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The 12th
Rome Film Fest has unveiled its Official Selection Lineup, which includes some of the most buzzed about films. The festival will open with
Hostiles directed by Scott Cooper and starring Christian Bale; and close with The Place directed by Paolo Genovese.
Set in 1892, Hostiles tells the story of a legendary army captain (Christian Bale) who reluctantly accepts escorting a Cheyenne warlord leader (Wes Studi) and his family to their lands. During the trip they will meet a young widow (Rosamund Pike) whose dear ones have been assassinated in those plains, and together they will have to survive that ruthless landscape and hostile Comanche tribes.
In The Place, a mysterious man always sits at the same table as a restaurant, ready to meet the greatest wishes of eight visitors in exchange for tasks to be performed. How will they be willing to push the protagonists to achieve their desires?
2017 Rome Film Fest Official Selection
ABRACADABRA
by Pablo Berger, Spain, France, Belgium, 2017, 96’
Cast: Maribel Verdú, Antonio de la Torre, José Mota, José María Pou, Quim Gutiérrez, Priscilla Delgado, Julián Villagrán, Javivi
LOS ADIOSES | THE ETERNAL FEMININE
by Natalia Beristain, Mexico, 2017, 85’
Cast: Karina Gidi, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Tessa Ia, Pedro de Tavira Egurrola
IN BLUE
by Jaap van Heusden, Netherlands, 2017, 102’
Cast: Maria Kraakman, Bogdan Iancu, Ellis van den Brink, Maria Rainea, Ada Gales, Patrick Vervueren
BORG MCENROE
by Janus Metz, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, 2017, 100’
Cast: Sverrir Gudnason, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tuva Novotny, Ian Blackman, Robert Emms, Scott Arthur
CABROS DE MIERDA | THE YOUNG SHEPHERD
by Gonzalo Justiniano, Chile, 2017, 118’
Cast: Nathalia Aragonese, Daniel Contesse, Elías Collado, Corina Posada de Gregorio, Luis Dubbó, Nicolás Rojas, Sara Becker Rodríguez
C’EST LA VIE! (LE SENS DE LA FÊTE)
by Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache, France, 2017, 117’
Cast: Jean-Pierre Bacri, Gilles Lellouche, Jean-Paul Rouve, Vincent Macaigne, Alban Ivanov, Eye Haidara, Suzanne Clément, Hélène Vincent, Benjamin Lavernhe
CUERNAVACA
by Alejandro Andrade Pease, Mexico, 2017, 90’
Cast: Carmen Maura, Emilio Puente, Moisés Arizmendi, Mariana Gajá, Diego Álvarez García, Dulce Domínguez, Aranza Beltrán
DETROIT
by Kathryn Bigelow, United States, 2017, 142’
Cast: John Boyega, Will Poulter, Anthony Mackie, Hannah Murray, Jack Reynor
FERRARI: RACE TO IMMORTALITY
by Daryl Goodrich, United Kingdom, 2017, 91’ | Doc |
O FILME DA MINHA VIDA | THE MOVIE OF MY LIFE
by Selton Mello, Brazil, 2017, 113’
Cast: Johnny Massaro, Vincent Cassel, Bruna Linzmeyer, Selton Mello, Ondina Clais, Bia Arantes, Martha Nowill, Rolando Boldrin, João Pedro Prates
HIKARI | AND THEN THERE WAS LIGHT
by Tatsushi Omori, Japan, 2017, 138’
Cast: Arata Iura, Eita, Kyoko Hasegawa, Manami Hashimoto, Kaho Minami, Mitsuru Hirata, Masayo Umezawa, Nayuta Fukuzaki, Ama Gu, Atsuya Okada, Hirara Hayasaka
OPENING FILM
HOSTILES
by Scott Cooper, United States, 2017, 127’
Cast: Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike, Wes Studi, Jesse Plemons, Adam Beach, Rory Cochrane, Ben Foster
THE HUNGRY
by Bornila Chatterjee, India, United Kingdom, 2017, 100’
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Tisca Chopra, Neeraj Kabi, Arjun Gupta, Sayani, Antonio Aakeel, Suraj Sharma
