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Distinctive 2014 debuts

Five films that their innovative ways of narrative and their original realistic stories made them the most distinctive debut feature films of 2014.

Drama, Thriller, Venice 2014

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.

REVIEWS

Kaigenrei (Coup D’État, 1973)

The third and final film of Yoshishige Yoshida's political trilogy that marked the Japanese New Wave.

The Look of Silence – Venice 71

Joshua Oppenheimer's second strikingly profound and captivating documentary looks straight into the horror of Indonesia’s hidden past.

Skammen (Shame, 1968)

Ingmar Bergman, in one of his lesser known masterpieces, de-dramatizes a war by transferring all its tragedy to Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow and inevitably to his audience too.

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

Isa Quosja directs a slow burning drama that is dealing with one of the most delicate and tabu issues in modern post-war Kosovo.

Ja Tozhe Hochu (Me Too) – Venice 69 Orizzonti

Alexei Balabanov's last and most personal film. An adaptation on Tarkovsky's Stalker myth set in Balabanov's provocative world.

TagNaji Abu Nowar

Distinctive 2014 debuts

Theeb (ذيب) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Kaigenrei (Coup D’État, 1973)

The Look of Silence – Venice 71

Skammen (Shame, 1968)

Three Windows and a Hanging (Tri Dritare dhe një Varje) – Sarajevo 20

Ja Tozhe Hochu (Me Too) – Venice 69 Orizzonti

Francesco Rosi: The cinema of emotions

Monicelli: The elements of Italian comedy

Béla Tarr on Filmmaking

Gian Maria Volonté: Ogni film è politico

Soft and Hard (1986)