Here are the recommendations of Carlos R. Ríos, the director of D’A Film Festival Barcelona. The most unique and special films that might guide you to the great variety of movies of this year DA edition. His personal bet with 10+1 tips!
A CIAMBRA
One of the surprises of the year. This film produced by Martin Scorsese is set in a gypsy community from Calabria and stars a sparkling young talent of just 14 years.
BRAGUINO
One of the most mysteriously hypnotic movies of the season takes us deep into one of Siberia’s most remote regions.
CON EL VIENTO
Magnificent directorial debut that explores physical and emotional distances in the enchanting rural setting of a Burgos hamlet.
DIE TOMORROW
An exploration of the fragility of human life that refuses to be too pessimistic. One of the true surprise packages of recent Asian cinema.
DISOBEDIENCE
The first US movie by Sebastián Lelio (winner of an Oscar for A Fantastic Woman) is a disturbingly candid portrait of two extraordinary women.
FIRST REFORMED
One of the true masters of American cinema presents one of his greatest works of recent years, a moral drama about mourning featuring Ethan Hawke and Amanda Seyfried.
GOOD TIME
A unique opportunity to see one of the best films of the year on the big screen. An instant cult classic starring Robert Pattinson.
HANNAH
The great Charlotte Rampling takes on the role of the typically complex character that she is so skilled at portraying. Winner of the Copa Volpi at the Venice Biennale.
HIGH FANTASY
Filmed on a mobile telephone, the second movie by this South African director was one of the surprise packages of TIFF 2017.
LEAN ON PETE
The 45-year-old director demystifies the western in this picture about an adolescent who sets out on a life journey in the company of a struggling racehorse.
QUIERO LO ETERNO
A strikingly poetic and nihilistic project that follows a group of teenagers that live in their own world.
