http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/14thFestival/toolbar_menu/InternationalSections14/WorldBest14 Sun, 19 May 2024 07:57:21 GMT /skins/default/en/15festival/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif http://old.irandocfest.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright© Irandocfest.ir, all rights reserved Sun, 19 May 2024 07:57:21 GMT World’s Best 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8335/lobster-soup Synopsis: •    Krilli makes the lobster soup at Bryggjan Cafe. His brother Alli sits with the old fishermen, the last boxer of the island and the translator of Don Quixote into Icelandic. Every day they find a new solution to the world's problems. Bryggjan Cafe is the home to old fishermen, where the stories about the dead neighbors are told, and crazy musicians perform their shows. It's the soul of Iceland's most sparsely populated village. Some tourists who accidentally arrive here are mesmerized: finally, a real authentic place on their journey. But the success of the café can become the cause of its extinction. The tourists are attracted by the authenticity. Some investors have also discovered it. They want to buy it, enlarge it and hang a large whale skeleton on the wall. •    Director: Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu •    Screenwriter: Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, Ólafur Rögnvaldsson, Arūnas Matelis •    Cinematographer: José Luis González Iglesias •    Producer: Rafa Molés, Pepe Andreu, Ólafur Rögnvaldsson, Arūnas Matelis •    Composer: Alberto R. Lucendo •    Sound operator: José Luis Rubio (REC Grabaketa estudioa). ]]> World’s Best Sat, 19 Dec 2020 09:58:31 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8335/lobster-soup http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7881/confucian-dream Screenplay : Kongzi meng Cinematography: Mijie Li Editor: Evita YuePu Zhou,Mijie Li Producer: Betsy Tsai,Jeff Reichert,Violet Feng  Distribution/sales: Cat&Docs, maelle@catndocs.com   Synopsis: Chaoyan is a young wife and mother with a steady job, living in an enormous city. She increasingly finds her seemingly comfortable life empty. When she discovers the ancient teachings of Confucianism that most of her generation has forgotten, she insists that her son joins in her studies. Her husband, however, does not approve. Family conflicts intensify, and their ties weaken. In this zealous pursuit of harmony, Chaoyan and her family find themselves approaching a breaking point from which they might never recover.   Filmography: The Dream of My Grandfather (2010, short), Shanghai Mother (2011, short), Small Potato (2011, short), Hollywood Bob (2013, short), Walking into Tradition (2017, short), Organizing Happiness (2018, short), Confucian Dream (Kongzi meng, 2019)   Festivals and Awards : * HOT DOCS- Toronto, Canada * Karlovy Vary, DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL JURY PRIZE * Antenna * Astra Film Festival * China Screens * Minsk International Film Festival * Verzio Film Festival * GZDoc, Best Feature Length Documentary Award * Aswan International Woman Film Festival * Chai - China Documentary Film Festival * Dublin IFF, -Best Documentary Grand Jury Award - Aswan international Women Film Festival in Egypt           ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:24:13 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7881/confucian-dream http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7880/the-earth-is-blue-as-an-orange Screenplay : Iryna Tsilyk Cinematography: Viacheslav Tsvietkov Editor: Ivan Bannikov, Iryna Tsilyk Producer: Anna Kapustina, Giedrė Žickytė  Distribution/sales: Cat7Docs   Synopsis: Single mother Anna and her four children live in the front-line war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While the outside world is made up of bombings and chaos, the family is managing to keep their home as a safe haven, full of life and full of light. Every member of the family has a passion for cinema, motivating them to shoot a film inspired by their own life during a time of war.   