Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Ilana Glazer, Demi Moore
Director: Lucia Aniello
Writer: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs
Cinematographer: Sean Porter
Editor: Craig Alpert
Composer: Dominic Lewis
“Paris Can Wait” by Eleanor Coppola (USA, 2016)
An American woman tries to find her way between a husband who does not listen to her and a friend who wants to seduce her
Cast: Diane Lane, Arnaud Viard, Alec Baldwin
Director: Eleanor Coppola
Writer: Eleanor Coppola
Cinematographer: Crystel Fournier
Editor: Glen Scantlebury
Composer: Laura Karpman
“First They Killed My Father” by Angelina Jolie (USA, 2017)
“That this movie even exists is a small miracle. That it seems to have been made without compromise and largely without ego makes it even more rare.” Matt Zoller Seitz. RobertEbert.com, September 15, 2017
Cast: Phoeung Kompheak, Sveng Socheata, Sareum Srey Moch
Director: Angelina Jolie
Writer Angelina Jolie, Loung Ung; based on the book by Loung Ung
Cinematographer: Anthony Dod Mantle
Editor: Xavier Box, Patricia Rommel
Composer: Marco Beltrami
“The Journey Is the Destination” by Bronwen Hughes (South Africa, 2016)
The black-and-white ideological journey of a young reporter / Very active camera
Cast: Maria Bello, Kelly Macdonald, Ella Purnell
Director: Bronwen Hughes
Writers: Bronwen Hughes, Jan Sardi
Cinematography by Giulio Biccari
Film Editing by Robert Ivison, Natan Moss
“Suzaku” (Moe No Suzaku) by Naomi Kawase (Japan, 1997)
A look both anthropological and sensitive on the disappearance of traditional life in the Japanese mountains – The dialogues are sparse, but the leitmotifs guide us. Solid camera work
Cast: Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sachiko Izumi
Director: Naomi Kawase
Writer: Naomi Kawase
Music by Masamichi Shigeno
Cinematography by Masaki Tamura
Film Editing by Shûichi Kakesu
“Stefan Zweig Farewell to Europe” by Maria Schrader (Austria, 2016)
Still wondering what the director’s intention was
Actors: Barbara Sukowa, Tómas Lemarquis,Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Director: Maria Schrader
Writers: Maria Schrader (screenplay), Jan Schomburg(screenplay)
Music by Cornelius Renz, Tobias Wagner
Cinematography by Wolfgang Thaler
Film Editing by Hansjörg Weißbrich
“Lolo” by Julie Delpy (France, 2015)
A bad script that sharp dialogues and a whiff of humor can’t save
Cast: Julie Delpy, Dany Boon, Vincent Lacoste, Karin Viard, Antoine Lounguine
Director: Julie Delpy
Writer: Julie Delpy, Eugénie Grandval
Cinematographer: Thierry Abrogast
Editor: Virginie Bruant
Composer: Matthieu Lamboley
“The Selfish Giant” by Clio Barnard (UK, 2013)
Wow!
Cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield
Director: Clio Barnard
Writer: Clio Barnard, inspired by ‘The Selfish Giant’ by Oscar Wilde
Music by Harry Escott
Cinematography by Mike Eley
Film Editing by Nick Fenton
“The Hatton Garden Job” by Ronnie Thompson (UK, 2017)
An ode to the expertise of older people
disappointing, messy script
Cast: Matthew Goode, Stephen Moyer, Joely Richardson
Director: Ronnie Thompson
Writers: Ray Bogdanovich, Dean Lines
Music by Paul Arnold, Andrew Barnabas, Duncan Forbes, Lol Hammond
Cinematography by Arthur Mulhern
Film Editing by Emma Gaffney
“One Week Friends” by Shôsuke Murakami (Japan, 2017)
The world of Japanese high school teenagers: their preoccupations are recognizable, but they somehow differ on the values on which they build their relationships
Cast: Haruna Kawaguchi, Kento Yamazaki, Seika Furuhata
Director: Shôsuke Murakami
Writer: Matcha Hazuki (manga)
Music by Yutaka Yamada