IFFI 2017 Handbook

The Boy with the
Topknot
✪ WORLD PREMIERE
UK | 2017 | English | 90 min | Colour
For Sathnam Sanghera,
growing up in Wolverhampton
in the 1980s was a confusing
business. And then there was
his family, whose strange and
often difficult behaviour he
took for granted until, at the
age of twenty-four, Sathnam
made a discovery that
changed everything he ever
thought he knew about them.
Director Lynsey Miller
Producer Nisha Parti
Screenplay Mick Ford, Sathnam Sanghera
Cinematographer Adam Etherington
Editor Sarah Brewerton
Cast Sacha Dhawan, Anupam Kher, Deepti Naval, Joanna Vanderham,
Kiran Sonia Sawar and Sam Otto.
The Breadwinner
Eleven-year-old Parvana
lives in war-torn Kabul,
Afghanistan. One day,
her father is arrested, and
Parvana’s life is changed
forever. Parvana decides to
disguise herself as a boy,
Although in danger of being
discovered, she resolves to
find a way to rescue her father.
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
Canada, Ireland, Luxembourg | 2017 | English | 93 min | Colour
Director Nora Twomey
Producer Anthony Leo, Paul Young, Angelina Jolie, Andrew Rosen,
Tomm Moore, Stephan Roelants
Screenplay Anita Doron, Deborah Ellis
Editor Darragh Byrne
Cast Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Laara Sadiq, Shaista Latif,
Ali Badshah, Kawa Ada, Noorin Gulamgaus
Breath
A little Iranian girl named
Bahar lives a life spun from
folklore and stories, always
with her head in a book. She
is at the centre of a country in
turmoil. Over the years, Bahar
finds that daydreaming is the
only way that she can cope
with the pain and suffering
that warring humans inflict on
one another.
The Cakemaker
Tomas, a Berlin pastry chef,
who learns that Oren, his
Israeli lover, has died in a
car accident in Jerusalem.
Unmoored by his loss,
Thomas journeys to Israel to
begin the process of healing.
Desiring to better know his
lost love, he inserts himself
into the life of Oren’s wife and
young son.
Iran | 2017 | Persian | 112 min | Colour
Director Narges Abyar
Producer Mohammad Hossein Ghasemi, Abouzar Pour Mohammadi
Screenplay Narges Abyar
Cinematographer Saed Nikzat
Editor Sajjad Pahlavanzadeh
Cast Gelare Abasi, Mehran Ahmadi, Jamshid Hashempur
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Germany, Israel | 2017 | English, German, Hebrew | 104 min | Colour
Director Ofir Raul Graizer
Producer Itai Tamir, Mathias Schwerbrock
Screenplay Ofir Raul Graizer
Cinematographer Omri Aloni
Editor Michal Oppenheim
Cast Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Zohar Shtrauss
Candelaria
With embargo at its peak,
the Cold War comes to an
end and the Soviet Union
disintegrates. But for
Candelaria and Victor Hugo
life continues at a slow pace.
One day, the monotony is
broken when Candelaria finds
a video camera hidden in the
dirty sheets of the hotel where
she works.
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
Colombia, Germany, Norway, Argentina, Cuba | 2017 | Spanish | 88
min | Colour
Director Jhonny Hendrix
Producer Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza, Juan Diego Villegas,
Federico Eibuszyc, Barbara Sarasola-Day, Claudia Calviño
Screenplay Mara Camila Arias, Jhonny Hendrix, Abel Arcosoto,
Carlos Quintela
Cinematographer Soledad Rodrguez
Editor Anita Remn, Mauricio Leiva, Jhonny Hendrix Hinestroza
Cast Manuel Viveros, Alden Knigth
Children Of The
Night
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Italy, Belgium | 2016 | Italian | 85 min | Colour
Giulio, a 17-year old, is sent
to a boarding school in an
isolated place in the Alps.
Where iron-clad rules limit all
contact with the outside. He
makes friends with Edoardo
and begin to frequent a
nightclub. Suddenly, they
discover that the escapades
are part of the school’s
educational programme.
Director Andrea De Sica
Producer Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Joseph Rouschop
Screenplay Andrea De Sica, Mariano Di Nardo, Gloria Malatesta
Cinematographer Stefano Falivene
Editor Alberto Masi
Cast Vicenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Fabrizio Rongione, Yuliia Sobol,
Luigi Bignone, Petro Monfreda
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