Transmission Films

A Distant Neighbourhood

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Thomas, a father in his fifties, returns by chance to the town where he grew up. He collapses and wakes up forty years earlier in the body of his teenage self. Thrown back into his past, Thomas will not only have to re-live his first love, but also try to understand the reasons for his father’s mysterious departure. Can you change the past by living it again?

Accolades

“engaging… honest and entertaining”
Screen Daily

Filmmakers

Director: Sam Garbarski
Writers: Jérôme Tonnerre,
Sam Garbarski, Philippe Blasb
(adaptation), Jirō Taniguchi
(graphic novel)
Producers: Diana Elbaum,
Denis Freyd, Jani Thiltges,
Thanassis Karathanos, Karl
Baumgartner, Sébastien Delloye

Cast

Pascal Greggory
Jonathan Zaccaï
Alexandra Maria Lara
Léo Legrand

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Antichrist

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Synopsis

A grieving couple retreat to ’Eden’, their isolated cabin in the woods, where they hope to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse…

Accolades

Official Selection
Winner Best Actress – Charlotte Gainsbourg
2009 Cannes Film Festival

Links

www.antichristthemovie.com

Filmmakers

Director: Lars von Trier
Writer: Lars von Trier
Producer: Meta Louise Foldager

Cast

Willem Dafoe
Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Broken Embraces

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Synopsis

A man known by two names lives, loves and writes his life away in darkness. Harry Caine, also known as Mateo Blanco, was once a film director before lost his sight, and the love of his life, in a brutal car crash. But when his past pays him a visit, it appears that Harry may have been blind all along.

Accolades

Official Selection – In Competition
Cannes Film Festival 2009

Hypnotic beauty and emotion reveal the Spanish director to be still at the height of his powers.
Sydney Morning Herald

Links

Official Website
Broken Embraces – Facebook

Filmmakers

Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Writer: Pedro Almodóvar
Producers: Agustín Almodóvar,
Esther García

Cast

Penélope Cruz
Lluís Homar
Blanca Portillo

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Cannes Collection (2008 - 2010)

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The Tree
Fish Tank
Leap Year
Antichrist
Che: Part One
Che: Part Two
Enter The Void
The White Ribbon
Broken Embraces
Uncle Boonmee

About

Transmission Films is proud to release the first of what we hope to be many Cannes Collection box sets. With ten of the best films to come out of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival in 2008 – 2010, this box set will give your home entertainment collection some serious cinematic clout. Award-winners, Official Selections and Closing Night films from celebrated auteurs, masters of cinema, controversial curiosities and exciting new discoveries come together in this beautifully presented collection.

Rediscover Haneke’s The White Ribbon and Soderbergh’s Che; delve into von Trier’s Antichrist and Noé’s Enter the Void; learn to live and love with Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces, Bertuccelli’s The Tree, Arnold’s Fish Tank and Rowe’s Leap Year; and escape with Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

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Che Part 1: The Argentine

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On November 26, 1956, Fidel Castro sails to Cuba with eighty rebels. One of those rebels is Ernesto “Che” Guevara, an Argentine doctor who shares a common goal with Fidel Castro – to overthrow the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Che proves indispensable as a fighter, and quickly grasps the art of guerrilla warfare. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. the argentine tracks Che’s rise in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander torevolutionary hero.

Accolades

Official Selection
Winner Best Actor – Benicio Del Toro
Cannes Film Festival 2008

Filmmakers

Director: Steven Soderbegh
Writers: Peter Buchman (screenplay),
Ernesto “Che” Guevera (memoir)
Producers: Laura Bickford,
Benicio del Toro

Cast

Benecio del Toro
Julia Ormond
Demián Bichir
Oscar Isaac

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Enter The Void

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Oscar and his sister Linda are recent arrivals in Tokyo. Oscar’s a small time drug dealer, and Linda works as a nightclub stripper. One night, Oscar is caught up in a police bust and shot. As he lies dying, his spirit, faithful to the promise he made his sister – that he would never abandon her…

Accolades

“Noé jumps to the front rank… right next to David Lynch”
Salon

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Gaspar Noé
Writer: Gaspar Noé
Producers: Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval, Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier,
Pierre Buffin, Gaspar Noé

Cast

Nathaniel Brown
Paz de la Huerta
Cyril Roy
Olly Alexander

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Fish Tank

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Synopsis

Fifteen-year-old Mia is in an ongoing war with her family and the world around her. It isn’t until she meets her mother’s new boyfriend, Connor, that she feels she can connect with anyone – and when everything changes.

