Adelaide Film Festival 2020
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- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsDev PatelHugh LaurieTilda SwintonA modern take on Charles Dickens's classic tale of a young orphan who is able to triumph over many obstacles.
- DirectorBenh ZeitlinStarsDevin FranceYashua MackGage NaquinLost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
- DirectorSeth LarneyStarsAaron GlenaneKodi Smit-McPheeRyan KwantenOne man's journey to the future to save a dying world.
- DirectorMichael DweckGregory KershawStarsPiero BottoSergio CaudaMaria CicciùDeep in the forests of Piedmont, Italy, a handful of men, seventy or eighty years old, hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle-which to date has resisted all of modern science's efforts at cultivation.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenMagnus MillangFour high-school teachers consume alcohol on a daily basis to see how it affects their social and professional lives.
- DirectorJoão Paulo Miranda MariaStarsAntonio PitangaAna Flavia CavalcantiSam LouwyckCristovam, a native from the brazilian hinterland, works in a milk factory in a former Austrian colony in Brazil. He feels lonely, ostracized by cultural and ethnic differences. One day, he discovers an abandoned house filled with objects that remind him of his origins. He slowly settles in this house. Curiously, more objects start to appear without explanation, as if the place was "alive".
- DirectorFrelle PetersenStarsJette SøndergaardPeter Hansen TygesenOle CaspersenKris, living with her uncle since her teenage years, is starting to second guess her current life, at her disabled uncles farm. As love crosses her path, a possible life changing question emerges.
- DirectorRic BurnsStarsOliver SacksRoberto CalassoAntónio DamásioThe life and career of the renowned neurologist and author, Dr. Oliver Sacks.
- DirectorJeremy HershStarsJasmine BatchelorChris PerfettiSullivan JonesA web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma.
- DirectorMing-Yi LiaoStarsPo-Hung LinNikki HsiehShao-Huai ChangThis film is Asia's first feature film shot on an iPhone, telling the story of two weirdos becoming a positive made by two negatives.
- DirectorStéphanie ChuatVéronique ReymondStarsNina HossLars EidingerMarthe KellerLisa has bid goodbye to her ambitions as a playwright and the Berlin arts scene and now lives in Switzerland with her husband, who runs an international school. When her twin brother falls ill, she returns to Berlin.
- DirectorDea KulumbegashviliStarsIa SukhitashviliRati OneliKakha KintsurashviliWhen a Jehovah's Witness community is attacked, leader's wife Yana questions her desires as her familiar world crumbles.
- DirectorFernanda ValadezStarsMercedes HernándezDavid IllescasJuan Jesús VarelaA mother travels across Mexico in search for her son whom authorities say died while trying to cross the borders into the United States.
- DirectorHubert SauperStarsOona ChaplinFena LeChuckJuan PadrónAn immersive portrait of Cuba, its people, and the role of cinema in political myth-making from Academy Award® nominee Hubert Sauper "Darwin's Nightmare".
- DirectorPascal PlanteStarsKaterine SavardAriane MainvilleHilary CaldwellNadia, an Olympic swimmer in her twenties, faces the challenges of her imminent retirement.
- DirectorJoshua WongStarsKara WangSarinna BoggsTerence YinA young woman lives, hidden in plain sight in a ruined Hong Kong building after a tsunami destroyed the city - A castaway on a concrete island. Her concealed existence is changed forever when a small child literally floats into her life.
- DirectorHaifaa Al-MansourStarsMila Al ZahraniDae Al HilaliNora Al AwadA determined young Saudi doctor's surprise run for office in the local city elections sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town's first female candidate.
- DirectorAlison EllwoodStarsThe Go-Go'sCharlotte CaffeyElissa BelloThe Go-Go's are the most successful female rock band of all time. This documentary chronicles the meteoric rise of a band born of the LA punk scene that not only captured but created a zeitgeist.
- DirectorMassoud BakhshiStarsSadaf AsgariBehnaz JafariBabak KarimiIn Iran today: Maryam (22) accidentally kills her husband Nasser (65) and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a popular live TV show and forgive Maryam.
- DirectorStephen JohnsonStarsGuruwuk MununggurrWakarra GondarraMark GarrawurraIn a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsSam NeillSusan SarandonAnson BoonA terminally ill mother arranges to bring her family together one last time before she dies. A remake of the 2014 Danish film 'Silent Heart'.
- DirectorIli BareStarsKameron HoodAustralian CEO Fabian Dattner leads an international group of 76 female scientists on an Antarctic voyage designed to transform them "into the sort of leaders they want to be."
