Film by the Sea Festival, Vlissingen 2012
The official line-up of the 14th edition of the International Film Festival Film by the Sea, located in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The festival was held from 14 - 23 September, 2012. (Incomplete: not all films are available on IMDB)
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- DirectorRaymond DepardonStarsMichèle Bernard-RequinThe proceedings of a Paris courtroom are the grist for this documentary. Drawn from over 200 appearances before the same female judge, the director chooses a dozen or so varied misdemeanor and civil hearings to highlight the subtle details of human behavior. In the process he draws attention to issues of guilt, innocence, policing and ethnicity in France.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorSidney LumetStarsHenry FondaLee J. CobbMartin BalsamThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsTom CruiseJack NicholsonDemi MooreMilitary lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorSally RoweStarsHeston BlumenthalDaniel BouludFrank BruniPaul Liebrandt is one of the most talented and controversial chefs in the food world and the youngest chef to have received 3 stars from the New York Times. He was 24. NY Times food critic, William Grimes, likened Paul to 'a pianist who seems to have found a couple of dozen extra keys.' Through Paul, the film reveals the creative process, the extreme hard work, long hours, and dedication it takes to be a culinary artist and have success in the cutthroat world of haute cuisine. Exploring the complicated relationships between food critics, chefs, and owners the film delves into the life of a dedicated young chef ahead of his time.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorJoachim LafosseStarsÉmilie DequenneClaire BodsonNiels ArestrupHappy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of the tragic end towards which they are headingPart of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorMassoud BakhshiStarsBabak HamidianMehrdad SedighianMehran AhmadiUpon returning home to Iran after more than two decades abroad, visiting professor Arash is quickly thrust into a past he's spent his whole life trying to escape.
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsPayman MaadiLeila HatamiSareh BayatA married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsAndy LauDeannie IpHailu QinAfter suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.
- DirectorKlaas van de KetterijStarsJanneke BollermanFreek DuinhofMarco StrooPart of the competition program for regional filmmakers.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsJean-Louis TrintignantEmmanuelle RivaIsabelle HuppertGeorges and Anne are an octogenarian couple. They are cultivated, retired music teachers. Their daughter, also a musician, lives in Britain with her family. One day, Anne has a stroke, and the couple's bond of love is severely tested.
- DirectorKarl MarkovicsStarsThomas SchubertKarin LischkaGeorg FriedrichThrough his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
- DirectorGabriel AxelStarsStéphane AudranBodil KjerBirgitte FederspielDuring the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorLeslye HeadlandStarsKirsten DunstIsla FisherLizzy CaplanThree friends are asked to be bridesmaids at a wedding of a woman they used to ridicule back in high school.
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsQuvenzhané WallisDwight HenryLevy EasterlyFaced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.Openingsfilm 2012: Part of the Official Competition program, part of the special "Big Easy" subprogram.
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsPaul DanoRobert De NiroJulianne MooreWorking in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.Part of the Official Competition program.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsJake GyllenhaalNatalie PortmanTobey MaguireWhile on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.Part of the retrospective from Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 winner Jim Sheridan.
- DirectorVolker SchlöndorffStarsLéo-Paul SalmainMarc BarbéUlrich MatthesA teenager joins the resistance in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
- DirectorJuan Carlos RulfoNatalia Gil TornerStarsPeter BrookIris CarriereJean-Claude CarrièreA portrait documentary tracing the inspiration, philosophy and imagination of the celebrated theatre and screen writer - and Bunuel's long term collaborator - Jean Claude Carrière. Carrière predicts that between the house he was born in and the cemetery in which he will end there is a life journey of just 250 meters. "Carrière: 250 Meters" follows him as he reflects on the wealth of global traditions of storytelling, travelling through past and present, across countries and cultures from Paris to New York, Mexico and India and joined by his family, friends and collaborators. A testament to the life and work of an extraordinary man and a key architect in contemporary cinema.
- DirectorJhonny HendrixStarsEsteban CopeteKarent HinestrozaSebastián MosqueiraA young woman raising alone her children while her husband gets drunk but when she breaks free nothing will be the same.
- DirectorSimon AboudStarsTimothy SpallImogen PootsCraig RobertsA romantic thriller set during the armed robbery of one of London's most exclusive jewelers.
