MIFF 2020 & 1/2
by d-JCB | created - 16 Jul 2020 | updated - 23 Aug 2020 | Public- Instant Watch Options
- Genres
- Movies or TV
- IMDb Rating
- In Theaters
- Release Year
- Keywords
1. The Tango of the Widower and Its Distorting Mirror (2020)
70 min | Drama
The story of a man whose wife has committed suicide and appears to him as a ghost, following him everywhere and changing his personality.
Directors: Raúl Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento | Stars: Rubén Sotoconil, Claudia Paz, Luis Alarcón, Shenda Román
Votes: 187
2. Vitalina Varela (2019)
124 min | Drama
A Cape Verdean woman navigates her way through Lisbon, following the scanty physical traces her deceased husband left behind and discovering his secret, illicit life.
Director: Pedro Costa | Stars: Vitalina Varela, Ventura, Manuel Tavares Almeida, Francisco Brito
Votes: 2,471
3. Speak So I Can See You (2019)
73 min | Documentary
Conjuring reality and wonder, "Speak so I Can See You" takes us to a seemingly different era, by exploring the world of Radio Belgrade. One of Europe's oldest radio stations and a true ... See full summary »
Director: Marija Stojnic | Stars: Ivana Djordjevic, Ljiljana Cekic, Zarko Obracevic, Svetlana Maras
Votes: 34
4. Atlantis (2019)
108 min | Drama, War
A soldier suffering from PTSD befriends a young volunteer hoping to restore peaceful energy to a war-torn society.
Director: Valentyn Vasyanovych | Stars: Andriy Rymaruk, Liudmyla Bileka, Vasyl Antoniak, Lily Hyde
Votes: 2,671
5. Kala azar (2020)
91 min | Drama, Fantasy
In a big city somewhere in the south of Europe, a couple takes care of dead animals and abandoned roadkill as an act to give meaning to their life. Kala azar is a meditation on the paradox of life-circles among beings of different species.
Director: Janis Rafailidou | Stars: Penelope Tsilika, Dimitris Lalos, Michele Valley, Tasos Rafailidis
Votes: 406
6. The Killing of Two Lovers (2020)
R | 85 min | Drama
David desperately tries to keep his family of six together during a separation from his wife. They both agree to see other people but David struggles to grapple with his wife's new relationship.
Director: Robert Machoian | Stars: Clayne Crawford, Sepideh Moafi, Chris Coy, Avery Pizzuto
Votes: 5,313
7. Rose Plays Julie (2019)
100 min | Drama, Mystery
In this intimate exploration of identity, trauma and power, a young woman seeks out her birth mother, inadvertently triggering a string of events which change both their lives.
Directors: Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | Stars: Ann Skelly, Orla Brady, Aidan Gillen, Annabell Rickerby
Votes: 1,608
8. Identifying Features (2020)
99 min | Drama
A mother travels across Mexico in search for her son whom authorities say died while trying to cross the borders into the United States.
Director: Fernanda Valadez | Stars: Mercedes Hernández, David Illescas, Juan Jesús Varela, Ana Laura Rodríguez
Votes: 2,447
9. Digger (2020)
101 min | Drama
A father and a son long lost. Love and hate. Digging deep into mud to find their roots. Revenge and Redemption. A Western, revisited.
Director: Georgis Grigorakis | Stars: Vangelis Mourikis, Argyris Pandazaras, Sofia Kokkali, Theo Alexander
Votes: 2,939
10. Law of Tehran (2019)
131 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The police are after a drug lord named Naser Khakzad, but when they finally manage to catch him, he tries whatever he can think of to escape and save his family.
Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Farhad Aslani
Votes: 18,581
11. Kuessipan (2019)
G | 117 min | Drama
Two girls grow up as best friends in an Innu community who promised each other to stick together no matter what. But their friendship is shaken when Mikuan falls for a white boy.
Director: Myriam Verreault | Stars: Ariel Fontaine St-Onge, Katinen Grégoire-Fontaine, Joe Fontaine, Mike Innu Papu Mckenzie
Votes: 926
12. Lara (2019)
98 min | Drama, Music
It's Lara's 60th birthday, and this very evening, her son will be giving his debut piano concert. Lara mapped out his musical career. But Lara is not welcome at his debut performance. Even if Lara engages, everything gets out of control.
Director: Jan-Ole Gerster | Stars: Corinna Harfouch, Johann von Bülow, Alexander Khuon, André Jung
Votes: 2,603
13. Mogul Mowgli (2020)
89 min | Drama, Music
A British Pakistani rapper is on the cusp of his first world tour, but is struck down by an illness that threatens to derail his big break.
Director: Bassam Tariq | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Aiysha Hart, Anjana Vasan, Nabhaan Rizwan
Votes: 3,218
14. Wet Season (2019)
103 min | Drama, Romance
A teacher and student at a Singapore high school form a special, self-affirming bond.
Director: Anthony Chen | Stars: Yann Yann Yeo, Jia Ler Koh, Christopher Ming-Shun Lee, Shi Bin Yang
Votes: 1,503
15. The Go-Go's (2020)
TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary, Music
The Go-Go's are the most successful female rock band of all time. This documentary chronicles the meteoric rise of a band born of the LA punk scene that not only captured but created a zeitgeist.
Director: Alison Ellwood | Stars: The Go-Go's, Charlotte Caffey, Elissa Bello, Belinda Carlisle
Votes: 1,731
16. Black Bear (I) (2020)
R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama
A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways.
