Catalan Films @ Berlinale European Film Market 2019

Supporting the Catalan audiovisual industry worldwide

7th February-17th February catalanfilms@gencat.cat | www.catalanfilms.cat

It’s Berlinale 2019 and Catalonia is, once again, represented in one of the world’s leading film festivals. We’re delighted and proud that six films have been selected troughout this year’s program. Films that are a showcase of the new and the established generations of filmmakers that live together in Catalonia and that are shining in all major film festivals.

Starting with Isabel Coixet’s newest production, “Elisa and Marcela”, which will be competing in the official section but also introducing new talents such as Irene Moray whose short film “Suc de síndria”, competing at Berlinale shorts, is part of our compilation Shortcat 2019, a selection of the best short films that will be released this year – contact us for updates!

Irene Moray, Neus Ballús, with her film “Staff Only” - competing at Panorama - or Jorge Yúdice, whose short film “Cocodrilo” has been selected at Generation; are part of this Catalan New Wave of directors who are pushing the boundaries and creating a cinematic language of its own.

Last but not least, two minority coproductions will also be present at the festival: “Brief story from the green planet” at Panorama, and “Baracoa” at Generation KPlus.

The Catalan delegation at the European Film Market includes more than 50 companies between producers, distributors, sales agents or festivals, 4 young filmmakers at Berlinale Talents and 10 market screenings.

Be sure to come by our stand but, above all: watch our films, you won’t be disappointed!

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CATALAN FILMS AT BERLINALE – EFM 2019 Films selected at Berlinale Other Events Market Screenings Berlinale Talents Coproduction Market Catalan Companies Attending EFM Screenings Schedule

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COMPETITION

Elisa and Marcela

by Isabel Coixet

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Produced by Rodar y Rodar, Zenit TV, La Nube Películas, Televisió de Catalunya, Movies Productions 2017 AIE Synopsis 1885. A Coruña. On her first day of school Marcela meets Elisa. A great friendship is born. Over time, Marcela’s parents become distrustful of their relationship and send her away to boarding school to put an end to their suspicion. Years pass, but their feelings for each other remain the same.

When Marcela comes back to Galicia, she looks for Elisa to begin a happy life together. However, rumours start, forcing them to devise a plan: Elisa leaves town for a while to come back as Mario and marry Marcela.

Screenings Wed 13 Feb | 12:00 | Berlinale Palast (EFM) Wed 13 Feb | 19:00 | Berlinale Palast Thu 14 Feb | 12:30 | Friedrichstadt – Palast Thu 14 Feb | 19:30 | Haus der Berliner Festspiele Sat 16 Feb | 09:30 | Zoo Palast 1 Sun 17 Feb | 21:30 | Berlinale Palast

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BERLINALE SHORTS

Suc de síndria

(Watermelon Juice)

by Irene Moray

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Produced by Distinto Films Sales Agent Marvin&Wayne Contact Josep Prim fest@marvinwayne.com Synopsis Barbara and Pol spend a few days on holiday with a group of friends in a house surrounded by nature. They want to have a good time and find a peaceful space where they can enjoy their intimacy. With the support of Pol, in the midst of nature, between tears and laughter, Barbara will heal old wounds and redefine her sexuality.

Screenings Fri 08 Feb | 21:30 | CinemaxX 3 Mon11 Feb | 16:00 | CinemaxX 5 Wed13 Feb | 21:30 | CinemaxX 3 Thu14 Feb | 21:30 | Odeon Fri 15 Feb | 13:00 | Zoo Palast 2 Fri 15 Feb | 17:00 | Colosseum 1

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PANORAMA

Brief Story from the Green Planet

by Santiago Loza

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Produced by Constanza Sanz Palacios Films, Anavilhana, AutentiKa Films, Zentropa Spain Sales agent The Open Reel Contact cs@theopenreel.com Synopsis The film is an existential journey of three young friends with a dying alien: the ‘other’, the weird, the supernatural told in the daily life. A movie about how to deal with loss - a tribute to the strength of outcasts.

