Engaging with the world
RUSSIA , Lithuania , Ireland , France | 95 minutes | 2018
As he does in his first two features – the searing Corrections Class (2013) and the intriguing Zoology (2016) – young Russian indie helmer Ivan I. Tverdovsky pits an outsider against the system. This time it’s Denis, a teen with a rare congenital immunity to pain… which his mother and her gang of apparatchiks are only too eager to exploit. A dark tale with thriller overtones that’s a scathing indictment of toxic parenting and selfish greed. CANADIAN PREMIERE
Special Jury Mention - Karlovy Vary Film Festival
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2018 Jumpman, feature2016 Zoology, feature2014 Corrections Class, feature2013 Space Dog, documentary2012 Pianism, documentary2009 As If Waiting for a Bus, documentary
Sleepless nights are the grim reality in this second outing by the Singaporean filmmaker. It all starts with an expat Chinese worker, incapable of sleep,...
Feature film , Thriller
FRANCE , Netherlands , Singapore | 95 minutes | 2018
For his latest feature, the Palestinian filmmaker goes backstage at a TV soap. Salam, his thirty-something Palestinian hero, has to go through an Israeli...
Feature film , Drama
LUXEMBOURG , France , Belgium , Israel | 95 minutes | 2018
The sea and its endless horizons. For some, it represents freedom from the stress of urban life. For others, it’s the involuntary passage to a new...
GERMANY , Austria | 95 minutes | 2018
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