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Insiders brings Ramsay, Erguven titles to Cannes Swiss Army Man

A24 scores Swiss Army Man deals

BY JEREMY KAY

A24 has announced its first territory sales since hiring Sasha Lloyd in January to oversee international distribution and business development, cutting a raft of deals on Swiss Army Man. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s quirky Sundance buddy movie starring Daniel Radcliffe — as a corpse — and Paul Dano screens in the market today and Monday, and has landed a handful of prestige buyers. Madman Entertainment will release Swiss Army Man in Australia, Sun in Latin America, D Films in Canada, Volga Films in Russia and the Baltics, and Front Row in the Middle East.

Former Goldman Sachs executive Lloyd negotiated the deals. A24 will release Swiss Army Man wide in the US on July 1 and will work closely on marketing campaigns with its international partners.

Kwan and Scheinert won the Sundance dramatic directing award for the story of a man stranded on an island who enlists the help of a corpse to make his way home.

A24 has also licensed worldwide rights to Azazel Jacobs’ divorce comedy The Lovers, shooting with Debra Winger, and its first production, Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, in post.

Elevation scores co-finance deal Laurie May and Noah Segal’s Canadian distributor Elevation Pictures has struck a co-financing deal for 20-25 films a year with Anton Corp, which Harold van Lier has joined as partner.

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Joaquin Phoenix has signed to star in Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here, a character-driven thriller revolving around a tormented war veteran.

It is one of four high-profile projects on the slate of Insiders — the Los Angeles-based sales company headed by Wild Bunch co-chief Vincent Maraval — alongside Los Angeles riots drama Kings, directed

by Mustang’s Deniz Gamze Erguven and starring Halle Berry, contemporary noir Under The Silver Lake and terror attack reconstruction Westgate.

Phoenix will play a war veteran

who is now a freelance rescuer of women trafficked into the sex trade.

When the extraction of a girl from a Manhattan brothel goes wrong, violent and corrupt powers conspire against him.

Film4 and the BFI supported development. Pascal Caucheteux, Rosa Attab and James Wilson produce for Why Not Productions.

Insiders is also selling Kings, set against the Los Angeles riots sparked by the police beating of Rodney King. Charles Gillibert is lead producing. Berry will star as a mother living in the South Central district where the disturbances kicked off. The role of a white male

neighbour and love interest has yet to be cast.

Westgate is based on the real-life story of a mother and her five children caught up in the terror attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya in 2013. Mexican film-maker Everardo Gout (Days Of Grace) will direct. Lloyd Levin (Green Zone) produces with Leopoldo Gout.

David Robert Mitchell’s Under The Silver Lake stars Andrew Garfield as a man plunged into the seedier side of Los Angeles while searching for his missing girlfriend.

Michael De Luca is producing alongside Chris Bender, Jake Weiner and Adele Romanski.

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Well Go swoops on To’s Three

BY LIZ SHACKLETON

A first glimpse of Wim Wenders’ Submergence shows James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander in an embrace.

Embankment, which has sold the romantic thriller to more than 30 territories since Berlin’s EFM including to Lionsgate for the UK, is selling the film here. Cameron Lamb is producing through Lila 9th Productions with Neue Road Movie and Backup Media, which is also financing. Co-producers are Morena Films and U Media.

Well Go USA has pounced on Johnnie To’s crime thriller Three, acquiring rights for North America, UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Media Asia is handling sales.

The film stars Louis Koo, Wallace Chung and Vicki Zhao Wei, and is in post-production. Well Go plans a theatrical release in North America day-and-date with China on June 24.

Produced by Media Asia, Milkyway Image and Shanghai Hairun Film & TV, Three revolves around a showdown in a hospital involving a criminal with a bullet in his head, a policeman and a surgeon. Media Asia is screening a 45-minute documentary about the making of the film in the Marché, which is being sold as a standalone programme.

Media Asia’s Cannes slate also includes John Woo’s action thriller Manhunt, which is scheduled to start shooting this summer.

Lionsgate conjures up its biggest ever slate

BY JEREMY KAY

Lionsgate International kicks off the market with its biggest sales slate yet and will commence talks on Now You See Me 3 and the 3D motion-capture fantasy adventure L.O.R.D. The roster includes Lionsgate/ CBS Films’ Boston Marathon

bombing drama Patriots Day starring Mark Wahlberg, and firefighter thriller No Exit from Summit/Black Label starring Josh Brolin and Miles Teller.

Emily Blunt heads up the voice cast for Lionsgate/Hasbro’s My Little Pony: The Movie, and Michael Keaton plays the lead in

the Lionsgate/CBS Films thriller American Assassin, to be directed

by Michael Cuesta.

JA Bayona will serve as executive producer on genre title Marrowbone, to be directed by Sergio G Sanchez, and Julia Roberts stars opposite Room’s Jacob Tremblay in coming-of-age tale Wonder.

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McGregor set for Sometimes

By Andreas Wiseman

Ewan McGregor, David Walliams and Monty Python’s Terry Jones have joined the voice cast of The Land Of Sometimes.

UK outfit Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (KFD) will launch sales in Cannes on the animated musical, which is to be directed by Leon Joosen (Saving Santa).

Production is due to get underway this month on the film, based on Francesca Longrigg’s audio book about a brother and sister taken to a magical land by the Wish Collector to make their wishes come true. Longrigg is producing alongside Tony Nottage, Eevolver and Giant Wheel Animation.

KFD CEO Spencer Pollard said: “The voice cast in place is excellent and we have a couple of A-list names to announce shortly to bolster an already stellar line up.”

cannes briefs Cast joins Tau Maika Monroe and Ed Skrein will star in Tau, a Bloom sales title about a kidnap victim in a home controlled by AI.

Stars up for 24 Hours Common and Xu Qing have joined Fundamental and Thunder Road’s 24 Hours To Live. Sierra/ Affinity sells.

Byrne heading Home Rose Byrne is in talks to join Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s comedy Home Again. MadRiver Pictures handles international sales.

James Schamus and Meridian up for Dawn

By Andreas Wiseman

Chinese financier Meridian Entertainment, through its production deal with James Schamus’s Symbolic Exchange, has boarded finance on action film A Prayer Before Dawn, starring Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Green Room).

Principal photography got underway in Thailand last week on the sophomore feature from director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, whose debut Johnny Mad Dog premiered in Un Certain Regard in 2008.

Former Wild Bunch exec Rita Dagher (Soy Nero), Sol Papadopoulos and Roy Boulter (Sunset Song) and Nicholas Simon are producing. HanWay handles international sales, CAA reps the US. Former Focus CEO Schamus (Brokeback Mountain) will executive produce with Meridian’s Jennifer Dong and Woody Mu, along with HanWay’s Thorsten Schu-

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macher. The writer is Jonathan Hirschbein (Bad Country), based on a prior draft by Nick Saltrese.

Rising actor Cole will star as Billy Moore, whose autobiography is the basis for the film and which tells the story of his incarceration in a notorious Thai prison.

Behind bars, Moore discovered Muay Thai boxing, joining other imprisoned fighters as they trained for and fought in lethal prison-sponsored matches.

Symbolic Exchange and Meridian recently announced their first project together, Kitty Green’s documentary Casting JonBenet.

Grillo goes full throttle as Wheelman

By Jeremy Kay

Frank Grillo, currently to be seen in Captain America: Civil War, is to star in action thriller Wheelman, which The Solution Entertainment Group is financing and will introduce to buyers here.

Joe Carnahan is producing alongside The Solution’s Myles Nestel and Grillo in his producing debut. CAA represents US rights.

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The Solution’s Lisa Wilson and Josh Deitell are handling international rights. J Todd Harris, Chady Mattar and Scott Silver serve as executive producers.

Production is scheduled to start in September with Jeremy Rush lined up to direct from his screenplay about a getaway driver whose life is in danger after a bank robbery goes wrong. Driving

a car full of money and with the fate of his family on the line, the wheelman must find out who betrayed him and connect with the only person he can trust — his 14-year-old daughter.

Grillo’s credits include a lead role horror franchise The Purge, as well as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Zero Dark Thirty, The Grey and Homefront.

Wanda goes into Battle

By LIZ SHACKLETON

Beijing-based Wanda Pictures is launching sales on two bigbudget productions here in Cannes — Leste Chen’s $20m Battle Of Memories and Pan An Zi’s $14m For A Few Bullets.

A follow-up to Chen’s 2014 psychological thriller The Great Hypnotist, Battle Of Memories tells the story of a famous novelist who recovers from a painful divorce by having a decade of his memory wiped. When he tries to recover the lost memories, he finds himself in the mind of a serial killer.

Huang Bo, Xu Jinglei, Yang Zishan and Duan Yihong lead the cast of the film, which recently wrapped in Thailand and is being lined up for Chinese release in December. Tina Shi produced the film, with De Warrenne Pictures’ Tom Waller as co-producer.

Set in the 1930s, For A Few Bullets is a comedy western about a professional thief who teams with a special agent to protect a national treasure. Lin Gengxin, Zhang Jingchu and Liu Xiaoqing head the cast. The film is scheduled for release in China in July.

Director Pan Anzi previously helmed period drama The Palace, also produced by Wanda Pictures.

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The partners have brought in sales and acquisition executive Sara May, formely of TF1 and Embankment Films, to head up the new structure. « Our aim is to create a structure offering producers support from the financing stage right through to its delivery, even if we don’t necessarily end up being in every stage » May will also be free to acquire films and projects unrelated to either CG Cinema and Ad Vitam’s activities for the world sales. Her first world sales acquisition is Sundance hit As You Are, the critically acclaimed debut film of 23-year-old US director Miles Joris-Peyrafitte and winner of the Special Jury Price in Sundance. For its first Cannes outing, the company will be based out of the Silencio, the pop-up version of the Paris restaurant club designed by David Lynch, which has set up during the festival in recent years. « It’s really the beginning. We’ve only been up and running for a month. So the idea is to launch As You are as well as present the new structure and meet with other producers and projects », said May.

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Goalpost revs up for Trip To Spain feature David Tennant

Fish Without Bicycles reels in Tennant

By Andreas Wiseman

David Tennant has joined romantic comedy Fish Without Bicycles alongside Lucy Punch (Bad Teacher) and Faye Marsay (Game Of Thrones).

Nina Sosanya, Ingrid Oliver and Peter Davison are also joining the cast of the film, which is due to shoot this November.

The story explores two women’s differing experiences of pregnancy. The twist is that they are in a relationship with each other.

Tennant will play the couple’s neighbour John, an obnoxious Scot who is responsible for one of the pregnancies.

Writer-director Daisy Aitkens makes her feature debut on the film produced by Phin Glynn, Georgia Tennant and Harriet Hammond.

Tennant said: “Daisy Aitkens has written a brilliant, funny, surprising and moving script and I am delighted she has asked me to be in her first feature.”

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Goalpost Film is to kick off sales here on The Trip To Spain, the third instalment in the popular comedy franchise from director Michael Winterbottom.

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon play semi-fictionalised versions of themselves in the improvised comedy, which will shoot later this year, taking in restaurants, gentle bickering and impersonations in Cantabria, the Basque region, Aragon, Rioja, Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia.

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Melissa Parmenter (9 Songs) produces alongside Revolution Films, Baby Cow and Small Man. Sky will broadcast the series in the UK but Goalpost will package

the third instalment as a feature, as it has the previous two series.

Previous instalment The Trip To Italy pre-sold in Cannes three years ago to IFC for the US, Madman for Australia and New Zealand, Non-Stop Entertainment for Scandinavia and Wild Bunch for Benelux, among others.

Goalpost will also be selling Kevin Costner classic Dances With Wolves, for which it has cleared a number of international rights for the first time since it debuted 25 years ago.

Double Dutch recruits Troopers 2

By Jeremy Kay

Jason Moring’s Double Dutch International has acquired international sales rights and will commence talks with buyers today on Super Troopers 2.

Fox Searchlight will distribute the action comedy in North America, as it did on the 2001 original that grossed $18.5m.

Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske, Paul Soter and Steve Lemme of the comedy troupe Broken Lizard reprise their roles as state troopers with a penchant for pranks, while

Brian Cox returns as Captain O’Hagan.

Chandrasekhar will once again direct and Richard Perello produces the story that sees the troopers dispatched to patrol the border with Canada.

Super Troopers 2 supporters raised $4.4m in 28 days on IndieGoGo last year and it remains one of the highest crowd-funded films. “We couldn’t be more excited to finally make this sequel,” said Chandrasekhar. “We plan to deliver big laughs and bigger moustaches.”

“Super Troopers is one of the alltime comedy classics and we are extremely thrilled to be working with the Broken Lizard gang,” said Moring.

“These guys know how to deliver the laughs. Look at the incredible fan support — it spans globally. The fans want the Troopers back in action.”

Moring and the Double Dutch International sales team will also be selling animation project Spark, featuring a voice cast led by Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon, Hilary Swank and Patrick Stewart.

Electric carves up Blackway

By Jeremy Kay

Electric Entertainment has licensed key territories on Blackway (formerly Go With Me) starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta.

The film, which debuted at Venice last year, will be the first release to go through Electric’s US distribution arm, led by Zac Reeder, theatrically and on VoD on June 10.

Rights have gone in the UK (Metrodome), Benelux (Three Lines), France (Seven Sept), Scandinavia (Sandrew Metronome), China (Hualu), Israel (Shova), Portugal (Films4You) and Greece (Tanweer).

Deals have closed in Taiwan (CMC Content), Philippines (Octo

Arts), Turkey (Central Park), former Yugoslavia (Cinemania), Indonesia (PT Prima) and Thailand and Vietnam (IPA). Fox holds pan-Asian TV rights.