Screenings Mon 11 Feb | 19:30 | Zoo Palast 2 Tue 12 Feb | 20:15 | CineStar 3 Wed 13 Feb | 14:15 | CinemaxX15 (EFM) Wed 13 Feb | 20:15 | Cubix 7 Thu 14 Feb | 14:00 | CineamxX10 (EFM) Sat 16 Feb | 22:00 | CineStar 3

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PANORAMA

Staff Only

by Neus Ballús

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Produced by Ikiru Films, El Kinògraf, La Terraza Films and Turanga Films in coproduction with Les Films Hatari Contact Edmon Roch eroch@ikirufilm.com Synopsis Marta, a teenager from Barcelona, is forced to spend her Christmas holidays in Senegal with her divorced father, Manel, and her younger brother Bruno. She’d enjoy her stay if only they’d stop cajoling her into joining them on a frantic series of safaris and local folklore acts along with the pensioners staying at the resort.

Screenings Sun 10 Feb | 22:30 | CinemaxX 7 Mon 11 Feb | 17:45 | CineStar 3 Tue 12 Feb | 22:30 | Cubix 7 Fri 15 Feb | 20:15 | Cubix 7 Sun 17 Feb | 15:00 | CineStar 3

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GENERATION KPLUS

Baracoa

by Pablo Briones and The Moving Picture Boys

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Produced by C-Side Productions, Playlab Films, The Moving Picture Boys Contact Estephania Bonnett epi@playlab.com Synopsis A hot summer has come in their tiny village in the Cuban countryside, Leonel and Antuรกn intimately explore their universe far from adults. With a considerable difference in age, their unique friendship is torn between games and fights, conversations about everyday life, existentialist questions, simple pleasures and boredom.

As his older friend is drawn to the busy life of the city, Leonel is forced to examine his life and place in the world.

While the Cuban society is going through a transitional period, the two friends also come to a crossroads.

Screenings Sun 10 Feb | 16:15 | Zoo Palast 2 Mon 11 Feb | 09:30 | Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Thu 14 Feb | 10:00 | HKW Thu 14 Feb | 17:15 | CinemaxX 12 (EFM) Sun 17 Feb | 14:00 | CinemaxX 1

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GENERATION 14PLUS

Cocodrilo

by Jorge Yúdice

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Produced by Japonica Films Festivals contact The House of Films Gorka LeĂłn gorkaleon@thehouseoffilms.com Contact Jorge YĂşdice jorgeyudice@gmail.com Synopsis Like every afternoon, Alicia prepares a cup of tee and watch her favorite youtube channel: VictorGaming. A rol action video games channel. Victor, the youtuber, is streaming now answering questions from his fans. Alicia has a very important thing to say to him.

Screenings Sat 09 Feb | 15:30 | CinemaxX 3 Thu 14 Feb | 9:30 | CinemaxX 3 Fri 15 Feb | 14:30 | CinemaxX 1 Sat 16 Feb | 12:00 | CinemaxX 3

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OTHER EVENTS FORUM - ARCHIVAL CONSTELLATIONS

About Some Meaningless Events

By Moustafa Derakoui Produced by Basma (Morocco) Film restaured by Fimoteca de Catalunya Sales Agent L’Atelier de l’observatoire Contact Léa Morin morin.lea@gmail.com

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Synopsis In search of a subject for their film, a group of directors ask passers-by about their expectations of Moroccan cinema in the streets and bars of Casablanca. 45 years after its completion, the long-censored film has now been rediscovered and restored.

Screenings Wed 13 Feb | 15:00 | Kino Arsenal 1 Thu 14 Feb | 13:00 | CinemaxX 6 Fri 15 Feb | 20:00 | Kino Arsenal 1

MARKET SCREENINGS

4x4

by Mario Cohn Produced by Mediapro, TelevisiĂłn Abierta Sales Agent: Latido Films Contact Juan Torres juan@latidofilms.com

Screenings (by invitation only) Sat 9 Feb | 14:45 | CinemaxX 2 Mon 11 Feb | 17:05 | CineStar 6

Synopsis A high-end 4x4 is parked on a street of a typical neighbourhood in Buenos Aires. A man breaks into it to steal whatever he can find, but when he tries to get out, the doors and windows lock the 4 x 4 just like an armoured bunker. The situation is distressing: he is trapped. Someone on the outside is in control of the vehicle, and they seem to have a plan.

