Chicago Festivals by Year: Prizes, Juries, and Favorites   More Festivals Cannes / Toronto / Venice Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Main Navigations Home / Blog / E-Mail		Chicago Film Festival 2013 Main Competition Jury: Sarah Bouyain, Burghart Klaußner, Lúcia Murat, Donald K. Ranvaud, Robert Teitel Awards — Viewing Log — OutLook Section — Competition Lineups Gold Hugo of the Festival: My Sweet Pepper Land, Iraq/France, dir. Hiner Saleem Silver Hugo: The Verdict, Belgium, dir. Jan Verheyen Special Mention: A Long and Happy Life, Russia, dir. Boris Khlebnikov Best Director: Just a Sigh, France, Jérôme Bonnell Best Actress: Banklady, Nadeshda Brennicke Best Actor: Wałęsa: Man of Hope, Robert Wieckiewicz Special Jury Prize for Acting: The Notebook, Piroska Molnár Best Cinematography: Pioneer, Jallo Faber   DocuFest Gold Hugo*:   Trucker and the Fox, Iran, dir. Arash Lahooti DocuFest Special Mention*: Mothers, China, dir. Xu Hui-jing   New Directors Gold Hugo*:   La Jaula de oro, Mexico, dir. Diego Quemada-Díez New Directors Silver Hugo*: Life Feels Good, Poland, dir. Matiej Pieprzyca   After Dark Gold Hugo*:   Cheap Thrills, USA, dir. E.L. Katz Q Hugo Award*: Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?, Taiwan, dir. Arvin Chen Q Hugo Silver Hugo*: It's All So Quiet, Belgium, dir. Nanouk Leopold Q Hugo Jury Prize*: American Vagabond, Finland/Denmark/USA, dir. Susanna Helke Founder's Award: A Thousand Times Good Night, Norway, dir. Erik Poppe Chicago Award: Girl with Child, USA, dir. Maria Abraham Silver Hugo (Career Award): Bruce Dern Audience Choice Award (Narrative)**: One Chance, UK, dir. David Frankel Audience Choice Award (International)**: Life Feels Good, Poland, dir. Matiej Pieprzyca Audience Choice Award (DocuFest)**: Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, USA, dir. Chiemi Karasawa   * These awards are determined by separately constituted juries ** Voted by the public, and announced later than the other awards Films I Saw at CIFF: Includes some films I saw previously in Toronto Ranked in order of preference   My Golden Hugo At Berkeley A (Docufest; USA, dir. Frederick Wiseman) - Prodigious in every sense. Typically lucid institutional survey, comprising many views of what politics and ideas mean. The Last of the Unjust A– (Docufest; France, dir. Claude Lanzmann) - Lanzmann's epic rigor applied to one remarkable witness whose candor tilts inevitably into contradiction. Suzanne A– (New Directors/ReelWomen; France, dir. Katell Quillévéré) - Another stupendous, completely confident diary of a flailing girl from a two-time director who deserves to be more famous. The Missing Picture A– (Docufest; Cambodia, dir. Rithy Panh) - Moving memoir, vital history. Panh gives each clay figure own nuances, defying totalitarian edict of sameness. Heli A– (World Cinema/Cinema of the Americas; Mexico, dir. Amat Escalante) - Mexican drama of drug-driven mayhem mounted with cool, handsome confidence and an unsettling lack of diagnosis or closure. A Long and Happy Life A– (Main Competition; Russia, dir. Boris Khlebnikov) - Brechtian tale of a taxed individual amid vexing community, rendered with muscular, non-Brechtian immediacy. 