Utopia Festival 2018 סרטי פסטיבל אוטופיה - דצמבר 2018 בסינמטק תל אביב

Short films Program: The horror within

(Hebrew) מקבץ סרטי אימה שמציגים את האימה היומיומית והלא-בנאלית

Director:(Hebrew) במאים שונים
(Hebrew) ישראל | (Hebrew) 2018 | (Hebrew) 89min

Short Films Program: Genre Blender

(Hebrew) ז’אנרים נפגשים, מתערבבים ומשתנים במקבץ קולנוע קצר שובר מסגרות

Director:במאים שונים
ישראל | 2018 | 91min

First Short Program: Between Us

Relationships in Science Fiction Short Films. The Batch includes 6 Films.

Director:(Hebrew) במאים שונים
(Hebrew) ישראל | (Hebrew) 2018 | (Hebrew) 89min

Mortal Engines

Young outcast from London, A mysterious woman a dangerous outlaw lead a rebellion against a giant predator city on wheels.

Director:Christian Rivers
Actors:Hugo Weaving, Hera Hilmar
New Zealand, USA | 2018 | English | 128min

Hugo

In Paris in 1931, an orphan named Hugo Cabret, who lives in the walls of a train station, is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Director:Martin Scorsese
Actors:Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee
USA, UK, France | 2011 | English | 127min

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

Director:Steven Spielberg
Actors:Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote
USA | 1982 | Hebrew | 115min

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.

Director:Eli Roth
Actors:Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Kyle MacLachlan
USA | 2018 | English (Hebrew Subs) | 140min

Parallel

A group of friends find a way to move between parallel dimensions. It seems like a great idea at first, but things are about to backfire horribly.

Director:Isaac Ezban
Actors:Alyssa Diaz, Kathleen Quinlan, Georgia King
Canada | 2018 | English | 104min

The Golem

Festival premiere! The much anticipated new horror film by the Paz brothers presents the Golem legend as never seen before

Director:Doron Paz, Yoav Paz
Actors:Hani Firstenberg, Yishai Golan
Israel, Ukraine | 2018 | English | 95min

Planet 51 (Hebrew Dub)

Human astronaut arrive to planet 51, surprised to find out the planet is inhibited by green extraterrestrials

Director:Jorge Blanco
Actors:Dwayne Johnson, Justin Long, Jessica Biel
Spain, UK, USA | 2009 | Hebrew | 120min

Border – Gräns

A customs officer develops an unusual attraction to a stranger, while aiding a police investigation which will call into question her entire existence.

Director:Ali Abbasi
Actors:Eva Melander, Eero Milonoff, Jörgen Thorsson
Sweden | 2018 | Swedish | 101min

Jurassic World

A genetically modified dinosaur goes on a killing spree in the theme park built on the original site of Jurassic Park.

Director:Colin Trevorrow
Actors:Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio
USA | 2015 | English | 124min

Opening Remarks & Film – The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The surreal adventures of an advertising director and an old man believes himself to be Don Quixote.

Director:Terry Gilliam
Actors:Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård
Spain, Belgium, France, Portugal, UK | 2018 | English, Spanish, Hebrew Subtitles | 133min

Common Wealth – La comunidad

A real estate agent finds a large sum of money in a deceased man’s apartment. she starts planing her new future as a rich women, but the neighbors have other plans.

Director:Alex De La Iglesia
Actors:Carmen Maura, Eduardo Antuña, María Asquerino
Spain | 2000 | Spanish, Hebrew Subtitles | 106min

Lost in La Mancha

The Story behind the first attempt to film “The Man who Killed Don Quixote”, that gone wrong in every possible way.

Director:Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Actors:Terry Gilliam, Johnny Depp, Jean Rochefort, Jeff Bridges (Narrated by)
UK and USA | 2002 | English and French | 93min

Abulele

Adam meets a friendly monster, who only shows itself to lonly kids.

Director:(Hebrew) יוני גבע
Actors:(Hebrew) עידן ברקאי, מכרם ח'ורי, נתי קלוגר
Israel | (Hebrew) 2015 | Hebrew | 90min

No Blood

A writing teacher with a confidential past is summoned to a surprisingly unnerving meeting.

