Films in the 2012 WOW Film Festival
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… |
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… |
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… |
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.… |
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… |
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… |
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… |
TurksibWith the Bronnt Industries Kapital trio performing live. Prepare to be amazed by an astounding combination of glorious images and a sparkling sound… |
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 (… |
