HBF Harvest 2013   

<strong>On Mother's Head</strong>
<strong>Fat Shaker</strong>
<strong>Halley</strong>
<strong>Longing for the Rain</strong>
<strong>Leones</strong>
<strong>Atambua 39° Celcius</strong>
<strong>La Playa D.C.</strong>
<strong>Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses</strong>
<strong>Poor Folk</strong>
<strong>Noche</strong>
<strong>Penumbra</strong>

Award-winning films of HBF Harvest 2013:

Harvest in the Hivos Tiger Awards Competition 2013
Fat Shaker

Fat Shaker

Did you see the one with the fat man and the leeches? I’d rather not, some will say, but then they'll miss one of the most unusual films of the festival. By an... Muhammad Shirvani, 2013, Iran, 85 min.
Halley

Halley

Beto is dead and can no longer hide this with make-up and perfume. Life stops. For zombies too, at some stage. But before we get that far, Beto experiences a... Sebastián Hofmann, 2012, Mexico, 85 min.
Longing for the Rain

Longing for the Rain

The cliche that money doesn’t make you happy is perhaps nowhere more topical than in the nouveau riche Chinese middle classes. It acquires a surprising... Yang Lina, 2013, Hong Kong, 98 min.
Noche

Noche

The six friends of suicide victim Miguel gather to clear out his things, guess his motives and celebrate his life. Uneasy and sultry atmosphere in this... Leonardo Brzezicki, 2013, Argentina, 85 min.
Penumbra

Penumbra

Portrait of a poor and aged couple waiting for death and filling time with the rituals of routine. Picturesque and realistic documentary, with a leading role... Eduardo Villanueva, 2013, Mexico, 89 min.

Harvest in Bright Future 2013
Leones

Leones

Deep in the woods, birds whistle and trees rustle. Five friends roam among the trees, talking and seducing. Are they lost? Or are they stuck? Fragments on a... Jazmín López, 2012, 80 min.
La Playa D.C.

La Playa D.C.

Male hairstyles also count - above all in La Playa, a district of Bogotá where many immigrants from the West Coast live. Young Tomas is looking for a better... Juan Andrés Arango, 2012, 90 min.
Melaza

Melaza

Money and love worries of swimming teacher Aldo and rum factory worker Monica in Melaza, the cradle of Cuban sugarcane. With tangible love for Cuba, the... Carlos Lechuga, 2012, Cuba, France, Panama, 80 min.
Memories Look at Me

Memories Look at Me

A film in which the characters are all themselves and we look on in silence: a daughter with a life of her own in Beijing visits her parents in her birthplace.... Song Fang, 2012, 91 min.
Mai morire

Mai morire

To care for her dying mother, Chayo returns to the village where she once left her husband and children behind. Despite being surrounded by beauty and love,... Enrique Rivero Huerta, 2012, 84 min.
On Mother's Head

On Mother's Head

Bali is not Indonesia. And not everybody lives there like a tourist. On Bali you can eat pork. Small farmers each keep a couple of pigs, preferably not a large... Kusuma Widjaja Putu, 2013, 94 min.
Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses

Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses

Another side of Indonesia. With ordinary locations around Yogyakarta (and hence not the tourist Borobudur), an original story told in fragments about an... Yosep Anggi Noen, 2012, 90 min.
Poor Folk

Poor Folk

A gangster film that doesn’t look or feel like one, but like life itself. At least, life in the lawless border area between Myanmar (Burma) and Thailand. A... Midi Z, 2012, Taiwan, Myanmar, 105 min.
salvajes, Los

salvajes, Los

A fierce escape is followed by a violent journey through the wilds of Argentina, looking for the promised new home. This mystic fable about courage and... Alejandro Fadel, 2012, Argentina, 119 min.
Wadjda

Wadjda

Wadjda is 10 years old, lives in Saudi Arabia and wants a green bicycle. Her conservative surroundings think that a girl should not be on a bicycle, but Wadjda... Haifaa Al Mansour, 2012, Saudi Arabia, Germany, 100 min.
What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love

What They Don't Talk About When They Talk About Love

A wondrous film, and that is clearly what the maker wanted. She tells cheerful love stories about young blind people, played by blind actors. Apparently... Mouly Surya, 2013, Indonesia, 101 min.

Harvest in Spectrum 2013

Atambua 39° Celsius

Atambua 39° Celsius

Atambua is a very hot, dusty town in the Indonesian part of Timor. A boy from a family torn by East Timor's bloody independence is in conflict with his... Riri Riza, 2012, 90 min.
Harmonica's Howl

Harmonica's Howl

A sun-drenched fluid love story between Antonia, Luana and Pedro. Possessed by passion, they are imprisoned in a puzzling game of attraction and rejection.... Bruno Safadi, 2013, Brazil, 72 min.
Kalayaan

Kalayaan

Last summer, China and Japan were suddenly on a war footing because of claims to a couple of small uninhabited islands. The film is set on such an island.... Adolfo B. Alix Jr., 2012, Philippines, 115 min.
Lukas the Strange

Lukas the Strange

John Torres is the poet of Philippine cinema. A poet with his own rules and ways of working. He can announce to make a film in Mindanao, but then heads for... John Torres, 2013, Philippines, 85 min.
One Day When the Rain Falls

One Day When the Rain Falls

Meticulous family story set in an old Javan house. Outside, it’s raining incessantly. The story's three parts, each with a relative as protagonist, reveal... Ifa Isfansyah, 2013, Indonesia, 98 min.
Rio Belongs to Us

Rio Belongs to Us

After receiving a strange picture postcard, Marina knows there’s nothing else to it but to return to Rio de Janeiro, the beautiful city that here seems... Ricardo Pretti, 2013, Brazil, 75 min.
Something Necessary

Something Necessary

The past weighs heavier for some than for others. For this Kenyan woman, a victim of political and racial violence, it is heavier than conceivable. Nor is the... Judy Kibinge, 2013, 85 min.
Steel Is the Earth

Steel Is the Earth

By the chronicler of the Filipino countryside and harsh life on remote islands, beyond thick jungles and behind wild mountains. He knows what he’s talking... Mes De Guzman, 2013, 114 min.

Harvest in Signals: Inside Iran

Modest Reception

Modest Reception

Iranian absurdism. A man and a woman have a suitcase full of money to share out in an inhospitable border area. Giving money away starts playfully, but adopts... Mani Haghighi, 2012, Iran, 100 min.

An overview of past HBF Harvest films: