2017 AFI European Union Film Schowase
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- DirectorIlian MetevStarsMila MihovaNikolay MashalovTodor VeltchevYoung pianist Mila prepares for an audition abroad. Her brother Niki distracts her with his unwanted talent for the absurd. Their astrophysicist father Todor seems incapable of dealing with his children's anxieties.
- DirectorJonas CarpignanoStarsPio AmatoIolanda AmatoKoudous SeihonIn A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the region's factions - the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he's ready to step into his big brother's shoes but soon finds himself faced with an impossible decision that will show if he is truly ready to become a man.
- DirectorStergios PaschosStarsIro BezouHaris FragoulisTwelve hard months after their sudden break-up, a struggling musician invites his ex-lover at a friend's sumptuous villa in search of answers. Living apart, or living together, is equally scary; but, is there an answer to every question?
- DirectorCãlin Peter NetzerStarsMircea PostelnicuDiana CavalliotiTania PopaToma and Ana meet as students in the literature faculty and quickly fall in love.
- DirectorLaura SchroederStarsLolita ChammahThemis PauwelsIsabelle HuppertAfter ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg to catch up with her daughter Alba, brought up by Catherine's mother Elisabeth. She then kidnaps Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North.
- DirectorJanus MetzStarsSverrir GudnasonShia LaBeoufStellan SkarsgårdThe story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.
- DirectorPetros CharalambousStarsKonstantinos FarmakasGiorgos DemetriouKika GeorgiouIn a seemingly idyllic Cypriot village, twelve-year-old Socrates' careless summer days of riding his bike and tantalizing the local residents come to an abrupt end when he finds himself at the center of a murder investigation, which exposes a dark family secret and changes his life forever.
- DirectorXavier LegrandStarsLéa DruckerDenis MénochetThomas GioriaA broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
- DirectorPeter Mackie BurnsStarsEmily BeechamGeraldine JamesTom Vaughan-LawlorThe vibrant character portrait of a young woman on the threshold of a much-needed change.
- DirectorFrancesco CarrozziniStarsMarina AbramovicAzzedine AlaïaNaomi CampbellAn intimate portrait of Franca Sozzani, the legendary editor-in-chief of Italian Vogue.
- DirectorSergey LoznitsaStarsValeriu AndriutaLiya AkhedzhakovaRoza KhayrullinaA woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
- DirectorNevio MarasovicStarsFranjo DijakNatasa Janjic MedancicJanko Popovic VolaricGoran just wants to drive his taxi and take care of his blind wife Lina. But people close to him have their own agendas and dreams which threaten his carefree existence. In the idyllic surroundings of snow-covered Gorski Kotar, the fiery personalities of the highlanders surface and collide.
- DirectorGovinda Van MaeleStarsVicky KriepsFrederick LauMarco LorenziniA surrealist rural noir about a German thief who flees to a small Luxembourg village only to discover that the locals have secrets of their own.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsIsabelle HuppertJean-Louis TrintignantMathieu KassovitzA well-to-do French family deals with a series of setbacks and crises.
- DirectorBohdan SlámaStarsZuzana KrónerováPavel NovýDaniel VízekCrushing family dynamics have crushed Hana, an old-fashioned, respectable Czech mother, and a recent widow. The arrival of Brona and his sometimes depressed chicken changes the life of everyone, including Brona.
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsNuman AcarAdam BousdoukosDiane KrugerKatja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.
- DirectorJussi HiltunenStarsVille VirtanenAntti HolmaMikko NeuvonenIn this arctic western on the Finnish-Norwegian border, an illegitimate son of a retiring police officer is released from prison and is terrorizing the area. It soon spirals out of control and turns violent, forcing him to face his past.
- DirectorHélène CattetBruno ForzaniStarsElina LöwensohnStéphane FerraraBernie BonvoisinA grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion to lay low; however, a bohemian writer, his muse, and a pair of gendarmes further complicate things, as allegiances are put to the test.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsJuliette BinocheXavier BeauvoisPhilippe KaterineIsabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.
- DirectorIveta GrofovaStarsVanessa SzamuhelovaMatus BacisinKatarina KamencovaKristian is a fragile 8-year-old boy. He meets 10-year old Jarka who lives in the same housing. Pushed by her desire to form a family, Jarka creates one with Kristian when she finds herself giving shelter to two abandoned twin babies.
- DirectorPhilippe GarrelStarsÉric CaravacaEsther GarrelLouise ChevillotteA young woman returns home after the breakdown of a relationship to discover her father is dating a woman her age.
- DirectorRenars VimbaStarsElina VaskaAndzejs LilientalsEdgars SamitisAbandoned by their mother and stuck in a miserable living situation, 17-year old Raya and her adolescent brother Robis must decide between an orphanage or the guardianship of their grandmother, whom they despise.
- DirectorZaida BergrothStarsKrista KosonenSonja KuittinenJuhan UlfsakTwo sisters reunite after years of separation. Their lives intertwine as they share a dream of a bright future, only to find out that the past can't be easily undone.
- DirectorHanna Antonina Wojcik SlakStarsLeon LucevMarina RedzepovicZala Djuric2009, Slovenia, European Union. For 30 years, Alija, the miner, has been one of the many Bosnian immigrant workers. Due to the crisis, miners are losing jobs. Alija is sent to check an abandoned mine. His task is to quickly make sure the mine is empty before management sells the company. But in the mine, Alija finds hidden proof of executions after WWII. He is told to stop digging and report the mine empty. He decides to continue, although he is risking his job. Alija discovers thousands of executed people. He informs the police. He found women among the dead. Some of them were civilians, missing persons, just like his sister that was lost in the 1995 genocide in Bosnia. Alija is convinced the victims need to be brought out, identified and buried. But there is no interest in doing that. The mine is proclaimed a WWII military grave and walled in. The dead will stay without a burial. Alija loses his job and struggles to preserve his dignity. He is sure he was doing the right thing, in spite of the unemployment his family is now faced with. Based on a true story.