Accolades

Brilliant… Nearly flawless… The contradictions of adolescence have rarely been conveyed with such authenticity and force. Mr. Fassbender is quickly establishing himself as an actor of impressive range and skill. Ms. Jarvis’s triumph, and Ms. Arnold’s, are hardly in doubt.”
The New York Times

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Andrea Arnold
Writer: Andrea Arnold
Producers: Kees Kasander, Nick Laws

Cast

Katie Jarvis
Michael Fassbender
Kierston Wareing

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François Ozon Collection, The

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Le Refuge
Potiche (Trophy Wife)
Ricky

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From renowned French filmmaker François Ozon comes a fantastic collection of his three most recent works. Potiche (Trophy Wife)Le Refuge and Ricky are three wonderful examples of the captivating work by a man considered to be one of the most important young French film directors in French “New Wave” cinema. Each film is a testament to Ozon, who has garnered international acclaim and amassed more fans with each new release.

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Hobo With a Shotgun

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A train pulls into the station – it’s the end of the line. A Hobo jumps from a freight car, hoping for a fresh start in a new city. Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell. This is a world where criminals rule the streets and the city’s crime boss reigns supreme. Amidst the chaos, the Hobo comes across a pawn shop window displaying a second hand lawn mower. He dreams of making the city a beautiful place and starting a new life for himself. But as the brutality continues to rage around him, he notices a shotgun hanging above the lawn mower…

Accolades

“A down and dirty, hyper-violent, fully demented, all-severed-heads-and-limbs salute to 1970s grindhouse”
Playboy

Filmmakers

Director: Jason Eisener
Writer: John Davies
Producers: Rob Cotterill,
Niv Fichman, Frank Siracusa

Cast

Rutger Hauer
Gregory Smith
Brian Downey
Nick Bateman

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Last Flight, The

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Marie, an obstinate, adventuresome, young pilot, sets out to track down her lover who has vanished in the Sahara during a record flight attempt from London to Cape Town. Her unexpected arrival turns life upside down for a remote French Camel Corps troop that is already preoccupied with the stirrings of a Tuareg uprising. With the help of a rogue captain, Marie sets out on a desperate quest across a grandiose and hostile sea of sand.

Links

Official Site

Filmmakers

Director: Karim Dridi
Writers: Karim Dridi,
Pascal Arnold
Producers: Jean Cottin,
Sidonie Dumas,
Souad Lamriki

Cast

Marion Cotillard
Guillaume Canet
Guillaume Marquet
Frédéric Epaud

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Leap Year

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Laura lives deep in the melancholy of her troubled past in Oaxaca. Her solitary days pass until she decides to end it all. Laura meets Arturo who will help her finish off the pain of her existence. Winner of the Camera d’Or at the 2010 Cannes International Film Festival.

Accolades

‘A harrowing study of loneliness that showcases an intensely brave and believable performance from newcomer del Carmen’
Total Film

Filmmakers

Director: Michael Rowe
Writers: Lucia Carreras, Michael Rowe
Producers: Luis Salinas,
Edher Campos

Cast

Monica del Carmen
Gustavo Sánchez Parra
Armando Hernández

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LENNONYC

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Synopsis

“I just want sashimi. Kitcho. 45th Street. Look it up in the phonebook. Say who it’s for. Yoko Ono, not me. Say it’s for Yoko Ono… (laughs)… otherwise I don’t get it”

After a five-year hiatus, John Lennon was back in the studio. Lennon had famously walked away from the music business, the fame machine, everything. He baked bread, took care of his son Sean, spent his time “watching the wheels go ‘round and ‘round.” But now Lennon was back recording. He was, perhaps for the first time in his life, unreservedly happy.

Accolades

“a moving, revealing portrait”
indieWIRE

Filmmakers

Director: Michael Epstein
Writer: Michael Epstein
Producers: Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin, Michael Epstein

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Life During Wartime

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Synopsis

In writer and director Todd Solondz‘s part sequel/part variation on his acclaimed film Happiness, three sisters and the people they love struggle to find their places in an unpredictable and volatile world where the past haunts the present and imperils the future.

Accolades

“Profound in its funny hipness, it shows Solondz as the true heir to Woody Allen, albeit on a far kinkier and politically/socially engaged level”
Hollywood Reporter

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Todd Solondz
Writer: Todd Solondz
Producers: Christine K. Walker, Derrick Tseng

Cast

Shirley Henderson
Allison Janney
Ally Sheedy

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Life In A Day

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Synopsis

A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of July, 2010.

Accolades

“A spellbinding montage depicting a day in the life of the planet Earth”
Cinematical

Filmmakers

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Executive Producer: Ridley Scott
Producer: Jack Arbuthnott, Malcolm Reeve

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Lope

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A chronicle of the life of Lope de Vega, the Spanish playwright who dominated Spain’s early Golden Age of theatre in the 16th century. After returning from the war, Lope finds himself ambitious and eager to live, write and love – but everything is not as easy as it seems. Penniless and in love with his boss’s daughter, Lope soon begins an epic romantic adventure of his own!

