GOODNIGHT MOMMY / ICH SEH, ICH SHE
Country: Austria
Year: 2014
Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Starring: Suzanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz
Genre: Horror, Drama
Running Time: 99 min
Language: German
Subtitles: English
In the heat of the summer, in an isolated house in the countryside amid woods and cornfields, 10-year-old twins wait for their mother. When she comes back, her head wrapped in bandages after plastic surgery, nothing is as it was before. Stern and distant now, she shuts the family off from the outside world. Starting to doubt that this woman is actually their mother, the boys are determined to find the truth by any means.
Austrian Submission – Academy Awards 2016
FIPRESCI Award (International Competition) – Thessaloniki IFF 2014
Special Mention (Frontiers Programme) – Belgrade IFF 2015
Still from Goodnight Mommy (Photo: Zawya)
IN THE CROSSWIND / RISTTUULES
Country: Estonia
Year: 2014
Director: Martti Helde
Starring: Laura Peterson, Tarmo Song, Mirt Preegel
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 87 min
Language: Estonian
Suntitles: English
14 June 1941. Erna and her young daughter, like tens of thousands of people from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, are sent to Siberia. Fighting starvation and humiliation in inhuman conditions, her soul seeks and finds freedom in the letters she sends to her husband who has been sentenced to prison camp. Based on a true story, this film uses extraordinary visual techniques and language to tell the heart-wrenching tale of the fate of thousands of Estonians.
Audience Award – Göteborg FF 2015
Ecumenical Jury Award – Warsaw IFF 2014
Artistic Achievement Award – Thessaloniki IFF 2014
Best Cinematography, Estonian Film Award, FICC
Don Quixote Award for Best Film – Tallinn Black Nights FF 2014
Presented in the World Cinema Selection – Toronto IFF 2014
Still from In The Crosswind (Photo: Zawya)
THE LESSON / UROK
Country: Bulgaria, Greece
Year: 2014
Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Starring: Margita Groshevam Ivan Burnev, Ivanka Bratoeva
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 105 min
Language: Bulgarian
Subtitles: English
In a small Bulgarian town, Nadhezda is a young teacher determined to punish a thieving student. Meanwhile, she tries anything to keep her house which is about to be seized. But when she finds herself in debt to loan sharks, it seems difficult to find the right way out herself. A lesson will be taught.
Grand Prix, Best Bulgarian Feature Film, FIPRESCI Prize and Audience Award – Sofia IFF 2015
New Directors Award – San Sebastian IFF 2015
International Debut Award – Göteborg IFF 2015
Best Screenplay – Thessaloniki IFF
Special Jury Prize – Tokyo IFF 2014
Still from The Lesson (Photo: Zawya)
MUSTANG
Country: France, Turkey, Germany
Year: 2015
Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven
Starring: Günes Sensoy, Doga Zaynep Doguslu, Tuba Sunguroglu
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 97 min
Language: Turkish
Subtitles: Arabic, English
In a remote Turkish village, five vivacious girls led by the youngest rebellious 13-year-old Lale, grow out of childhood in a family obsessed with tradition and, specifically, the girls' virtue. A magnificent and poignant tale of tension between past and present in modern Turkey.
Europa Cinemas Label – Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2015
Grand Prix, Best Director, Best Film (International Competition) – Odessa IFF 2015
Heart of Sarajevo for Best Film and for Best Actress (Ensemble Cast), Audience Award – Sarajevo IFF 2015
Still from Mustang (Photo: Zawya)
RADIATOR
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2014
Director: Tom Browne
Starring: Gemma Jones, Richard Johnson, Daniel Cerqueira
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 93 min
Language: English
Leonard and Maria have spent 40 years in a remote Cumbrian cottage. Their son Daniel arrives from London to take control, but Leonard is not about to go gently, and as old family habits reassert themselves, the film develops into a poignant portrait of family life, tinged with black comedy and heartbreak.
Audience Award – Glasgow FF 2015
Grand Jury Prize – Dallas IFF 2015
Premiered at the BFI London FF 2014
Still from Radiator (Photo: Zawya)
SONG OF MY MOTHER / KLAMA DAYIKA MIN
Country: Turkey, France, Germany
Year: 2014
Director: Erol Mintas
Starring: Feyyaz Duman, Zubeyde Ronahi, Nesrin Cavadzade
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 103 min
Language: Kurdish, Turkish
Subtitles: English
Ali lives in Istanbul with his mother, an old Kurdish woman stuck between an unfulfilled life in the city and dreams of returning to her village. Every morning she roams the city in search of a song that keeps returning in her dreams. All Ali can do is be kind to her, take her on motorcycle rides and try to help her find the song of her dreams.
Best Feature Debut, Best Music, Best Main Actor and Best Supporting Actor – Antalya Golden Orange FF 2014
Heart of Sarajevo Award for Best Film – Sarajevo IFF 2014
Still from Song of Mother (Photo: Zawya)
UNDERDOG / SVENSKJÄVEL
Country: Norway, Sweden
Year: 2014
Director: Ronnie Sandahl
Starring: Bianca Kronlöf, Henrik Rafaelsen, Mona Kristiansen
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 100 min
Language: Norweigan, Swedish
Subtitles: Arabic, English
Dino is dreaming of another life. She has fled the mass unemployment of Sweden to find a new life in Oslo. Surviving on little cash and irregular work, she unexpectedly lands work as a housekeeper. All three occupants of the house fall under her reckless charm; a lonely father, whose wife is working abroad, and his two daughters. What Dino doesn't count on is falling in love. In fact, none of them count on it.
Best New Director – Chicago IFF 2014 Critic’s Award for Best Film Debut – Zurich FF 2014
Baltic Film Prize – Lübeck Nordic Film Days 2014
Still from Underdog (Photo: Zawya)
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