It's not easy to choose from all the films on offer. To help you, our partners have selected their 3 favourites from the festival programme. World Cinema Amsterdal has also set out three film routes for you, organised by theme and genre. Tip: try them all with the special five films ticket!
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CINEVILLE TIPT
• A Wolf at the Door
Through Medea's tears, this Brazilian kidnap thriller will have you on the edge of your seat.
• The Owners
An indictment, made with dry humuor, of the housing crisis in heavy handed, bureaucratic Kazachstan.
• El bella vista
Relegation football and a transvestite brothel: the ingredients for a perfect evening.
Read extensive descriptions at Cineville.nl. With a Cineville pass, you can also see all the films for free.
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FILMKRANT TIPT
• Club Sandwich
• Sepideh - reaching for the Stars
• Harmony Lessons
You can get a big discount on the three film referred to above with the Filmkrant voucher (included in the summer edition of de Filmkrant): 2 tickets for the price of 1. Some of the films in the World Cinema Amsterdam programme are also introduced by Filmkrant critics. Read more at the Filmkrant website.
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FILM ROUTES
FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHTS!
Every culture has its own local struggles. The films in this route highlight and examine contemporary social problems in five different countries. But can these problems be overcome and resolved everywhere? The films come from Senegal, Israel, Bolivia, Kazakhstan and South Korea.
• Gett, the Divorce Trial of Viviane Amsalem
• A Girl at my Door
• Constructors
• Radical Friends
• Quitte le Pouvour
LATIN COMEDY ... WITH A ROMANTIC TOUCH
If you think independent films can't be funny, you'd better think again. We have also added a sprinkling of romance to the films in this humorous Latin-American film route. Enjoyment guaranteed: you will laugh and cry!
• Paraíso
• Rambleras
• Retrato de un comportamiento animal
• Club Sandwich
• I am from Chile
YOUTH IN REVOLT
The transformation from puberty to adulthood, rebellion against parents and the system, sexual awakenings and anarchy, are themes that constantly reccur in films about young adults. As do doubts and a lack of guidance. The best films on these themes brought together.
• Iglú
• El lugar del hijo
• The Third Side of the River
• Araf
• Harmony Lessons
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