Electric and Enderby Entertainment co-financed. Set in a Pacific Northwest logging community, the story follows a woman and a retired logger who stand up to a crime lord. Daniel Alfredson (Kidnapping Mr Heineken) directed the Joe Gangemi and Gregory Jacobs screenplay, adapted from Castle Freeman Jr’s novel. Rick Dugdale produced alongside Lindsay Williams and Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jacobs and Hopkins.

The film will receive a wider theatrical Canadian release through TW Media Events.

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Nikkatsu strikes up Blue Hearts

By Liz Shackleton

Japanese studio Nikkatsu has picked up international rights to omnibus film The Blue Hearts, comprising six short films inspired by the music of the iconic Japanese punk band of the same name.

The six directors contributing shorts include Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge), Ken Iizuka, Shinichi Kudo, Ten Shimoyama, Noboru Iguchi and Lee Sang-il. Cast includes Masatoshi Nagase (Mystery Train) who stars in Kudo’s segment, Frozen Expectation.

Active from 1985 to 1995, The Blue Hearts have been compared to Western bands such as the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. Some of their songs were covered in Nobuhiro Yamashita’s 2005 indie hit Linda Linda Linda.

An incomplete version of The Blue Hearts omnibus film was screened at February’s Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.

Nikkatsu’s Cannes slate also includes Roman Porno Reboot, a series of five features from leading Japanese directors inspired by the Roman Porno genre, and Kazuya Shiraishi’s crime comedy drama Twisted Justice.

Cannes set to honour Léaud

By Tom Grater

Thrones star to enter Zoo Art Parkinson, star of Game Of Thrones and San Andreas (pictured above, left), is set to star in family adventure Zoo, which Ealing Metro launches here in Cannes. The young actor will be joined by Toby Jones (Dad’s Army) and Penelope Wilton (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) in the true story of a 12-year-old and his misfit friends who enlist an older woman in the fight to save a baby elephant during the air raids on Belfast in 1941. The shoot is due to get underway in mid-July with writer-director Colin McIvor.

Producers are Ripple World Pictures and Wee Buns.

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French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud is to receive a honorary Palme d’Or during the festival’s closing ceremony on May 22.

First discovered by Francois Truffaut when he cast the young actor as the lead in The 400 Blows, Léaud went on to have a glittering career in European cinema, working with directors including JeanLuc Godard (La Chinoise, Detective), Aki Kaurismaki (I Hired A Contract Killer), Pier Paolo Pasolini (Porcile), Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango In Paris), Jacques Rivette (Out 1) and many others.

In 2000, he was awarded an honorary César. At this year’s Cannes, Léaud stars in Albert Serra’s The Death Of Louis XIV, which plays as a Special Screening.

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COMING SOON A young couple wants to break free from control and convention. A film about desire and intense emotions, reflecting a world of contradictions that are so typical of youth. Written and directed by Academy Award® nominated Esteban Crespo (“That Wasn’t Me”).

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Alberto lives on a swampy marsh, confined to his bed but unbound by spirit, lovingly protected by his mother Rosa.

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Based on the bestselling book (translated into eleven languages), “I’m Off Then” is a spiritual journey and inspiring travelogue, shot at some of the most beautiful historic locations in France and Spain.

Charming and sarcastic, with subtle and sympathetic humor, freshman director von Eltz helms this coming-of-age drama with a sure hand. A tragicomedy that takes the worries of troubled youths seriously, letting them find new hope and friendship.

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COMING SOON As the dragons have disappeared from the kingdom of Bayala, the magic powers of the elves are weakening. The elf princess Surah is thrilled when she has the key to save the world in her hands: a dragon egg! She embarks on an adventurous journey... Based on the very popular bayala® brand of fantasy figurines.

COMING SOON Abandoned at a rural gas station, chubby orange house cat Marnie quickly teams up with a dog, a donkey and a rooster.

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Six boys and a girl have to show they’re wild enough to beat LÉRINS 4 Fat Mickey’s team and save Wild Soccer Land. Will they prove “Molly Monster” deals with the theme of becoming a sister worthy successors to the original Wild Soccer Bunch, who or a brother and the excitement that comes with it from the are now all grown up? point of view of a small child. Enchanting and entertaining – a universal preschool adventure.

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M-Line does Insane sales

By Jean Noh

South Korean sales company M-Line Distribution has sold mystery thriller Insane, directed

by Lee Cheol-ha (Hello?! Orchestra) to King Records for Japan, Long Shong for Taiwan and YL Pictures for China. YL also picked up Chinese remake rights.

Starring Kang Ye-won (Love Clinic) and Lee Sang-yun (Santa Barbara), the film has grossed $7.5m since its April 7 release, according to the Korean Film Council. It sees a discredited TV producer investigate a mental clinic where the survivor of a fire has been imprisoned and abused.

M-Line is also selling female gangster film A Special Lady (working title) starring Kim Hyesoo, Epitaph director Jung Sik’s thriller The Tooth And The Nail (working title), sports drama Runoff and No Way To Go with Choi Min-ho from boy band Shinee.

Belgian directors score crack cocaine drama

By Geoffrey Macnab

Young Belgian auteurs Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah are to direct a US TV drama about the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the early 1980s.

The new drama, Snowfall, has been co-written by John Singleton (Boyz N The Hood) and is being piloted for US cable network FX.

The film-making duo are behind gang movie Black, which was set partially in a notorious area of Brussels and caused riots in Belgian theatres last year after underage cinemagoers sneaked in.

Black, which won the Discovery Award at Toronto last year, is being sold here by Be For Films.

The directors said: “Snowfall is

one of the best scripts we’ve read. It has all the elements we find interesting, such as the LA problem areas, the ’80s and the crack epidemic. It looks like a mix between The Wire and Boogie Nights or Spike Lee meets Scorsese.”

Earlier this year, Fox signed the pair to direct The Big Fix about the fixing of football matches.

FilmSharks bites The Tenth Man

By Jeremy Kay

FilmSharks has licensed further key territories on Daniel Burman’s Berlin Panorama opener The Tenth Man (El Rey Del Once).

JIFF has taken all rights for Australia and New Zealand and plans a fourth quarter theatrical

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release. Cinecolombia has picked up the Buenos Aires-set family story for Colombia.

The Tenth Man, which earned Alan Sabbagh a juried best actor award at Tribeca Film Festival last month, previously sold to Kino Lorber for the US and Canada.

Buena Vista International holds South American rights and FOX+ acquired pay-TV and SVoD for Latin America.

FilmSharks chief Guido Rud said discussions were ongoing for France, Germany, Japan and Spain.

Spotlight finds its Courage

By Jeremy Kay

Spotlight Pictures Founder and CEO Matt McCombs and his team head into Cannes with a roster led

by Aaron Eckhart-starrer Courage.

The film, based on Jim Dent’s novel Courage Beyond The Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story, has a market premiere screening today.

Eckhart plays an American football coach whose star player is diagnosed with cancer. Directed by Angelo Pizzo (Hoosiers, Rudy) from his adapted screenplay, the film opened in the US last November via Clarius Entertainment under the title My All American. Universal handles ancillary rights.

Spotlight also has 1930s Ukraine-set romance Bitter Harvest, starring Max Irons and Samantha Barks; Jeremy Profe’s thriller The Lennon Report; Mitchell Lichtenstein’s paranormal thriller Angelica, starring Jena Malone; and James Franco thriller Memoria.

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Beta unleashes Hell with award-winning auteurs

By Geoffrey Macnab

German sales powerhouse Beta Cinema has revealed details of its new Cannes titles, among them the latest features from Stefan Ruzowitzky, Agnieszka Holland, Un Certain Regard winner Andreas Dresen and Golden Bear winner Calin Peter Netzer.

Beta’s auteur-driven slate is headed by hard-boiled genre film Hell (working title) from Ruzowitzky, who won an Oscar for The Counterfeiters. Hell is a taut thriller about a woman witnessing a brutal murder by an Islamic extremist serial killer. First footage will be shown here. Beta is also introducing buyers to Holland’s Game Count, a thriller based on Olga Tokarczuk’s bestselling novel Drive Your

Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead about mysterious killings in a small mountain village on the Czech-Polish border. The film recently finished shooting.

Holland is a revered figure in Polish and European cinema, Oscar nominated for In Darkness and more recently the director of HBO’s Burning Bush.

Beta is also handling sales on Dresen’s Timm Thaler, based on the children’s novel by James Krüss and produced by Constantin Film’s Oliver Berben.

The film follows a boy who sells his laughter in exchange for the ability to win every bet he makes.

Ro m a n i a n d i re c t o r Netzer (Child’s Pose) returns with intimate drama Ana, Mon Amour.

Verhoeven on a roll with Elle producer “[Gestapo officer] Klaus Barbie will be there, [resistance leader] Jean Moulin will be there but the movie is not a biopic of Jean Moulin,” said Verhoeven.

Barbie, head of the Gestapo in Lyon, oversaw the torture of Moulin, who died in murky circumstances in French captivity in July 1943. Verhoeven said he was working with a French historian to try to

establish what happened during this “very complicated and confused” period.

Together with Said Ben Said, Verhoeven also hopes to revive his long-gestating Jesus Christ project (in 2007, the director co-wrote a book on Christ). Verhoeven is also discussing a third project with the producer, a medieval story set in a monastery. » See Diary, page 14

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Company, France’s Arizona Productions and Germany’s MovieBrats Pictures.

The sales agent is also handling Asaph Polonsky’s Critics’ Week title One Week And A Day.

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Dutch director Paul Verhoeven, whose Elle starring Isabelle Huppert screens here in Competition, is planning a Second World War French resistance movie.

Lyon 1943 (working title) will be set over a period of six or seven months during 1943. Verhoeven is developing the project, still in its early stages, with Said Ben Said, his producer on Elle.

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New Europe Film Sales has picked up Ivan Tverdovsky’s supernatural drama Zoology.

The film marks Tverdovsky’s follow-up to award winner Corrections Class.

The film is produced by Russia’s New People Film

Doc Corner finds its focus This year’s improved Doc Corner at the Marché boasts a dedicated screening room, one-day conference Doc Day and a new venue at the Riviera.

The 21-seat Marché cinema will run screenings throughout the festival, while the inaugural Doc Day on May 17, hosted with the Ford Foundation’s JustFilms, will focus on docs that highlight social justice.

Gianfranco Rosi (Fire At Sea) will keynote, while Laura Poitras (Risk), Askold Kurov (Children 404) and Gabo Arora (Clouds Over Sidra) appear on a panel about social change.

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Showbox hails Taxi Driver

By Jean Noh

South Korea’s Showbox has picked up Taxi Driver (working title) starring Korean actor Song Kangho (Snowpiercer, Sympathy For Mr Vengeance) for local distribution and world sales.

Based on true events, the film is set during the 1980

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Gwangju Massacre when mass protests against the military regime and the state of martial law were brutally suppressed. The film is directed by Jang Hun (Secret Reunion, Rough Cut, The Front Line).

Song plays a Korean taxi driver who helps a German journalist to smuggle out of

the city footage of the massacre in Gwangju.

Thomas Kretschmann (Wanted, King Kong) is set to feature alongside Song, who previously worked with Jang on 2010’s Secret Reunion.

In pre-production, the film is due for delivery in early 2017.

Sheep And Wolves

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When Claire’s search for her missing husband leads her to an alluring and manipulative graduate student, she uncovers a world of secrets that threatens to shatter her family.

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Dutch Features Global Entertainment has secured a deal with Netflix for four of its titles.

The titles include Ivona Juka’s You Carry Me, the Montenegrin entry to last year’s foreign-language Oscar race; Benny Fredman’s Jerusalem-set action thriller Suicide; and the Dutch box-office hits Bon Bini Holland and A Noble Intention (previously titled Public Works).

Wizart’s Sheep flocks to China

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Russian outfit Wizart has confirmed Chinese partners on animation Sheep And Wolves. Flame Node Entertainment, which released Monkey King last year, is to handle the Chinese release due later this summer.

Flame Node has brought in Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba as merchandising partner. European deals on the film include Italy (Barter Entertainment), Spain (European Dreams Factory) and Portugal (Lanterna de Pedra Filmes).

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FIGHT OF HIS LIFE Paddy Considine taps into his fears to play a boxer with head trauma Paddy Considine is “not a massive fan of boxing movies”.

So it is perhaps strange that the UK actor has chosen not only to write and direct a film about a boxer but also to star in the leading role.

“That might sound a bit odd,” he says. “But in Journeyman we’re not building some narrative where the character is redeemed by an ultimate fight. The fight begins when the boxing match is over.”

Cornerstone Films is screening the first-look promo

of Journeyman here in Cannes. It follows the recovery of a boxing champion who receives a devastating punch during his final fight.

Considine admits he felt “fear” starring as well as directing but adds: “I was always meant to play the role.

I would have always regretted not doing it.”

Journeyman will be released in 2017 and is financed by Film4, the BFI, Screen Yorkshire and the Wellcome Trust.

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Paul Verhoeven is back in Cannes with Elle, which stars Isabelle Huppert and is screening in Competition on May 21. It is Verhoeven’s first French film but the flamboyant Dutch director of Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Showgirls has a long association with the festival.

What are your memories of being in Competition at Cannes?

Basic Instinct opened the festival in 1992. The opening night was the moment Sharon Stone became a star. Basic Instinct was like a bomb hitting Cannes.

People were really taken aback.

How was it working with Isabelle Huppert on Elle?

She is not just a superior actress; she is audacious. She trusted me and I trusted her. I gave her a lot of freedom. If she improvised, I let her go and used most of it.

Elle features a brutal rape.

Was that challenging to deal with?

I tried to make the rape really shocking. It was very precisely choreographed and I relied heavily on the intuition of Isabelle. If something bothered her, I would think, “Okay, she is the character [so] she knows better than I.” I would follow her.

Would you describe Elle as a revenge film or a feminist film?

It is certainly not a revenge film. The man who attacks and rapes her is masked so she doesn’t know who that is.

