New Morning Films @ EFM 2017

SWEDEN, 2017 // COMEDY - DRAMA // 90min // COMPLETED // MARKET DEBUT

WORLD PREMIERE // GÖTEBORG INT FILM FEST 2017 // COMPETITION DRAGON AWARD

SWEDISH RELEASE ON FEB 17th (TriArt Film).



From award winning "Force Majeure" producer, an accurate satire of the process of life—from falling in love to divorce.

With: Maria Sundbom, Nina Zanjani, Ellen Olaison, Robin Keller, Karl Linnertorp

Klara has recently fallen in love and wants nothing more than to hang out with her boyfriend. The mother-of-two Anna clocks how long it takes for her husband to cook baby formula. The ex-wife Vera can't let go of her ex-husband. The feature-film debuting Katja Wik presents a squib right on the money about women's tendency to, both consciously and unconsciously, limit themselves in their close relationships of two. Each frame conveys the film's theme of power manipulation and Katja Wik's neologism "victim-mentality rhetoric" (offerrollsretorik) is used by all parties as an effective weapon. Without stagnating in bitterness, The Ex-wife serves as a funhouse mirror reflecting this disturbing trait, which most of us can recognize, but which few dare to acknowledge.

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2017 Slamdance Film Festival World Premiere -  Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize

With: Naomi Skwarna and Claire Armstrong

Struggling actor Audrey (Claire Armstrong) and aspiring playwright Lillian (Naomi Skwarna) pour all of their creative energy into the only paying work they can find: corporate role-playing demonstrations. When they book the biggest gig of their careers at a hotel conference, they commence work on their most ambitious production to date and the ensuing tensions threaten to derail both the production and their friendship. As wryly funny as it is unexpectedly poignant, DIM THE FLUORESCENTS is a one-of-a-kind portrait of the artistic life and process in the unlikeliest of settings.

“It’s empathetic, weird and insanely funny,” said the Slamdance jurors. “This film delivers its crazy script with guts and panache. It’s a delight — beautifully executed and smart as a whip.” Variety

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With: Akéla Sari, Matthieu Longatte, Anaïs Volpé, Emilia Derou-Bernal, Alexandre Desane

 

Struggling to succeed as an artist, 25-year-old Pia, played by director Anaïs Volpé, returns to her mother’s home. She aims for a fresh start but her twin brother doesn’t support her vision. Volpé voices the concerns of the millennial generation: finding independence.



« The orchestration of existing material and new footage, shot on a variety of formats, reveals a poetic sensibility and a masterful command of rhythmic flow. » The Hollywood Reporter



« The themes that Anaïs deals with in her story are essential, important, serious, but the freedom so powerful that the film exudes lightness and grace. Enormous grace.»  Women Occupy Hollywood

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POLAND, 2016 // LIGHT DRAMA // 78min // COMPLETED // MARKET PREMIERE



A FULL-LENGTH FEATURE DEBUT BY THE WINNER OF THE SHORT FILM GRAND JURY PRIZE AT THE 2013 SUNDANCE FESTIVAL!

With: Daniel Furmaniak, Anna Kesek, Katarzyna Kopec, Artur Krajewski

 

Ania and Kasia are at the end of their schooling as women's hairdressers. They're now doing an internship at a salon in the most disparaged district of Krakow, Nowa Huta, which was built in the received Stalinist style near a steel plant at the beginning of the 1950s. Both Ania and Kasia have complicated relationships with their parents—relationships that are not exactly simplified as the girls approach adulthood.



An authentic, endearing, small, beautifully formed feature debut with this bittersweet snapshot of frustrated Polish youth. Variety



Waves is a compelling and accomplished piece of work, and is indicative that Zariczny will be a talent to watch closely over the coming years. Cineuropa



"A distinct whiff of Mike Leigh running through Waves..." CINEVUE

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GEORGIA, 2016 // DRAMA // 108min // COMPLETED // MARKET DEBUT



WON THE GOLDEN MOON AT THE CINEMA JOVE FESTIVAL IN VALENCIA, THE MERIT AWARD IN BUENOS AIRES, THE FIPRESCI AWARD AT THE CAIRO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & BEST DIRECTOR AND THE SILVER ATLAS AT THE ARRAS FILM FESTIVAL.

With: Ekaterine Demetradze, Lasha Murjikneli, Lili Okroshidze, Lamzira Chkheidze, Keso Maisuradze, Konstantine Djandjagava, Luka Chachibaia.



The single mom Anna is forced to take three then four jobs to support herself and her autistic son who lives in a children’s home, and when the whole thing becomes too much to bear she decides to leave Georgia and travel to the US. But it’s easier said than done getting tickets and the fake visa she needs. The contact seems to have something to hide, and when the relationship with him falls apart, Anna panics and kidnaps his daughter. In the middle of everything Anna enters a relationship with a young man in the area where she lives.

The acting is magnificent in Nino Basilia’s first feature film, and with a moving, realistic style the film skillfully captures feelings of hope, guilt and grinding confinement. Jonas Holmberg / Göteborg Int Film Fest



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