Venice Orizzonti 2009
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- DirectorHaibin DuThe "Great Sichuan Earthquake" took place at 14:28 on May 12, 2008. 10 days after: Scenes not seen on official/TV, "survival" is the keyword. Ordinary people are salvaging destroyed pig farms in the mountains, recuperating cents-worth scrapped metals, or pillaging victims' homes. Behind the highly-mediatized official visits, inconsolable grief of families searching for loved ones. Throughout, a vagabond in tattered clothes wanders among the ruins, observing tragic scenes. A monk and a Taoist visionary suggest: "the earthquake is the consequence of Earth-Gods no longer worshipped." 210 days after: Harsh winter, villagers preparing for Lunar New Year, the vagabond and family are detailing grievances about the ill-handling of rebuilding schemes and relief funds. Gearing up for a high official's visit, comes a thorough clean-up of the villages and tent-resettlement for refugees. Promise made for all to live in houses in winter seems tough to keep. Fake parts in the community transformer brought electricity blackout for New Year's Eve reunion dinners. New Year Day starts as never-ending parade of tourists buying DVDs of the most horrific scenes, souvenir albums of corpses being pulled out of the ruins, and photos taken in front of Beichuan, the town most severely hit, where over 70,000 people perished in seconds.
- DirectorAmit DuttaStarsAshok ChaudharyBramhaswaroop MishraGagan Singh SethiThree different stories set in India of men struggling to understand their relationships with women.
- DirectorBui Thac ChuyênStarsDo Thi Hai YenLinh-Dan PhamDuy Khoa NguyenA young newlywed couple in Hanoi begin to experiment with their sexual desires.
- DirectorHu GuanStarsHuang BoNi YanTielong ShangA Chinese peasant is given the responsibility of protecting his village's special dairy cow during a particularly harsh winter in 1940.
- DirectorRaja AmariStarsHafsia HerziSondos BelhassenWassila DariA teenager unwittingly reveals a terrible family secret to the new neighbors.
- DirectorPepe DioknoStarsCelso Ad. CastilloFelix RocoDaniel Medrana"Engwkentro" follows two teenage brothers attempting to escape an unnamed city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor. They must first break away from the cycle of crime, while trying to run from rival gang leaders and the state's murderous vigilantes.
- DirectorBobby PaunescuStarsMonica BarladeanuDorian BogutaLuminita GheorghiuWanting to follow the current trend, Francesca, a young teacher from Bucharest, is eager to emigrate to Italy. Unfortunately, whilst desperately seeking support from those nearest and dearest to her, various untold truths unravel.
- DirectorMarco Simon PuccioniStarsTeodoro Ndjock NganaJustin MvondoKongo MartinAn exploration of the conditions and experiences of immigrants to Italy.
- DirectorFelipe HirschDaniela ThomasStarsArduíno ColassantiEmílio Di BiasiJorge EmilTells stories of unrequited love. "Love and Loss. Loss, mostly", says a character. In an empty city, scorched by the sun, the young and old confuse the fever of sunstroke with the delicate birth of passion.
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTilda SwintonFlavio ParentiEdoardo GabbrielliniEmma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
- DirectorPyotr BuslovAleksey German Jr.Boris KhlebnikovStarsIrina ButanaevaYuriy ChursinIvan DobronravovFive short love stories, which become a statement of the directors about love. A shoemaker, a reporter, a pavement hooker-in, a psychiatric patient and a young man released from prison are the main characters of the film, heroes in a time of no heroes. All of them have the important qualities of being openhearted and not afraid of loving.
- DirectorHéctor GálvezStarsYiliana ChongJose Luís GarcíaWilliam GómezA group of friends in Peru walk across the sandy outskirts of Lima in order to pay their respects to a fallen gang member.
- DirectorPipilotti RistStarsEwelina GuzikSusanne WuestSven PippigPepperminta is trying to live without fear, just as her beloved grandmother told her and that's whats making her different to other children at her age.
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsJaclyn JonetMiguel SandovalDel ZamoraAs a repo chick, wealthy bad-girl Pixxi and her entourage get mixed up in a devious kidnapping plot that threatens to wipe out the city of Los Angeles.
- DirectorFrank SchefferStarsPierre BoulezJohn CageElliott Carter
- DirectorPeter SchreinerStarsAntonio CotroneoMelo De BenedettoGaetano DimarzoA middle-aged man living in Vienna feels the need to return to his childhood home in southern Italy.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzMarcelo GomesStarsIrandhir SantosA geologist is sent to an isolated region in the Northeast of Brazil to survey water sources, but begins to feel a a sense of abandonment and loneliness.
- DirectorRomuald KarmakarStarsRicardo VillalobosA look at the life and work of Chilean DJ Ricardo Villalobos.
- DirectorKamlah Abu-ZikriStarsIlham ShaheenKal NagaNilli Karim8 characters in one day, one city, one football match, one goal, Egypt wins one-Zero, everyone happy.. is it all real happiness? or is it just a release of repressed exploding emotions of all 8 characters on the verge of a nervous breakdown!.
- DirectorMing Jin WooStarsErnest ChongKok Keong ChungFei Ling FooThe story of Ah Fei, and his father Ah Kau. Ah Fei is in love with Lily, but she has a boyfriend. Ah Kau is dying, but visits an old lover, Ai Ling. A personal tale of love, longing, and ultimate forgiveness.
- DirectorXiaolu GuoFilm shows the present state of China through twelve platforms, an old farmer, a middle aged waitress, a car washer, a weapons dealer, fish store owners, a barber, a factory owner, a park ranger, a shopping mall employee, etc. These various faces of the so-called proletarian class ask, what is a dream? Answers to this question exist in the interview with each character, but is conveyed much more clearly through the black and white image of the children putting up their future as security as shots are heard continually behind them.
- DirectorChristian BeckerOliver SchwabeStarsRobert StadloberSylvester GrothMaja SchöneFilm follows a young couple who are parasitic on the lives of others. The girl visits a lonely old lady in exchange for money. The boy, also for money, visits a couple whose son has died.