Check the complete programme here A WAR / KRIGEN Country: Denmark Year: 2015 Director: Tobias Lindholm Starring: Pilou Asbæk, Tuva Novotny, Dar Salim Genre: Drama Running Time: 115 min Language: Danish, Arabic, English Subtitles: English Claus Pedersen, a Danish army commander in Afghanistan, does his best to lead his men with integrity and maintain their morale after one of their young comrades is killed by a landmine. During an unexpected siege, Claus makes a decision that will have consequences not only for him but for his family back in Denmark. He is faced with a moral dilemma while his wife Maria is trying to keep her family together in spite of the horrible thing that has happened. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film - Academy Awards 2016 Nominated for Dragon Award - Göteborg IFF 2016 German Cinema Award for Peace - Munich IFF 2016 (Photo: still from A War) AFTER LOVE / L'ECONOMIE DU COUPLE Country: Belgium, France Year: 2016 Director: Joachim Lafosse Starring: Bérénice Bejo, Cédric Kahn Genre: Drama Running Time : 98 min Language: French Subtitles: English After 15 years of living together, Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce. What remains when love has gone? In their case, it's the house she paid for and he remodeled – and two daughters. Boris doesn't earn enough to pay for his own apartment, so he moves to the couch temporarily. 15 years of tenderness, rage and resentment have grown in the couple, wild pent-up feelings that need an outlet, somewhere in the prison their house has become. Directors Fortnight - Cannes IFF 2016 Contemporary World Cinema - Toronto IFF 2016 Pearls - San Sebastian IFF 2016 (Photo: still from After Love) CHOUF Country : France Year : 2016 Director : Karim Dridi Genre: Drama Starring: Sofiane Khammes, Foued Nabba, Nailia Harzoune Running Time: 108 min Language : French Subtitles : English Chouf: it means “look” in Arabic, but it is also the name of the watchmen in the drug cartels of Marseille. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. He quickly rises to the top and becomes the boss's right hand. Trapped by the system, Sofiane is dragged into a spiral of violence. Special Screenings - Cannes IFF 2016 (Photo:still from Chouf) DUST CLOTH / TOZ BEZI Country : Turkey, Germany Year : 2015 Director : Ahu Öztürk Genre: Drama
Running Time: 99 min Language : Turkish, Kurdish Subtitles : English Shuttling between the destitution and wealth of the city, two cleaning ladies, Nesrin and Hatun, try to understand life and find a way of their own. As Hatun tries to save up enough money to buy a home in a neighborhood where she cleans houses, Nesrin struggles with the absence of her husband and her own loneliness, while also trying to find a way through life with her five year-old daughter. The paths of these two women may be different, but their companionship is enduring as they cling to disparate dreams. Best Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Cineuropa Award - Istanbul IFF 2016 Forum Official Selection - Berlin IFF 2016 (Photo: still from Dust Cloth) GREETINGS FROM FUKUSHIMA / GRÜßE AUS FUKUSHIMA Country : Germany
With the “Clowns 4 Help” organization, Marie, a german woman, hopes to bring joy to the Fukushima disaster survivors but she soon realizes she's unsuited for the task. About to run away, she decides to stay with cantankerous old Satomi, the last geisha of Fukushima, who decided to retreat back to her ruined house in the formerly radioactive Exclusion Zone. Two women who couldn‘t be more different, but who, each in her own way, are trapped in the past and must learn to liberate themselves from guilt and the burden of memory.
C.I.C.A.E Award, Heiner Carow Award, 2nd Place for Panorama Audience Award - Berlin IFF 2016
Golden Duke for Best Actor - Odessa IFF 2016
(Photo: still from Greetings from Fukushima) THE OLIVE TREE / EL OLIVO Country: Spain Year: 2016 Director: Icíar Bollaín Starring: Anna Castillo, Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambros Genre: Drama Running Time: 98 min Language: Spanish Subtitles: English Alma's grandfather has not spoken in years and he no longer wants to eat. Close to him, the young woman realizes he has been grieving for a thousand-year-old olive tree that the family has uprooted and sold to pay some debts. Unable to bear the idea that her grandfather could die without seeing this terrible wrong corrected, Alma undertakes a quixotic mission to locate the tree and return it to the family orchard. A bittersweet tale of family loyalties and ecological concerns.
