Festival do Rio 2014
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- DirectorRania AttiehDaniel GarciaStarsSarah SwinwoodLino VarelaAn aspiring actress and an aging cowboy arrive in the small border town of Del Rio, Texas each with a different pursuit. But when things don't go exactly as planned for either of them--the actress slowly begins to realize that the film she came to town for is not at all what she expected (the 'director' is nowhere to be found, the set is run by a group of teenagers), and the associate that the cowboy was supposed to meet had to leave town unexpectedly--the two are forced to wait out their time, exploring the town, and its people. A Latino tale of mysticism, tradition, and the dream of celebrity.
- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsWallace ShawnJulie HagertyLisa JoyceA successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
- DirectorRachel Beth AndersonTimothy GruczaStarsTarek Ben KuraMuammar GaddafiHamid LibyaFIRST TO FALL follows a group of young civilian expatriate 'rebels' on their 8-month journey to liberate Libya, their home country. They give up comfortable, stable lives in order to take up arms against a corrupt regime and risk their lives in a brutal, chaotic war.
- DirectorJosef Kubota WladykaStarsCristian James AbvinculaJarlin Javier MartinezHadder BlandonA desperate fisherman and a naive young man embark on a dangerous journey trafficking drugs up the Pacific coast of Colombia. Hidden beneath the waves, they tow a narco-torpedo filled with millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Together they must brave the war-torn region while navigating the growing tension between them.
- DirectorMichael RoweStarsTania ArredondoZaili Sofia MaciasArnoldo PicazzoA little girl moves to a new home in another town with her mother and abusive stepfather, and suffers from missing her caring father.
- DirectorCem KayaStarsMelih GülgenIzzet GünayHüseyin ZanTurkey in the 1960s and 70s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world even though its film industry did not have enough written material to start with. In order to keep up with the demand, screenwriters and directors were copying scripts and remaking movies from all over the world.
- DirectorJ.-P. ValkeapääStarsRoosa SöderholmTeppo MannerPetteri PenniläTwo teenage outcasts run away from a halfway house and embark on a rambling cross-country journey.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsIngrid BergmanMathias WiemanRenate MannhardtIrene Wagner, the wife of prominent scientist Albert Wagner, finds herself blackmailed about her affair by her lover's jealous ex-girlfriend. The plot, an experiment in causing fear, drives her into a rage.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzMichael GlawoggerMichael MadsenStarsMeret BeckerGennadi VengerovBenedicte C. WestinSix directors tackle the question "If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" by capturing iconic buildings with narration from the perspective of the buildings.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsAnna MagnaniAldo FabriziMarcello PaglieroDuring the Nazi occupation of Rome in 1944, the Resistance leader, Giorgio Manfredi, is chased by the Nazis as he seeks refuge and a way to escape.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsKô ShibasakiHideaki ItôEbizô IchikawaFiction begins to bleed into reality for actors (Ebizo Ichikawa, Ko Shibasaki, Hideaki Ito) as they rehearse a stage production of a classic Japanese ghost story.
- DirectorXavier BeauvoisStarsBenoît PoelvoordeRoschdy ZemSéli GmachTwo friends decide to steal Charlie Chaplin's body, right after his death, for ransom.
- DirectorHernán RosselliStarsVictoria BustamanteMauro MartínezPablo RamosMauro goes around the city buying anything because Mauro is a passer. And "passer" is the one who changes counterfeit bills on the street. Luis and Mauro decide to set up a small xerography workshop to forge banknotes by hand.
- DirectorJim MickleStarsMichael C. HallSam ShepardDon JohnsonWhen a protective father meets a murderous ex-con, both need to deviate from the path they are on as they soon find themselves entangled in a downwards spiral of lies and violence while having to confront their own inner psyche.
- DirectorMarie Amachoukeli-BarsacqClaire BurgerSamuel TheisStarsAngélique LitzenburgerJoseph BourMario TheisAn aging nightclub hostess decides to settle down and get married.
- DirectorRodney AscherJulian BarrattRobert BoocheckStarsEric JacobusAndy NymanSimon BarrettAnother 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.
- DirectorRoberto RosselliniStarsGennaro PisanoMarilyn BuferdWilliam TubbsA photographer in a small fishing village is visited by a man who claims to be Saint Andrea. The Saint gives him a special camera device to solve the village's ills - by taking a photograph of an existing picture, the photo subject dies.