Io Capitano
A poetic, unsentimental movie about survival, ignorance, and loss. The fate of two 16-year-old boys, Seydou and Moussa, who decide to leave Dakar, Senegal, is heartbreaking. They experience hell on earth as they face the horrors of detention centers in Libya and the dangers of the sea.
Inshallah a Boy
This first Jordanian movie to screen at Cannes, is a passionate story about the country´s legal and social barriers to single motherhood. The movie establishes a world of dominant masculinity through details such as the freedom to use one´s own cell phone. After the sudden death of her husband, Nawal, played by actress Mouna Hawa, must fight for her share of the inheritance.
I Can´t Be Moe; Alice van Romondt
A documentary about Alice van Romondt, the woman who has been a driving force behind the cultural and artistic scene in Aruba for years. Artists of all kinds and creeds have come to her for help and guidance on all fronts.
The Holdovers
After Nebraska, shot in black and white in 2013, another movie by grandmaster Alexander Payne in the CIFF program. At first glance a simple movie, shot in a straightforward style in the 1.66:1 aspect ratio common in the 1970s.