Archive for September, 2010

Как я провел этим летом (How I Ended this Summer)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Alexei Popogrebsky
produced by: Roman Borisevich & Alexandr Kushaev
Director of photography: Pavel Kostomarov
Editor: Ivan Lebedev
Production Designer: Gennady Popov
Main Cast:
Sergei Puskepalis (Sergei Gulybin)
Grigory Dobrygin (Pavel Danilov)
A polar station on a desolate island in the Arctic Ocean. Sergei, a seasoned meteorologist, and Pavel, a recent college graduate, are spending months in complete isolation on [...]

NOSTRA VITA, LA (Our Life)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Daniele Luchetti
written by: Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli & Daniele Luchetti
produced by: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini & Marco Chimenz
Director of photography: Claudio Collepiccolo
Editor: Mirco Garrone
Production Designer: Giancarlo Basili
Main Cast:
Elio Germano (Claudio)
Raoul Bova (Piero)
Isabella Ragonese (Elena)
Luca Zingaretti (Ari)
Stefania Montorsi (Loredana)
Giorgio Colangeli (Porcari)
Alina Madalina Berzunteanu (Gabriela)
Marius Ignat (Andrei)
Awa Ly (Celeste)
Emiliano Campagnola (Vittorio)
Claudio works on a site [...]

BAL (Honey)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Semih Kaplanoğlu
written by: Semih Kaplanoğlu & Orcun Koksal
produced by: Semih Kaplanoğlu, Johannes Rexin & Bettina Brokemper
Director of photography: Barış Özbiçer
Editor: Ayhan Ergürsel, Semih Kaplanoğlu & S. Hande Guneri
Production Designer: Naz Erayda
Main Cast:
Bora Altaş (Yusuf)
Erdal Beşikçioğlu (Yakup)
Tülin Özen (Zehra)
Yusuf (6) has started primary school and is learning how to read and write. His father, [...]

NOWHERE BOY

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Sam Taylor-Wood
written by: Matt Greenhalgh
produced by: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader
Director of photography: Seamus McGarvey
Editor: Lisa Gunning
Production Designer: Alice Normington
Main Cast:
Aaron Johnson (John Lennon)
David Threlfall (Uncle George)
Kristin Scott Thomas (Mimi Smith)
Anne-Marie Duff (Julia Lennon)
Imagine John Lennon’s childhood… Liverpool 1955: a smart and troubled fifteen year-old is hungry for experience. In a family [...]

REWERS (The Reverse)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Borys Lankosz
written by: Andrzej Bart
produced by: Jerzy Kapuscinski & Wojciech Kabarowski
Director of photography: Marcin Koszatka
Editor: Wojciech Anuszczyk
Production Designer: Magdalena Dipont & Robert Czesak
Main Cast:
Agata Buzek (Sabina)
Krystyna Janda (mother)
Anna Polony (grandma)
Marcin Dorocinski (Bronisław)
Adam Woronowicz (Mr Józef)
The plot takes places on two temporal plains: the early 1950s and the present. The main character is Sabina, [...]

3 SEZÓNY V PEKLE (3 Seasons in Hell)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Tomas Masin
produced by: Monika Kristl
Director of photography: Karl Oskarsson
Editor: Petr Turyna
Production Designer: Martin Kurel
Main cast:
Krystof Hadek (Ivan Heinz)
Karolina Gruszka (Jana)
Martina Huba (Ivan’s father)
Jan Kraus (Viktor Lukas)
Prague 1947 - a time of sensuality, extravagance, wit and great expectations.
Ivan Heinz, a good-looking dandy with a provocative sense of humour has just turned 19. [...]

SLOVENKA (Slovenian Girl)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Damjan Kozole
written by: Ognjen Sviličić, Matevž Luzar & Damjan Kozole
produced by: Danijel Hočevar
Director of photography: Aleš Belak
Editor: Andrija Zafranović & Jurij Moškon
Production Designer: Maja Moravec
Main Cast:
Nina Ivanišin (Aleksandra)
Peter Musevski (Edo)
Primož Pirnat (Zdravko)
After spending her adolescence in small-town Slovenia, at twenty-three English student Alexandra is grateful for the anonymity of Ljubljana and knows just [...]

