Tokyo IFF 2010-2019
Movies to watch awarded or nominated in Tokyo International Film Festival in the '10s
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- DirectorLorraine LévyStarsEmmanuelle DevosPascal ElbéJules SitrukTwo young men, one Israeli and one Palestinian, discover they were accidentally switched at birth.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsMira BarkhammarMira GrosinLiv LeMoyneThree girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
- DirectorBenny SafdieJosh SafdieStarsArielle HolmesCaleb Landry JonesBuddy DuressA young woman struggles to reconcile her love for her boyfriend and for heroin, as she finds out that suicide is the only way for her boyfriend to forgive her for her misdeed.
- DirectorRoberto BerlinerStarsGlória PiresLuciana FregolenteSimone MazzerBased on the true story of Dr. Nise da Silveira, a psychiatrist in Brazil who treated her patients with art instead of electroshock therapy.
- DirectorChris KrausStarsLars EidingerAdèle HaenelJan Josef LiefersA very romantic comedy on the edge of the abyss: in the middle of the deepest life crisis, Holocaust researcher Toto is assigned an assistant for the Congress preparation: Zazie, of Jewish origin and with pronounced Teutophobia. The star guest of the Congress, a famous actress, suddenly withdraws the promise, and bizarre connections emerge between Toto's and Zazie's biographies.
- DirectorSemih KaplanogluStarsJean-Marc BarrErmin BravoGrigoriy DobryginThis film was inspired by a chapter from the Noble Quran. It is a post-apocalyptic story set in a world where those that survive, are divided between the remnants of cities and agricultural zones. Both of these factions are ruled by corporations and populated by elites.
- DirectorNir BergmanStarsOrly SilbersatzYehuda AlmagorRoee ElsbergA young boy with growth disorders lives through his daily life's tragedies and comedies, while struggling to come to terms with his own personal problems.
- DirectorMikhaël HersStarsVincent LacosteIsaure MultrierStacy MartinAfter his sister is brutally killed, David finds himself in charge of his 7 year old niece, Amanda.
- DirectorFrelle PetersenStarsJette SøndergaardPeter Hansen TygesenOle CaspersenKris, living with her uncle since her teenage years, is starting to second guess her current life, at her disabled uncles farm. As love crosses her path, a possible life changing question emerges.
- DirectorEdoardo De AngelisStarsPina TurcoMassimiliano RossiMarina ConfaloneThe story of a difficult birth set against the backdrop of child trafficking in Castel Volturno, an area outside Naples known for being the most lawless area in Italy.
- DirectorBenedikt ErlingssonStarsIngvar SigurdssonCharlotte BøvingJohann Pall OddsonA country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Love and death become interlaced and with immense consequences. The fortunes of the people in the country through the horses' perception.
- DirectorMustafa KaraStarsHaydar SismanNuray YesilarazHanife Kara"Cold of Kalandar" pictures within a unique pastoral atmosphere the realist, passionate and emotional story of Mehmet and his family living far from modern life, in a mountain village.
- DirectorHana JusicStarsMia PetricevicNiksa ButijerArijana CulinaWhen Marijana's dominant father falls seriously ill, she takes over the role as head of the family. The new power constellation also gives her new freedom that she has to find out a way to deal with.
- DirectorEdmund YeoStarsDaphne LowKahoe HonRuby FayeWhat is the price of staying alive? A young Chinese Malaysian woman, with dreams of a better life in Taiwan, finds herself involved in a criminal underworld of danger and death.
- DirectorWojciech SmarzowskiStarsRobert WieckiewiczJulia KijowskaAdam WoronowiczJerzy is a celebrity writer and a chronic alcoholic who camouflages his drinking problem with his wits and charm. As a frequent visitor of the rehab center, he meets fellow addicts from all walks of life and social backgrounds.
- DirectorYue DongStarsYihong DuanYiyan JiangYuan DuA man who is laid off from a steel factory desperately wants to chase a serial killer in a small city in Southern China.
- DirectorMichael NoerStarsJesper ChristensenClara RosagerMagnus KrepperIn 1800s Denmark, a farmer has a bad harvest and thus not enough food for his family. He makes a deal, that includes his farm and his daughter getting married, with a nearby rich farmer.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsPaolo BallesterosChristian BablesJoel TorreFriends attend the wake of Trisha, a Filipino transgender woman. They look back into her life and how she faced the adversities and triumphs of living as a transgender in Filipino society.
