San Juan International Films Fest 2012
1. Post Mortem (Chile, Pedro Larraín)
2. Más allá del capitolio (Puerto Rico, Amilcar Tirado)
3. Vinci (Cuba, Eduardo de Llano Rodríguez
2. Más allá del capitolio (Puerto Rico, Amilcar Tirado)
3. Vinci (Cuba, Eduardo de Llano Rodríguez
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- DirectorPaula HernándezStarsErnesto AlterioValeria BertuccelliMatias UmpierrezBuenos Aires. It rains. Alma is in her car, stuck in Buenos Aires' traffic. She has recently broken-up with her boyfriend, and she has been living in her little car since then. Suddenly, Roberto gets into the car. He's wet and hurt, he's tired of the rain, of broken dreams. He has come back after thirty years abroad. In this new city he has nothing and nobody, just a father in coma, whom he has no relationship. He promises to leave the car as soon as the rain ceases. Alma, not knowing exactly why lets him in. That night will be different. And the next few days too. There's something new to find in the depth of their hearts.
- DirectorAndrés BurgosStarsCarmen MauraGustavo AngaritaJulián ArangoAn old couple living in the Colombian countryside has been planing a trip to sea for years in order to break the monotony of their life. He just wants to live the routine, she wants to see the world and is not able to keep waiting.
- DirectorWilliam VegaStarsJoghis Seudin AriasJulio César RobleFloralba AchicanoyA Colombian refugee tries to rebuild her life at a guest house located on the shores of a great lake in the Andes.
- DirectorHernan HerreraPierangeli LlinasStarsPierangeli LlinasMaría Cecilia SánchezReid AndresA peasant from Latin America emigrates to the United States to give her baby a better life. During her first night in New York, her whole world collapses and she spends a selfless lifetime in search for the child.
- DirectorFina TorresStarsPrakriti MaduroYuliet CruzJuan Carlos GarcíaA young seamstress in Havana with a dream of becoming a fashion designer, has to choose between the two men she loves - a suave foreign photographer, on a mysterious errand, and her loyal but laid back Cuban boyfriend who will, some day, build her a home.
- DirectorRay FigueroaElías Jiménez TrachtenbergStarsJuan Pablo OlyslagerJulio SerranoEdgar ArreolaIn Guatemala, violence is contagious. The neighbors of Villas de La Esperanza, in fear of an eventual invasion of those infected by violence, arm themselves and patrol nights, risking their lives for the safety of their families. But battling violence with violence only spreads the contagion, and the neighbors will soon realize that the greatest danger is not what lurks outside their secure gated community. The real danger lies within. In Guatemala, violence is contagious, and we are all infected.
- DirectorTim FehlbaumStarsLilo BaurMarco CalamandreiLisa VicariIn the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun.
- DirectorTom GustafsonStarsShawn AshmoreMartha HigaredaKate BurtonA stifled, small-town man stuck in a dead end life, runs away to Mexico to be a mariachi singer. MARIACHI GRINGO is a musical tour-de-force exploring the reality of "following your dreams" across cultural, personal, social and geographical borders.
- DirectorMaite Rivera CarbonellHow fair is it for the government to control its citizens? Four Puerto Ricans confront their past when they open their "files", the records obtained of the illegal surveillance and persecution that the Puerto Rican government held against citizens and organizations that disagreed with the establishment. Through their daily life, they will tell us their stories, experiences and intimate feelings of the persecution they suffered. Taking their past as an example, we will confront the present.
- DirectorBladimir AbudStarsCheddy GarcíaAntonio ZamudioMarquis LeguizamónA flower seller seeks justice for her murdered son.
- DirectorMarité UgasStarsIker FernándezFrancisco DenisMaría Fernanda FerroFrom a town torn apart by a mudslide, where only huge skeletal buildings survive, a thirteen-years-old KID begins a voyage along the Venezuelan coastline driven solely by lies, in an attempt to put his life back together. Throughout the way, he strives to discover his origins.
- DirectorMarcel RasquinStarsFernando MorenoEliú ArmasAlí RondónTwo young men who have been raised as brothers look to their soccer skills as a way of getting out of their slum. While a scout is in town, an act of violence threatens to tear them apart.
- DirectorAlejandro Bellame PalaciosStarsRossana Fernández DíazChristian Josue GonzalezJuan Carlos NuñezDelia survived a river-flood ten years ago. She's trying to rebuilt her life but she soon discovers danger is over her two sons. But hope of reconstruction is possible, because the force of love,despite all, keep them united.
- DirectorSantiago MitreStarsEsteban LamotheRomina PaulaRicardo FelixRoque starts University in Buenos Aires but he is not particularly interested in attending classes or working towards a degree. Instead, he dedicates his time to one of the many groups vying for control of the university, motivated less by grand political ideals than by a wish to get close to Paula, an attractive young teacher heavily involved in internal university politics.
- DirectorDaniel BurmanStarsLuis BrandoniNorma AleandroValeria BertuccelliA professional poker player seeks out an old flame after his marriage fizzles.
- DirectorKarl MarkovicsStarsThomas SchubertKarin LischkaGeorg FriedrichThrough his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
- DirectorBouli LannersStarsZacharie ChasseriaudMartin NissenPaul BartelTwo teenage brothers spend summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their busy mother, and running low on cash. To make some money they rent out the house to a local drug dealer.
- DirectorDominique AbelFiona GordonBruno RomyStarsDominique AbelFiona GordonBruno RomyA hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.
