IFFI 2017 Handbook

I Dream in Another
Language
Martin arrives in a remote
Mexican village to record a
dying, ancient indigenous
language. He finds the last
two speakers of the language,
but they refuse to speak to
each other because of a 50-
year grudge.
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Mexico, Netherlands | 2017 | Spanish, English | 103 min | Colour
Director Ernesto Contreras
Producer Mónica Lozano, Luis Albores, Erika vila, Eamon O’ Farrill,
Dijana Olcay-Hot, Raymond Van Der Kaaij
Screenplay Carlos Contreras
Cinematographer Tonatiuh Martinez
Editor Jorge Macaya
Cast Fernando Álvarez Rebeil, José Manuel Poncelis, Eligio Melndez
In Blue
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
A sturdy flight attendant has to
deliver a child in mid-air and
gets involved in a confusing
mother/lover relationship
with a boy who’s living under
the streets of Bucharest.
Netherlands, Romania | 2017 | Dutch, English, Romanian | 102 min
| Colour
Director Jaap van Heusden
Producer Marc Bary
Screenplay Jan-Willem den Bok, Jaap van Heusden
Cinematographer Melle van Essen
Editor Jasper Quispel
Cast Maria Kraakman, Bogdan Iancu, Ellis van den Brink
Insyriated
Trapped inside her house in a
city under siege, Oum Yazan,
mother of three, turns her flat
into a safe harbour for her
family and neighbours, trying
to protect them from the war
outside. Maintaining the thin
balance of routine inside the
walls becomes a matter of life
and death.
The Journey
Sara enters Baghdad station
with sinister intentions for
its reopening ceremony. As
she braces to commit an
unthinkable act, her plans
are drastically altered by an
unwanted encounter with
Salam. Now hostage to Sara’s
confused and deluded plan,
he battles desperately to
appeal to her humanity.
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Belgium, France | 2017 | Arabic | 85 min | Colour
Director Philippe Van Leeuw
Producer Guillaume Malandrin, Serge Zeitoun, Pierre Sarraf
Screenplay Philippe Van Leeuw
Cinematographer Virginie Surdej
Editor Gladys Joujou
Cast Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Iraq, UK, Qatar, France, Netherlands | 2017 | Arabic, English | 82 min
| Colour
Director Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
Producer Isabelle Stead, Mohamed Jabarah Al-daradji, Hélène Cases
Screenplay Isabelle Stead, Mohamed Jabarah Al-daradji
Cinematographer Duraid Munajim
Editor Mohamed Jabarah Al-daradji, Pascale Chavance, Herve De Luz
Cast Zahraa Gandour, Ameer Ali Jabarah
Let the Sunshine In
Inspired by, but not adapted
from Roland Barthes’s
A Lover’s Discourse:
Fragments, Claire Denis’
new film is about a single
woman, Isabelle, an artist and
divorced mother living alone
in Paris and looking for true
love.
Life Beyond Me
The story hinges on Sylvie’s
son Felipe, who was abducted
at the age of five by his
father, Pablo. Four years
and a few hiccups by social
services later, thanks to
Pablo’s death and the work
of a private detective, Sylvie
picks up Felipe’s trace in the
countryside in Uruguay,
France | 2017 | French | 95 min | Colour
Director Claire Denis
Producer Olivier Delbosc
Screenplay Claire Denis, Christine Angot
Cinematographer Agnès Godard
Editor Guy Lecorne
Cast Juliette Binoche, Gérard Depardieu, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
France, Uruguay | 2017 | Spanish, French | 96 min | Colour
Director Olivier Peyon
Producer Bertrand Faivre
Screenplay Olivier Peyon, Cécilia Rouaud
Cinematographer Alexis Kavyrchine
Editor Tina Baz
Cast Isabelle Carré, María Dupláa, Ramzy Bedia
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