katalog nh2015 web

42Goodnight Mommy, by Veronica Franz, Severin Fialanew horizonsinternational competitionArabian Nights – Vol. 1, The Restless OneAs Mil e uma Noites – vol. 1, o inquietoby Miguel Gomes, Portugal, France, Germany,Switzerland 2015, 125’The first part of the Miguel Gomes’s (Tabu) long-awaitedtrilogy, which discusses the economic crisis that hit Portugalseveral years ago, juxtaposing it alongside images, subjectto an original interpretation, from A Thousand and One Nights.During his work on the film, he used authentic stories fromthose hit by the recession, while not abandoning the fantasyand craziness that are typical of his films. The best film at thefestival in Sydney.knh 9 27.07 19:15; knh 9 28.07 10:15Arabian Nights – Vol. 2, The Desolate OneAs Mil e uma Noites Vol. 2, o desoladoby Miguel Gomes, Portugal, France, Germany,Switzerland 2015, 131’The second part of the Miguel Gomes’s (Tabu) long-awaitedtrilogy, which discusses the economic crisis that hit Portugalseveral years ago, juxtaposing it alongside images, subjectto an original interpretation, from A Thousand and One Nights.During his work on the film, he used authentic stories fromthose hit by the recession, while not abandoning the fantasyand craziness that are typical of his films. The best film at thefestival in Sydney.knh 9 28.07 19:15; knh 9 29.07 10:15Arabian Nights – Vol. 3, The Enchanted OneAs Mil e uma Noites vol. 3, o encantadoby Miguel Gomes, Portugal, France, Germany,Switzerland 2015, 125’The third part of the Miguel Gomes’s (Tabu) long-awaitedtrilogy, which discusses the economic crisis that hit Portugalseveral years ago, juxtaposing it alongside images, subjectto an original interpretation, from A Thousand and One Nights.During his work on the film, he used authentic stories fromthose hit by the recession, while not abandoning the fantasyand craziness that are typical of his films. The best film at thefestival in Sydney.knh 9 29.07 19:15; knh 9 30.07 10:15Goodnight Mommy / Ich seh, Ich sheby Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Austria 2014, 99’A psychological thriller by two documentary filmmakers– Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz, Ulrich Seidl’sscreenwriter. Ten-year-old twins, Lucas and Elias, arespending their vacation at their family’s summerhouse.Their mother returns from the hospital with her facewrapped in bandages. Irritable, unhappy, and in pain,she is nothing like the sweet woman the boys remember.W i t h e a c h p a s s i n g d a y, t h e y b e c o m e m o r e s u s p i c i o u s t h a tshe is not who she claims to be.knh 9 30.07 19:15; knh 9 31.07 10:15H.by Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia, USA, Argentina 2014, 93’Two women named Helen from the small town of Troy:the elderly one dotes on a “newborn” doll, a kind ofimaginary child, while the younger Helen, an artist,is four months pregnant. Both women’s lives are radicallyaltered when a meteor explodes, followed by unexplainedoccurrences in Troy. A hypnotic film about madness,motherhood and the power of delusion.knh 9 24.07 19:15; knh 9 25.07 10:15Heaven Knows Whatby Ben Safdie, Joshua Safdie, USA 2014, 94’A raw and contemporary version of misery on the streetsof New York. Contemporary in terms of all the formalexperiments, from documentary authenticity to playinggames with focus and sharpness. Raw because the film wasinspired by the memoirs of Arielle Holmes, who plays the maincharacter in the film. The primary subject, besides heroin, isHarley’s absurd love for a homeless man, the toxic Ilya.knh 9 27.07 16:15; knh 9 28.07 13:15The Inseminatorby Bui Kim Quy, Vietnam 2014, 87’Banned in Vietnam, this is a bold debut film by the youngdirector Bui Kim Quy. A mountain dweller named Mr. Boi cansense his impending death. Before leaving this world, hedecides to ensure the continuation of his bloodline. Drawingon local imagery and the poetics of video art, this is a visuallystriking tale about a culture of oppression that destroysfamily ties. Asian magical realism along with a condemnationof patriarchal traditions.knh 9 28.07 16:15 knh 9 29.07 13:15Luciferby Gust Van den Berghe, Belgium 2014, 108’A film by the director of Blue Bird (12 th New Horizons)starring Gabino Rodríguez, shot using a