Marionette (2007)
Minos Nikolakakis creates a dark minimalistic tale that comes closer to reality or a dark reality that touches the edges of chilling fantasy.
CategoryFantasy
Jauja (2014)
Jodorowsky meets Tarkovsky with a touch of Beckettian minimalism in Lisandro Alonso's hypnotic meta-Western that leads Viggo Mortensen into a never-ending journey to a surreal existential void.
Valerie a Týden Divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970)
A disturbing surreal erotic horror coming-of-age fairytale of political allegory by Jaromil Jireš marks the end of Czechoslovak New Wave.
Artă (Art) – Venice 71 Orizzonti
A sharp reenacted mockumentary by Adrian Sitaru, that watches from a humorous perspective the rightfulness to abuse people for the sake of art.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Venice 71
The best finale to Roy Andersson's witty and extremely unpredictable existentialistic Living Trilogy. Golden Lion at the 71st Venice Film Festival.
Monanieba (Repentance, 1984)
Tengiz Abuladze by presenting a grotesque realism with a touch of subcutaneous self-sarcasm managed to bury all the fears that had survived for so many years in the USSR.
Mary is Happy, Mary is Happy – Venice 70 Biennale College
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit creates a truly innovative experimental films set in our digital world. What could happen if a Twitter account feed becomes real?
Yuri Esposito – Venice 70 Biennale College
This is the kind of comedy film that you should await from an emerging and innovative new director like Alessio Fava.