Feature & Documentary Selection 2015

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EFA FEATURE FILM SELECTION

13 MINUTES
 ELSER
 
Germany, 114 min.
 DIRECTED BY: Oliver Hirschbiegel 
 WRITTEN BY: Fred Breinersdorfer & Léonie-Claire Breinersdorfer 
 PRODUCED BY: Boris Ausserer, Oliver Schündler & Fred Breinersdorfer

45 YEARS
 UK, 94 min.
 WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Andrew Haigh 
 PRODUCED BY: Tristan Goligher 

A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE 
 EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON

 Sweden, France, Germany, Norway, 96 min.
 WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Roy Andersson 
 PRODUCED BY: Pernilla Sandström

AFERIM!
 Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, 105 min.
 
DIRECTED BY: Radu Jude 
 WRITTEN BY: Radu Jude & Florin Lazarescu 
 PRODUCED BY: Ada Solomon, Rossitsa Valkanova, Jiri Konecny & Ovidiu Sandor 

 

AFTERTHOUGHT 
 HAYORED LEMA'ALA

 Israel/France, 105 min.
 WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Elad Keidan 
 PRODUCED BY: Elie Meirovitz & Eitan Mansuri 

 

ARABIAN NIGHTS - VOLUME I-III
 AS MIL E UMA NOITES - VOLUME I-III

 Portugal, Germany, France, Switzerland, 383 min.
 DIRECTED BY: Miguel Gomes 
 WRITTEN BY: Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo & Telmo Churro 
 PRODUCED BY:  Luís Urbano 

BLACK SOULS 
ANIME NERE

 Italy, France, 103 min.
 DIRECTED BY: Francesco Munzi 
 WRITTEN BY: Francesco Munzi & Maurizio Braucci 
 PRODUCED BY:  Fabrizio Ruggirello

BODY 
CIAŁO

 Poland, 90 min.
 DIRECTED BY: Małgorzata Szumowska 
 WRITTEN BY: Małgorzata Szumowska & Michal Englert 
 PRODUCED BY:  Jacek Drosio, Małgorzata Szumowska & Michal Englert 

CORN ISLAND 
სიმინდის კუნძული 
(SIMINDIS KUNDZULI)
Georgia, Germany, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, 100 min.
DIRECTED BY: George Ovashvili 
WRITTEN BY: George Ovashvili, Roelof-Jan Minneboo & Nugzar Shataidze 
PRODUCED BY:  Nino Devdariani, Eike Goreczka, Guillaume de Seille, Karla Stojakova, Sain Gabdullin & Gabor Ferenczy 

CORRECTIONS CLASS 
Класс коррекции
 (KLASS KORREKZII)
Russia, Germany, 85 min.
DIRECTED BY: Ivan Tverdovsky 
WRITTEN BY: Dmitri Lanchikhin & Ivan Tverdovsky 
PRODUCED BY: Natalia Mokritskaya, Mila Rozanova, Uliana Savelieva, Michael Kaszmareck & Markus Boehm 

DORA OR THE SEXUAL NEUROSES OF OUR PARENTS 
DORA ODER DIE SEXUELLEN NEUROSEN UNSERER ELTERN

 Switzerland, Germany, 90 min.
 
DIRECTED BY: Stina Werenfels 
 WRITTEN BY: Boris Treyer & Stina Werenfels 
 PRODUCED BY: Samir & Nicole Gerhards 

EISENSTEIN IN GUANAJUATO
Netherlands, Mexico, Belgium, Finland, 105 min.
Written & DIRECTED BY: Peter Greenaway 
PRODUCED BY: Bruno Felix, Femke Wolting, San Fu Maltha & Cristina Velasco L.

