IFFI 2017 Handbook

Wonderstruck
Ben and Rose are children
from two different eras who
secretly wish that their lives
were different. Ben longs for
the father he’s never known,
while Rose dreams of a
mysterious actress whose
life she chronicles in a
scrapbook. They both set out
on epic quests to find what
they’re missing.
The Wound
Xolani, a lonely factory
worker, joins the men of his
community in the mountains
of the Eastern Cape to initiate
a group of teenage boys into
manhood. When a defiant
initiate from the city discovers
his best kept secret, Xolani’s
entire existence begins to
unravel.
USA | 2017 | English | 117 min | Colour, Black and White
Director Todd Haynes
Producer Pamela Koffler, John Sloss, Christine Vachon
Screenplay Brian Selznick
Cinematographer Edward Lachman
Editor Affonso Gonçalves
Cast Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams,
Millicent Simmonds
South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, France | 2017 | Xhosa | 88 min
| Colour
Director John Trengove
Producer Elias Ribeiro, Cait Pansegrouw
Screenplay John Trengove, Malusi Bengu, Thando Mqgolozona
Cinematographer Paul Ozgur
Editor Matthew Swanepoel
Cast Nakhane Touré, Niza Jay Ncoyini, Bongile Mantsai, Thobani Mseleni
The Young Karl Marx
Karl Marx, aged 26, embarks
with his wife Jenny on the
road to exile. In 1844 Paris,
he meets Friedrich Engels,
an industrialist’s son, who
investigated the birth of
the British working-class.
Engels, the dandy, provides
the last piece of the puzzle
to the young Karl Marx’s new
vision of the world.
Zer
Zer is the story of a song,
whispered to Jan’s ear on his
grandmother’s deathbed. A
survivor of Dersim Massacre,
Zarife hid her identity, her
past in her memory of this
song. Raised in NYC, Jan
begins a journey through
Kurdistan, searching for his
grandma’s past and his own
self.
Germany, France, Belgium | 2017 | German, French, English | 112
min | Colour
Director Raoul Peck
Producer Nicolas Blanc, Rémi Grellety, Robert Guédiguian, Raoul Peck
Screenplay Pascal Bonitzer, Raoul Peck
Cinematographer Kolja Brandt
Editor Frédérique Broos
Cast August Diehl, Stefan Konarske, Vicky Krieps
✪ ASIA PREMIERE
Germany, Turkey, USA | 2017 | Turkish, Kurdish, English | 113 min
| Colour
Director Kazim Öz
Producer Turan Tokel, Kazim Öz
Screenplay Kazim Öz
Cinematographer Eyüp Boz, Feza Çaldiran, Orçun Özkilinç
Editor Thomas Balkenhol, Kazim Öz
Cast Ahmet Aslan, Haleigh Ciel, Fsun Demirel, Nik Xhelilaj
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