- DirectorDennis BotsStarsHanna ObbeekNils VerkooijenFiona LivingstonAkkie is a pretty schoolgirl who is good at soccer and doesn't let boys mess with her, until she is diagnosed with leukemia and must start her battle to stay alive.Part of the special "Education" subprogram, only available to schoolchildren from the region.
- DirectorDaniel CohenStarsJean RenoMichaël YounRaphaëlle AgoguéA veteran chef faces off against his restaurant group's new CEO, who wants to the establishment to lose a star from its rating in order to bring in a younger chef who specializes in molecular gastronomy.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorSafy NebbouStarsEmile BerlingCharles BerlingSarah SternTwo students abduct their English teacher and hold her in a hut in the woods,gagged and bound.One of the teenagers ' father is none other than the high school headmaster.Part of the Official Competition subprogram.
- DirectorAlfonso ArauStarsMarco LeonardiLumi CavazosRegina TornéWhen tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorArild AndresenStarsVebjørn EngerKristoffer JonerCecilie A. MosliJarle Klepp gets a message that forces his mind back to something he'd rather forgotten - his childhood with his father in Stavanger. When "Orheim" was his surname.Part of the Official Competition subprogram.
- DirectorStijn ConinxStarsJan DecleirGérard DesartheAntje de BoeckIn the 1890s, Father Adolf Daens goes to Aalst, a textile town where child labor is rife, pay and working conditions are horrible, the poor have no vote, and the Catholic church backs the petite bourgeoisie in oppressing workers. He writes a few columns for the Catholic paper, and soon workers are listening and the powerful are in an uproar. He's expelled from the Catholic party, so he starts the Christian Democrats and is elected to Parliament. After Rome disciplines him, he must choose between two callings, as priest and as champion of workers. In subplots, a courageous young woman falls in love with a socialist and survives a shop foreman's rape; children die; prelates play billiards.In remembrance of the 100th birthday of Louis Paul Boon.
- DirectorSharog Heshmat ManeshJet HomoetThree generations of women, wedged between two worlds, struggle to give shape to their lives in present-day Iran. In the world outside they wear headscarves and obey the rules of the state, yet in their world at home breadwinner Maryam runs the show, aided by her mother and her younger sister Ghazal. When Maryam wants to get married, however, these two worlds clash painfully, and the entire family gets involved. Son and co-director Sharog Heshmat Manesh, living in the Netherlands, leads us into this, otherwise closed, private world. 'Daughters of Malakeh' gives us a unique and genuine picture of family life in Iran.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorAnton KoolhaasStarsKees BrusseHenny AlmaJan TeulingsBert Verbloeme has survived the war but lost the love of his life. Now he suffers from a depression and has to learn how to live a meaningful life again.Part of the special "Big Easy" subprogram.
- DirectorPieter VerhoeffStarsPeter TuinmanHuub StapelJoke TjalsmaOn the turn of the 20th century, in Netherlands, three socialist activists and brothers are imprisoned for a crime they didn't commit. The prosecutor tries to get to the truth, but their comrades and others betray them.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorWill KoopmanStarsTjitske ReidingaMark RietmanNanette DrazicPlastic surgeon Mathilde is smart and successful as well as happily married with children. However, appearances are deceiving. The renovation of their home threatens to turn into a disaster and her marriage is faltering. Until she accepts the helping hand of an old boyfriend.
- DirectorEddy TerstallStarsRoberta PetzoldtTeun KuilboerFrank SheppardAfter a couple of drinks two twenty-something students make a deal to have sex with each other for 2000 Euros. The deal takes them to Barcelona. There, their mutual embarrassment over the deal complicates matters, but brings them closer together.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsAdrien BrodyChristina HendricksMarcia Gay HardenA substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
- DirectorJulian PölslerStarsMartina GedeckLuchs von KyffhäuserbachKarlheinz HacklA woman finds herself inexplicably cut off from all human contact when an invisible, unyielding wall suddenly surrounds the landscape.Part of the Official Competition, part of the special "Do You Mind" subprogram.
- DirectorPieter KuijpersStarsTheo MaassenGijs Scholten van AschatMaryam HassouniA lonesome ambulance driver turns both his life and society upside down after one night he violently loses his temper with the hoodlum youths who hinder him in performing his duties.Part of the special "Education" subprogram, only available to schoolchildren from the region.
