Global Cinema
Director: Guillaume Nicloux
2015
The Kidnapping of Michel Houellebecq
L'enlèvement de Michel Houellebecq
2014-93'-French, Polish-Color-France
Producer: Sylvie Pialat
Cast: Michel Houellebecq, Mathieu Nicourt, Maxime
Lefrançois, Luc Schwarz
Screenplay: Guillaume Nicloux
Cinematographer: Christophe Offenstein
Editor: Guy Lecorne
Sound Editor: Fanny Weinzaepflen
Costume Designer: Anaïs Romand
Production Designer: Didier Abot, Olivier Radot
Production Company: Les Films du Worso
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An amateur trio snag the harmless and frail writer Michel Houellebecq and cart him off to
a quaint home on the outskirts of suburban Paris. There, they offer him wine, cigarettes
and more unmentionable pleasures while they await an answer to their ransom demands.
What ensues is a series of naturalistic discussions between these rather buff goons and
our smart-assed intellectual hero.
Director’s Biography:
Guillaume Nicloux was born on August 3, 1966. He is a director for
both television and film as well as a writer. His bibliography includes a
total of nine novels. He is known for his films “The Nun” (2013), “The
Stone Council” (2006) and “Le poulpe” (1998).
Festival/Awards:
Tribeca Film Festival: Best Screenplay (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
The Valley of Love (2015)
The Nun (2013)
Holiday (2010)
The Key (2007)
The Stone Council (2006)
Hanging Offense (2003)
A Private Affair (2002)
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Global Cinema
2015
Director: Leonardo Frosina
The Last Leaf
L’ultima foglia
2012-87’-Italian-Color-Italy
Producer: Barbara Bruni, Manila Mazzarini, Silvia Ricciardi
Cast: Ferracane, Giorgia Cardaci, Kristina Cepraga, Alfio
Sorbello, Ninni Bruschetta
Screenplay: Leonardo Frosina
Cinematographer: Sandro Magliano
Editor: Massimiliano Cecchini
Sound Designer: Gianffranco Tortora
Music Composer: Nicola Giunta
Costume Designer: Isabella Faggiano
Production Designer: Luciano Nestola
Production Company: Josei
The story deals with the events in the lives of Zeno and Rossana, immersing the spectator
in the sentimental apathy that marks today’s relationships. He is a night watchman and
she is a musician. When they move to Rome for work reasons, things are already bad
between them, and the change only worsens their sentimental inertia. In fact they begin
to live in two different temporal dimensions: Rossana locks herself up in their home as if it
were a cage, while Zeno spends his nights doing rounds across the city with his lively and
easy-going colleague Tom. Zeno’s friendship with Tom, and particularly with Ela, a young
foreign barmaid, is a comfort for him, but also creates significant inner turmoil.
Director’s Biography:
Leonardo Frosina directed the short films “Venerdì” (1998) and “Non
amo nessuno” (2002), before moving to Rome to attend the Nuova
Università del Cinema e della Televisione (N.U.C.T.). Here he
continued directing short films, including “L'essenza dell'assenza”, in
competition in the Video-Art section of the Trani film festival,
Cortomirante (2004) and “Uriele”, in competition at the Reggio Film
Festival (2005). In 2008 he was selected for the International Film
Workshop Academy (InFWA) in Berlin where he directed “The Song of
the Whale”. In 2009, he held a film workshop at the Teatro Accademia
F. Centonze of Castelvetrano. In 2010 he started experimenting with
the Canon 550D making the teaser for “Non Legarti a Niente”, a
feature he is planning to shoot after “The Last Leaf”.
