Strand curated as an antidote to gloom and doom.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and Comrade Kim Goes Flying
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
(Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Declan Lowney; Writer: Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Armando Iannucci; Stars: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall, Monica Dolan)
The hapless presenter is caught up in a hostage negotiation situation.
Almost Perfect (Sover Dolly på ryggen?)
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2012; Director: Hella Joof; Writer: Christian Torpe, Marie Østerbye; Stars: Lene Maria Christensen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Mia Lyhne, Casper Crump, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Christian Mosbæk, Birthe Neumann, Keld Heick, Anne Sofie Espersen, Rasmus Bjerg, Niels Martin Eriksen, Frederik Schacht Dibbern, Valdemar Schacht Dibbern, Malthe Schacht Dibbern, Tina Gylling Mortensen)
Romantic comedy.
August Fools (Mieletön elokuu)
(Country: Finland, Czech Republic; Year: 2013; Director: Taru Mäkelä; Writer: Raija Talvio; Stars: Laura Birn, Kati Outinen, Tommi Korpela, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Veera W. Vilo, Esko Salminen, Pirkka-Pekka Petelius, Krystof Hádek, Vesa Vierikko, Anssi Lindström, Aku Hirviniemi, Seela Sella, Elena Leeve, Maria Sid, Cohlie Brocato)
Romantic comedy.
Comrade Kim Goes Flying
(Country: Belgium, UK, North Korea; Year: 2012; Director: Anja Daelemans, Nicholas Bonner, Kim Gwang-hun; Stars: Han Jong-sim, Pak Chung-guk, Ri Yong-ho, Kim Son-nam, Han Kil-myong, An Chang-sun, Ri Ik-sung, Kim Un-yong)
A romantic, musical tale about a coal miner who dreams of becoming a trapeze artist.
Enough Said
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Nicole Holofcener; Writer: Nicole Holofcener; Stars: Toni Collette, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ben Falcone, Amy Landecker, Michaela Watkins, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Toby Huss, Eve Hewson, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Tracey Fairaway, Phillip Brock, Tavi Gevinson)
A divorced woman learns the new man in her life is her new friend's ex-husband.
Frances Ha and Enough Said
Frances Ha
(Country: US; Year: 2012; Director: Noah Baumbach; Writer: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig; Stars: Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen, Patrick Heusinger, Teddy Cañez, Hannah Dunne, Grace Gummer, William Todd Levinson, Marina Squerciati, Finnerty Steeves)
Lightning-in-a-bottle, Noah Baumbach’s love poem to his star and co-writer Greta Gerwig recalls Godard’s early celebrations of Anna Karina, but, as a New York movie, it’s beautiful in a brand new way.
Los Flamencos
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2013; Director: Daniel Lambo; Writer: Daniel Lambo; Stars: Charlie Cantraine, Koen De Bouw, Sien Eggers, Philippe Geubels, Jos Geysels, Wim Helsen, Kim Hertogs, Herwig Ilegems, Frederike Migom, Iwein Segers, Peter van den Eede, Jonas Van Geel, Mark Verstraete)
A trio of ageing siblings try to pull off one last heist.
Love And Lemons (Små citroner gula)
(Country: Sweden; Year: 2013; Director: Teresa Fabik; Writer: Teresa Fabik, Kajsa Ingemarsson, Vasa; Stars: Rakel Wärmländer, Dan Ekborg, Josephine Bornebusch, Sverrir Gudnason, Tomas von Brömssen, Anki Lidén, Eric Ericson, Richard Ulfsäter, Sofia Rönnegård, David Tainton, Iwa Boman, Hanna Skoghag, Emelie DiJolie, Paolo Laverghetta, Johan af Wetterstedt)
A romantic comedy about love, friendship and the courage it takes to follow your dreams.
Only In New York (Peace After Marriage)
(Country: US, Israel, Jordan; Year: 2013; Director: Bandar Albuliwi, Ghazi Albuliwi; Writer: Ghazi Albuliwi; Stars: Hiam Abbass, Ghazi Albuliwi, Omer Barnea, Assaf Cohen, Salahaldin Hussein, Hany Kamal, Valerie Lonigro, Mark Lucaj, Einat Tubi)
A lonely Palestinian-American agrees to marry and Israeli who needs a green card.
The Referee (L'arbitro)
(Country: Italy, Argentina; Year: 2013; Director: Paolo Zucca; Writer: Paolo Zucca, Barbara Alberti; Stars: Stefano Accorsi, Marco Cadau, Geppi Cucciari, Jacopo Cullin, Alessio Di Clemente, Franco Fais, Quirico Manunza, Marco Messeri, Grégoire Oestermann, Francesco Pannofino, Benito Urgu)
Football comedy.
A Street In Palermo
(Country: Italy, Switzerland, France; Year: 2013; Director: Emma Dante; Writer: Emma Dante, Giorgio Vasta; Stars: Emma Dante, Alba Rohrwacher, Elena Cotta, Renato Malfatti, Dario Casarolo)
The chaos caused when two cars meet in side street in Palermo and neither will budge to let the other pass.
Three Many Weddings (Tres bodas de más)
(Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Javier Ruiz Caldera; Writer: Pablo Alén, Breixo Corral; Stars: Quim Gutiérrez, Inma Cuesta, Martiño Rivas, Rossy de Palma, Sílvia Abril, Laura Sánchez, María Botto, Joaquín Reyes, Bruno Sevilla, Paco León, Berto Romero, Bárbara Santa Cruz, Carlos Noriega)
A woman is forced to attend the marriages of three of her exes in one month... and the only person she can persuade to come along is her intern.
Wrong Cops
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Quentin Dupieux; Stars: Mark Burnham, Marilyn Manson, Steve Little, Eric Wareheim)
Imagine a Los Angeles where crime is so low that a bored cop sells drugs and harasses a teenager to pass the time. Shot in standalone chapters, as it is being financed, screened and released, watch the 45 minutes of crazy.