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsJamie ChungBeau BridgesMatt O'LearyA young Korean-American girl, abducted and forced into prostitution by domestic human traffickers, cooperates with her captors in a desperate ploy to survive.Part of the special "Human Rights' subprogram.
- DirectorSafinez BousbiaStarsRachid BerkaniAhmed BernaouiRobert CastelEl Gusto is the story of an orchestra of Muslim and Jewish musicians torn apart by war 50 years ago, and recently reunited for an exceptional concert. These musicians share a passion they never lost: the soul of Algiers, Chaâbi music.
- DirectorJuan José CampanellaStarsRicardo DarínSoledad VillamilPablo RagoA retired legal counselor writes a novel hoping to find closure for one of his past unresolved homicide cases and for his unreciprocated love with his superior - both of which still haunt him decades later.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsTamer LeventReha ÖzcanMehmet ÖzgürWhen some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.
- DirectorMarnix RubenStarsImmele BosmanArnaud BromQuinten LeonTwenty-year-old Luka is the singer with a hard-core punk band who strives to share his leftist ideals with the world. But his fellow band members don't understand him, and he can't count on their support in a world where exposing one's feelings is considered to be feminine. When they get the chance to play as a support act for a name band, Luka tries his best to prove himself to the lead singer. But the thirty-something tattooed punk hero turns out to be an asshole of flesh and blood who leads Luka on a downward spiral.Part of the competition program for regional filmmakers.
- DirectorPaul LacosteStarsMichel BrasSébastien BrasA documentary on French chef Michel Bras and his decision to hand over his restaurant to his son, Sebastien, who has been working with him for 15 years.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsGeorges LopezAlizéAxel ThouveninA documentary portrait of a one-room school in rural France, where the students (ranging in age from 4 to 11) are educated by a single dedicated teacher.Part of the special "Education" subprogram, only available to schoolchildren from the region.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsJohannes ZeilerAnton AdasinskyIsolda DychaukA despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorBartosz KonopkaStarsMarcin DorocinskiKrzysztof StroinskiMagdalena PoplawskaFather-to-be Marcin reaches out to his estranged schizophrenic father in search for love and understanding.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorJoseph MeissnerStarsBecky StarkJoseph MeissnerHarry ShearerA diverse group of New Orleans artists and musicians struggle to find meaning in their lives, work, and relationships one year after Katrina. A nuanced view of the city and its people, it shows the changing landscape of New Orleans as it has never been seen before, dispelling the stereotypes of Bourbon Street and Twenties' jazz to reveal the tragic, defiant, joyful city many call 'the Soul of America.'Part of the special "Big Easy" subprogram.
- DirectorChristian VincentStarsCatherine FrotArthur DupontJean d'OrmessonThe story of Danièle Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for François Mitterrand.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorPhilip KaufmanStarsNicole KidmanClive OwenDavid StrathairnA drama centered on the romance between Ernest Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, Hemingway's inspiration for For Whom the Bell Tolls, and the only woman who ever asked for a divorce from the writer.
- DirectorMax LangJakob SchuhStarsHelena Bonham CarterRob BrydonRobbie ColtraneA cunning mouse goes for a walk in the forest, and outwits a succession of predators.
- DirectorUwe HeidschötterJohannes WeilandStarsHelena Bonham CarterShirley HendersonRobbie ColtraneA little Gruffalo ignores her father's warnings and tiptoes out into the snow in search of the Big Bad Mouse.
- DirectorDavid FrankelStarsMeryl StreepTommy Lee JonesSteve CarellAfter thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense, week-long counseling session to work on their relationship.
