Indice 50 (2016)

Flow

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

Bad Bear

Noah Holiday lives his life being constantly reminded of a tragic event that occurred while he was a baby in 2004. During his rough times alone, Noah rediscovers his long lost childhood teddy bear; however, what once brought him great joy now has a mind of his own and has sinister plans in store for him.

Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow

This five part epic war drama gives a dramatized detailed account of Soviet Union's war against Nazi Germany during world war two. Each of the five parts represents a separate major eastern front campaign.

Transmorphers: Mech Beasts

20 anni dopo gli eventi di Transmorphers, una nuova e più avanzata specie di robot alieno scende sulla Terra ricostruita, minacciando ancora una volta di distruggere il pianeta.

The Adventures

Joy, a secretary at a large multinational company, has an online shopping problem, likes to read adventure novels and watch travel and adventure shows. She daydreams about living a life of adventure.

Babes

BABES racconta le vicissitudini delle due inseparabili migliori amiche Eden (Ilana Glazer) e Dawn (Michelle Buteau), cresciute insieme a NYC, e ora alle prese, ciascuna a modo suo, con diverse problematiche dell’età adulta. Quando Eden, single e spensierata, dopo un incontro di una notte decide di portare avanti una gravidanza da sola, il loro rapporto viene messo duramente alla prova.

Odio el verano

Due to a rental mistake, three families are forced to share a house in the Canary Islands, leading to chaotic and humorous situations as they try to live together.

How I Unleashed World War II, Part III: Among Friends

Disguised as an Italian medic, Dolas finds himself on a ship evacuating wounded Axis soldiers to Italy. He leaves the ship disguised as a Nazi soldier, but is found out, declared a deserter and sent to the Eastern Front. However, on the flight to Russia, he is able to escape with a parachute, and finds himself back in Poland, now occupied by Nazis.

Amaran

Una vera e eroica storia del maggiore Mukund Varadarajan, un ufficiale dell'esercito indiano che ha dimostrato uno straordinario coraggio durante una missione antiterrorismo nel distretto di Shopian in Kashmir. Il film cattura il suo coraggio nel proteggere la sua nazione e la devozione della moglie Indhu Rebecaa Varghese.

The Accursed

Hana trascorre vent'anni a reprimere una maledizione malefica che è stata lanciata sulla sua linea di sangue, solo per scoprire che un membro della famiglia la scatena consapevolmente, costringendola a uccidere o a essere uccisa.

L'uomo nel bosco

Il trentunenne Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) si reca al funerale del titolare della panetteria, dove ha lavorato in passato e a cui era molto legato. Quando decide di fermarsi qualche giorno in più per stare vicino a Martine (Catherine Frot), la vedova del panettiere, non immagina che ben presto si troverà al centro di una serie di eventi del tutto inaspettati. Una misteriosa scomparsa, un vicino minaccioso, un figlio geloso e un abate dalle bizzarre intenzioni animeranno un po' troppo il suo breve soggiorno nel piccolo paese di campagna, portando a galla un passato che avrà conseguenze del tutto inaspettate nel presente.

Merry Christmas Octopus

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a scientist find a way to use their pets as fuel? Live action film with stop-motion octopuses.

Untamed Royals

Partendo da piccole malefatte per arrivare ad attività pericolose, alcuni adolescenti benestanti commettono crimini sempre più gravi con conseguenze disastrose... ma non per loro.

Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara

Once known for his intellectual prowess, a retired professor (Anupam Kher) begins experiencing memory gaps and periods of forgetfulness. But while he tries to laugh it off, it soon becomes clear that the symptoms are a sign of a more serious illness, prompting his grown daughter (Urmila Matondkar) to move in as his caretaker. Meanwhile, as his mind regresses, he recalls a traumatic childhood memory involving the death of Mahatma Gandhi.

You Are Not Me

After an absence of three years, Aitana makes a surprise return home with Gabi, her Brazilian partner, and their son. The reception from her parents is surprisingly cold. Only her wheelchair-bound brother is pleased to see her. But what affects Aitana most of all is the presence of a stranger her age sleeping in her bed, wearing her clothes, living in her house, and being treated by her parents as if she were their daughter. From that moment on, torn by jealousy, suspicion, and misunderstanding, Aitana tries to find out what is happening and who the intruder is until she discovers an unexpected and disturbing truth darker than she would ever have thought possible.

In Case of Love

Nothing heals a damaged soul like the sight of a small, adorable animal. In this film, a tiny cat not only heals a young woman reeling from the death of her mother, it also helps her find love with a lonely rock musician. Claire has been living in her own world until she meets musician James, whom she believes is her childhood sweetheart. At the same time, Claire also takes in a lost kitten, giving new meaning to her life. However, as her burgeoning romance with James begins to develop further, memories from the past are dug up, forcing them to face their ambiguous relationship and painful past.

Safar Barlek

The film is set around 1914 when Lebanon was under the Ottoman Empire rule. The empire enslaved men to work for free. Abdou goes to get Adla the engagement ring but he's arrested with others and are taken to cut lumber. Meanwhile the Ottomans prevent the wheat from arriving to certain villages because they want to defuse the ongoing resistance operations led by Abou Ahmed. Adla travels to where some say Abdou is held prisoner and she meets with Abou Ahmed. She along other villagers start helping the resistance get the wheat to the people. When they accomplish their mission, Abou Ahmed, freed Abdou and others escape because now they're wanted, but on a promise to return and to continue fighting.

My Dead Friend Zoe

Ispirato a una storia vera, un veterano dell'esercito americano in Afghanistan, grazie alla presenza del suo migliore amico defunto dell'esercito, si trova in disaccordo con il nonno veterano del Vietnam, da cui era separato, e con il suo consulente per i veterani.

Kill!

Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.

A

A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.

Her Body

Un'atleta di successo, membro della squadra olimpica, dopo un infortunio alla vertebra e la fine forzata della sua carriera sportiva, diventa un'attrice porno di successo e molto nota. Basato sulla storia vera della campionessa olimpica di tuffi Andrea Absolonová.

Old Man Junior

Morbius Jr, now an OId Man, is nearing the end of life, when he finds the last hope for all Morbkind. However, as he fights to protect the future of Morbheads, he finds himself facing off against an unlikely of enemy... HIMSELF.

L'orto americano

Bologna, anni ’40. Un giovane mentalmente problematico con aspirazioni letterarie, dopo un semplice sguardo, si innamora perdutamente di un’ausiliaria dell’esercito americano. Un anno dopo, l’eccezionalità del caso farà sì che lui vada ad abitare nel Midwest americano, proprio in una casa contigua, ma separata da un nefasto orto, a quella in cui vive l’anziana madre della soldatessa. La donna è disperata per la scomparsa della figlia, che dalla conclusione del conflitto, dopo aver scritto che si sarebbe sposata con un italiano, non ha più dato notizie di sé. Il giovane inizia così una tesissima ricerca della ragazza, che gli farà vivere una situazione particolarmente drammatica, fino a una conclusione, in Italia, del tutto inaspettata.

Ada Kaleh

This precisely calibrated domestic diorama alights upon the imagined futures of a group of anonymous young adults. In Helena Wittmann’s warmly rendered feat of formalist filmmaking, questions of time and the realities of space convene in languid interior pans, incremental shifts in light, and the private reflections of her subjects.