I, TONYA
by Craig Gillespie, United States, 2017, 121’
Cast: Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson, Paul Walter Hauser, Bobby Cannavale, Allison Janney
KANOJO GA SONO NA WO SHIRANAI TORITACHI | BIRDS WITHOUT NAMES
by Kazuya Shiraishi, Japan, 2017, 123’
Cast: Yu Aoi, Sadawo Abe, Tori Matsuzaka, Eri Murakawa, Masaaki Akahori, Muck Akazawa, Shû Nakajima, Yutaka Takenouchi
KŘIŽÁČEK | LITTLE CRUSADER
by Václav Kadrnka, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Italy, 2017, 90’
Cast: Karel Roden, Aleš Bílík, Matouš John, Jana Semerádová, Jiří Soukup, Michal Legíň, Jana Ol’hová, Ivan Krúpa, Eliška Křenková, Jan Bednář, Tomáš Bambušek
LAST FLAG FLYING
by Richard Linklater, United States, 2017, 125’
Cast: Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne
LOGAN LUCKY
by Steven Soderbergh, United States, 2017, 119’
Cast: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Hilary Swank, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan, Brian Gleeson, Jack Quaid
LOVE MEANS ZERO
by Jason Kohn, United States, 2017, 90’ | Doc |
MADEMOISELLE PARADIS
by Barbara Albert, Austria, Germany, 2017, 97’
Cast: Maria Dragus, Devid Striesow, Lukas Miko, Katja Kolm, Maresi Riegner, Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Stefanie Reinsperger, Susanne Wuest, Christoph Luser
MARIA BY CALLAS, IN HER OWN WORDS
by Tom Volf, France, 2017, 95’ | Doc |
MON GARÇON | MY SON
by Christian Carion, France, 2017, 84’
Cast: Guillame Canet, Mélanie Laurent, Olivier De Benoist, Antoine Hamel, Mohamed Brikat, Lino Papa, Marc Robert, Pierre Langlois, Tristan Pagès, Christophe Rossignon, Pierre Desmaret
MUDBOUND
by Dee Rees, United States, 2017, 134’
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks, Garrett Hedlund
NADIE NOS MIRA | NOBODY’S WATCHING
by Julia Solomonoff, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, United States, 2017, 102’
Cast: Guillermo Pfening, Elena Roger, Rafael Ferro, Cristina Morrison, Kerry Sohn, Pascal Yen-Pster, Paola Baldion, Marco Antonio Caponi, Mayte Montero, Petra Costa, Mirella Pascual, Moro Anghileri, Javana Mundi
ONE OF THESE DAYS
by Nadim Tabet, Lebanon, 2017, 80’
Cast: Manal Issa, Yumna Marwan, Reine Salameh, Panos Aprahamian, Nicolas Cardahi, Julien Farhat, Walid Feghali
THE ONLY LIVING BOY IN NEW YORK
by Marc Webb, United States, 2017, 89’
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Jeff Bridges, Pierce Brosnan, Kiersey Clemons, Tate Donovan, Cynthia Nixon, Callum Turner
PRENDRE LE LARGE | CATCH THE WIND
by Gaël Morel, France, 2017, 103’
Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Mouna Fettou, Kamal El Amri, Ilian Bergala, Lubna Azabal
UNA QUESTIONE PRIVATA | RAINBOW: A PRIVATE AFFAIR
by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Italy, France, 2017, 84’
Cast: Luca Marinelli, Valentina Bellè, Lorenzo Richelmy
SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD
by Matt Tyrnauer, United States, 2017, 98’ | Doc |
SKYGGENES DAL | VALLEY OF SHADOWS
by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen, Norway, 2017, 91’
Cast: Adam Ekeli, Katherine Fagerland, John Olav Nilsen
STRONGER
by David Gordon Green, United States, 2017, 119’
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Tatiana Maslany, Miranda Richardson, Clancy Brown, Carlos Sanz, Frankie Shaw, Danny McCarthy, Lenny Clarke
TORMENTERO
by Rubén Imaz, Mexico, Colombia, Dominican Republic, 2017, 80’