- DirectorMartin ZandvlietStarsRoland MøllerLouis HofmannJoel BasmanIn post-World War II Denmark, a group of young German POWs are forced to clear a beach of thousands of land mines under the watch of a Danish Sergeant who slowly learns to appreciate their plight.
- DirectorDaihachi YoshidaStarsRie MiyazawaSôsuke IkematsuYûko ÔshimaA mellow drama following the moral decline of a housewife turned bank employee who embezzles a fortune from her customers and indulges in an affair with a younger man. Set in 1994, shortly after the burst of Japan's economic bubble.
- DirectorAmanda KernellStarsMaj-Doris RimpiOlle SarriÁnne Biret SombyA reindeer-breeding Sámi girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930's at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
- DirectorYu LiStarsSylvia ChangBingbing FanChen Bo-linWhen they are evicted from their apartment in a provincial city in Northern China, a young bar singer and her two male friends rent rooms from a retired opera singer in Peking. The free-spirited young people chafe against a myriad of rules from their controlling landlady. They retaliate by playing unkind practical jokes on the older woman, who pays them back in kind. Their contest of wills escalates, culminating in a violation of trust by the tenants, but eventually the generations learn from each other and a familial bond is formed between them.
- DirectorYesim UstaogluStarsNeslihan AtagülBaris HacihanÖzcan DenizAraf is the story of Zehra and Olgun whose lives are caught in a vacuum. The world in which they live and work is a place of throwaway culture and constant change. They too are waiting for a chance to change and escape from their empty, monotonous lives.
- DirectorJun LanaStarsEugene DomingoEddie GarciaIza CalzadoNewly-widowed Marilou inherits from her husband the town's only barbershop--a business that has been passed down by generations of men in his family. With no other means of support, she musters the courage to run the barbershop. But--as to be expected--she fails to attract any customers. But a touching act of kindness she extended to Rosa, a prostitute who works in the town brothel, leads to an unexpected opportunity. Rosa, who now considers Marilou a friend, urges her prostitute friends to pressure their male clientele into patronizing Marilou's barbershop. The men have no choice but to grudgingly oblige out of fear that Rosa will expose their infidelity to their wives.
- DirectorGuillaume GallienneStarsAdeline D'HermyVanessa ParadisAlice PolMaryline wasn't always given the best luck in life, but she certainly has a talent for acting. Too humble and sensitive to embrace her natural fit, she can't help but make an impression on every artist she meets on her path.
- DirectorDominik MollStarsDenis MénochetLaure CalamyDamien BonnardA woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret.
- DirectorKristina GrozevaPetar ValchanovStarsMargita GoshevaIvan BarnevIvan SavovIn a small Bulgarian town Nadezhda, a young teacher, is looking for the robber in her class so she can teach him a lesson about right and wrong. But when she gets in debt to loan sharks, can she find the right way out herself?
- DirectorKheironStarsKheironLeïla BekhtiGérard DarmonAn Iranian family survives the shah and the ayatollah and moves to France. This story follows the family through it all. Despite the politics, revolution, prison, beatings, assassinations and suicides this is a comedy.
- DirectorTeemu NikkiStarsMatti OnnismaaJari VirmanHannamaija NikanderA man who euthanizes animals as a side job runs afoul of a white supremacist.
- DirectorRalph FiennesStarsOleg IvenkoRalph FiennesLouis HofmannThe story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.
- DirectorMikhail RedStarsArnold ReyesMary Joy ApostolJohn Arcilla"Birdshot" is a mystery-thriller film that tells a story of a young Filipina farm girl who wanders into the boundaries of a Philippine reservation forest. Deep within the reservation she mistakenly shoots and kills a critically endangered and protected Philippine Eagle. As the local authorities begin a manhunt to track down the poacher of a national bird, their investigation leads them to an even more horrific discovery.
- DirectorMasaharu TakeStarsSakura AndôHirofumi AraiYôzaburô ItôA 32-year-old woman living with her parents meets a boxer and finally starts a life.