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San Sebastian Film Festival 2016

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Anishoara (Country: Germany, Moldova; Year: 2016; Director: Ana Felicia Scutelnicu; Writer: Ana Felicia Scutelnicu; Stars: Anisoara Morari)
A year in the life of a 15-year-old in a remote village, as childhood gives way to adulthood.
Le Ciel Flamand (Country: Belgium; Year: 2016; Director: Peter Monsaert; Writer: Peter Monsaert; Stars: Sara Vertongen, Wim Willaert, Esra Vandenbussche, Ingrid De Vos, Isabelle van Hecke, Tom Ternest, Naima Rodric, Serge Larivière, Mathias Sercu, Frédéric Gibilaro)
A look at the lives of three generations of women. Monique and her daughter Sylvie run a brothel on the border of West Flanders and France. Eline, Sylvie's six-year-old daughter, is fascinated by the mysterious workplace of her mother and grandmother, but she is never allowed inside. A dramatic event turns their lives upside down and the family ties are put under pressure.
In Between (Bar Bahar) (Country: Israel, France; Year: 2016; Director: Maysaloun Hamoud; Writer: Maysaloun Hamoud; Stars: Mouna Hawa, Sana Jammelieh, Shaden Kanboura, Mahmud Shalaby, Henry Andrawes)
Three Palestinian women share a flat in Tel Aviv.
Full Review See: Interview with Maysaloun Hamoud about In Between
María (Y Los Demás) (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Nely Reguera; Writer: Nely Reguera, Roger Sogues, Eduard Sola, Valentina Viso; Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Julián Villagrán, Pablo Derqui, Rocío León, José Ángel Egido, María Vázquez, Vito Sanz, Aixa Villagrán, Alexandra Pineiro, Xúlio Abonjo, Luisa Merelas, Marina Skell, Miguel de Lira, Ernesto Chao)
Since her mother's death, Maria has been a rock for her family but finds her world threatened when her father plans to remarry.
One Hundred And Fifty Years Of Life (Country: China; Year: 2016; Director: Yu Liu)
A 90-year-old man lives with his disabled son, fearing what will happen to him after his death.
Our Love Story (Yeon-Ae-Dam) (Year: 2016; Director: Lee Hyun-Ju)
Yoon-ju is a graduate student of fine arts, who works petty part-time jobs to make ends meet, she isn't looking for a relationship... until she runs into a woman in a junk shop.
Park (Year: 2016; Director: Sofia Exarchou)
Ten years have passed, and the Olympic Village in Athens is in decay. Among the abandoned athletic facilities and new-money tourist resorts nearby, Dimitris, Anna, a retired athlete, and their friends traverse Greece's glorious past with the decadence of today, creating a portrait of a society unprepared for the brutal fall.
Pinamar (Country: Argentina; Year: 2016; Director: Federico Godfrid)
Two brothers return to Pinamar after their mother's death, to say their final goodbye and sell the family apartment, rediscovering their relationship along the way.
Porto (Country: US, France, Portugal; Year: 2016; Director: Gabe Klinger; Writer: Larry Gross, Gabe Klinger; Stars: Anton Yelchin, Lucie Lucas, Françoise Lebrun, Paulo Calatré, Chantal Akerman, Florie Auclerc-Vialens, Aude Pépin, Filomena Gigante, Rita Pinheiro, Diana de Sousa)
Jake and Mati are two outsiders in Porto who once experienced a brief connection. A mystery remains about the moments they shared, and in searching through memories, they relive the depths of a night uninhibited by the consequences of time.
Pretenders (Teesklejad) (Country: Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia; Year: 2016; Director: Vallo Toomla)
A couple taking some time out at their friends' summer house find their relationship questioned when they offer shelter to another couple caught in a storm.
Prowl (Vanatoare) (Year: 2016; Director: Alexandra Balteanu)
Three female sex workers with their own hopes and dreams form a resistance against the local police.
Something In Blue (Hu Xi Zheng Chang) (Country: China; Year: 2016; Director: Yunbo Li; Writer: Yunbo Li)
Docufiction. Four young people, one city. As seasons change, they come into the movie from life, then they come back to their life from the movie.
Summer Lights (Lumieres D'Ete - Natsu No Hikari ) (Year: 2016; Director: Jean-Gabriel Périot; Writer: Jean-Gabriel Périot, Yoko Harono; Stars: Hiroto Ogi, Akane Tatsukawa, Yuzu Horie, Keiji Izumi, Mamako Yoneyama )
A documentarian in Japan to make a film about Hiroshima, meets an enigmatic woman.
A Taste Of Ink (Compte tes blessures) (Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Morgan Simon; Writer: Morgan Simon; Stars: Kévin Azaïs, Monia Chokri, Nathan Willcocks, Julien Krug, Selim Aymard, Cedric Laban)
Vincent hasn't lived a third of his life yet, but he's already tattooed half of his body and hoarsened his voice with his post-hardcore band. Since his mother died, he shares his time between a piercer job he's not happy with and a fishmonger father trying to start a new life with a younger woman. And it's driving him insane.
Waldstille (Country: Netherlands; Year: 2016; Director: Martijn Maria Smits; Writer: Martijn Maria Smits; Stars: Thomas Ryckewaert, Jelka van Houten, Johan Leysen, Marie-Louise Stheins, Oscar Van Rompay, Clara Bovenberg, Jappe Claes, Zinsy de Boer, Olga Louzgina, Maartje van de Wetering, Jasmijn Simons, Kuno Bakker, Steef Cuijpers)
A man who lost custody of his child after killing his girlfriend in a car accident tries to make up for lost time.
Weekend (Fin De Semana) (Country: Argentina; Year: 2016; Director: Moroco Colman; Writer: Sofia Castells, Moroco Colman, Andrea Gigena; Stars: Jean Pierre Noher, María Ucedo, Lisandro Rodríguez, Eva Bianco, Jessica Kloner, Roberto Videla, Sofia Lanaro, Magdalena Combes, Santiago Zapata)
Two women have a reunion after years and things prove tense over a weekend together.
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