7 Reasons tu Run Away

by Esteve Soler, Gerard Quinto, David Torras Produced by Compacto, No hay Banda, Producciones del Interior AIE Sales Agent: Filmax Contact Ivan Diaz i.diaz@filmax.com

Screening Fri 8 Feb | 14:35 | Parliament Studio

Synopsis The family, the poor kid who appears on TV, the sixth-floor neighbours, the tenant and the real estate agent, the business couple, the guy progress has run over and the couple about to get married. Seven stories that intertwine horror and comedy. Seven scenes of black humour as strange as they are unexpected. Seven surreal perspectives on a society that can’t progress, a dysfunctional society.

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MARKET SCREENINGS

Between Two Waters

by Isaki Lacuesta Produced by La termita Films, Mallerich Films Paco Poch, Bord Cadre Films, All go movies, Studio Indie Productions, BTeam Prods Sales Agent: Filmax Contact Ivan Diaz filmaxint@filmax.com

Screenings Thu 7 Feb | 19:00 | CineStar 2 Sun 10 Feb | 16:35 | Kino Arsenal 2

Synopsis Just kids in The Legend of Time, 12 years later, Isra and Cheito return to San Fernando Island, their reunion sparking memories of their father’s violent death, as they seek closure on the past, redemption, and reconciliation with each other.

Journey to a Mother’s Room

by Celia Rico Clavellino Produced by Amorós Producciones, Arcadia Motion Pictures, Noodles Production, Pecado Films, Sísifo Films AIE Sales Agent: Loco Films Contact Laurent Danielou laurent.danielou@loco-films.com

Screening Sun 10 Feb | 13:00 | Kino Arsenal 2

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Synopsis Leonor wants to leave home but she doesn’t dare tell her mother. Estrella doesn’t want her daughter to go, but she isn’t able to keep her by her side.

Mother and daughter will have to face a new time in their lives in which the world they share is wavering.

Journey to a mother’s room is a film about the ties that tightly bind a mother and a daughter, so intimate and delicate they can easily tangle and trap them.

MARKET SCREENINGS

Love Me Not

by Lluís Miñarro Produced by Lluís Miñarro, Piano Producciones Cinematográficas Sales Agent: Reel Suspect Contact Alberto Alvarez a@reelsuspects.com

Screening Mon 11 Feb | 18:10 | CinemaxX 14

Synopsis A subversively inventive film where comedy and melodrama mould together. Set in a metaphorical war in the Middle East, Salomé – beyond Oscar Wilde – is a soldier in love with someone who couldn’t be less appropriate. Eros and Thanatos travel together to remind us that truth is based on beauty and love. The film also explores the autarky of cinematic images. A reverie on the edge of ambivalence and gender.

Nisman - The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy

by Justin Wester Produced by JWP, Fasten Films, Gebrueder Beetz with Movistar+ and ZDFinfo with the support of Media.

Sales Agent: Java Films Contact Olivier Semonnay olivier@javafilms.tv

Screening Tue 12 Feb | 13:30 | Zoo Palast Club A

Synopsis Nisman is a global true crime series that reveals how the dealings between Argentina, Iran, Israel and the USA - and their respective secret services - culminated in the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman.

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MARKET SCREENINGS

Some Time Later

by José Luis Cuerda Produced by El Terrat, Atresmedia Cine, Tiempo después AIE, Estela Films, Polvora Films, Lanube películas, Pianar Getao de Equipamentos Cinematográficos Sales Agent: FilmSharks Contact Guido Rud guido_rud@filmsharks.com Valeria Fanego valeria@filmsharks.com Screenings Sun 10 Feb | 11:15 | Kino Arsenal

Synopsis In the year 9177 or so, a thousand years here or there, the whole world has been reduced to just one Representative Building and the filthy outskirts around it inhabited by all the unemployed and starving people in the cosmos.

The Days to Come

by Carles Marqués-Marcet Produced by Lastor Media, Avalon PC Sales Agent: Film Factory Entertainment Contact Laura Fornelio laura@filmfactory.es Synopsis Vir and Lluis got pregnant when they were only dating for one year. They will have to learn how to be 3 when they didn’t even started to be 2.