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Festival/Awards:
RIFF - Rome Independent Film Festival: Best Actress
(2013)
Festival dei film invisibill, Florence: Best Cinematography
(2013)
International Festival of Independent Cinema, Krakow
(2013)
Director’s Filmography:
The Song of the Whale (Short) (2008)
Uriele (Short) (2005)
L'essenza dell'assenza (Short) (2004)
Global Cinema
2015
Director: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
The Lesson
Urok
Producer: Magdelena Ilieva, Kristina Grozeva, Petar
Valchanov, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou
2014-105’-Bulgarian-Color-Bulgaria, Greece
Cast: Ivan Barnev, Ivanka Bratoeva, Stefan Denolyubov,
Margita Gosheva, Ivan Savov, Deya Todorova
Screenplay: Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Cinematographer: Krum Rodriguez
Editor: Petar Valchanov
Sound: Dobromir Hristoskov, Ivan Andreev, Veselin
Zografov, Tsvetelina Tsvetkova
Costume Designer: Kristina Tomova
Production Designer: Vanina Geleva
Production Company: Abraxas
Co-Production Company: Little Wing Productions, Graal
Films, Screening Emotions
An honest, hard-working school teacher in a small Bulgarian town wants to nab the little
thief in her class, so she can teach the culprit a lesson about right and wrong. But when she
finds herself trapped in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself? A tense
thriller that follows the simple schoolteacher’s desperate attempts to avoid utter financial
ruin.
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Festival/Awards: San Sebastián International Film Festival: Kutxa
Award (2014), Thessaloniki Film Festival: Best Screenplay, Bronze Alexander
(2014), Tokyo International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize (2014), Warsaw
International Film Festival: Competition 1-2 Award (2014)
Director’s Biography:
Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov studied Film Directing at the
NATFA in Sofia (Bulgaria). Their shorts have been selected for and
awarded prizes at several international festivals, including ClermontFerrand, Busan and Brussels. “Jump” (2012), the last short film
helmed by both of them, was nominated for the European Film
Awards in 2013 and that same year received the Best Short Film
Award from the Bulgarian Film Academy. “Urok” is their first feature
film.
Director’s Filmography:
Kristina Grozeva:
Jump (Short) (2012)
Family Therapy (Short) (2008)
Game (Short) (2006)
Petar Valchanov:
Jump (Short) (2012)
Avariyno katzane (2010)
Family Therapy (Short) (2008)
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Global Cinema
Director: Aik Karapetian
2015
The Man in the Orange Jacket
M.O.Zh.
2014-71'-Estonia-Color-Latvia, Estonia
Producer: Roberts Vinovskis
Cast: Anta Aizupe, Maxim Lazarev, Aris Rozentals
Screenplay: Aik Karapetian
Cinematographer: Janis Eglitis, Jurgis Kmins
Editor: Andris Grants
Sound Designer: Ernests Ansons, Verners Biters
Music Composer: Toms Aunins, Anna Aunina
Costume Designer: Katrina Liepa, Liga Knapska
Production Designer: Maris Zommers, Kristaps Kalsers
Production Company: Locomotive Production
Co-Production Company: Jarve Studio
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France
A dockworker who has just been laid off from his job sets off on a trudging country walk to
a luxurious lakeside mansion belonging to the dock's wealthy owner. Emotionless and
silently determined, the intruder slaughters the tycoon and his young wife. Instead of
fleeing the scene of his crime, the killer turns lord of the manor and begins savoring the
high life, gorging on expensive artwork and fancy food. But he soon starts to feel spooked
by odd noises and sightings around the remote, empty mansion. A mysterious figure, also
wearing an orange jacket like him, starts stalking him. A visit from a pair of look-alike
prostitutes descends into a sadistic, sexually deranged bloodbath and a brutal cat-andmouse chase through the snowy woods outside. Or so it seems, as there are strong hints
that these reality-warping scenes are feverish hallucinations.
Director’s Biography:
Aik Karapetian was born on 10 July, 1983. After having received his
M.A. degree in film direction from the Latvian Academy of Culture,
Karapetian went on to study at the Académie Internationale des Arts
ESEC in Paris, from where he graduated in 2008 as a film director. He
directed the new production of the Latvian National Opera's ‘The
Barber of Seville’, which was awarded the Best New Production of the
season. “People Out There” is Karapetian’s debut as a director of a
full-length feature film which premiered at Karlovy Vary IFF (2012) in
the competition section. His second feature-length project, a horror
film titled “M.O.Ж.” premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival
(Montreal) and Fantastic Fest (Austin). Karapetian is in high demand
as a TV commercial director.
