23rd Titanic International Film Festival
Festival line-up of 23nd Titanic International Film Festival in Budapest.
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- DirectorMartin ButlerBentley DeanStarsMungau DainMarie WawaMarceline RofitSet on a remote Pacific island, covered in rain forest and dominated by an active volcano, this heartfelt story, enacted by the Yakel tribe, tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new.Opening Film
- DirectorSlávek HorákStarsAlena MihulováBolek PolívkaTatiana DykováDedicated home care nurse Vlasta lives for her husband Lada, her daughter, and her patients. But then one day things change and Vlasta comes to realize that she might need some care too.In Competition
- DirectorInes TanovicStarsUliks FehmiuEmir HadzihafizbegovicMaja IzetbegovicFamily Susic lives everyday Bosnian story. Father Muhamed (63) is employed in a reputable company; mother Marija (60) is retired. Son Sasa (35), who spent the war in Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina, lives with his parents, while their daughter Senada (40) lives in Slovenia. Their life begins to fall apart because of father's dissatisfaction after his company is sold on the stock exchange, Sasa's negligent attitude towards work and family, Marija's breast cancer diagnose. When problems begin to line up Muhamed and Sasa realize that actually only family is important, that it is man's last oasisIn Competition
- DirectorSimon StoneStarsGeoffrey RushNicholas HopeSam NeillThe story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of those he left home years before.In Competition
- DirectorPhilippe LesageStarsÉdouard Tremblay-GrenierPier-Luc FunkVassili SchneiderA young boy begins to experience the adult world as he enters adolescence.In Competition
- DirectorTom GeensStarsPaul HigginsKate DickieJérôme KircherDevastated by the death of their only son, a middle-aged couple from Scotland finds refuge in a man-made cave deep in the wilderness of the lush and undisturbed French woodlands.In Competition
- DirectorRenars VimbaStarsElina VaskaAndzejs LilientalsEdgars SamitisAbandoned by their mother and stuck in a miserable living situation, 17-year old Raya and her adolescent brother Robis must decide between an orphanage or the guardianship of their grandmother, whom they despise.In Competition
- DirectorYichun WangStarsXiaotong SuXiao GuoQiwei LuIn the summer of 1991, a rape case broke the peace of a small town. The fathers of two girls in the local middle school were the policemen in charge of the case. Nevertheless, they had very different working styles: QU's father was a stubborn legal medical expert always insisting on ironclad evidence, while ZHANG's father, a retired soldier, handled cases relying on his intuition and often extorted confessions through torture. The supposed criminal was caught by ZHANG's father yet similar cases kept happening. Nobody noticed ZHANG's disappearance since she was kicked out of class.In Competition
- DirectorLucile HadzihalilovicStarsMax BrebantRoxane DuranJulie-Marie ParmentierThe only residents of young Nicholas' sea-side town are women and boys. When he sees a corpse in the ocean one day, he begins to question his existence and surroundings. Why must he, and all the other boys, be hospitalised?In Competition
- DirectorTobias NölleStarsGeorg FriedrichTilde von OverbeckKamil KrejcíA lonely private investigator is contacted by a mysterious woman who pulls him into a mind game known as 'telephone walking'. Fascinated by her voice, Aloys discovers an imaginary universe that allows him to break out of his isolation.In Competition
- DirectorSergio MachadoStarsLázaro RamosKaique de JesusElzio VieiraAfter failing to be admitted into the OSESP Orchestra, a talented violinist is forced to give music classes to teenagers in a public school. He soon finds his world transformed by the power of music and friendships formed with his pupils.Festival Favorites
- DirectorAdil El ArbiBilall FallahStarsSanâa AlaouiMartha Canga AntonioAboubakr BensaihiWhen Mavela, member of the notorious youth gang Black Bronx, falls madly in love with a boy from a rival gang, she is forced to make a choice between loyalty and love. A choice that will have dramatic consequences.Festival Favorites
- DirectorRadu MunteanStarsTeodor CorbanIulian PostelnicuOxana MoravecAfter being the sole unfortunate witness of a domestic quarrel that ends up in a murder, Patrascu finds himself at odds with two very close neighbors: one is the bizarre murderer, the other one his very own conscience.Festival Favorites