NA PUTU (On the Path)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Jasmila Žbanić
produced by: Damir Ibrahimović, Bruno Wagner, Barbara Albert, Karl Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel, Leon Lučev
Director of photography: Christine A. Maier
Editor: Niki Mossböck
Production Designer: Lada Maglajlic & Amir Vuk
Main Cast:
Zrinka Cvitešić (Luna)
Leon Lučev (Amar)
Ermin Bravo (Bahrija)
Mirjana Karanović (Nada)
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten [...]

MAMMA GÓGÓ

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
produced by: Gudrun Edda Thorhannesdottir & Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Director of photography: Ari Kristinsson
Editor: Anders Refn, Sigvaldi J. Karason & Tomas Potocny
Production Designer: Arni Pall Johannsson
Main Cast:
Kristbjörg Kjeld (Mamma Gógó, young and older)
Hilmir Snaer Gudnason (the director)
Gunnar Eyjolfsson (husband/father, young and older)
Margrét Vilhjálmsdóttir (the wife)
Olafia Hrönn Jonsdottir (sister 19)
Inga María [...]

SEBBE

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Babak Najafi
produced by: Mimmi Spång & Rebecka Lafrenz
Director of photography: Simon Pramsten
Editor: Andreas Nilsson
Production Designer: Gilles Balabaud
Main Cast:
Sebastian Hiort af Ornäs (Sebbe)
Eva Melander (Eva)
Kenny Wåhlbrink (Kenny)
Margret Andersson (the teacher)
Åsa Bodin Karlsson (Kenny’s mother)
Duct tape, electrical cables, explosives, detonator.
Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened.
Sebbe is fifteen and lives [...]

FREMDE, DIE (When We Leave)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Feo Aladag
produced by: Feo Aladag & Züli Aladag
Director of photography: Judith Kaufmann
Editor: Andrea Mertens
Production Designer: Silke Buhr
Main Cast:
Sibel Kekilli (Umay)
Settar Tanriögen (Kader)
Derya Alabora (Halime)
Nizam Schiller (Cem)
Tamer Yigit (Mehmet)
Florian Lukas (Stipe)
Alwara Höfels (Atife)
Almila Bagriacik (Rana)
Serhad Can (Acar)
Nursel Köse (Gül)

What would you sacrifice for your family’s love? Your values? Your freedom?
Your independence? German-born [...]

TOURNEE (On Tour)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Mathieu Amalric
written by: Mathieu Amalric, Philippe Di Folco & Marcelo Novais-Teles
produced by: Yael Fogiel
Director of photography: Christophe Beaucarne
Editor: Annette Dutertre
Production Designer: Stéphane Taillasson
Main Cast:
Mathieu Amalric (Joaquim Zand)
Alexander Craven (Roky Roulette)
Miranda Colclasure (Mimi Le Meaux)
Suzanne Ramsey (Kitten on the Keys)
Julie Ann Muz (Julie Atlas Muz)
Joachim, a former Parisian television producer had left everything behind [...]

MY QUEEN KARO

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Dorothée van den Berghe
written by: Dorothée van den Berghe in collaboration with Peter van Kraaij
produced by: Frank Van Passel, Bert Hamelinck & Frans Van Gestel
Director of photography: Jan Vancaillie
Editor: Marie-Hélène Dozo
Production Designer: Gert Stas
Main Cast:
Anna Franziska Jager (Karo)
Deborah Francois (Dalia)
Matthias Schoenaerts (Raven)
Maria Kraakman (Alice)
Nico Sturm (Barré)
Ten-year-old Karo grows up with her parents in [...]