Screenings Fri 8 Feb | 12:50 | CinemaxX 13 Mon 11 Feb | 09:00 | CinemaxX 13 Tue 12 Feb | 12:15 | CinemaxX 10

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MARKET SCREENINGS

The Uncovering

by Nacho Ruipérez Produced by Abordar, Aleph Media, El Desentierro AIE, TVE - Televisión Española Sales Agent: Filmax Contact Ivan Diaz filmaxint@filmax.com

Screening Sun 10 Feb | 11:00 | Parliament Studio

Synopsis When Jordi returns to the village where he spent part of his childhood, he receives two pieces of news that have a profound effect on him.

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BERLINALE TALENTS SCRIPT STATION

Calypso

by Ibai Abad, Emiliano Pastor Produced by Mayo Films Contact Sergio Grobas sergio@estoesmayo.com Synopsis When a volcano becomes active, a peculiar group of aristocrats and collectors decide to remain in an evacuated hotel in order to hold an auction.

TALENT PROJECT MARKET

Each of Us

by TBC Produced by Alhena Production Contact Eva PaunĂŠ epaune@alhena.cat Synopsis Four women fight for their survival as human beings, each of them with her own strategy, in the dehumanising apparatus that a concentration camp is.

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BERLINALE TALENTS

Anna Giralt Gris

Mireia Graell

annaggris@gmail.com

mireia@ringomediabcn.com

Eva Pauné

Emiliano Pastor

epaune@alhena.cat

emilianopastor.st@gmail.com

COPRODUCTION MARKET

Alcarràs

by Carla Simón Produced by Avalon PC Contact María Zamora mzamora@avalon.me Synopsis After 80 years on the same land, the Solé family get together to harvest for the last time.

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PRODUCTION

CATALAN COMPANIES ATTENDING EFM

15-L. Films Carlota Coloma

Adrià Lahuerta

carlota@15-L.com

adria@15-L.com

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

A Contracorriente Films Adolfo Blanco

Fernando Riera

adolfo@acontracorrientefilms.com

fernando@acontracorrientefilms.com

CEO

Head of production division

Manuel Monzón manuel@acontracorrientefilms.com Executive Producer

Alhena Production Norbert Llaràs nllaras@alhena.cat Executive Producer

Distinto Films

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Miriam Porté

Gerard Marginedas

miriam.porte@distintofilms.com

gerard.marginedas@distintofilms.com

Executive producer

Head of Development

Films de l’Orient

Ikiru Films

Sandra Forn

Edmon Roch

sandra.filmsorient@gmail.com

eroch@ikirufilms.com

Producer

Executive Producer

Kepler Mission Films Rebeca Sánchez

Natalia Otero

rebeca@keplermissionfilms.com

natalia@keplermissionfilms.com

CEO Producer and Director

Producer

Limmat Films Marc Chica marc.chica@limmatfilms.com CEO, Executive producer & Creative Director