- DirectorEva NeymannStarsNikolas AdamidisValeriy BasselVitalina BiblivA 8-year-old boy is travelling with his mother towards his grandfather, but their journey is stopped when the young woman dies of typhus in an unknown town, just as poor and in ruins as any other on the way. However, the boy is determined to go on. Eva Neymann's film is a visual journey into a country covered in snow and left poor by war. This is a place of beautiful, deserted landscapes and people overcome by both need and greed. The tranquil black-and-white images created by Lithuanian cameraman Rimmvydas Leipus masterfully evoke the atmosphere of the Second World War's penultimate year in the Soviet Union. The picture was based on motifs drawn from the autobiographical story of the same name by writer and screenwriter Friedrich Gorenstein, who also penned the script for Tarkovsky's Solaris.Part of the Official Competition program.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsSilvio OrlandoFrancesca NeriEzio GreggioIn pre-war Bologna, Michele Casali's teenage daughter Giovanna kills her best friend out of jealousy. Deemed mentally unfit, she is committed to a psychiatric hospital.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsPaddy ConsidineSamantha MortonDjimon HounsouA family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the mean streets of Hell's Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.Part of the retrospective from Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 winner Jim Sheridan.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandStarsRobert WieckiewiczBenno FürmannAgnieszka GrochowskaA dramatization of one man's rescue of Jewish refugees in the German-occupied Polish city of Lvov.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsVladimir SvirskiyVladislav AbashinSergey KolesovWestern frontiers of the USSR, 1942. The region is under German occupation. A man is wrongly accused of collaboration. Desperate to save his dignity, he faces impossible moral choice.Part of the Official Competition program.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisPete PostlethwaiteAlison CrosbieAn Irish man's coerced confession to an I.R.A. bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. Meanwhile, a British lawyer fights to clear their names and free them.Part of the retrospective from Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 winner Jim Sheridan.
- DirectorTony GatlifStarsMamebetty Honoré DialloPart of the special "Human Rights" subprogram.
- DirectorPaul CoxStarsJulia BlakeCharles 'Bud' TingwellKristine Van PellicomAfter more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were young lovers. Widowed musician Andreas decides to get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who is still married to her first husband, John. Andreas and Claire find that the connection they shared when they were young is still there and they soon become involved in a rekindled love affair. However, this time around, there are more complications, including the possibilities of ill health and death, as well as the impact their relationship might have on John.
- DirectorZeki DemirkubuzStarsEngin GünaydinSerhat TutumluerNihal YalçinA man's life, thoughts, feelings and his very own darkness... Adapted from Dostoevsky's novel "Notes from Undergroud", Demirkubuz follows Muharrem as he gets himself invited to a party where he is not welcome, just to find himself disgusted.Part of the Official Competition program.
- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.Part of the special "Education" subprogram, only available to schoolchildren from the region.
- DirectorGustav HoferLuca RagazziStarsFrank DabellAfter their award winning documentary, 'Suddenly, Last Winter', Luca and Gustav are back. This time they have to decide: should they stay in Italy, or leave it, like so many of their friends have done already. Looking at some defining Italian icons, they go on a emotional trip on a old Fiat 500 through Italy, to look behind the cliches and to discover, what's left of the famous Italian way of life, confronting a glorious pas, a shaky present and an uncertain future.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.Special screening of the new digital remastered edition.
- DirectorDavid GelbStarsJiro OnoYoshikazu OnoMasuhiro YamamotoA documentary on 85-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono, his renowned Tokyo restaurant, and his relationship with his son and eventual heir, Yoshikazu.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracyBurt LancasterRichard WidmarkIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorFemke van VelzenIlse van VelzenJustice for Sale follows the young, courageous Congolese human rights lawyer Claudine who refuses to accept that justice is indeed 'For Sale' in her country. When Claudine investigates the case of a soldier convicted of rape, she discovers that his trial was unfair and that he was convicted on the basis of little evidence. In her journey to obtain justice, she uncovers a system where the basic principles of law are ignored. And when the system fails, everyone becomes a victim. The documentary not only provides a glimpse into the failings of the Congolese judicial system but also raises questions about the role of the international community and non-governmental organizations in reforming it.Part of the special "Human Rights" subprogram.
- DirectorBoudewijn KooleStarsRick LensLoek PetersCahit ÖlmezA young boy and his father have a difficult relationship, but are trying to reach each other. They need a catalyst to make that happen.Part of the special "Education" subprogram, only available to schoolchildren from the region.
- DirectorWilliam FriedkinStarsMatthew McConaugheyEmile HirschJuno TempleWhen a debt puts a young man's life in danger, he turns to putting a hit out on his evil mother in order to collect the insurance.