- DirectorFrancesco PatiernoStarsBenedict CumberbatchAdriano GianniniMarcello MastroianniA British Intelligence Officer in Naples at the end of World War II: Norman Lewis's acknowledged masterpiece about a war-torn city and its unforgettable humanity.
- DirectorBertrand BonelloStarsFinnegan OldfieldVincent RottiersHamza MezianiSome young folks, tired of the society they're living in, plan a bomb attack over Paris before taking shelter for a night in a shopping center.
- DirectorPedro PinhoStarsJosé Smith VargasCarla GalvãoNjamy SebastiãoOne night, a group of workers discover their factory is being dismantled by the same administration that runs it. Quickly, the labourers organize themselves in order to occupy the plant.
- DirectorRainer SarnetStarsRea LestJörgen LiikArvo KukumägiIn a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
- DirectorIldikó EnyediStarsAlexandra BorbélyGéza MorcsányiRéka TenkiWhen slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.
- DirectorDeborah HaywoodStarsLily NewmarkJoanna ScanlanChanel CresswellWhen a socially awkward teen and her outcast mother become targets for the petty and cruel denizens of their small town, they seek refuge in an elaborate fantasy world of their own making.
- DirectorMichaël R. RoskamStarsMatthias SchoenaertsAdèle ExarchopoulosEric De StaerckeSet against the background of a brutal crime gang in Brussels, a tragic love story between Gigi, a high-flying gangster, and Bibi, a young racing driver with very upper-class roots.
- DirectorPaolo TavianiStarsLuca MarinelliLorenzo RichelmyValentina BellèAn Italian partisan torn between the resistance movement and his obsession with a young woman during World War II.
- DirectorJens AssurStarsLars-Gunnar AronssonReine BrynolfssonPeter Dalle1970s, Sweden - Hard working farmer Agne (played by acclaimed actor Reine Brynolfsson) struggles with the harsh reality of his daily life, hoping his teenage son Klas will take over the farm and continue his legacy. Klas however, dreams of a world far away from this rural existence. Sumptuously lensed, this powerful coming of age story, written and directed by Jens Assur, paints a tangled web of shame, guilt, madness and the dreams of youth.
- DirectorVanessa RedgraveStarsDaisy BevanRalph FiennesVanessa RedgraveAn examination of the historical context for the current migrant crisis.
- DirectorPat CollinsStarsColm SeoigheMichael O'ChonfhlaolaMacdara Ó FáthartaBorn in a remote village on Ireland's west coast, Joe Heaney conquered the shyness of his youth to become one of his country's most revered traditional vocalists, as chronicled in this lyrical biopic.
- DirectorAgnieszka HollandKasia AdamikStarsAgnieszka MandatWiktor ZborowskiJakub GierszalJanina Duszejko, an elderly woman, lives alone in the Klodzko Valley where a series of mysterious crimes are committed. Duszejko is convinced that she knows who or what is the murderer, but nobody believes her.
- DirectorCarla SimónStarsLaia ArtigasPaula RoblesBruna CusíAfter her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
- DirectorJakob LassStarsElla RumpfMaria DragusEnno TrebsTIGER gets what she wants. VANILLA does not know what she wants. Apart from one important thing: a uniform. TIGER teach her to bite, and VANILLA tastes blood. So TIGER needs to learn a new rule: They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.
- DirectorMike van DiemStarsKsenia SoloGiancarlo GianniniGijs NaberAfter losing his farm during the floods of 1953, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his socks wet. He cycles to Italy and decides to grow tulips in the sweltering heat of Puglia.
- DirectorThierry de PerettiStarsJean MichelangeliHenri-Noël TabaryCédric AppiettoDespite the death threat hanging on his head, Stéphane decides to return to Corsica to attend the funeral of his best friend and comrade in arms, Christophe, murdered the day before.
- DirectorJosef HaderStarsJosef HaderPia HierzeggerGeorg FriedrichWhen Georg loses his job, he conceals the fact from his younger wife Johanna, who wants a child with him. Instead, he embarks upon a campaign of revenge against his former boss and begins to renovate a roller-coaster with an old school friend.
- DirectorLaurent CantetStarsMarina FoïsMatthieu LucciFlorian BeaujeanThe scene is set one Summer in La Ciotat, a town near Marseille which used to be prosperous thanks to its huge dockyard but has been in decline since its closing 25 years before. It is in this context of quiet desperation that a writing workshop has been set up to help a group of seven young people integrate into the world of work. Under the guidance of well-known novelist Olivia Dejazet, the participants are asked to write a noir fiction connected with the industrial past of their hometown. Session after session, one of them, a boy named Antoine, stands out. Provocative and aggressive, he gets noticed by his systematic opposition to all, including Olivia. Even more alarming, the story he has devised and that he reads aloud, the cold description of a mass murder seen through the eyes of its perpetrator, proves very disturbing. Antoine understands the killer too well. At this point, Olivia starts experiencing a feeling of attraction repulsion to Antoine.
- DirectorPeter Schønau FogStarsTrine DyrholmNikolaj Lie KaasMichael NyqvistA teachers' world is turned upside down when her husband, a successful headmaster, is caught embezzling from their own school. Did he do this of his own free will - or has his personality been altered by the tumor lurking in his brain? As the teacher is assisting an attorney in providing a legal defense, recent neuroscience forces her to rethink who her husband really is.
- DirectorRaoul PeckStarsAugust DiehlStefan KonarskeVicky KriepsThe early years of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and Jenny Marx, between Paris, Brussels and London.