Category: features

Directed by Bujar Alimani (Albania, 2011)
Sound Design by Leandros Ntounis at i hear voices
Re-recording Mixing by Kostas Varybopiotis at Echo Studio

Synopsis
A man and a woman in Albania. Their two partners are both in custody but reforms in the penal system allow married couples to meet once a month for sexual contact. At first the film spins these two narrative threads alongside each other and then ties them together artfully. The two meet by chance in the prison and start a tender love affair that looks set to end when their partners are freed in an amnesty. Using breathtaking images without any superfluous flourishes, Amnistia depicts the life of its protagonists in today’s Albania, which is marked by unemployment, economic hardship and patriarchal structures. The recently sacked textile workers queuing to collect their pay offs, the run-down hospital kitchen, a newspaper press, a tyrannical father-in-law acting up as a guardian of moral standards, and repeated takes of roads and buildings.

Festivals | Awards
Berlin Film Festival “Forum – C.I.C.A.E. Award”, Germany (2011)
Sarajevo Film Festival “Competition”, Bosnia and Herzegovina (2011)
Gothenburg Film Festival “Debuter”, Sweden (2012)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival “Official Selection – Audience Award”, Estonia (2011)
MoMA Global Lens, USA (2012)

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Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece, 2010)
Sound Design by Leandros Ntounis at i hear voices
Re-recording Mixing by Kostas Varybopiotis at Echo Studio

Synopsis
Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she chooses to observe it through the songs of Suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sexual-education lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella.
A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be “overrated.” Caught between the two men and her collaborator, Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of the human fauna.

Festivals | Awards
Venice Film Festival “Competition – Best Actress Award”, Italy (2010)
Sundance Film Festival “Spotlight”, USA (2011)
New Directors/New Films New York, USA (2011)
Toronto Film Festival “Official Selection”, Canada (2010)
Rotterdam Film Festival “Bright Future”, Netherlands (2011)
Locarno Fim Festival “I film delle giurie”, Switzerland (2011)
Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2011)
Buenos Aires Festival of Independent Film (BAFICI) “Competition – Best Director”, Argentina (2011)
Lux Award Nominee (European Parliament Film Prize) (2011)

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Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Greece, 2009)
Sound Design by Leandros Ntounis at i hear voices
Re-recording Mixing by Yannis Skandamis at DNA Lab

Synopsis
The father, the mother and their three kids live in a house at the outskirts of a city. There is a tall fence surrounding the house. The kids have never left the house. They are being educated, entertained, bored and exercised in the manner that their parents deem appropriate, without any influence from the outside world. They believe that the airplanes flying over are toys and that zombies are small yellow flowers. The only person allowed to enter the house is Christina. She works as a security guard at the father’s business. The father arranges her visits to the house in order to appease the sexual urges of the son. The whole family is fond of her, especially the eldest daughter. One day Christina gives her as a present a headband that has stones that glow in the dark and asks for something in return.

Festivals | Awards
Cannes Film Festival “Un Certain Regard”, France (2009)
Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film (2011)
Toronto Film Festival “Contemporary World Cinema”, Canada (2009)
Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands (2010)
New Directors New Films New York, U.S.A. (2010)
SITGES  “Best New Director”, Spain (2009)
Stockholm Film Festival “Bronze Horse Award for Best Film”, Sweden (2009)
Busan Film Festival “Official Selection”, Korea (2009)

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