IFFI 2017 Handbook

A Sort of Family
Malena a successful doctor
is informed that the baby she
adopted is about to be born.
She goes to retrieve him from
his surrogate mother only
to find herself blackmailed
by the newborn’s biological
parents. Malena takes up the
challenge to see how far she
is willing to go to get what
she wants most.
Spoor
Duszejko, an eccentric retired
construction engineer, an
astrologist and a vegetarian,
lives in a small mountain
village on the Czech-
Polish border. One day her
beloved dogs disappear. As
time goes by, more grisly
killings are discovered. The
police investigation proves
ineffective.
Argentina, Brazil, France, Poland | 2017 | Spanish | 95 min | Colour
Director Diego Lerman
Producer Nicolás Avruj, Diego Lerman
Screenplay Diego Lerman, María Meira
Cinematographer Wojciech Staron
Editor Alejandro Brodersohn
Cast Bárbara Lennie, Daniel Aráoz, Claudio Tolcachir
Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovak Republic | 2017 |
Polish | 128 min | Colour
Director Agnieszka Holland
Producer Krzysztof Zanussi, Janusz Waçhala
Screenplay Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland
Cinematographer Jolanta Dylewska, Rafa Paradowski
Editor Pavel Hrdlicka
Cast Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Miroslav Krobot, Jakub
Giersza, Patricia Volny, Tomasz Kot
The Square
Christian is the respected
curator of a contemporary
art museum. His foolish
response to the theft of
his phone drags him into
a shameful situation. The
response is overblown and
sends him and the museum
into an existential crisis.
The Strange Ones
Mysterious events surround
two travellers as they make
their way across a remote
American landscape. On the
surface all seems normal, but
what appears to be a simple
vacation soon gives way to
a dark and complex web of
secrets.
Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark | 2017 | English, Swedish,
Danish | 142 min | Colour
Director Ruben Östlund
Producer Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober
Screenplay Ruben Östlund
Cinematographer Fredrik Wenzel
Editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger, Ruben Östlund
Cast Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
USA | 2017 | English | 81 min | Colour
Director Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein
Producer Sébastien Aubert, Shani Geva, Michael Prall, Eric Schultz,
Daniela Taplin Lundberg
Screenplay Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein
Cinematographer Todd Banhazl
Editor Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein
Cast Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus
Summer 1993
Following the death of her
parents, six-year-old Frida
moves to live with her aunt
and uncle. Country life is a
challenge for Frida – time
passes differently here and
the nature that surrounds her
is mysterious and estranging.
Frida contemplates running
away as the best solution to
her problems.
Sweet Country
An Australian western set on
the Northern Territory frontier
in the 1920s, where justice
itself is put on trial when an
aged Aboriginal farmhand
shoots a white man in self
defence and goes on the run
as a posse gathers to hunt
him down.
Spain | 2017 | Spanish | 97 min | Colour
Director Carla Simón
Producer Valrie Delpierre
Screenplay Carla Simón
Cinematographer Santiago Racaj
Editor Didac Palou, Ana Pfaff
Cast David Verdaguer, Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cus
Australia | 2017 | English | 110 min | Colour
Director Warwick Thornton
Producer David Jowsey, Greer Simpkin
Screenplay Steven McGregor, David Tranter
Cinematographer Dylan River, Warwick Thornton
Editor Nick Meyers
Cast Bryan Brown, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan
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