Jealousy is too long a trip for Agnes to deal with in her young age. )
Secção: Competição Internacional | International Competition
Radu Jude is one of the highlights of Romania’s new wave. In 2007, “The Tube with a Hat” was one of the most prized short-films of the year (including Best Short-Film in Indielisboa), followed by 4 short-films and 2 feature films: “The Happiest Girl in the World” (2009) and “Everybody in Our Family” (2012), both shown in Indielisboa’s International Competition and 2014 retrospective of Romanian cinema. “Aferim!” takes us through Romania’s feudal lands in the 19th century.)
Iconic fragmentation is the engine behind Another City.
A heartbroken Christmas-tree salesman returns to New York City hoping to put his past behind him. Living in a trailer and working the night shift, he begins to spiral downwards until the saving of a mysterious woman and some colorful customers rescue him from self-destruction.)
Batrachian’s Ballad is as personal as it is an activist gesture.
Freaks and geeks live in the alternate reality of “Buffalo Juggalos” — one made by Insane Clown Posse fans.)
A Coat Made Dark pictures a relation of dependency and authority.
An impending storm is announced through the public speakers of a tropical city in “Echo Chamber”.)
The colourful tones of “Eclipse” bring to life the dark relation between a lion and its tamer.)
Grey Antarctic lands are recalled through human memory and the history of film in “End of Summer”.)
“Guy Moquet” brings us the story of a romantic young man who wishes to kiss the girl of his dreams in the middle of his hometown lake – just like in the movies.)
Tomás is sent by his mother to his older brother’s house in Mexico City. With a tape of old songs by legendary Epigmenio Cruz, he manages to take his brother “Shadow” out of his apartment to look the musician in the city’s hospitals (like Dylan did for Woody Guthrie). “Shadow” goes after the one who made him cry – Ana, his ex-girlfriend. All seem to come from an old song — with no direction home, like a rolling stone.)
The dead also seem to walk in “Hillbrow”, a once hip neighbourhood of South Africa now filled with stories of violence.)
A boy in “Hosanna” uses his senses to repeatedly bring back to life his fellow ones against the cycle of life.)
Forgotten images serve as an experiment in the technological tutorial of “Howto”.)
Anger rages in Philip (Jason Schwartzman) as he awaits the publication of his sure-to-succeed second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley (Elisabeth Moss), and his own indifference to promoting the novel. When Philip’s idol Ike Zimmerman
(Jonathan Pryce) offers his isolated summer home as a refuge, he finally gets the peace and quiet to focus on his favorite subject – himself. Philip faces mistakes and miseries affecting those around him, including his girlfriend, her sister, his idol, his idol’s daughter, and all the ex-girlfriends and enemies that lie in wait on the open streets of New York.)
Disfuncional characters share the same apartment of “Loop Ring Chop Drink”.)
A young couple, Amir and Sara, are about to move to Melbourne to begin a new life as foreign exchange students. The day of their departure has finally arrived, but they are suddenly faced with a constant stream of friends and relatives, slowing their preparations down to a snail’s pace. Just as they are hurrying to finish off a few last-minute chores like returning their apartment to the owner and talking to a friend in Australia on Skype about what to do after they arrive there, something unexpected happens. Both Amir and Sara are stunned by the event, and rush to deal with it as best they can. Will they really make it to Melbourne or does some entirely different future await them?)