Torino Film Festival Competition 2018
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- DirectorMelissa Miller CostanzoStarsBrendan MeyerMolly RingwaldBrian d'Arcy JamesA teenage boy's infatuation with a woman he sees on the bus further complicates his already tumultuous adolescence.
- DirectorMarkus SchleinzerStarsMakita SambaAlba RohrwacherLarisa FaberIn early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo achieves prominence and becomes the Viennese court mascot until he decides to secretly marry a white woman.
- DirectorEwa BukowskaStarsMagdalena PoplawskaMichal ZurawskiKinga PreisAnna, whose husband Witek is an acclaimed 1990s war correspondent, keeps waiting for him to return safely from each war he reports from. But soon she gets overwhelmed by fear and anxiety.
- DirectorSébastien PiloteStarsKarelle TremblayPierre-Luc BrillantFrançois PapineauA frustrated teenager frees herself from her mother's influence and her narrow life in a small industrial town to find out who she really is.
- DirectorGustav MöllerStarsJakob CedergrenJessica DinnageOmar ShargawiA police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
- DirectorMargaux BonhommeStarsDiane RouxelCédric KahnJeanne CohendyElisa, a passionate teenager, wants to enjoy the summer on the slopes of the Vercors where she grew up. Her mother leaves her alone with her father and disabled sister, and the increasing responsibility sees her love turned into hatred.
- DirectorAndré Novais OliveiraStarsGrace PassôRusso AprRejane FariaIn order to take a new job as an employee in the public sanitation department, Juliana moves from the inner city of Itaúna to the metropolitan town of Contagem in Brazil. While waiting for her husband to join her, she adapts to her new life, meeting people and discovering new horizons, trying to overcome her past.
- DirectorDavid NawrathStarsRainer BockAlbrecht SchuchThorsten MertenWalter is a 60-year-old removal man for forced evictions. He recognizes in one of the tenants about to be evicted his estranged son, Jan. In order to help Jan, Walter has to confront not only his crooked boss but also his own past.
- DirectorShireen SenoStarsJana AgoncilloAngge SantosSid LuceroEight year-old Yael, shy to a fault, lives in her own private world. One day she finds out about a pen that can "translate" the thoughts and feelings of nervous people.
- DirectorGuillaume SenezStarsRomain DurisBasile GrunbergerLena Girard VossOlivier is fighting with his comrades at work against injustices, but one night his wife Laura leaves him and the kids on 9 and 6. He must now meet another struggle and face up to his new responsibilities. Can he find a new balance?
- DirectorBabis MakridisStarsYannis DrakopoulosEvi SaoulidouMakis PapadimitriouThe story of a man who feels happy only when he is unhappy, a man addicted to sadness, who has such need for pity, he's willing to do everything to evoke it from others. This is the life of a man in a world not cruel enough for him.
- DirectorValerio MastandreaStarsChiara MartegianiRenato CarpentieriStefano DionisiA woman and her ten-year-old son deal, in their own way, with the death of the husband/father, who died at the factory where he worked, while all around them the anticipation and concentration grow as everyone awaits the day of the funeral. The surprising first film directed by Valerio Mastandrea, a spaced-out and original drama, recounted like a comedy, laughter and emotion, no tricks or facile shortcuts.
- DirectorBörkur SigþórssonStarsAnna PróchniakIngvar SigurdssonGísli Örn GarðarssonTwo antagonistic brothers decide to smuggle drugs into their native Iceland using a young Polish girl as their mule.
- DirectorPaul DanoStarsEd OxenbouldJake GyllenhaalCarey MulliganA teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
- DirectorGábor ReiszStarsGábor ReiszKatica NagyZsolt Kovács33-years old Tamás is heartbroken after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, he takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it's practically gone.