Mago Productions Peter Keydel

Raúl Berninches

info@magoproduction.com

raul.b@magoproduction.com

Executive Producer

Producer

Mango Lassi Productions Mario Carbajosa

Vibha Daryanani

mario@mangolassiproductions.com

vibha@mangolassiproductions.com

CEO

COO

Mallerich Films

Mayo Films

Paco Poch

Sergio Grobas

mallerich@pacopoch.cat

sergio@estoesmayo.com

Producer

Producer

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Minded factory Johanna Horn

David Barrera

johanna@mindedfactory.com

david@mindedfactory.com CEO - Director

Münchhausen Productions

No hay banda

Adrià Lahuerta

Martin Samper

adria@munchhausen.es

martinsamper@nohaybanda.es

Producer

Producer

Playlab Films Estephania Bonnett

Mariajosé Suazo

epi@playlabfilms.com

mariajose@playlabfilms.com

Executive Producer

Production coordinator

Soul Pictures

Toned Media

Nicos Beatty

Toni Espinosa

nicos@soulpictures.es

toni@tonedmedia.com

Producer

Producer

WKND Roger Torras roger@wknd.tv Producer

Youplanet

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Luís de Val

Adrián Peña

luis@youplanet.es

adrian@youplanet.es

CE

Pictures Director

DISTRIBUTION

Zentropa Spain David Matamoros

Ángeles Hernández

david@zentropaspain.com

angeles@zentropaspain.com

Producer

Producer

A Contracorriente Films Adolfo Blanco

David Mitjans

adolfo@acontracorrientefilms.com

david@acontracorrientefilms.com

CEO

Head of Acquisitions

Xavier Rubí xavier@acontracorrientefilms.com Head of Home Entertainment

Adso Films

Artaire Films Tànit Fernández

Toni Segura

tanitf@adso.tv

tsegura@artairefilms.com

Acquisitions

President

DocsBarcelona

Filmax

Salima Jirari

Carles Rojano

sjirari@docsbarcelona.com

filmaxint@filmax.com

Acquisitions Manager

Acquisitions & Business Managing Director

Filmin

Mediatres Estudio Jaume Ripoll

Alejandro Fernandez

jaume@filmin.es

af@m3estudio.com

Head of Acquisitions

General Manager

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Movies for Festivals

Noucinemart

Johanna Tonini

Carlos Rodríguez Ríos

info@moviesforfestivals.com

carlos@noucinemart.com

Festivals Distributor and Sales Agent

Distributor

Pack Màgic

Paco Poch Cinema Alfred Sesma

Paco Poch

packmagic@dracmagic.cat

mallerich@pacopoch.cat

Sales & Distribution

Distributor

Tukuri Films Albert Galera albert@tukurifilms.com Head of Acquisitions

Twelve Oaks Pictures Ignacio Lamarca

Mar Abadin

ilamarca@twelveoakspictures.com

mar.abadin@twelveoakspictures.com

General Manager

Head of Acquisitions

Fernando Rodriguez frodriguez@twelveoakspictures.com Head of TV Sales

Youplanet Luís de Val adrian@youplanet.es CEO

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SALES AGENTS

Film Factory Vicente Canales

Toni Oliete

info@filmfactory.es

t.oliete@filmfactory.es

Managing Director

Head of Sales

Laura Fornelio laura@filmfactory.es Head of Marketing

Filmax Iván Díaz

Cristina Carro

Head of International

Sales Executive

i.diaz@filmax.com

c.carro@filmax.com

Guillermo Antuña Sales Executive g.antuna@filmax.com

TV3 - Televisió de Catalunya Víctor Carrera vcarrera.x@ccma.cat Sales Executive

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FESTIVALS

CineAsia

Craft Film Festival Gloria Fernámdez Adame

Vanessa Pérez

gfernanez@cineasia.net

vanessa@art-attackk.com

CEO

Founder & Director

D’A Film Festival Carlos Rodríguez Ríos

Loles Fanlo

carlos@noucinemart.com

loles@noucinemart.com

Director

Int’l Relations and Deputy Manager

DocsBarcelona Diego Mas Trelles Diego.mas.trelles@docsbarcelona.com Head of Industry

Drac Màgic – International Women’s Film Festival Marta Nieto martan@dracmagic.cat Festival Programmer

Festival de Cine de Terror de Molins de Rei Albert Galera agalera@cinemacatala.net Director

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SERIELIZADOS Festival Victor Sala

Betu Martinez

victor@szsfest.com

betu@szsfest.com

Co-director

Co-director

Carlos Perello perello@serielizados.com Producer

EXHIBITION

Sitges Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya Mònica García

Ángel Sala

monica.garcia@sitgesfilmfestival.com

angel.sala@sitgesfilmfestival.com

Deputy Director of the Foundation

Festival Director

Mike Hostench

Diego López

mike.hostench@sitgesfilmfestival.com

brigadoon@sitgesfilmfestival.com

Deputy Festival Director

Programming Committee

Cinema Maldà

Cinemes Girona

Javier Escriva

Toni Espinosa

maldacinema@gmail.com

toni@cinemesgirona.cat

Manager

Managing Director

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FILMMAKERS

Zebina Guerra

Anna Mitjà

Scriptwrite

hola@annamitjacomas.com Filmmaker

Jorge Yúdice jorgeyudice@gmail.com

SERVICES

Director

Barcelona Film Comission Montserrat Guiu Valls filmcommission3@bcn.cat Film Office Manager