- DirectorCatherine DwyerStarsMartha AnsaraSuzanne BellamyShirley CastleyA revealing documentary celebrating the legacy of the bold women of the Women's Liberation Movement who re-ignited the feminist revolution to Australia.
- DirectorRubika ShahStarsRed SaundersRoger HuddleKate WebbRock Against Racism was formed in 1976, prompted by Eric Clapton. It blends fresh interviews with archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches.
- DirectorVirpi SuutariStarsAlvar AaltoAino AaltoElissa AaltoThis captivating exploration of Alvar Aalto, the defining figure in Scandic design and one of Europe's greatest modern architects, focuses on his remarkable and loving partnership with wife, Aino. Theirs was a profoundly humanist vision that put people at the centre of design, and ranged from work in furniture design through to huge architectural projects. They mixed with, and influenced, major figures of modernist art and design including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Moholy-Nagy, and Frank Lloyd Wright. Come on a cinematic tour of their iconic buildings all over the world, from a library in Russia, a student dormitory at MIT, an art collector's private house near Paris, to a pavilion in Venice. Narrated by experts in the field and featuring never before seen archive footage, Aalto tells the love story of an extraordinary couple with a great passion for human scale architecture.
- DirectorYunbo LiStarsXiaochen ZhangYongliang SuiShang-baiThe thief Guo Changsheng was arrested by a mysterious white man. When he was washing his hands with a golden bowl, he agreed to escort them. On the way, all the masters of the road were willing to enmity, and they also brought out the blood of the unnamed door 15 years ago. - Everyone's story leads to different facts. What is the truth?
- DirectorSophie DrosStarsBaron of Inneryne Ronald Busch ReisingerA portrait of rich and flamboyant Scottish baron Ronald Busch Reisinger of Inneryne as he looks for everything affluence can't buy on one of his frequent luxury sea cruises.
- DirectorNickolas BirdEleanor SharpeStarsNed BoultingJoel FelicioMatt KeenanThe life of legendary television commentator Phil Liggett MBE is inextricably entwined with the history of professional cycling. During a career that has spanned five decades, 15 Olympic games and 47 Tours de France, Phil Liggett has been there for every key moment in cycling over the last half century. The heroic triumphs, the appalling tragedies, the scandals and the controversies; Phil has seen it all, and told us about it with passion, knowledge and his trademark wit. As much as anyone, Phil Liggett has shaped the way the world sees cycling Born in wartime England in 1943, Phil began riding at age twelve and was quickly hooked. Phil aspired to be a professional cyclist and, during the 1960s, raced with a number of elite amateur teams. Phil supported himself by working at the local zoo where his life-long love of animals was born, and where he once memorably crashed his bicycle into an elephant. Phil was offered a professional cycling contract in 1967, but he turned the offer down. He was racing against the likes of the legendary Eddy Merckx and knew that he wasn't in the same league. Instead, Phil chose to pursue a career as a sports journalist. Initially he wrote for newspapers and had no ambition to be a commentator. Then, one fateful day, he picked up a microphone at a local bike race and called the finish for the watching crowd, "just because nobody else was." Phil found he had a natural ability to talk about cycling. His career as a television cycling commentator began and took off into the stratosphere. Phil Liggett became known globally as "the Voice of Cycling", "the Soundtrack to Summer", "the Jewel of July" and "the Talk of the Tour". For generations of sports fans, he is as famous as the riders about whom he commentates. His thoughtful commentary is imbued with gentle humour and an astounding knowledge of cycling. He is legendary for his florid commentary and unique turn of phrase, known around the world as "Liggettisms". Now in the twilight of his career, Phil looks back on his own life and on his decades behind the microphone. Phil has seen the giants of cycling come and go, and he has outlasted them all. He paints a vivid picture of his own personal highlights and the quiet moments of personal triumph and unsung heroism he has witnessed over the years. Phil recalls the bad times: the time his car was blown up by terrorists, the devastating recent loss of his long-time commentary partner Paul Sherwen, and the doping scandals that almost destroyed the sport. In particular, he recalls Lance Armstrong, a man whose legend he helped create, and whom he publicly defended to the detriment of his own professional reputation. Phil also looks back on forty-eight years of marriage. Phil and his wife Trish, a former Olympic speed-skater and highly regarded wildlife photographer, unpack a complex relationship that began on the way to a local bike race and has navigated the all-consuming demands of life on the international cycling circuit. Today, Phil Liggett still loves his job and has no plans to hang up his microphone. However, broadcasters are increasingly looking for younger commentators to be the face of their network, and Phil's fans are wondering aloud if it is time for Phil to retire. Is Phil an endangered species? With the clock ticking on his career, Phil is pondering life beyond the commentary booth. Career success and global fame have given him the ability to make a difference. Phil and Trish have become leading activists in the battle to save rhinos from extinction as poachers decimate the species in South Africa, a country they have adopted as their second home. Fame is a currency and Phil is finally cashing his in for a cause close to his heart. Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling is a fascinating insider's look at fifty years of professional cycling and an intimate portrait of the gentle man whose passion and quiet charm has come to personify the sport for so many.