12 Years a Slave A– (Special Presentations/Black Perspectives; USA, dir. Steve McQueen) - Solomon as open book and opaque protagonist, caught in a heightened nightmare and in yes-it-was-that-bad history. La Jaula de oro A– (New Directors/Cinema of the Americas; Mexico, dir. Diego Quemada-Díez) - Less technically precocious than Sin Nombre but even more persuasive, encompassing take on northward migration. Domestic B+ (World Cinema; Romania, dir. Adrian Sitaru) - My first time seeing Romania's long-take style matched to Almodóvar colors and a semi-comic tone. Witty, wistful, moving. Brave Miss World B+ (Docufest; USA, dir. Cecilia Peck) - Unusually rich profile of rape survivor-turned-activist, to include choices that empower her but unsettle allies. Borgman B+ (After Dark; The Netherlands, dir. Alex van Warmerdam) - Odd, amazing thriller opening. A corker of bloody, obsidian, class-based comedy ensues. Bad end, misogynous streak mar it. The Immigrant B+ (Opening Night; USA, dir. James Gray) - Operatic conception, playing romantic hope against inexorable forces of grief and myth. Cotillard, Khondji astonish. The Exhibition B+ (Docufest; Canada, dir. Damon Vignale) - Smart, sobering doc about 49 female sex workers murdered in Vancouver and the artist who tried to "speak" for them. Shorts 5: From Earth's Center B+ (Spotlight Africa; Kenya/USA/Tanzania/Morocco/UK/Senegal/South Africa, dirs. Ng'endo Mukii, Frances Bodomo, Amira Tajdin, Kibwe Tavares, Rémi Tazet, Fyzal Boulifa, Miklas Manneke) - Wonderfully coherent group despite geographic, generic, stylistic diversity. Last one the only letdown. Tough Bond B+ (Docufest/ReelWomen; USA, dirs. Austin Peck and Annaliese Vandenberg) - Grim doc in Darwin's Nightmare vein, using street-level images to evoke macro trends of addiction and despair in Kenya. Blue Ruin B+ (Main Competition; USA, dir. Jeremy Saulnier) - Muscular revenge thriller veined with black comedy. Fellow Virginians may detect NoVa/downstate tensions. Ace last shot. Mothers B+ (Docufest; China, dir. Xu Hui-jing) - Affectingly rough-edged Chinese doc, immersed in lives of people who suffer the One Child laws and those who enforce them. Inside Llewyn Davis B (Closing Night; USA, dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen) - Aloof, icy, yet almost secretly tender. Steel, sadness, and spook knitted together. Funny-ish. Isaac amazes. The Battle of Tabatô B (Spotlight Africa/World Cinema; Guinea-Bissau, dir. João Viana) - Abrupt cuts, silky lensing, unusual sound, incantatory narration in odd fable of Guinean love, death, rebirth. Harmony Lessons B (World Cinema; Kazakhstan, dir. Emir Baigazin) - Striking, impressively unnerving declaration of intent from unusual auteur. Maybe too indulgent of oblique macabre. Miele B (New Directors/ReelWomen; Italy, dir. Valeria Golino) - Golino shows mettle with actors, solid technique in her helming debut. May not reach for the stars, but empathetic, engaging. Stray Dogs B (Main Competition; Taiwan, dir. Tsai Ming-liang) - I prefer hunting Tsai's ideas; these felt overt. Some too-long takes, but quite a view of poverty and shame. Impressive. The German Doctor (aka Wakolda) B (Cinema of the Americas/ReelWomen/World Cinema; Argentina, dir. Lucía Puenzo) - Uneven bounty of subplots and ideas. Best stuff explores how, why we need the monsters in our midst. My Sweet Pepper Land B (Main Competition; Iraq/France, dir. Hiner Saleem) - Sort of Once Upon a Time in Kurdistan—a gorgeous, broody, semi-romantic border western with charismatic leads. American Vagabond B (OutLook/Docufest/ReelWomen; Finland/Denmark/USA, dir. Susanna Helke) - Hard-hitting doc about homeless gay teens clearly fudges some shots and details, but only to afford kids a voice. Blue Is the Warmest Color B (Special Presentations; France, dir. Abdellatif Kechiche) - Two very compelling characterizations in engaging but oddly proportioned film with few interesting images. Trucker and the Fox B (Docufest; Iran, dir. Arash Lahooti) - Surefire audience hit about Iranian guy who's sure his love of filming animals will help dispel his depression. Stranger by the Lake B (OutLook/World Cinema; France, dir. Alain Guiraudie) - Solid thriller, equal parts lust and inertia, austerity and shimmer. Good lead. Still, water doesn't run deep. Wałęsa: Man of Hope B (Main Competition; Poland, dir. Andrzej Wajda) - Refreshingly lusty, boisterous blend of the homefront biopic, the political docudrama, and the revolution film. Le Week-end B (Main Competition; UK, dir. Roger Michell) - Three terrific performances, bravely messy finish, and other virtues amply outweigh kitschy bits, ounces of pretension. Closed Curtain B (World Cinema; Iran, dirs. Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi) - Panahi's house arrest takes more Pirandellian turns. Warmer, trickier than his last but even more openly frustrated. Grigris B (Black Perspectives; Chad, dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun) - Like Haroun's prior movie, combines austere realism with subtly heightened fable. Unevenly effective, but key scenes click. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? B– (OutLook/World Cinema; Taiwan, dir. Arvin Chen) - Sweet, Demy-esque Taiwanese comedy embraces a middle-aged gay man without selling short his wife. Pioneer B– (Main Competition; Norway, dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg) - A tense experience, but better at showpiece scene construction than storytelling. Psychical and political agendas compete. A Thousand Times Good Night B– (Main Competition; Norway, dir. Erik Poppe) - Stylistically tepid; dulls some dramatic cruxes. Exciting to see woman's choices not be foreordained. In the Name of... B– (OutLook/ReelWomen/World Cinema; Poland, dir. Małgośka Szumowska) - Polish gay-priest drama has narrative stutters, gauzy textures, but tough ideas at heart. Chyra's great in lead. Hide Your Smiling Faces B– (World Cinema; USA, dir. Daniel Patrick Carbone) - Regional impressionism, evoking sibling rivalry and bondedness, inchoate fear of death. Gun, bear detract. Like Father, Like Son B– (World Cinema; Japan, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda) - Assured, yet full of crutches and cliché. "Sensitivity" a blessing and a curse. Floating pans, weepy pianos. The Nun B– (OutLook/World Cinema; France, dir. Guillaume Nicloux) - Impressively austere for first hour, with good debut turn from Etienne. Later suffers under Huppert's Sister George-isms. Shorts 3: Midnight Mayhem B– (After Dark; Canada/USA/Turkey/Belgium/France/Netherlands/Sweden/Spain, dirs. Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Jeremy Robbins, Guclu Aydogdu, Toon Aerts, Rosto, Markus Kryler, Freddie Åkerström, Andrew Gilchrist, Jesse Allen, Alberto Vázquez) - Ample demos of mood and technical ability. Storytelling moxie at lower ebb. Aftermath, Hunger stand out. Floating Skyscrapers B– (OutLook/World Cinema; Poland, dir. Tomasz Wasilewski) - Well-lensed drama of bisexual gay swimmer seems vapid but yields a layered origin story for an unhappy couple Something Necessary B– (Spotlight Africa/ReelWomen/World Cinema; Kenya/Germany, dir. Judy Kibinge) - Clear contrivances and first-timer stress-marks but still gripping about balms and limits of "reconciliation." The Priest's Children B– (Main Competition; Croatia, dir. Vinko Brešan) - Struggles to attain balance between humor and indictment, sobriety and slapstick. Fetching but a bit flimsy. Burn It Up Djassa B– (Spotlight Africa; Côte d'Ivoire, dir. Lonesome Solo) - Fleet, compressed, rough-edged melodrama, suggesting spread of Nollywood style outside Nigeria. Punchy but thin. Lifelong C+ (Main Competition; Turkey, dir. Asli Özge) - Well-shot and well-acted but stylistically overplayed and dramatically heavy-handed. Imagine Ceylan on more modest scale. The Notebook C+ (Main Competition; Hungary, dir. János