Brisbane International Film Festival 2019 Ranked
All the films I saw at Biff 2019 including 6 feature films and 8 Short Films
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- DirectorCéline SciammaStarsNoémie MerlantAdèle HaenelLuàna BajramiOn an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.Best Screenplay, and cinematography of the festival.
- DirectorAbe ForsytheStarsLupita Nyong'oAlexander EnglandJosh GadA washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids'-show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.Funniest film of the festival, as well as best performance by a lead actress of the festival, (Lupita Nyong'o)
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayAdam DriverTilda SwintonTwo pioneers fight for their lives and their love on the American frontier during the Civil War.Best performance by a lead actor of the festival, (Adam Driver)
- DirectorPaul IrelandStarsHugo WeavingHarrison GilbertsonFayssal BazziThe lives of inhabitants of a housing commission tower whose paths cross after a shocking event occurs on their front doorstep.
- DirectorMieka ThorogoodStarsJanelle BaileySummer RobertsonKorey WilliamsGertrude is a young girl who believes without a doubt that she is destined for greatness. What that greatness is though, she doesn't quite know...yet. She has lots of talents but each thing is tarnished by the growing conflict between her parents. An unplanned pregnancy threatens to tear the family apart and to undo Gertrude's unwavering positivity and belief in herself.Best Short Film of the festival
- DirectorKalu OjiStarsMahalia BrownNicholas CartledgeDalitso MtungaA comedy-drama exploring the African Australian experience in small town Australia.
- DirectorDaniel KnightStarsDon BridgesGlenn Van OosteromJohn JenkinsAn elderly barbarian and his talking horse embark on a suicidal quest to battle a bridge troll.
- DirectorIván Sáinz-PardoStarsMiguel RellánDavid TortosaNatividad OrozcoUpon coming home for dinner with his dad, a young man realizes that his father's grief over a tragic loss may be evolving into something more complex.
- DirectorKestrin PanteraStarsKestrin PanteraBreeda WoolMilana VayntrubThe millennial children of a groovy 70s burnout come home to do right by a mom who always did them wrong. Based on true lies, it explores the "OK, Boomer" relationship between the free love generation and those left to clean up the mess.
- DirectorThessa Geertse MeijerStarsShogo AmoYuki FujisawaKoume HiwatariAn ambitious amphibian sea-creature wants to venture into the human world. Her dream to evolve into the perfect individual is so strong that she overcomes the physical boundaries of her fish-body and transforms into a human being. But even as a young woman she remains restless. Will she ever be content?
- DirectorPia BorgStarsAngie ChristophelA documentary about the satanic ritual abuse scares of the 1980s and the phenomenon of false memories.
- DirectorSarah Van den BoomStarsYolande MoreauJade Van den BoomRichard Van Den BoomIn a remote farm, Raymonde lives a solitary life. She takes care of her garden, raises rabbits, but loneliness weighs on her. She asks herself questions about the meaning of things, about God, about her tardy virginity. Now, Raymonde feels an immense desire to live rising within her ...
- DirectorPia BorgAn unseen location scout explores an opal mining town in South Australia in this sci-fi-laced essay film, which finds in this semi-deserted region both the traces of indigenous culture and remnants of cinema history
- DirectorJoanna HoggStarsNeil YoungTosin ColeJack McMullenA young film student in the early '80s becomes romantically involved with a complicated and untrustworthy man.