25-09-2014

30th Warsaw Film Festival Announces Line-up

    This year’s 30th Warsaw Film Festival will take place on 10-19 October 2014. The programme will include 200 features and shorts from 59 countries, selected from thousands of submissions, which will be presented in five competitive and five non-competitive sections.

    The Photographer by Waldemar KrzystekThe festival will open on 10 Oct. with the film Maps to the Stars by David Cronenberg and will end on 19 Oct. with the Polish film The Photographer by Waldemar Krzystek.

    Over 150 international filmmakers will present their films in person.
    The International Competition Jury members are directors and producers Sepideh Farsi (Iran), Yevgeny Gindilis (Russia), Uberto Pasolini (UK), Olena Yershova (Ukraine, Turkey), Janusz Zaorski (Poland).
    The International Competition will include a number of international and European premieres:
    Carmina & Amén / Carmina i Amen / Carmina y Amén, dir. Paco Leon (Spain 2014), 93 mins.
    After the sudden death of her husband, Carmina realizes that he was due a pay check in two days' time. She decides to conceal his death until then. The sequel for 'Carmina o revienta' (2012)  Goya Awards nominee. A drama and black comedy in one.
    The Boss, Anatomy of a Crime / Szef, anatomia przestępstwa / El Patron, radiografia de un crimen, dir. Sebastián Schindel (Argentina, Venezuela 2014), 95 mins.
    A simple man from provincial Argentina finds a job in Buenos Aires at a butcher's shop. His boss turns out to be a tyrant. Based on real events from 10 years ago, the film shows contemporary slavery in Argentina.
    The Coffin in the Mountain / Trumna w górach / Binguan, dir. Xin Yukun (China 2014), 119 mins.
    Three people linked by an accidental killing. Who does your fate depend on? How much do you know about your own death? You can try to hide certain secrets, but it's impossible with a coffin in the mountains.
    Felix and Meira / Feliks i Meira / Félix et Meira, dir. Maxime Giroux (Canada 2014), 105 mins.
    A young married woman from Montreal's Orthodox Jewish community finds freedom from the strictures of her faith through her relationship with an atheist. An unusual romance blooms between two people who inhabit the same neighbourhood but vastly different worlds.
    The Guide / Przewodnik / Povodyr, dir. Oles Sanin (Ukraine 2014), 120 mins.
    The early 1930s in Soviet Ukraine - a period of chaotic industrialization, forced collectivization, the Great Famine and a brutal crackdown on Ukrainian intellectuals. Peter, a 10-year-old American, suddenly finds himself in the middle of the turmoil. Ukrainian candidate to Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
    The Heart and The Sweetheart / Serce, serduszko, dir. Jan Jakub Kolski (Poland 2014), 114 mins.
    The story of Maszeńka (a debut performance by Maria Blandzi), an 11-year-old girl from an orphanage in the Bieszczady Mountains, who escapes with one of the educators (Julia Kijowska) to make it in time for the entrance exam to the ballet school in Gdańsk. Starring great Polish actors: Marcin Dorociński, Gabriela Muskała, Borys Szyc, Maja Komorowska i Franciszek Pieczka.
    In the Crosswind / Na skrzyżowaniu wiatrów / Risttuules, dir. Martti Helde (Estonia 2014), 87 mins.
    On 14 June 1941 the Soviet authorities began mass deportations of the native population from Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia. This riveting black-and-white, visually unusual film is based on the diary of Erna, a young Estonian woman who went through the hell of Siberia with her daughter.
    The Judgment / Dzień sądu / Sadilishteto, dir. Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria, Germany, Croatia, Macedonia 2014), 107 mins.
    The story of Mityo and his son Vasko, who live in a poor area near the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek border. Mityo has lost everything important to him: his wife, his job, the trust of his son. To regain his son's affection, Mityo must pay for a sin he committed 25 years earlier. The latest film from the director of 'The World is Big and Salvation Lurks Around the Corner', winner of the Special Jury Award at WFF 2008 .
    Justice / Sprawiedliwość / Hustisya, dir. Joel Lamangan (Filipiny 2014), 120 mins.
    Biring lives in Manila and works for a human trafficking syndicate. In this city you can be either a victim or a victimizer. Biring will have to choose. Filipino film star Nora Aunor plays the lead role.
    Labour of Love / Oczekiwanie / Asha Jaoar Majhe, dir. Aditya Vikram Sengupta (India 2014), 84 mins.
    Told almost without words, this is a story about two people during an economic crisis. Their lives are filled with an endless cycle of shift work and domestic routine, with long stretches of waiting in the silence of an empty house. These are no conditions for love to blossom.
    My Mermaid, My Lorelei / Moja syrenka, moja Lorelei / Moya rusalka, moya Lorelyay, dir. Nana Djordjadze (Ukraine, Russia 2014), 80 mins.
    Fourteen-year-old Fedor is in love with Nyurka who is 18. A film showing that love has no age. And love is a magical and pure feeling that can awaken courage in hearts.
    Neurasthenia / Neurastenia, dir. Omid Tootoonchi (Iran 2014), 75 mins.
    Independent cinema from Iran. A 25-year-old young man feels very lonely. He is fighting depression caused by emotional failures and family problems. He spends the nights alone in his car.
    Star / Gwiazda / Zvezda, dir. Anna Melikian (Russia 2014), 128 mins.
    The film centres on a girl who dreams of being a famous star admired by everybody. She lacks talent so she's planning to have plastic surgery to help her succeed. A tragicomedy about destiny and the vulnerability of our existence, a story about people whose lives are fancifully intertwined. The previous film of the director Anna Melikian ('Rusalka' 2007) won several awards at international film festivals (such as FIPRESCI Award at Berlin IFF and Directing Award at Sundance Film Festival).
    These Are the Rules / Takie są zasady / Takva su pravila, dir. Ognjen Sviličić (Croatia, France, Serbia, Macedonia 2014), 75 mins.
    The teenage son of a quiet family living in a suburb of Zagreb is brutally beaten up in the street. The next few days make the parents realize that their world of false security has collapsed. The latest film from the director whose 'Sorry For Kung Fu' won the WFF 2005 main prize.
    Unlucky Plaza, dir. Ken Kwek (Singapore 2014), 122 mins.
    A woman rents a flat to an immigrant in dire straits. This sets into motion a series of events whose consequences are unpredictable. A black comedy by a controversial director. A story based on actual events.
    The complete lineup will be found at www.wff.pl soon

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