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Abrir puertas y ventanas (Milagros Mumenthaler, Argentina/Switzerland 2011)
During a hot late summer, Mumenthaler’s debut follows the sisters Marina, Sofia and Violeta, who come to terms with the death of their grandmother as they lounge about, quarrel and cuddle. Between these sob sessions in Grandma’s house, the young girls test each other’s boundaries. Winner of the Golden Leopard in Locarno.
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Lena (Christophe Van Rompaey, Netherlands 2011)
Almost every teenage girl is yearning for love and almost every teenage girl is insecure. And if you don’t live up to what is seen as the ideal female, then things don’t get any easier. Moving portrait of a girl who has to fight hard for happiness. Set in Rotterdam.
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L'hiver dernier (John Shank, Belgium/France 2011)
Headstrong young cattle farmer in a remote area in France refuses to adapt his way of working to the demands of the modern era. Controlled and beautifully photographed debut by a young filmmaker, who is tangibly bonded to his subject. Beautiful music by the Antwerp group Die Anarchistische Abendunterhaltung.
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The Invader (Nicholas Provost, Belgium 2011)
The feature debut by Provost - who has been a regular Guest in Rotterdam since his first short film - is a hypnotic series of big-city tableaux, where an opinionated black illegal immigrant who gets washed up in the notorious first seen on a nude beach, has an affair with a rich white woman.
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