Who said Monday's are dull? Why not take a different perspective, and see the slow, drooly Monday as the perfect day to indulge in some dreams.
Some of us dream of becoming the greatest sports team, others of a new life beyond their countries’ suffocating borders. Then there are supermodel dreams and there are old dreams and stories that we tell ourselves, that have to be let go in order to face our future.
Oftentimes a choice has to be made whether you keep believing in the dreams that others and society have for you, or break free and choose your own - with all risks included. In today’s recommendations, we see all types of dreamers. And what better way to start your week; then immerse yourself in dreams and hopes for the future.
16:45 | Coca-Cola Plaza 8
The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the seminarians into a shape satisfactory to the ruling Communist Party. Each of the young students must decide if he will give in to temptation and choose the easier way of collaborating with the regime, or chose their own views and subject himself to draconian surveillance by the secret police.
17:00 | Apollo Solaris 4
The Olympique Lyonnais women’s football team has over the years become one of the best football teams in the world. From training sessions to competitive matches, from doubts to victories, this documentary takes an up-close look at these exceptional players and their daily lives.
Part of Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Programme.
17:00 | Coca-Cola Plaza 4 LUXE
Borderlands have certain own laws and unwritten rules. Every guarded border between any country from the wishful Schengen Area and the other world beyond has specific stories to tell. Unlawful entrances, illegal human trafficking, shady business opportunities...
After 3 years of researching and shooting Latvian director Ivars Zviedris (one of DoP’s on “Wonderful Losers: A Different World” by Lithuanian bicycle rider Arūnas Matelis) invites to lesser-visited border between the Republic of Latvia and the Russian Federation in this film in the Baltic Competition.
19:30 | Coca-Cola Plaza 4 LUXE
Emma Örtlund has a lifelong dream of becoming a fashion model and asks Pär Johansson, founder of the Glada Hudik Theatre, for help. It’s an unattainable dream for most people, even more so for people with disabilities.
Together with a group of models, who do not usually appear in the fashion world, they embark on an exciting and bewildering journey to fulfill this seemingly impossible mission.
Part of #PÖFFTRENDING
19:30 | Apollo Solaris 4
Not as much about dreamers, as it seems a dream in itself. Longing Souls paints a picture of a family of women, that form a mysterious tribe, a feminine universe escalated on different generations that enlights us with their stories, rituals and daily endearing activities.
A delicate and intimate portrait of femininity, complex, rich and full of hints lead by the performances of enchanting (and cursed) women that will bewitch you from the first image.
20:30 | Apollo Solaris 3
An Israeli romantic comedy centering on a bride and groom at their lavish honeymoon suite on their wedding night. When the bride, Eleanor (Avigail Harari), discovers her now-husband (Ran Danker) has received a ring as a wedding gift from his ex-girlfriend, a knock-out fight ensues. At Eleanor’s insistence, the newlyweds leave the hotel and set out on an emotional expedition to return the ring.
20:30 | Coca-Cola Plaza 7 + Q&A with director Frédéric Hambalek
23:30 | Virtual Hall
A film of darker dreams: in Model Olimpia, a mother has her own views and hopes on how to help her son with his mental illness. The young man (played by Alban Mondschein) suffers from a destructive fantasy life revolving around death and violence. In order to change these disturbing obsessions, he engages in his mother’s self-devised therapy programme.
Director Frédéric Hambalek explores a mother-son relationship and its dark secrets with aesthetic consequence, candor, and courage. The film will be screened at PÖFF First Feature Competiton Programme and New German Cinema focus programme.