2011 İSTANBUL FİLM FESTİVALİ
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- DirectorBelma BasStarsSeyma UzunlarVahide PerçinSevinc BasZephyr, a strong-willed adolescent girl, spends her summer vacation with her grandparents in the mountains, waiting for her mother to come and take her back home. Her mother finally shows up, but only to say farewell before going far away places for a voluntary position. But Zephyr is determined that she will not let her mother ever leave her again.
- DirectorShiar AbdiStarsSelamoAbdullah AdoNujiyan Kilgi1980. Xelilo, a disturbed man, lives in an abandoned store and walks endlessly through the streets of Nusaybin, a Kurdish village in the south east of Turkey He is curiously being noticed by Cengo, a 12-year old boy, living more or less happily under poor conditions with his friends and family, selling chewing gum for a living. Cautiously they become friends. Cengo leads him to the meeting point of the children under the German bridge, where they live through carefree moments. When the Turkish military takes power, a curfew is imposed on the city. The life of Xelilo and the other Kurds is endangered. Who are the winners and losers in this conflict?
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsSteve CooganRob BrydonRebecca JohnsonSteve Coogan has been asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, but after his girlfriend backs out on him he must take his best friend and source of eternal aggravation, Rob Brydon.
- DirectorJuanita WilsonStarsNatasha PetrovicFedja StukanJelena JovanovaA young female teacher from Sarajevo who travels to a remote village. Soon after arriving, the village is attacked by a group of soldiers. The men are killed, the women separated from the children, and placed in a makeshift brothel.
- DirectorBent HamerStarsNina Andresen BorudArianit BerishaJoachim CalmeyerThe film looks at those who are desperately trying to connect or reconnect with their families, friends, or anyone who will listen.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsChen Chao-jungKang-sheng LeeKuei-Mei YangThree lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment used for sexual trysts.
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsBengt BraskeredSanna PerssonMagnus BörjesonA tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
- DirectorMarian CrisanStarsAndrás HatháziYilmaz YalçinElvira RimbuA low-key satire that takes a droll approach to the serious subject of illegal immigration.
- DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsGael García BernalLuis TosarKarra ElejaldeAs a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsVictor SjöströmBibi AnderssonIngrid ThulinAfter living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsJulie AndrewsJames GarnerRobert PrestonA struggling female soprano in 1934 Paris finally finds work after posing as a female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life when a visiting Chicago gangster finds himself inexplicably attracted to the seemingly male performer.
- DirectorMemduh ÜnStarsMuhterem NurFikret HakanSalih TozanThree hopeless cronies from the slums help a blind panhandler girl who is homeless and hungry. The girl, an ingenue, brings a new hope to everyone's life, especially to the one who falls in love with her.
- DirectorUlrich KöhlerStarsPierre BokmaJean-Christophe FollyJenny SchilyA German doctor (Pierre Bokma) battling Sleeping Sickness in rural Cameroon fears that he will be a stranger in his own country as the end of his post draws near, and he prepares to move back home with his wistful wife, and their teenage daughter.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsWerner HerzogJean ClottesJulien MonneyWerner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France and captures the oldest known pictorial creations of humanity.
- DirectorHany Abu-AssadStefan ArsenijevicAida BegicStarsAli SulimanHiam AbbassEsin AlpoganAn aged mother with her middle aged daughter travels from Palestine to Istanbul, Turkey, to meet some relatives. This and other short stories give us a clue about the city of Istanbul.
- DirectorJohn TurturroStarsJohn TurturroMax CasellaFiorelloA look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.
- DirectorKadir Ferati BalciStarsBurak BalciCharlotte VandermeerschNihat AltinkayaExploring the lives of immigrants who find themselves torn between two lands and cultures, with roots in neither, this messy, moving and joyous romantic drama introduces a trio of Turkish brothers living in Belgium who redefine family dynamics after their father's death.
- DirectorBéla TarrÁgnes HranitzkyStarsJános DerzsiErika BókMihály KormosA rural farmer is forced to confront the mortality of his faithful horse.
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRobin WrightJames McAvoyTom WilkinsonMary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsGemma ArtertonLuke EvansDominic CooperA young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
- DirectorLee Chang-dongStarsYun Jeong-hieLee Da-witKim Hee-raA sixty-something woman, faced with the discovery of a heinous family crime and in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, finds strength and purpose when she enrolls in a poetry class.
- DirectorCristi PuiuStarsAfrodita AndoneGeo AurAndrei BarbuViorel a 42 year old man troubled by obscure thoughts drives across the city to a destination known only to him.