About two-thirds of the way into the film, she finds out. Then, you would expect in an American way, it would be a revenge movie but she doesn’t take revenge. She goes in a completely different direction.

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Julieta Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan Pedro Almodovar’s 20th feature is an anxious, tantalising creature that returns the Spanish director to the exclusive world of women he last visited in 2006’s Oscar-winning Volver. Full of hints and omens, the sinuous Julieta bears the darker marks of his recent Hitchcockian dramas Broken Embraces and The Skin I Live In, even though it is all about a mother. This story of loss and grief casts the eponymous Julieta, played at different ages by Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suarez, as a grave, fearful woman who is constantly on the verge of being overwhelmed by her mysterious past.

Almodovar has adapted three short stories by Canadian writer Alice Munro — Chance, Soon and Silence from the collection Runaway — and stitched them carefully into one elusive film.

Although the seams show on a narrative level, and some may find it over-cooked, this is a luxurious slide into female neurosis, at times a modern-day Rebecca with the incomparable Rossy de Palma in the Mrs Danvers role; at others, an ode to highly strung grief. Almodovar references Patricia Highsmith by name and Julieta is blatantly constructed on a Strangers On A Train foundation. Yet even as Alberto Iglesias’ score adds a discomforting contrapuntal undertow to what we see on screen, Almodovar’s top note here turns out to be sorrow.

All the visual elements that have made Almodovar’s work so consistently enticing are boldly represented in Julieta; this is classic Pedro, at home in Madrid for the most part, throwing

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Competition Sp. 2016. 96mins Director Pedro Almodovar Production company El Deseo International sales FilmNation Entertainment, info@ wearefilmnation.com Producer Esther Garcia Executive producer Agustin Almodovar Screenplay Pedro Almodovar, based on three short stories by Alice Munro: Chance, Soon and Silence Cinematography JeanClaude Larrieu Editor Jose Salcedo Production design Antxon Gomez Music Alberto Iglesias Main cast Emma Suarez, Adriana Ugarte, Rossy de Palma, Daniel Grao, Inma Cuesta, Dario Grandinetti, Michelle Jenner

vibrant colour on the screen in silky reds, blues and greens. Marketed tastefully, this is an arthouse natural, which will sustain his fans. Its enigmatic richness could also award Julieta repeat viewers, on release through El Deseo’s usual partners (Spain opened on April 8 with France to follow on May 18 to coincide with Cannes; SPC handles in the US, Pathé in the UK).

The titular Julieta, arrestingly presented in the credits as she inhales deeply in a red, lunglike gown, is set to leave Madrid for a life in Portugal with Lorenzo (Dario Grandinetti). It is a chance to begin again, says Julieta, played in middle age by a tentative Emma Suarez, and she will not be coming back to Spain. However, a chance encounter in the street with Beatriz (Michelle Jenner), a childhood friend of Julieta’s daughter Antia, throws her off track and the film’s plot into play.

Julieta abruptly cancels her plans with Lorenzo, who begins to stalk her, and leaves her sterile apartment to return to the building in which she once lived with Antia. She starts to compose a letter to her daughter, explaining the past. The room, and the mood, darkens and swirls. We are thrown back to a train in 1988.

This is, of course, the era in Spain with which Almodovar is most closely associated, and there is a burst of Movida energy to see the beautiful Adriana Ugarte in the carriage, playing Julieta in a pair of Dr Martens boots and a spiky postpunk peroxide hairdo. As the train rattles through the night, she encounters a strange, aggressive man in her carriage, a stag who races against the man-made machine, and Xoan

(Daniel Grao), a Galician fisherman whose wife is in a coma. Death is followed by urgent sex, with Almodovar making heavy use of omens from wildlife to weather, and the score providing a constant, humming undertow.

The film tracks forward to Galicia, where Almodovar awards us the pleasure of seeing the iconic de Palma in a wiry grey perm as a housekeeper who watches jealously over Xoan, while sculptor Ava (Inma Cuesta) is his artist friend and occasional sexual partner. Julieta is a teacher of classical studies and Almodovar makes reference to Ulysses as we trip through time and from Madrid to Galicia and out to her ailing mother and father in Murcia.

Time skips in 13-year increments as this lush, rich, perhaps over-stuffed film plays out, and Almodovar keeps the aura of mystery on a tightwire until the final frame, the viewer always a step behind.

Once the enfant terrible of Spanish cinema, the film-maker turned 66 last year. While his aesthetic preoccupations curl in a comfortable manner and his thematic obsessions remain — he is now, and always has been, all about his women — Julieta is a sad, grieving counterpart to the brazen antics of Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!. Mistakes are made and the stakes are high, but life is long, he says, and hope remains, even as Julieta plays out to the rusty tones of Almodovar’s favourite chanteuse, Chavela Vargas, singing ‘Si No Te Vas’.

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aiwanese cinema was on form last year, thanks in large part to martial-arts epic The Assassin, which earned Hou HsiaoHsien the best director award at Cannes.

At the box office, veteran TV director Frankie Chen’s debut feature, the teen comedy Our Times, was a runaway success at home as well as in Hong Kong, China — where at $56m it was the biggest Taiwanese film of the year — and Southeast Asia.

Cheng Wei-Hao’s debut The Tag-Along was the most successful locally financed and produced horror film of the year and the second-biggest homegrown horror of all time, behind 2002’s Double Vision.

The highly anticipated titles of the recent Chinese New Year, including David Loman 2 and Rookie Chef, failed to top the box office — mainly due to the success of US title Deadpool — but a string of promising local films are still to be released this year, including several co-productions with China.

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Dir Giddens Ko Following the phenomenal success of Giddens Ko’s You Are The Apple Of My Eye, the novelist-turned-director reunites with his producer Angie Chai for this comedy. Based on an original screenplay by Ko, the film follows a group of high-school students who encounter monsters. The cast includes Deng Yu Kai and Tsai Fan Xi.

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10,000 Miles Dir Simon Hung Executive produced by Taiwanese superstar Jay Chou, 10,000 Miles is the latest film by Taiwan-born, Los Angeles-based director Simon Hung, whose debut feature Battle For SkyArk was picked up by Lionsgate. Based on a true story, Hung’s latest follows a runner battling to survive the 10,000-mile Silk Road Ultramarathon in order to win the heart of his distant coach. The film features breathtaking scenery and stars Sean Huang, Our Times actor Darren Wang and Megan Lai. Contact Light And Shadow Films peter@lightshadowfilms.com

At Café 6 Dir Neal Wu Bestselling novelist Neal Wu (better known by his pen name Hiyawu) makes his directorial debut with At Café 6, an

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adaptation of his popular book of the same name about the loves and friendship of three high-school students. The cast includes Dong Zijian, Cherry Ngan and Ouyang Nini, and is a co-production with Beijing-based HS Entertainment, which previously produced actress Zhao Wei’s hit directorial debut So Young.

Contact HS Entertainment zhangshen@hsvision.com.cn

Beautiful Accident Dir Ho Wi Ding The latest film from Malaysia-born, Taiwan-based director Ho Wi Ding, who won the 2013 Golden Horse Award for best new director with Pinoy Sunday, is a romantic drama about a single lawyer given a second chance to live after a fatal accident. But just as she starts to enjoy her new identity as a married woman with two children, she finds her time is up again. Starring Gwei Lun Mei and

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Chen Kun, the $6m film is a co-production with China’s Huayi Brothers.

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Cross-Color Dir Chu Hsien-Che Cross-Color is the debut feature of documentary director Chu Hsien-Che, whose Pick Of The Litter was named best documentary at the Golden Horse Awards in 2001. The new drama is about the friendship between two seemingly unconnected women, following the death of the older Two Idiots woman’s teenage

Based on a screenplay by Giddens Ko from his popular novel of the same name, The Tenants Downstairs marks the directorial debut of producer-turneddirector Adam Tsuei. The dark comedy thriller is set mainly in six rooms of a rental apartment, revolving around a peeping-Tom landlord, his eight new tenants and their many secrets. The ensemble cast is led by Simon Yam and Lee Kang Sheng.

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Two Idiots Dir Huang Ming-Cheng Hsieh Hsin-Hao and Chen Bing Li, the celebrity hosts of Super Taste, one of Taiwan’s most popular travel and food TV programmes, make their big-screen debut in leading roles in Two Idiots.

The action comedy is about two mediocre but sympathetic young men who accidentally become debt collectors.

Director Huang Ming-Cheng’s last film was documentary Wansei Back Home, which won an audience award at Osaka Asian Film Festival earlier this year.

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By Jeremy Kay Sierra/Affinity has boarded international rights to Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game to star Idris Elba and Jessica Chastain. eOne and The Mark Gordon Company finance the story of ‘The Poker Princess’ Molly Bloom and Gordon produces with former Sony Pictures Entertainment head Amy Pascal. WME Global and CAA represent US rights.

Lionsgate International reunites with A Monster Calls and The Impossible director JA Bayona, who will serve as executive producer on Marrowbone. Bayona’s regular screenwriter Sergio G Sanchez will make his feature directorial debut on the psychological thriller about a young man and his siblings in a sprawling family manor plagued by a sinister presence.

Sales veteran Kim Fox arrives on the Croisette in her role as MadRiver Pictures partner and head of international with Why We’re Killing Gunther, which will star Arnold Schwarzenegger as an arrogant hitman whose peers gang up to take him out. UTA Independent Film Group represents US rights.

Good Universe is showcasing the romantic drama Mudbound, which is set to star Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund and Jason Mitchell. It is the story of two families pursuing their dreams in the Mississippi Delta after the Second World War. Bloom will kick off sales on another post-Second World War drama, The Outsider from Martin Zandvliet, the highly regarded Danish director of Land Of Mine. Jared Leto stars as an imprisoned US soldier who is released with the help of his Yakuza cellmate and enters the murky criminal underworld to repay his debt.

IM Global arrives with Headless Productions’ Wish Police, a family animation from The Book Of Life producers Reel FX

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about a pair of detectives who strive to prevent a boy’s wish, that his sister will be swallowed by a black hole, from becoming a reality.

Nu Image arrives with worldwide rights to Escobar, starring Javier Bardem as the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar and Penelope Cruz as his love interest.

Insiders sells Mustang director Deniz Gamze Erguven’s English-language debut Kings, a Los Angeles riots story starring Halle Berry as a protective mother in South Central.

The Weinstein Company will commence sales on animation The Nut Job 2, which Open Road distributes in the US. FilmNation and Open Road International hit the Croisette with Show Dogs from Open Road Films and Riverstone Pictures. Raja Gosnell, of Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs fame, will direct the family adventure about a police dog who helps his handler thwart an attack on a prestigious dog show. Production is scheduled for a September start ahead of an October 13, 2017, US release via Open Road.

Voltage Pictures is kicking off sales on Status Update, a Millennials-skewing story from Offspring Entertainment and Canada’s Brightlight Pictures with a cast led by Disney Channel star and musician Ross Lynch. Shooting begins in June in Vancouver on the story, described as Big meets 17 Again. China’s DNA Pictures and Heyi Capital are cofinancing after acquiring Chinese-language remake rights.

Richard Gere will star as a psychologist with a potentially career-defining case in Three Christs. Jon Avnet will direct. Highland Film Group sells international and CAA represents US rights.

Foresight Unlimited arrives with drama The Last Full Measure to star Scott Eastwood and Ed Harris. Laurence Fishburne is in final negotiations and Morgan Freeman is in discussions to join the cast.

Fortitude International is on the Croisette with Layover, a drama that will star Penelope Cruz as a travelling saleswoman on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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Toni Kalem is directing the film, which is based on the novel by Lisa Zeidner.

Covert Media has drama Ophelia to star Naomi Watts and Daisy Ridley, while Visit Films has the completed thriller Always Shine with Mackenzie Davis and Caitlin FitzGerald.

XYZ Films is selling Brawl In Cell Block 99, which stars Vince Vaughn as a former boxer slung into prison where his enemies force him to commit acts of violence. WME Global handles North American sales.

Penelope Cruz stars in Fernando Trueba’s 1950s-set comedy The Queen Of Spain, which is being sold by Myriad Pictures. The sequel to Trueba’s 1998 The Girl Of Your Dreams, the film is about a sultry Spanish film star who sets out to rescue a friend after he is kidnapped dur-

ing a big studio production. Myriad will show first footage.

Radiant Films International is in town with American Wrestler: The Wizard, a completed drama starring William Fichtner and newcomer George Kosturos about a bullied teen who joins the high-school wrestling team.

The Solution Entertainment Group is beginning sales on Anna Dressed In Blood, based on the young-adult novel about a ghost hunter confronting the spirit of a 1958 murder victim who kills anyone daring to enter her home. Maddie Hasson and Cameron Monaghan will star.

Content Media is talking up the documentary Pistorius, about South African Olympic hero turned convicted killer Oscar Pistorius. The film is now shooting and investigates the truth about the man »

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as well as the reputation of his country for segregation and violent crime.

Charlotte Mickie and her Mongrel International team are selling Ian Olds’ Tribeca title The Fixer, about a former fixer for US journalists in Afghanistan who relocates to small-town America and becomes embroiled in a mystery. Melissa Leo, James Franco, Rachel Brosnahan, Thomas Jay Ryan and Dominic Rains star. CAA has North American rights.

Bleiberg Entertainment is in town with Predilection, based on a screenplay written by The Birth Of A Nation star and director Nate Parker. It is about two convicts who plan an elaborate bank heist in Rio de Janeiro. Filming is scheduled to start in November.

AMBI Distribution has Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Piper Perabo in the thriller Black Butterfly.

Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi’s AMBI Group and Silvio Muraglia’s Paradox Studios are financing and producing the film about a screenwriter who is taken hostage. Production is underway in Italy.