Szász) - Hungary's Oscar bid is sour, creepier, kid-driven spin on A Very Long Engagement. Device-laden and unevenly executed. It's All So Quiet C+ (OutLook/Reel Women/World Cinema; Belgium, dir. Nanouk Leopold) - Capably shot, fundamentally affecting portrait of middle-aged gay farmer and aging dad feels a bit too familiar. Honor Diaries C+ (Docufest; USA/Israel/Canada, dir. Micah Smith) - Will stir many viewers about important issues, but literally staged as two-day preach within a choir. Disappointing. The Verdict C+ (Main Competition; Belgium, dir. Jan Verheyen) - Gripping premise and opening undone by multiple failures of direction: padded scenes, arbitrary shots, botched ending. Illiterate C+ (OutLook/New Directors/Cinema of the Americas; Chile, dir. Moisés Sepúlveda) - Short, semi-compelling Chilean two-hander alternately suggests an empty vessel and a context-dependent social snapshot. The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete C (Black Perspectives; USA, dir. George Tillman, Jr.) - Fitfully affecting but rarely adroit. Soderbergh's King of the Hill from synthetic fabric. August: Osage County C (Special Presentations; USA, dir. John Wells) - Enjoyable but rarely admirable beyond MVP actors. Script has great moments but smug calculations still rankle. Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth C (Black Perspectives/Docufest/ReelWomen; USA, dir. Pratibha Parmar) - Valuable tribute to rich, varied, provoking career gradually becomes too sanctifying and superficial. Last Vegas C (Surprise Film; USA, dir. Jon Turteltaub) - AARP Hangover is funnier and better acted than Hangover. Looks awful and has unwell ideas about young women. Semisweet. Stockholm Stories C (OutLook/New Directors/ReelWomen; Sweden, dir. Harin Fahlén) - A reasonable stab at winsome-wistful "we're all connected" urban drama, but by now that meatball has been cooked. Dracula 3D C (After Dark/Special Presentations; Italy/France/Spain, dir. Dario Argento) - Two D's are for Dumb and Dumber. The other's for Delirium, which at least has its pleasures. Garishly but gamely stupid. Banklady C– (Main Competition; Germany, dir. Christian Alvart) - Pulpy premise undone by multiple failures of direction: obvious surprises, needless shots, drifting tone, botched ending. Contracted C– (OutLook/After Dark; USA, dir. Eric England) - If black-comic lesbian venereal-zombie horror is your thing. Execution problems abound. Truly dire acting. Sorta fun. Snails in the Rain D+ (OutLook/World Cinema; Israel, dir. Yariv Mozer) - Laughably low-stakes Israeli drama about hot, quiely agitated ex-soldier getting letters from a secret admirer. Voyage D– (OutLook/World Cinema; Hong Kong, dir. Scud) - Divisive filmmaker winds up making a paean to suicide in the guise of lamenting it. Disjointed and technically incompetent. Films I Saw for the Q Hugo/OutLook Jury: Non-graded tweets I posted while the festival unfolded Listed alphabetically   American Vagabond (OutLook/Docufest; Finland/Denmark/USA, dir. Susanna Helke) - Can't review for jury reasons, but see it for subverting of doc conventions and for portrait of homeless gay teens. Contracted (OutLook/After Dark; USA, dir. Eric England) - Can't review for jury reasons, but lesbian venereal horror-comedy turns out not to be ideal garden for immaculate politics. Floating Skyscrapers (OutLook/World Cinema; Poland, dir. Tomasz Wasilewski) - Can't review for jury reasons. Richest as study of gains and costs of edging outward in still-intolerant society. Illiterate (OutLook/New Directors/Cinema of the Americas; Chile, dir. Moisés Sepúlveda) - Can't review for jury reasons, but if Gloria has made you a Paulina Garc?a fan, you'll