Tuesday, April 17, 2012

2012 Palm Springs International Film Festival Lineup and Highlights


Abu, Son of Adam    Salim Ahamed             India             2011   
Albert Nobbs             Rodrigo Garcia             Ireland             2011            ***
All Your Dead Ones    Carlos Moreno             Colombia        2011            **
Almanya             Yasemin Samdereli             Germany          2011   
Alois Nebel             Tomas Lunak   Czech             2011   
Apartment in Athens            Ruggero Dipaola             Italy             2012   
Arranged Happiness             Daniela DarCreutz             India             2012   
Asma'a   Amr Salama             Egypt             2011            ***
Attenberg             Athina Rachel Tsangari             Greece             2010            ***
August    Eldar Rapaport             US             2011   
Back to Your Arms             Kristijonas Vildziunas             Lithuania          2011   
Baikonur             Veit Helmer             Germany          2011   
Beast             Christoffer Boe             Denmark          2011   
Becoming Bert Stern        Shannah Laumeister             US             2011   
Beyond            Pernilla August             Sweden          2010            *** 1/2
Bitter Seeds             Micha Peled    India             2011   
Black Bread             Agustin Villaronga            Spain             2010            *** 1/2
Blood of My Blood   Joao Canijo             Portugal           2011   
Bol       Shoaib Mansoor             Pakistan          2012            ***
Breathing            Karl Markovics             Austria             2011   
British Guide to Showing Off, The      Jes Benstock             UK             2011   
Bullhead             Michael R. Roskam            Belgium             2011            ***
By The Fire             Alejandro Fernandez Almendras             Chile             2011            ***
Café De Flore             Jean Marc Vallee            Canada             2011   
Cairo 678             Mohamed Diab             Egypt             2010   
Cairo Station            Youssef Chahine            Egypt            1958   
California State of Mind: The Legacy of Pat Brown   Sascha Rice     US             2011   
Carol Channing: Lager Than Life             Dori Berinstein             US             2011   
Chronicle of My Mother             Masato Harada             Japan             2011   
Cloudburst             Thom Fitgerald             Canada             2011   
Cold Steel             David Wu       China             2011   
Come As You Are / Hasta La Vista            Geoffrey Enthoven             Belgium             2011   
Conformist, The             Bernardo Bertolucci             Italy             1970            *****
Corpo Celeste             Alice Rohrwacher             Italy             2011   
Cracks in The Shell, The     Christian Schwochow             Germany          2011   
David   Joel Fendelman             US             2011   
Declaration of War     Valerie Donzelli             France             2011            *** 1/2
Devi / Goddess, The            Satyajit Ray      India             1960   
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel   Lisa Vreeland             US             2011   
Die Standing Up             Jacaranda Correa             Mexico             2011            ***
Dolphin Boy             Dani Menkin             Israel             2011   
Dragon / Wu Xia       Peter Chan    Hong Kong    2011            *** 1/2
Edwin Boyd             Nathan Morlando            Canada             2011   
Elena    Andrei Zvyagintsev            Russia             2011   
Eliminate: Archie Cookson             Rob Holder UK             2011   
Elite Squad 2, The      Jose Padilha             Brazil             2010            ****
Escort In Love             Massimiliano Bruno             Italy             2011   
Expiration Date             Kenya Marquez             Mexico             2011   
First Position             Bess Kargman             US             2011   
Flowers of War / Heroes of Nanking             Zhang Yimou  China             2011   
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story            Jonathan Gruber             US             2011   
Footnote             Joseph Cedar   Israel             2011            *** 1/2
Foreverland             Maxwell McGuire             Canada             2011   
Forgiveness Of Blood, The            Joshua Marston            US             2011            *** 1/2
Front Line, The             Jang Hun      South Korea 2011            *** 1/2
Generation P             Victor Ginzburg             Russia             2011   
Girls in The Band, The            Judy Chaikin             US             2011   
Good Son, The             Zaida Bergroth             Finland             2011            ***
Goodbye First Love    Mia Hansen Love            France            2011            *** 1/2
Graveyard Keeper's Daughter            Katrin Laur     Estonia             2011            ***
Guilty / Presumed Guilty   Vincent Garenq             France            2011            *** 1/2
Habibi    Susan Youssef             Palestine          2011   
Happy New Year, Grandma     Telmo Esnal    Spain             2011            ***
Happy, Happy            Anne Sewitsky             Norway          2011            ***
Haywire             Steven Soderbergh            US             2011            **
Headhunters             Morten Tyldum            Norway          2011   
Holidays By The Sea             Pascal Rabate             France             2011   
Hotel Lux             Leander Hausmann             Germany          2011 
The House - 2012 PSIFF New Voices / New Visions Award Winner

