2011-2020

  • Rick Alverson – New Jerusalem (2011)

    2011-2020DramaMumblecoreRick AlversonUSA

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    Sean (Colm O’Leary), an Irish immigrant to America, finds his heart and mind in disarray. Having returned from military service in Afghanistan, he befriends Ike (Will Oldham, A.K.A. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy), a strong willed evangelical, who endeavors to ensure his salvation. Inundated by a relentless fragility. Sean is confronted by a choice between the temptation of certainty and the chaos of the world around him. A meditation on friendship, human need and frailty, NEW JERUSALEM explores the allure and limitations of modern utopian belief.Read More »

  • Sofia Norlin – Ömheten AKA Broken Hill Blues (2013)

    Drama2011-2020Sofia NorlinSweden

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    Underground explosions cause the snow to flutter down from the trees and the houses to shake. The ground beneath Kiruna is so brittle that soon all the inhabitants of Sweden’s northernmost town will have to move to another place. It seems the mining company has decided everyone’s future – for good or for bad. In her first feature film, which only has sparse dialogue and is more a series of atmospheric images than a linear story, the director describes the feelings of the young people who live here. Markus has no interest in anything except cars and resists all of his parents’ well-intentioned attempts to give him advice. Daniel has big problems with his father who is addicted to alcohol. Both lads are continuously on edge. The sound of heavy machinery, the squealing of conveyor belts and the metallic hammering of drills pervades the air. In winter it’s bitterly cold; in summer it’s sunny and green. The breathtaking beauty of the landscape is ruptured by the huge industrial sites and slag heaps.Read More »

  • Natalya Meshchaninova – Kombinat ‘Nadezhda’ AKA The Hope Factory (2014)

    2011-2020DramaNatalya MeshchaninovaRussia

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    Industrial city of Norilsk: factories, cold, chemical air. The only desire of young people living here is to leave, against all odds. A docu-style, emotionally-driven drama about a young girl desperately fighting for an escape which is so blurry, and for love which is so insecure.

    Due to its vast industrial areas and enormous industrial output, the Russian city of Norilsk has become one of the most polluted places in the world. However, despite the persistent ecological crisis, the severe northern climate and harsh living conditions, life goes on there in its own extreme, as well as routine, way. But the will to live that such an existence fosters is actually the will, or rather the dream, to escape, especially for a young generation. A desperate, hardly possible dream that moves and traps its adherents, turning against them.Read More »

  • Hal Hartley – Meanwhile (2011)

    2011-2020ArthouseDramaHal HartleyUSA

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    MEANWHILE concerns Joe Fulton, a man who can do anything from fixing your sink to arranging international financing for a construction project. He produces online advertising and he’s written a big fat novel. He’s also a pretty good drummer. But success eludes him. For Joe can’t keep himself from fixing other people’s problems. His own ambitions are constantly interrupted by his willingness and ability to go out of his way for others.Read More »

  • Miguel Cohan – Betibú (2014)

    2011-2020ArgentinaDramaMiguel CohanThriller

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    Synopsis:

    In the calm and luxurious estate’s La Maravillosa, a murderer raised his employer, Peter Chazarreta. The news comes in all media. Chazarreta, a powerful businessman, is the only suspect of murdering his wife simulating a silly home accident. To cover the shocking news, The Tribune, one of the leading newspapers of the country, calls Nurit Iscar, famous writer of detective novels that takes years hidden in a creative and voluntary ostracism. The economic plight of Nurit’s forced to accept the proposal to settle in La Maravillosa and write from there a series of notes on the journalistic event of the year.Read More »

  • Abel Ferrara – Welcome to New York (2014)

    2011-2020Abel FerraraDramaUSA

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    Synopsis:
    Welcome to New York is a 2014 French-American drama film co-written and directed by Abel Ferrara. Inspired by the Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair, the film was released on 17 May 2014 by VOD on the internet as the film failed to secure a place on the official selection at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, nor was it picked up for theatrical distribution in France and is facing self-censorship by the French media, according to Vincent Maraval, one of the producers.Read More »

  • Yannis Economides – To Mikro Psari AKA Stratos (2014)

    2011-2020CrimeDramaGreeceYannis Economides

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    Synopsis
    By night, Stratos works in a bread factory but by day, he’s a professional hit man. He needs the cash to free Leonidas from prison because the latter once saved his life when he was behind bars. For Stratos, this is simply a question of honour. We’ve no idea how many people he’s already killed, but we do notice that he still has a conscience. He attentively looks after a neighbour’s child, eight-year-old Katharina, as well as her mother and an uncle. At last he has enough money for the prison break-out. But Leonidas is lured into a bloody trap, by his brother of all people, who disappears with the money. At the same time Stratos learns that little Katharina is in danger – both psychologically and physically. He must act, even if this means following one wrongdoing with another.Read More »

  • Ken Loach – Jimmy’s Hall (2014)

    2011-2020DramaKen LoachUnited Kingdom

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    Synopsis:
    In the 1920s, political activist Jimmy Gralton built a dance hall in rural Ireland. As the hall grew in popularity its free-spirited reputation brought it to the attention of the church and politicians who forced Jimmy to flee and the hall to close.
    A decade later, at the height of the Depression, Jimmy returns from the US. The hall stands abandoned but as Jimmy sees the poverty and growing oppresion in the village, the leader and activist within him is stirred. He decides to reopen the hall, and so takes on the established authorities of the church and the government.Read More »

  • Elaine Constantine – Northern Soul (2014)

    2011-2020DramaElaine ConstantineUnited Kingdom

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    Synopsis:
    The storyline cleverly blends all the ingredients that defined the Northern Soul scene in the 1970s – from the obsessive record collecting, dancing and drug taking to the deeper aspects such as… well, the consequences of all of the above.

    If you went to all-nighters at the time, it’s an emotional roller coaster ride that will hit you with the highs and lows, triumphs and tragedies all over again. If you didn’t go, it’s the closest you’ll get to ever understanding.Read More »

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