Filmarket Hub Bernardo Gómez

Andrea Giannone

berni@filmarkethub.com

andrea@filmarkethub.com

Co-Founder

Co-Founder

Joanna Nelson partnerships@filmarkethub.com

INSTITUTIONS

Partnerships Manager

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Filmoteca de Catalunya Esteve Riambau

Rosa Cardona

eriambau@gencat.cat

rcardona@gencat.cat

Director

Restorer Conservation Centre

ICEC - Catalan Films & TV The Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies (ICEC) is a public institution of the Government of Catalonia’s Ministry of Culture that looks after the development and the consolidation of the Catalan creative sectors as an uplift for its professionalization. ICEC advises and accompanies Catalan companies in their development process in several sectors such as: music, performing arts, visual arts, audiovisual, books and digital culture.

Catalan Films & TV is the program used by ICEC for the international promotion of Catalan audiovisual industry. Catalan Films & TV aims to increase the participation of the Catalan audiovisual industry at international markets and to encourage the co-production and the distribution of Catalan projects. In addition, it also supports films and talent that have been selected to attend international festivals around the world and acts as the industry’s official representative at key festivals and markets.

Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies

Departament for the Audiovisual

Miquel Curanta

Francisco Vargas

Director

Director

Market Development Department

Catalan Films & TV

Antònia Andúgar

qpons@gencat.cat

Director

International Promotion

Catalunya Film Commission Carlota Guerrero

Departament for the Audiovisual

cguerrerob@gencat.cat

Carme Puig

Manager

cpuig@gencat.cat

Queralt Pons

Head of Film Festivals

Europa Creativa Desk Media Catalunya Àlex Navarro alexnavarro@gencat.cat Coordinator

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SCREENINGS SCHEDULE Thu 7 Feb

Fri 8 Feb

Sat 9 Feb

Sun 10 Feb Mon 11 Feb

Elisa and Marcela

Suc de síndria (Watermelon Juice)

21:30 CinemaxX 3

16:00 CinemaxX 5

Brief Story from the Green Planet

19:30 Zoo Palast 2

Staff Only

22:30 CinemaxX 7

17:45 CineStar 3

Baracoa

16:15 Zoo Palast 2

09:30 Filmtheater am Friedrichshain

15:30 CinemaxX 3

Cocodrilo About Some Meaningless Events

14:45 CinemaxX 2

4 x 4 (by invitation only) 14:35 Parliament Studio

7 Reasons tu Run Away Between Two Waters

17:05 CineStar 6

19:00 CineStar 2

16:35 Kino Arsenal 2

Journey to a Mother’s Room

13:00 Kino Arsenal 2 18:10 CinemaxX 14

Love Me Not Nisman - The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy 11:15 Kino Arsenal 2

Some Time Later The Days to Come The Uncovering

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12:50 CinemaxX 13

09:00 CinemaxX 13 11:00 Parliament Studio

Tue 12 Feb

20:15 CineStar 3

Wed 13 Feb

Thu 14 Feb

12:00 Berlinale Palast 19:00 Berlinale Palast

12:30 Friedrichstadt - Palast 19:30 Haus der Berliner Festspiele

21:30 CinemaxX 3

21:30 Odeon

14:15 CinemaxX15 20:15 Cubix 7

14:00 CinemaxX10

22:30 Cubix 7

Fri 15 Feb

Sat 16 Feb 09:30 Zoo Palast 1

22:00 CineStar 3 15:00 CineStar 3

10:00 HKW 17:15 CinemaxX 12

15:00 Kino Arsenal 1

21:30 Berlinale Palast

13:00 Zoo Palast 2 17:00 Colosseum 1

20:15 Cubix 7

9:30 CinemaxX 3

Sun 17 Feb

14:00 CinemaxX 1 14:30 CinemaxX 1

12:00 CinemaxX 3

20:00 Kino Arsenal 1

13:30 Zoo Palast Club A

12:15 CinemaxX 10

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Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies ICEC

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