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Festival/Awards:
Fantasia Film Festival (2014)
Fantastic Fest (2014)
BFI London FF (2014)
Mile High Horror FF (2014)
Tallinn Black Nights (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
People Out There (2012)
Riebums (2007)
Global Cinema
Director: Natalie Saracco
2015
The Maneater
La Mante religieuse
2014-88'-French-Color-France
Producer: Paule Aussant, Yves de Talhouet
Cast: Mylène Jampanoï, Marc Ruchmann, Arben
Bajraktaraj, Mathilde Besson, Alexandre Brik, Geneviève
Casile
Screenplay: Natalie Saracco
Cinematographer: Giovanni Fiore Coltellaci
Editor: Nathalie Langlade, Marie Da Costa
Sound Designer: François de Morant
Music Composer: Ernest Saint-Laurent
Costume Designer: Nadia Chmilevsky, Melanie Sednaoui
Production Designer: Gabriel Botcherby, Samuel
Teisseire
Production Company: 7th Heart Productions, Union
Prod
Jezabel, a young seductive, free and rebellious young woman, hungers for extreme life
experiences until she finds herself very close to hitting rock bottom. As a real modern
Mary Magdalene, she hides her fragility and her fear to love, behind the fact that she
constantly stretches the limits of transgression. Until the day her path bumps into that of a
young priest named David.
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Festival/Awards:
Festival of European and Mediterranean Films (2014)
Chennai Film Festival (2014)
Director’s Biography:
Natalie Saracco followed the Cours Florent before starting a career as
an actress in film, theater and television. She is the director and
author of three short fiction films: “Blood Buildings”, “It was a Large
Family' and “Faith ....”. In 2011, after a terrible car accident in which
she saw a near-death experience, she wrote the screenplay for “The
Praying Mantis”. Released in 2013, this film was her first feature.
Director’s Filmography:
Sang-Timent (Short)
Il était une Foi (Short)
Famille nombreuse (Short)
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Global Cinema
Director: Tala Hadid
2015
The Narrow Frame of Midnight
Itar El Layl
2014-90'-Arabic, French-Color-Morocco, France, UK
Producer: Khadija Alami, Joslyn Barnes, Cat Villiers
Cast: Khalid Abdalla, Marie-Josée Croze, Fadwa
Boujouane
Screenplay: Tala Hadid
Cinematographer: Alexander Burov
Editor: Joëlle Hache
Sound Designer: Simou Si Mohamed
Costume Designer: Myriam Laraki
Production Designer: Dominique Lacloche
Production Company: Autonomous, Louverture Films, K
Films
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France
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Taken and sold from her home in the hills of the Atlas mountains, Aicha finds herself at the
mercy of Abbas, a petty criminal, and his conflicted girlfriend, Nadia. They soon cross
paths with Zacaria, a Moroccan/Iraqi writer, who has left everything behind - including a
passionate relationship with a teacher, Judith - to follow in the path of and search for his
missing brother. The group embarks on a journey that will lead them from Morocco, to
Istanbul, across the plains of Kurdistan, to Iraq and beyond.
Director’s Biography:
Tala Hadid is a director and writer known for “Your Dark Hair Ihsan”
(2005), “The Narrow Frame of Midnight” (2014) and “The Welcome
Table Project” (2013). She co-produced and directed her first full
length film while she was studying as an undergraduate at Brown
University. In 2001, she directed “Windsleepers”, a film set in St.
Petersburg, Russia, with poets Genya Turovskaya and Vladimir
Kucheriavkin.
