Suntan – Jerusalem 33
Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ third feature film is a bleak and bittersweet cul-de-sac set under the glaring Aegean sun.
CategoryRomance
Zvizdan (The High Sun) – Thessaloniki 56 Balkan Survey
Dalibor Matanić makes a different post-traumatic approach of the Yugoslav wars as love has to stand in front of any inter-ethnic conflicts.
Viaje – Sarajevo 21 Kinoscope
Paz Fábrega creates a low-key romantic bittersweet journey where a boy meets a girl as the time runs against them.
Boy Meets Girl (1984)
The first masterfully structured abstract elegiac work by Leos Carax as he becomes French cinema's most acknowledged enfant terrible.
Eyforiya (Euphoria, 2006)
A tragic romantic story set in the immense Russian steppe. A theatrical experience told by Ivan Vyrypaev in pure cinematic language.
Viharsarok (Land of Storms) – Sarajevo 20
A deeply emotional and visually impressive drama by Ádám Császi, that exposes the issue of homophobia in modern day Hungary.
Un Lac (A Lake, 2008)
An excellent example of experimental cinema that touches the verges of lyrical poetic naturalism by Philippe Grandrieux.
La Vie Nouvelle (A New Life, 2002)
Philippe Grandrieux offers a multilayered dream-like filmic experience through the most radical experimental film of the recent years.
Žert (The Joke, 1968)
Possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country - Amos Vogel
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (2013)
A folk romantic crime saga by the emerging indie Texan filmmaker, David Lowery on the footsteps of Terence Mallick tradition.
Eastern Boys – Venice 70 Orizzonti
A highly narrative dramatic - romantic film by by Robin Campillo dealing with male prostitution and the trafficking of boys from the Eastern Europe in France. Winner of 70th Venice Orizzonti section.
Ruin – Venice 70 Orizzonti
Amiel Courtin-Wilson and Michael Cody direct an almost experimental documentary-like romantic film set in Cambodia. Special Jury Prize of 70th Venice Orizzonti section.