VIFF 2016
To do: Alone, Beautiful 2016, Bugs, Reel Youth Film Festival, Second Annual Kooks and Legends
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- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsAlexandre GoyetteKarelle TremblayMylène St-SauveurAdapted from the play by Alexandre Goyette, King Dave is the story of Dave, self-proclaimed King, influence but not unconscious, told IN A SINGLE BREATH IN ONE SEQUENCE SHOT.
- DirectorBen ChaceStarsCarlos PadrónMario LimontaYulisleyvís Rodriguez'Sin Alas' follows the tumultuous life and love of Cuban writer Luis Vargas as he chooses the excitement and possibilities of the revolution over the wealth of his dysfunctional family. His passion for a beautiful young ballerina, married to an important military leader, sends both of their lives spinning out of control. Luis must make his way through warren of Centro Havana, a city held hostage in time by an ideology, on a journey to come to terms with lost love and the mistakes of his youth.
- DirectorAlison MacleanStarsMichelle NyJames RollestonElla EdwardFirst-year acting student Stanley mines his girlfriend's family scandal as material for the end-of-year show at drama school. The result is a moral minefield.
- DirectorBarnet BainStarsGraham AbbeyWilliam AinscoughElla BallentineA young boy becomes the victim of bullying at his school.
- DirectorAdolfo Alix Jr.StarsElizabeth OropesaLotlot De LeonRosanna Roces70-year-old Virginia shares her ancestral home with her ever-loyal maid Delia. Delia is marrying her long-time boyfriend Rene and tearfully confides in Virginia that she wants to return to her parents in the province to start a new life with him. Haunted by a past that Virginia tries to conquer--her only son Sonny Boy who disappeared years ago-- what follows shows a portrait of a woman and a mother trying to juggle the sad realities of life in a cycle of life and death.
- DirectorStephen KijakStarsYoshikiHiroshi MorieSugizoA documentary film about the legendary Japanese rock band X JAPAN.
- DirectorBhaskar HazarikaStarsSeema BiswasAdil HussainZerifa WahidFour folk tales from Assam re-imagined as a narrative about four mothers, each facing demons of her own.The River of Fables
- DirectorNathan MorlandoStarsJosh WigginsSophie NélisseJoe CobdenFollows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
- DirectorJan P. MatuszynskiStarsAndrzej SewerynDawid OgrodnikAleksandra KoniecznaThe story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from being usual.The Last Family
- DirectorKristina GrozevaPetar ValchanovStarsStefan DenolyubovMargita GoshevaAlexandra AngelovaA reclusive Bulgarian railway trackman finds millions of cash spilled on the tracks and turns them in to the police. When the transport ministry's head of PR Julia Staikova decides to use him as a diversion from a corruption scandal, his simple life falls victim to the grinder of bureaucracy.
- DirectorDegena YunStarsTumenLiya AiDegena Yun
- DirectorMia Hansen-LøveStarsIsabelle HuppertAndré MarconRoman KolinkaA philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, losing her book deal, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her.
- DirectorKelly Daniela NorrisT.W. PittmanStarsJacob AyanabaGrace AyarigaJustina KuliduUpon his father's sudden death, a talented medical student must return to his home village in Ghana to fight for his family's survival.
- DirectorRoschdy ZemStarsOmar SyJames ThierréeClotilde HesmeThe rise and fall of the famous clown Chocolat, the first black circus performer who revolutionised the stagnant circus acts and conquered Paris of the Belle Époque with his exuberance and originality.
- DirectorSimon StadlerRemember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major change. The Ju/Hoansi Bushmen in Namibia are not allowed to hunt anymore and need to converge with our so called "civilized" lifestyle. For the first time the Ju/Hoansi Bushmen travel through the Kalahari and then right into the heart of Europe. What starts as a look at their fascinating culture becomes an even more fascinating look at our Western lifestyle. A warm and humorous reflection of our habits through the eyes of people who are about to give up their million year old traditions.
- DirectorEric JuholaStarsAuri MathisCoy MathisDakota MathisA Colorado family is thrust into the international media spotlight when they fight for the rights of their 6-year-old transgender daughter in a landmark civil rights case.
- DirectorBenjamin ReeStarsMagnus CarlsenGarry KasparovViswanathan AnandMagnus Carlsen, Norwegian chess prodigy, becomes a grandmaster at age 13 and world champion in 2013.
- DirectorTatiana HuezoThe emotional journeys of two women victimized by corruption and injustice in Mexico and of the love, dignity and resistance that allowed them to survive.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsKim Ju-hyukLee Yoo-youngKwon Hae-hyoA foray into the uncanny with a spin on Luis Buñuel's "That Obscure Object of Desire".
