12TH INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL PROGRAM Here, in Lisbon The cosmopolitan and globalised dimension of an interna- Likewise, a festival must continually rethink its program- tional film festival must never do away with the particular ming model, sections, parallel activities, etc. Therefore, character of the place where it is held, at the risk of beco- some of the changes in this 12th IndieLisboa edition ming undifferentiated, one event among many other spring from our need to make our programming pro- similar ones. Ever since its first edition, IndieLisboa has posals better reach their potential audience and bring tried to be both local and universal. Conceived bearing the different sections into dialogue. The main change in mind the specific features of the city and country in the festival structure is the creation of the Silvestre where it takes place, it has also sought to develop its section, as a consequence of the extinction of three for- own personal approach to world contemporary cinema. mer distinct sections (Observatory, Emerging Cinema Although coming into dialogue with other national and and World Pulse). With the aim of abolishing artificial foreign views equally informed by a concern with current borders between film genres and generations of film- cinema – one that does not limit itself to the repetition of makers, which marked the previous design of the festival, formulae or empty and inconsequent novelty -, it does Silvestre will be the freest and most inventive section not wish to be confused with any of these. of IndieLisboa, justifying the Monteirean inspiration of its name. At its debut, Silvestre will include a focus on Once again, this distinct view runs through the entire one filmmaker, presenting the first complete retrospec- programme of our 12th edition and, particularly, a very tive of the irreverent, uncomfortable and prolific oeuvre special moment of this year’s festival. Resulting from a of the young German filmmaker Jan Soldat, undoub- commission made at IndieLisboa’s 10th anniversary to tedly someone whose work we will continue following four “very IndieLisboa” filmmakers (Denis Côté, Dominga in the next years. Sotomayor, Gabriel Abrantes and Marie Losier), we will finally be able to present here, in Lisbon, the film with the Another important change brought by this edition is the same title, which is the outcome of a long and difficult newly and completely autonomous National Competition. production process, IndieLisboa – Associação Cultural’s Up until now, Portuguese features and shorts in compe- first adventure in cinema production. Similarly to what tition were spread through the several sections of the happens to put each new festival edition on its feet, our festival. From this year on, the National Competition is financial constraints were only overcome with the com- an independent section with a jury of its own (which also mitment and generosity of all those who contributed, votes for the section Brand-New, dedicated to emerging both within and outside IndieLisboa. While the support Portuguese filmmakers). In this way, we wish to highli- from the Municipality of Lisbon was decisive for getting ght the National Competition in the festival as a whole, the film started and that of NOS for bringing it to an end, making it more visible both for national audiences and the individual contributions of dozens of technicians, foreign professionals who attend the festival and thus actors and other people who helped this project see can more easily know what is new in Portuguese cinema the light of day were no less important. We are proud (nearly all the films presented in this year’s National and happy that we will now be able to share this work Competition are absolute premieres). with all those who took part in it, as well as Portuguese The last novelty in IndieLisboa 2015’s programme is the cinemagoers and, soon, a wider international audience. creation of a section especially thought for the midni- Telling four stories happening in Lisbon as different as ght screenings, called Mouth of Hell and not advised for their four authors, Here, in Lisbon reflects well what we more sensitive souls. Not wanting to say too much, we want for this IndieLisboa edition: to tirelessly reinvent think it will be worthwhile dropping by and experien- cinema as an idea and a language. cing more bizarre, extreme or simply disquieting films, some of which will become future cult films. The remaining festival programme is in line with the previous editions, distributed between the International Competition (this year broadened to third works), IndieJunior, IndieMusic, Director’s Cut, Independent Hero and Special Screenings. Within the Independent Hero, we pay tribute to two exciting filmmakers with markedly authorial worlds