Istanbul Film Fest. 2012
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- DirectorFilippos TsitosStarsChristos StergioglouMakis PapadimitriouAntonis KafetzopoulosA middle-aged policeman tired of the corruption and bureaucracy finds himself in a terrible dilemma after he tries to save an innocent man.
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsStavros PsyllakisAris ServetalisJohnny VekrisA group of people start a business where they impersonate the recently deceased in order to help their clients through the grieving process.
- DirectorKarl MarkovicsStarsThomas SchubertKarin LischkaGeorg FriedrichThrough his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsLéa SeydouxKacey Mottet KleinMartin CompstonA drama set at a Swiss ski resort and centered on a boy who supports his sister by stealing from wealthy guests.
- DirectorUrszula AntoniakStarsBien de MoorLars EidingerAnnemarie PrinsMarian, a middle aged nurse, devotes herself to her patients like a saint. Sometimes she even takes on the role of a redeemer, by helping the gravely ill to the soothing order of ultimate silence. When she gets linked to a neighbor in an act of common voyeurism, she becomes fascinated by him. Faced with the fragility of these newfound emotions, Marian surrenders to her human needs...
- DirectorKore-eda HirokazuStarsKôki MaedaOshiro MaedaRyôga HayashiTwelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.
- DirectorGreg ZglinskiStarsRobert WieckiewiczLukasz SimlatGabriela MuskalaAlfred and Jerzy take part in a brutal incident: during a train ride, a couple of hooligans harass a young woman. Jerzy stands in her defense. Alfred hesitates and becomes a helpless bystander as his younger brother is thrown off the moving train. 'Courage' is about people whose lives get disturbed by a violent act, which forces them to reveal who they really are.
- DirectorAnn HuiStarsAndy LauDeannie IpHailu QinAfter suffering a stroke, an altruistic maid announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people's home.
- DirectorMorten TyldumStarsAksel HennieSynnøve Macody LundNikolaj Coster-WaldauAn accomplished headhunter risks everything to obtain a valuable painting owned by a former mercenary.
- DirectorVáclav KadrnkaStarsZuzana LapcíkováMartin PavlusGerald TurnerThe story takes place in Czechoslovakia in 1987. The father has defected to England and the mother and her son are planning to leave the country to reunite with him. The film is told through the eyes of the fourteen year old boy, his rankled look without the veneer of experience and initiation in one day. His mother moves about in an intensified daily routine, mapping it out hour by hour. He catches up with her on that path but she must act alone in order to achieve their reunion
- DirectorAndreas DresenStarsSteffi KühnertMilan PeschelTalisa Lilly LemkeFrank is diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor and given only a few months to live. He and his wife don't know how and when to tell their children about it. Meanwhile, Frank's health is getting worse with each day.
- DirectorDominique AbelFiona GordonBruno RomyStarsDominique AbelFiona GordonBruno RomyA hotel clerk searches all over Le Havre for the fairy who made two of his three wishes come true before disappearing.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsAdrien BrodyChristina HendricksMarcia Gay HardenA substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
- DirectorJens LienStarsSven NordinÅsmund HøegSonja RichterIt's not easy to rebel when your dad wants to join the party... One day (in 1979), Magnus and his son Nikolaj hit the wall in their new terrace house in Rykkinn. Magnus is an architect, hippie and free spirit, a glaring exception in a community where equality and conformity is the norm. He always stands up for his son, supporting him unconditionally, even when Nikolaj decides to stop giving a damn. SONS OF NORWAY is a film about rebellion, punk rock, suburban hell and the struggle between freaks and punks. But most of all, it's the story of an unusual father-son relationship, and about the strength of the bonds we sometimes do our best to rip apart.
- DirectorGeoffrey EnthovenStarsCharlotte TimmersRoos Van VlaenderenRobrecht Vanden ThorenThree guys in their twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain hoping to have their first sexual experience. Jozef is blind, Philip is paralyzed from the neck down and Lars is in a wheelchair with a brain tumor, but they're not going to let anything stand in their way...
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMichael FuithDavid RauchenbergerChristine KainFive months in the life of a pedophile who keeps a 10-year-old boy locked in his basement.
- DirectorAleksandr SokurovStarsJohannes ZeilerAnton AdasinskyIsolda DychaukA despairing scholar sells his soul to Satan in exchange for one night with a beautiful young woman.
- DirectorKen ScottStarsPatrick HuardJulie LeBretonAntoine BertrandAs his lover announces her pregnancy, a fortysomething slacker receives other life-changing news: 142 people, all of them the result of artificial insemination, have filed a class action lawsuit against him, their biological father.
- DirectorRasit ÇelikezerStarsSelen UçerSerdar OrçinYusuf Berkan DemirbagA young married couple live happily in Istanbul, but their decision to illegally procure a child threatens their future together.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsThomas Brodie-SangsterLilly ForgáchIan FitzgibbonA dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
- DirectorAndrea ArnoldStarsKaya ScodelarioJames HowsonSolomon GlaveA poor boy of unknown origins is rescued from poverty and taken in by the Earnshaw family where he develops an intense relationship with his young foster sister, Cathy.
- DirectorReis ÇelikStarsIlyas SalmanDilan AksütSabri TutalIn his quiet, intimate film, director Reis Celik succeeds in telling the tragic story of an unusual wedding night without the strains of a musical score on the soundtrack. Winner of the Crystal Bear at the 2012 Berlinale.
- DirectorEmin AlperStarsTamer LeventReha ÖzcanMehmet ÖzgürWhen some people from the other side of the mountain invade the territory of a farming family, the family head tries to unite the family and fight back. But then problems within the family start to appear as well.
- DirectorMarlon RiveraStarsEugene DomingoJM De GuzmanKean CiprianoJocelyn, Rainier, and Bingbong are film-school graduates dead-set on making an Oscar-worthy film. They set out to do a quick pre-production as a courtesy call to their lead actress (Eugene Domingo), and a thorough inspection of their film's major location, the Payatas dumpsite. They believe they have a winning script and the energy and drive to make their dreams come true, no matter what the cost.
- DirectorM. Tayfur AydinStarsNecmettin ÇobanogluBilal BulutMelahat BayramA political drama film featuring Necmettin Çobanoglu as a devoted son intent on helping his aged mother return to her hometown in eastern Turkey.