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Festival/Awards:
Toronto International Film Festival (2014)
BFI London Film Festival (2014)
Rome Film Market (2014)
Film Africa, London (2014)
Stockholm International Film Festival (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
Your Dark Hair Ihsan (Short) (2005)
Global Cinema
2015
Director: Matias Pineiro
The Princess of France
La Princesa de Francia
2014-85’-Spanish-Color-Argentina
Producer: Melanie Schapiro
Cast: Julián Larquier Tellarini, Agustina Muñoz, Alessio
Rigo de Righi, María Villar, Romina Paula
Screenplay: Matias Pineiro
Cinematographer: Fernando Lockett
Editor: Sebastián Schjaer
Sound Designer: Emilio Iglesias
Music Composer: Julián Larquier Tellarini, Julián Tello
Costume Designer: Ana Cambre
Production Designer: Ana Cambre
Production Company: Trapecio Cine
Co-Producers: Alta Definición Argentina, Universidad del
Cine, Jerónimo Rodriguez
Following the death of his father, Victor returns to Buenos Aires from Mexico. He
immediately attempts to rekindle his artistic pursuits, and to unconvincingly resist his
prior romantic foibles. He initiates a radio play of the Bard's ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ for his
former theatre company, which includes five women: his girlfriend Paula, who promised
to remain faithful to him; his lover Ana, who doubts the sincerity of his love; his ex Natalia,
who believes that she is still his favourite; Lorena, who dreams of taking their relationship
a step further; and Carla, a stranger who could very well be Victor's next true love. With
temptation and cunning hovering in the wings, life begins to imitate art as Victor's labour
of lost loves proves contagious.
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Festival/Awards:
Festival of Locarno (2014)
San Sebastian Film Festival (2014)
New York Film Festival (2014)
Vancouver International Film Festival (2014)
Director’s Biography:
Matias Pineiro was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1982. He
studied at the Universidad del Cine, where he went on to teach
filmmaking and film history. In 2011 he received the Radcliffe
Institute Fellowship from Harvard University for his film project. He
currently lives in New York on a New York University scholarship in
creative writing. His films include “El hombre robado” (2007), “Todos
mienten” (2009), “Rosalinda” (2010), and “Viola” (2012). He is
currently developing the third installment of his Shakespearean
project, “The Princess of France”.
Director’s Filmography:
Viola (2012)
Rosalinda (Short) (2011)
They All Lie (2009)
The Stolen Man (2007)
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Global Cinema
2015
Director: Sonja Prosenc
The Tree
Drevo
2014-90’-Slovenian-Color-Slovenia, Italy
Producer: Sonja Prosenc, Sandra Rzen, Rok Secen
Cast: Katarina Stegnar, Jernej Kogovsek, Lukas Matija
Rosas Ursic
Screenplay: Mitja Licen, Sonja Prosenc
Cinematographer: Mitja Licen
Editor: Milos Kalusek
Sound Designer: Julij Zornik
Music Composer: Janez Dovc
Costume Designer: Emil Cerar
Production Designer: Vasja Kokelj
Production Company: Monoo
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A family finds itself in a dead-end situation. They are only safe behind the walls of their
own house and yard. As time vanishes from their home, the shelter slowly turns into a
prison. However, nothing can keep the children from dreaming and yearning to be free
and an urge to make a decision seems inevitable.
Director’s Biography:
Sonja Prosenc was born in 1977 in Slovenia. She has a diploma in
journalism and cultural studies. She began working in the field of
visual production during her years at the university: film and graphic
design. She attended the Berlinale and Sarajevo Talent Campuses, cofounded the Monoo production house and was selected to
participate in the prestigious Torino Film Lab. After the short film
“Morning” and a documentary “Man with a Raven” she made her
first full feature film “The Tree” that premiered in the East of the West
section of the Karlovy Vary IFF.