EVERY THING WILL BE FINE
Germany, Canada, France, Sweden, Norway, 118 min.
DIRECTED BY: Wim Wenders 
WRITTEN BY: Bjørn Olaf Johannessen 
PRODUCED BY: Gian-Piero Ringel 

EX MACHINA
UK, 108 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alex Garland
PRODUCED BY: Andrew Macdonald & Allon Reich

FATHER 
BABAI

Germany, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, France, 102 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Visar Morina 
PRODUCED BY: Nicole Gerhards 

GOODNIGHT MOMMY 
ICH SEH ICH SEH

Austria, 99 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala 
PRODUCED BY:  Ulrich Seidl

IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN 
L'OMBRE DES FEMMES

France, Switzerland, 73 min.
DIRECTED BY: Philippe Garrel 
WRITTEN BY: Philippe Garrel, Jean-Claude Carrière, Caroline Deruas & Arlette Langmann 
PRODUCED BY:  Saïd Ben Saïd & Michel Merkt 

KOZA
Slovakia, Czech Republic, 75 min.
DIRECTED BY: Ivan Ostrochovský 
WRITTEN BY: Marek Leščák & Ivan Ostrochovský 
PRODUCED BY:  Marek Urban, Ivan Ostrochovský & Jiří Konečný 

LABYRINTH OF LIES 
IM LABYRINTH DES SCHWEIGENS

Germany, 118 min.
DIRECTED BY: Giulio Ricciarelli 
WRITTEN BY: Elisabeth Bartel
PRODUCED BY: Uli Putz, Sabine Lamby & Jakob Claussen

LOUDER THAN BOMBS
Norway, Denmark, France, 108 min.
DIRECTED BY: Joachim Trier 
WRITTEN BY: Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier 
PRODUCED BY: Thomas Robsahm, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Joshua Astrachan, Ron Yerxa, Albert Berger & Marc Turtletaub 

MAGICAL GIRL
Spain, 127 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Carlos Vermut
PRODUCED BY:  Pedro Hernández Santos

MARSHLAND 
LA ISLA MÍNIMA

Spain, 104 min.
DIRECTED BY: Alberto Rodríguez 
WRITTEN BY: Rafael Cobos & Alberto Rodríguez 
PRODUCED BY:  José Antonio Félez, Mikel Lejarza, Mercedes Gomero & Gervasio Iglesias 

MEN & CHICKEN 
MÆND & HØNS

Denmark, Germany, 104 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Anders Thomas Jensen 
PRODUCED BY: Kim Magnusson & Tivi Magnusson 

MISS JULIE 
FRØKEN JULIE

Norway, UK, Ireland, France, 129 min.
DIRECTED BY: Liv Ullmann 
WRITTEN BY: Liv Ullmann, adapted from August Strindberg’s play “Miss Julie Strindberg” 
PRODUCED BY:  Synnøve Hørsdal, Teun Hilte & Oliver Dungey 

MUSTANG
France, Germany, Turkey, 100 min.
DIRECTED BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven 
WRITTEN BY: Deniz Gamze Ergüven & Alice Winocour 
PRODUCED BY:  Charles Gillibert 

MY GOLDEN DAYS 
TROIS SOUVENIRS DE MA JEUNESSE

France, 120 min.
DIRECTED BY: Arnaud Desplechin 
WRITTEN BY: Arnaud Desplechin & Julie Peyr 
PRODUCED BY: Pascal Caucheteux & Grégoire Sorlat 

MY MOTHER
MIA MADRE

Italy, France, 104 min.
DIRECTED BY: Nanni Moretti 
WRITTEN BY: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo & Valia Santella 
PRODUCED BY: Nanni Moretti & Domenico Procacci 

NO ONE`S CHILD 
NIČIJE DETE

Serbia, Croatia, 92 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Vuk Ršumović 
PRODUCED BY:  Miroslav Mogorović 

PADDINGTON
UK/France, 95 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paul King 
PRODUCED BY: David Heyman 

PEACE TO US IN OUR DREAMS
Lithuania, France, Russia, 107 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sharunas Bartas 
PRODUCED BY: Jurga Dikciuviene

RAMS 
HRÚTAR

Iceland, 93 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Grímur Hákonarson
PRODUCED BY: Grímar Jónsson