- DirectorDuygu EtikanStarsIlgit AscipinarIn the last few years, the famous stars of the show business would not go on tours, make music videos or even go on stage without their dancers and choreographers.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsJérémie RenierOlivier GourmetAssita OuedraogoRoger uses his son Igor to ruthlessly traffic and exploit undocumented immigrants. When one of the immigrants is killed, Igor is guilt-ridden and wants to care for the dead man's family against his father's orders.
- DirectorAslihan UnaldiA love poem and a critical investigation, OVERDRIVE explores Istanbul's transition from ancient imperial capital to bustling modern megalopolis. Will the city renew itself once again, or succumb to uncontrolled motorization and urban growth?
- DirectorMassy TadjedinStarsKeira KnightleySam WorthingtonEva MendesThe story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
- DirectorAbdellatif KechicheStarsYahima TorresAndre JacobsOlivier GourmetIn the 19th century, a black woman from Africa is on display throughout Europe as an exotic curiosity.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsÉvelyne DandryFrançois MarthouretMarina de VanThe adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and how much do you want-masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband it all starts with the arrival of an innocent-looking rat.
- DirectorClaude LanzmannStarsSimon SrebnikMichael PodchlebnikMotke ZaïdlClaude Lanzmann's epic documentary recounts the story of the Holocaust through interviews with witnesses - perpetrators as well as survivors.
- DirectorLise I. OsvollAbout the little rescue boat Elias and his friends in the coastal community Cozy Cove. The story takes place during winter time.
- DirectorPeter MullanStarsConor McCarronGreg ForrestJoe SzulaEncompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnouk AiméeClaudia CardinaleA harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.
- DirectorHaluk ÜnalStarsCeren HindistanYusuf AkgünLaçin CeylanAn Alevi family masquerading as Sunni tries to establish relations with its Sunni neighbors.
- DirectorGuy DebordStarsGuy DebordSerge BernaIsidore IsouThe director renders tribute to the Marquis of Sade without images. The screen is white when the testimonies speak, and black when they don't, in this experimental film.
- DirectorTayfun PirselimogluStarsAyberk PekcanNazan KesalRiza AkinHamdi is a wigmaker. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer he loses interest in everything. Then he meets Meryem, who wants to sell her beautiful long hair.
- DirectorAbbas KiarostamiStarsBehzad DoraniNoghre AsadiRoushan Karam ElmiIrreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.
- DirectorJesper MøllerSinem SakaogluHelmut FischerStarsBruno RenneIlja RichterVolker LechtenbrinkEach night, like every other child in the world, Miko goes to Dreamland thanks to magic sand dispersed by the Sandman. But one night, the evil dream Habumar steals the Sand of Dreams and takes control of Dreamland. The Sandman and his faithful sheep Neopomuk ask Miko to help them get back the precious sand, and to hence foil the plans of terrifying Habumar. So begins a great adventure in a world where all is possible.
- DirectorStephen KijakStarsDon WasWill.i.amJack WhiteA look at the creation and impact of the 1972 Rolling Stones album "Exile on Main St."
- DirectorJonathan NossiterStarsCharlotte RamplingBill PullmanIrène JacobA group of strangers from different countries end up on Rio's beaches. Seeking self-fulfillment, they look for answers to existential questions. Yet it isn't until their different paths cross that they begin to understand why they came.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsAnthony HigginsJanet SuzmanAnne-Louise LambertA young artist is commissioned by the wife of a wealthy landowner to make a series of drawings of the estate while her husband is away.
- DirectorGérald Hustache-MathieuStarsJean-Paul RouveSophie QuintonGuillaume GouixA bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, an aspiring model who thought she was the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe.
- DirectorSedat YilmazStarsAram DildarEngin Emre DegerKadim YasarTurkey's first Kurdish language newspaper is under siege. After exposing human rights abuses in Diyarbakir, the journalists become the target of increasingly ruthless government-sanctioned intimidation.
- DirectorJim LoachStarsEmily WatsonAisling LoftusStuart WolfendenSet in 1980s Nottingham, social worker Margaret Humphreys holds the British government accountable for child migration schemes and reunites the children involved -- now adults living mostly in Australia -- with their parents in Britain.
- DirectorPrzemyslaw WojcieszekStarsPiotr Wawer Jr.Janusz ChabiorPrzemyslaw BluszczBogus Kowalski is such a radical 17-year-old rebel that he even decides to have a "Fuck Off" tattoo on his forehead. His anger and frustration cannot be diminished by anyone, including his mother, Polish teacher and priest.