Cast: José Carlos Ruiz, Gabino Rodríguez, Mónica Jiménez, Rosa Márquez, Waldo Facco, Nelly Valencia, Ausencio Valencia, Leonardo Verdejo
TOUT NOUS SÉPARE
by Thierry Klifa, France, 2017, 98’
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Diane Kruger, Nekfeu, Nicolas Duvauchelle
TROUBLE NO MORE
by Jennifer Lebeau, United States, 2017, 59’ | Doc |
LA VIDA Y NADA MÁS | LIFE & NOTHING MORE
by Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain, United States, 2017, 110’
Cast: Andrew Bleechington, Regina Williams, Robert Williams, Ry’nesia Chambers
WHO WE ARE NOW
by Matthew Newton, United States, 2017, 99’
Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Emma Roberts, Zachary Quinto, Jimmy Smits, Jess Weixler, Jason Biggs
IN COLLABORATION WITH ALICE NELLA CITTÀ
THE BREADWINNER
by Nora Twomey, Ireland, Canada, Luxemburg, 2017, 93’ | Animation |
MAZINGER Z INFINITY
by Junji Shimizu, Japan, 2017, 95’ | Animation |
SATURDAY CHURCH
by Damon Cardasis, United States, 2017, 82’
Cast: Luka Kain, Margot Bingham, Regina Taylor, Marquis Rodriguez, MJ Rodriguez, Indya Moore, Alexia Garcia, Kate Bornstein, Jaylin Fletcher
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT IT
This section includes a selection of films to be screened at the Rome Film Fest after a remarkable international debut.
BABYLON BERLIN
by Tom Tykwer, Henk Handloegten, Achim von Borries, Germany, Episodes 1 and 2, 2×45’ | TV Series |
Cast: Liv Lisa Fries, Volker Bruch, Peter Kurth, Leonie Benesch, Severija Janušauskaitė, Matthias Brandt, Lars Eidinger, Fritzi Haberlandt, Mišel Matičević
INSYRIATED
by Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium, France, Lebanon, 2017, 85’
Cast: Hiam Abbass, Diamand Abou Abboud, Juliette Navis
MZEVLEBI | HOSTAGES
by Rezo Gigineishvili, Georgia, Poland, Russia, 2017, 104’
Cast: Irakli Kvirikadze, Tina Dalakishvili, Merab Ninidze, Darejan Kharshiladze, Avtandil Makharadze
THE PARTY
by Sally Potter, United Kingdom, 2017, 71’
Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall
UNE PRIÈRE AVANT L’AUBE | A PRAYER BEFORE DAWN
by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, France, United Kingdom, 2017, 117’
Cast: Joe Cole, Vithaya Pansringarm, Nicolas Shake
PROMISED LAND
by Eugene Jarecki, United States, Germany, 2017, 117’ | Doc |
SPECIAL EVENTS
CLOSING FILM
THE PLACE
by Paolo Genovese, Italy, 2017, 105’
Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Sabrina Ferilli, Vinicio Marchioni, Silvia D’Amico, Giulia
BETWEEN CINEMA AND MUSIC
NYSFERATU – SYMPHONY OF A CENTURY
by Andrea Mastrovito, United States, 2017, 67’ | Animation |
SELECTED BY… BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI
DA’WAH
by Italo Spinelli, Indonesia, 2017, 64’
Cast: Wahyu Rafli, Muhammad Hasan Masduqi, Ahmad Yazid, Muhammad Shofi
A TIMELESS DIRECTOR
SPIELBERG
by Susan Lacy, United States, 2017, 147’ | Doc |
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The Durban International Film Festival today announced the films and jury members for competition at this year’s 39th edition of the festival, which takes place from July 19 to 29, 2018.
Award categories are Best Feature Film, Best South African Feature Film, Best Documentary, Best SA Documentary, Best Short Film, Best African Short Film, Best South African Short Film, Best Actor Award, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, Artistic Bravery, Audience Choice Award, Wavescape Audience Choice Award and the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award.