Accolades

Official Selection
Toronto International Film Festival 2010

Official Selection
Venice Film Festival 2010

Filmmakers

Director: Andrucha Waddington
Writers: Jordi Gasull
Ignacio Del Moral
Producers: Mercedes Gamero,
Jordi Gasull, Edmon Roch,
Andrucha Waddington

Cast

Alberto Ammann
Leonor Watling
Pilar López de Ayala
Luis Tosar

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Lourdes

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Christine has been confined to a wheelchair for most of her life. In order to escape her isolation, she makes a journey to Lourdes, the iconic site of pilgrimage in the Pyrénées mountains. She wakes up one morning seemingly cured by a miracle. The leader of the pilgrimage group, a handsome forty-year-old volunteer from the Order of Malta, begins to take an interest in her. She tries to hold on to this newfound chance for happiness while her cure provokes envy and admiration.

Accolades

Official Selection – In Competition
Winner Brian, FIPRESCI, Signis and Sergios Trasatti Awards
Venice Film Festival 2009

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Jessica Hausner
Writer: Jessica Hausner
Producer: Martin Gschlacht,
Philippe Bober, Susanne Marian

Cast

Sylvie Testud
Léa Seydoux
Bruno Todeschini
Elina Lowensohn

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Mad Bastards

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TJ is a hard-edged Aboriginal man who’s sick of scraping out an existence in the city. He travels to the tiny frontier town of Five Rivers in search of his son. Upon his arrival TJ is confronted by the equally tough local cop Texas… and so begins a story about hard men battling to do the right thing by their family.

Accolades

“GRIPPING… TOUCHING… HAUNTING… BEAUTIFUL”
Adelaide Advertiser

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Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Brendan Fletcher
Writers: Brendan Fletcher
in collaboration with Greg Tait,
Dean Daley-Jones, John Watson
Producers: Brendan Fletcher,
Alan Pigram, Stephen Pigram,
David Jowsey

Cast

Dean Daley-Jones
Greg Tait
Lucas Yeeda
Ngaire Pigram
John Watson
Douglas Macale

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Orator, The

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Small in stature and humble, Saili lives a simple life with his beloved wife and daughter in an isolated, traditional village in the islands of Samoa.  Forced to protect his land and family, Saili must face his fears and seek the right to speak up for those he loves.

Accolades

*****
Dominion Post

***** “Simply told and beautifully shot. The Orator will put Samoan filmmaking on the map”
NZ Women’s Weekly

“Exceptionally beautiful”
David Stratton, At the Movies

Winner – CICAE Art Cinema Award
Venice International Film Festival 2011

Official Selection
Venice International Film Festival 2011

Filmmakers

Director: John Michael McDonagh
Writer: John Michael McDonagh
Producers: Chris Clark,
Flora Fernandez-Marengo,
Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe

Cast

Brendan Gleeson
Don Cheadle
Mark Strong
Liam Cunningham

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Potiche (Trophy Wife)

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North of France, Sainte-Gudule, 1977. Suzanne is the submissive, housebound wife of wealthy industrialist Robert Pujol, who oversees his umbrella factory with an iron fist and is equally tyrannical with his children and ‘trophy housewife’. When the workers go on strike and take Robert hostage Suzanne steps in to manage the factory. To everyone’s surprise she proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. But when Robert returns from a restful cruise in top form things get complicated…

Accolades

“It’s a trophy of a film. A delightful and uplifting crowd pleaser”
Urban Cinefile

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: François Ozon
Writer (adaptation):
François Ozon
Producers: Eric Altmayer,
Nicolas Altmayer

Cast

Catherine Deneuve
Gérard Depardieu
Fabrice Luchini
Karin Viard
Jérémie Renier
Judith Godrèche

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Refuge, The

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Mousse and Louis are young, beautiful, rich and in love. But drugs have invaded their lives. One day they overdose and Louis dies. Mousse survives but soon learns she’s pregnant. Feeling lost, she runs away to a house far from Paris. Several months later, Louis’ brother joins her in her refuge.

Accolades

Official Selection – In Competition
Toronto International Film Festival 2009

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: François Ozon
Writers: François Ozon, Mathieu Hippeau
Producers: Claudie Ossard, Chris Bolzli

Cast

Isabelle Carré
Louis-Ronan Choisy
Pierre Louis-Calixte
Melvil Poupaud

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Ricky

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Synopsis

When Katie, an ordinary woman, meets Paco, an ordinary man, something magical and miraculous happens: they fall in love. Out of their love comes an extraordinary baby: Ricky.