- DirectorSimon FitzmauriceStarsEvanna LynchGeorge WebsterMichael SmileyOn her 16th birthday, Emily runs away from her foster home and, with the help of her new friend Arden, sets out on a road trip to break her father out of a psychiatric institution.Festival Favorites
- DirectorFederico VeirojStarsÁlvaro OgallaMarta LarraldeBárbara LennieAn existential comedy about a Spanish man trying to apostatize from the Catholic Church.Festival Favorites
- DirectorPaz FábregaStarsFernando BolañosKattia G. ZúñigaHernán JiménezAfter meeting at a party, Luciana and Pedro spark up a spontaneous rendezvous. Eschewing the fraudulent nature of traditional relationships, the pair embarks on a spur of the moment journey together that takes them to the forest. As they explore the beauty in the nature that surrounds them, they camp out under the stars, go on hikes, indulge in the passions of their encounter, and discuss their personal beliefs surrounding love, obligations, and attraction. Lensed in lush black-and-white cinematography amidst the gorgeous backdrop of the Costa Rican forest, an honest and genuine relationship story unfolds, lending a feeling of realism to their storybook romance in a refreshing and youthful way. This is a story about attraction and commitment for a generation whose understandings of personal freedoms and traditional limitations are more open to interpretation.Festival Favorites
- DirectorKlaus HäröStarsMärt AvandiUrsula RataseppHendrik Toompere Jr.Fleeing from the Russian secret police, a young Estonian fencer is forced to return to his homeland, where he becomes a physical education teacher at a local school. The past however catches up and puts him in front of a difficult choice.Festival Favorites
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsRade SerbedzijaIngvar SigurdssonEva SigurdardottirAri's teenage lifestyle in the big city is disrupted as he is sent by his mother to live with his uninvolved father and his grandmother in a small fishing village.Festival Favorites
- DirectorDerek KimballStarsJane AckermannWilliam McDonough IIITony ReillySet in the late 1980s on an island off the coast of Maine, an orphan girl raised by the church becomes obsessed by the disappearance of a classmate, and her haunted dreams and visions propel her to push past her sheltered life.American Independents
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaStarsPeter SarsgaardWinona RyderJim GaffiganIn 1961, famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans' willingness to obey authority.American Independents
- DirectorClaire CarréStarsJason RitterIva GochevaGreta FernándezAfter a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.American Independents
- DirectorJosh KimStarsIngkarat DamrongsakkulToni RakkaenThira ChutikulOn the eve of the draught lottery in Thailand, Oat remembers trying to convince his older brother to change his fate.Asian Winds
- DirectorDong-hoon ChoiStarsJun Ji-hyunLee Jung-jaeHa Jung-wooWhile Korea is occupied by the Japanese Army in 1933, the resistance plans to kill the Japanese Commander. But their plan is threatened by a traitor within their group and also the enemies' forces are hunting them down.Asian Winds
- DirectorLee Joon-ikStarsSong Kang-hoYoo Ah-inMoon Geun-youngSet in 18th century Korea, long-ruling King Yeongjo's struggle with his son, Sado, sees the king take extreme measures in order to deal with his heir.Asian Winds
- DirectorErik MattiStarsJohn Lloyd CruzMeryll SorianoTirso Cruz IIIA family is caught in a financial ruin after being involved in a ponzi scheme.Asian Winds
- DirectorBi GanStarsYongzhong ChenFeiyang LuoLixun XieWhile travelling the countryside to locate his nephew, a small town doctor finds himself interacting with people from his past and future.Asian Winds
- DirectorIsaac EzbanStarsGustavo Sánchez ParraCassandra CiangherottiFernando BecerrilOn the rainy night of October 2, 1968, eight characters waiting on a remote bus station for a bus heading to Mexico City start experiencing a strange phenomenon.The Dark Side
- DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsLogan Marshall-GreenEmayatzy CorinealdiMichiel HuismanWhen a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.The Dark Side
- DirectorS. Craig ZahlerStarsKurt RussellPatrick WilsonMatthew FoxIn the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.The Dark Side
- DirectorGareth BrynStarsDyfan DwyforAnnes ElwyMark Lewis JonesA girl is welcomed in a cabin along with her friend. Things don't turn out so pleasant.The Dark Side