- DirectorDavid FranceStarsOlga BaranovaDavid IsteevRamzan KadyrovA group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
- DirectorMichael BenthamStarsGeraldine HakewillMark Leonard WinterMatilda RidgwayWhen a 4-year-old girl makes an allegation against the son of a politician, an attempt by the children's parents to resolve the situation soon degenerates into a vicious confrontation.
- DirectorVictor KossakovskyStarsGundaDocumentary looks at the daily life of a pig and its farm animal companions: two cows and a one-legged chicken.
- DirectorEmma SeligmanStarsRachel SennottDanny DeferrariFred MelamedAt a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
- DirectorJakeb AnhvuDetermined to fulfil her parent's wishes for financial security, Tram pursues a new life in South Korea as a migrant bride, but her fast-tracked journey leaves little time for reflection.
- DirectorBenjamin ReeStarsKarl Bertil-NordlandBarbora KysilkovaØystein SteneAn artist befriends the thief who stole her paintings. She becomes his closest ally when he is severely hurt in a car crash and needs full time care, even if her paintings are not found. But then the tables turn.
- DirectorMariusz WilczynskiStarsKrystyna JandaAndrzej ChyraMaja OstaszewskaFleeing from despair after losing those dearest to him, the hero hides in a safe land of memories, where time stands still and all those dear to him are alive.
- DirectorChristos NikouStarsAris ServetalisSofia GeorgovassiliAnna KalaitzidouAmidst a worldwide pandemic that causes sudden amnesia, middle-aged Aris finds himself enrolled in a recovery program designed to help unclaimed patients build new identities.
- DirectorUnjoo MoonStarsChris ParnellEvan PetersDanielle MacdonaldThe story of 1970s musician and activist Helen Reddy.
- DirectorIryna TsilykStarsDanylo DydenkoGanna GladkaOlena GladkaTo cope with the daily trauma of living in a war-zone, Anna and her children are making a film together about their life in the most surreal surroundings.
- DirectorRoy AnderssonStarsJessica LouthanderTatiana DelaunayAnders HellströmRoy Andersson adds to his cinematic oeuvre with a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendour and banality.
- DirectorSharunas BartasStarsArvydas DapsysMarius Povilas Elijas MartynenkoAlina Zaliukaite-RamanauskieneA historical drama set in Lithuania in 1948, "Au Crépuscule" focuses on Ounté, a 19-year old boy who experiences passion and violence after joining a group of partisans resisting the Soviet occupation.
- DirectorCoky GiedroycStarsBeanie FeldsteinCleoDónal FinnA teenager living with her working-class family on a council estate in Wolverhampton, England, grows up to become a popular but conflicted music journalist.
- DirectorMatthew BateLiam SomervilleStarsMarni RussoWayne MatteiDick DaleIt follows underground horror filmmaker Dick Dale on his quest to make his first low-budget feature film Ribspreader.
- DirectorPaul MeinsStarsPatrick CalleaJayden SarunicNathan HreimasA coming-of-age story set across the lush wine country of both Australia and Spain, a young man explores the nature of father-son relationships and the pathway toward understanding and forgiveness.
- DirectorDaniel J. PhillipsStarsErik ThomsonSara WestBenson Jack AnthonyWhen nothing can be done for a Fatal Familial Insomnia patient at the hospital, a med student has her brother moved to a secret facility in the basement for alternative treatment. Is it demonic possession?
- DirectorKurt MartinStarsAaron JefferyDavid FieldJessica NapierSet in Sydney, 1999, after an unlikely encounter at a train station, a young girl befriends a fugitive teenage boy and they travel to visit a moon rock that the girl believes will heal her.
- DirectorKatie FoundStarsArthur AngelMarkella KavenaghSteve MouzakisIsolated Claudia hides away on a remote property after her mother's death. Shocked when spirited local teen Grace appears in her garden, the pair find support and love in each other.
- DirectorNicole MillerStarsNathan BuckleyJohn CahillRussell EbertTHIS IS PORT ADELAIDE takes viewers across the 150-year journey of Australia's most successful football club and then goes behind the scenes as the club was repeatedly challenged in 2020 by the impact of a global pandemic, in what was to be its 150th celebratory season.