- DirectorWang BingA portrayal of the forced migration, which the Ta'ang people need to undergo, caused by an escalating civil war in the mountainous border-regions of Myanmar and China.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsValerio MastandreaBérénice BejoGuido CaprinoMassimo's idyllic childhood is shattered by the death of his mother. Years later, he is forced to relive his traumatic past and compassionate doctor Elisa could help him open up and confront his childhood wounds.Fai bei sogni
- DirectorOliver SchmitzStarsSteve CooganAndrea RiseboroughGarion DowdsA lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
- DirectorPavel GiroudJuan Manuel Villar BetancortStarsRaimundo AmadorAna BelénMichel CamiloA fabulous documentary with the all star Latin Jazz pianists and musicians doing the narration. Michel Camilo, Chucho Valdez and Ganzalo Rubalcaba. Music is the universal language.
- DirectorEran KolirinStarsAlon PdutShiree Nadav-NaorMili EshetReturning to civilian life after twenty-seven years in the army isn't as easy as David had hoped. It's hard to re-establish daily contact with his family, with the dimension of his home and, above all, with the new Israel, an ultra-competitive society obsessed with success. Thus, the opportunity to join a company which produces nutritional supplements seems like a possible escape to be seized without hesitation. But David doesn't know how much his country has changed.
- DirectorColm McCarthyStarsSennia NanuaFisayo AkinadeDominique TipperA scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
- DirectorUdi AloniStarsTamer NafarSamar QuptySalwa NakkaraSet against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
- DirectorYan EnglandStarsAntoine Olivier PilonSophie NélisseLou-Pascal TremblayTim, a shy 16 years old athlete, is both brilliant and talented. But the pressure he undergoes pushes him to the edge, where human limits reach the point of no return.
- DirectorJoachim LafosseStarsBérénice BejoCédric KahnMarthe KellerAfter 15 years of marriage, a couple with two kids is about to divorce. Until the husband find a new place to live, they have to cohabit, and figure out how to share their belongings.
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsHiroshi AbeYôko MakiSatomi KobayashiAfter the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
- DirectorMehmet Can MertogluStarsSebnem BozokluMurat KiliçMuttalip MüjdeciA middle-class Turkish couple is far from willing to admit they used adoption as a last resort to build a family, and will do anything to keep it a secret.
- DirectorAsli ÖzgeStarsSebastian HülkJulia JentschHanns ZischlerKarsten apparently has it settled. However, in this provincial German town, a moment of weakness turns to disaster, disappointment soon fuels anger, justice hides behind hypocrisy, and evil gradually unfolds.
- DirectorJenny GageTom BettertonStarsDusty Rose RyanDelia CunninghamLena M.Shot over a three-year period with unparalleled intimacy and access, ALL THIS PANIC is a feature length documentary that takes an intimate look at the interior lives of a group of teenage girls as they come of age in Brooklyn. A potent mix of vivid portraiture and vérité, we follow the girls as they navigate the ephemeral and fleeting transition between childhood and adulthood.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsSasha LaneShia LaBeoufRiley KeoughA teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a traveling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she criss-crosses the Midwest with a band of misfits.
- DirectorCarson MellStarsSteve ZissisMark ProkschDan BakkedahlWhen ghosts invade their vacation home, a successful artist and his family hire an exorcist who may be more frightening than the spirits he's been hired to destroy.
- DirectorKleber Mendonça FilhoStarsSonia BragaMaeve JinkingsIrandhir SantosClara, 65, lives her life to the fullest with her family and friends. A construction company wants her Recife oceanfront condo, as they've already bought all the other in the 3 story building. Clara's staying.
- DirectorJonathan ParkerStarsParker PoseyJames FrainJohn Carroll LynchWhen a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of an uncompromising modernist architect, who proceeds to build HIS dream house instead of theirs.
- DirectorLeyla BouzidStarsBaya MedhaffarGhalia BenaliMontassar AyariA few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsYoun Yuh-jungNash AngHyun-jun ChoiThe Bacchus Lady looks into the issue of elderly prostitution in South Korea. So-Young, an elderly lady who provides sex services to the male senior citizens using the pretext of selling Bacchus (an energy drink) to them. When So-Young picks up a Korean-Filipino boy named Min-Ho from the clinic she visits after Min-Ho's mother stabs the doctor (Min-Ho's father), she takes care of him while seeking a living through prostitution. From her interactions with her former clients, she finds that the golden age in their silver years may not be that bright after all.
- DirectorBrett BernsBob SarlesStarsBrooks ArthurJeff BarrySolomon BurkeMusic meets the Mob in this biography of '60s hitmaker and 2016 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bert Berns.
- DirectorMahmoud SabbaghStarsHisham FageehFatima AlBanawiSami HifnyA middle-class man meets a girl from a rich family, and the two begin dating in a society where such unions are frowned upon.