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Festival/Awards:
Film by the Sea International Film Festival: Youth Jury
Award (2014)
Slovene Film Festival: Best Feature Film, Best Actor, Best
Cinematography, Best Music (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
Morning (Short) (2013)
A Man with a Raven (Short) (2012)
Global Cinema
Director: Jirí Mádl
2015
To see the Sea
Pojedeme k mori
2014-91'-Czech-Color-Czech Republic
Producer: Miloslav Smidmajer
Cast: Petr Simcák, Jan Marsál, Ondrej Vetchy, Miloslav
Taborsky, Zdenek Barinka, Anastázie Chocholatá, Lukás
Hrabák, Michaela Majerníková
Screenplay: Jirí Mádl
Cinematographer: Edita Kainrathová
Editor: Jakub Vansa
Sound: Pavel Dvorak, Klára Javoríková
Music Composer: Rene Rypar
Costume Designer: Katerina Konecná, Lucie Ulíková
Production Designer: Jana Nosková
Production Company: Bio Illusion, Ceská Televize
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At the heart of the film is a mystery, and 11 year-old Tomáš is particularly excited to have
life provide him with such an attention-grabbing event. Having placed his camera around
the house during the day, he sees his father is absent at certain times on certain days, yet
when he confronts him about it, he gets a complete denial. His suspicions are confirmed
when he hides the camera in his father’s study and records him addressing someone over
the phone as “honey”. Tomáš also cherishes a desire to see the sea, as he is from a
landlocked country after all, but his parents don’t sound optimistic about the outlook for
this year.
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Festival/Awards: Zlín International Film Festival for Children and
Youth: Best Feature Film for Children, Award of the City of Zlín (2014),
Finále Plzeň - speciální cena (2014), MFF pro děti a mládež Zlín (2014),
Ročník Festivalu Oty Hofmana - Ostrov nad Ohří (2014), Voices, Vologda
(RU) (2014), IFF Motovun, Croatia (2014), Seoul International Youth Film
Festival, Korea (2014), MFF Juniorfest (2014)
Director’s Biography:
Jirí Mádl was born on October 23, 1986. As an actor his first Englishlanguage performance came in the 2008 “Bathory”, directed by
legendary Slovak director and European Film Academy member Juraj
Jakubisko. Shortly after, he starred in “Night Owls” (2008), directed by
Oscar Nominee and Berlin International Film Festival award-winner
Michaela Pavlatova. His role in this film made him the youngest
recipient ever of the Crystal Globe for Best Actor at the 2008 Karlovy
Vary International Film Festival. Madl has been passionate about
learning foreign languages, having studied at several institutions
including learning English at the British Council, Italian at the Instituto
Italiano di Cultura, and German at the Goethe Institute in Berlin. Mádl
wrote and directed his first feature film “To See the Sea” in 2014.
Director’s Filmography:
Vsivaci (2014)
Vejska (2014)
Colette (2013)
The Confidant (2012)
I Wake Up Yesterday (2012)
Four Suns (2012)
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Global Cinema
2015
Director: Stefan Liberski
Tokyo Fiancée
Tokyo Fiancée
2014-100’-French, Japanese, English-Color-Belgium, Canada, France
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart
Cast: Pauline Etienne, Taichi Inoue, Julie LeBreton,
Alice de Lencquesaing, Akimi Ota, Hiroki Kageyama
Screenplay: Amélie Nothomb, Stefan Liberski
Cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie
Editor: Frédérique Broos
Sound Designer: Christian Rivest
Music Composer: Casimir Liberski
Costume Designer: Claire Dublen
Production Designer: Sophie Anquez
Production Company: Versus Production, Les Films du
Worso, Forum Films
Her head filled with dreams, Amélie, 20, goes back to Japan, where she spent her
childhood. To earn a living, she decides to give private classes in French and meets Rinri,
her first and only student, a young Japanese man with whom she soon has an intimate
relationship. Between surprises, happy times and the pitfalls of a culture shock that is
both poetic and amusing, she discovers a side of Japan she had never seen before.
Director’s Biography:
After graduating in Philosophy and Literature from the Université
Libre de Bruxelles in 1977, Stefan Liberski worked in a number of
fields before trying out various odd jobs in cinema. In 1989, he
founded the comic troupe ‘Les Snuls’ with a group of friends. Their
sketches would acquire a cult value on Canal+ (French TV) and on
radio. He pursued this experience with his accomplice Jannin in
‘Jadtoly’ and then, solo or with the occasional collaboration with
Bouli Lanners, he directed and produced a series of short films for
Canal+. In 2005, he directed his first feature “Bunker Paradise” with
Jean-Paul Rouve in the main role. In 2009, he directed a TV movie, for
Canal+ “En chantier, Mr. Tanner”, with Jean-Paul Rouve. In 2013, he
directed his second feature “Baby ‘Balloon” with Ambre Grouwels.
