Sandra, a young mother who raises her daughter alone, pays regular visits to her sick father. While she and her family fight tooth and nail to get him the care he requires, Sandra reconnects with Clément, a friend she hasn’t seen in a while. Although he is married, a passionate relationship begins. Around the World [...]
Leila’s Brothers
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:21:57+00:00Leila, 40, has spent her whole life taking care of her parents and four brothers. The family argues constantly and is crushed by debts, in a country caught in the grip of international economic sanctions. As her brothers are trying to make ends meet, Leila formulates a plan: to start a family business that would [...]
1976
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:27:53+00:00Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house to supervise its renovation. Her husband, children and grandchildren come back and forth during the winter vacation. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, away from the quiet life she [...]
War Pony
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:28:48+00:00WAR PONY follows the interlocking stories of two young Oglala Lakota men growing up on the Pine Ridge Reservation. At 23, Bill just wants to make something of himself. Whether it’s delivering goods or breeding Poodles, he is determined to hustle his way to the “American Dream”. Meanwhile, 12-year-old Matho can’t wait to become a [...]
Godland
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:29:40+00:00In the late 19th century, a young Danish priest travels to a remote part of Iceland to build a church and photograph its people. But the deeper he goes into the unforgiving landscape, the more he strays from his purpose, the mission and morality. Around the World in 14 Films 2022 Credits +++ Berlin [...]
Rodeo
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:30:29+00:00Hot tempered and fiercely independent, Julia finds escape in a passion for motorcycles and the high-octane world of urban ‘Rodeos’ - illicit gatherings where riders show off their bikes and their latest daring stunts. After a chance meeting at a Rodeo Julia finds herself drawn into a clandestine and volatile clique and, striving to prove [...]
Eight Mountains
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:31:41+00:00A story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home. Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years Bruno remains faithful [...]
EO
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:34:02+00:00The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life's path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for [...]
R.M.N.
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:34:46+00:00A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his multi-ethnic Transylvanian village. He wishes to involve himself more in the education of his son, Rudi, left for too long in the care of his mother, Ana, and to rid the boy of the unresolved fears that have taken hold [...]
Mediterranean Fever
Jan Smacka2023-05-17T14:36:44+00:00Mediterranean Fever is the story of an encounter between Waleed, a 40-year-old writer and father suffering from depression, and his neighbor Jalal, a small-time crook. With this story of friendship balanced on a razor's edge, Palestinian director Maha Haj presents her second feature film in Un Certain Regard, after Personal Affairs (Omor Shakhsiya) in 2016. [...]