- DirectorRodrigo PláStarsEmilia DíazErnesto LiottiJorge TemponiA middle-aged, single mother of three cares for her eighty year old father, and they are pushed to the breaking point.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorMoussa TouréStarsSouleymane Seye NdiayeLaïty FallMalaminé 'Yalenguen' DraméA group of African men leave Senegal in a pirogue captained by a local fisherman to undertake the treacherous crossing of the Atlantic to Spain where they believe better lives and prospects are waiting for them.Part of the special "Human Rights" subprogram.
- DirectorBenito ZambranoStarsInma CuestaMaría LeónMarc ClotetJust after the Spanish war, Pepita leaves her village for the capital to be near her sister, who is in prison and pregnant. There she falls for a bourgeois who is keeping the fight alive in the hills.
- DirectorSonia Herman DolzStarsReinaldo HierrezueloReinaldo CreaghPancho CobásMeet the Jury: Sonia Herman Dolz.
- DirectorLuisa DantasFrom front-porches to the front lines, Land of Opportunity captures the tumultuous reconstruction of a quintessential American city, New Orleans.Part of the special "The Big Easy" subprogram.
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsRyan GoslingEmily MortimerPaul SchneiderA delusional young man strikes up an unconventional relationship with a doll he finds on the Internet.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorHeiki ErnitsJanno PõldmaStarsEvelin VõigemastMargus TaborMait MalmstenPlucky young Lotte embarks on an adventure with her uncle Klaus to solve the mystery of three stones that a pair of hooded figures are attempting to retrieve.For the little festival visitors.
- DirectorSusanne BierStarsPierce BrosnanTrine DyrholmMolly Blixt EgelindA hairdresser who has lost her hair to cancer, finds out her husband is having an affair, travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding, and meets a widower who still blames the world for the loss of his wife.
- DirectorJoseph LoseyStarsDavid WayneHoward Da SilvaMartin GabelIn this Americanization of the 1931 German thriller, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious serial killer who preys on little girls.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram.
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsKristbjörg KjeldHilmir Snær GuðnasonGunnar EyjólfssonA film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humour, compassion and strong visual style.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorLili RademakersStarsLydia BillietTheu BoermansDirk CelisA factory worker is employed in the desolate, cold-storage cellars of a brewery. His spare time he devotes to collecting romantic images of wild flowers and sticking newspaper cuttings in an album, demonstrating a preference for more gruesome stories. Murders, rapes and acts of violence are the events which accompany his everyday existence and invest it with a tinge of color.In remembrance of the 100th birthday of Louis Paul Boon.
- DirectorMatthias GlasnerStarsBirgit MinichmayrJürgen VogelHenry StangeA struggling German couple starts finding each other again after keeping as a secret about being responsible for a horrific accident.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsAnton GlanzeliusTomas von BrömssenAnki LidénIn the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.Part of the special "Education" subprogram, only available to schoolchildren from the region.
- DirectorGeralyn PezanoskiStarsKaren Remy O'TooleMINE is the powerful story about the essential bond between humans and animals told against the backdrop of one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. MINE explores how tragedy intensifies that bond and is told from the perspective of original guardians, rescuers, and adoptive parents of the voiceless victims of Katrina. These individuals are all connected by two things, the tragic aftermath of Katrina and their love of animals. In response to an unprecedented crisis, thousands of pets needed to be transported around the country and adopted even when their displaced guardians still desperately wanted them. Meanwhile, many adoptive guardians have forged strong bonds with their new pets, nurturing them back to health from the traumas they suffered during and after the storm. When two families love the same pet, conflicts inevitably arise over who is the rightful "owner" and what is right for the animal. At the center of this tension are pets who are loved like family, but by law are considered property. This begs the question, who is looking out for the best interest of the animals? Set in a post-Katrina landscape of poverty, loss and moral uncertainty, MINE presents the complexity of an intensely emotional situation that has no simple answers. A tragedy of this scale reveals the worst and brings out the best in humankind and presents an opportunity for us to bring about meaningful social change. MINE is a compelling, character-driven story that challenges us see the way we treat animals in our society as a reflection of how we treat ourselves - and each other.Part of the special "The Big Easy" subprogram.
- DirectorPetter NæssStarsJosh HartnettRadha MitchellGary ColeA love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.Part of the retrospective from Lifetime Achievement Award 2012 winner Jim Sheridan.