Filmography: 2017, Invisible Battalion 2016, Home 2012, Commemoration 2008, Blue Hour   Festivals and Awards : * Sundance World Cinema Documentary Competition * MoMA Doc Fortnight * Zurich Film Festival 2020 * BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM - The National Film Critics Award - Kinokolo Ukraine * Jury's Prize for Best film and Press Jury's prize for Best film at Al Este Film Festival (Peru)       ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:23:05 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7880/the-earth-is-blue-as-an-orange http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7878/punks Screenplay : Maasja Ooms Cinematography: Maasja Ooms Editor: Sander Vosy Producer: Cerutti Film,Willemijn Cerutti  Distribution/sales: Square Eyes’Wouter Jansen,info@squareeyesfilm.com   Synopsis: Punks shows three Dutch teenagers whose behaviour is criminal. They are trying to better their lives with the help of a no-nonsense caretaker, somewhere deep in rural France. If they fail, they will be handed over to a closed juvenile home. In Punks the filmmaker is in search of the root cause of the survival strategies that derailed and unmanageable young people have developed. What makes these kids so angry, indifferent, numb and even unscrupulous? What happened to them? Why do they behave the way they do?   Filmography: • Punks  - 2019 • Alicia – 2017 • Tussen Mensen  - 2015   Festivals and Awards : IDFA2019- Best Editing & Best Cinematography – Special Mention Dutch Documentary DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival2020 One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Czech Republic (2020) Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, (2020) Crossing Europe Filmfestival, 2020) Docudays UA (2020)-Teen Dox Special Mention Teen’s Jury Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, Poland 2020) Official SelectionFestival Millenium, Belgium (2020)           ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:18:52 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7878/punks http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7877/rockfield-the-studio-on-the-farm Screenplay : Hannah Berryman Cinematography: Patrick Smith Editor: Hannah Berryman Producer: Catryn Ramasut  Distribution/sales: AUTLOOK Filmsales GmbH   Synopsis: 50 years ago, deep in the Welsh countryside, two brothers were milking cows and preparing to take over the family farm - but dreamed of making music. They had the audacious idea to build a studio in their farmhouse attic and record their own tunes. Animals were kicked out of barns and musicians were moved into Nan’s spare bedroom. Inadvertently, they’d launched the legendary Rockfield studios.   Filmography:  Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm,  Can We Live with Robots?   Festivals and Awards : British Film Festival 2020                           ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:17:24 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7877/rockfield-the-studio-on-the-farm http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7876/songs-of-repression Screenplay : Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga  Cinematography: Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga Editor: Nils Pagh Anderson Producer: Heidi Elise Christensen and Signe Byrge Sørensen, Final Cut For Real   Distribution/sales: AUTLOOK Filmsales GmbH   Synopsis: At the foot of the Andes Mountains in Chile lies an idyllic German colony called Villa Baviera (Bavarian Village). However, the beauty hides a grim past. This film explores how the residents of the colony use different strategies to cope with traumatic years of abuse, religious fanaticism and complicity in the worst atrocities of the Pinochet regime.    Filmography: Marianne Hougen-Moraga  Sea of Sorrow – Sea of Hope (2017), Returned (2011), Little Revolution (2010) and My Mother’s Promise (2007)   Estephan Wagner Waiting for Women (2008), The Finishing Line (2009), Vanishing Worlds (2011) and Last Dreams (2013).   Festivals and Awards : CPH:DOX 2020-DOX:Award (main prize) Politiken:Danish:Dox Award @ CPH:DOX 2020 Special Mention @ FIFIGROT 2020 ,DokFest München,2020  DocsBarcelona,2020 Zürich FF Docs Against Gravity,2020  Melbourne IFF 2020 IDFA2020               ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:10:27 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7876/songs-of-repression http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7875/speak-so-i-can-see-you Screenplay: Marija Stojnić Cinematography: Dušan Grubin Editor: Kristina Pozenel, Ivan Vasić Producer: Marija Stojnić, Bilboke, Milos Ivanovic Distribution/sales: Square Eyes, info@squareeyesfilm.com   Synopsis: An homage to “Radio Belgrade,” Serbia’s most historic station that broadcasts non-stop for the last 90 years, and – at the same time – a love letter to an invisible world driven to extinction. Through the experimental navigation within a building that encapsulates the fragile history of a whole country, we experience a soundscape with all our senses, as we stay tuned to the innermost emotional frequencies: A vibrant proof of the power of cinema to document memory with the most unexpected tools.   