Accolades

“Among Ozon’s most lyrical and daring films”
Chicago Reader

Official Selection
Berlin International Film Festival 2009

Links

Official Website
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Filmmakers

Director: François Ozon
Writer: François Ozon
Producers: Chris Bolzli,
Claudie Ossard, Vieri Razzini

Cast

Alexandra Lamy
Sergi López
Mélusine Mayance

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sex&drugs&rock&roll

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Synopsis

A biography of The Blockheads frontman Ian Dury. Despite being stricken with polio at a young age, Dury defied expectations by becoming one of the founder of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.

Accolades

“4 STARS, A Must See”
The Times

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Matt Whitecross
Writer: Paul Viragh
Producer: Damian Jones

Cast

Andy Serkis
Ray Winstone
Olivia Williams
Mackenzie Crook

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Sleeping Beauty

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Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy’s absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy’s daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep.

Accolades

“Julia Leigh has a new, fully confident cinema voice. Sleeping Beauty thrilled and excited me”
Jane Campion

Official Selection – In Competition
Cannes Film Festival 2011
Sydney Film Festival 2011

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Julia Leigh
Writer: Julia Leigh
Producer: Jessica Brentnall

Cast

Emily Browning
Rachael Blake
Michael Dorman

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Tracker

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At the turn of the last century a South African living in New Zealand – an ex-Boer War guerilla – is sent out to bring back a Maori accused of killing a British soldier. Set in the beautiful landscapes of southern New Zealand, Tracker is a taut and compelling story that explores the courage and strength required to be a good man.

Accolades

“An interesting insight into an era rarely seen on film and an atmospheric showcase for Winstone and Morrison’s talents.”
Empire Magazine

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Ian Sharp
Writer: Nicolas van Pallandt
Producers: David Burns, Trevor Haysom

Cast

Ray Winstone
Temeura Morrison

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Tree, The

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Eight-year-old Simone is convinced her late father speaks to her through the leaves of her favourite tree. It’s a secret she confides with her grieving mother, Dawn, bringing them closer than ever. But their new bond is threatened when Dawn starts a relationship with George, the plumber called in to remove the tree’s troublesome roots.

From acclaimed director Julie Bertuccelli (Since Otar Left, Winner International Critics week, Cannes Film Festival) comes a family tale about loss, rebirth and the power of imagination.

Accolades

“Beautifully made, beautifully acted”
David Stratton, At the Movies

Official Selection – Closing Night Film
Cannes Film Festival 2010

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Julie Bertuccelli
Writer: Julie Bertuccelli
(adaptation), Judy Pascoe (novel)
Producer: Sue Taylor

Cast

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Marton Csokas
Morgana Davies

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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

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Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside.

Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave – the birthplace of his first life…

Accolades

Winner Palme d’Or
Cannes Film Festival 2010

Filmmakers

Director/Writer:
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Producers: Simon Field,
Keith Griffiths, Charles de Meaux,
Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Cast

Thanapat Saisaymar
Jenjira Pongpas
Sakda Kaewbuadee
Natthakarn Aphaiwonk
Geerasak Kulhong

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Welcome to the Rileys

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Once a happily married couple, the Rileys have been struggling since losing their teenage daughter eight years ago. While his wife has become agoraphobic, Doug stays away from the haunting memories of his home. On a work trip to New Orleans he meets Mallory, a troubled teenage runaway desperate for paternal guidance.

Accolades

“Three beautifully brave performances”
The Huffington Post

“Gandolfini and Leo are downright dynamite”
Variety

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Jake Scott
Writer: Ken Hixon
Producers: Michael Costigan
Scott Bloom, Giovanni Agnelli,
Ridley Scott, Tony Scott

Cast

James Gandolfini
Kristen Stewart
Melissa Leo

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White Ribbon, The

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In the years leading up to World War One, a small village in the north of Germany is plagued with a series of mysterious accidents. At the heart of each of these accidents are the village’s oppressed and abused children, but it is not clear as to what extent.

Accolades

Official Selection
Winner – Palme d’Or
Cannes Film Festival 2009

Winner – Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globes 2009

Links

Official Website

Filmmakers

Director: Michael Haneke
Writer: Michael Haneke
Producers: Stefan Arndt,
Veit Heiduschka, Margaret
Menegoz, Andrea Occhiointi

Cast

Christian Friedel
Ernst Jacobi
Leonie Benesch

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Women Without Men

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Against the tumultuous backdrop of the of Iran’s 1953 CIA-backed coup d’etat the destinies of four women converge in a beautiful orchard where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Accolades

“A poignant marriage of politics and art”
Filmmaker Magazine

Filmmakers

Director: Shirin Neshat
Writers: Shirin Neshat,
Shoja Azari
Producers: Susanne Marian, Martin Gschlacht,
Philippe Bober

Cast

Pegah Ferydoni
Arita Shahrzad
Shabnam Tolouei
Orsi Toth

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