IFFI 2017 Handbook

Uma
Love, drama and suspense is
the main vertex of a beautiful
story that enhances the
intensity and honesty of true
love between Uma and Leo
from the moment they meet in
the coast of Gaeta. An instant
chemistry between them
will confront struggles and
challenges to stay together.
Union Leader
Jay Gohil, 36, works for
Apollo Chemicals, a chemical
plant that is causing cancer
and other ailments in its
workers. When his good
friend and colleague, Digant,
is found dead, Jay takes action
and uncovers a dark history
of cover-ups and deceit that
results in an overhaul of the
plant’s management.
✪ WORLD PREMIERE
Venezuela, USA, Italy | 2017 | Spanish, Italian | 96 min | Colour
Director Alain Maiki
Producer Alain Maiki, Liz Maiki
Screenplay Rosa Clemente, Raul Pietro, Liz Maiki, Alain Maiki,
William Goite
Cinematographer Alain Maiki
Editor Alain Maiki
Cast Alexandra Braun, Orlando Delgado, Pedro Medina, Henry Zakka
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Canada, India | 2017 | Hindi | 105 min | Colour
Director Sanjay Patel
Producer Sanjay Patel, Haresh Patel
Screenplay Sanjay Patel, Winston Rainey
Cinematographer Nilip Deb
Editor Aurelian Brentraus, Brock Roberts
Cast Rahul Bhat, Tillotama Shome, Vivek Ghamande
Until the Birds
Return
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Algeria today. Past and
present collide in the lives
of a newly wealthy property
developer, a young woman
torn between the path of
reason and sentiment and
an ambitious neurologist
impeded by wartime
wrongdoings.
Algeria, France, Germany | 2017 | Arabic | 115 min | Colour
Director Karim Moussaoui
Producer David Thion, Philippe Martin
Screenplay Karim Moussaoui, Maud Ameline
Cinematographer David Chambille
Editor Thomas Marchand
Cast Mohamed Djouhri, Sonia Mekkiou, Mehdi Ramdani, Hassan
Kachach, Nadia Kaci, Samir El Hakim, Aure Atika
Unwanted
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
Kosovo | 2017 | Dutch, Albanian | 85 min | Colour
Alban, a lonely boy, who
lives in Amsterdam with
his refugee mother from
Kosovo, keeps getting into
trouble while yearning for her
acceptance. But the traumas
caused by the war, which his
mother hides away from him,
turn his world upside down.
Director Edon Rizvanolli
Producer Edon Rizvanolli
Screenplay Edon Rizvanolli
Cinematographer Danny Noordanus
Editor Edon Rizvanolli
Cast Adriana Matoshi, Jason de Ridder, Niki Verkaar, Hugo Koolschijn,
Celia Nufaar, Besnik Krapi
Wajib
Abu Shadi is a divorced father
and a school teacher in his
mid-60s living in Nazareth.
After his daughter’s wedding
he will live alone. Shadi, his
son, arrives from Rome after
years. As the estranged pair
spend time together, the tense
details of their relationship
emerge.
Western
A group of German workers
sets off to a construction site
in the border region between
Bulgaria and Greece. The
foreign land awaken the men’s
sense of adventure. The stage
is quickly set for a showdown
when the men begin to
compete for recognition
and favour from the local
villagers.
Palestine, France, Germany, Colombia, Norway, Qatar, United Arab
Emirates | 2017 | Arabic | 96 min | Colour
Director Annemarie Jacir
Producer Ossama Bawardi
Screenplay Annemarie Jacir
Cinematographer Antoine Héberié
Editor Jacques Comets
Cast Mohammad Bakri, Saleh Bakri, Maria Zreik, Rana Alamuddin
✪ INDIA PREMIERE
Germany, Bulgaria, Austria | 2017 | German, English, Bulgarian | 119
min | Colour
Director Valeska Grisebach
Producer Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Michel Merkt
Screenplay Valeska Grisebach
Cinematographer Bernhard Keller
Editor Bettina Böhler
Cast Meinhard Neumann, Reinhardt Wetrek, Waldemar Zang, Detlef
Schaich, Syuleyman Alilov Letifo, Veneta Fragnova, Viara Borisova
50 INTERNATIONAL CINEMA IFFI 2017