Filmography: 2008 Izmedju sna i sna 2019 Speak So I Can See You   Festivals and Awards : IDFA2019 Thessaloniki Film Festival2019           ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 15:08:48 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7875/speak-so-i-can-see-you http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7874/stray Screenplay : Elizabeth Lo Cinematography: Elizabeth Lo Editor: Elizabeth Lo Producer: Elizabeth Lo; Shane Boris  Distribution/sales: Dogwoof Sales   Synopsis: Through the eyes of its stray dogs wandering the streets of Istanbul, Stray explores what it means to live as a being without status or security. As they search for food and shelter, three dogs—Zeytin, Nazar, and Kartal—embark on inconspicuous journeys through Turkish society that allow us an unvarnished portrait of human life. Whether they lead us into decrepit ruins or bustling streets, the gaze of strays act as windows into the overlooked corners of society: women in loveless marriages, protesters without arms, refugees without sanctuary. Through their canine eyes, we are shown a human world ruptured by divisions along class, ethnic, and gender lines.   Filmography: Hotel 22 (2015), Bisonhead (2016), Mother’s Day (2017), The Disclosure President (2016), Notes from Buena Vista(2016), Treasure Island (2014), and Last Stop in Santa Rosa (2013)   Festivals and Awards : Hot Docs 2020, Best International Feature Documentary BFI London Film Festival 2020 IDFA 2020 - Best of Fests Tribeca 2020   ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:40:11 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7874/stray http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7873/tony-driver Screenplay : Ascanio Petrini Cinematography: Mario Bucci Editor: Benedetta Marchiori Producer: Marco Alessi, Giulia Achilli, Giorgio Blasi, Lucia Ferrante, Ascanio Petrini, Helmut Dosantos Distribution/sales: CAT&Docs   Synopsis: Pasquale Donatone left Italy as a child headed for the United States. He grew up in the Land of the Free, married, had children and divorced. He got tangled up in some shady business and decided to move South, just to stay out of trouble. But out of trouble he could not stay. Drugs come into play and in order to pay off serious debts he gets involved in another lucrative yet dangerous illegal business: smuggling visaless Mexican citizens over the American border. He is good at it and becomes known to his clientele as Tony Driver.    Filmography:   Tony Driver,2019   Festivals and Awards : Visions du Reel 2020: Grand Angle La Biennale di Venezia 2019: Settimana della Critica ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:37:15 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7873/tony-driver http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7872/two-roads Screenplay : Radovan Síbrt Cinematography: Šimon Dvořáček, Lukáš Milota, Radovan Síbrt Editor: Jorge Sanchez, Tomáš Elšík Producer: Alžběta Karásková, Karel Poupě    Distribution/sales: HBO Europe     Synopsis: What would you do with your life, if you knew that you have a limited time ahead of you? Much shorter than an average life? Members of The Tap Tap - a music band made up of physically disabled - or rather crippled as they would call themselves - students of Jedlička Institute in Prague have a pretty clear idea. They want to live and enjoy every single minute of it. The Tap Tap orchestra shows how to confront difficulties and obstacles. And above all, how to have fun in your life. The members of the band are strong personalities with a direct attitude to life. They drink, smoke, curse, love, as long as they enjoy it. The film explores the spirit of survival and the wild lust for life against all the odds.   Filmography: 2018, When the War Comes 2015, Czech Photo 2014, Gottland - Darling of the Nation 2013, Byeway 2012, On Decency 2012, The Prison of Art     Festivals and Awards : Czech Docs Evening 2016 East Doc Platform 2017 East Doc Platform 2019 East Silver 2019 Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2019   ]]> World’s Best Mon, 14 Dec 2020 14:25:42 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/7872/two-roads