Films in the 2012 WOW Film Festival
5 Broken Cameras A powerful personal testimony that shows exactly what life is like in occupied Palestine. Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, bought his first camera to r… |
A Useful Life A beguiling romantic comedy for cinema lovers, like The Artist this droll tale rejoices in the beauty of black and white and pastiches silent films, m… |
Alois Nebel Based on a cult graphic novel this is a beautifully realised, superbly atmospheric portrait of a fractured loner and his country’s recent history. 1… |
Amigo Sayles’s typically intelligent, thought-provoking film is set against the backdrop of the |
AnDa Union: From the Steppes to the City A fascinating music doc that cuts between AnDa Union’s extraordinary live performances, the band members lives in Hohhat, the concrete city, and their… |
Breathing A searching examination of a young man’s troubled passage into adulthood, this subtle slice of social realism resists spiralling into bleakness thanks… |
Chasing Ice A phenomenal, passionate, unpreachy doc this provides insanely beautiful evidence of man-made climate change through time-lapse photography of the rap… |
I Wish The latest from Koreeda, (who directed Still Walking) is a delightful story of two brothers, separated when their parents split up, who are determined… |
Las Acacias This story of a man trying to rebuild his life has a slow-burning charm that requires a little patience but will reward you with an enchanting, uplift… |
Living in the Future – Lammas Lammas is the UK’s first planned ecovillage. It was created in response to a new Welsh initiative which allowed building in the countryside under ce… |
Machuca Chile. 1973. Set against the collapse of Allende’s government, quick-witted, slum-kid Pedro and shy, rich-kid Gonzalo forge an unlikely friendship d… |
Mama Africa A hugely enjoyable and informative celebration of the life of the charismatic musical icon, Miriam Makeba, exiled South African singer and radical ant… |
Mysteries of Lisbon Storytelling of breathtaking scale and grandeur, this huge film weaves a spell-binding profusion of stories into a magical tapestry of one man’s life.… |
No Based on a true story, this Chilean version of Mad Men neatly combines political conflict with marketing satire to form a vivid, absorbing account of … |
Nostalgia For The Light An illuminating, fascinating and finally very moving meditation on time and place and the enduring importance of memory, curiosity, courage and consci… |
Old Dog Beautifully shot in the wilds of Tibet, this is a droll tale of conflict between a shepherd and his son over their old mastiff. When ne’er-do-well Gon… |
Position Among The Stars A funny, touching, amazingly intimate portrait of one Indonesian family from the slums of Jakarta whose hopes for a better life are invested in bright… |
Post Tenebras Lux A beautiful, bewildering new film from one of the world’s great directors, this requires each viewer to find their own way through the stories that … |
Robert Mugabe . . . What Happened? A complex, compelling film that interweaves the story of Zimbabwe’s first 30 years with the personal journey of Robert Mugabe. From much-admired, brig… |
Surviving Life Master surrealist animator Svankmajer’s most imaginative, visually arresting and subversive film since his fabulous Alice is about an office drone who… |
Tales of the Night This enchanting, strikingly beautiful film from world famous animator Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress, Azur and Asmar: The Prince’s Quest) … |
The Eagle Hunter’s Son Like Cave of the Yellow Dog and The Story of the Weeping Camel, this fine family adventure is set amid the fabulously beautiful Mongolian wilderness. … |
The Forgotten Space Striking images and intelligent interviews illuminate this discursive essay about the state of the world. Through a thorough examination of the ‘forgo… |
The House A beautifully performed tale of life in small town Slovakia, the struggle to make ends meet, and the gulf between traditional parents and their kids w… |
The Spirit of ‘45 1945 was a pivotal year in British history. The unity that carried Britain through the war allied to the bitter memories of the inter-war years led to… |
The Sun Beaten Path With vast, desolate landscapes and often dream-like sequences, this cinematic gem is a really authentic portrait of contemporary Tibet. Walking home t… |
Think Global, Act Rural Screening for the first time in the UK, this radical, exhilarating documentary not only digs into the problems of industrialized agriculture, quizzing… |
This is not a Film In December 2010 Jafar Panahi, award-winning director of The White Balloon, The Circle, Crimson Gold and Offside, was sentenced to six year’s in jail … |
Ticket to Paradise Based on real events this is a sensitive and unusual portrayal of Cuba during the ‘Special Period’, when the country suffered severe economic shor… |
TurksibWith the Bronnt Industries Kapital trio performing live. Prepare to be amazed by an astounding combination of glorious images and a sparkling sound… |
Village At The End Of The World Village life is hugely cooperative and magical things happen in Niaqornat, a remote hamlet in the far north of Greenland, home to 59 people and 100 do… |
Viva Cuba A charming, amusing look at modern day Cuba through the eyes of two young children, Malu and Jorgito who travel the length of the island determined to… |
Wadjda A hugely appealing, heartfelt gem that will give you a rare glimpse into everyday Saudi society. Smart, strong-willed, tomboy Wadjda is often in troub… |
War Witch This is a beautiful, powerful fairytale about love, the like of which you’ve never seen before. Komona, a child soldier in the Congo, tells her extr… |
When A Woman Ascends The Stairs Less widely-known in the West than his great contemporaries (Ozu, Mizoguchi, Kurosawa) Naruse is an unflinching realist whose films often portray a hu… |
Where Do We Go Now? Genuinely funny comedy about the religious divisions in the middle East, even rarer one with the zest and joyful panache that Nadine (Caramel) Labaki … |
Window on AfricaThree delightful and insightful documentaries about women and children from Ethiopia, Uganda and Zambia. Unearthing The Pen, 12′, by Carol Salter (… |