European Perspectives - Edinburgh IFF 2016
Best Director (2nd place) and Best Actress (3rd place) - Seattle IFF 2016 (Photo: still from The Olive Tree) ON THE OTHER SIDE / S ONE STRANE Country : Croatia Year : 2015 Director : Roberto Minervini Starring: Ksenija Marinković, Lazar Ristovski, Tihana Lazović
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 85 min Language : Croatian Subtitles : English Vesna is a middle-aged visiting nurse in Zagreb. Quietly she goes about her daily life of mundane chores: babysitting for her son, helping her daughter to prepare for her wedding. Out of the blue she gets a call from her husband Zarko, who left his family on the eve of the war to fight for "the other side". His reappearance sends her carefully reconstructed life into a tailspin, endangering her new identity. Croatian Submission - Academy Awards 2017 Label Europa Cinema Special Mention - Berlin IFF 2016 Grand golden Arena, Croatia Society of Film Critics Award - Pula FF 2016 (Photo: still from On the Other Side) SIERANEVADA Country: Romania, France Year: 2016 Director: Cristi Puiu Starring: Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Tatiana Lekel Genre: Comedy, Drama Running Time: 173 min Language: Romanian Subtitles: English Three days after the terrorist attack on the offices of Parisian weekly Charlie Hebdo - and forty days after the death of his father, Lary a doctor in his forties is about to spend the Saturday at a family gathering to commemorate the deceased. But the occasion does not go according to his expectations. Forced to confront his fears and his past, to rethink the place he holds within the family, Lary finds himself constrained to tell his version of the truth. Romanian Submission - Academy Awards 2017 Official Competition, Best Screenplay (International Cinephile Society Award) - Cannes IFF 2016 Masters - Toronto IFF 2016 (Photo: still from Sieranevada) TRUMAN Country: Spain, Argentina Year: 2015 Director: Cesc Gay Starring: Ricardo Darin, Javier Camara Genre: Drama, Comedy Running Time: 108 min Language: Spanish Subtitles: English Julián receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tomás, who lives in Canada. For four intense days, the two men, accompanied by Julián's faithful dog, Truman, will share emotional and surprising moments. A few unforgettable days together; laughing, reminiscing, crying… because their reunion is also their last goodbye. A humorous and honest portrait of the courage it takes to accept that death is just another part of life. Contemporary World Cinema - Toronto IFF 2015 Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Script, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actor - Goya Awards 2016 Golden Shell for Best Actor (ex-aequo Ricardo Darin - Javier Camara) - San Sebastian IFF 2015 (Photo: still from Truman) THE UNKNOWN GIRL / LA FILLE INCONNUE Country: Belgium, France Year: 2016 Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Starring: Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier Genre: Drama Running Time: 106 min Language: French Subtitles: English, Arabic After closing her practice for the day, Jenny a young doctor, hears the doorbell but doesn't answer. The next day, the police informs her that a young woman has been found dead close by. On learning from the police that they have no way of identifying her, Jenny has only one goal: find the name of this young girl so that she will not be buried anonymously – so that she does not disappear as if she had never lived. Official Competition - Cannes IFF 2016 Masters - Toronto IFF 2016 (Photo: still from The Unknown Girl) All data is provided by the Panorama of the European Film Ahram Online is the media sponsor of The Panorama of the European Film and of Zawya. For more arts and culture news and updates, follow Ahram Online Arts and Culture on Twitter at @AhramOnlineArts and on Facebook at Ahram Online: Arts & Culture
