on the waterfront new films
Overview of films
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11 November, Saint Petersburg
Nathalie Alonso Casale | 24' | Netherlands | World premiere
Poetic video diary from St. Petersburg. About invisible underwater light and fish that scratch in plastic bags. -
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Am Rande der Arena
Markus Heltschl | 83' | Austria | World premiere
Improvised feature shot in the Portuguese port of Porto, also Cultural Capital in 2001. -
At Sea (Harbouring Thoughts: Adrift)
Jon Jost | 18' | Netherlands | World premiere
Jost did not film in a specific port, but collected pictures from his personal archive. A meditation about travelling and staying home. -
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Before Night Falls
Julian Schnabel | 125' | USA | -
Exuberant and sensitive portrait of the forbidden life in Havana of the homosexual writer Reinaldo Arenas. Strong feature by the famous painter Schnab -
Bronx-Barbès
Eliane de Latour | 110' | France | -
Powerful and original drama set in the slums of the Ivory Coast. Two young gangsters try to survive in spite of everything. Virtuoso slang dialogues. -
The Carfax Fragment
Christopher Petit | 15' | Netherlands | World premiere
Diary of an essayist with historical and literary interests. About the shipping out of criminals and the arrival of Count Dracula. -
Cargo
Laura Waddington | 35' | Netherlands | World premiere
Film-maker lived for a month on a container vessel that visited several ports in the Near East. Report of an adventure. -
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Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks its Back
Braden King, Laura Moya | 80' | USA | -
Atmospheric black & white documentary about an inaccessible fishing island off the coast of Alaska. Ice poetry and forbidding beauty with an award-win -
England!
Achim von Borries | 98' | Germany | -
Sensitive and topical film about the dreams of emigrants. A sick Russian roaming Berlin continues to hope that he will cross the sea.
