Selection 2012

Alps / Alpeis Greece (93 min) Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Screenwriter: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou
Producer: Athina Rachel Tsangari, Yorgos Lanthimos
Main cast: Aggeliki Papoulia (nurse), Aris Servetalis (paramedic), Johnny Vekris (coach), Ariane Labed (gymnast)

Amour France, Germany, Austria (127 min) Director: Michael Haneke
Screenwriter: Michael Haneke
Producer: Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz
Main cast: Emmanuelle Riva (Anne), Jean-Louis Trintignant (Georges), Isabelle Huppert (Eva)

The Angels' Share UK, France, Belgium, Italy (102 min) Director: Ken Loach
Screenwriter: Paul Laverty
Producer: Rebecca O’Brien
Main cast: Paul Brannigan (Robbie), Gary Maitland (Albert), William Ruane (Rhino), Jasmin Riggins (Mo), John Henshaw (Harry), Roger Allam (Thaddeus), Siobhan Reilly (Leonie)

Avalon Sweden (78 min) Director: Axel Petersén
Screenwriter: Axel Petersén
Producer: Erika Wasserman, Jesper Kurlandsky
Main cast: Johannes Brost (Janne), Léonore Ekstrand (Jackie), Peter Carlberg (Klas), Migle Polikeviciute (Irina)

Barbara Germany (105 min) Director: Christian Petzold
Screenwriter: Christian Petzold
Producer: Florian Koerner von Gustorf, Michael Weber
Main cast: Nina Hoss (Barbara), Ronald Zehrfeld (Andre), Rainer Bock (Klaus Schütz), Jasna Fritzi Bauer (Stella), Christina Hecke (Karin)

Beyond the Hills / După dealuri Romania, France, Belgium (150 min) Director: Cristian Mungiu
Screenwriter: Cristian Mungiu
Producer: Cristian Mungiu, Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat, Vincent Maraval, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Bobby Păunescu
Main cast: Cosmina Stratan (Voichita), Cristina Flutur (Alina), Valeriu Andriu& [...]

Caesar Must Die / Cesare deve morire Italy (76 min) Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Screenwriter: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Producer: Grazia Volpi
Main cast: Giovanni Arcuri (Caesar), Salvatore Striano (Brutus), Cosimo Rega (Cassius), Antonio Frasca (Marcantonio), Fabio Cavalli (stage director)

Carnage France, Germany, Poland, Spain (80 min) Director: Roman Polanski
Screenwriter: Roman Polanski, Yasmina Reza
Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd, Martin Moszkowicz, Oliver Berben, Piotr Reisch, Jaume Roures
Main cast: Jodie Foster (Penelope Longstreet), Kate Winslet (Nancy Cowan), Christoph Waltz (Alan Cowan), John C. Rei [...]

Children of Sarajevo / Djeca Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, France, Turkey (90 min) Director: Aida Begić
Screenwriter: Aida Begić
Producer: Aida Begić
Main cast: Marija Pikić (Rahima), Ismir Gagula (Nedim)

Combat Girls / Kriegerin Germany (103 min) Director: David Wnendt
Screenwriter: David Wnendt
Producer: Eva-Marie Martens
Main cast: Alina Levshin (Marisa), Jella Haase (Svenja), Sayed Ahmad Wasil Mrowat (Rasul), Gerdy Zint (Sandro), Lukas Steltner (Markus)

Come As You Are / Hasta la Vista Belgium (115 min) Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
Screenwriter: Pierre de Clercq
Producer: Mariano Vanhoof
Main cast: Robrecht van den Thoren (Philip), Gilles de Schryver (Lars), Tom Audenaert (Jozef), Isabelle de Hertogh (Claude)

Death of a Man in Balkans / Smrt čoveka na Balkanu Serbia (80 min) Director: Miroslav Momčilović
Screenwriter: Miroslav Momčilović
Producer: Miroslav Momčilović
Main cast: Emir Hadžihafizbegović (Aca), Radoslav Milenković (Vesko), Bojan Žirović (undertaker), Nataša Ninković (Nada), Lju [...]

DIAZ: Don't clean up this blood Italy, Romania, France (120 min) Director: Daniele Vicari
Screenwriter: Daniele Vicari, Laura Paolucci
Producer: Domenico Procacci
Main cast: Jennifer Ulrich (Alma Koch), Claudio Santamaria (Max Flamini), Elio Germano (Luca Gualtieri), Davide Iacopini (Marco), Ralph Amoussou (Etienne), Fabrizio Rongione [...]