- DirectorAndré TéchinéStarsSandrine KiberlainKacey Mottet KleinCorentin FilaDamien lives with his mother Marianne, a doctor, while his father is on a tour of duty abroad. He is bullied by Thomas, whose mother is ill. The boys find themselves living together when Marianne invites Thomas to come and stay with them.
- DirectorAvi MograbiHolot is a detention centre in the Israeli desert near the Egyptian border. It houses asylum-seekers from Eritrea & Sudan who can't be sent back to their own countries. Enter Chen Alon and Avi Mograbi, who decide to initiate a theatre workshop with these people in the most precarious of situations.
- DirectorEran KolirinStarsAlon PdutShiree Nadav-NaorMili EshetReturning to civilian life after twenty-seven years in the army isn't as easy as David had hoped. It's hard to re-establish daily contact with his family, with the dimension of his home and, above all, with the new Israel, an ultra-competitive society obsessed with success. Thus, the opportunity to join a company which produces nutritional supplements seems like a possible escape to be seized without hesitation. But David doesn't know how much his country has changed.
- DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann MillerNat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.
- DirectorAndreas JohnsenStarsJosh EvansRoberto FloreBen ReadeIn an effort to determine their sustainability as a food source, two chefs travel throughout the world tasting insects.
- DirectorRichard DeweyTimothy MarrinanStarsChris BurdenMarina AbramovicVito AcconciA probing portrait of Chris Burden, an artist who took creative expression to the limits and risked his life in the name of art.
- DirectorJohannes NyholmStarsChristian AndrénJohan KylénAnna BjelkerudA severely deformed young man dreams of being reunited with his mother and finds freedom by exploring his imaginative inner life, where he is a 200-foot giant.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsMara Elena AndreiMirela ApostuEugenia BosânceanuCenters around a family gathering on the anniversary of a patriarch's recent death.
- DirectorIvan SenStarsAaron PedersenAlex RussellJacki WeaverIndigenous detective Jay Swan arrives in the town of Goldstone to search for a missing person, and his simple duty becomes complicated when he uncovers a web of crime and corruption.
- DirectorKasper CollinStarsLee MorganHelen MorganWayne ShorterAn exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.
- DirectorMatt JohnsonStarsMatt JohnsonOwen WilliamsAndrew AppelleIn 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew. What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in American history.
- DirectorHong-min ParkStarsJu-won LeeYou-hyun SongIt's broad daylight in a shantytown and a man witnesses a woman being murdered by masked men on the rooftop of a nearby building. He tries to surreptitiously take a photo the event but is seen. He runs away and hides in his studio apartment but the men soon find him, bashing his head in with a hammer and knocking him out. After being unconscious for some time, the man wakes up in the middle of the night to find himself naked and abandoned in the center of town. To his even greater surprise, he comes across a crying child. Where is he and who is this kid?
- DirectorAsghar FarhadiStarsShahab HosseiniTaraneh AlidoostiSahra AsadollahiWhile Ranaa and Emad, a married couple, are participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," she is assaulted in their new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
- DirectorAngela SchanelecStarsMiriam JakobThorbjörn BjörnssonMaren EggertA young German couple find their relationship tested after his mother suffers an accident. Thirty years later, a middle-aged actress splits with her anthropologist husband. Soon, these two couples' paths cross in unexpected ways.
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsTadanobu AsanoMariko TsutsuiTaiga NakanoToshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio's family life.
- DirectorBabak JalaliStarsLars UlrichBella WardaLarry LavertyA brilliant and misunderstood Iranian writer struggles to pursue his ambitious goal of bringing together Metallica and Kabul Dreams, Afghanistan's first rock band.
- DirectorJoaquin del PasoStarsJavier ZaragozaRamiro OrozcoIrene RamirezIt's Friday morning at Pan American Machinery Inc., a company specializing in selling and repairing machines for construction and destruction. The employees are already winding down for the weekend, engaging in little rituals and routines when an unexpected turn of events pulls them off their peaceful monotony. Don Alejandro, the boss, lies dead at the back of the warehouse. The discovery changes everything - the company is bankrupt, the elderly workforce have no prospects of employment elsewhere and no hope of any retirement funds. In a state of confusion, fear and grief they agree to lock themselves in their workplace.
- DirectorSung-hee JoStarsLee JehoonKim Seong-gyoonGo AraHONG Gildong is an infallible private detective with an exceptional memory and quirky personality. While chasing the only target he failed to find, he gets entangled in a much bigger conspiracy than he bargained for.
- DirectorMidi ZStarsKai KoKe-Xi WuShin-Hong WangTwo Burmese immigrants fleeing their country's civil war in search of a new life in Thailand.