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Festival/Awards:
Talinn Black Nights (2014)
AFM (2014)
Director’s Filmography:
Baby Balloon (2013)
Bunker paradise (2005)
Global Cinema
Director: Viktoria Rampal Dzurenko
2015
Uncle Viktor
Ujo Viktor
2014-72'-Ukrainian, Slovak, Czech-Color-Czech Republic
Producer: Michaela Cajkova, Michal Kracmer
Cast: Alla Alexandrov, Eugen Libezniuk, Vasil Rusinak,
Ludmila Kuzmenko, Jan Jakab, Jaroslava Sisakova
Screenplay: Viktoria Rampal Dzurenko, Marek Grajciar
Cinematographer: Jan Skriecka
Editor: Ranjan Rampal
Dramaturgy: Ranjan Rampal
Sound Designer: Vitezslav Jira
Music Composer: Tomas Reindl
Costume Designer: Victor Tarasov
Production Designer: Jitka Sivr
Production Company: Studio FAMU
The film discusses the middle generations emptiness and their inability to communicate
among their peers and family members. During the two days of the New year party, old
wounds are opened, old desires are renewed. All this followed by gluttony and alcohol.
Only uncle Viktor can truly see this situation and wants to change it.
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Director’s Biography:
Viktória Rampal Dzurenko (Born: 6 May, 1982, Zvolen, Slovak
Republic) is a film director and painter. She has made several short
and long narrative and documentary films with experimental videos
and music videos in Central Europe and India. She is now doing her
PhD in Film Direction from the FAMU, concentrating on directing and
research about recent Indian independent cinema. Dzurenko is
currently preparing an Indian and Czech co-production feature film as
a director and story writer.
Director’s Filmography:
Wheel of Life (Short) (2012)
Few things about Lucia (Short) (2011)
The Father (Short) (2009)
Intermezzo (Short) (2008)
A Bride’s Dress (Short) (2008)
Chat Girl (Short) (2006)
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Global Cinema
2015
Director: Suha Arraf
Villa Touma
Villa Touma
2014-85’-Arabic-Color
Producer: Suha Arraf
Cast: Nisreen Faour, Ula Tabari, Cherien Dabis, Maria
Zreik, Nicholas Jacob
Screenplay: Suha Arraf
Cinematographer: Yaron Scharf
Editor: Arik Leibovitch
Sound Designer: Gil Toren
Music Composer: Boaz Schory
Costume Designer: Hamada Atallah
Production Designer: Eitan Levi
Production Company: Bailasan
Three unmarried aristocratic Christian sisters from Ramallah have been unable to come to
terms with the new reality of occupation and the mass migration of Palestine’s aristocracy.
In order to survive, they lock themselves away in their villa, clinging desperately to the
nostalgia of their former glory. One day, their orphan niece Badia, walks into their lives and
turns their world upside down. To preserve the family’s name, the three sisters try to
marry her off to an eligible aristocratic Christian man. Will dragging Badia to every funeral,
wedding, and church mass result in finding a good husband for her?
Director’s Biography:
Suha Arraf was born in the Palestinian village of Melyia, near
Lebanon. She began her filmmaking career as a documentary
producer. Her latest film; “Women of Hamas” (2010) received 13
awards at various international film festivals. Arraf’s first two
screenplays, “The Syrian Bride” (2004) and “The Lemon Tree” (2008),
both directed by Eran Riklis, received international acclaim, with the
latter winning the Best Screenplay Award at the Asia Pacific Screen
Awards, and a Best Screenplay nomination at the European Film
Academy Awards.
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Festival/Awards:
AFI Fest LA (2014)
Venice Film Festival (2014)
Toronto International Film Festival (2014)
Warsaw International Film Festival (2014)
Vienna International Film Festival (2014)
Other Israel Film Festival, NY (2014)
International Film Festival of India (2014)
BFI London Film Festival (2014)
London-Palestine FF (2014)