want to see this two-hander, too. In the Name of... (OutLook/ReelWomen/World Cinema; Poland, dir. Małgośka Szumowska) - Can't grade, but in the past year lead actor Andrzej Chyra and Elles director Szumowska have become talents I trust. It's All So Quiet (OutLook/ReelWomen/World Cinema; The Netherlands, dir. Nanouk Leopold) - Can't grade, but tamer, calmer complement to Bullhead, another Low Countries farm drama about unsettled masculinity. The Nun (OutLook/World Cinema; France, dir. Guillaume Nicloux) - Can't review for jury reasons, but don't just come for Huppert. Lead actress, austerely evocative atmosphere very compelling. Snails in the Rain (OutLook/World Cinema; Israel, dir. Yariv Moser) - Can't review, but if you're scouring the OutLook section for the handsomest lead actor, this is probably your pick. Stockholm Stories (OutLook/New Directors/ReelWomen; Sweden, dir. Karin Fahlén) - Can't review, but can report hearing a fellow audience member say this was her favorite of the fest if not the year. Voyage (OutLook; Hong Kong, dir. Scud) - Can't review, but if this informs your choices, this film takes more structural and stylistic risks than other OutLook entries. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (Outlook/World Cinema; Taiwan, dir. Arvin Chen) - Can't review, but I can see why Tim Robey and Guy Lodge wanted me to see Arvin Chen's previous film. Programmed Films I'm Curious to See: Listed alphabetically within sections; more on this year's lineup at the CIFF page (opens in a new window)   Main Competition: Full list of entries Banklady C–, Germany, dir. Christian Alvart Blue Ruin B+, USA, dir. Jeremy Saulnier How to Describe a Cloud, The Netherlands, dir. David Verbeek Just a Sigh, France, dir. Jérôme Bonnell Lifelong C+, Turkey, dir. Asli Özge A Long and Happy Life A–, Russia, dir. Boris Khlebnikov The Miracle, Denmark, dir. Simon Staho My Sweet Pepper Land B, Iraq/France, dir. Hiner Saleem The Notebook C+, Hungary, dir. János Szász Pioneer B–, Norway, dir. Erik Skjoldbjærg The Priest's Children B–, Croatia/Serbia, dir. Vinko Brešan Stray Dogs B, Taiwan, dir. Tsai Ming-liang A Thousand Times Good Night B–, Norway, dir. Erik Poppe The Verdict C+, Belgium, dir. Jan Verheyen Wałęsa: Man of Hope B, Poland, dir. Andrzej Wajda Le Week-end B, UK, dir. Roger Michell New Directors Competition: Full list of entries The Blinding Sunlight, China, dir. Yu Liu Chasing Fireflies, Colombia, dir. Roberto Flores Prieto The Girls on Liberty Street, USA, dir. John Rangel Illiterate C+, Chile, dir. Moisés Sepúlveda La Jaula de oro A–, Mexico, dir. Diego Quemada-Díez Life Feels Good, Poland, dir. Masiej Rieprzyca The Major, Russia, dir. Yury Bykov Miele B, Italy, dir. Valeria Golino Of Good Report, South Africa, dir. Jahmil W.T. Qubeka Stockholm Stories C, Sweden, dir. Karin Fahlén Suzanne A–, France, dir. Katell Quillévéré Wild Duck, Greece, dir. Yannis Sakaridis Wolfschildren, Germany, dir. Rick Ostermann Special Presentations: Full list of entries 12 Years a Slave A–, USA, dir. Steve McQueen Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa, UK, dir. Declan Lowney August: Osage County C, USA, dir. John Wells Blue Is the Warmest Color B, France, dir. Abdellatif Kechiche The Book Thief, USA/Germany, dir. Brian Percival Breathe In, USA, dir. Drake Doremus Dracula 3D C, Italy, dir. Dario Argento The Fifth Estate, USA, dir. Bill Condon The Harvest, USA, dir. John McNaughton How I Live Now, UK, dir. Kevin Macdonald The Immigrant (Opening Night) B+, USA, dir. James Gray Inside Llewyn Davis (Closing Night) B, USA, dirs. Joel and Ethan Coen Kill Your Darlings, USA, dir. John Krokidas Last Vegas (Surprise Film) C, USA, dir. Jon