28th WFF
films seen on 28th Warsaw Film Festiwal 12-21.X.2012
Summary: 40 total; 35 tickets (6 shorts on 1); 40 reviews
PS 3/18; IC 12/17; 1-2 3/15; FS 4/13; DOC 2/18; SH 6; ODK 3/18; X 6/14; XX 1/9
Summary: 40 total; 35 tickets (6 shorts on 1); 40 reviews
PS 3/18; IC 12/17; 1-2 3/15; FS 4/13; DOC 2/18; SH 6; ODK 3/18; X 6/14; XX 1/9
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- 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.12.X.2012; 9:30; ODK (Discoveries);+;;N1 (Notebook 1 - review);;
- DirectorMarc WieseStarsDong-Hyuk ShinOh YangnamHyuk KwonShin Dong-Huyk was born on November 19, 1983 as a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. He was a child of two prisoners who had been married by order of the wardens. He spent his entire childhood and youth in Camp 14, in fact a death camp. He was forced to labor since he was six years old and suffered from hunger, beatings and torture, always at the mercy of the wardens. He knew nothing about the world outside the barbed-wire fences. At the age of 23, with the help of an older prisoner, he managed to escape. For months he traveled through North Korea and China and finally to South Korea, where he encountered a world completely strange to him.12.X.2012; 11:00; DOC (Documentary); +; director; N1;;I cried
- DirectorChanoch Ze'eviStarsBettina GöringKatrin HimmlerMonika HertwigA look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.12.X.2012; 14:00; DOC; +; director; N1;;
- DirectorAntonio Méndez EsparzaStarsPedro De los SantosTeresa Ramírez AguirreLorena Guadalupe Pantaleón Vázquez"AQUÍ": Pedro returns home to a small mountain village in Guerrero, Mexico after years of working in the US. He finds his daughters older, and more distant than he imagined. His wife still has the same smile. Having saved some earnings from two trips to the US, he hopes to now finally make a better life with his family, and even to pursue his dreams on the side by starting a band: Copa Kings. He cherishes the everyday moments with his family. "ALLÁ": The villagers think this year's crop will be bountiful. There is also good work in a growing city an hour away. But the locals are wise to a life of insecurity, and their thoughts are often of family members or opportunities far away, north of the border. While working in the fields, Pedro meets and begins to mentor a teenager who dreams of the US. That place somehow always feels very present, practically knocking at the door. "Aquí y Allá" is a story about hope, and the memories and loss of what we leave behind.12.X.2012; 16:00; X (World Today - this category was only in 28th WFF ?); +;;N1;;
- DirectorBoris KhlebnikovStarsAleksandr YatsenkoEvgeniy SytyySakhat DursunovA satirical look at one day of an expensive restaurant. Based on the real life.12.X.2012; 18:30; IC (International Competition);+;director;N1;;
- DirectorMiguel CourtoisStarsLuis TosarAntonio FerreiraEileen MorenoA thriller centered on a family taken hostage by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.12.X.2012; 21:30; IC; +;;N1; Ecumenical Yury Award;
- DirectorAndrzej JakimowskiStarsEdward HoggAlexandra Maria LaraMelchior DerouetA blind teacher breaks the rules to help a female student rediscover the pleasures of life.14.X.2012; 21:30; PS O (Opening film); +;composer, producer; N1; Viewers Award, Best Director Award;
- DirectorGarin NugrohoStarsEka Nusa PertiwiJajang C. NoerM. Dinu Imansyah15.X.2012; 9:30; ODK; +;;N1;;
- DirectorPaula van der OestStarsTheo JamesJames D'ArcyHarriet WalterIf global economy came to a sudden stop what would be the effect on families worldwide? People in different countries or continents might not seem to be interrelated but there is more than meets the eye and we might be more connected than we sometimes like to think.15.X.2012; 11:15; IC; +;;N1;;
- DirectorJacco GroenStarsSandy TalagJohanna ter SteegeJohn ArcillaA look at child prostitution in Manila.15.X.2012; 13:30; IC; +; director, actress; N1;;
during Q&A evacuation due to fake bomb alarm, I cried - DirectorMin-young JungKyung Jin Kim15.X.2012; 16:30; SH (Short films);+ 1/6 ;;N1;;Hotel Noir ticket entrance
- DirectorGregory HoroupianStarsTammy McNeillRobert O'GormanNoa LivneWhen a quiet intruder enters a Manhattan loft, it becomes home to a geopolitical act that no one can notice.15.X.2012; 16:30; SH (Short films);+1/6;director;N1;;