Director: Lawrence Michael Levine | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, Paola Lázaro
Votes: 16,029
17. Farewell Amor (2020)
Unrated | 95 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Reunited after 17 years, an Angolan immigrant is joined in the U.S. by his wife and daughter. Now strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help them overcome the distance between them.
Director: Ekwa Msangi | Stars: Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson, Joie Lee
Votes: 1,549
18. Ema (2019)
R | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A couple deals with the aftermath of an adoption that goes awry as their household falls apart.
Director: Pablo Larraín | Stars: Mariana Di Girólamo, Gael García Bernal, Santiago Cabrera, Paola Giannini
Votes: 9,267
19. Last and First Men (2020)
70 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two billion years ahead of us, a future race of humans finds itself on the verge of extinction. Almost all that is left in the world are lone and surreal monuments, beaming their message into the wilderness.
Director: Jóhann Jóhannsson | Star: Tilda Swinton
Votes: 4,463
20. Anne at 13,000 Ft. (2019)
75 min | Drama
A volatile young woman challenged by everyday social and professional encounters.
Director: Kazik Radwanski | Stars: Lisa Aitken, Pat Bianco, Tiffany Blom, Deragh Campbell
Votes: 690
21. Corpus Christi (2019)
Unrated | 115 min | Drama
Daniel experiences a spiritual transformation in a detention center. Although his criminal record prevents him from applying to the seminary, he has no intention of giving up his dream and decides to minister a small-town parish.
Director: Jan Komasa | Stars: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, Eliza Rycembel, Tomasz Zietek
Votes: 21,902
22. Shirley (2020)
R | 107 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
Director: Josephine Decker | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Odessa Young, Michael Stuhlbarg, Logan Lerman
Votes: 13,339
23. Perfect 10 (2019)
83 min | Drama
An aspiring teenager gymnast's world is turned upside down with the arrival of the half-brother she never knew she had.
Director: Eva Riley | Stars: Frankie Box, Alfie Deegan, Sharlene Whyte, William Ash
Votes: 692
24. Dark City Beneath the Beat (2020)
65 min | Documentary
Musical documentary reimagines the narrative of Baltimore, a city rising above social and economic turmoil to develop a vibrant and close-knit community for the arts through its homegrown sound, Baltimore club music.
Director: TT the Artist | Stars: Michael Antonio Hunter, Colada Pen, Jimmy Pope, Terry Wedington
Votes: 165
25. Servants (2020)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama
Two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.
Director: Ivan Ostrochovský | Stars: Samuel Skyva, Samuel Polakovic, Vlad Ivanov, Vladimír Strnisko
Votes: 992
26. Welcome to Chechnya (2020)
TV-MA | 107 min | Documentary
A group of activists risk their lives fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Chechnya.
Director: David France | Stars: Olga Baranova, David Isteev, Ramzan Kadyrov, Maxim Lapunov
Votes: 3,143
27. Exile (2020)
121 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
EXIL tells the story of a chemical engineer of foreign origin who feels discriminated and bullied at work, plunging him into an identity crisis.
Director: Visar Morina | Stars: Misel Maticevic, Sandra Hüller, Rainer Bock, Thomas Mraz
Votes: 1,144
28. Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
81 min | Documentary
Behind the gates of a palm tree-lined fantasyland, four residents of America's largest retirement community, The Villages, FL, strive to find solace and meaning.
Director: Lance Oppenheim | Stars: Dennis Dean, Lynn Henry, Anne Kincer, Reggie Kincer
Votes: 3,530
29. Wendy (2020)
PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued, Wendy must fight to save her family, her freedom, and the joyous spirit of youth from the deadly peril of growing up.
Director: Benh Zeitlin | Stars: Devin France, Yashua Mack, Gage Naquin, Gavin Naquin
Votes: 3,760 | Gross: $0.14M
30. Shiva Baby (2020)
Not Rated | 77 min | Comedy, Drama
At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a college student runs into her sugar daddy and ex girlfriend.
Director: Emma Seligman | Stars: Rachel Sennott, Danny Deferrari, Fred Melamed, Polly Draper
Votes: 33,308
31. First Cow (2019)
PG-13 | 122 min | Drama, Western
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith, Ryan Findley
Votes: 21,981
32. She Dies Tomorrow (2020)
R | 86 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A woman becomes strangely convinced she will die the next day. Her friend initially disbelieves her before becoming paranoid herself that she too will die the next day.
Director: Amy Seimetz | Stars: Kate Lyn Sheil, Jane Adams, Kentucker Audley, Katie Aselton
Votes: 7,177
33. Nimic (2019)
Not Rated | 12 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos | Stars: Matt Dillon, Daphné Patakia, Susan Elle, Sara Lee
Votes: 8,577
34. Paris Calligrammes (2020)
129 min | Documentary
Ulrike Ottinger, then a young painter, lived in Paris in the 1960s. Now a film-maker, she looks back on that time, weaving memories of the Parisian life and the upheavals of the time into a cinematic poem with the city at its center.
Director: Ulrike Ottinger | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Fanny Ardant, Simone de Beauvoir, Raymond Duncan
Votes: 119
35. DAU. Natasha (2020)
138 min | Drama
Natasha works in the canteen of a secret Soviet research institute. She drinks a lot, likes to talk about love and embarks on an affair. State security intervenes. A tale of violence that is as radical as it is provocative.
Directors: Ilya Khrzhanovskiy, Jekaterina Oertel | Stars: Natalia Berezhnaya, Olga Shkabarnya, Vladimir Azhippo, Alexei Blinov
Votes: 1,564
Tell Your Friends