Director:Joseph El-Dror
Actors:Danny Isserles, Udi Rothschild, Dana Meinrath
Israel | 2018 | Hebrew | 92min

Call for Dreams

Strangers from different parts of the world cross-pass while dreams start mixing with reality.

Director:Ran Slavin
Actors:Mami Shimazaki, Yehezkel Lazarov, Olga Kurkulina
Israel and japan | 2018 | עברית | 84min

The Damned

A military navigation exercise in the Negev desert becomes a hellish nightmare. Three soldiers patrol an unknown area and encounter unexplained horrors.

Director:Evgeny Ruman
Actors:Nimrod Hochenberg, Daniel Gad, Amit Rahav
Israel | 2018 | Hebrew, English Subtitles | 81min

Witching and Bitching

When a heist goes wrong the robbers find themselves amidst an ancient pagan rite planned by a family of witches.

Director:Álex de la Iglesia
Actors:Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Jaime Ordóñez
Spain | 2014 | Spanish, Hebrew Subtitles | 112min

The Last Circus / Balada Triste de Trompeta

Two circus clowns fight for the heart of a beautiful acrobat. The love triangle turns into an actual, extremely violent duel.

Director:Álex de la Iglesia
Actors:Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang
Spain | 2010 | ספרדית, כתוביות בעברית | 99min

Ad Vitam

In a future where people can live forever, a detective and a young rebel tries to uncover the truth behind a series of teenage suicides.

Director:Thomas Cailley, Sébastien Mounier
Actors:Yvan Attal, Garance Marillier
France | 2018 | French, English Subs | 110min

Sorry to Bother You

The rapper Boots Riley tells a story of young black telemarketing employee that discovers disturbing truths about his work place.

Director:Boots Riley
Actors:Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Armie Hammer
USA, Canada | 2018 | English | 111min

Prospect

Scifi coming of age story. Father and daughter try to survive on a dangerous foreign moon. To make it out alive, the girl will have to find her way.

Director:Christopher Caldwell, Zeek Earl
Actors:Sophie Thatcher, Pedro Pascal, Jay Duplass
USA, Canada | 2018 | English | 98min

The Similars / Los Parecidos

A Chiling tribute to “The Twilight Zone”. Eight strangers fall victim to a frightening and unexplained phenomenon in a creepy bus station.

Director:Isaac Ezban
Actors:Luis Alberti, Carmen Beato, Fernando Becerril
Mexico | 2015 | Spanish, English Subtitles | 89min

The Incident / El incidente

Two brothers are stuck in an endless staircase with the police on their heels, chasing them. A family is imprisoned on a road with no end. Are these paths to infinity connected?

Director:Isaac Ezban
Actors:Raúl Méndez, Magda Brugengheim, Humberto Busto
Mexico | 2014 | Spanish, English Subtitles | 101min

Hereditary

Things get weird in the Graham residence after the death of grandma Ellen. Is it a ghost, en evil demon or something even scarier?

Director:Ari Aster
Actors:Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne
USA | 2018 | English, Hebrew Subtitles | 127min

Tigers Are Not Afraid

After her mother disappears, Estrella joins a gang of abandoned children. The streets, dominated by the cartels, also hide… something else.

Director:Issa López
Actors:Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Hanssel Casillas
Mexico | 2017 | Spanish, English Subtitles | 83min

In Fabric

This dress is to die for! It looks fabulous, but you don’t know how dangerous it really is, until it’s too late!

Director:Peter Strickland
Actors:Gwendoline Christie, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Marianne Jean-Baptiste
UK | 2018 | English, Hebrew Subtitles | 118min

Awards Ceremony & Closing Night Film – Anna and the Apocalypse

Just in time for Christmas, the zombie apocalypse begins. Anna and her friends sing and dance their way out of the mess.

Director:John McPhail
Actors:Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming, Sarah Swire
USA, UK | 2017 | English, Hebrew Subtitles | 92min

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The surreal adventures of an unlikely pair: a cynical advertising director and an old spanish man believe himself to be Don Quixote

Director:Terry Gilliam
Actors:Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård
Spain, Belgium, France, Portugal, UK | 2018 | English, Spanish | 133min

Mandy

Nicolas Cage goes on a hellish revenge trip after an evil cult kidnaps his wife

Director:Panos Cosmatos
Actors:Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache
USA, Belgium, UK | 2018 | English, Hebrew Subtitles | 121min