Film Sales Company has picked up worldwide sales rights to Cannes Classics selection Midnight Return: The Story Of Billy Hayes And Turkey, in which Oliver Stone, who won an Oscar for the Midnight Express screenplay, director Alan Parker and Hayes himself recount the film’s sensational reception following its 1978 world premiere in Cannes, and Hayes tries to return to Turkey to rebuild bridges.

Hannibal Classics screens Second World War survival story USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage starring Nicolas Cage, Tom Sizemore and Thomas Jane.

Double Dutch International has the animation Spark featuring a voice cast of Jessica Biel, Susan Sarandon, Patrick Stewart and Hilary Swank.

Arclight Films represents thriller Bad Girl starring Sara West, while Clay Epstein’s new Film Mode Entertainment handles with Arclight the First World War rom-com The Angel Makers, starring Christina Hendricks and Emily Watson.

The Exchange will be talking up Sundance hit doc Gleason, while Shoreline has family adventure The Boat Builder, starring Christopher Lloyd as a recluse who befriends a bullied orphan.

13 Films is talking to buyers about the comedy Croak, written by and starring David Thewlis. The film-business satire, based on the short Sunday Roast, follows an encounter between a young actor and a twisted mortician. Juliette Lewis also stars. Stephen Fry produces.

Spotlight Pictures is screening Bitter Harvest starring Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper and Terence Stamp.

The romantic epic takes place against the backdrop of Stalin’s genocide of the Ukrainian population in the early 1930s.

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Loving Vincent

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Cinema Management Group is confident the response generated by 70 million-plus views of the trailer for ‘painted animation’ Loving Vincent will translate into further international sales in Cannes.

The drama about Vincent van Gogh’s final months is screening in the market.

Epic Pictures has Day Of Reckoning, a post-apocalyptic story now shooting in Los Angeles. The story takes place 15 years after a hellish one-day assault on mankind by demonic forces that has left humans questioning when the next wave will come. Joel Novoa directs.

Concourse Media has international rights to Jeff Baena’s dark comedy The Little Hour starring Alison Brie, John C Reilly and Molly Shannon.

The Little Film Company arrives with thriller Bad Blood, about a woman on the run from a killer in a mountain resort.

Xavier Samuel and Morgan Griffin star.

Toronto’s Raven Banner will screen SXSW exorcism comedy Another Evil, and Lightning Entertainment has completed sci-fi drama The Summerland Project with Ed Begley Jr. MPI Media Group has acquired international sales rights to Martin Owen’s Slamdance selection Let’s Be Evil, about an advanced learning programme for gifted children that sees events spiral out of control. IFC Films has US rights.

Bob’s Your Uncle is selling Jorva Entertainment Productions’ Being Charlie, directed by Rob Reiner. Nick Robinson, Common and Cary Elwes star in the drama about an addict and son of an actor-turned-politician on the road to self-discovery and acceptance.

Seville International will be talking up Holocaust drama Hana’s Suitcase, about a survivor and entrepreneur who must revisit memories of Auschwitz and discuss his sister’s fate to help a passionate educator create a Holocaust exhibit.

Ascot Elite holds German-speaking right.

Cohen Media Group is selling worldwide rights on a 4k-restored version of Howards End, the classic Merchant Ivory drama starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson.

Archstone Distribution arrives in town with Instant Death, starring Lou Ferrigno, about a disturbed veteran who goes to war against a vicious gang.

Canadian outfit Attraction Distribution has a host of new projects, including action title Nitro Rush, billed as ‘Fast & Furious of Quebec,’ which stars Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Antoine Desrochers and Andreas Apergis. The company also screens Dave Schultz’s drama Considering Love And Other Magic, starring Eric McCormack and Maddie Phillips. It is also debuting The Ardennes starring Veerle Baetens and » animated Czech feature Pat & Mat.

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By Andreas Wiseman Embankment is launching sales at Cannes on Andy Serkis’s feature Breathe, which will star Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy. Gladiator writer William Nicholson scripts the drama about a handsome and brilliant man with his whole life ahead of him who is struck down by polio, leading to paralysis.

Jonathan Cavendish (Elizabeth: The Golden Age) produces for The Imaginarium Studios.

HanWay Films comes to market with first footage of A Storm In The Stars, the English-language debut from Wadjda director Haifaa Al-Mansour starring Douglas Booth as the British poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and Elle Fanning as Frankenstein writer Mary Shelley.

Protagonist is in town with first-time writer-director Michael O’Shea’s The Transfiguration, which will have its world premiere in Un Certain Regard. The film is produced by Susan Leber, whose credits include Sundance winner Down To The Bone, and was shot by Graceland cinematographer Sung Rae Cho. Bankside Films is tempting buyers with the drama Tiger Raid, about a pair of mercenaries who travel through the desert night to carry out a kidnapping in Iraq. Sofia Boutella and Brian Gleeson star.

Altitude is hoping to repeat the success of Oscar winner Amy with another music documentary biopic, this time addressing the life and career of Whitney Houston. Marley director Kevin Macdonald will take the reins of the asyet-untitled project, which the production has promised will offer an unvarnished account of the late US singer’s highs and lows.

Cornerstone Films is showing a firstlook promo of Tyrannosaur director Paddy Considine’s sophomore feature Journeyman in which the Bafta winner will play a champion fighter who begins to suffer from personality changes after a devastating punch leaves him in a coma.

Studiocanal is releasing in the UK. WestEnd Films is in Cannes with the recently wrapped UK comedy Old Boys, starring The Imitation Game actor Alex Lawther and César-nominated actress Pauline Etienne, whose credits include The Nun and Eden. The take on Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano De Bergerac has a script by The Bad Education Movie cowriter Freddy Syborn.

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Salt’s buzz title for the Croisette is father-son survival drama Walking Out, starring Matt Bomer, Bill Pullman and Josh Wiggins. The Help producer Brun-

son Green of Harbinger Pictures is producing the story of a city teen who travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.

K5 is shopping Competition entry Paterson directed by Jim Jarmusch. The story of a bus driver and poet features Star Wars: The Force Awakens actor Adam

Driver alongside Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani.

Moviehouse will continue to talk to buyers about Maxine Peake comedy drama Funny Cow, which is due to shoot in October. Martin Freeman co-stars in the film, which has been snapped up by eOne for the UK. Meanwhile Independent is on the Croisette with Jarmusch’s Iggy Pop documentary Gimme Danger, which is a Midnight Screening. The film marks the film-maker’s first documentary since 1997’s Year Of The Horse, about rockers Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

Celsius is hoping for deals on Isabel Coixet’s drama The Bookshop, which is due to shoot later this year. Emily Mortimer and Patricia Clarkson star in the 1950s-set feature about a woman who forges ahead with plans to open a bookshop in a small East Anglian town despite polite but ruthless local opposition.

Goalpost Film is talking to buyers about the third instalment in popular Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon comedy »

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Simon Crowe’s animation specialists SC Films is launching the animated version of Jack London’s White Fang. Now in pre-production, the project comes from French outfit Superprod, Luxembourg’s Bidibul Productions and New York-based Big Beach. Alexandre Espigares, whose credits include Iron Man 3, Happy Feet 2 and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, will direct.

Fabien Westerhoff ’s recently launched Film Constellation is looking to book deals on the drama Cross My Mind, starring Sally Hawkins and Jack Lowden. Fish Tank producer Kees Kasander is on board for the story of a married woman who falls for a temporarily blinded soldier.

The Works is talking to buyers about Loft director Erik Van Looy’s action thriller The Prime Minister, which is in post-production. The English and Flemish-language feature centres on a terrorist kidnapping of the Belgian prime minister who will be released on one condition: he must murder the man he has a meeting with later that day… who happens to be the US president.

Metro International is in town with Zoo, set to star Toby Jones, Penelope Wilton and Game Of Thrones actor Art Parkinson. Produced by Wee Buns and Ripple World, Zoo is about a 10-year-old and his misfit friends who fight to save Buster the baby elephant during the German air-raids of Belfast in 1941. It will start shooting in July.

Kaleidoscope comes to market with animation project The Land Of Sometimes, which will be voiced by Ewan McGregor, David Walliams and Terry Jones. Based on the audio-book series, the story follows the journey of Elise and

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Alfie, who are whisked off to a mysterious island filled with strange and wonderful characters.

Timeless Films has a market premiere of animation Rock Dog, about a wideeyed Tibetan Mastiff who leaves home to fulfil his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of unexpected events. Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard and JK Simmons are among the voice cast.

GFM is screening Simon West’s action thriller Stratton for the first time to distributors. Dominic Cooper plays a British Special Boat Service commando who has to track down an international terrorist cell.

Metrodome is kicking off sales on supernatural chiller We Go On starring Clark Freeman as a man looking for proof of the afterlife.

GSP Studios is in Cannes with John Hurt and Charles Dance drama That Good Night, about a once-famous, terminally ill screenwriter in his 70s who has two final missions: to be reconciled with his son and to ensure he is not a burden to his wife.

Making its Cannes bow on Carnaby’s slate is Mozart biopic Interlude In Prague, which has recently wrapped principal photography. James Purefoy, Aneurin Barnard and Samantha Barks star in director John Stephenson’s story, which follows a few turbulent months in the life of Mozart that influenced the creation of his operatic masterpiece Don Giovanni.

Parkland Pictures is talking to buyers about Despite The Falling Snow, starring Rebecca Ferguson, Charles Dance and Sam Reid. The completed Cold War-set romantic thriller follows a female spy who steals secrets from an idealistic politician but falls in love with him, with tragic consequences.

Among Starline Entertainment’s lineup is contemporary western Lawless Range, featuring Kris Kristofferson and Beau Bridges alongside Patrick John Flueger and Austin Nichols. The latter pair play Texan brothers whose family loyalties are tested when one finds himself indebted to a dangerous criminal.

4 Square Films is in town with thriller B&B, the directorial debut of Trance cowriter Joe Ahearne. Paul McGann, Tom Bateman and Sean Teale star in the story of a gay couple who return to bait the owner of a remote bed-and-breakfast one year after they successfully sued him for not allowing them to share a bed.

Dogwoof is in Cannes with Life, Animated, director Roger Ross Williams’ feature about an autistic boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language. Williams won the 2010 documentary short Oscar; his new film scooped the US Documentary directing award at Sundance.

Maura Ford of 7&7 will give a market screening to drama Away, starring Timothy Spall and Juno Temple as kindred spirits who form an unlikely friendship.

Jinga has boarded international rights to Jackson Stewart’s fantasy horror Beyond The Gates starring Graham Skipper, Chase Williamson, Brea Grant and Barbara Crampton who also produced.

Stewart co-wrote the screenplay with Stephen Scarlata about two estranged brothers who come across a deadly 1980s board game.

Genre specialist Devilworks’ slate includes Dennis Ho’s feature debut A Better Place, which tells the story of a young man who uses his abnormal regenerative powers to heal people, despite the cost to himself. »

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By Melanie Goodfellow Wild Bunch launches sales on Michel Hazanavicius’ Jean-Luc Godard biopic Redoubtable, Arnaud Desplechin’s Les Fantomes d’Ismael, which is about a director sent into a tailspin by an ex-lover’s return, and Gilles Bourdos’ familyties drama Endangered Species. It also debuts Michael R Roskam’s The Racer And The Jailbird, starring Adele Exarchopoulos and Matthias Schoenaerts, Sergei Loznitsa’s Dostoyevsky-inspired A Gentle Creature and Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Loveless. Cannes titles comprise Palme d’Or contenders I, Daniel Blake, Staying Vertical, Graduation, The Neon Demon and The Unknown Girl, Un Certain Regard entries After The Storm, The Dancer and The Red Turtle, Raw in Critics’ Week and Midnight Screening title Blood Father.

Memento Films International will introduce UK director Jonathan English’s action thriller Dias, which revolves around Athens’ elite motorbike force.

The company is also handling Palme d’Or contenders Slack Bay and The Salesman.

MK2 signed four projects on the eve of Cannes: Karim Moussaoui’s contemporary Algerian drama The Nature Of Time, Italian director Fulvio Risuleo’s Look Up, an adventure film that unfolds on the rooftops of Rome, Robert Guédiguian’s The House By The Sea and Sandrine Bonnaire’s documentary about 1960s icon Marianne Faithfull. The outfit is also selling Olivier Assayas’ Palme

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d’Or contender Personal Shopper, Un Certain Regard title Harmonium from director Koji Fukada and Decalogue 5 and Decalogue 6 in Cannes Classics.

Elle Driver launches Below Her Mouth, starring actress Natalie Krill and model Erika Linder as two women who embark on an unexpected weekend fling, Christian Volckman’s Olga Kurylenko-starring fantasy thriller The Room, Iraqi director Koutaiba Al-Janabi’s long-gestating war drama Daoud’s Winter and Greek director Alexandros Avranas’s thriller Love Me Not, about a couple who take in a young female migrant to act as a surrogate mother. The company is also ­selling Cristi Puiu’s Competition entry ­Sieranevada.

Pathé International will present midlife crisis comedy Rock ’N’ Roll starring Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet, Etienne Comar’s biopic Django Melodies about legendary jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, Lisa Azuelos’ biopic Dalida, about the tragic music diva, and Dany

Boon’s Raid Dingue, about a misogynistic elite police officer who is partnered with a hopeless female recruit. Pathé is also handling Milos ­Forman’s Valmont in Cannes Classics.

Gaumont unveils C’est La Vie from Intouchables directorial duo Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, an ensemble comedy set against the backdrop of a lavish wedding party, featuring Jean-Pierre Bacri, Vincent Macaigne, Kévin Azaïs, Suzanne Clément, Gilles Lellouche, Judith Chemla and Jean-Paul Rouve.

New titles for Alfama Films include Terry Gilliam’s rebooted The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The company is also handling Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet’s Fool Moon (La Foret De Quinconces), which premieres as a Special Screening.

