The 10th JiFFest

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Two young American women, Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson), come to Barcelona for a summer holiday. Vicky is sensible and engaged to be married; Cristina is emotionally and sexually adventurous. In Barcelona, they're drawn into a series of unconventional romantic entanglements ...

Tokyo Sonata

A seemingly ordinary Japanese family consists of a father who does not want to admit that he loses his job, the eldest son who hardly returns home, the youngest son who take piano lessons without telling his parent, and a mother who deep down knows she cannot keep the family together. From the exter...

Heima

After years touring, in the summer of 2006, Sigur Rós returned to their heima (homeland), Iceland, for a series of free concerts across all parts of the country. This moving documentary follows in their path, with the varying and stunning Icelandic landscapes perfectly complementing the band'...

Donkey in Lahore

Brian, a liberal, Brisbane-born puppeteer falls for Amber, a Pakistani Muslim girl from a strict religious background. They meet during Brian's short trip to Pakistan in 2000. Upon his return to Australia, Brian decides to convert to Islam and return to Pakistan to seek her hand in marriage. Can thi...

Tribu

Ebet, a ten-year-old boy, witnesses the murder of a member from Sacred Brown Tribe, which leads to the mistaken arrest of the Thugz Angels gang. Everybody knows that the murderer is from the Diablos. A war among gangs is declared, while Ebet now becomes a runner who has to transport secret messages ...

My Magic

Inspired by the true life story of Singaporean fire-eater Francis Bosco, the film tells the tale of an alcoholic bartender who decides to pull his life together for the sake of his adolescent son. Though his wife has left him and his life is in shambles, the devoted father vows to set things right b...

Rome Independent Film Festival on Tour 2008

Titles: 33 SecondI [Massimiliano Davoli, 2007, 17 Min.] Four characters never know each other, but all of them will affect the others fatal 33 seconds time lapse through the ending. The same time for everyone, but yet, different perceptions of it. Appena Giovani [Tommaso Agnese, 2007, 17 Mi...