Film Festivals 2012
How to Meet Girls from a Distance (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Dean Hewison
Starring: Aidee Walker, Jonathan Brugh, Richard Falkner, Scarlet Hemingway, Owen Black, Ha...
Toby (Richard Falkner) has always been unlucky with girls. Ever since getting stabbed in the throat after asking a girl out in a café, Toby has resolv... Read more
I Wish (2011)
7.4/10
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda
Starring: Maeda Koki, Maeda Ohshiro, Hayashi Ryoga
Twelve-year-old Koichi lives with his mother and retired grandparents in the southern region of Japan. His younger brother Ryunosuke lives with their... Read more
In Darkness (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Starring: Herbert Knaup, Benno Furmann, Maria Schrader, Agnieszka Grochowska, Robert Wieck...
From acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland ("Europa Europa"), "In Darkness" is based on a true story. Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in... Read more
Killer Joe (2011)
6.7/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Gina Gershon, Matthew McConaughey, Thomas Haden Church, Emile Hirsch, Juno Templ...
Following their earlier collaboration, "Bug", director William Friedkin and playwright Tracy Letts re-team for 'a totally twisted deep-fried Texas red... Read more
King of Devil's Island (2010)
7.5/10
Director: Marius Holst
Starring: Benjamin Helstad, Stellan Skarsgard, Kristoffer Joner, Trond Nilssen, Daniel Ber...
At Bastøy, life is tough; the manual labour is arduous and the young wards of the remote island reform school are underdressed and underfed for the fr... Read more
Klown (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Mikkel Norgaard
Starring: Iben Hjejle, Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Mia Lyhne, La...
"Klown" follows two wildly inappropriate friends - played by celebrated international comedians Frank Hvam and Caspar Christensen - as they run amok t... Read more
Letters to Father Jacob (2009)
7.4/10
Director: Klaus Haro
Starring: Heikki Nousiainen, Kaarina Hazard
Newly pardoned from a life prison sentence, bitter and sullen Leila is assigned to work in a secluded parsonage reading and composing letters for Fath... Read more
Lore (2012)
7.1/10
Director: Cate Shortland
Starring: Ursina Lardi, Nele Trebs, Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika...
Stranded with her younger siblings after their Nazi parents are imprisoned, Lore (Saskia Rosendahl) leads the remains of her family across war-torn Ge... Read more
Margaret (2011)
6.5/10
Director: Kenneth Lonergan
Starring: Anna Paquin, Jean Reno, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Allison Jan...
The youthful ideals of a New York teenager are set on a collision course with the realities and compromises of the adult world in "Margaret", a psycho... Read more
Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (2012)
7.9/10
Director: Matthew Akers
Starring: Marina Abramovic
Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramovic has been redefining what art is for nearly 40 years. Using her own body as a vehicle, pushing he... Read more