Feature films in competition are Clint (India) directed by Harikumar Ramakrishna Pilla, Farewell Ella Bella (SA) directed by Lwazi Mvusi, The Foolish Bird (Ben Niao) (China) directed by Ji Huang, Otsuka Ryuji, High Fantasy (SA) directed by Jenna Bass, Mayfair (SA), directed by Sara Blecher, The Movie Of My Life (O Filme Da Minha Vida) (Brazil) directed by Selton Mello, Pororoca (Romania, France) directed by Constantin Popescu, Rafiki (Kenya, South Africa) directed by Wanuri Kahiu, The Recce (SA) directed by Ferdinand Van Zyl, The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (Palestine, Netherlands, Germany, Mexico) directed by Muayad Muayad, Supa Modo (Germany, Kenya), directed by Likarion Wainaina, The Tale (USA) directed by Jennifer Fox, A Trip To The Moon (Un Viaje A La Luna) (Argentina) directed by Joaquín Cambre.
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Silas[/caption]
Documentary films in competition are We could be Heroes (Denmark, Morocco, Tunisa, Brazil) directed by Hind Bensari, Silas (Canada/South Africa/Kenya) directed by Anjali Nayar and Hawa Essuman, Whispering Truth To Power (South Africa/Netherlands) directed by Shameela Seedat, New Moon directed by Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann, Kinshasa Makambo (Democratic Republic Of The Congo/France/Switzerland/Germany/Norway) directed by Dieudo Hamadi, Amal (Egypt/Lebanon/Germany) directed by Mohamed Siam, Spell Reel, (Germany/Portugal/France/Guinea-Bissau) directed by Filipa César, Shakedown (Usa) directed by Leilah Weinraub, The Silk and the Flame (Fei’e Pu Huo) (United States) directed by Jordan Schiele, The State Against Nelson Mandela and the Others (France) directed by Nicolas Champeaux and Gilles Porte.
All SA documentaries and features are also eligible for the SA Best Documentary and SA Best Feature awards.
Fiction section jurors are Bongiwe Selane, the award-winning SA producer with a string of credits behind her including her debut SA block buster feature Happiness is a Four-Letter- Word; Hakeem Kae Kazim, the well-known British-Nigerian actor who has gained international acclaim for his performance in the Oscar nominated film Hotel Rwanda. He has countless credits in major international films such as The Triangle with Sam Neill, Pirates of the Caribbean III, X-Men Origins: Wolverine with Hugh Jackman and many more. Nse Ikpe-Etim Nigerian is a multiple award-winning actress who DIFF audiences will remember from her role in the celebrated Meg Rickards’ film Tess.
The documentary film jury includes Uzanenkosi on of the SA’s busiest and most prolific producers, who created InterSEXions the award-winning first of its kind, world over drama series that won an unprecedented 11 SAFTA awards. Nakai Matema, a veteran Zimbabwean Producer who has produced several ground-breaking documentaries including Rehad, Desai’s My Land, My Life and Leo Phiri’s A Fighting Spirit from the STEPS for the Future series. Nigerian filmmaker Mahmood Ali-Balogun who has directed numerous films including multiple award-winning film Tango With Me, and has been on the juries of numerous festivals such as Cairo International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Abuja International Film Festival and African International Film Festival (AFRIFF). Dorothee Wenner is a Berlin-based freelance filmmaker, writer and curator who has been on the selection committee of Berlin’s International Forum since 1990 and serves as the Berlinale’s Delegate for India and sub- Saharan Africa.
The Shorts Jury includes Alicia Price, Head of the Film Department at SAE Cape Town and Leon Van Der Merwe, a founding member, Chief Operating Officer, board member and director of the Cape Town International Film Market and Festival (CTIFMF).
The Amnesty International Durban jury is convened by its chair Coral Vinsen with members Professor Margaret Daymond, Lazola Kati , Betty Rawheath and Nelvia Rawheath.