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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>