SCHNEIDER VS. BAX
Netherlands, Belgium, 96 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alex van Warmerdam 
PRODUCED BY:  Marc van Warmerdam 

TALE OF TALES
Italy, UK, France, 133 min.
DIRECTED BY: Matteo Garrone 
WRITTEN BY: Matteo Garrone, Edoardo Albinati, Ugo Chiti & Massimo Gaudioso 
PRODUCED BY: Matteo Garrone & Jeremy Thomas

THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT 
LE TOUT NOUVEAU TESTAMENT

Belgium, France, Luxembourg, 114 min.
DIRECTED BY: Jaco Van Dormael 
WRITTEN BY: Jaco Van Dormael & Thomas Gunzig 
PRODUCED BY: Jaco Van Dormael, Olivier Rausin & Daniel Marquet

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY 
 UK, Hungary, 104 min.
 WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Peter Strickland 
 PRODUCED BY:  Andy Starke 

THE FAREWELL PARTY 
מיתה טובה‎ 
(MITA TOVA)
Israel, Germany, 95 min.
DIRECTED BY: Tal Granit & Sharon Maymon 
WRITTEN BY: Sharon Maymon & Tal Granit 
PRODUCED BY: Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg, Talia Kleinhendler, Osnat Handelsman-Keren & Thanassis Karathanos

THE HERE AFTER 
EFTERSKALV / INTRUZ

Poland, Sweden, France, 101 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Magnus von Horn 
PRODUCED BY: Mariusz Włodarski & Madeleine Ekman

THE HIGH SUN 
ZVIZDAN

Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, 123 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Dalibor Matanić 
PRODUCED BY: Ankica Jurić Tilić, Petra Vidmar & Nenad Dukić

THE LESSON 
UROK

Bulgaria, Greece, 107 min.
WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Petar Valchanov & Kristina Grozeva

THE LOBSTER 
UK, Ireland, Greece, France, Netherlands, 118 min.
DIRECTED BY: Yorgos Lanthimos 
WRITTEN BY: Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou 
PRODUCED BY: Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Ceci Dempsey & Yorgos Lanthimos

THE MEASURE OF A MAN
LA LOI DU MARCHÉ

France, 91 min.
DIRECTED BY: Stéphane Brizé 
WRITTEN BY: Stéphane Brizé & Olivier Gorce 
PRODUCED BY: Christophe Rossignon & Philip Boëffard

THE POSTMAN’S WHITE NIGHTS 
Белые ночи почтальона Алексея Тряпицына
 
(BELYE NOCHI POCHTALONA ALEKSEYA TRYAPITSYNA) 
Russia, 100 min.
DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY: Andrei Konchalovsky 
WRITTEN BY: Andrei Konchalovsky & Elena Kiseleva

THE SNAKE BROTHERS 
KOBRY A UŽOVKY

Czech Republic, 111 min.
DIRECTED BY: Jan Prušinovský 
WRITTEN BY: Jaroslav Žváček 
PRODUCED BY: Ondřej Zima & Jan Prušinovský

THE SUMMER OF SANGAILE 
SANGAILES VASARA

Lithuania, France, Netherlands, 89 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alanté Kavaïté
PRODUCED BY: Živilė Gallego,  Antoine Simkine & Marleen Slot

THE TREASURE 
COMOARA

Romania, France, 88 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Corneliu Porumboiu 
PRODUCED BY: Marcela Ursu

THEY HAVE ESCAPED 
 HE OVAT PAENNEET 

 Finland, Netherlands, 62 min.
 WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jukka-Pekka Valkeapää
 PRODUCED BY: Aleksi Bardy 

 

THREE WINDOWS AND A HANGING 
TRI DRITARE DHE NJË VARJE

Kosovo, Germany, 93 min.
DIRECTED BY: Isa Qosja 
WRITTEN BY: Zymber Kelmendi 
PRODUCED BY:  Shkumbin Istrefi, Mentor Shala & Nicole Gerhards