Luxbox launches sales on Bruno Dumont’s Jeannette, a musical about the childhood of Joan of Arc, and is also handling sales on Un Certain Regard title Apprentice.

Highlights of Studiocanal’s slate include Ben Stassen’s family entertainment 3D title The Son Of Bigfoot, Cédric Klapisch’s vineyard drama Back To Burgundy and German comedy drama My Blind Date With Life. It will also be looking to close final territories on Nicole Garcia’s Palme d’Or contender From The Land Of The Moon.

Buzz titles for Kinology include Xavier Gens’ sci-fi thriller Cold Skin, set on an island on the edge of the Antarctic Circle and shooting now in Lanzarote, and Rebecca Zlotowski’s 1930s-set neothriller Planetarium, co-starring Natalie Portman and Lily-Rose Depp and currently in post-production.

The Bureau Sales continues sales on Andrew Haigh’s Lean On Pete, which shoots this summer, and will show first promos for Peter Mackie Burns’ London-set life-crisis drama Daphne. It is also selling Critics’ Week title Tramontane from Lebanon.

Celluloid Dreams brings Lean On Pete, which it is co-selling with The Bureau Sales, and will also continue working on Sundance acquisition The Eagle Huntress.

Cercamon will private screen US director Tim Sutton’s Sundance hit Dark Night and also launch sales on French comedy Journey To Greenland, screening in the ACID selection, and Romanian director Catalin Mitulescu’s drama By The Rails, in post-production.

Doc & Film brings Luc Bondy’s Les Fausses Confidences, a screen adaptation of his Paris stage production of Marivaux’s famous love farce, co-starring Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel and Bulle Ogier, and Marion Hansel’s sibling rapprochement drama Upstream. Cannes titles include Special Screenings Hissein »

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Habré, A Chadian Tragedy by MahamatSaleh Haroun and Chouf by Karim Dridi, and Directors’ Fortnight title The Lives Of Thérese by Sébastien Lifshitz.

SND will launch sales on Philippe de Chauveron’s culture-clash comedy Pleeeeeze, starring Christian Clavier as a left-wing intellectual forced to practise what he preaches and invite a Roma family to live in his home.

Les Films Du Losange continues sales on Michael Haneke’s upcoming Happy End, about a bourgeois family oblivious to world events. Cannes titles comprise Finnish director Juho Kuosmanen’s The Happiest Day In The Life Of Olli Maki (Un Certain Regard) and Cambodian director Davy Chou’s Diamond Island (Critics’ Week).

New titles for Alpha Violet include Japanese director Yoshiyuki Kishi’s thriller A Double Life, about a woman who randomly tails a man for her PhD, and Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy’s upcoming Luxembourg. It also handles Shahrbanoo Sadat’s Directors’ Fortnight title Wolf And Sheep — the first time a female Afghan director has screened at Cannes — and A Yellow Bird in Critics’ Week.

Versatile will launch Richard Aujard’s documentary Guapo Siempre, about Mickey Rourke’s return to the boxing ring in 2014, and show a first trailer for Australian director Chris Peckover’s suburbia-set home-invasion thriller Safe Neighborhood.

New sales company Alma — launched

by CG Cinema and distributor Ad Vitam on the eve of Cannes — kicks off sales on its first acquisition, the Sundance Special Jury Prize winner As You Are. Bac Films is handling Romanian director Bogdan Mirica’s Un Certain Regard title Dogs, about a man who discovers his late grandfather was a local crime lord, and Italian film-maker Paolo

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EuropaCorp continues sales on Luc Besson’s ambitious sci-fi epic Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets — currently shooting in Paris for a July 21, 2017 release — as well as Shut In, The Lake and Miss Sloane, which are all in post-production.

Titles on the Films Distribution slate include Francois Ozon’s post-First

World War drama Frantz, Kim Nguyen’s drama Eye On Juliet and Katell Quillévéré’s The Heart. Cannes titles comprise Palme d’Or contender Ma’ Rosa, Un Certain Regard title The Stopover, about two female soldiers stationed in Afghanistan on leave in Cyprus, and Rithy Panh’s Exile, a counterpart to his 2013 The ­Missing Picture.

Indie Sales will unveil French drama Corporate, about an ambitious young

manager confronted with a ruthless corporate culture. It is also handling Critics’ Week opener In Bed With Victoria and My Life As A Courgette in Directors’ ­Fortnight.

Other Angle Pictures will world premiere Yvan Attal’s #The Jews, an exploration of antisemitic clichés featuring an ensemble cast led by Dany Boon, Benoit Poelvoorde and Charlotte Gainsbourg, as well as feelgood drama The African Doctor, about a brilliant Congolese ­doctor hired for a post in a northern French town.

TF1 International launches sales on Jalil Lespert’s The Shadow Of Iris, starring Romain Duris as a mechanic caught up in a deadly false kidnapping plot, and will show first images of Lucien Jean-Baptiste’s He Even Has Your Eyes, a comedy revolving around a mixed-race French couple who are offered a white baby for adoption.

New films for Le Pacte include Lucas Belvaux’s This Is Our Land, starring Emilie Dequenne as a small-town nurse put forward as a candidate by a rising nationalist party, and Arnaud Des Pallieres’ Orphan, co-starring Adele Haenel, Adele Exarchopoulos, Gemma Arterton and Solene Rigot as four facets of a woman with a troubled past. It is also handling a trio of Directors’ Fortnight titles: Joachim Lafosse’s After Love, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Endless Poetry and The Together Project — the final film of French-Icelandic director Solveig Anspach, who died last summer — as well as 1980s Uganda-set drama Wrong Elements, which is a Special Screening.

Pyramide International kicks off sales on Sébastien Laudenbach’s Brothers Grimm adaptation The Girl Without Hands, ahead of its premiere in Competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival. It is also selling Un Certain »

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Regard title Clash by Egyptian director Mohamed Diab.

Reel Suspects launches sales on Macedonian director Vardan Tozija’s crime drama Amok, about a gang of feral boys, and is handling We Are The Flesh by Mexico’s Emiliano Rocha Minter, which screens as one of the Marché’s Blood Window galas.

Producer Saïd Ben Saïd’s SBS will kick off international sales on Pascal Bonitzer’s Right Here Right Now, about a young woman who discovers her highflying boss has intriguing links to her father. Cannes titles comprise Palme d’Or contenders Elle and Aquarius.

Wide Management acquisitions include Shoja Azari’s New York-set Simple Little Lives, about nine old friends gathered for an all-night hog roast, and Glory, about a railway worker who finds a small fortune on a train. It is the latest film by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov, the Bulgarian directors of the award-winning The Lesson. The company is also handling Un Certain Regard title The Student by Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov.

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New titles for WTFilms include JeanClaude Brisseau’s Tempting Devils, about a woman who embarks on an erotic journey after discovering a lost mobile phone, Spanish thriller The Cliff, about a promising young attorney investigating the disappearance of his sister following her initiation into a sect, and the Mojave Desert-set thriller Sam Was Here.

Funny Balloons is handling Pablo Larrain’s Directors’ Fortnight title Neruda, starring Gael Garcia Bernal as the police chief given the task of hunting down Chilean statesman and poet Pablo Neruda.

Upcoming titles for UDI International include abduction thriller Hounds Of Love from Australia’s Ben Young, That Thing Called Love set against the backdrop of Medellin from Colombia’s Carlos César Arbelaez, and Cannes habitué Pen» ek Ratanaruang’s Samui Song.

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Director: Sophia Takal (Green) Cast: Mackenzie Davis (Halt and Catch Fire, The Martian), Caitlin FitzGerald (Masters of Sex) Two actresses embark on a road trip to Big Sur to mend their damaged friendship, but jealousy begins to open old wounds in this twisted thriller about obsession, fame, and femininity.

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“Urgent and relevant (...) [McCree] impressively evinces charismatic screen presence and implosive intensity.” – Variety MARKET SCREENINGS: May 12 / 9:30 / Riviera 2 May 16 / 17:30 / Lerins 4

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Directors: Lisa Robinson, Annie J. Howell (Small, Beautifully Moving Parts) Cast: Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad), Anna Margaret Hollyman (White Reindeer) When Claire’s search for her missing husband leads her to an alluring and manipulative graduate student, she uncovers a world of secrets that threatens to shatter her family. “[With] powerful performances from its ensemble of actors, the movie is a gentle tour-de-force.”

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STAGE: POST-PRODUCTION Director: Stephen Burke (Happy Ever Afters) Producers: Jane Doolan, Brendan J. Byrne Cast: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate), Barry Ward (Jimmy’s Hall), Martin McCann (The Survivalist) Based on the true story of the 1983 mass break-out of 38 prisoners from the HMP Maze high security prison, Maze is a gripping prison break film that follows the relationship between two men on opposite sides of the prison bars.

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When a black teen moves to Germany with his single father, he must deal with culture shock and his infatuation with a rebellious girl, all while dreaming of becoming a hip hop star.

On a hedonistic Greek island, a doctor becomes obsessed with a young tourist when she lets him tag along with her group of hard-partying friends.

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While trying to impress his crush, a FrenchTunisian teenager accidentally becomes the face of the Arab Spring in Paris.

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By Elisabet Cabeza Film Factory Entertainment is introducing two thrillers with strong Spanish casts. Toro, which opened Malaga Film Festival in April, is the new film by rising talent Kike Maillo. It stars Mario Casas, Luis Tosar and Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson.

The second is Alberto Rodriguez’s Marshland follow-up Smoke & Mirrors, which is in post-production. The crime thriller, set in the world of Spanish politics and the secret service, stars Jose Coronado and Eduard Fernandez.

Latido is showcasing the Spain-Argentina thriller At The End Of The Tunnel, which stars Leonardo Sbaraglia, Federico Luppi and Clara Lago. Already released in Argentina, it will be distributed by Warner Bros in Spain. Latido is also handling Rara, by Chilean director Pepa San Martin. This coming-of-age story arrives in Cannes after a successful premiere at the Berlinale, where it won the best film prize in the Generation KPlus section.

Filmax International is in town with a slew of its own productions. These include 100 Meters, a drama starring local sensation Dani Rovira, who made his name in box-office hits Spanish Affair and Spanish Affair 2. Jaume Balaguero’s Muse is in pre-production and available to prebuy, while Antonio Chavarrias’ The Chosen, about Trotsky’s assassin Ramon Mercader, will be screening.

New sales outfit Inside Content is in Cannes with Inés Paris comedy The Night My Mother Killed My Father, which won the audience award at Malaga Film Festival. It stars Belen Rueda, best known for her role in The Orphanage, and Eduard Fernandez.

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Spanish thrillers and horror films shot in English for the international market, is selling The Malevolent, starring Mischa Barton, which is in post-production. It is also in pre-production on Ravenous, starring Tara Reid. US distribution of all titles on the Rebel Movies slate is handled by Alchemy.

Spanish sales outfit Cinema Republic will be at the market with titles including I Am Your Father, a documentary by Toni Bestard and Marcos Cabota about David Prowse, the man behind Darth Vader’s mask in the original Star Wars trilogy.

The company will also handle a thriller set in the Spanish Civil War, The Exile, by Arturo Ruiz Serrano. Both will have market screenings.

Canary Islands Connection will be selling Isaki Lacuesta’s Dying Beyond Their Means, a black comedy with an allstar Spanish cast that includes Luis Tosar and Emma Suarez. It also has Mauro Herce’s Dead Slow Ahead, the documentary that won the Special Jury Prize at Locarno in 2015.

Italy

By Gabriele Niola Nascent Italian sales outfit True Colours is launching sales on Paolo Genovese’s box-office hit Perfect Strangers, a comedy about a group of friends whose secrets are revealed by text messages and phone calls. The company is also handling documentary Naples ’44, featuring a voiceover

by Benedict Cumberbatch, Edoardo De Angelis’ Indivisible, a drama about Siamese twin sisters, and Andrea Molaioli’s Slam, based on Nick Hornby’s novel.

Rai Com has international rights to Pericles The Black, which is in Un Certain Regard. Produced by Valeria Golino and Riccardo Scamarcio, and co-produced by the Dardenne brothers, it features Scamarcio in the title role as a mob enforcer trying to escape his past. Rai Com is also handling Claudio Giovannesi’s romantic

drama Fiore, which is screening in Directors’ Fortnight.

Adriana Chiesa Enterprises has a market premiere for The Minister, a black comedy about an entrepreneur on the verge of bankruptcy. The company is also selling Water And Sugar, a documentary about Italian DoP Carlo Di Palma.

Minerva Pictures is launching sales on three new titles: Elisabetta Rocchetti’s Il Velo Di Maya, Giulio Base’s My Dad and documentary AA Professione Attrice, about Italian actress Adriana Asti.

FilmExport is talking to buyers about Stefano Amatucci’s Caina, which tackles Europe’s refugee crisis. The drama is about an unlikeable man who clears refugee corpses from a beach.

Rome-based Fandango is screening Daniele Vicari’s Sun Heart Love, the story of an enduring friendship between two women. It also has Gary Numan: Android In La La Land, a documentary directed by Steve Read about the influential new-wave musician.

Open Reel is kickstarting sales on Le Cancre, starring Catherine Deneuve and Mathieu Amalric, which is screening out of competition at the festival. It is also talking to buyers about The Bear Tales, the experimental directorial debut of Samuele Sestieri and Olmo Amato.

Intramovies is handling Miya Hatav’s Between Worlds, an Israeli drama about two women who meet in a hospital, and The Missing Paper, an action drama inspired by a real-life DC9 air disaster.

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By Geoffrey Macnab Sales powerhouse The Match Factory has a Cannes slate dominated by films in official selection, among these Maren Ade’s Competition entry Toni Erdmann and the latest Marco Bellocchio feature Sweet Dreams, which is in Directors’ Fortnight. The company is also launching Mani Haghighi’s drama A Dragon Arrives, Mehmet Can Mertoglu’s Albüm, Eran Kolirin’s Beyond The Mountains And Hills and Alessandro Comodin’s Happy Times Will Come Soon.

