CIFF 2017 watch list
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- DirectorReginald HudlinStarsChadwick BosemanJosh GadKate HudsonThe story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.8/10
Thursday, October 12 @ 7:00 - DirectorMatthew PorterfieldStarsMcCaul LombardiJim BelushiTom GuiryKeith, a twenty-four-year-old newly released from prison and living with his dad under house arrest in Baltimore, is struggling to reestablish himself, within a community scarred by unemployment, neglect, and deeply entrenched segregation.6/10
Friday, October 13 @ 6:00 - DirectorSergio CastellittoStarsJasmine TrincaStefano AccorsiAlessandro BorghiThe story of a young mother (Jasmine Trinca) with a failed marriage behind her, who fights daily for her dream to open a hair salon, challenging her fate in an effort to free herself, gain independence, and claim her right to happiness.10/10
Sunday, October 15 @ 2:45 - DirectorZaza UrushadzeStarsDimitri TatishviliJoseph KhvedelidzeSophia SebiskveradzePriest Giorgi, a former Film Director, is sent to serve the small parish in the mountain village. To bring villagers closer to church he starts showing films there. After the screening of the first picture - "Some Like It Hot" - the audience imply that the local music teacher Lili looks exactly like Marilyn Monroe. After meeting Lili, Father Giorgi's balance between cleric and secular world starts to quiver - the woman is extremely sexy and the temptation is difficult to resist.9/10
Sunday, October 15 @ 5:45 - DirectorAaron KatzStarsLola KirkeZoë KravitzJohn ChoA heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant unravels the mystery, she must confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.8/10
Wednesday, October 18 @ 6:00 - DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsJulia JedlikowskaGaetano FernandezCorinne MusallariAgainst a heavy cloak of secrecy, a 12-year-old girl smitten with her handsome classmate ventures deeper and deeper into the enchanted Sicilian forests to find him, unaware of just how thick is the mystery behind his strange disappearance.10/10 (best of competition and the festival)
Thursday, October 19 @ 3:00 - DirectorOlivier MeysStarsXi QiWang XiChloe MaayanLina, an ambitious young woman, leaves her husband and son in China to go to Paris to build a brighter future for them. But once there nothing happens as planned and she locks herself into a world of lies so as not to give up on her dream.9/10
Friday, October 20 @ 6:00 - DirectorAtsuko HirayanagiStarsShinobu TerajimaSoseki YamatoyaMiyu YagyuA lonely woman living in Tokyo decides to take an English class, where she discovers her alter-ego, Lucy.9/10
Monday, October 23 @ 6:00 - DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.Possibly
Friday, October 13 @ 8:15 - DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsDavid AsavanondLaila BoonyasakKaren Gemma DodgsonA soap opera actress finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader.Possibly
Saturday, October 14 @ 8:30 - DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartArnaud ValoisAdèle HaenelMembers of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.Possibly
Sunday, October 15 @ 11:30 - DirectorJoachim TrierStarsEili HarboeKaya WilkinsHenrik RafaelsenA confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.Possibly
Sunday, October 15 @ 12:30 - DirectorFrançois JacobStarsAnna BaranovaAleksandr KharitonovLev NettoAn intimate portrayal of the closed-off Russian city of Norilsk through the eyes of its youth, mine workers and truth seekers.Possibly
Monday, October 16 @ 3:00 - DirectorOfir Raul GraizerStarsTim KalkhofSarah AdlerRoi MillerA German pastry maker travels to Jerusalem in search of the wife and son of his dead lover.Possibly
Monday, October 16 @ 3:45 - DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsBryan CranstonLaurence FishburneSteve CarellThirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.Possibly
Monday, October 16 @ 8:15 - DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsPio AmatoIolanda AmatoKoudous SeihonIn A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he's ready to step into his big brother's shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.Possibly
Monday, October 16 @ 8:45 - DirectorMaryam GoormaghtighStarsArashAshkanHosseinAfter five years of study in Paris, Arash hasn't adapted to French life and decides to return home to Iran. Hoping to change his mind, two friends drag him away on a final trip across France.Possibly
