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Titles in Genre Immigrant Experience
ALIYAH
Directed by Elie Wajeman
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival (Director's Fortnight)
Winner - Audience Award (Screenplay) - Angers Film Festival
"A subtly effective drama-cum-thriller from budding auteur Elie Wajeman!"
- Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
"Beautifully conceived and executed!"
- Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
"Cleverly cinematic! [An] intimate and dexterous debut feature."
- Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety
Winner - Audience Award (Screenplay) - Angers Film Festival
"A subtly effective drama-cum-thriller from budding auteur Elie Wajeman!"
- Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter
"Beautifully conceived and executed!"
- Fionnuala Halligan, Screen Daily
"Cleverly cinematic! [An] intimate and dexterous debut feature."
- Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety
AMADOR
Directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa
Official Selection - Berlin Int'l Film Festival
Official Selection - Istanbul Film Festival
"Well crafted & thoughtful! Successfully blend[s] black comedy, lyricism & social critique."
- Jonathan Holland, Variety
"An absolute gem of a film! Keep an eye out for Amador - it is not to be missed."
- Digital Kebab
Official Selection - Istanbul Film Festival
"Well crafted & thoughtful! Successfully blend[s] black comedy, lyricism & social critique."
- Jonathan Holland, Variety
"An absolute gem of a film! Keep an eye out for Amador - it is not to be missed."
- Digital Kebab
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ARRANGED
Winner - Best Feature Film, Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival
Official Selection - SXSW Film Festival
"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative."
- Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle
Official Selection - SXSW Film Festival
"The simple sweetness of this heartfelt effort arrives as both endearing and culturally provocative."
- Toddy Burton, The Austin Chronicle
CHOKING MAN
Directed by Steve Barron
Starring Aaron Paul, Emmy-Winning actor from Breaking Bad
Winner - Best Film Not Playing at a Theatre Near You - Gotham Awards
"Choking Man is everything an independent film should be" -- Steven Soderbergh
"Delightful" -- Stephen Holden, The New York Times
DRIFTERS
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard)
"Wang Xioashuai's follow-up to his fest hit Beijing Bicycle is another stern, compelling story of modern proletariat life as seen through the eyes of China's Seventh Generation filmmakers."
--Jason Anderson, Eye Weekly
FOREIGN LETTERS
Directed by Ela Their
Official Selection - Toronto Jewish Film Festival
"A perfect film about two immigrants coming together to deal with culture shock."
- Jeff in Seattle (Our Favorite Customer Reviewer)
"A perfect film about two immigrants coming together to deal with culture shock."
- Jeff in Seattle (Our Favorite Customer Reviewer)
FRAULEIN
Directed by Andrea Staka
Winner - Best Film - Locarno Int'l Film Festival
Winner - Best Film - Sarajevo Film Festival
"A remarkably affecting work that doesn't go for easy sentiment."
- Jay Weissberg, Variety
Winner - Best Film - Sarajevo Film Festival
"A remarkably affecting work that doesn't go for easy sentiment."
- Jay Weissberg, Variety
FREE MEN
Directed by Ismaël Ferroukhi
Official Selection - Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection - Toronto Int'l Film Festival
"Both subtle and magnetic...Tahar Rahim [is] one of France's finest young actors...[FREE MEN] contributes a worthy and interesting chapter to the tradition of World War II dramas."
- A. O. Scott, The New York Times
"A testament to Rahim's screen presence...Free Men proves that the can't-take-your-eyes-off-him charisma the Franco-Algerian actor displayed in Jacques Audiard's A Prophet was no fluke."
- David Fear, Time Out New York
Official Selection - Toronto Int'l Film Festival
"Both subtle and magnetic...Tahar Rahim [is] one of France's finest young actors...[FREE MEN] contributes a worthy and interesting chapter to the tradition of World War II dramas."
- A. O. Scott, The New York Times
"A testament to Rahim's screen presence...Free Men proves that the can't-take-your-eyes-off-him charisma the Franco-Algerian actor displayed in Jacques Audiard's A Prophet was no fluke."
- David Fear, Time Out New York
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HOP
Directed by Dominique Standaert
Nominated - Best Actor, Best Actress - European Film Awards
"Hop is an admirable and technically adept effort for Standaert, whose genuine compassionate for the plight of his characters and gentle humor pervade the film's well-intentioned soul."
--Acquarello, Strictly Film School
HOSPITALITE
Directed by Koji Fukuda
Winner - Best Independent Debut - Tokyo Int'l Film Festival
Official Selection - Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival
"Brilliant storytelling...undeniable artistry!"
- Chris Cabin, Slant
"A marvelous tension between a prim comedy of manners and unbridled slapstick."
- Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Official Selection - Rotterdam Int'l Film Festival
"Brilliant storytelling...undeniable artistry!"
- Chris Cabin, Slant
"A marvelous tension between a prim comedy of manners and unbridled slapstick."
- Ronnie Scheib, Variety
ILLEGAL
Directed by Olivier Masset-Depasse
Winner - SACD Prize - Cannes Film Festival (Director's Fortnight)
Official Selection - London Film Festival
"[A] fascinating study of perseverance in the face of subhuman treatment."
- Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety
Official Selection - London Film Festival
"[A] fascinating study of perseverance in the face of subhuman treatment."
- Boyd Van Hoeij, Variety
INCH'ALLAH DIMANCHE
Directed by Yamina Benguigui
Winner - FIPRESCI Award (Best Film) - Toronto Int'l Film Festival
Winner - Audience Award - Bordeaux Int'l Festival of Women in Cinema
"A topnotch central perf by the attractive and convincing Fejria Deliba combines with well-observed details that bring the tricky assimilation of a generation of immigrants to life."
- Lisa Nesselson, Variety
Winner - Audience Award - Bordeaux Int'l Festival of Women in Cinema
"A topnotch central perf by the attractive and convincing Fejria Deliba combines with well-observed details that bring the tricky assimilation of a generation of immigrants to life."
- Lisa Nesselson, Variety