Beta Cinema has a strong familydriven slate in the Marché this year.

Titles include Laura Lackmann’s Woody Allen-style tragicomedy Too Hard To Handle, Wolfgang Groos’s family drama Rico, Oskar And The Broken Hearted and summer camp-set teen adventure Bibi & Tina — Girls Vs Boys, directed by Detlev Buck. Beta is also presenting the Berlinale Competition entry 24 Weeks as well as the Sundance winner and Berlinale Panorama entry Sand Storm and the Gothenburg Audience Award-winning Welcome To Norway.

Munich-based Global Screen is beginning sales on its 3D animated feature Bayala, from the producers of Niko And The Way To The Stars. Now in pre-production, the film is planned for delivery in late 2018/early 2019. It is also selling 3D animation The Journey Of The Elephant Soliman and Esteban Crespo’s intense drama Amar.

Aktis is handling pre-sales in Cannes on Ursus — The Caucasian Bear by Otar Shamatava. Now in production, this Ukraine-Georgia-Germany-Bulgaria coproduction will be ready by the end of the year. Aktis is also pre-selling Compatibility by Stephan Komandarev, which is in pre-production. The drama, set over a single day, looks at life-anddeath events from the perspectives of six Sofia taxi drivers.

Picture Tree International ’s Marché highlights include Dieter Berner’s Egon Schiele — Death And The Maiden, now in postproduction, and Austria-Czech Republic collaboration Codename Holec, a Cold War spy story directed by Franz Novotny. The company is also introducing Marie Kreutzer’s third (Right) Robby & Toby’s Fantastic Voyager

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feature, We Used To Be Cool, which is in post-production. The film is a drama about hip couples in their 30s who have to modify their lifestyles as the demands of responsibility kick in. Also new on the slate is Heart Of Stone, an adaptation of a dark 1827 fairy tale directed by Johannes Naber and starring Frederick Lau, Moritz Bleibtreu and Henriette Confurius. Another addition to the line-up, Florian Schnell’s feature debut Offline, delves into the world of online gaming.

Virgil Widrich’s Night Of A 1000 Hours, produced by Amour Fou Productions, is in post.

Berlin-based Films Boutique is introducing buyers to its musical documentary Kiki, which looks at a group of LGBTQ young people of colour who make up the so-called ‘Kiki’ scene.

Family specialist Sola Media is handling Iqbal And The Secret Recipe, about a boy who blows up his school with a randomly brewed explosive during chemistry class, and a new animated feature called Latte And The Magic Waterstone.

Media Luna is giving a first market screening to its thriller Dolores, directed

by Michael Rösel and starring Franziska Petri.

M-Appeal has a raft of new projects including Maria Govan’s Play The Devil and Bradley Liew’s Singing In Graveyards. Jakob M Erwa’s Center Of My World is the third feature by the German director of Home Sick, which screened in Berlin last year. M-Appeal is also presenting Lipstick Under My Burka, Bruce LaBruce’s feminist terrorist saga The Misandrists and Shu Lea Cheang’s

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heady drama Fluid. The latter two are through its Raspberry & Cream label.

Philippe Bober’s The Coproduction Office is beginning sales on Ruben Östlund’s new feature, a dark social satire called The Square. Casting is underway and Danish editor Jacob Secher Schulsinger will collaborate with Östlund for the third time.

Arri Media has taken international rights on family feature Robby & Toby’s Fantastic Voyager, produced by German company Wüste Film and Belgian ani-

mation outfit Walking The Dog. Based on a popular children’s book, the mainly live-action film features an animated character, Robby the Robot. It will be released by Studiocanal in German cinemas at the end of this year. Arri is also presenting footage of its animated feature Ploey — You Never Fly Alone.

Atlas is handling Belgian director Geoffrey Enthoven’s latest feature, Brother, starring Koen De Bouw. The company is also introducing to buyers Ken Duken’s drama Berlin Falling.

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TrustNordisk is introducing The Ash Lad — In The Hall Of The Mountain King, a fairy-tale adventure from director Mikkel Braenne Sandemose, now in pre-production. In production is Small Town Killers, Ole Bornedal’s Danish black comedy starring Ulrich Thomsen and Nicolas Bro. Further titles on the slate include Nicolo Donato’s Across The Waters, Saara Cantell’s Devil’s Bride, Benjamin Ree’s Magnus, Erik Skjoldbjaerg’s thriller Pyromaniac, Jesper W Nielsen’s The Day Will Come, Vibeke Idsoe’s The Lion Woman, Lisa Ohlin’s Walk With Me and Peter Schonau Fog’s You Disappear. And Lars von Trier is in development on his English-language feature The House That Jack Built, which shoots later this year.

Tine Klint’s LevelK is introducing a promo of Norwegian title Cave, which is in post. Rising Norwegian talent Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken directs the action thriller. A sequel is already in pre-production. LevelK is also selling three finished films: Tribeca selection Parents by Den-

Iranian animator Ali Noori Oskouie’s long gestating Release From Heaven is nearing completion and is represented by Armenia-based Stunning Media. The company is also handling $22m The Whale Boy, now in pre-production.

Austrian outfit Terra Mater is presenting thriller Mission & Mercy, about a hitman hired to kill eight people, seemingly without motive, which is in development.

It also has comedy Out Of This World, about an expedition to evacuate endangered rhinos. Vienna-based Eastwest Distribution is selling the genre picture, Attack Of The Lederhosenzombies, and dino-rock family comedy Heavysaurs.

Austrian docs specialist Autlook is giving a first market screening to insect documentary Bugs, by Danish director Andreas Johnsen. It follows two chefs who investigate the culinary possibilities of insects. Autlook is also introducing Big Time, about architect Bjarke Ingels’ struggles to complete his New York skyscrapers. The company is also handling Olympic Pride: American Prejudice, about the African-American athletes who competed in the 1936 Olympics.

From Russia, Wizart is continuing its sales drive on Sheep & Wolves and The Snow Queen 3. Raisa Fomina’s Moscowbased arthouse specialist Intercinema is introducing Aleksei Muradov’s drama Triptych to buyers. Meanwhile, Central Partnership is screening thriller The Crew and mixed martial arts drama Versus.

Netherlands’ Dutch Features is holding a market premiere of Joram Lursen’s lavish period drama A Noble Intention (previously Public Works) from Topkapi Films and of two features by other notable Dutch directors: Ben Sombogaart’s In My Father’s Garden and Erik de Bruyn’s Hope.

Fellow Dutch outfit Mountain Road has children’s movies including Sniff And The Secret Garbage Dump, a coming-ofage story about five young friends and their dog, Sniff. Mountain Road is also handling Love At Second Sight, a romantic comedy about a young advertising executive who uses social media to trawl back through past love affairs.

Australian outfit Odin’s Eye is screening 12 minutes of 3D animated family adventure Throne Of Elves, a big-budget China-US co-production. The company also brings a 3D animated feature from China, Foodiverse. Meanwhile, Odin’s Eye will hold a screening of epic western The Legend Of Ben Hall, written and directed s

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mark’s Christian Tafdrup; Czech-Slovak drama The Teacher by Jan Hrebejk; and HotDocs-winning documentary Brothers

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SF Studios (formerly Svensk) has market debuts for Borning 2 — On Ice, the carracing sequel now in production; Norwegian animation In The Forest Of Huckybucky from Rasmus A Sivertsen; and Supervention — Skiing On The Edge, a winter sports documentary now in post.

Other titles are local Swedish hit A Holy Mess and family film Siv Sleeps Astray.

Michael Werner’s Stockholm-based Eyewell has Estonian drama 1944 directed by Elmo Nüganen; Finnish crime thriller The Look Of A Killer directed by Lauri Nurkse; and Swedish action adventure Zone 261 — Operation Ragnarok, directed by Fredrik Hiller.

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The market anticipates quality over quantity

Climate change While there is space in the market for the mid-budget, adult-oriented fare no longer pursued by Hollywood, buyers and agents warn against bringing a mediocre project. Jeremy Kay gauges the mood in Cannes

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nother market and the conversation inevitably turns to the scramble for stars, scarcity of superior scripts, survival tactics and the march of digital. If the weather behaves itself, the early-summer climate in Cannes can be a delight, yet those who cannot offer compelling product or cut a cheque in a competitive situation will feel a deep chill.

These days, there is less patience for the sub-average. The economics of the business do not sustain the ordinary, much less those who are unwilling or unable to adapt. Case in point: when asked why they do not put A-listers into projects being sold by anyone other than a top-five sales agent, a couple of top packaging agents responded curtly: “We don’t like to put our clients into unfinanced, mediocre projects.”

Be that as it may, buyers will argue that rigid tiers make it extremely tough for new talent to break out, and ensure all but the most successful distributors are con-

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demned to slim pickings and lower revenues.

On the other hand, agents will say that collapsed projects help no one, waste time and money, and discourage the spirit of entrepreneurialism that drives film investment and fuels some of its biggest left-field success stories.

This dispute has been around for a while and shows no sign of going away. For an outlier success, there need to be very talented attachments that are either newcomers or alphabetically adrift from the A-list, backed by real investors and a readiness to play within tighter margins. Entities that control their property and are disciplined about budgets and allocations can prosper. There is no need to be Megan Ellison to make a living in the independent space, although it helps.

“To survive right now, you have to be very close to the origination of the content,” says Kim Fox, a partner and head of international at MadRiver Pictures, who continues to head sales at Ellison’s Annapurna International.

“You either need to align yourself with producers, or become a producer or a hybrid, which is what we’re doing. We’re acquiring a lot of material from the ground up so we own it and can control it.”

‘To survive right now, you have to be very close to the origination of the content’ Kim Fox, MadRiver Pictures

Feeding frenzy MadRiver has money. Founded a year ago by Marc Butan, it is backed by investors such as Vendian Entertainment chief Christopher Woodrow, enabling it to get into what Fox calls “adult fare that the studios don’t really focus on” in the $20m-$35m range. And if you have something good, hold onto your hats. “There’s a feeding frenzy for packages because they’re so rare. It’s a delicate dance now.”

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Amazon Studios picked up Woody Allen’s Cannes opener Café Society

who is sellable in Germany might not work in the UK.” Fox’s Cannes slate includes comedy Why We’re Killing Gunther to star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The market is shaping up to be busy with monster slates from Lionsgate International (Marrowbone, No Exit), Sierra/ Affinity (Anon and Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut Molly’s Game) and Nu Image (Day Of The Dead, The Circus). On the US acquisitions side there are fewer obvious must-sees on offer in official selection, although all eyes will be on Sean Penn’s The Last Face.

Solid foreign demand That doesn’t seem to be an issue with Jake Gyllenhaal, the star of Bold Films’ Boston Marathon bombing thriller Stronger, which is shooting now in Germany. “We are finding very solid foreign demand for star-driven vehicles in the $10m-$30m zone,” says Bold Films CEO Gary Michael Walters. “Stronger is our biggest production to date. We’re thrilled to have secured our first worldwide distribution arrangement with Lionsgate and are working hard to find another project together.

“Colette, which is a more moderately budgeted period drama, has nearly sold out overseas,” he continues. “We are also pleased to announce the extension of our preferred sales relationship with Sierra/Affinity. Nick Meyer and his team have been outstanding representatives of the Bold brand around the world, and remain our go-to guys.”

Walters is so bullish about the way his films have been received — and with the likes of Drive, Whiplash and No Escape on the resumé, it’s hard to argue with his record — that he is craving more. “My key goals for the year,” he says, “are to continue our push into

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‘Whenever there’s an opportunity to acquire at whatever stage a film may be in, we’re ready’ Jason Ropell, Amazon Studios and Prime Video

larger budgeted films and also endeavour to secure additional output deals to supplement our Icon and Elevation arrangements.”

Building a business, rather than gazing into the proverbial rear-view mirror or feeling emasculated by the rude pace of change, is a good way to survive. Speaking of building out, Amazon Studios has been on people’s minds recently, first launching its Prime Video service and then securing berths for five of its films in the festival. “We’re incredibly honoured and excited,” says Jason Ropell, worldwide head of motion pictures at Amazon Studios and Prime Video. “To have five films at Cannes, given that the studio has been in existence for a little over a year, is incredible.”

One of the five, festival opener and out-ofcompetition title Café Society, hails from Woody Allen. That means it is not being released by usual US distribution partner Sony Pictures Classics (SPC), which was understood to have baulked at the higher budget and asking price, believed to be $14m for North America. SPC co-head Michael Barker was phlegmatic when Screen International reached him in the run-up to the festival. “We have a great relationship with [Allen] and his producers,” he says. “That happens.

It’s happened before. It’s not the end of the world. They’ll be back. After we had Sweet And Lowdown, he went off to Miramax — and then came back.”

For Ropell, landing Café Society did not come as a great surprise. “It’s primarily an outgrowth of the relationship from the series [the untitled TV series Amazon Studios and Allen are working on]. The series itself was a tremendous coup for us. It speaks to how well that relationship has developed.” And of

course high asking prices mean nothing to Amazon Studios as it assembles its slate. As of now, that slate includes Sundance acquisition Manchester By The Sea and Cannes Competition selections Paterson by Jim Jarmusch and The Neon Demon by Nicolas Winding Refn.

Ropell, head of marketing and distribution Bob Berney and Amazon Studios head Roy Price wooed theatre owners at CinemaCon in Las Vegas last month with these titles. The guarantee of a 90-day theatrical release window followed by 30 days on transactional VoD then Prime Video appeased the sceptics.