tondoscope ina Mexican village at the base of a volcano called Parícutin.It refers to the biblical story of Lucifer, who, on his journeyfrom Heaven to Hell, spends some time on Earth. He wreakshavoc on the life of this small community, giving rise to freewill and awareness of good and evil.knh 9 25.07 16:15; knh 9 26.07 13:15Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Airby Phillip Warnell, United Kingdom,USA, Belgium 2014, 71’How long can one live under one roof with a tiger?Artist and filmmaker Phillip Warnell explores relationsbetween people and animals in an original way byreconstructing the story of Antoine Yates, a man whospent years living in an apartment building with a tigerand an alligator. Ming of Harlem is a unique combinationof an experimental documentary, a contemporarybestiary and an urban jungle ethnography.knh 9 26.07 16:15; knh 9 27.07 13:15Necktie Youthby Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, RPA, Netherlands 2015, 93’A young director from Johannesburg tells the story of a fewweeks in the life of several young residents of this SouthAfrican metropolis. Their friend’s suicide casts a pall overtheir everyday existence, provoking them to contemplatethe meaning of their own lives, which are full of unfulfilleddesires and immersed in a haze of drugs and alcohol.This acclaimed debut was well received, among others,at the Berlinale and the Tribeca Film Festival.knh 9 26.07 19:15; knh 9 27.07 10:15The Project of the Century / La obra del sigloby Carlos M. Quintela, Argentina, Cuba, Switzerland,Germany 2015, 100’This raw, black-and-white, and at times surreal film wasan award winner at the last International Film Festival inRotterdam. An elderly man, his son, and his grandson arestuck sharing a tiny workers’ apartment in Juragua, a fallencity built from scratch in the 1980s near Cuba’s first nuclearpower plant – a project that was scrapped after the fall ofthe Soviet Union. Nostalgia for the past is intertwined withhopelessness and absurd humour.knh 9 24.07 16:15; knh 9 25.07 13:15Vanishing Point / Jud ruam sai taby Jakrawal Nilthamrong, Thailand 2015, 100’What is the connection between a car accident thathappened many years ago and two random men?With its unhurried pace, this film takes place somewherebetween a dream and reality, drawing directly on thedirector’s biography and his fear of dramatic life changes.A demanding puzzle, but with a touch of lightness,the film captured the main prize at the International FilmFestival in Rotterdam.knh 9 25.07 19:15; knh 9 26.07 10:15Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)Videofilia (y otros síndromes virales)by Juan Daniel F. Molero, Peru 2015, 103’Cybersex, drugs and the Apocalypse, or a portrait ofPeruvian youth. In his feature debut, the director takesviewers on a psychedelic trip to Lima’s oldest neighborhoodand to the edge of the Internet. Videophilia is a long, badtrip after a popculture overdose, filled with memes, YouTubevisions and pixels. The winner of the Hivos Tiger at theInternational Film Festival in Rotterdam.knh 9 29.07 16:15; knh 9 30.07 13:15Walserby Zbigniew Libera, Poland 2015, 78’Zbigniew Libera’s feature-length debut. There is a lost tribeliving on the edge of civilization, the Conteheli – with theirblue eyes, flaxen dreads, and tribal face paint, they looklike a Slavic version of the characters from Avatar. Theseforest people collide with civilization, embodied by a railwayofficial named Walser, and a post-apocalyptic sci-fi filmcollides with a counter-cultural utopia about a returnto nature.knh 9 30.07 16:15; knh 9 31.07 13:15films on artinternational competition35 Cows and a Kalashnikovby Oswald von Richthofen, Germany 2014, 87’The Surma, a tribe of cattle farmers and warriors, live in theremote Omo valley in the south of Ethiopia. They possess realartistry when it comes to painting their own naked bodies andtalk with pride about their lives, which to a large extent arerooted in tradition, although a lot of changes are also takingplace. The call of war can be heard from over the mountainsin South Sudan, and the instruments of this war often findtheir way onto the Surma’s land: the price for the prettiestgirl is currently 35 cows and a Kalashnikov.knh 8 24.07 19:15; knh 4 25.07 10:00