Milano Film Festival

Film programme

Here are the films selected for the 15th edition of the Milano Film Festival International Feature Films Competition.

	3 Backyards by Eric Mendelsohn, USA, 2009, 35mm, 88' Curiosity, mixed to destiny, leads three characters to the discovery of themselves, while trying to discover something about the others. Like a window on a courtyard. Fascinating American independent film, Best director at Sundance 2010.
	Armadillo by Janus Metz, Denmark, 2010, 35mm, 100' Three months of a Danish group of soldiers in Afghanistan: how adrenalin turns into euphoria, madness, death. An extraordinarily straining documentary, premièred in Cannes in 2010.
	Fleurs Du Mal (Flowers of Evil) by David Dusa, France, 2010, HD Cam, 100' Tehran â€“ Summer 2009. Far away from her friends, who are fighting down the streets, she falls in love with a boy she met in the elevator. He seems like dancing upon world's troubles and fights against History that breaks in from the web.
	Mama by Yelena e Nicolaij Renard, Russia, 2010, 71' A too apprehensive mother and her obese son representing a unique and special version of a universal bond. A film with no dialogues, and non-professional actor and actress, that tells this story through the rare, poetic language of glances.
	Jao nok Kajok (Mundane History) by Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand, 2009, 35mm, 82' The deep relationship between a disheartened disabled boy and his strong-willed nurse, in an intense film in tension between daily worries and cosmos. Winner at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.
	On The Other Side Of Life by Stefanie Brockhaus e Andy Wolff, Germany, 2009, 35mm, 88' Cape Town suburbs. The World Cup Championship is a long way off. Two inseparable brothers, from jail to adulthood, because the rite of growing up has to go through African traditions.
	Petit Bébé Jésus de Flandr by Gust Van den Berghe, Belgium, 2010, 35mm, 75' Three newly-wed, drunk Magi wearing fake crowns walking around the Flandres. The elegant and freak debut film of a 25 years old director with a background in theatre and breakdance.
	Robert Mitchum est mort, by Olivier Babinet, Fred Kihn, France/Poland/ Belgium/Norway, 2010, 35mm, 91' Robert Mitchum is dead, long live Robert Mitchum. An actor and his producer, travelling toward the Polar circle. A comic and shining road movie. Because in cinema every travel is possible.
	El vuelco del cangrejo (Crab Trap) by Oscar Ruiz Navia, Colombia, 2009, 35mm, 96' Daniel is running, but he finds himself trapped in a place where the conflict between modernity and tradition has the slow rhythm of tides. A charming modern fairy tale, and a debut work awarded with Fipresci at Berlinale.
	The Wild Hunt by Alexandre Franchi, Canada, 2009, 35mm, 96' Vikings and Celts fighting for a princess, taken away from his husband by a cruel lord. An upside-down fantasy movie where war is even more dangerous then you expected.