Tuesday, October 17 @ 1:15 - DirectorÉva GárdosStarsKrisztián KolovratnikRéka TenkiJános KulkaA murder mystery set in Budapest, 1936. Just as Hungary was preparing to allign itself with Hitler, a young beautiful girl is found dead and no one wants to investigate - except Gordon a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.Possibly
Wednesday, October 18 @ 3:00 - DirectorDaihachi YoshidaStarsRyô NishikidoFumino KimuraKazuki KitamuraSix strangers who move to a coastal town are part of a covert government project to resocialize murder convicts, but their plan goes awry.Possibly
Wednesday, October 18 @ 8:15 - DirectorDipesh JainStarsManoj BajpayeeRanvir ShoreyNeeraj KabiThe film is a psychological drama about a man who is trapped within the city walls and in his own mind. He attempts to break free to find a human connection.Possibly
Wednesday, October 18 @ 8:45 - DirectorPetra Biondina VolpeStarsMarie LeuenbergerMaximilian SimonischekRachel BraunschweigIn 1971, a young housewife organizes the women of her town to petition for the right to vote.Possibly
Thursday, October 19 @ 6:00 - DirectorJeremy S. LevineLandon Van SoestStarsDaje SheltonA junior high school student sees her chances of a better future jeopardized after she gets in a fight and is expelled.Possibly
Friday, October 20 @ 8:30 - DirectorCédric KlapischStarsPio MarmaïAna GirardotFrançois CivilAfter a 10 year absence, Jean returns to his hometown when his father falls ill. Reuniting with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie, they have to re-build their relationship and trust as a family again.Possibly
Saturday, October 21 @ 6:30 - DirectorJakob LassStarsElla RumpfMaria DragusEnno TrebsTIGER gets what she wants. VANILLA does not know what she wants. Apart from one important thing: a uniform. TIGER teach her to bite, and VANILLA tastes blood. So TIGER needs to learn a new rule: They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.Possibly
Sunday, October 22 @ 4:00 - DirectorMichaël R. RoskamStarsMatthias SchoenaertsAdèle ExarchopoulosEric De StaerckeSet against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.Possibly
Sunday, October 22 @ 8:15 - DirectorLaura Mora OrtegaStarsNatasha JaramilloGiovanny RodríguezCarmenza CossioAfter the murder of her father, a young art student Paula searches for the contracted killer who carried out the crime, a young man named Jesús.Possibly
Monday, October 23 @ 1:00 - DirectorClaire DenisStarsJuliette BinocheXavier BeauvoisPhilippe KaterineIsabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.Possibly
Monday, October 23 @ 5:45 - DirectorByun Sung-hyunStarsSol Kyung-guIm Si-wanLee Kyoung-youngA young cop finds his loyalties divided after befriending a notorious criminal while undercover in prison.Possibly
Monday, October 23 @ 9:00 - DirectorMatan YairStarsAsher LaxAmi SmolartchikYaacov Cohen17-year- old ASHER has always been the impulsive troublemaker, from primary school, all through junior high and high school. It's hard for him to concentrate in class, and he is compelled by a lot of rage and violence; yet he is also endowed with a considerable amount of charm and street wisdom. While his strict father sees him as a natural successor to the family's scaffolding business, Asher finds a different masculine role model in his gentle literature teacher Rami and forges a special connection with him. Torn between the two worlds, Asher looks for a chance for a new life and new identity. When a sudden tragedy occurs, he has to take the ultimate test of maturity.Possibly
Tuesday, October 24 @ 1:00 - DirectorJian LiuStarsChanglong ZhuKai CaoJian LiuA city in southern China and a bag containing a million yuan draw several people from diverse backgrounds with different personal motives into a bloody conflict.Wednesday, October 25 @ 6:15
- DirectorAnahita GhazvinizadehStarsRhys FehrenbacherKooyar Hosseini GolkouNicole CoffineauFourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun 'They' and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty. After two years of medication and therapy, J has to make a decision whether or not to transition. Over this crucial weekend while their parents are away, J's sister Lauren and her maybe/maybe-not Iranian partner Araz arrive to take care of 'They.'Wednesday, October 25 @ 8:00