Berney et al made some friends that day. “The reaction to the presentation was uniformly positive,” says Ropell. “Anyone who had some suspicions we weren’t going to be in the theatrical space were expressing their relief that we would be honouring theatrical releases for all of our films and that we would have such a frequency of films.”

And the intention is to keep the volume coming. When asked whether Amazon Studios will be scouring not only for festival and market acquisition titles but promos and projects at script stage, Ropell is unequivocal.

“Absolutely. The mission statement is to find great content and bring it to our customers.

That means being prepared — whenever there’s an opportunity to acquire at whatever stage a film may be in, we’re ready for that.”

Career launchers Barker and his SPC compadres Tom Bernard and Dylan Leiner are always in acquisitions mode. They already have Pedro Almodovar’s Julieta in Competition, but that has never stopped the distributor from swooping on the odd available gem or three. “There are a lot of pictures this year from directors that are not well-known and some from masters,” says Barker. “We’re looking forward to finding the unknowns in the way we did last year with Son Of Saul.”

That tactic turned out to be a success for SPC as Laszlo Nemes’ Hungarian drama won the best foreign-language film Academy Award. Awards have served SPC well in building the brand. If that is what it takes, do not expect the digital players to be shy. Netflix staged a disastrous awards campaign for Beasts Of No Nation and while it bears fresh scars, the streaming giant may be eager to return to the fray if that will grow the subscriber base. The same goes for Amazon Studios, which is clearly lining up campaigns — Manchester By The Sea starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams has kudos written all over it.

As they look for attractive pick-ups, Amazon Studios and Netflix will dig deep into their pockets because they can. By and large other buyers cannot and it has got the international community in a twirl. What those buyers do to align themselves with a capital source or a producer base will determinate whether they stay, like the digital giants intend to do, or go. s As in the way of the dodo. ■

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What would ‘Brexit’ mean to the European industry?

“As a European citizen and as a film professional, I find Brexit to be an unbearable scenario. This is a moment of great integration between European productions, particularly in television.

Collaboration today is like nothing I’ve seen in 40 years working in the business. The Brexit scenario is a lose-lose situation that would force us to strengthen our relationship with the US.” Riccardo Tozzi Producer, Cattleya (Italy)

“It’s practically impossible for a European producer to find finance or a market in the UK for his or her European projects. On the other hand, for now it is still possible for UK producers to find partners and minority finance in the European market. It is even the rule for auteur directors. I fear this will become more difficult if the Brexit camp wins because it will make such exchanges more laborious and costly.”

Ronan Girre Chief executive and head of studies, Paris-based Ateliers du Cinéma Européen

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“Many here in the north don’t share the EU’s federal ambitions, and object to an undemocratic system where politicians are not accountable. Britain leaving could make us reconsider the values of European unity.”

Lars Bredo Rahbek Producer, SF Film Production (Denmark)

“It would depend on the association deal the UK ended up with. The British Film Institute and Danish Film Institute have been strong allies in European film policies and I’d hate to see that alliance become less relevant for either of us. Luckily, we have a long tradition within the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) of non EU-members being part of the group, but priorities may look different for the BFI if it were no longer in the same boat as us.”

Henrik Bo Nielsen CEO, Danish Film Institute

“A departure would not be a catastrophe if the remaining countries were to seize the opportunity to create a true union based on strong regulatory policies, rather than simply tinkering, which will make it weaker.”

Pascal Rogard Head of the Paris-based Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD)

“The big blow will be the disastrous loss of Creative Europe [to the UK film industry]. The ensuing crisis will wipe out the remaining cross-border collaborators in the UK and a large swathe of the production community.”

Mike Downey Producer (UK); deputy chair, European Film Academy

“Brexit would mean more challenges to co-produce in Europe at a time when Europe needs to reimagine and reinvent itself more than ever.”

Marta Esteban Producer (Spain)

“We are basing our international sales and marketing out of London — Brexit would make this a less favourable place to do business. It would make the UK less attractive as a production destination, and Heathrow would be an even bigger nightmare.”

Martin Moszkowicz Chairman, Constantin Film (Germany)

“With the three largest panEuropean cinema operators based in the UK, European cinema exhibition is a British success story that benefits from common European market rules. Most US distributors operate their European head offices out of London, and British film companies benefit from EU support for film.

The UK leaving the EU would be a significant backward step for British and European cinema.”

Jan Runge CEO, Brussels-based International Union of Cinemas (UNIC)

“Britain would not be the natural choice to do business with, knowing everything would be more complicated than working with other EU countries. I believe the UK would be left behind.”

Mia Uddgren Film commissioner, Stockholm Film Commission/Sweden Film Commission For more industry comments on Brexit, see ScreenDaily.com

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IRREPLACEABLE

FestivaL

(France) 102mins.

Le Pacte. Dir: Thomas Lilti. Cast: Francois Cluzet, Marianne Denicourt.

For the past 30 years, Dr Jean-Pierre Werner has been working as a general practitioner in the countryside, far away from any other medical facility.

When he finds out that he suffers from a serious illness, Werner is left with no choice but to find a replacement, although he considers himself irreplaceable.

and press

10:00 See box, right

16:00 CAFE SOCIETY

(US) 96mins. Dir: Woody Allen. Cast: Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott.

Out of Competition Theatre Claude Debussy Press

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PROMO REEL OTHER ANGLE

19:00

110mins. Other Angle Pictures.

SIERANEVADA

(Romania) 175mins.

Dir: Cristi Puiu. Cast: Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Tatiana Iekel.

Larry, a neurologist at the top of his career, and his wife, are attending a family meal in Bucharest to commemorate the death of his father, who died 40 days earlier. All the guests are waiting for the priest’s arrival. In the meantime, they argue about the events of 9/11. Larry tries to calm the debate but opinions are so divided not even the priest’s flying visit succeeds in reconciling the two camps. Just when things seem to be settling down, the arrival of an uninvited guest throws the commemoration into turmoil, which deteriorates into a settling of old scores.

Competition Theatre Claude Debussy Press

19:15 CAFE SOCIETY

(US) 96mins. Dir: Woody Allen. Cast: Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott.

Out of Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere Ticket required

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Festival & Press 10:00 CAFe SOCIETY

(US) 96mins.

Dir: Woody Allen.

Cast: Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott.

The story of a young man who comes out to Los Angeles in the 1930s to try to make good in the movie business, falls in love and returns to New York heartbroken.

Out of Competition Theatre Claude Debussy Press

Baron. Cast: Brie Larson, Donald Sutherland, Scott Bakula.

A brilliant scientist is plucked out of the company lab and sent to India to sell the genetically modified rice she created — which she doesn’t realise will destroy the farmers she thinks she’s helping.

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Dir: Cristi Puiu. Cast: Mimi Branescu, Judith State, Tatiana Iekel.

Competition Salle Bazin Press

23:00 CAFE SOCIETY

(US) 96mins. Dir: Woody Allen. Cast: Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott.

Out of Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere Ticket required

Market screenings

09:00 GAUMONT PROMO REELS

SIERANEVADA

(France) 90mins.

Gaumont.

(Romania) 175mins.

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09:30 CITY 40

(US) 72mins. Cinephil.

Dir: Samira Goetschel.

Behind the walls of a forbidden city, the only thing more dangerous than its secrets is the truth.

Doc Corner

KATE PLAYS CHRISTINE

(US) 112mins. Dogwoof.

Dir: Robert Greene.

Actress Kate Lyn Sheil is cast to play the role of Christine Chubbuck, a television host who committed suicide live on air in 1974. To prepare for the role, Kate travels to Sarasota to investigate the mysteries behind Christine’s tragic demise.

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09:45 BASMATI BLUES

(US) 120mins. Ambi Distribution. Dir: Dan

GAUMONT PROMO REELS

(France) 90mins.

Gaumont.

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10:00 BLACKWAY

(US) 90mins. Electric Entertainment. Dir: Daniel Alfredson. Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles, Ray Liotta.

A desperate young woman enlists the help of a hardened ex-logger — the only man in town brave enough to help her take a stand against her sociopathic stalker, an ex-cop turned violent crime lord.

Palais C

BRING THE SUN HOME

(Italy) 52mins. Galloping Films. Dir: Chiara Andrich, Giovanni Pellegrini.

To have electricity in your home is a human

right. Women from poor villages from Third World countries learn in India how to make sure that everyone will have it.

PROMO SCREENING TF1 International

110mins. Tf1 International.

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(US) 100mins. Spotlight Pictures. Dir: SA Halewood. Cast: Jamie Draven, Alison Doody, Linus Roache, Clarke Peters.

In the future there is nowhere to hide.

The year is 2039.

Radio identification chips (RFID) are now mandatory due to the rise of terror alerts. The chips will help eradicate crime, cap immigration and lead to greater security. The government alone cannot protect the city, it relies on surveillance ships, drones and, more importantly, its citizens.

(US) 110mins.

Embankment Films.

Dir: Bryan Bertino.

Cast: Zoe Kazan.

Their relationship at breaking point, 10-yearold Lizzy is all out of faith in her mother Kathy but tries to stay brave and fearless. Kathy, on the edge, barely keeping it together, knows that only a mother’s protective love, her most primal instinct, can save her daughter from what’s lurking in the darkness.

Olympia 2 By invitation only

11:30 #HORROR

(US) 105mins. GreenLight International.

Dir: Daniel Ragussis.

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette.

FBI intelligence analyst Nate Foster must go undercover in pursuit of white supremacists building a dirty bomb.

(US) 101mins. Spotlight Pictures. Dir: Tara Subkoff. Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Taryn Manning, Natasha Lyonne, Timothy Hutton.

Inspired by actual events, a group of 12-year-old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.

Olympia 4

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international terrorist called The Wrath, they assemble a team of daredevils to walk straight into the Wrath’s lair and fight his renegade army.

A NOBLE INTENTION

(Netherlands) 115mins.

Dutch Features Global Entertainment. Dir: Joram Lursen. Cast: Gijs Van Scholten Aschat, Jacob Derwig, Rifka Lodeizen.

1888. A luthier – Vedder – has to step aside when his home opposite the recently completed Central Station in Amsterdam must yield for the planned Victoria Hotel. His cousin Anij, pharmacist in the Northern provinces of the Netherlands, has got into a fix after illegal medical practices and is looking for a way out.

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ALDABRA: ONCE UPON AN ISLAND

(US) 73mins. Vision Films. Dir: Steve Lichtag.

Cast: Flightless Birds, Ferocious Sharks, Giant Turtles.

We invite you on a 3D voyage to Aldabra, a magical coral island located south of the Seychelles, one of the last pristine locations on planet Earth. The story is told through the eyes of the inhabitants: Elvi the Giant Tortoise; Buster the Robber Crab; coastguards the Blacktip Sharks; and many more.

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COME AND FIND ME

(US) 109mins. Goldcrest Films International.

Dir: Zack Whedon.

Cast: Aaron Paul, Annabelle Wallis.

Follows the character of David who must track down his missing girlfriend after he realises she is not who she is pretending to be.

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CREATURE DESIGNERS: THE FRANKENSTEIN COMPLEX

(France) 104mins. Le Pacte. Dir: Alexandre Poncet.

Movie creatures have never been as popular as they are today. Yet the art of creating monsters for the big screen is as old as cinema itself — from early experiments with apes and dinosaurs to the birth of special make-up effects; from the

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(Spain) 96mins. Film Factory Entertainment.

Dir: Emilio MartinezLazaro. Cast: Dani Rovira, Clara Lago, Karra Elejalde, Carmen Machi, Berto Romero, Rosa Maria Sarda. pinnacle of animatronics to the digital revolution, ‘Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex’ explores a century of human imagination, cinematic thrills and wonders.

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DON’T KNOCK TWICE

(UK) 104mins. Content Media Corporation.

Dir: Caradog James.

Cast: Katee Sackhoff, Lucy Boynton, Nick Moran.

‘Candyman’ meets ‘The Ring’ in a psychologically terrifying, twisted urban legend that will have you clinging to the edge of your seat for dear life.

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GOOD LUCK SAM

(France) 90mins.

Films Distribution.

Dir: Farid Bentoumi.

Cast: Sami Bouajila, Chiara Mastroianni, Franck Gastambide.

Samir has given much of his time and money developing ski equipment for a Swedish Olympic athlete. When the contract fails, his business partner

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As funny and surprising as its prequel. Amaia, after breaking up with Rafa, falls in love with a Catalonian. Koldo, her father, goes to Seville to persuade Rafa to go to Catalonia and win back Amaia’s heart.

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and closest friend plans to save their company by sending Samir to represent Algeria at the Winter Olympics. Already broke, and expecting his second child, Samir trains to become the first Algerian cross-country male athlete to participate in the winter games. Samir, the eldest son of an Algerian emigrant, must first go back to his father’s homeland in order to achieve this goal.

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LEGENDARY AD

(US) 94mins. Legendary Series. Dir: Leonardo Corbucci. Cast: William Paul Clark, Marty Eli Schwartz, Nick Satriano, David H Venghaus Jr, Donald Sparks, Jason Roberts, Lisa C Satriano, Brian E Frankish, Mark Anthony Little, Donald Murphy.

What do ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’, ‘Interstellar’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’ all have in common? Simple: amazing assistant

directors. Behind the scenes of your favourite movies.

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LOVETRUE

(US) 90mins. Dogwoof.

Dir: Alma Har’el.

Cast: Abraham Boyd, Angel Boyd, Harmony Boyd.

A unique exploration of the challenges that love can present and how our past and present experiences shape the decisions we make when the fantasy of true love dissipates. Using cinematic expressions of past memories and possible futures, the film also examines nonfiction performance as a documentation of truth and a purveyor of memory. Following three surprising love stories in starkly different American landscapes, we dive into the mysterious, the familiar, the dysfunctional, and the imaginary aspects of their relationships.

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NALEDI: A BABY ELEPHANT’S TALE

(US) 90mins. Content Media Corporation. Dir: Ben Bowie, Geoff Luck.