House, The             Zuzana Liova    Czech             2011   
How Big Is Your Love             Fatma Zohra Zamoum             Algeria             2011   
If I Were You             Joan Carr Wiggin             Canada             2011   
If Not Us, Who?   Andres Veiel            Germany          2011   
In Darkness            Agnieszka Holland            Poland            2011            ***
Innocence             Jan Hrebejk             Czech            2011   
Invader, The             Nicolas Provost             Belgium             2011            ***
Island President, The             Jon Shenk   US             2011   
Jiro Dreams of Sushi    David Gelb     US             2011   
Jose and Pilar             Miguel Goncalves Mendes             Portugal           2011   
Kid With A Bike, The             Jean Pierre Dardenne            Belgium             2011            ****
Kiss Me             Alexandra Therese Keining             Sweden          2011   
Knuckleball             Ricki Stern    US             2012   
Land of Oblivion             Michale Boganim             Ukraine            2011            ***
Las Acacias             Pablo Giorgelli            Argentina         2011   
Last Winter             John Shank   France            2011            ***
Le Havre             Aki Kaurismaki             Finland             2011            *** 1/2
Lena             Christophe Van Rompaey             Netherlands     2011   
Let My People Go       Mikael Buch    France             2011   
Love In The Medina             Abdelhai Laraki             Morocco        2011   
Lovely Man             Teddy Soeriaatmadja            Indonesia          2011   ***
Loving Story, The      Nancy Buirski   US             2011   
Lucky   Avie Luthra    South Africa   2011   
Man Without A Cell Phone             Sameh Soabi             Palestine, Israel            2010   
Michael             Markus Schleinzer             Austria             2011            *** 1/2
Michel Petrucciani             Michael Radford             France             2011   
Miss Bala             Gerardo Naranjo             Mexico             2011            *** 1/2
Monk, The             Dominik Moll France             2011   
Monsieur Lazhar  Philippe Falardeau            Canada             2011            *** 1/2
Montevideo, God Bless You            Dragan Bjelogrlic            Serbia             2011   
Morgen             Mircea Crisan             Romania          2010            *** 1/2
Mulberry Child             Susan Morgan Cooper             China             2011   
My Australia             Ami Drozd   Israel             2011   
My Best Enemy             Wolfgang Murnberger            Austria            2011            ***
My Father Baryshnikov             Dmitri Povolotsky             Russia             2011   
Nino     Loy Arcenas             Philippines       2011   
North Sea Texas   Bavo Devurne             Belgium             2011   
Nuit No 1            Anne Emon   Canada             2011   
Off White Lies             Maya Kenig   Israel             2012   
Old Goats             Taylor Guterson             US             2010   
Omar Killed Me             Roschdy Zem   France, Morocco             2011   
On The Edge / Sur La Planche             Leila Kilani            Morocco        2011   
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia             Nuri Bilge Ceylan             Turkey             2011   
Orator, The             Tusi Tamasese             Samoa             2011   
P - 047            Kongdej Jaturanrasmee             Thailand          2011   
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory             Joe Berlinger             US             2011   
Pariah   Dee Rees     US             2011   
Patagonia            Marc Evans   UK            2010   
Perfect Sense             David MacKenzie             UK             2011            ** 1/2
Perfect Stranger, The             Toni Bestrad             Spain             2011   
Pig       Henry Barrial  US             2011   
Pina      Wim Wenders             Germany          2011            ***
Postcard             Kaneto Shindo Japan             2010   
Real Truths: The Life of Estella Nicolas Gil Lavedra             Argentina         2011   
Record of a Tenement Gentleman            Yasujiro Ozu   Japan            1947   
Restoration             Yossi Madmoni             Israel             2011            ***
Return         Liza Johnson             US             2011   
Return to Murder             Dain Said             Malaysia          2011   
Rif Lover, The             Narjiss Nejjar             Morocco        2011   
Rose    Wojtek Smarzowski             Poland             2011   
Rumble of The Stones, The             Alejandro Bellame Palacios            Venezuela        2011   
Run For Life             Mladen Maticevic             Serbia             2011   
Sacrifice           Chen Kaige   China             2010            ***
Sal       James Franco             US             2011   
