Monday, May 21, 2012

2012 Variety's 10 Euro Filmmakers to Watch

Tim Fehlbaum's Hell
"Black Pond," Will Sharpe and Tom Kingsley, U.K. - Oddball comic drama in which an ordinary family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at the dinner table.

"Either Way," Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, Iceland - Two highway maintenance men in the barren wilderness of 1980s Iceland find themselves at a figurative crossroads. ***

"Hasta la vista," Geoffrey Enthoven, Belgium -  a fictional account of Asta Philpot's real-life trips to a wheelchair-accessible Spanish brothel and his advocacy of prostitution.

"Hell," Tim Fehlbaum, Germany-Switzerland - Post-apocalyptic survival tale

"Hemel," Sacha Polak Netherlands - Berlin Fipresci winner follows the sexual odyssey of a young woman.

"Iron Sky," Timo Vuorensola, Finland - comic sci-fi yarn of moon-based Nazis.

"Jackpot," Magnus Mertens, Norway - Black comedy adapted from a Jo Nesbo story.

"This Life," Anne Grethe Bjarup Riis, Denmark - Historical drama set during WWII about the resistance movement in German occupied Denmark.

"Trip, A," Nejc Gazvoda, Slovenia - Three best pals from high school remember the past and confront their fears about the future.

"Wrinkles" Ignacio Ferreras, Spain - 2D toon set in an old folks' home.

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