- DirectorRobert MuggeStarsJim TaylorLewis Setliff IIIDr. JohnDocumentary about the many well-known New Orleans musicians who were forced to leave the city by Hurricane Katrina, where they wound up, how (and if) they plan to return to the city. Also shown are many landmark nightclubs and other well-known spots that were damaged or destroyed by Katrina.Part of the special "The Big Easy" subprogram, part of the special "Jazz on Film" subprogram.
- DirectorLucía CarrerasStarsCecilia SuárezGabriela de la GarzaGala MontesPilar loses the one thing in life that mattered to her and, from that moment on time stops. The present begins blending with the past, and the heroine withdraws into a world of her own. An intimate drama about the extreme emotions connected to the loss of someone on whom our lives depend.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorUlrich SeidlStarsMargarete TieselPeter KazunguInge MauxTeresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsMayor Hüseyin AliogluBünyamin SeyrekbasanNezihan HaslamanVillagers in Turkey's Black Sea village of Camburnu struggle with the government's decision to turn their community into a garbage dump.Part of the special "Human Rights" subprogram.
- DirectorGianni Di GregorioStarsValeria De FranciscisMarina CacciottiMaria CalìBroke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.Part of the special "Film & Food" subprogram.
- DirectorVincent GarenqStarsPhilippe TorretonWladimir YordanoffNoémie LvovskyA family man battles to prove his innocence after being accused of a heinous crime.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram,
- DirectorAkira KurosawaStarsToshirô MifuneMachiko KyôMasayuki MoriThe rape of a bride and the murder of her samurai husband are recalled from the perspectives of a bandit, the bride, the samurai's ghost and a woodcutter.Part of the special "Film & Law" subprogram,
- DirectorJeremy Power RegimbalStarsSelma BlairJoshua CloseJames D'ArcyThe Hughes' cottage vacation is violently interrupted by a family on a murderous and identity-stealing journey, in search of the "perfect" life.
- DirectorJake SchreierStarsPeter SarsgaardFrank LangellaSusan SarandonIn the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives a gift from his son: a robot butler programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a heist team.
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsPaul DanoZoe KazanAnnette BeningA novelist struggling with writer's block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsClive OwenAndrea RiseboroughGillian AndersonSet in 1990s Belfast, an active member of the IRA becomes an informant for MI5 in order to protect her son's welfare.Winner of the Official Competition program.
- DirectorSimon PummellStarsHugo KoolschijnAnniek PheiferThom HoffmanIn 1903 Daniel Paul Schreber published the most celebrated autobiography of madness 'from the inside' ever written. Shock Head Soul interleaves documentary interviews, fictional re-construction and CGI animation to portray his story. Daniel Paul Schreber was a successful lawyer who, in 1893, started to receive messages from God via a Writing Down Machine that spanned the cosmos. He spent the next 9 years confined to an asylum: tortured by delusions of cosmic control, suffering the belief that he was shifting gender and that his body was subjected to cruel 'miracles'. Schreber believed that only his submission to God's plan to change him into a woman would save the world. During his confinement he wrote Memoirs of My Nervous Illness, which has earned him lasting fame as an outsider artist, it allowed him to argue that that his belief system was a matter of religious freedom and that he was sane enough to return to society. Running as a recurrent motif through the film is an imaginary Writing Down Machine inspired by both the delusory writing down systems envisioned by Schreber and also the Hansen Writing Ball. This early visionary design for a typewriter is famous because Nietzsche used such a machine to compose reflections on the relationship between writing and technology. The film's mix of forms explores the borderline between religious vision and deluded fanaticism, and the intimate link between family secrets, psychiatric diagnosis, and our societal understanding of mental illness.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorLisa OhlinStarsBill SkarsgårdHelen SjöholmJan Josef LiefersTwo boys come of age in Sweden during World War II.Part of the Official Competition program.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsLéa SeydouxKacey Mottet KleinMartin CompstonA drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadAaron PaulNick OffermanA married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.Part of the special "Do You Mind?" subprogram.
- DirectorÁlvaro LongoriaStarsJavier BardemElena AnayaCarlos BardemA look at how colonization of the Western Sahara has left nearly 200,000 people living in refugee camps.Part of the special "Human Rights" subprogram.
- DirectorMads MatthiesenStarsKim KoldElsebeth SteentoftLamaiporn Sangmanee HougaardDennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsPaul BranniganJohn HenshawRoger AllamNarrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.