My top 50 of SIFF 2016
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- DirectorAndrew CividinoStarsJackson MartinNick SerinoReece MoffettWhile spending the summer in cottage country on the shores of Lake Superior, three teens cope with boredom by testing the limits of their experience.
- DirectorJe-yong LeeStarsYoun Yuh-jungNash AngHyun-jun ChoiThe Bacchus Lady looks into the issue of elderly prostitution in South Korea. So-Young, an elderly lady who provides sex services to the male senior citizens using the pretext of selling Bacchus (an energy drink) to them. When So-Young picks up a Korean-Filipino boy named Min-Ho from the clinic she visits after Min-Ho's mother stabs the doctor (Min-Ho's father), she takes care of him while seeking a living through prostitution. From her interactions with her former clients, she finds that the golden age in their silver years may not be that bright after all.
- DirectorTaika WaititiStarsSam NeillJulian DennisonRima Te WiataA national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
- DirectorSekou TraoréStarsMaimouna N'DiayeFargass AssandéAbidine DioariIn an African country plagued by civil war, a young idealistic lawyer is officially assigned to defend a rebel accused of war crimes.
- DirectorLeyla BouzidStarsBaya MedhaffarGhalia BenaliMontassar AyariA few months before the revolution in Tunisia, 18 year-old Farah has a passion for life and sings in a political rock band. Her mother, knowing the dangers of Tunisia, wants her to pursue a career as a doctor.
- DirectorJeremy SimsStarsMichael CatonNingali LawfordMark Coles SmithWhen Rex, a Broken Hill cab driver, is told he doesn't have long to live, he sets out on an epic journey to Darwin in a bid to die on his own terms.
- DirectorNabil AyouchStarsLoubna AbidarAsmaa LazrakHalima KaraouaneA group of women in Morocco make a living as prostitutes in a culture that is very unforgiving toward women in that profession.
- DirectorTi WestStarsEthan HawkeJohn TravoltaTaissa FarmigaA mysterious stranger and a random act of violence drag a town of misfits and nitwits into the bloody crosshairs of revenge.
- DirectorDalibor MatanicStarsTihana LazovicGoran MarkovicNives IvankovicThree different love stories, set in three consecutive decades, in two neighbouring Balkan villages burdened with a long history of inter-ethnic hatred: this is a film about the dangers - and the enduring strength - of forbidden love.
- DirectorMai MasriStarsMaisa Abd ElhadiNadira OmranRakeen SaadA young Palestinian schoolteacher gives birth to her son in an Israeli prison where she fights to protect him, survive and maintain hope.
- DirectorNed CrowleyStarsJim O'HeirAndrew J. WestJosh McDermittLenny Freeman is a straight-laced old-school accountant with a dream; to become a famous stand-up comedian. The problem is he's not very funny. Not even close. When his mother dies, leaving him nothing but debt and her '53 Oldsmobile, Lenny hits the road to chase his dream in Vegas and auditioning for Monte Guy's annual "Stand-Up Stand-Off". Along the way (and against his better judgment) Lenny picks up a mysterious traveler named "Hitch" and his trip quickly turns from bad to worse when they stop at a small-town bar. Lenny jumps on stage as a warm-up act, but a run-in with a heckler leads to murder. Now with a dead body in his trunk, Lenny and Hitch are on the run. As the body count piles up, Lenny tries to free himself from his psychotic sidekick and escape to Vegas with the girl of his dreams. But Hitch won't shake so easily. They've got a contract. And the devil is in the details...literally. Not to mention the fact that all this blood and mayhem is having a strange side-effect on Lenny. It is actually improving his comedy.
- DirectorAri IsslerBen SnyderStarsVictor AlmanzarShirley RumierkElizabeth RodriguezReturning to his hometown, US Marine Nelson Sanchez finds himself trapped by the violent past he had tried to escape.
- DirectorRodrigo PláStarsJana RaluySebastián AguirreHugo AlboresWhen her insurance company refuses to approve the care her husband needs to survive, Sonia Bonet (Jan Raluy) takes things into her own hands. Up against an unyielding bureaucracy and disinterested workers, she is pushed to her breaking point: with her son in tow, she attempts to fight the system.
- DirectorHannes HolmStarsRolf LassgårdBahar ParsFilip BergOve, an ill-tempered, isolated retiree who spends his days enforcing block association rules and visiting his wife's grave, has finally given up on life just as an unlikely friendship develops with his boisterous new neighbors.
- DirectorJason LewStarsBoyd HolbrookElisabeth MossOctavia SpencerA recently released former convict becomes involved with a married woman with an abusive husband.
- DirectorJoost van GinkelStarsAngela NedyalkovBoris IsakovicErik AdelöwThe jarring lives of six immigrant residents of Amsterdam intertwine in a poetic mosaic.
- DirectorFrelle PetersenStarsJulie Brochorst AndersenSimone LykkeAlexandre WillaumeRealizing that her unknown biological father is probably alive, Sofia leaves behind a degrading and humiliating life and embarks on a journey with her naive half-sister Olivia, both girls hoping to find the caring father figure they so desperately need. They find Adam who suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. However, that does not stop the girls from trying to get in contact with the former soldier. Adam is constantly on red alert but at the same time he finds that his feelings for the daughter he had never expected to meet are growing.
- DirectorErmek TursynovStarsMikhail KarpovRoza KhayrullinaErzhan NurymbetYermek Tursunov (Kelin, The Old Man) completes his trilogy about Kazakh identity, in which an orphaned young boy takes to the mountains and lives among a pack of wolves in the days before WWII.
- DirectorAnnie J. HowellLisa RobinsonStarsBetsy BrandtChris BeetemZev HaworthClaire is sure of herself, her work and family, until - like a bad dream - her husband disappears, leaving a trail of puzzling secrets that shatter her certainty.
- DirectorHelen WalshStarsLauren McQueenBrogan EllisStephen LordWhen Shelly meets Rachel, two dysfunctional girls from radically opposed backgrounds set off on a collision course that will leave one of them shattered, the other re-born.
- DirectorEmir BaigazinStarsOmar AdilovTimur AidarbekovMadiyar AripbayIn a godforsaken Kazakh village four adolescent teenagers try to find their place in the world.
- DirectorWhit StillmanStarsKate BeckinsaleChloë SevignyXavier SamuelLady Susan Vernon takes up temporary residence at her in-laws' estate and, while there, is determined to be a matchmaker for her daughter Frederica--and herself too, naturally.
- DirectorGilles LegrandStarsOlivier GourmetGeorgia ScallietDimitri StorogeDuring World War I, a home care nurse treats a man who lost one leg on the front lines. A strong bond arises between them and evolves into a passionate love affair.
- DirectorDavid RühmStarsAnatole TaubmanTobias MorettiDominic OleySigmund Freud's newest patient is a vampire fed up with his undying relationship with his wife.
- DirectorBabak AnvariStarsNarges RashidiAvin ManshadiBobby NaderiAs a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home.