Curacao
Overview of films
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Blancanieves
Pablo Berger | 104' | France | None
Blancanieves is Spanish for Snow White: the Grimm classic is situated in pre-war Spain, where the daughter of an invalid toreador has to cope with… -
Dentro
Emiliano Rocha Minter | 15' | Mexico | International premiere
Two friends doggedly build a mysterious artefact in the forest, the function of which remains unclear until the very end. -
Echo
Lewis Arnold | 17' | United Kingdom | World premiere
Teenager Caroline is at her wits’ end and asks a number of passers-by for help in this emotional, superbly acted story about grief. -
Friday Night
Gul Dharmani | 24' | India | World premiere
A surreptitious night on the town takes an unexpected turn for three teenage girls. Indian performance with genre conventions. -
Melaza
80' | Cuba | International premiere
Money and love worries of swimming teacher Aldo and rum factory worker Monica in Melaza, the cradle of Cuban sugarcane. With tangible love for Cuba,… -
Men of the Earth
Andrew Kavanagh | 10' | Australia | European premiere
No dialogue, yet original and emotionally engaging. About road workers engaged in a strange and impressive ritual. -
My Sister’s Quinceañera
Aaron Douglas Johnston | 72' | Netherlands | World premiere
A different Americana, far removed from jeans ads and truck commercials. Mexican-American residents of small-town Iowa, non-professional actors, depic -
Nairobi Half Life
David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga | 96' | Germany | None
This debut is a catchy comedy, filled with unlikely plot turns that go with the genre and the colourful realism of real African life. The… -
Night of the Foxes
Tom Haines | 14' | United Kingdom | European premiere
Kent, Garden of England. The summer is long and fruitless, tempers are frayed and subdued with drugs and alcohol. A fall from grace, rampant foxes…