The Door / Ajtó, Az Hungary, Germany (98 min) Director: István Szabó
Screenwriter: Andrea Vészits, István Szabó
Producer: Jenő Hábermann, Sándor Soeth
Main cast: Helen Mirren (Emerenc), Martina Gedeck (Magda), Károly Eperjes (Tibor), Enikő Börcsök (Sutu), Gábor Koncz (Lieutenant Colonel)

The Dream and the Silence / Sueño y Silencio Spain (110 min) Director: Jaime Rosales
Screenwriter: Enric Rifas, Jaime Rosales
Producer: Jaime Rosales, José Mª Morales, Jérôme Dopffer
Main cast: Yolanda Galocha (Yolanda), Oriol Roselló (Oriol)

The Exchange / Hahithalfut (ההתחלפות) Israel, Germany (95 min) Director: Eran Kolirin
Screenwriter: Eran Kolirin
Producer: Eilon Ratzkovsky, Yossi Uzrad, Guy Jacoel, Karl Baumgartner, Raimond Goebel
Main cast: Rotem Keinan (Oded), Sharon Tal (Tami), Dov Navon (Yoav), Shirili Deshe (Yael)

Faust Russia (134 min) Director: Alexander Sokurov
Screenwriter: Yuri Arabov
Producer: Andrey Sigle
Main cast: Johannes Zeiler (Faust), Anton Adasinsky (money lender), Isolda Dychauk (Margarete)

Flower Buds / Poupata Czech Republic (91 min) Director: Zdeněk Jiráský
Screenwriter: Zdeněk Jiráský
Producer: Viktor Schwarcz, Jaroslav Kucera, Jordi Niubo
Main cast: Vladimír Javorský (Jarda), Małgorzata Pikus (Kamila), Marika Šoposká (Agáta), Josef Láska (Honza), Aneta Krejčíková (Zu [...]

Gypsy / Cigán Czech Republic, Slovakia (107 min) Director: Martin Šulík
Screenwriter: Marek Lescak, Martin Šulík
Producer: Rudolf Biermann, Martin Šulík
Main cast: Janko Mizigar (Adam), Martin Hangurbadzo (Marian, Adam's brother), Martinka Kotlarova (Julka, Adam's love), Miroslava Jarabekova (Adam's mother), Miros [...]

The Hunt / Jagten Denmark (111 min) Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Screenwriter: Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm
Producer: Morten Kaufmann, Sisse Graum Jørgensen
Main cast: Mads Mikkelsen (Lukas), Thomas Bo Larsen (Theo), Susse Wold (Grethe), Annika Wedderkopp (Klara), Lasse Fogelstrøm (Marcus)

In Darkness Germany, Poland, Canada (144 min) Director: Agnieszka Holland
Screenwriter: David F. Shamoon
Producer: Steffen Reuter, Patrick Knippel, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Leander Carell, Juliusz Machulski, Eric Jordan, Paul Stephens
Main cast: Robert Więckiewicz (Leopold Socha), Benno Fürmann (Mundek Margulies), [...]

In the Fog / V Tumane (В Тумане) Germany, Russia, Latvia, Netherlands, Belarus (127 min) Director: Sergei Loznitsa
Screenwriter: Sergei Loznitsa
Producer: Heino Deckert
Main cast: Vladimir Svirski (Sushenya), Vlad Abashin (Burov), Sergei Kolesov (Voitik), Vlad Ivanov (Grossmeier)

Iron Sky Finland, Germany, Australia (93 min) Director: Timo Vuorensola
Screenwriter: Timo Vuorensola, Michael Kalesniko
Producer: Tero Kaukomaa, Oliver Damian, Cathy Overett, Mark Overett, Samuli Torssonen
Main cast: Julia Dietze (Renate Richter), Götz Otto (Klaus Adler), Christopher Kirby (James Washington), Udo K [...]

