Films 2012   

A La Cantábrica La Cantábrica is a factory that recently closed in a suburb of Buenos Aires, where four young friends meet regularly during the financial crisis of the 1990s.... Ezequiel Erriquez, 2012, Argentina, 80 min.

A77A Project, The The work is a 2-D and 3-D animation of a figure of the ancient gods, Anubis. A figure that dwells in the streets of urban Cairo today, intermingling with... Khaled Hafez, 2009, Egypt, 3 min.

About the Pink Sky Cheeky, untouchable girls can make a film immortal. Think of Jean Seberg in À bout de souffle. From now on you can also dream of the bold Ai Ikeda. In... Kobayashi Keiichi, 2011, Japan, 113 min.

Abrir puertas y ventanas Set 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... Milagros Mumenthaler, 2011, Argentina, Switzerland, Netherlands, 98 min.

Ace Attorney Miike Takashi has a reputation for dark, violent films. So it was a surprise when he announced he would be adapting a light-hearted Nintendo game (Phoenix... Miike Takashi, 2012, Japan, 135 min.

Adam A young man navigates through the cityscapes of contemporary Cairo with its contrasting crowds and finds himself out of place and struggling to be heard. Ali Heraize, 2011, Egypt, 2 min.

Adebar Kubelka strips the images down to their black-and-white essentials, to create the ultimate abstract film choreography. Peter Kubelka, 1957, Austria, 1 min.

Africa Young Finnish filmmaker Harju’s disturbing, raw film gets up close to a psychotic man. We don’t all live in the same reality. Matti Harju, 2012, Finland, United Kingdom, 9 min.

After Dark The filmmaker’s muse, Hannah Lin, as an almost blind masseuse. Why doesn’t she want to be cured? What is so comforting about the dark? John Hsu, 2011, Taiwan, 21 min.

Agatha A psychosexual sci-fi about a planet without speech. Based on a dream had by the radical British composer Cornelius Cardew. Beatrice Gibson, 2012, United Kingdom, 14 min.

Aisha's Song A filmmaker with a good ear as well as a good eye. A fabulous sounding portrait of a girl who wasn’t lost. Orlando von Einsiedel, 2011, Nigeria, United Kingdom, 10 min.

All That She Surveys When I say that I’m not at all sure what All That She Surveys means, I’m not being disingenuous: the film remains fundamentally mysterious to me.... Gary Mairs, 2012, USA, 15 min.

All the Lines Flow Out Beautifully photographed work starts at the moment when eight mysterious men, dressed in raincoats, come together from a mountain. Charles Lim Yi Yong, 2011, Singapore, 21 min.

Alms for the Blind Horse In the Punjab region during one turbulent night, a home is demolished at the orders of the landlord. In the morning, the whole village protests. A film dealing... Gurvinder Singh, 2011, India, 117 min.

Alone with the Moon This is a wonderfully illusive slowmo animation film: a night vision from the depths of a well, the darkness pregnant with bugs and stars. Peter Burr, 2012, USA, 14 min.

Alps Lanthimos (Dogtooth) is a pioneer in new Greek cinema. In the absurd Alps, we follow a nurse, a paramedic, a gymnast and her trainer, who... Yorgos Lanthimos, 2011, Greece, 93 min.

Among Others Several monitors appear in semi-public spaces around the festival centre. Takala invites us to follow her game of trespassing and challenging social... Pilvi Takala, Finland, 60 min.

amour de jeunesse, Un Farewell first love! A sensitive and beautifully shot portrait of a young girl who loses her first great love, because the boy doesn’t want to tie himself down... Mia Hansen-Løve, 2011, France, 110 min.

Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi and the 27 Years Without Images, The Eric Baudelaire, artist and photographer, films on Super-8 the political and personal reflections of May, the daughter of the founder of the Japanese Red Army... Eric Baudelaire, 2011, France, 66 min.

Anna Fascinating masterpiece of documentary from the 1970s. Its charm, freshness and complexity defy short explanation. Shot on video, transferred to 16mm and now... Alberto Grifi, Massimo Sarchielli, 1975, Italy, 225 min.

Another Passion Narrative film in which Yossry portrays her own struggle to study cinema, and the confrontations she had with her family. Heba Yossry, 2006, Egypt, 20 min.

Apnoe Wonderful third part of the Living Space series by Hund and Horn about a very normal family that suffers from a lack of gravity. Harald Hund, Paul Horn, 2011, Austria, 10 min.

Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close, L' A members-only brothel in Paris, early 20th century. A prostitute’s face, mutilated by a client, bears a tragic smile. Around her, the other girls with their... Bertrand Bonello, 2011, France, 122 min.

Applied Theories of Expanding Minds Experimental science fiction film set in an Africa that has just freed itself from Chinese domination. Screened before The Clay Diaries. Rut Karin Zettergren, Jennifer Rainsford, Lena Bergendahl, 2011, Kenya, Sweden, 29 min.

Apuda With a painter’s eye, the filmmaker portrays a poor, simple man caring for his sick father. Bitter beauty. An exquisite impression of two men who live the way... He Yuan, 2010, China, 145 min.

arca, El After an idyllic start, things go drastically wrong with this Noah’s Ark. The papier-mâché actors elicit realistic emotions. Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, 2011, Netherlands, Chile, 17 min.

Arcana Editing master Hills displays his skills as a creative director in a breathtaking work after a script and to music by John Zorn. Henry Hills, 2011, Austria, USA, 31 min.

Arnulf Rainer This is a film composed entirely of solid black and solid white frames, strung together in lengths as long as 24 frames and as short as a single frame. Peter Kubelka, 1960, Austria, 7 min.

Arrastre A beautifully choreographed animation film with a title denoting both a drag in dance terminology and a crude apparatus used for pulverizing ore. Nicholas Brooks, 2010, United Kingdom, 8 min.

Ausreichend Classic drama about enthusiastic young teacher who threatens to succumb to his pupils’ power games. Reminiscent of Entre les murs. Isabel Prahl, 2011, Germany, 30 min.

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