- DirectorAdam FloeckStarsAlexandra OlivierCraig ZacokA boy is forced to face the burden of his heritage to save a child in harm's way.15.X.2012; 16:30; SH (Short films);+1/6;;N1;;
- DirectorIvan BogdanovMoritz MayerhoferAsparuh PetrovStarsHarry AnichkinIvana GavrilovaEltimir AlexandrovWhen did you last talk with your father? Will you ever ask him about those things that hurt you?15.X.2012; 16:30; SH (Short films);+1/6;;N1;;
- DirectorTimothy ReckartStarsNigel AnthonyRayyah McCaulWalter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, the couple must face their equilibrium.15.X.2012; 16:30; SH (Short films);+1/6;;N1;;
- DirectorCharles KinnaneFollow one of CNN's Heroes, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow as we get a glimpse into his simple, yet groundbreaking, idea that is working to lift the developing world out of poverty. Hailed by Gerard Butler and Anderson Cooper, Mary's Meals' life-changing work helps to give a face to hunger's deadly numbers.15.X.2012; 16:30; SH (Short films);+1/6;producer; N1;;
- DirectorHee-jung KimStarsPark Jin-heeJi-yoon ParkKim Jung-nanAfter reuniting with her best childhood friend a woman realizes that the memory about their dearly mutual friend who died in a tragic accident are quite different. What really happened to her? Can she reveal the untold truth? (Korean with English subtitles).15.X.2012; 21:30; IC;+;director;N1;;got and tasted candy from the title after screening
- DirectorRoberto Lozano BrunaStarsHernán ZinA direct appeal to the defense of human rights and the reporting of their violation through the lives, the eyes and the testimonies of war reporters.16.X.2012; 13:30; X; +;;N1;;
- DirectorZhonghua ZhangStarsZhi ZhangXiaoli Cheng16.X.2012; 16:15; 1-2 [1st 2nd film];+;director;N1;;
- DirectorAida BegicStarsMarija PikicIsmir GagulaBojan NavojecSiblings Rahima and Nedim are the Bosnian war orphans. She works as a restaurant chef and earns just enough money to survive.16.X.2012; 18:30; X; +;;N1;;
- DirectorLei PengStarsYiwen ZhaoAkira NakanoJennifer Panda16.X.2012; 21:30; IC; +;;N1;;
- DirectorNicanor LoretiStarsJuan PalominoSergio BorisLuis AranoskyA depressed former champion awakes. He's tired, a bit out of shape, and his conscience is draining him. His career in the ring ended abruptly when he killed his rival with a single devastating punch. That's why Marcos Wainsberg, the Inca of the Sinai, wants to quit fighting. But today is not the day to be thinking about that. Today his ex-girlfriend will come, in peace. Today is a good day. But the doorbell rings and the person at the other side is his black sheep cousin, Huguito. Today can be one of those days when everything changes. The only thing that is left to know is whether it will be for the better...17.X.2012; 13:30; FS (Free Spirit);+;director;N1;;
- DirectorSlawomir FabickiStarsMarcin DorocinskiJulia KijowskaAdam WoronowiczThe relationship of a young successful couple expecting a baby is put to the test after the traumatic experience Maria has endured. Her husband Tomek wants to seek revenge but doesn't know who is to blame.17.X.2012; 16:30; IC;+;writer;N1;;
- DirectorNicolas WadimoffStarsLaurent CapellutoStipe ErcegNatacha KoutchoumovThey are four young men and four young women, from different backgrounds, united in their conviction that society must change. Revolted by the political situation in those troubled 1970s, they decide to mount a spectacular action to expose the complicity of Swiss banks in the crimes of a heinous South-American dictatorship. Vehicles, weapons, safe houses: "Operation Libertad" is prepared carefully. In a shrewd move, a member of the group is equipped with a portable camera; he will film the operation as it unfolds, producing material that will boost its impact in the mass media. When the day arrives, everything goes exactly as planned -- till hitting a snag. The first in a series of disconcerting hitches that throw the group increasingly off balance...17.X.2012; 18:30; PS (Special Screenings);+;;N1;;
- DirectorReza DormishianStarsMehran AhmadiAli FarkhondeBabak HamidianJaleh and Hamid are two youngsters from the third generation of Iranian immigrants in Turkey. Their families came here to have a peaceful life. We see two parallel narrations from two different periods of the young characters lives. One narration is about their first days of meeting and happiness. The other is about the eight crucial hours when they commit a robbery so they can use the money to start a happy life somewhere else. However, as often happens in such cases, they are led in a different direction.17.X.2012; 21:00; IC;+;director;N1;;
- DirectorÓskar Thór AxelssonStarsThorvaldur KristjanssonJóhannes Haukur JóhannessonDamon YoungerAfter being reacquainted with a childhood friend Stebbi joins the drug trade world in order to pay off his debt. Inspired by actual events.18.X.2012; 11:30; ODK; +;;N1;;
- DirectorFlorin Piersic Jr.StarsFlorin Piersic Jr.Cristian GutauOlimpia MelinteTwo hit men wait for their next target in an empty apartment. The hours go by. Little by little, they start losing their patience and their temper. Pretty soon, they may even lose their lives. Killing time can be a deadly affair.18.X.2012; 13:30; FS; +;producer;N1;;
- DirectorTudor GiurgiuStarsAndi VasluianuMonica BarladeanuDorel VisanThe story of one man who tries to save his car factory18.X.2012; 16:00; IC; +;director, producer;N1; IC Yury Special Award;
- DirectorJavier RebolloStarsJosé SacristánRoxana BlancoValeria AlonsoEl Muerto is the story of a Spanish man in Argentina who one day becomes aware on the upper floor of a hospital in Buenos Aires of his approaching death. He decides to escape, to flee towards the north and across Argentina. This last cross has no specific destination. Only matters movement and sensation of extreme freedom, but above all, the feeling to leave behind only the last moment of life. Hit-man of his condition, he is intimate with death. That's why he serenely moves forward her. His long wondering, being similar by many aspects to a modern novel of cavalry. In this paradoxical movement of avoiding death while rushing towards her, he meets a women, she will be his rider. This movie is the story of a hit-man who does not murder. A story of guns that don't do fire, dogs and roads.18.X.2012; 18:30; IC;+;director;N1;;
- DirectorThymaya PayneStolen Seas presents a chilling exploration of the Somali pirate phenomenon and forces you to rethink everything you thought you knew about pirates. It's November 8th, 2008 and the CEC Future, a Danish-owned merchant ship, is on high alert. Sailing inside the pirate-infested swath of sea between Somalia and Yemen, the ship's captain blinks hard at the radar screen where a light begins to flash. This is it, Nozhkin thinks, and he's right. Machine guns sound on the boat's hull and for two months this 13-man crew will be held at the mercy of Somali pirates, helpless as hostage negotiations threaten their lives and cameras capture every move. The pirates' translator, Ishmael Ali, a single dad who may or may not have stumbled into this controversial role, puts in a call to the shipping magnate's CEO Per Gullestrup demanding an exorbitant 7 million dollars. The shipowner's response is the first of many misfires and communications to come. These two adversaries will have to become unlikely allies as they race against time in an attempt to keep the crew from being killed by their violent captors. Stolen Seas documents the story of 13 powerless men trapped on a ship, and why their captors feel justified in their tyranny. It's the story of a Somali translator who get's in over his head -trying to give his son a chance. With first hand accounts from leading experts on the subject refuting the common misconceptions, Stolen Seas explores theories of what drives a country to piracy, from every point of view. It is a film about a country on the brink, at the mercy of global capitalism in overdrive, and young boys with nothing to loose.19.X.2012; 13:30; X; +; director; N1;;
- DirectorJuan Carlos Melo GuevaraStarsLuis Burbano BurgosPaula PaezCarlos Alberto HualpaA Colombian farmer and his son are exiled from their village on the high plains. They boy befriends a girl and borrows a little dog to play with, while the father is forced to work in the illegal Amapola (poppy) filed. The two stories intertwine when one day the boy follows his father to work.19.X.2012; 16:15; 1-2; +; director, producer; N1;;