Turteltaub Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, UK/South Africa, dir. Justin Chadwick Nebraska (Centerpiece), USA, dir. Alexander Payne One Chance, UK, dir. David Frankel Philomena, UK, dir. Stephen Frears Spotlight Africa: Full list of entries The Battle of Tabatô B+, Guinea Bissau/Portugal, dir. João Viana Black South-Easter, South Africa, dir. Carey McKenzie Burn It Up Djassa B–, Côte d'Ivoire, dir. Lonesome Solo Comrade President, Zimbabwe, dir. Mosco Kamwendo Grigris B, Chad, dir. Mahamat-Saleh Haroun Imbabazi: The Pardon, Rwanda, dir. Joel Karekezi Malak, Morocco, dir. Abdeslam Kelai Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, UK/South Africa, dir. Justin Chadwick Of Good Report, South Africa, dir. Jahmil W.T. Qubeka Something Necessary B–, Kenya/Germany, dir. Judy Kibinge Die Welt, The Netherlands/Tunisia, dir. Alex Pitstra Yema, Algeria, dir. Djamila Sahraoui After Dark: Full list of entries † Out of competition Big Bad Wolves, Israel, dirs. Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado Borgman B+, The Netherlands, dir. Alex van Warmerdam Cheap Thrills, USA, dir. E.L. Katz Contracted C–, USA, dir. Eric England † Dracula 3D C, Italy, dir. Dario Argento Go Goa Gone, India, dirs. Krishna D.K. and Raj Nidimoru Nothing Bad Can Happen, Germany, dir. Katrin Gebbe Raze, USA, dir. Josh C. Waller Black Perspectives: Full list of entries 12 O'Clock Boys, USA, dir. Lotfy Nathan 12 Years a Slave A–, USA, dir. Steve McQueen Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth C, USA, dir. Pratibha Parmar H4, USA, dirs. Dwain A. Perry and Paul Quinn The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete C, USA, dir. George Tillman, Jr. Sable Fable, UK, dir. Stephen Lloyd Jackson Cinema of the Americas: Full list of entries Chasing Fireflies, Colombia, dir. Roberto Flores Prieto The German Doctor B, Argentina, dir. Lucía Puenzo Heli A–, Mexico, dir. Amat Escalante Illiterate C+, Chile, dir. Moisés Sepúlveda The Invisible Collection, Brazil, dir. Bernard Attal La Jaula de oro A–, Mexico, dir. Diego Quemada-Díez La Paz, Argentina, dir. Santiago Loza Melaza, Cuba, dir. Carlos Lechuga Memories They Told Me, Brazil, dir. Lúcia Murat Purgatorio, Mexico/USA, dir. Rodrigo Reyes Sadourni's Butterflies, Argentina/Italy/UK, dir. Dario Nardi Tanta Agua, Uruguay/Mexico, dirs. Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge Workers, Mexico/Germany, dir. José Luis Valle Docufest (Competition): Full list of entries American Vagabond B, Finland/Denmark/USA, dir. Susanna Helke Despite the Gods, Australia, dir. Penny Wozniak The Exhibition B+, Canada, dir. Damon Vignale Honor Diaries C+, USA/Israel/Canada, dir. Micah Smith Infiltrators, Palestine/UAE/Lebanon, dir. Khaled Jarrar Mothers B+, China, dir. Xu Huijing Stop-Over, France/Switzerland, dir. Kaveh Bakhtiari Tough Bond B+, USA, dirs. Austin Peck and Annaliese Vandenberg Trucker and the Fox B, Iran, dir. Arash Lahooti Docufest (Out of Competition): Full list of entries 12 O'Clock Boys, USA, dir. Lotfy Nathan Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth C, USA, dir. Pratibha Parmar At Berkeley A, USA, dir. Frederick Wiseman Brave Miss World B+, USA, dir. Cecilia Peck Comrade President, Zimbabwe, dir. Mosco Kamwendo Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, USA, dir. Chiemi Karasawa I Will Be Murdered, Spain, dir. Justin Webster The Last of the Unjust A–, France, dir. Claude Lanzmann The Missing Picture A–, Cambodia, dir. Rithy Panh Purgatorio, Mexico/USA, dir. Rodrigo Reyes The Unknown Known, USA, dir. Errol Morris OutLook: Full list of entries † Out of competition American Vagabond B, Finland/Denmark/USA, dir. Susanna Helke Contracted C–, USA, dir. Eric