Friday, October 14, 2011

Recommended Films at the Mumbai Film Festival

Here is a list of recommended films from the Mumbai International Film Festival.
For the complete selection and schedule, visit http://mumbaifilmfest.com


International Competition:

  • Las Acacias Pablo Giorgelli (Argentina-Spain / 2011) - selected this year at Cannes Critics week 
  • My Little Princess Eva Ionesco (France / 2011) - stars Isabelle Huppert, one of the most important living actors today. 
  • She Monkeys (apflickorna) Lisa Aschan (Sweden / 2011) (Special mention at Berlin)
World Cinema:
  • Pina Wim Wenders (Germany-France-UK / 2010)
  • The Turin Horse (a TorinÓi LÓ) Béla Tarr (Hungary-France-Switzerland-Germany / 2011)
  • We Have A Pope ( Habemus Papam ) Nanni Moretti (Italy-France / 2010)
  • Almayer’s Folly ( La Folie Almayer ) Chantel Akerman (Belgium-France / 2011)
  • Once Upon A Time In Anatolia (bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da) Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey / 2011)

French Cinema:
  • The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro) Robert Guédiguian (France / 2010)

Cannes Critics Week:
Almost every film here is worth watching, but here are a select few:
  • The Hour Of The Furnaces (la Hora De Los Hornos) Octavio Getino & Fernando Solanas (Argentina / 1970)
  • Esther Amos Gitai (Austria-Israel-UK / 1986)
  • See How They Fall ( Regarde Les Hommes Tomber ) Jacques Audiard (France / 1994)
  • Boy Meets Girl Leos Carax (France / 1984)
  • Rana’s Wedding (jerusalem, Another Day) Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine-Netherlands-UAE / 2002)
  • Provincial Actors (aktorzy Prowincjonalni) Agnieszka Holland (Poland / 1979)
  • Walkover (walkower) Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland / 1965)
  • Or (mon TrÉsor) Keren Yedaya (France-Israel / 2004)