ART CINEMA AWARD - Pierre TODESCHINI // ANNECY CINEMA ITALIEN 2010 Synopsis: A poetic vision of the revolving cycles of life and nature and the unbroken traditions of a timeless place. The story of one soul that moves through four successive lives. An old shepherd lives his last days in a medieval village of Calabria. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor. ...

Synopsis: Un adolescent solitaire, curieux et vif, grandit dans la ville dévastée de Liverpool. Deux femmes se battent pour son amour : Mimi, la tante formidable qui l’a élevé et Julia, sa mère pleine d’entrain qui lui a donné l’inspiration. Aspirant à une vie de famille normale, John s’échappe dans la musique. Son génie en pleine incubation trouve une âme sœur en la personne du jeune Paul McCartney. Mais a ...

ART CINEMA AWARD - MOSTRA Di VENEZIA - Orizzonti 2010 Synopsis: Once upon a time... In a castle somewhere in a bygone age... The fairy Carabosse cuts the umbilical cord of a newborn babe, a little girl called Anastasia. Three young scatterbrained fairies appear, their cheeks red from running... Too late, says Carabosse, at sixteen the child’s hand will be pierced and she’ll die. The young fairies burst into ...

ART CINEMA AWARD - LOCARNO 2010 Synopsis: King, around 40, runs a bar in Bor, a mining town in decline, in Serbia. A loner, he lives only for the present, and his motorbike. Years ago, an affair with Ruzica, his best friend Animal’s wife, led to Animal’s death and Ruzica in prison for his murder. King now avoids everyone but Zlatan, Animal’s simple-minded young brother, whom King looks after, from guilt or ...

ART CINEMA AWARD SARAJEVO 2010 Synopsis: : Mona Gajdó, a Romanian of Hungarian origin is persuaded of the necessity to go abroad to ensure her economic survival. When she gets to London with forged papers, she is led to one of the capital’s night clubs, the Bibliothèque Pascal, where she works for a time before getting arrested by the police for working illegally. The night club owner manages to get her rel ...

ART CINEMA AWARD DIRECTORS' FORTNIGHT, Cannes, 13-23 / 05/2010 Synopsis: Lily is a taxidermist, fantasist, innocent girl. Clara, her sister, is the opposite: serious, protective, getting bored with her husband who is a lawyer. After their mother died, the two sisters get closer to each other: Clara takes care of Lily, lives with her which makes her certitudes on life broken out. [toggle title="The verdict o ...

ART CINEMA AWARD, BERLINALE // FORUM – 10-21/02/2010 Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly (Jennifer Lawrence) sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up ...

ART CINEMA AWARD TOULOUSE 2010 "Cine en Construccion" competition programme Synopsis: A modern-day portrayal of daily life in a remote part of the mountainous Colombian countryside, set around the friendship between Manuel, the hero, and Julián, his best friend and schoolmate. One day, while playing a game of football, they kick the ball into a minefield. Accompanied by Poca Luz, they do everything they can ...

ART CINEMA AWARD VILNIUS KINO PASAKA 2010 "New Europe-New Names" competition programme Synopsis: Two brothers who've lost all contact are suddenly brought together when they have opposite roles in a racist beating : while Georgi who's recently joined a neonazi group participates in the violence, Itzo witnesses and rescues the Turkish family. Georgi, now being asked to participate in larger events, starts to ...

ART CINEMA AWARD - BERLIN 2009 Panorama Synopsis: Le paysan Ander mène une existence monotone dans un coin perdu. Pour l’assister dans ses tâches, il embauche un travailleur immigré, le Péruvien José. Les deux hommes se lient progressivement d’amitié et vivent leur première expérience sexuelle ensemble. Le mot du jury: «Le jury a été impressionné par la force narrative cinématographique à la fois simple et ...