IN COMPETITION
A Faithful Man Louis Garrel France 2018
A couple's relationship becomes complicated when she leaves him for his best friend, and returns after he dies. Stars Louis Garrel, Lily Rose Depp and Laetitia Casta. 2018 San Sebastian Best screenplay winner.
An Unexpected Love Juan Vera Argentina 2018
The story focuses on a couple who, after 25 years of marriage, is going
through a crisis. It drives them to separation and prompts them to
question themselves about love, desire and the passing of time. Stars Ricardo Darin and Mercedes Moran.
Alpha, The Right To Kill Brillante Mendoza Philippines 2018 7/10
Set against the backdrop of the Philippines Government's crackdown on
illegal drugs, a SWAT-led police force launches an operation to arrest
Abel, one of the biggest druglords in Manila. Police Officer Espino and
Elijah, a small-time pusher turned informant, provide the intelligence
for the operation, which quickly escalates into a violent and
heavely-armed confrontation in the slums between the SWAT and Abel's
gang. Before the investigators arrive at the crime scene, Espino and
Elijah walk off with Abel's backpack full of money and
methamphetamine. This gesture of survival for one and corruption for the
other will soon set off a dangerous series of events, both of them
risking their reputations, families and lives in the process. 2018 San Sebastian Special Jury Prize Winner.
Angelo Markus Schleinzer Austria 2018
In early 18th century an African slave boy is chosen by a European
Comtesse to be baptized and educated. Reaching adulthood, Angelo
achieves prominence and becomes the Viennese court mascot until he
decides to secretly marry a white woman.
Baby Liu Jie China 2018
When a woman who was abandoned at birth because of a genetic disorder
sees a child facing the same fate, she finds herself trying to persuade
their parents to reconsider and goes to extreme lengths to save the
child, in Liu Jie's latest.
Beautiful Boy Felix Van Groeningen US 2018
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and
Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring
experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with
addiction over many years.
Between Two Waters Isaki Lacuesta Spain 2018
Isra and Cheíto are two Roma brothers: Isra was sent to prison for drug
dealing and Cheíto signed up for the Marines. When Isra is released from
prison and Cheíto returns from a long mission, they return to San
Fernando. The reunion between the siblings brings memories of their
father’s violent death when they were only boys. 2018 San Sebastian Golden Seashell Winner.
Blind Spot Tuva Novotny Norway 2018 7/10
BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind
spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her
daughter struggling with far worse issues then she realized.2018 San Sebastian Best Actress winner.
High Life Claire Denis France 2018
A father and his daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation.
Stars Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche.
Illang: The Wolf Brigade Kim Jee Won South Korea 2018
Director Kim Jee-woon's next feature film based on the original feature animation; Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999).
In Fabric Peter Strickland UK 2018
In Fabric is a haunting ghost story set against the backdrop of a busy
winter sales period in a department store and follows the life of a
cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating
consequences..
Quien Te Cantara Carlos Vermut Spain 2018
When Lila, a celebrated but fame-weary and amnesiac singer forgets how
to perform, super-fan Violeta steps in to teach Lila how to be Lila once
again.
Rojo Benjamin Naishtat Argentina 2018 7/10
Set in Argentina during the mid-1970s, Benjamín Naishtat's hypnotic
drama follows a successful lawyer whose picture-perfect life begins to
unravel when a private detective comes to his seemingly quiet small town
and starts asking questions, 2018 San Sebastian Best Director and Actor Winner.
The Black Book of Father Dinis Valeria Sarmiento Spain 2018
This is the story of the late eighteenth-century adventures of a
singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and
his young Italian nurse of similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in
their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to
Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for reasons we don't know, by a
suspicious-looking Calabrian and a disturbing cardinal, they prompt us
to explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal
passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the
convulsions of the French Revolution.
The Innocent Simon Jaquemet Switzerland 2018
Ruth is committed to her work, her family, and her faith, but when an
ex-lover is released from prison and comes back into her life, her
convictions are threatened.
The Realm Rodrigo Sorogoyen Spain 2018
A Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious
and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a
newspaper expose him to the public eye. Stars Antonio De La Torre.
Vision Naomi Kawase Japan 2018
Jeanne leaves for Japan in search of a rare medicinal plant. During the
trip, she meets Tomo, a forest ranger, who accompanies her on her quest
and guides her through the traces of her past. 20 years ago, in the
forests of Yoshino, Jeanne lived her first love. Stars Juliette Binoche and Masatoshi Nagase.
Yuli Iciar Bollain Spain 2018
Yuli tells the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta (who
plays himself), from his beginnings in a poor neighbourhood of Havana
until becoming the star of one of the biggest ballet companies in the
world. Yuli (Carlos's nickname) is a gifted boy who doesn't want to be a
dancer but who, forced by his father Pedro, and tutored by the
professor and director of the Cuban National School of Ballet, Cherry,
will become one of the best dancers of his generation, breaking taboos
on becoming the first black dancer to play Romeo at the Royal Ballet in
London, where he forged his stellar career and his legend for 17 years.
Yuli is a film about roots, about the relationship between Carlos and his father, with his family, with Cuba.
Yuli is about art, about the sacrifice of dedicating one's life to that art and, above all, about what we are. 2018 San Sebastian Best screenplay Winner.
