Love, Theft and Other Entanglements – Berlinale 65 Panorama
A simple story of a simple anti-hero who tries to fix his almost destined troubled life in Palestine. Debut feature film by Muayad Alayan.
CategoryThriller
Elena (2011)
The Revelation according to Andrei Zvyagintsev doesn’t come after a terrifying future event. It is the already present moral collapse that will bring the inevitable catastrophe.
Fuoco! (Fire!, 1968)
Gian Vittorio Baldi directs a piece of art that through its consistency can work on political and dramaturgical level without losing its impactful realism.
Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti
A visually impressive and highly emotional coming-of-age film by Naji Abu Nowar, set in the Jordanian desert just before the Arab Revolt. Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 71st Venice Film Festival.
Ikarie XB-1 (Voyage to the End of the Universe, 1963)
The pioneering Czechoslovak science fiction film by Jindrich Polák, based on Stanislaw Lem's The Magellanic Cloud.
Ucho (The Ear, 1970)
Karel Kachyňa directs one of the most iconic films on depicting the mentality of a totalitarian regime. Banned for 20 years in Czechoslovakia.
Piccola Patria (Small Homeland) – Venice 70 Orizzonti
A typical rural kitchen sink drama in the industrialized Italian region of Veneto that now faces the economical crisis. Directed by Alessandro Rossetto.
Algunas Chicas (Some Girls) – Venice 70 Orizzonti
A rather obscure and off beat thriller by Santiago Palavecino that is set contemporarily in dream and reality.
I.D. – Torino 30
The debut film by the Indian director Kamal K.M. where the drama of a lost identity meets a bleak thriller in both worlds of modern Mumbai.