who have sought to renew the tradition of resolutely meandering narratives: the French film- maker Mia Hansen-Love and the North American Whit Stillman. We will present the complete retrospectives of their work - in Stillman’s case, this will also be the opportunity to discover him as none of his films have ever been screened in Portugal. Another way of IndieLisboa reinventing itself is precisely by not sitting back and seeking to move out of the cine- mas where the festival usually takes place, with a view to creating cinemagoers in places that are less connoted with film screenings (this year we applaud the entry of Cinema Ideal, which joins Culturgest, Cinema São Jorge and Cinemateca Portuguesa-Museu do Cinema). Within the Special Screenings, besides the usual importance awarded to Portuguese cinema, there are also more unique and “outside-the-format” events, such as the concert preceding the screening of Around the World in 50 Concerts, organised in collaboration with the fes- tival Os Dias da Música (which this year will focus on film music and will also take IndieJunior to CCB), or the presentation of the essential Concerning Violence in a screening followed by a discussion to be held at Aula Magna, in a partnership with the Rectory of the University of Lisbon. To close off, we would like to express our deep grati- tude to our partners and sponsors. First of all, we would like to thank the vital collaboration of our two co-pro- ducers (Culturgest and EGEAC). ICA, the Municipality of Lisbon and the MEDIA programme for their renewed support, which works as the structural basis of the fes- tival. Allianz, for having strengthened its investment as main sponsor of IndieLisboa, after an experiment in 2014 that proved to be mutually enriching. Finally, we would like to thank our various institutional and private part- ners, which would be impossible to name individually in this text. The sum total of this support, partnerships and collaborations allowed us to make this edition the faithful mirror of our dreams and ambitions. We hope you enjoy IndieLisboa 2015. Miguel Valverde Nuno Sena (IndieLisboa directors) International Competition The International Competition for short and feature films is composed of works that have never been publicly screened in Portugal, finished in the current year or the year before. To this section can apply first, second and third works - fiction, anima- tion, documentaries or experimental films. Feature Films Aferim! Melbourne Radu Jude, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Nima Javidi, Iran, Fiction, 2014, 93' Republic, Documentary, 2015, 108' Ming of Harlem: Twenty One Storeys in the Air Christmas, Again Phillip Warnell, United Kingdom, Belgium, Charles Poekel, USA, Fiction, 2014, 80' USA, Documentary, 2014, 71' Ela Volta na Quinta/She Comes Back on Thursday Quand je ne dors pas André Novais Oliveira, Brazil, Fiction, Documentary, 2014, 107' Tommy Weber, France, Fiction, 2014, 80' Güeros Sivas Alonso Ruiz Palacios, Mexico, Fiction, 2014, 106' Kaan Mujdeci, Turkey, Germany, Fiction, 2014, 97' Koza/Goat Une Jeunesse Allemande/A German Youth Ivan Ostrochovský, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Fiction, 2015, 75' Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, Switzerland, Germany, Documentary, 2015, 93' Listen Up Philip Alex Ross Perry, USA, Fiction, 2014, 108' Short Films A Invenção da Noite/The Invention of Night I comme Iran/I For Iran Tomás von der Osten, Brazil, Fiction, 2015, 14' Sanaz Azari, Belgium, Documentary, 2014, 50' Abseits der Autobahn/Off the Highway Ja vi elsker/Yes We Love Rhona Mühlebach, Switzerland, Fiction, 2014, 21' Hallvar Witzø, Norway, Fiction, 2014, 15' Agnes Leto bez meseca/Moonless Summer Anja Lind, Sweden, Fiction, 2014, 15' Stefan Ivancic, Serbia, Fiction, 2014, 31' All That is Solid Loop Ring Chop Drink Louis Henderson, France, Ghana, Documentary, 2014, 15' Nicolas Ménard, United Kingdom, Animation, 2014, 11' Buffalo Juggalos Maku/Veil Scott Cummings, USA, Fiction, Documentary, 2014, 30' Yoriko Mizushiri, Japan, Animation, 2014, 5' Nechayanno/By Accident My Dad Zhora Kryzhovnikov, Russia, Fiction, 2014, 19' Marcus Armitage, United Kingdom, Animation, 2014, 6' Cai putere/Horsepower Obiekt/Object Daniel Sandu, Romania, Fiction, 2014, 27' Paulina Skibińska, Poland, Documentary, 2015, 14' Despedida/Farewell Onder Ons/Among Us Tiago Rosa-Rosso, Portugal, Fiction, 2015, 13' Guido Hendrikx, Netherlands, Documentary, 2015, 24' Echo Chamber Opowieść o lesie/Of a forest Guillermo Moncayo, France, Colombia, Documentary, 2014, 19' Katarzyna Melnyk, Poland, Animation, 2014, 4' Eclipse Prose du Transsibérien/Prose of the Trans-Siberian Jacky De Groen, Belgium, Animation, 2014, 6' David Epiney, Switzerland, Animation, 2014, 11' End of Summer Quinze/Fifteen Jóhann Jóhannsson,