- DirectorWim WendersStarsPina BauschRegina AdventoMalou AiraudoA tribute to the late German choreographer Pina Bausch, as her dancers perform her most famous creations.
- DirectorPhilip KochStarsConstantin von JascheroffJoel BasmanFrederick LauKevin is new in youth prison. Due to over-occupancy he has to share a cell with Tommy, Andy and Marc. A partnership of convenience in a system where only the strong prevail and which is dominated by violence and latent aggression. Oppression and beatings are a daily occurence. It is hard for Kevin to establish himself. Especially Marc and Andy are after him. He's afraid of not sticking it out. Only Tommy gives him an amicable advice: In this system, you're either a victim or a culprit. If he doesn't want to be a loser anymore, he has to start fighting. A piece of advice that will trigger most dire consequences...
- DirectorJulien TempleStarsLee BrilleauxWilko JohnsonJohn MartinThe story of Dr Feelgood, four men in cheap suits who crashed out of Canvey Island in the early '70s, sandpapered the face of rock'n'roll, leaving all that came before a burnt-out ruin - four estuarine John-the-Baptists to Johnny Rotten's anti-Christ. Taking London by storm, they sped through Europe and conquered the UK with No 1 chart success, before imploding just as punk was born and America beckoned with open arms. Contributions from members of The Clash, Blondie and The Sex Pistols join Dr Feelgood with collaborators Jools Holland and Alison Moyet to tell the story of Canvey, '70s England and the greatest local band in the world.
- DirectorPeter WatkinsStarsEliane Annie AdaltoPierre BarbieuxBernard BombeauIn this war drama blurring the lines between documentary and fiction, the working class and the bourgeoisie of 19th century Paris are interviewed and covered on television, before and during a tragic workers' class revolt.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim SturgessEd HarrisColin FarrellSiberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.
- DirectorJosé PadilhaStarsWagner MouraIrandhir SantosAndré RamiroAfter a prison riot, former-Captain Nascimento, now a high ranking security officer in Rio de Janeiro, is swept into a bloody political dispute that involves government officials and paramilitary groups.
- DirectorNefin DinçA documentary about the natives of a Greek and Turkish town. The two nations have been enemies many decades ago, but why do they insist in keeping myths built on enmity still alive? The filmmakers visited the two towns several times for a year and examined a range of aspects: how history is taught in schools, how the Other is presented during the national festivities, what the dignitaries think and say about the conflict and the past, what are the perceptions and the prejudices of the laymen and of the children, what the museums exhibit as history, etc. The inhabitants, young and old, were asked to speak about their feelings, fears and prospects vis-a-vis the Other.
- DirectorMike LeighStarsJim BroadbentRuth SheenLesley ManvilleA look at four seasons in the lives of a happily married couple and their relationships with their family and friends.
- DirectorJerzy SkolimowskiStarsVincent GalloEmmanuelle SeignerZach CohenAn Afghan POW attempts his escape.
- DirectorMurat ÖzçelikDocumentary tells the own story of the director and his mother, also a story of an operation which was organized in Ulucanlar Prison in 1999. Director was seriously injured and 10 prisoners died in the operation. Many years after releasing from prison, the director learns that Ulucanlar Prison in which he stayed for four years is closed and opened to the public as a cultural center. While visiting the prison, a journey to his own experiences begins. Shared stories of director and his mother, who waited in front of Prison for days when his son was a prisoner, meet again in the cold corridor of Ulucanlar Prison. He and his mother start to travel into the past in Prison which is an important point of country's political and cultural history.
- DirectorKrzysztof KieslowskiStarsMiroslaw BakaKrzysztof GlobiszJan TesarzA soon-to-be lawyer crosses his path with a taxi driver and a young sinister man.
- DirectorHatice YakarStarsAsiye DinçsoyBaris KoçakZeynep Öncü
- DirectorAngelos FrantzisStarsKatia GoulioniIakovos KamhisNathan PissoortThree young people - a woman and two men - roam in the overwhelming nature through forests and over hills. The trio investigates mutual relations and sexual predilections, encouraged by the ubiquitous elements.
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- DirectorYimou ZhangStarsXuejian LiTaishen ChengDongyu ZhouRomance sparks between a young woman and a young man from different economic backgrounds during China's Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s.
- DirectorLuc VinciguerraPaulette Victor LiftonStarsJulie GayetJean-Pierre MarielleLorànt DeutschSanta doesn't want to retire, but rules are rules and he must train someone to replace him. The lucky winner, to be chosen from among millions of children, must be named Nicholas, be an orphan and have a pure heart. On the other side of the planet, there is a little boy who is a perfect match, but his lack of self-confidence and fear of heights make him a poor contestant. Will Santa agree to step down, and help his apprentice take his place?
