Yiannis doesn’t have much going for him, save for his adorable dog, Jimi, and his fast-approaching date to get out of Cyprus for good. But when Jimi wanders across the U.N. buffer zone and into the section of the island Turkey seized more than forty years ago, an unregulated state unrecognized by the rest of the world, Yiannis learns, bringing a dog back over the border is not as easy as walking straight home. He enlists a mismatched band of accomplices from every side of the Cyprus dispute to find a way to get Jimi back, while never leaving the land he calls home. Writer and director Marios Piperides has been producing films in Cyprus for more than a decade, and his inside knowledge pays dividends in this narrative feature debut—a whip-smart comedy on legality, disputed nationality, and the frameworks that are erected to maintain a fragile peace. He demonstrates his compassion for locals on both sides of the divide, as he tenderly captures their struggle to find hope and make a living in a divided land. Such serious themes pair perfectly with Piperides’s sense of humor As Yiannis’s efforts dip farther into absurdity, they offer a send-up of the forces that prolong a conflict that has been poorly understood and largely forgotten by the outside world.
墨西哥导演米歇尔·弗兰克在参加马拉喀什电影节时确认他执导的第六部影片[少数人的梦想](The Dreams of a Few,暂译)将于明年4月开机拍摄。弗兰克的上一部影片[艾普尔的女儿]于去年戛纳电影节“一种关注单元”首映并荣获评审团奖。弗兰克表示新片将是一部大制作影片,影片风格有别于他以往作品,将采用全墨西哥演员阵容,墨西哥取景拍摄。据悉新片故事将设定在一个不远未来的反乌托邦世界,影片主题涉及墨西哥城的贫富鸿沟。