- DirectorCecília AmadoGuy GonçalvesStarsJean AmorimAna GracielaRoberio LimaAbout the life and adventures of a gang of abandoned street kids known as Capitães da Areia (Captains of the Sands), in Salvador, Bahia, during the 1950s.
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsMohamed FellagSophie NélisseÉmilien NéronAt a Montréal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed.
- DirectorArmando FonsecaStarsEmérida Ruiz PelayMelba de QuindóIn Cuba, two widows tell stories, sing, remember their husbands and with much joy talk about how life has been now, without them.
- DirectorAndrés WoodStarsFrancisco AcuñaJuan AlfaroOrlando AlfaroA portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra, filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves, and her hopes.
- DirectorMads MatthiesenStarsKim KoldElsebeth SteentoftLamaiporn Sangmanee HougaardDennis, a painfully shy 38-year-old bodybuilder who lives with his mother, sets off to Thailand in search of love.
- DirectorPatrick WangStarsSebastian BanesPatrick WangTrevor St. JohnWhen his partner Cody dies in a car accident, Joey learns that their son, Chip, has been willed to Cody's sister. In his now solitary home life, Joey searches for a solution. The law is not on his side, but friends are.
- DirectorVikram GandhiStarsVikram GandhiTobyGregA documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.
- DirectorVentura PonsStarsRosa Maria SardàOriol PlaSanti MillánDavid is 20 years old and newly arrived in Barcelona in search of an opportunity. Gràcia, a lonely 60-year-old woman, offers him free room and boarding in exchange for his companionship.
- DirectorEnrique UrbizuStarsJose CoronadoRodolfo SanchoHelena MiquelA corrupt policeman commits a crime when drinking late at night. While his colleagues are trying to investigate his murder, he tries to clean up the evidence.
- DirectorGabriel VelázquezStarsCarolina MorochoJesús NietoVíctor GarcíaThree interwoven stories of teenage silence in a winter river as it flows by a small city.
- DirectorPedro Pérez RosadoStarsAziza BrahimMemona MohamedNadhira MohamedFatimetu, a Sahrawi refugee, returns to her home camp after 16 years. She must choose between life in the desert and her family and friends in Spain, her brother's expectations for her and her new job driving items between camps.
- DirectorIsaki LacuestaStarsBokar DembeleMiquel BarcelóAlou CisseA conceptual reimagining of painter François Augiéras' life as he believed that the best way to escape without a trace is to walk backwards.
- DirectorJaume BalagueróStarsLuis TosarMarta EturaAlberto San JuanCesar, a miserable man who works as an apartment concierge, takes a special interest in an attractive woman who lives there. He goes to great lengths to trouble her.
- DirectorHong Sang-sooStarsIsabelle HuppertYoo Joon-sangJung Yu-miA three-tiered story centered on a trio of French tourists visiting the same seaside resort.
- DirectorDaniel AuteuilStarsDaniel AuteuilAstrid Bergès-FrisbeyNicolas DuvauchelleIn 1930s southern France, a father is torn between his sense of honor and his deep love for his daughter when she gets in trouble with the wealthy son of a shopkeeper.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsStavros PsyllakisAris ServetalisJohnny VekrisA group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
- DirectorMusa SyeedStarsMohammed AfzalGulzar Ahmed BhatNeelofar HamidWar and poverty force Gulzar, a young tourist boatman, to run away from Kashmir with his best friend. But a military crackdown derails their escape, and they become trapped in Gulzar's lake village. Waiting for conditions to change, they discover a mysterious woman, braving the curfew to research the dying lake. As Gulzar falls for her, rivalry and jealousy threaten his boyhood friendship and their plans of escape. Gulzar must choose between a new life and a new love. The first film set in the endangered lake communities of Kashmir, Valley of Saints blends fiction and documentary to bring audiences inside this unique world.
- DirectorAndrea SegreStarsTao ZhaoRade SerbedzijaMarco PaoliniA study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon.
- DirectorSharon Bar-ZivStarsAsia NaifeldOhad HallGuy KapulnikA beautiful, determined Israeli military investigator fights for justice when she interrogates ruthless young officers accused of brutalizing Arab civilians. Her only escape is a torrid affair with a fellow officer.
- DirectorJannicke Systad JacobsenStarsHelene BergsholmMalin BjørhovdeHenriette SteenstrupIn Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
- DirectorRosario Garcia-MonteroStarsFatima BuntinxKaterina D'OnofrioMelchor GorrocháteguiA young girl convinces herself that she will die on the same day that her brother will be born.
- DirectorLech MajewskiStarsRutger HauerMichael YorkCharlotte RamplingThis movie focuses on a dozen of the five hundred characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
- DirectorPen-Ek RatanaruangStarsNopachai ChaiyanamSirin HorwangChanokporn SayoungkulA cop who becomes a hitman for a group aimed at eliminating those who are above the law finds his world turned upside down by a single a devastating blow.
- DirectorEnrique GatoStarsÓscar BarberánMichelle JennerJosé MotaConstruction worker Tad wants to be a famous archaeologist. He gets a chance to look for a lost Inca city in Peru, where the gold was hidden. He meets the professor's cute daughter/assistant. Villains chase them.
- DirectorJoan EspinachRicardo RamónMJ LalloStarsRigoberta BandiniNúria TrifolIvan LabandaThe misadventures of a teenager girl in her new life as zombie.
- DirectorRudy MoraStarsLaura De la UzOsvaldo DoimeadiósFernando EchevarríaA boy claims he is late to an exam because he saw a UFO. While many believe he should be expelled, some students start to investigate, leading to questions about the role of creativity in the modern world.