Zabaltegi New Directors - San Sebastian 2004
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- DirectorLucile HadzihalilovicStarsZoé AuclairLea BridarolliBérangère HaubrugeA look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.
- DirectorAhmet UluçayStarsFizuli CaferofGülayse ErkocHasbiye GünayIn his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.
- DirectorAksel HennieJohn Andreas AndersenStarsAksel HennieNicolai Cleve BrochBjørn FlobergUno is a story from inner-city Oslo about David, a twentyfive-year-old with few prospects for the future. His days are spent hanging around with petty criminals at an inner-city gym. Still, it's better than home: His father is terminally ill, his brother is mentally handicapped, and he's unable to connect with his mother.But then, as his father is on his deathbed, the gym is raided by the police. David chooses to betray his friends in the hope of reaching his father for a last farewell. But it's too late. With his father dead and his mother grief-stricken, he's also forced to take responsibility for his brother on top of fighting off his former underworld friends. The crisis makes David realize what's truly important in his life: his family. He starts assuming responsibility for both his past and his future. By losing everything, David is given a chance to start over from scratch and rebuild his life.
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsStephanie JamesGary SheppeardNathan JonesAt 17 LeighAnne Williams has a six month old baby to look after, with only the help of three teenage squatters who flog stolen gear to make ends meet. A neighbour (actually from Turkey) across the street becomes target to her growing paranoia that Social Services are going to take her daughter, Rebecca, away from her. Her behavior becoming increasingly desperate as her delusions over her neighbor grow. She convinces Steven, Gavin, and Robbie he needs a lesson.
- DirectorCiro GuerraStarsLowin AllendeCésar BadilloJulián DíazTwo men meet in downtown Bogotá; one is missing a leg, the other is a "silletero," a man who carries people around for money. Each character bears the burden of a bitter past life.
- DirectorSimon StahoStarsMikael PersbrandtSam KesselMaria BonnevieThomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody understands that this good-bye is definite, and still he says things they will never forget.
- DirectorJorge GaggeroStarsNorma AleandroNorma ArgentinaMarcos MundstockA wealthy woman and her live-in housekeeper must adjust their entrenched routine and relationship when Buenos Aires is plunged into economic crisis.,
- DirectorFanta Régina NacroStarsMoussa CisséGeorgette ParéAdama OuédraogoLa Nuit de la Vérité is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war between the government army of the Nayak, led by 'Le président', and the Bonande rebels led by Colonel Theo, there is some sign of peace negotiations. But not everyone is in favor of peace and one can feel the tension. The night of truth starts with a festive dinner, but the village idiot Tomoto always seems capable of ruining the attempts for peace with violence and provocation.
- DirectorNicolás TuozzoStarsDarío GrandinettiPablo RagoMercedes MoránThe stories of five railroad workers who have been sacked as a consequence of the economic crisis.
- DirectorDavid GriecoStarsMalcolm McDowellMarton CsokasRonald PickupA disgraced communist schoolteacher in Kyiv becomes a brutal, unfeeling serial killer. Based on the crimes of Andrei Chikatilo.
- DirectorBrad McGannStarsMatthew MacfadyenMiranda OttoEmily BarclayA disillusioned war journalist's return home is blighted when he becomes implicated in the mysterious disappearance of a teenage girl he has befriended.
- DirectorChing-Po WongStarsAndy LauJacky CheungShawn YueWhen Triad leader Hung's wife gives birth to a baby boy, Hung considers leaving the world of the gangsters. Despite the fact that he is not sure of his decision, word gets out fast and now, a brutal war begins in the world of "jiang-hu". Two hoodlums, Wing and Turbo, set to make a name for themselves, are ordered to kill Hung. Meanwhile, an internal conflict begins between Hung and his #1 man, Left-Hand. Despite this conflict, the two have nothing but respect for each other. However, they know deep down, that there are people waiting to get rid of Hung.
- DirectorBettina OberliStarsAndré JungJudith HofmannPeter Arens
- DirectorPablo MaloStarsUnax UgaldeJavier PereiraMarisa ParedesWhen wealthy Adrian and impoverished teenager Gonzalo meet by chance, the intersection of their lives takes the two in a dangerous direction.
- DirectorDaniel MacIvorStarsJames AllodiCallum Keith RennieElliot PageA day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man's plan to kill himself quietly.
- DirectorRouven BlankenfeldStarsIrma SchmittHans-Peter DeppeKlaus LehmannMaria and her husband, Walter are a middle-class couple that has to move in with the father of hers, who has a debilitating aneurism. She suffers from an obsolete existence as a submitting housewife. Her husband is extremely catholic and does not support the idea of sending her father to an old people's home. She sees no escape from her torture, until a mysterious call takes place.