IFFI 2017 Handbook
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3/4 (Three Quarters)<br />
Young pianist Mila prepares<br />
for an audition abroad. Her<br />
brother Niki distracts her with<br />
his unwanted talent for the<br />
absurd. Their astrophysicist<br />
father Todor seems incapable<br />
of dealing with his children’s<br />
anxieties. A portrait of a<br />
family during their last<br />
summer together.<br />
9 Fingers<br />
In the middle of the night,<br />
Magloire smokes a cigarette<br />
in an abandoned train station<br />
when the police show up for<br />
an identity check. He starts<br />
running with no luggage<br />
and no future until he meets<br />
a dying man from whom he<br />
inherits a fortune.<br />
✪ INDIA PREMIERE<br />
Bulgaria, Germany | <strong>2017</strong> | Bulgarian | 82 min | Colour<br />
Director Ilian Metev<br />
Producer Ingmar Trost, Ilian Metev<br />
Screenplay Betina Ip, Ilian Metev<br />
Cinematographer Julian Atanassov<br />
Editor Ilian Metev<br />
Cast Mila Mikhova, Niki Mashalov, Todor Veltchev<br />
✪ INDIA PREMIERE<br />
France, Portugal | <strong>2017</strong> | French | 99 min | B&W, Colour<br />
Director F.J. Ossang<br />
Producer Sbastien Haguenauer, Bruce Satarenko, Lus Urbano<br />
Screenplay F.J. Ossang<br />
Cinematographer Simon Roca<br />
Editor Walter Mauriot<br />
Cast Damien Bonnard, Diogo Dria<br />
Barrage<br />
Catherine returns to<br />
Luxembourg to catch up<br />
with her daughter Alba, who<br />
has been looked after by<br />
Catherine's mother all these<br />
years. Elisabeth, however<br />
doesn't want to let go of her<br />
protigé. Frustrated Catherine<br />
kidnaps Alba and leaves.<br />
Luxembourg, Belgium, France | <strong>2017</strong> | French | 112 min | Colour<br />
Director Laura Schroeder<br />
Producer Pol Cruchten, Sébastien Delloye, Jeanne Geiben,<br />
Sebastian Schelenz<br />
Screenplay Marie Nimier, Laura Schroeder<br />
Cinematographer Hélène Louvart<br />
Editor Damien Keyeux<br />
Cast Lolita Chammah, Themis Pauwels, Isabelle Huppert<br />
Birds Without<br />
Names<br />
✪ INDIA PREMIERE<br />
Japan | <strong>2017</strong> | Japanese | 123 min | Colour<br />
Towako switches between two<br />
modes – having sex with her<br />
new beau, and craving it from<br />
her missing ex-lover. Jinji her<br />
unlikely roommate begins to<br />
lurk in everywhere she goes.<br />
Her ex-lover's mysterious<br />
disappearance, has her<br />
reconsidering whether his<br />
disappearance is really such<br />
a mystery after all.<br />
Director Kazuya Shiraishi<br />
Producer Kazumi Fukase<br />
Screenplay Taeko Asano<br />
Cinematographer Takahiro Haibara<br />
Editor Hitomi Kato<br />
Cast Yu Aoi, Sadawo Abe, Tori Matsuzaka, Yutaka Takenouchi<br />
Black Level<br />
Loneliness dwells in a big<br />
city; Kostya, the wedding<br />
photographer, dwells there<br />
too. He is surrounded by<br />
happy people celebrating<br />
special moments in their<br />
lives. Kostya is turning 50,<br />
and is drastically losing<br />
everything he used to cherish.<br />
Will he cope with his despair<br />
and regain the joy of life?<br />
Bloody Milk<br />
Pierre is a 30-year-old dairy<br />
farmer. His life revolves<br />
around the family farm he<br />
took over, when the first cases<br />
of an epidemic disease break<br />
out in France, Pierre finds<br />
out that one of his animals is<br />
infected. He will do whatever<br />
it takes to save them.<br />
✪ INDIA PREMIERE<br />
Ukraine | <strong>2017</strong> | No Dialogues | 91 min | Colour<br />
Director Valentyn Vasyanovych<br />
Producer Valentyn Vasyanovych, Iya Myslytska, Dennis Ivanov<br />
Screenplay Valentyn Vasyanovych<br />
Cinematographer Valentyn Vasyanovych<br />
Cast Kostyantyn Mokhnach, Kateryna Molchanova<br />
✪ INDIA PREMIERE<br />
France | <strong>2017</strong> | French | 90 min | Colour<br />
Director Hubert Charuel<br />
Producer Stéphanie Bermann, Alexis Dulguerian<br />
Screenplay Claude le Pape, Hubert Charuel<br />
Cinematographer Sebastien Goepfert<br />
Editor Julie Lena, Lilian Corbeille, Grégoire Pontécaille<br />
Cast Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Bouli Lanners, Isabelle Candelier,<br />
Jean-Paul Charuel, Marc Barb<br />
38 INTERNATIONAL CINEMA <strong>IFFI</strong> <strong>2017</strong>
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