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsGrégoire ColinAlice HouriJacques NolotA brother and sister reunite after time apart. But the sister is pregnant, which could either bring the siblings together or tear them apart.
- DirectorShôhei ImamuraStarsKen OgataSumiko SakamotoTonpei HidariIn a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An elderly woman is reaching close to her cut-off age during her last days with her family.
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsNicole KidmanAaron EckhartDianne WiestLife for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsViktor NemetsVladimir GolovinAleksey VertkovA few days in the life of truck driver Georgi, which seems to be a never-ending nightmare, a spiral of violence and abuses of power.
- DirectorLarysa KondrackiStarsRachel WeiszMonica BellucciVanessa RedgraveA drama based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex trafficking scandal.
- DirectorPablo LarraínStarsAlfredo CastroAntonia ZegersJaime VadellIn Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears.
- DirectorAhmad AbdallaStarsKal NagaYousra El LozyHany AdelKhaled returns from USA to his mother's funeral at his hometown: Alexandria, Egypt. He decides to make it a fresh new start even if it meant mending his first love story yet it proved a horrific failure. Khaled clashed big time with a changing more conservative Alexandria but He also stumbles upon fresh youth struggling for their under-ground music bands, art and ideas. in the middle of all the confusion, Will it ever all makes sense at the end? A question for the youth and the city to answer.
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsFreida PintoHiam AbbassWillem DafoeA drama centered on an orphaned Palestinian girl growing up in the wake of Arab-Israeli war who finds herself drawn into the conflict.
- DirectorIstván SzabóStarsKlaus Maria BrandauerIldikó BánságiKrystyna JandaIn early-1930s Germany, a passionate stage actor faces a dilemma: renounce his apolitical stance and comply with the Reich's doctrine, or face oblivion. But, Faustian bargains never end well. What is the price of success?
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsIsabella RosselliniKyle MacLachlanDennis HopperThe discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
- DirectorDerek JarmanStarsDerek JarmanTilda SwintonJohn QuentinIn his final - and most daring - cinematic statement, Jarman the romantic meets Jarman the iconoclast in a lush soundscape pulsing against a purely blue screen, laying bare his physical and spiritual state.
- DirectorWilliam E. JonesWilliam E. Jones's autobiographical film about growing up gay in the small Ohio town of Massillon pushes the boundaries of documentary by offering a moving self-portrait within the context of gay political history. Combining provocative voiceover with evocative imagery, Massillon gets its message across and tells Jones's story without the presence of onscreen human narrators or actors. Part one offers shots of Massillon, a Rust Belt town victimized by outsourcing, as Jones recounts memories of his youth. The second part shows images of government buildings as Jones recites laws restricting sexual activity. The third and final portion contrasts the neutral landscapes of Santa Clarita, California, with narration detailing the history of sexual persecution. This homo road movie... uses the quiet landscapes of the American Midwest to look at a history disfigured by myths of the family, patriotism, and religion.
- DirectorFriðrik Þór FriðrikssonStarsKristbjörg KjeldHilmir Snær GuðnasonGunnar EyjólfssonA film director's personal journey experiencing his mother's disappearance into the Alzheimer disease, a film with essential Fridriksson's ingredients, humour, compassion and strong visual style.
- DirectorKenan KorkmazStarsAli DüsenkalkarNecip MemiliSavas ÖzdemirMehdi, Pelin, Harun, Murat and an Afghan family, whose paths intersect in a hotel, fled from the pressure faced in their homelands . "The Luxury Hotel", the first stop of a long way to more independent lives, brings incarceration to these people.
- DirectorHumberto SolásStarsRaquel RevueltaEslinda NúñezAdela LegráTraces episodes in the lives of three Cuban women, each named Lucía, from three different historical periods: the Cuban war of independence (with Spain), the 1930s, and the 1960s.
- DirectorNiles AtallahStarsGabriela AguileraGregory CohenEduardo Barrilthe daily life of a young seamstress and her father at the time of the funeral of the dictator Pinochet.
- StarsAdriano LuzMaria João BastosRicardo PereiraFollows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.
- DirectorMike OttStarsAtsuko OkatsukaCory ZachariaRintaro Sawamoto"Littlerock" is a powerfully intimate drama that captures the fears and desires of a young Japanese woman lost in America.
- DirectorGuillaume CanetStarsFrançois CluzetMarion CotillardBenoît MagimelA near-fatal accident leaves one friend in the hospital while the rest go on their annual vacation. But their secrets and personal grief threaten to drive them apart.