UOMO CHE VERRÀ, L’ (The Man Who Will Come)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Giorgio Diritti
written by: Giorgio Diritti, Giovanni Galavotti & Tania Pedroni
produced by: Simone Bachini & Giorgio Diritti
Director of photography: Roberto Cimatti
Editor: Giorgio Diritti, Paolo Marzoni
Production Designer: Giancarlo Basili
Main Cast:
Maya Sansa (Lena)
Alba Rohrwacher (Beniamina)
Claudio Casadio (Armando)
Greta Zuccheri Montonari (Martina)
Stefano Bicocchi (Mr Bugamelli)
Winter, 1943. Martina is eight years old and lives on the slopes of Monte [...]

LEBANON

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Samuel Maoz
produced by: Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, David Silber, Uri Sabag, Einat Bickel, Benjamina Mirnik & Illan Girard
Director of photography: Giora Bejach
Editor: Arik Iahav-Leibovich
Production Designer: Ariel Roshko
Main Cast:
Yoav Donat (Shmulik)
Itay Tiran (Assi)
Oshri Cohen (Hertzel)
Michael Moshonov (Yigal)
Zohar Strauss (Jamil)
Raymonde Amsalem (Lebanese Mother)
The First Lebanon War, June 1982. A lone tank and a [...]

Cчастье моё (My Joy)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Sergei Loznitsa
produced by: Heino Deckert & Oleg Kokhan
Director of photography: Oleg Mutu (RSC)
Editor: Danielius Kokanauskis
Production Designer: Kirill Shuvalov
Main Cast:
Viktor Nemets (Georgy)
Vlad Ivanov (major from Moscow)
Maria Varsami (gypsy woman)
Vladimir Golovin (old man)
Olga Shuvalova (girl prostitute)
Alexey Vertkov (young lieutenant)
Yuriy Sviridenko (one-armed man)
Russia, present day, summer:
Truck driver Georgy picks up his latest load and [...]

NOTHING PERSONAL

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

written & directed by: Urszula Antoniak
produced by: Reinier Selen & Edwin van Meurs
Director of photography: Daniel Bouquet
Editor: Nathalie Alonso Casale
Production Designer: Jane English
Main Cast:
Lotte Verbeek (Anne)
Stephen Rea (Martin)
A young female rebel and an old sage challenge each other in a story about personal freedom and attachment. She is a young Dutch woman, who after throwing [...]

KAWASAKIHO RŮŽE (Kawasaki’s Rose)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Jan Hřebejk
written by: Petr Jarchovský
produced by: Rudolf Biermann & Tomas Hoffman
Director of photography: Martin Sacha
Editor: Vladimir Barak
Production Designer: Milan Bycek
Main Cast:
Martin Huba (Pavel)
Lenka Vlasakova (Lucie)
Ladislav Chudik (Kafka)
Antonin Kratochvil (Borek)
Daniela Kolarova (Jana)
The year is 2009. Pavel Josek, an eminent scientist and former dissident, is due to receive a state honour for bravery. During the [...]

GHOST WRITER, THE

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Roman Polanski
written by: Robert Harris & Roman Polanski
produced by: Robert Benmussa, Alain Sarde & Roman Polanski
Director of photography: Pawel Edelman
Editor: Hervé de Luze
Production Designer: Albrecht Konrad
Main Cast:
Ewan McGregor (The Ghost)
Pierce Brosnan (Adam Lang)
Kim Cattrall (Amelia Bly)
Olivia Williams (Ruth Lang)
Tom Wilkinson (Paul Emmett)
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former [...]

CELDA 211 (Cell 211)

Thursday, September 9th, 2010

directed by: Daniel Monzón
written by: Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Daniel Monzón
produced by: Emma Lustres, Borja Pena, Juan Gordon & Álvaro Augustín
Director of photography: Carles Gusi
Editor: Mapa Pastor
Production Designer: Alicia Tellería
Main Cast:
Luis Tosar (Malamadre)
Alberto Ammann (Juan Oliver)
Antonio Resines (Utrilla)
Carlos Bardem (Apache)
Marta Etura (Elena)

A novice prison official has the bad luck to start his new job on the [...]