The Concorso internazionale presents a stimulating panorama of contemporary auteur cinema, where young talent rubs shoulders with that of established directors. A jury of major figures in cinema is charged with choosing one of the twenty competing fiction or documentary features from all over the world screened as world or international premieres to win the prestigious Pardo d'oro.
ABRIR PUERTAS Y VENTANAS (Back to Stay)
by Milagros Mumenthaler – Argentina/Switzerland/Holland – 2011 – 99 min
with María Canale, Martina Juncadella, Ailín Salas, Julián Tello
World Premiere
ANOTHER EARTH
by Mike Cahill – United States – 2011 – 92 min
with William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker
International Premiere
BEIRUT HOTEL
by Danielle Arbid – Lebanon/France – 2011 – 98 min
with Darine Hamze, Charles Berling, Fadi Abi Samra, Rodney El Haddad
World Premiere
CRULIC – DRUMUL SPRE DINCOLO (Crulic – The Path to Beyond) ^
by Anca Damian – Romania/Poland – 2011 – 72 min – Animation
World Premiere
DERNIÈRE SÉANCE (Last Screening)
by Laurent Achard – France – 2011 – 81 min
with Pascal Cervo, Karole Rocher, Mireille Roussel
World Premiere
DIN DRAGOSTE CU CELE MAI BUNE INTENTII (Best Intentions)
by Adrian Sitaru – Romania/Hungary – 2011 – 105 min
with Bogdan Dumitrache, Natasa Raab, Marian Râlea, Alina Grigore
World Premiere
EL AÑO DEL TIGRE (The Year of the Tiger)
by Sebastián Lelio – Chile – 2011 – 82 min
with Luis Dubo, Sergio Hernández, Viviana Herrera
World Premiere
HASHOTER (Policeman)
by Nadav Lapid – Israel – 2011 – 107 min
with Yiftach Klein, Yaara Pelzig, Michael Mushonov, Menashe Noi
International Premiere
LES CHANTS DE MANDRIN (Smugglers’ Songs)
by Rabah Ameur-Zaïmeche – France – 2011 – 97 min
with Jacques Nolot, Kenji Levan, Christian Milia-Darmezin, Sylvain Roume
World Premiere
LOW LIFE
by Nicolas Klotz and Elisabeth Perceval – France – 2011 – 128 min
with Camille Rutherford, Arash Naimian, Luc Chessel, Michael Evans
World Premiere
MANGROVE
by Frédéric Choffat and Julie Gilbert – Switzerland/France – 2011 – 70 min
with Vimala Pons, Solal, Giovanna Cavasola, Efren Mendez Avalos
World Premiere
ONDER ONS (Among Us)
by Marco Van Geffen – Holland – 2011 – 84 min
with Dagmara Bak, Natalia Rybicka, Rifka Lodeizen
World Premiere
SAUDADE
by Katsuya Tomita – Japan – 2011 – 167 min
with Tsuyoshi Takano, Hitoshi Ito, Dengaryu
International Premiere
SETTE OPERE DI MISERICORDIA (Seven Acts of Mercy)
by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio – Italy/Romania – 2011 – 100 min
with Roberto Herlitzka, Olimpia Melinte, Ignazio Oliva, Stefano Cassetti
World Premiere
TANATHUR (Last Days in Jerusalem / Derniers jours à Jerusalem)
by Tawfik Abu Wael – Israel/Palestine/France/Germany – 2011 – 81 min
with Ali Badarni, Lana Hajyahia, Kais Nashef, Zuhaira Sabbagh
World Premiere
TERRI
by Azazel Jacobs – United States – 2010 – 105 min
with Jacob Wysocki, John C. Reilly, Creed Bratton, Bridger Zadina
International Premiere
THE LONELIEST PLANET
by Julia Loktev – United States/Germany – 2011
with Gael García Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, Bidzina Gujabidze
World Premiere
TOKYO KOEN
by Shinji Aoyama – Japan – 2011 – 119 min
with Haruma Miura, Nana Eikura, Manami Konishi, Haruka Igawa
International Premiere
UN AMOUR DE JEUNESSE (Goodbye First Love)
by Mia Hansen-Løve – France/Germany – 2011 – 110 min
with Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Håvard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton
International Premiere
VOL SPÉCIAL
by Fernand Melgar – Switzerland – 2011 – 103 min
Documentary
World Premiere
[13 | 07 | 2011]