- DirectorChristoph SchaubStarsAlexandra Maria LaraSebastian BlombergGeorg FriedrichLife could be wonderful for Livia and Marco: they are good-looking, young, and the parents of Tim. He is nine months old and his high-pitched wailing is wearing their patience thinner by the night. And this when he was actually supposed to be repairing his parents' troubled relationship. Instead of sleep, or sleeping with each other, Livia and Marco now get up every night, get dressed, and climb into their rattling old Golf, the motor noise of which is the only thing that calms Tim. One night the inconceivable occurs. A petty criminal rocker and his date pinch the car - and with it the child. Tim may be able to sleep on in peace but his parents are racked by fear and anxiety. This is the start of a mad hunt through the night marked by screams, silence, high speeds, sharp braking and changes of direction. Will the day indeed bring about a new direction for Livia, Marco and Tim?19.X.2012; 19:00; IC;+;director;N1;;
- DirectorMeni YaishStarsRoy AssafGal FriedmanItzik GolanRules must be followed. For the "supervisors" of the Bat Yam neighbourhood in Israel, this means ensuring that women are dressed appropriately, that people respect Shabbat, or that Arabs from Jaffa don't enter the neighbourhood with music blaring from their cars. Avi, Kobi and Yaniv are young and know how to fight. They want to force their neighbours to become religious, without hesitating to be violent in the name of God. The inhabitants admire the gang and are afraid of them at the same time. One day a new girl, Miri, arrives. She is not familiar with the strict rules of modesty. The gang's leader Avi is going to be torn between his feelings for Miri and his dedication to the gang.19.X.2012; 21:15; 1-2; +;;N1;;
Wow. My personal best in 28th WFF. In my opinion the film is universal. I personally, as a Catholic, admire a lot the way of showing the relationship with God. - DirectorAdam LeonStarsTy HicksonTashiana WashingtonJoshua RiveraWhen their latest work is buffed by a rival crew, two determined graffiti writers embark on an elaborate plan to bomb the ultimate location: the New York Mets' Home Run Apple.20.X.2012; 13:30; X;+;;N1;;
- DirectorMassoud BakhshiStarsBabak HamidianMehrdad SedighianMehran AhmadiUpon returning home to Iran after more than two decades abroad, visiting professor Arash is quickly thrust into a past he's spent his whole life trying to escape.20.X.2012; 16:00; X;+;;N1;;
- DirectorFlorian OpitzStarsHartmut RosaKarlheinz GeißlerScott KennedyOpitz tries to track down the reasons of our shortage of time and for the constant acceleration of our lives. In his search of lost time he visits several people, to find out how they deal with time. He reveals the disturbing picture of a civilisation, that has disposed of all brake systems and, run by autopilot, goes blindly for unlimited and eternal growth, no matter what the consequences are.20.X.2012; 19:00; XX (World Today DOX - again new category only on 28th WFF ? );+;;N1;;
- DirectorWladyslaw PasikowskiStarsIreneusz CzopJerzy SzymkiewiWojciech WalasikA Polish man who returns home after the death of his father unearths a secret about the now-deceased Jewish residents of his village.20.X.2012; 21:00; PS; +; producer, actor, and psychologist, historian; N1;;
- DirectorBojan VuleticStarsMarko JanketicJulie GayetAnita MancicFour couples from different nations meet in present Belgrade and experience the small impossibilities of big love.21.X.2012; 13:30; FS;+;;N1;;
- DirectorPavel RuminovStarsMariya ShalayevaRoman ZenchukMariya Syomkina(Russian with English subtitles) Inna is a typical 30-something yuppy, who also happens to be a single mother. One day discovering that she has an Incurable illness, Inna sets on finding the right adoptive parents for her son.21.X.2012; 16:30; IC;+;;N1;;
- DirectorNony GeffenStarsNony GeffenRomi AboulafiaYaara PelzigWhen a repressed high-school teacher loses his job, he decides to pull his entire life down with it. Within the span of a few days, he will kidnap a teenage student, reconnect with his old high-school crush, forgive an old friend, kill his mother, take on a rabid group of feminists, a movie star, the police and the stifling conventions of his boring small town. A drama, a dark comedy, a love triangle, a crime story and much, much more. An adventure like this could only happen to people who are NOT IN TEL AVIV...21.X.2012; 21:00; FS;+;director;N1;;