Just the Wind / Csak a szel Hungary, Germany, France (86 min) Director: Bence Fliegauf
Screenwriter: Bence Fliegauf
Producer: Mónika Mécs, András Muhi, Ernö Mesterházy
Main cast: Katalin Toldi (Mari), Gyöngyi Lendvai (Anna), Lajos Sárkány (Rio), Györgyi Toldi (grandpa)

Kauwboy Netherlands (81 min) Director: Boudewijn Koole
Screenwriter: Boudewijn Koole, Jolein Laarman
Producer: Jan van der Zanden, Wilant Boekelman
Main cast: Rick Lens, Loek Peters, Susan Radder, Ricky Koole

Naked Harbour / Vuosaari Finland (118 min) Director: Aku Louhimies
Screenwriter: Aku Louhimies, Mikko Kouki, Niina Repo
Producer: Pauli Pentti, Liisa Penttilä
Main cast: Laura Birn (Iiris), Mikko Kouki (Pertti), Lenna Kuurmaa (Viivi), Metleena Kuusniemi (Sara), Deogracias Masomi (Make), Amanda Pilke (Milla), Jasp [...]

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia / Bİr zamanlar Anadolu'da Turkey (157 min) Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Screenwriter: Ercan Kesal, Ebru Ceylan, Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Producer: Zeynep Özbatur Atakan
Main cast: Muhammet Uzuner (Doctor Cemal), Yilmaz Erdoğan (Commissar Naci), Taner Birsel (Prosecutor Nusret)

Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman / Zhila-byla odna baba (ЖИЛА-БЫЛА ОДНА БАБА) Russia (150 min) Director: Andrey Smirnov
Screenwriter: Elena Smirnova, Andrey Smirnov
Main cast: Darya Ekamasova (Varvara, simple woman), Vlad Abashin (Ivan), Maxim Averin (Alexander), Alexey Serebryakov (Lebeda), Alexey Shevchenkov (Malafey)

Our Children / A perdre la raison Switzerland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg (111 min) Director: Joachim Lafosse
Screenwriter: Joachim Lafosse, Thomas Bidegain, Matthieu Reynaert
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Jani Thiltges, Sylvie Pialat, Thierry Spicher, Elena Tatti, Antonino Lombardo
Main cast: Niels Arestrup (André Pinget), Tahar [...]

The Parade / Parada Serbia (115 min) Director: Srđjan Dragojević
Screenwriter: Srđjan Dragojević
Producer: Biljana Prvanović
Main cast: Nikola Kojo (Lemon), Miloš Samolov (Radmilo), Goran Jevtić (Mirko), Hristina Popović (Pearl), Goran Navojec (Roko)

Paradise: Love / Paradies: Liebe Austria, Germany, France (120 min) Director: Ulrich Seidl
Screenwriter: Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
Producer: Ulrich Seidl, Philippe Bober, Christine Ruppert
Main cast: Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux

Policeman / Hashoter (השוטר) Israel (105 min) Director: Nadav Lapid
Screenwriter: Nadav Lapid
Producer: Itai Tamir
Main cast: Yiftach Klein (Yaron), Yaara Pelzig (Shira), Michael Aloni (Natanel), Menashe Noy (Michael), Michael Mushonov (Oded)

Rose / Róża Poland (94 min) Director: Wojciech Smarzowski
Screenwriter: Michał Szczerbic
Producer: Włodzimierz Niderhaus, Krzysztof Zanussi, Tadeusz Chmielewski, Janusz Morgenstern, Daniel Markowicz, Wojtek Pałys
Main cast: Marcin Dorocinski (Tadeusz), Agata Kulesza (Rose), Kinga Prei [...]

A Royal Affair / Kongelig Affære, En Denmark (132 min) Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Screenwriter: Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg
Producer: Louise Vesth, Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Meta Louise Foldager
Main cast: Mads Mikkelsen (Johan Friedrich Struensee), Alicia Vikander (Caroline Mathilde), Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Christian VII)

Rust and Bone / De rouille et d'os France (120 min) Director: Jacques Audiard
Screenwriter: Thomas Bidegain, Jacques Audiard
Producer: Pascal Caucheteux, Grégoire Sorlat
Main cast: Marion Cotillard (Stéphanie), Matthias Schoenaerts (Ali), Bouli Lanners (Martial), Céline Sallette (Louise), Corinne Masiero (Anna)

Shame UK (96 min) Director: Steve McQueen
Screenwriter: Steve McQueen, Abi Morgan
Producer: Iain Canning, Emile Sherman
Main cast: Michael Fassbender (Brandon), Carey Mulligan (Sissy), James Badge Dale (David), Nicole Beharie (Marianne)

