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Le Bleu du caftan
Halim and Mina run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. In order to keep up with demanding customers, they hire a talented young man as an apprentice. Slowly Mina realises how much her husband is moved by his presence. Official Selection – Un certain regard – Cannes Festival – 2022Official Selection – Toronto International Film Festival – 2022
Les nuits de Mashhad
13 and over Female journalist Rahimi travels to the Iranian holy city of Mashhad to investigate a serial killer targeting sex workers. As she draws closer to exposing his crimes, the opportunity for justice grows harder to attain when the murderer is embraced by many as a hero. Based on the true story of the ‘Spider Killer’ Saeed Hanaei, who saw himself as on a mission from God as he killed 16 women between 2000 and 2001 Best Actress – Cannes Film Festival – 2022Nominee, Palme d’Or – Cannes Film Festival – 2022Best Film – Stockholm Film Festival – 2022
Best of Annecy 2022 | Films d’animation | Sélection 1
Best of Annecy 2022 program combines a selection of shorts, mainly winning films from the latest Festival with two tailor-made opening sequences by second year students from the GOBELINS, l’école de l’image. In the program: Watch closely, from the Gobelins image schoolPersona, by Sujin Moon (South Korea, 2022) – 6 min*Terra incognita, by Pernille M....
Wildland
World Premiere – Berlin Film Festival – Panorama Section With Sidse Babett Knudsen Winter. The Danish countryside around an old industrialized farming town. A flat and windswept landscape. Frosty fields, naked trees and open sky. Everything seems far away. Authorities. Opportunities. Help. This town is abandoned, businesses are closing and houses are left empty. Out here, you’re on your own.? Following a car accident, which kills her mother, 17-year old Ida moves in with her estranged aunt and her aunt’s grown sons. The home is filled with physical tenderness and love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life. When an unforeseen murder pressures the family and their loyalty to each other, tension builds as love and violence become impossible to separate.? Ida is faced with the same question her mother faced before her; What are you willing to sacrifice for your family?
Alcootest
Meilleur film étranger – OscarsMeilleur film étranger – CésarSelection – Festival de CannesSelection – TIFF There’s a theory that we should be born with a small amount of alcohol in our blood, and that modest inebriation opens our minds to the world around us, diminishing our problems and increasing our creativity. Heartened by that theory, Martin and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday. If Churchill won WW2 in a heavy daze of alcohol, who knows what a few drops might do for them and their students? Initial results are positive, and the teachers’ little project turns into a genuine academic study. Both their classes and their results continue to improve, and the group feels alive again! As the units are knocked back, some of the participants see further improvement and others go off the rails. It becomes increasingly clear that while alcohol may have fueled great results in world history, some bold acts carry consequences.
Made in Bangladesh
Official selection | Toronto International Film Festival – 2019 Award for best actress Rikita Shimu – Festival international du Film de St-Jean-de-Luz (France) – 2019 Shimu fled her village as a child when her stepmother threatened to marry her off to a middle-aged man. Now 23 and living in the capital, she works grueling hours for paltry sums at a textile factory while her husband searches for work. (Source : IMDB) Discover the films distributed by EyeSteelFilm at www.eyesteelfilm.com