UNDER ELECTRIC CLOUDS 
Под ЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКИМИ ОБЛАКАМИ
 (POD ELECTRICHESKIMI OBLAKAMI)
Russia, Ukraine, Poland, 137 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Aleksey German Jr. 
PRODUCED BY: Artem Vasilyev, Andrey Savelyev & Rushan Nasibulin

VICTORIA
Germany, 138 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Sebastian Schipper 
PRODUCED BY: Jan Dressler

VIRGIN MOUNTAIN 
FÚSI

Iceland, Denmark, 94 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Dagur Kári 
PRODUCED BY: Baltasar Kormákur & Agnes Johansen

WEDNESDAY 04:45 
TETARTI 04:45

Greece, Israel, Germany, 116 min.
WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexis Alexiou 
PRODUCED BY: Thanassis Karathanos, Kostas Lambropoulos, Talia Kleinhendler & Osnat Handelsman-Keren

YOUTH 
YOUTH – LA GIOVINEZZA

Italy, France, UK, Switzerland, 118 min.
Written & DIRECTED BY: Paolo Sorrentino 
PRODUCED BY:  Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Carlotta Calori

EFA DOCUMENTARY SELECTION

A SYRIAN LOVE STORY
UK, 76 min. 

DIRECTED BY: Sean McAllister 
PRODUCED BY: Elhum Shakerifar 

ABOVE AND BELOW
Switzerland/Germany, 118 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Nicolas Steiner 
PRODUCED BY: Brigitte Hofer, Cornelia Seitler & Helge Albers 

ALL THINGS ABLAZE 
ВСЕ ПАЛАЄ

Ukraine, 81 min. 

DIRECTED BY: Oleksandr Techynskyi, Aleksey Solodunov & Dmitry Stoykov 
PRODUCED BY: Yulia Serdyukova

AMY
UK, 127 min. 

DIRECTED BY: Asif Kapadia 
PRODUCED BY: James Gay-Rees

BOXING FOR FREEDOM
Spain, 74 min

WRITTEN, DIRECTED & PRODUCED BY:
Juan Antonio Moreno & Silvia Venegas

DANCING WITH MARIA
Italy/Argentina/Slovenia, 75 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ivan Gergolet 
PRODUCED BY: Igor Princic, David Rubio & Miha Cernec

DEMOCRATS
Denmark, 99 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Camilla Nielsson 
PRODUCED BY: Henrik Veileborg  

DRIFTER
Hungary/Germany, 72 min. 

DIRECTED BY: Gábor Hörcher 
PRODUCED BY: Marcell Iványi,  Gábor Hörcher, Marieke Bittner, Jonas Weydemann & Jakob Weydemann

ELECTROBOY
Switzerland, 113 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Marcel Gisler 
PRODUCED BY: Anne-Catherine Lang

GOOD THINGS AWAIT 
SÅ MEGET GODT I VENTE

Denmark, 96 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Phie Ambo 
PRODUCED BY: Malene Flindt Pedersen

GROZNY BLUES
Switzerland, 104 min. 

DIRECTED BY: Nicola Bellucci 
WRITTEN BY: Nicola Bellucci & Lucia Sgueglia 
PRODUCED BY: Frank Matter 

NO LAND´S SONG
Germany/France, 93 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Ayat Najafi 
PRODUCED BY: Gunter Hanfgarn, Rouven Rech & Anne Grange

THE GOOD LIFE 
LA BUENA VIDA

Germany/Switzerland, 97 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Jens Schanze 
PRODUCED BY: Jens Schanze & Frank Matter 

THE LOOK OF SILENCE
Denmark/Norway/Indonesia, 99 min. 

DIRECTED BY: Joshua Oppenheimer 
PRODUCED BY: Signe Byrge Sørensen 

TOTO AND HIS SISTERS 
TOTO SI SURORILE LUI 

Romania/Hungary, 93 min. 

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Alexander Nanau 
PRODUCED BY: Valeriu Nicolae, Hanka Kastelicova, Alexander Nanau, Catalin Mitulescu & Marcian Lazar