Shun Li and the Poet / Io sono Li Italy, France (96 min) Director: Andrea Segre
Screenwriter: Marco Pettenello, Andrea Segre
Producer: Francesco Bonsembiante, Francesca Feder
Main cast: Zhao Tao (Shun Li), Rade Sherbedgia (Bepi), Marco Paolini (Coppe), Roberto Citran (lawyer), Giuseppe Battiston (Devis)

Sister / L' enfant d'en haut France, Switzerland (97 min) Director: Ursula Meier
Screenwriter: Antoine Jaccoud, Ursula Meier, Gilles Taurand
Producer: Denis Freyd, Ruth Waldburger
Main cast: Léa Seydoux (Louise), Kacey Mottet Klein (Simon), Martin Compsten (Mike), Gillian Anderson (the English Lady)

The Sleeping Voice / La voz dormida Spain (128 min) Director: Benito Zambrano
Screenwriter: Benito Zambrano
Producer: Benito Zambrano, Antonio Pérez Pérez
Main cast: Inma Cuesta (Hortensia), Maria Leon (Pepita), Marc Clotet (Paulino), Daniel Holguín (Felipe), Ana Wagener (Mercedes)

Sneakers / Ketcove (Кецове) Bulgaria (111 min) Director: Ivan Vladimirov, Valery Yordanov
Screenwriter: Valery Yordanov
Producer: Galina Toneva, Kiril Kirilov
Main cast: Ina Nikolova (Emi), Ivan Bamev (Ivo), Ivo Arakov (Wee), Philip Avramov (Blackbird), Vasil Draganov (Fatso/Ran), Valeri Yordanov (Grey)

Sons of Norway / Sønner av Norge Norway, France, Denmark, Sweden (88 min) Director: Jens Lien
Screenwriter: Nikolaj Frobenius
Producer: Christian Fredrik Martin, Antoine Simkine, Bo Erhardt, Maja Dyekjær, Tomas Eskilsson, Christer Nilssen
Main cast: Åsmund Høeg (Nikolaj), Sven Nordin (Magnus), Sonja Richter (Lone), Tony Veitsle Skarpsno (Tor [...]

Tabu Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France (118 min) Director: Miguel Gomes
Screenwriter: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo
Producer: Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar
Main cast: Teresa Madruga (Pilar), Laura Soveral (Aurora), Ana Moreira (yount Aurora), Henrique Esírito Santo (Gian Luca Ventura), Carloto Cotta (young Gian Luca Ven [...]

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy France, UK, Germany (128 min) Director: Tomas Alfredson
Screenwriter: Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan
Producer: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Robyn Slovo
Main cast: Gary Oldman (George Smiley), John Hurt (Control), Mark Strong (Jim Prideaux), Tom Hardy (Ricki Tarr), Colin Firth (Bill Haydon), Benedict [...]

Unfair World / Adikos Kosmos (ΑΔΙΚΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ) Greece, Germany (107 min) Director: Filippos Tsitos
Screenwriter: Filippos Tsitos, Dora Masklavanou
Producer: Alexandra Boussiou
Main cast: Antonis Kafetzopoulos (Sotiris), Theodora Tzimou (Dora), Christos Stergioglou (Minas), Sofia Seirli (Lena), Achilleas Kyriakidis (Frantzis)

Unit 7 / Grupo 7 Spain (96 min) Director: Alberto Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodriguez
Producer: Jose Antonio Felez, Gervasio Iglesias
Main cast: Antonio de la Torre (Rafael), Mario Casas (Angel), Joaquin Nuñez (Mateo), José Manuel Poga (Miguel), Estefanía de los Santos (La Caoba)

Untouchable / Intouchables France (108 min) Director: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Screenwriter: Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Producer: Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
Main cast: François Cluzet (Philippe), Omar Sy (Driss), Anne Le Ny (Yvonne), Audrey Fleurot (Magalie), Clothilde Mollet ( [...]

The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears / Zenata koja gi izbrisa solzite (Жената која ги избриша своите солзи) FYR Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Germany (102 min) Director: Teona Strugar Mitevska
Screenwriter: Teona Strugar Mitevska
Producer: Labina Mitevska
Main cast: Victoria Abril (Helena), Labina Mitevska (Ajsun), Jean Marie Galey (Emil), Arben Bajraktaraj (Lucian)