- DirectorJunfeng BooStarsJoshua Barker TanElena ChiaBobbi ChenEn is a Singaporean student that will soon be enlisted in the army. While his mother is away, he has to stay with his grandparents. Thus, he starts learning new things about his missing father.
- DirectorAleksey UchitelStarsVladimir MashkovAnjorka StrechelYuliya PeresildIn 1945, Soviet war hero Ignat is sent to work as a locomotive mechanic in a Siberian labor camp where he meets an assortment of Germans and Russians.
- DirectorLeos CaraxStarsMichel PiccoliJuliette BinocheDenis LavantAs a deadly virus which infects people who have loveless sex sweeps Paris, a lonely pariah attempts to steal a potent antidote, only to fall for the mistress of his partner-in-crime. Is the infectious young love the cure to the bad blood?
- DirectorKôji FukadaStarsKenji YamauchiKiki SuginoKanji FurutachiThe film follows the follies that ensue when a man and his wife shack up with a family that owns a printing press in their building, the husband takes it over, and the couple begin inviting a motley crew of friends.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsAmber HeardMamie GummerDanielle PanabakerAn institutionalized young woman becomes terrorized by a ghost.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsElizabeth TaylorPaul NewmanBurl IvesBrick is an alcoholic ex-football player who drinks his days away and resists the affections of his wife. A reunion with his terminal father jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsHayden ChristensenThandiwe NewtonJohn LeguizamoThe population of Detroit has almost completely disappeared, but a few remain. As daylight disappears they realize that the Dark is coming for them.
- DirectorSeyfettin TokmakStarsUgur Baris MehmetogluSeydo CelikSelma AlispahicHakim and Faysal have come from Mardin to Istanbul to find work and escape to Germany where their cousin lives. After a short time they make close friends with Medina and her daughter Elma, refugees from Bosnia. With the aim of finding a cure for Elma who has a heart problem, Medina disappears from sight one day suddenly.
- DirectorTerence DaviesStarsGillian AndersonDan AykroydEleanor BronA woman risks losing her chance of happiness with the only man she has ever loved.
- DirectorZhangke JiaStarsMichelangelo AntonioniYindi CaoHsin-i ChangFocuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsBruce GreenwoodPaul DanoSettlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
- DirectorJody ShapiroStarsKevin BaughPatri FriedmanDean KamenHow to start your own country, you can have one too.
- DirectorUmur HozatliStarsÖznur KulaAydin OrakAysun Akgün1990 in Istanbul. Liceli is kidnapped by Turkish Army of Investigation. The aim of TAI is getting information from Liceli about crime organization. Liceli doesn't tell anything. TAI gets sister of Liceli and the story begins.
- DirectorSelim DemirdelenStarsGüven KiraçSezin AkbasogullariCengiz BozkurtGuven works in an accounting company. He is well liked in the office. He is a hard-working man. He has a happy marriage and a daughter whom he loves more than his own life. At the end of an ordinary workday, Guven leaves the office and goes home. He enters his flat, undresses, washes his face, and sits on the couch in the living room.
- DirectorYusuf KurçenliStarsTarik AkanBülent BilgiçNurseli IdizThe story of a teacher who is also a writer, trying to hide from the police during WWII in Turkey. He is wanted because of his leftist articles and books.
- DirectorOusmane SembeneStarsMbissine Thérèse DiopAnne-Marie JelinekRobert FontaineA black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France.
- DirectorSelim GunesStarsHakan KorkmazSinem IslamogluGürsan Piri OnurluAfter his father Halil was imprisoned, the responsibility of the house fell to Hasan. Their mother has gone to town to babysit. Twelve-year-old Hasan takes care of his two younger siblings by selling ayran in summer and winter. Life is hard in the small mountain village. Some are lumbering, some are selling mountain fruits.
- DirectorRachid BoucharebStarsJamel DebbouzeRoschdy ZemSami BouajilaA drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII.
- DirectorCarlos SauraStarsAntonio GadesCristina HoyosJuan Antonio JiménezA group of dancers puts Lorca's 'Blood Wedding' on stage, the tragic play about a married man who is still in love with his ex-girlfriend, and tries to reunite with her despite her planned wedding.
- DirectorNigel ColeStarsSally HawkinsBob HoskinsAndrea RiseboroughA dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.
- DirectorFrançois OzonStarsCatherine DeneuveGérard DepardieuFabrice LuchiniA housewife and grandma takes over the family business 1977, after her husband is hurt during a strike.