Lives are at stake, and tough decisions must be made under extreme pressure in Eirik Svensson’s riveting thriller that strikes a deep emotional chord and opens this year’s festival. Safe House is based on a true story that took place at a Doctors Without Borders field hospital in the Central African Republic on Christmas Eve, 2013. Civil war is raging, and Bangui is divided int...
“Pike River” focuses on the true story of Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse, two women whose friendship empowered them to fight for justice after the Pike River Mine tragedy in 2010, which took the lives of 29 men underground.
Wojciech Smarzowski is one of those Polish directors who’s popular both among the critics and with the audience, even though his films are far from being considered crowd-pleasers. In his upcoming project Good House, Smarzowski, who also penned the script, will focus on domestic violence, although nothing more has been shared about the story.
