Amour (Austria)
FILM SYNOPSIS
In the final months of her life, a retired music teacher and her husband of
sixty years struggle with the debilitating effects of two strokes on both
her health and her quality of life. As Georges cares for the increasingly
unhappy Anne, the pair finds the nature of their life together irrevocably
changed.
Kon-Tiki
(Norway)
FILM SYNOPSIS
When anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl develops a theory that native Polynesians
came originally from the Americas rather than Asia, his ideas are dismissed
by the scientific community. Determined to prove that the ocean journey
would be possible, Heyerdahl builds a balsawood raft, the Kon-Tiki, and sets
sail with five companions from Peru to Polynesia.
No (Chile)
FILM SYNOPSIS
Rene Saavedra is a Chilean advertising executive who is recruited by the
opponents of the Pinochet regime to create an ad persuading people to vote
against a referendum supporting the dictator. While many on the left fear
that the government will rig the voting, Saavedra hopes that his marketing
skills can sell the Chilean people on the possibility of a better world.
A Royal Affair
(Denmark)
FILM SYNOPSIS
The relationship between the queen of Denmark and the German doctor who is
her husband's trusted advisor leads to sweeping changes in the country.
Married as a teenager to the mentally unstable King Christian VII, Queen
Caroline Mathilde finds herself drawn to the compassionate and intelligent
Johann Friedrick Struensee, and the two are soon in love and working
together to reform Danish society.
War Witch
(Canada)
FILM SYNOPSIS
In a war-torn central African nation, a twelve-year-old girl is abducted
from her village and forced to fight as a child soldier. Over the course of
two years, Komona endures a brutal and horrific existence that will damage
her irrevocably.
