CIFFR 2015
Overview of films
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Club Sándwich
Fernando Eimbcke | 82' | Mexico | None
During a lazy vacation by a swimming pool, the first cracks appear in a tight mother-son relationship when adolescent Hector falls in love. The mother -
The Dark Horse
James Napier Robertson | 124' | New Zealand | None
Highly praised drama from New Zealand telling the true, impressive story of Genesis Potini, who fought for the future of disadvantaged children until -
The Farewell Party
Sharon Maymon, Tal Granit | 90' | Germany | None
An older married couple in an old people’s home in Jerusalem see friends and acquaintances suffering unnecessarily in the last days of their lives. Th -
Giants
Damian Marcano | 15' | Netherlands | World premiere
The youth of Rotterdam and their role models, parents, and guardians… otherwise known as giants. IFFR project with A View with a Room. -
Girlhood
Céline Sciamma | 112' | France | None
Energetic coming-of-age drama by Sciamma (Water Lilies, Tomboy), with an extremely young, highly convincing cast, showing how a 16-year-old girl flees -
Labour of Love
Aditya Vikram Sengupta | 84' | India | None
A husband and wife, gently in love and in the prime of life, hardly see each other due to their working schedules in an extremely… -
Loin des hommes
David Oelhoffen | 110' | France | None
French colonial Algeria, 1954: the War of Independence is about to break out. This is the birthplace of Albert Camus, author of the short story… -
Man on High Heels
Jang Jin | 125' | South Korea | None
Jang Jin’s fetish actor Cha Seung-Won plays an ultra-macho cop with a deep secret: he wants a sex change. Meanwhile he’s caught between taking down… -
Partes de una familia
Diego Gutierrez | 83' | Mexico | International premiere
Scenes from filmmaker Diego Gutierrez’s parents’ marriage: after 50 years there seems to be nothing left and father and mother live separate lives at -
Petite blonde
Émilie Aussel | 15' | France | None
On a hot summer afternoon, a group of youngsters from Marseille’s estates hang out at their spot by the sea. A blonde girl breaks cultural… -
Phoenix
Christian Petzold | 110' | Germany | None
Intelligent psychological and historical drama in which a Jewish concentration camp survivor whose face is disfigured beyond recognition goes in searc -
Quantum.
Flatform | 8' | Italy | World premiere
Spotlighting this small Italian mountain village brings a variety of hidden activities to light.