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Ayanda<br />

Ayanda ia 21-year-old Afro<br />

hipster who embarks on a<br />

journey of self-discovery<br />

trying to keep the memory of<br />

her father alive, when she is<br />

thrown into a world of greasy<br />

overalls and abandoned<br />

vintage cars in need of a<br />

young woman’s re-inventive<br />

touch.<br />

Nise: The Heart of<br />

Madness<br />

Dr. Nise da Silveira is back<br />

at work in a psychiatric<br />

hospital on the outskirts of<br />

Rio de Janeiro. He refuses to<br />

employ the new and violent<br />

electroshock for the treating<br />

schizophrenics. She starts<br />

a revolution through paints,<br />

dogs and love.<br />

South Africa | 2015 | English | 105 min | Colour<br />

Director Sara Blecher<br />

Producer Robbie Thorpe, Terry Pheto, Busi Sizani, Sara Blecher<br />

Screenplay Trish Malone<br />

Cinematographer Jonathan Kovel<br />

Editor Nicholas Costaras<br />

Cast Fulu Moguvhani, Oc Ukeje, Nthati Moshesh, Kenneth Nkosi<br />

Brazil | Portuguese | 2015 | Portuguese | 109 min | Colour<br />

Director Roberto Berliner<br />

Producer Rodrigo Letier<br />

Screenplay Patrícia Andrade, Leonardo Rocha, Roberto Berliner,<br />

Flávia Castro, Maurício Lissovski, Chris Alcazar, Maria Camargo<br />

Cinematographer André Horta<br />

Editor Pedro Bronz, Leonardo, Domingues<br />

Cast Glória Pires, Simone Mazzer, Julio Adrião, Cláudio Jaborandy<br />

Panfilov’s 28<br />

Based on the account by<br />

reporter Vasiliy Koroteev.<br />

Shortly after the battle, this<br />

is the story of Panifilov’s 28,<br />

soldiers of the Red Army’s<br />

316th Rifle Division, under<br />

the command of General<br />

Ivan Panfilov, that shielded<br />

Moscow from a column of 54<br />

Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer<br />

Division for several days.<br />

The Second Mother<br />

Val, a hard-working live-in<br />

housekeeper is content to take<br />

care her wealthy employers’<br />

needs, from cooking and<br />

cleaning to being a surrogate<br />

mother to their teenage son.<br />

But when her estranged<br />

daughter Jessica suddenly<br />

shows up, the unspoken but<br />

intrinsic class barriers are<br />

thrown into disarray.<br />

Russia | 2016 | Russian | 105 min | Colour<br />

Director Kim Druzhinin, Andrey Shalopa<br />

Producer Andrey Shalopa, Anton Yudintsev<br />

Screenplay Andrey Shalopa<br />

Cinematographer Nikita Rozhdestvenskiy<br />

Editor Vitaliy Vinogradov<br />

Cast Maksim Abrosimov, Sergey Agafonov, Pavel Aseev, Ivan Batarev,<br />

Maksim Belborodov<br />

Brazil | 2015 | Portuguese | 112 min | Colour<br />

Director Anna Muylaert<br />

Producer Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Débora Ivanov &<br />

Anna Muylaert<br />

Screenplay Anna Muylaert<br />

Cinematographer Barbara Alvarez<br />

Editor Karen Harley<br />

Cast Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles<br />

Soulmate<br />

The film centers around a<br />

love-triangle between two<br />

women and one man. Due to a<br />

twist of fate, two high school<br />

best friends fall in love with<br />

the same man, planting the<br />

seeds of tragedy. The story<br />

chronicles the coming of age<br />

journey of two very different<br />

young women.<br />

Kaasav<br />

Janaki is a divorcee trying<br />

to find meaning in her life<br />

in a sea-turtle conservation<br />

project run in a coastal<br />

village. She meets a young<br />

man Manav who has escaped<br />

from the hospital where he<br />

was in for attempting suicide.<br />

Janaki tries to create a nonjudgmental,<br />

non-intrusive,<br />

atmosphere to help him.<br />

China | 2016 | Mandarin | 110 min | Colour<br />

Director Derek Tsang<br />

Producer Le Che<br />

Screenplay Peter Ho-sun Chan<br />

Cinematographer Jake Pollock<br />

Editor Derek Hui, Dranshi Li, Xiang-Yuan Tan, Xiadin Zhou<br />

Cast Zhou Dongyu, Ma Sichun, Toby Lee<br />

India | 2016 | Marathi | 105 min | Colour<br />

Director Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar<br />

Producer Dr. Mohan Agashe, Sunil Sukhtankar, Sumitra Bhave<br />

Screenplay Sumitra Bhave<br />

Cinematographer Dhananjay Kulkarni<br />

Editor Mohit Takalkar<br />

Cast Irawati Harshe,Alok Rajwade,Kishor Kadam,Dr.Mohan Agashe,Devika<br />

Daftardar,Santosh Redkar,Omkar Ghadi<br />

58 INTERNATIONAL CINEMA <strong>IFFI</strong> <strong>2017</strong>

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