San Sebastian Film Festival 2014

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The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness
The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness and Finding Fela!
Basilio Martín Patino. The Tenth Letter (Basilio Martín Patino. La Décima Carta) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Virginia García del Pino)
In 1966, Basilio Martín Patino sent nine letters to Berta. Almost fifty years later, Virginia García del Pino tries to write the tenth.
Challat Of Tunis (Le Challat de Tunis) (Country: Tunisia, France; Year: 2014; Director: Kaouther Ben Hania; Writer: Kaouther Ben Hania; Stars: Mohamed Slim Bouchiha, Jallel Dridi, Moufida Dridi, Narimène Saidane)
A moped rider, razor blade in hand, prowls the streets of Tunis, slashing the sexiest female buttocks he can find.
Corn Island (Simindis Kundzuli) (Country: Georgia, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan; Year: 2014; Director: George Ovashvili; Writer: Roelof Jan Minneboo, George Ovashvili, Nugzar Shataidze; Stars: Ilyas Salman, Mariam Buturishvili, Irakli Samushia, Tamer Levent)
An old peasant and his innocent 16-year-old granddaughter sow corn on an island in the middle of the Inguri River dividing Georgia from Abkhazia.
The Field (Soroa) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Asier Altuna Iza)
Dry earth, sun, wind. A procession makes its way across the landscape. The echo of their prayers brings rain.
Finding Fela! (Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Alex Gibney; Stars: Fela Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti, Bill T. Jones, Okwechime Abdul, Tony Allen, Kewe Anikulapo-Kuti, Hettie Barnhill, J.K. Braimah, John Darnton, Lemi Ghariokwu, Ogugua Iwelu, Sandra Izsadore, Francis Kertekian)
Documentary about a renowned Nigerian Musician who inspired many people in the music scene including Bob Marley and James Brown.
Corn Island Corn Island
Corn Island and Li’l Quinquin
Happy To Be Different (Felice chi è diverso) (Country: Italy; Year: 2014; Director: Gianni Amelio; Stars: Glauco Bettera, Giorgio Bongiovanni, Mosè Bottazzi, Nicola Calì, Ciro Cascina, Francesco Cocola, Roberto David, Ninetto Davoli, John Francis Lane, Corrado Levi, Pieralberto Marchesini, Alba Montori, Claudio Mori, Fernando Nigiro, Roberto Pagliero)
An older gay couple talk about their long-term relationship.
In The Basement (Im Keller) (Country: Austria; Year: 2014; Director: Ulrich Seidl; Writer: Ulrich Seidl)
A film which seeks to depict Austrians’ relationship with their basements.
The John Malkovich Paradox (Le paradoxe de John Malkovich) (Year: 2014; Director: Pierre-François Limbosch)
Twenty-two years after playing in the Stephen Frears’s movie, John Malkovich directed Dangerous Liaisons at the Théâtre de l'Atelier in Paris... this documentary follows its progress.
The Kingdom Of Dreams And Madness (Yume to kyôki no ohkoku) (Country: Japan; Year: 2013; Director: Mami Sunada; Stars: Hideaki Anno, John Lasseter, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata)
Documentary about famed animation Studio Ghibli.
The Last Flight Of Hubert Le Blon (Hubert Le Blonen azken hegaldia) (Year: 2014; Director: Koldo Almandoz)
The story of a pioneer of the engine who dreamt of dragonflies as a child and died living out his dream.
Rocks In My Pockets Rocks In My Pockets
Rocks In My Pockets and When Bette Davis Bid Farewell
Li’l Quinquin (P'tit Quinquin) (Country: France; Year: 2014; Director: Bruno Dumont; Writer: Bruno Dumont; Stars: Alane Delhaye, Lucy Caron, Bernard Pruvost, Philippe Jore, Philippe Peuvion, Lisa Hartmann, Jason Cirot, Julien Bodard, Corentin Carpentier, Pascal Fresch, Baptiste Anquez, Stéphane Boutillier, Frédéric Castagno, Andrée Peuvion, Lucien Chaussoy, Cindy Louguet, Céline Sauvage, Bruno Darras, Sébastien Liss, Yacine Kellal, Didier Hennuyer, Cédric Lemaire, Stéphane Gallais, Raphaël Mourgues)
A blackly comic murder mystery develops in a small town in northern France.
My Man (Watashi no otoko) (Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri; Writer: Kazuki Sakuraba, Takashi Ujita; Stars: Tadanobu Asano, Fumi Nikaidô, Tatsuya Fuji, Kengo Kôra, Takahiro Miura, Masaki Miura, Aoba Kawai, Mochika Yamada, Tamae Andô, Taiga, Itsuki Sagara, Moro Shioka)
After losing everything in a tsunami disaster, 10-year-old Hana is taken in by 26-year-old distant relative Jungo Kusarino. The pair begin living together as father and daughter while sharing a profound sense of loss.
Negotiator (Negociador) (Country: Spain; Year: 2014; Director: Borja Cobeaga; Writer: Borja Cobeaga; Stars: Melina Matthews, Carlos Areces, Ramón Barea, Josean Bengoetxea)
Comedy centring on a Basque politician who acts as a mediator for the Spanish government in its negotiations with ETA.
Paco De Lucia: The Journey (Paco De Lucia: La Busqueda) (Year: 2014)
Documentary about the flamenco guitarist.
Red Army (Country: US, Russia; Year: 2014; Director: Gabe Polsky; Writer: Gabe Polsky; Stars: Mark Deakins, Anatoli Karpov, Vyacheslav Fetisov)
The story of Russia's Red Army hockey team.
In The Basement In The Basement
In The Basement and Red Army
Rocks In My Pockets (Country: US, Latvia; Year: 2014; Director: Signe Baumane; Writer: Signe Baumane; Stars: Signe Baumane)
An animated film exploring living with illness.
Violent (Country: Canada; Year: 2014; Director: Andrew Huculiak)
A young woman in Bergen recalls five people who have loved her as she faces tragedy.
When Bette Davis Bid Farewell (El último adiós de Bette Davis) (Year: 2014; Director: Pedro González Bermúdez)
Documentary reconstructing the actress's visit to the San Sebastian Festival to receive the Donostia Award in 1989.
Zarautzen Erosi Zuen (Country: Spain; Year: 2014)
When Miren is about to pay for her coffee, people often jump their turn. But when she realises someone has stolen a shirt from her shop, she resolves that enough is enough.
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