Sundance 2017: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
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- DirectorHelene HegemannStarsJasna Fritzi BauerArly JoverMavie HörbigerMifti, age 16, lives in Berlin with a cast of characters including her half-siblings; their wealthy, self-involved father; and her junkie friend Ophelia. As she mourns her recently-deceased mother, she begins to develop an obsession with Alice, an enigmatic and much older white-collar criminal.
- DirectorCate ShortlandStarsTeresa PalmerMax RiemeltMatthias HabichA passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist awakens in a Berlin apartment one morning and is unable to leave.
- DirectorJosé María CabralStarsJean JeanRamón Emilio CandelarioJudith Rodriguez PerezJulián finds love and a reason for living in the last place imaginable: the Dominican Republic's Najayo Prison. His romance, with fellow prisoner Yanelly, must develop through sign language and without the knowledge of dozens of guards.
- DirectorFelipe BragançaStarsCauã ReymondEduardo MacedoAdeli GonzalesJoca, a Brazilian boy of 13, and Basano La Tatuada a Paraguayan indigenous girl living on the border between the two countries, marked by the waters of the Rio Apa. Joca is in love with Basano and wants to do everything to win her love.
- DirectorCristián JiménezAlicia SchersonStarsJorge BeckerGabriela ArancibiaBlanca LewinA young man spends a few weeks housekeeping for a relatively distant relative and enjoys taking over the comfort of their lives in Santiago. Soon, he meets a cute neighbor and starts pretending for his personal benefit. Great story by Zambra adapted with the filmmakers team. Lightly cringe-worthy humor. The first third is reminiscent of Chacun Cherche son Chat (1996) by Cédric Klapisch, in the neighbourhood flick feeling and for allowing our intrusion into the midst of a quaint urban living corner. But it certainly is a movie in an of itself. Story wraps up well.
- DirectorJun GengStarsBenbin GuXarxu WangGang XuWhen a traveling soap salesman arrives in a desolate Chinese town, a crime occurs, and sets the strange residents against each other with tragicomic results.
- DirectorFrancis LeeStarsJosh O'ConnorAlec SecareanuGemma JonesSpring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.
- DirectorNana EkvtimishviliSimon GroßStarsIa ShugliashviliMerab NinidzeBerta KhapavaA woman separates from her family after 52 years in a multi-generational Georgian household to begin her own adventure. To the shock of her relatives, she leaves everything behind to start again.
- DirectorTarik SalehStarsFares FaresMari MalekYasser Ali MaherA maid witnesses a murder at an upscale hotel and a policeman is assigned to the case, but it soon becomes clear that important people don't want the case solved.
- DirectorKirsten TanStarsPenpak SirikulThaneth WarakulnukrohPaveena PoungsiriOn a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search of the farm where they grew up together.
- DirectorErnesto ContrerasStarsFernando Álvarez RebeilJosé Manuel PoncelisEligio MeléndezWhen a language dies, a unique vision of the world is lost forever.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsNakhaneBongile MantsaiNiza JayXolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.