England Floating Skyscrapers B–, Poland, dir. Tomasz Wasilewski Illiterate C+, Chile, dir. Moisés Sepúlveda In the Name of... B–, Poland, dir. Małgośka Szumowska It's All So Quiet C+, The Netherlands/Germany, dir. Nanouk Leopold † Kill Your Darlings, USA, dir. John Krokidas The Nun B–, Belgium/France/Germany, dir. Guillaume Nicloux Snails in the Rain D+, Israel, dir. Yariv Moser Stockholm Stories C, Sweden, dir. Karin Fahlén † Stranger by the Lake B, France, dir. Alain Guiraudie Voyage D–, Hong Kong, dir. Scud Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? B–, Taiwan, dir. Arvin Chen ReelWomen: Full list of entries Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth C, USA, dir. Pratibha Parmar American Vagabond B, Finland/Denmark/USA, dir. Susanna Helke Black South-Easter, South Africa, dir. Carey McKenzie Brave Miss World B+, USA, dir. Cecilia Peck Despite the Gods, Australia, dir. Penny Wozniak Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, USA, dir. Chiemi Karasawa The German Doctor B, Argentina, dir. Lucía Puenzo Honor Diaries C+, USA/Israel/Canada, dir. Micah Smith In the Name of... B–, Poland, dir. Małgośka Szumowska It's All So Quiet C+, The Netherlands/Germany, dir. Nanouk Leopold Lifelong C+, Turkey, dir. Asli Özge Miele B, Italy, dir. Valeria Golino Nothing Bad Can Happen, Germany, dir. Katrin Gebbe Papusza, Poland, dirs. Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze Something Necessary B–, Kenya/Germany, dir. Judy Kibinge Stockholm Stories C, Sweden, dir. Karin Fahlén Suzanne A–, France, dir. Katell Quillévéré Tanta Agua, Uruguay/Mexico, dirs. Ana Guevara and Leticia Jorge Tough Bond B+, USA, dirs. Austin Peck and Annaliese Vandenberg Under the Rainbow, France, dir. Agnès Jaoui Yema, Algeria, dir. Djamila Sahraoui World Cinema: Most enticing titles The Battle of Tabatô B+, Guinea Bissau/Portugal, dir. João Viana Bluebird, USA, dir. Lance Edmands Burn It Up Djassa B–, Côte d'Ivoire, dir. Lonesome Solo Closed Curtain B, Iran, dirs. Jafar Panahi and Kambuzia Partovi Domestic B+, Romania, dir. Adrian Sitaru The Don Juans, The Czech Republic, dir. Jirí Menzel Floating Skyscrapers B–, Poland, dir. Tomasz Wasilewski The German Doctor B, Argentina, dir. Lucía Puenzo Harmony Lessons B, Kazakhstan, dir. Emir Baigazin Heli A–, Mexico, dir. Amat Escalante Hide Your Smiling Faces B–, USA, dir. Daniel Patrick Carbone Imbabazi: The Pardon, Rwanda, dir. Joel Karekezi In the Name of... B–, Poland, dir. Małgośka Szumowska The Invisible Collection, Brazil, dir. Bernard Attal It's All So Quiet C+, The Netherlands/Germany, dir. Nanouk Leopold Lasting, Poland/Spain, dir. Jacek Borcuch Like Father, Like Son B–, Japan, dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda Malak, Morocco, dir. Abdeslam Kelai Monsoon Shootout, India, dir. Amit Kumar Northwest, Denmark, dir. Michael Noer The Nun B–, Belgium/France/Germany, dir. Guillaume Nicloux A Pact, Germany/France, dir. Denis Dercourt Papusza, Poland, dirs. Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze Pieces of Me, France, dir. Nolwenn Lemesle Salvo, Italy, dirs. Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza Sex, Drugs, and Taxation, Denmark, dir. Christoffer Boe Something Necessary B–, Kenya/Germany, dir. Judy Kibinge Soul, Hong Kong, dir. Chung Mong-Hong Stranger by the Lake B, France, dir. Alain Guiraudie Trapped, Iran, dir. Parviz Shahbazi Viva La Libertà, Italy, dir. Roberto Andò Die Welt, The Netherlands/Tunisia, dir. Alex Pitstra Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? B–, Taiwan, dir. Arvin Chen With You, Without You, Sri Lanka, dir. Prasanna Vithanage Yema, Algeria, dir. Djamila Sahraoui Trackbacks: Permalink 2013 Home Blog E-Mail