presentation of the
Friends Of Film
Lifetime Achievement Award to
Frances Fisher
GREENLIT
Directed by Miranda Bailey
Movie people are lengendarily liberal and left-leaning particularly when it comes to the environment. GREENLIT puts their commitment to the test as Bailey, executive producer of "THE SQUID AND THE WHALE", follows the production of "THE RIVER WHY" starring Zach Gilford as it attempts to keep an environmentally friendly set thanks to the supervision of a "green" consultant. What starts off with great enthusiasm quickly devolves in this insightful and hilarious film.
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
"Heard the expression, "It ain't easy being green?" Try running a whole filmset for weeks getting buy-in from all the cast/crew with this in mind. Credit Bailey for bringing this topic to the front burner in this delightful little doc that shows Hollywood, indeed, has a long way to go in practicing what we preach."
- Bob Sharka, Friends Of Film
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Cocktail Party at 6:30pm on 650 Toyopa Drive
followed by an outdoor screening of
THE CHRIS MONTEZ STORY
- a work in progress
Directed by Burt Kearns
Produced by Brett Hudson
with Chris Montez in person to play a few numbers!
Thursday, May 13, 20106:30 pm - Friends Of Film kicks off the festival with a fabulous ocean-view, sunset-viewing, cocktail party/screening on 15060 Corona Del Mar and the presentation of the Friends Of Film Lifetime Achievement Award to Frances Fisher
Filmmakers Kearns and Hudson return to Pacific Palisades Film Festival with their latest work in progress!
He was born Ezekiel Montanez.
He was a teenager when he recorded his first international hit, “Let's Dance"
The song took him to the top of the charts and, at the height of the Civil Rights struggle, on tour through the
This period alone would guarantee Chris Montez a place in musical history, but he had yet to undergo an unprecedented transformation with a new style, new look and new hits with Herb Alpert and A&M Records. With songs like “Call Me” and “The More I See You,” Chris Montez was reinvented as a smooth innovator of the lounge sound: samba-based, jazz-influenced standards that kept the flavour of his Latin roots and set the stage for his later transition into one of the first international Latin pop stars.
In the years to follow, his hit songs would be covered by artists including Frank Sinatra and The Ramones. They’d earn a place in movie history in films like Frantic and, most memorably, Animal House, while Chris Montez remained a vital force, bringing his music to longtime fans and new audiences around the world, from
PLUS THE SHORT FILM
A .45 AT 50TH
11 minutes
Directed by Joshua Bell and John Cromwell
Long before his career as an actor would bring him international recognition, James Cromwell used his talent and passion to help fight the battles of the civil rights movement. In this short documentary, James relives his experience with the Black Panther Party, one of the central events that would influence his worldview for the rest of his life.
FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE!
Very Limited Tickets for the festival are $100 - includes two parties/outdoor screenings
Friends Of Film
Foreign Film Series
Saturdays and Sundays Dec 12, 13, 19, 20, 2009
Sunday, January 17, 2010
11:00 am
Laemmle Theaters,
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Admission is free with RSVP to Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
We'll be screening Oscar(R) submissions from different countries during this series
Sunday, Jan 17, 2009 - Austria's Official Entry - 11 am
RSVP to Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
FOR A MOMENT FREEDOM
Directed by Arash Riahi
Fast-moving and packed with action, "For a Moment Freedom" tells of the odyssey of three Iranians/Kurdish groups of refugees: a married couple with a child, two young men with two children, and two men who are friends despite the differences between them. They have all managed to escape from Iran and Iraq, but now they are stuck in the Turkish capital; although freedom is at last almost within their grasp, first they have to wait in a dubious hotel, hoping each day that their applications for asylum will be approved. This enforced break in their journey towards independence is characterised by both hope and utter uncertainty.
FILMMAKER and special guests in attendance!
Saturday, Dec 19, 2009 - Slovakia's Official Entry - 11 am
RSVP to Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
BROKEN PROMISE
Directed by Jimi Chlumski
Broken Promise is based on a true story of a Jewish boy, Martin Friedmann, born in 1926 in Western Slovakia, who escaped deportation to a concentration camp thanks to his extraordinary soccer talent and some coincidently favorable circumstances.
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 - Bulgaria's Official Entry - 11 am
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THE WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER
Directed by: Stephan Komandarev
The story about a Bulgarian boy who grows up to be a German man. After a car accident Alex can't even remember his name. In an attempt to cure him from amnesia, his grandfather Bai Dan comes over to Germany and organizes a spiritual journey for his grandson back into his past, to the country where he came from. In changing places, time and transport, crossing half Europe, they play backgammon, the simplest, and yet the most complex of all games. That game leads Alex to the realizations of who he is, and that game is symbolic to the story. Destiny is the dice we hold in our own hands and life is a game on the edge between chance and skill.
Saturday, Dec 12 - POLAND'S OFFICIAL ENTRY - 11 am
REVERSE
Directed by Boris Lankosz
Reverse, a debut feature by 36 year-old director Borys Lankosz won the Golden Lions award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.
Set in the 1950s, it shows the terror of the Stalinist period in a very evocative way, black comedy style. The story centers on a woman in her early thirties, whose mother tries to find a husband for her and whose grandmother rates the prospective candidates. One day she meets a man, whose presence changes the lives of the three women.
Reverse received six other awards, including those for Best Actress (Agata Buzek), Best Cinematography and Best Soundtrack
Sunday, Dec 13 - THE NETHERLANDS OFFICIAL ENYRY - 11 am
Directed by Martin Koolhoven
Near the end of World War II, 13-year-old Michiel becomes involved with the Resistance after coming to the aid of a wounded British soldier. With the conflict coming to an end, Michiel comes of age and learns of the stark difference between adventure fantasy and the ugly realities of war.
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