- DirectorRobert EggersStarsAnya Taylor-JoyRalph InesonKate DickieA family in 1630s New England is torn apart by the forces of witchcraft, black magic and possession.The Dark Side
- DirectorFrançois SimardAnouk WhissellYoann-Karl WhissellStarsMunro ChambersLaurence LeboeufMichael IronsideIn a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favourite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.The Dark Side
- DirectorSam WrenchStarsBlurDamon AlbarnGraham CoxonA story about the British rock band Blur and the recording of their most unexpected music album, Magic Whip, which captured in only five days, in Hong Kong.Documentaries
- DirectorJeanie FinlayStarsJerry AdamsSharon Attaway NettletonGail Brewer-GiorgioThe story of Jimmy Ellis, an unknown singer plucked from obscurity and thrust into the spotlight as part of a crazy scheme that had him masquerade as Elvis, back from the grave.Documentaries
- DirectorNatalya ChumakovaAnna TsyrlinaStarsEgor LetovSergey LetovAlexander RozhkovPunk may have started in New York and London, but the extremely famous and famously extreme existential cult Siberian 80's band Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense) and it's visionary leader Yegor Letov created something far more profound and sublime than the western rock-n-roll that had inspired it. The movie chronicles Letov's life from the 70s to the beginning of 90s (he died in 2008) and it seemingly follows every rock documentary convention: talking heads, concert video, and what looks like archival footage... Yet the interviews do not explain why the homemade recordings went viral to become the most important songs for so many completely different people well after the soviet reality to which they are supposedly addressed disappeared while the found footage and re-created live sequences are molded into something uncannily transcendent. The lo-fi-style and daring spirit of this visually elaborate film is authentic to its subject: so that the movie manages to capture the aura of the time and place and to convey the energy and significance of Letov's performances even to people who don't care about "punk".Documentaries
- DirectorAslaug HolmAslaug Holm follows closely her two young sons Markus and Lukas in their everyday life, while being sons, close brothers, as well as being kids having pleasures and disappointments.Documentaries
- DirectorMichael Beach NicholsChristopher K. WalkerStarsRyan SchockHeather CookLee CookWhen a noted white supremacist moves into their town, the residents of Leith, North Dakota do what they can to prevent him from taking control of the municipality.Documentaries
- DirectorNicole Nielsen HoranyiStarsTriera HolleyKimberley Motley'I grew up in a bad neighborhood and Kabul is just that; another bad neighborhood' The last international troops will leave Afghanistan by the end of 2014. 38-year old Kimberley Motley has left her husband and her three kids in USA, to work as a defense lawyer in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is the only foreign lawyer, with a license to work in Afghan courts, not to mention, the only woman. With her afghan assistant Khalil, Kimberley defends western and afghan clients, accused of criminal offenses. Money and prestigious human rights cases has motivated her for five years, but the personal threats and the dangerous conditions in the country, makes it harder and harder for Kimberley to continue her work.Documentaries
- DirectorDaina Oniunas-PusicStarsDoris Saric-KukuljicaMarija KohnA 75-year-old woman dedicates herself to caring for her 100-year-old mother. Their already strained relationship takes a heightened toll when an enigmatic bat takes up residence in the mother's room.Shorts
- DirectorRéka BucsiLOVE is a short film describing affection in 3 different chapters, through an impact on a distant solar system. Abstract haiku-like situations reveal the change in atmosphere on one planet, caused by the change of gravity and light. This pulsing planet makes the inhabitants become one with each other in various ways.Shorts
- DirectorBenedek FliegaufStarsAngéla StefanovicsBálint SótonyiMiklós Székely B.A mother seeks out her estranged father in the aftermath of her mother's death.Special Screening
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTilda SwintonMatthias SchoenaertsRalph FiennesA famous rock star's vacation in Italy with her boyfriend is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.Closing Film