Salesman, The             Sebastien Pilote             Canada             2011            ***
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen             Lasse Hallstrom             US             2011            ** 1/2
Salt of Life, The      Gianni Di Gregorio             Italy             2010   
Sandman, The             Peter Luisi             Switzerland       2011   
Sea Shadow             Nawaf Al Janahi             UAE            2011   
Semper Fi: Always Faithful             Rachel Libert   US             2011   
Separation, A             Asghar Farhadi             Iran             2011            ****
Shakespeare High     Alex Rotaru US             2011   
Silver Cliff, The             Karim Ainouz Brazil             2011            ***
Simon and The Oaks    Lisa Ohlin             Denmark          2011   
Simple Life, A             Ann Hui       Hong Kong, China             2011   
Snows of Kilimanjaro, The      Robert Guediguian             France             2011   
Sonny Boy             Maria Peters             Netherlands     2011   
Sons of Norway             Jens Lien             Norway          2011            *** 1/2
Sound of My Voice   Zal Batmanglij             US             2011   
Squad, The / El Paramo             Jaime Osorio             Argentina         2011   
Starbuck            Ken Scott    Canada             2011   
Starbuck - 2012 PSIFF Audience Award winner
Story of Film: An Odyssey, The      Mark Cousins             UK             2011   
Student, The             Santiago Mitre             Argentina         2011            *** 1/2
Summer Games / Giochi D'estate             Rolando Colla            Switzerland       2011            ***
Superclasico             Ole Christian Madsen            Denmark          2011   
Tall Man, The            Tony Krawitz             Australia          2011   
Tatsumi             Eric Khoo             Singapore       2011   
Terraferma             Emanuele Crialese            Italy             2011   
Thin Ice / Convincer, The             Jill Sprecher            US             2011            ** 1/2
Thousand Cuts, A         Charles Evered             US             2012   
Three Disappearances of Soade Hosni             Rania Stephan             Lebanon          2011   
Three Quarter Moon             Christian Zubert             Germany          2010   
Tilt       Victor Chouchkov Jr            Bulgaria          2011   
Time To Spare             Job Gosschalk             Netherlands     2011   
Tiniest Place, The      Tatiana Huezo  Mexico            2011            ** 1/2
Transit Cities             Mohammed al Hushki             Jordan             2010   
Turin Horse, The      Bela Tarr            Hungary          2011            *** 1/2
The Turin Horse  2012 PSIFF FIPRESCI Prize winner
Turn Me On, Goddammit            Jannicke Systad Jacobsen             Norway          2011   
Unfinished Spaces             Benjamin Murray             Cuba             2011   
Vito      Jeffrey Schwarz            US             2012   
Volcano             Runar Runarsson            Iceland             2011            ***
War of The Buttons, The             Christophe Barratier             France             2011   
Warriors of The Rainbow: Siddiq Bale             Wei Te Sheng   Taiwan             2011   
Watch Indian Circus             Mangesh Hadawale             India             2011   
We Have A Pope / Habemus Papam Nanni Moretti Italy             2011            **
We Need To Talk About Kevin   Lynne Ramsay             UK             2011            *** 1/2
When The Night / Quando La Notte             Cristina Comencini             Italy             2011   
Wish Me Away             Bobbie Birleffi US             2011   
Woman In The Fifth     Pawel Pawlikoswki            UK            2011   
Women With Cows   Peter Gerdehag             Sweden          2011   
Wreckers             D. R. Hood        UK             2011            ***
Wrinkles             Ignacio Ferreras             Spain             2011   
Wunderkinder             Marcus O. Rosenmuller             Germany          2011   
Yeelen / Brightness            Souleymane Cisse            Mali            1987   
You've Been Trumped            Anthony Baxter             UK             2011  

OTHER AWARD WINNERS
The Girls in the Band and Wish Me Away Tie for Audience Award Best Doc Feature
The Tiniest Place Receives The John Schlesinger Award
Matthias Schoenaerts received the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actor for his role in Bullhead (Belgium) directed by Michaël R. Roskam, “for his superb portrayal of an innocent and sensitive man trapped in a truculent body.
The ensemble female cast (Leila Hatami, Sareh Bayat and Sarina Farhadi) from A Separation (Iran) received the FIPRESCI Award for Best Actress
Terraferma (Italy), directed by Emanuele Crialese, received the HP Bridging the Borders Award

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