Critics' Choice
Overzicht van films
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Fistful of Flies
Monica Pellizzari | 85' | Australia | -
Feature début by Italian-Australian Pellizzari is a personal, black comedy about a sixteen-year-old girl. Critic’s Choice of Peter van Bueren, Volkskr -
Forever Fever
Glenn Goei | 91' | Singapore | -
This charming film was a major hit back home and is set in Singapore in 1977. Supermarket worker Hock is inspired by a variant on… -
Francofonia
Alexander Sokurov | 87' | France | None
Exciting blend of feature film, historic reconstruction and detective essay about the Louvre in World War II. While a plot is hatched to take the… -
François Truffaut, stolen portraits
Serge Toubiana, Michel Pascal | 93' | France | -
Documentary about Truffaut by e.g. the editor-in-chief of Cagiers du Cinéma. Chosen by Ab Zagt (Algemeen Dagblad). -
Fusa
Ichikawa Kon | 92' | Japan | -
Man of noble blood falls in love with mysterious woman who says she has lost her memory. Chosen by Peter van Beuren (De Volkskrant). -
Gabbeh
Mohsen Makhmalbaf | 75' | France | -
Life and stories of a Northern Iranian tribe, portrayed symbolically and lyrically by versatile talent Makhmalbaf – Critic’s Choice by Mark Duursma, D -
Georgia
Ulu Grosbard | 114' | USA | -
This powerful character study is a tight sketch of the mood of the Seattle music scene. The mother of protagonist Jennifer Jason Leigh, Barbara Turner -
Get on the Bus
Spike Lee | 120' | USA | -
Arresting portrait of a group of men who travelled from Los Angeles to Washington for the so-called Million Men March, a day organised in 1995… -
Gorilla bathes at noon
Dusan Makavejev | 83' | Germany | -
Russian soldier stays in Berlin after the Wall falls and can’t accept the changes. Chosen by Hans Beerekamp (NRC Handelsblad). -
Grosse fatigue
Michel Blanc | 87' | France | -
Comedy and quasi-docu-drama in which Blanc himself plays the leading rôle and like other personalities plays himself. Chosen by Ab Zagt, Algemeen Dagb -
Hamlet
Michael Almereyda | 123' | USA | -
This version of the Shakespeare drama is set in today’s New York, where the masters of the universe rule from the Elsinore Hotel. The Danish… -
Helmut Berger, Actor
Andreas Horvath | 90' | Austria | None
Both the worst and the best film of 2015, according to cult director John Waters, and most likely the most controversial one of IFFR 2016:…