‘March Of The Penguins’ for elephants: the heartwarming, emotional true story of Naledi – a baby elephant — and her journey from birth through early childhood, caught live on camera in stunning, intimate detail.

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12:00 ATTACK OF THE KILLER DONUTS

(US) 87mins. Cardinal XD. Dir: Scott Wheeler.

Cast: Fredrick Burns, Christine Nguyen, Lauren Compton.

A chemical accident turns ordinary donuts into blood-thirsty killers. Now it’s up to Johnny, Michelle and Howard to save their sleepy town from... killer donuts!

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DELI MAN

(US) 92mins. Galloping Films. Dir: Erik Anjou.

Cast: Jerry Stiller, Larry King.

After more than 160 years of American Jewish deli owners serving hot pastrami and other delicatessen, its fanatics maintain this tradition without sharing it with their cardiologists.

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I.T.

(US) 101mins. Voltage Pictures. Dir: John Moore. Cast: Pierce Brosnan.

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SHOWDOWN IN MANILA

(US) 88mins. Lightning Entertainment. Dir: Marc Dacascos. Cast: Alexander Nevsky, Casper Van Dien, Tia Carrere, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.

When a murder investigation leads two private investigators to the jungle camp of an

(UK) 98mins. Hanway Films. Dir: Philippa Lowthorpe. Cast: Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Gwendoline Christie.

Set over an idyllic English summer holiday, the four Walker children and their sailing rivals, the Blacketts, run amok in their boats against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District. The Walkers sail the agile Swallow and the Blacketts commandeer The Amazon, making camp on a nearby island. Their world is one of imagination – filled with pirates and canons, where boats are captured and the enemy has to walk the plank. But when family friend Uncle Jim is revealed to be a spy, our motley crew are forced to put down their imaginary swords and band together to protect him from his Soviet enemy.

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(Japan) 15mins. Toho Co. Palais G

XUAN ZANG

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13:30 AS YOU ARE

(US) 105mins. Alma Cinema. Dir: Miles JorisPeyrafitte. Cast: Charlie Heaton, Owen Campbell, Amanda Stenberg.

Set in the early 1990s, the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.

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never come. One day, Andre Gardot, a local bookmaker who Jacques knows from having participated in a few of his illegal poker games, turns up. Gardot offers him a job: to take care of the murder of his wife for 20,000 euros. After hesitating briefly, Jacques accepts.

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THE SETTLERS

Market 14:00 LITTLE MEN

(US) 85mins. Mongrel International. Dir: Ira Sachs. Cast: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri.

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the Marquand. Cast: Osy Ikhile, Rachel HurdWood, Elliot James Langridge, Iain Glen.

A modern retelling of the classic play ‘Othello’ by Shakespeare.

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DON’T KILL IT

(US) 93mins. Archstone Distribution. Dir: Mike Mendez. Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Kristina Klebe.

An ancient evil is unleashed in a small Alaskan town leaving a trail of death and destruction as it passes from host to host. The only hope of survival lies with a grizzled demon hunter, who has faced this terror before. Together with a reluctant FBI agent he has to figure out how to destroy a demon with the ability to possess its killer.

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THE FOUNDERS

(US) 89mins.

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. Dir: Charlene Fisk, Carrie

affably brash Tony at his grandfather’s funeral and the unlikely pair soon hit it off.

The budding friendship is put at risk, however, when a rent dispute between Jake’s parents, Brian and Kathy, and Tony’s mother, Leonor, threatens to become contentious.

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Schrader. Cast: Louise Suggs, Babe Zaharias, Marilynn Smith, Shirley Spork, Marlene Bauer Hagge, Stacy Lewis, Karrie Webb.

The iconic story of 13 women who battled society, prejudice and preconception to create a lasting, global sporting legacy.

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who talks to him about God. At first, Hans is not interested but after he has an ominous dream about his dead father, he falls increasingly under Miera’s spell. Hans draws deeper and deeper into his faith — a faith that will now determine the course of his life and his family.

The rift between Hans and his family becomes bigger and bigger, until Hans is completely in the grip of the religious sect.

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KID WITNESS

(US) 94mins. Bleiberg Entertainment. Dir: Kevin Kaufman. Cast: Susan Sarandon, Ripley Sobo, Lev Gorn.

Ten-year-old Olivia witnesses a kidnapping and teams up with Detective Dottie Wheel to solve the crime.

(France) 95mins.

Cinephil. Dir: Shimon Dotan.

A comprehensive exploration of the controversial communities that exert inordinate influence on the sociopolitical destinies of Israel and Palestine.

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14:00 ANOTHER EVIL

(US) 90mins. Raven Banner Entertainment.

Dir: Carson D. Mell.

Cast: Dan Bakkedahl, Beck DeRobertis, Dax Flame.

After encountering a ghost in his family’s vacation home, Dan, a modern artist, and his wife Mary hire an exorcist named Os to get rid of the beings.

But Dan soon realises that ridding the home of evil won’t be as simple as it seems.

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BEING CHARLIE

(US) 97mins. Bob’s Your Uncle. Dir: Rob Reiner.

Cast: Nick Robinson, Morgan Saylor, Devon Bostick, Cary Elwes, Susan Misner, Common, Ricardo Chavira.

As he fights his way in and out of rehab, the son of an actor turned politician is forced to face himself. Through a series of disappointments and ultimately a tragic event, Charlie begins the journey to self-discovery and acceptance.

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LADY BLOODFIGHT

(Hong Kong/China) 99mins. Voltage Pictures.

Dir: Chris Nahon.

Cast: Amy Johnston.

Jane is a beautiful but troubled American girl backpacking her way through Hong Kong.

When she successfully fends off three thugs trying to rob her, it draws the attention of Shu, a Wudang champion, who is impressed by her raw street fighting abilities. Shu recruits Jane and trains her to fight in the vicious, all-female, underground martial arts tournament known as ‘The Kumite’.

After months of rigorous preparation, Jane is ready

to face off against the deadliest female fighters in the world, including Ling, the apprentice of Shu’s nemesis, Wai, a Shaolin master. Other nefarious forces also lie in the shadows, taking Jane on a journey through the gritty underworld of Hong Kong as she fights to be named the best female fighter in the world.

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LIFE RISKING ROMANCE

(South Korea) 110mins.

United Pictures. Dir: Joy Song. Cast: Chen Bo-Lin, Chun Jung-Myung.

A frightening love story of a female mystery writer who is chasing a serial killer.

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PRIVATE SCREENING TF1 International

81mins. Tf1 International.

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PROMO REEL

(South Korea) 20mins.

Contents Panda.

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PYROMANIAC

(Norway) 96mins.

Trustnordisk. Dir: Erik Skjoldbjaerg. Cast: Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Trond Nilssen.

In the darkness of a peaceful village, a pyromaniac ignites his

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IN MY FATHER’S GARDEN

(Netherlands) 120mins.

Dutch Features Global Entertainment. Dir: Ben Sombogaart. Cast: Barry Atsma, Noortje Herlaar.

Tells the story of Hans and Margie — sweethearts since school. Hans grows up in a strict religious environment with a brutal father. At a young age, he runs away from home and studies horticulture.

After the Second World War, he starts a nursery in a small village. At first, he and Margie enjoy a happy family life and boundless love for each other. One afternoon, Hans meets Josef Mieras,

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ODD JOB

(France) 100mins.

Gaumont. Dir: Pascal Chaumeil. Cast: Michel Blanc, Romain Duris, Alice Belaidi, Gustave Kervern.

Jacques lives in a small town that has been going downhill ever since the last crisis. When the factory where he works closes down, it is the beginning of the end for him: his girlfriend Cathie leaves him and he finds himself struggling while waiting for better days that may

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(Italy) 84mins. Rai Com. Dir: Carlo Lavagna. Cast: Ondina Quadri, Massimo Popolizio, Valentina Carnelutti, Corrado Sassi, Blu Yoshimi, Eduardo Valdarnini.

At the age of 19, Arianna still hasn’t

had her first period. In the heat of the silent summer afternoons she spends at the family’s hunting lodge in Tuscany, she starts enquiring about her body and her past, to finally face the true nature of her sexuality and her true identity.

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first fire. As more fires break out, the society panics. An inferno lurks under the surface as a local policeman uncovers the unthinkable truth: the pyromaniac is the village fireman.

A state-of the-artconcert-film featuring the extraordinary German band Rammstein.

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SOLO

95mins. Bloom. Dir: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan. Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Daniel Radcliffe, Paul Dano.

A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

(Italy) 97mins. True Colours. Dir: Laura Morante. Cast: Laura Morante, Francesco Pannofino, Marco Giallini, Gigio Alberti, Lambert Wilson, Angela Finocchiaro, Piera Degli Espositi.

Surrounded by her sons, her two ex-husbands, their “too-perfect-to-be-true” new wives and her tyrannical friends, Flavia tries to regain independence and self-confidence with the help of a wise and seraphic psychoanalyst.

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UNITED STATES OF LOVE

(Poland) 104mins. New Europe Film Sales. Dir: Tomasz Wasilewski.

Cast: Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Andrzej Chyra, Lukasz Simlat, Tomasz Tyndyk.

Poland, 1990. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it’s time to change their lives, and fulfill their desires.

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WE NEED TO TALK

(Spain) 91mins. Film Factory Entertainment.

Dir: David Serrano. Cast: Hugo Silva, Michelle Jenner.

The feel-good story about the world financial crisis that we’ve all been looking for.

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15:30 BEYOND THE LANDSCAPE OF JAPAN

(Japan) 90mins.

Augment5. Dir: Maki Indo.

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(UK) 95mins. Gfm Films. Dir: Simon West.

Cast: Dominic Cooper, Gemma Chan, Austin Stowell, Tyler Hoechlin, Connie Nielson, Sir Derek Jacobi, Jake Fairbrother.

Crash! Two men in scuba gear hit a deserted beach. The cliffs are the next challenge.

At the top we breathe and see Stratton, an SBS operative for MI5, specifically chosen for this toughest of missions and Marty, his American

living a contented life in his country village of Smila. Unlike his warrior father Yaroslav and notorious grandfather Ivan, Yuri is a talented artist, blissfully in love with his childhood sweetheart Natalka — unware of the burgeoning Soviet Union and political dangers facing the people of Ukraine.

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CLAIRE IN MOTION BITTER HARVEST

(Canada) 102mins.

Spotlight Pictures.

Dir: George Mendeluk.

Cast: Max Irons, Samantha Barks, Barry Pepper, Terence Stamp.

Yuri is a young Ukrainian

(US) 80mins. Visit Films.

Dir: Annie Howell, Lisa Robinson. Cast: Betsy Brandt, Anna Margaret Hollyman, Sakina Jaffrey.

When Claire’s search for her missing husband leads her to an alluring and

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counterpart. They scope the target — a laboratory complex in Iran manufacturing biochemical weapons.

Stratton and Marty make it into the lab with the help of their comms expert back at base, Aggy. As they scope the lab they can see that the refrigerated cabinets are there, but they’re empty.

Someone was expecting them. Getting out of there is very different to getting in; Stratton and Marty are literally fighting for their lives.

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manipulative graduate student, she uncovers a world of secrets that threatens to shatter their family.

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THE CLIFF

(Spain) 99mins. Wtfilms.

Dir: Helena Taberna. Cast: Daniel Grao.

A sect commits mass suicide in the Canary Islands. Gabriel investigates to find out if Cordelia, his sister and one of the cult followers, is alive. But Cordelia might also be a suspect for all those deaths.

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DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST

(US) 112mins. Cohen

Media Group. Dir: Julie Dash. Cast: Cora Lee Day, Alva Rogers, Barbarao, Trula Hoosier, Bahni Turpin, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Tony King.

Languid look at the Gullah culture of the sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia where African folk-ways were maintained well into the 20th Century and was one of the last bastion of these mores in America.

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THE FIRST MONDAY IN MAY

(US) 91mins. Elle Driver.

Dir: Andrew Rossi.

Cast: Anna Wintour, Rihanna, Wong Kar-Wai, Jean-Paul Gaultier.

Follow the creation of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s ‘China: Through the Looking Glass’ exhibition.

With unprecedented access, film-maker Andrew Rossi captures the collision of high fashion and celebrity at the Met Gala and dives into the debate about whether fashion should be viewed as art.

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GIBBY

(US) 87mins. Vmi Worldwide. Dir: Phil Gorn. Cast: Crystal The Monkey, Sean Patrick Flannery, Shannon Elizabeth, Peyton Meyer, Shelby Lyon, Vivica A Fox. A young girl’s life is

turned upside down when she is asked to monkeysit Gibby, her science teacher’s beloved Capuchin monkey.

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LOVESONG

(US) 85mins. Mongrel International. Dir: So Yong Kim. Cast: Jena Malone, Riley Keough, Brooklyn Decker, Amy Seimetz, Ryan Eggold, Rosanna Arquette.

Sarah, a young mother, raises her precocious daughter in their country home while feeling abandoned by her husband, who perpetually travels for work. When Sarah’s old friend Mindy comes to visit, they decide to take a road trip, and after an alcohol-infused heart-toheart, a long unspoken intimacy emerges between the longtime friends.

Later Sarah is unable to articulate her thoughts about her husband or Mindy, and Mindy makes the decision to leave the trip and go home. Three years later, the two women are reunited for Mindy’s wedding aend Sarah is forced to reconcile the reality of her feelings.

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RAMMSTEIN PARIS

(Germany) 97mins.

Nfp Marketing & Distribution.

Dir: Jonas Akerlund.

THE SUMMER OF ALL MY PARENTS

(France) 97mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Diasteme.

After attempting to set a mailbox on fire, Pimpette, 14, and her elder sister, Josephine, spend their summer holidays shuttling between their secretly pregnant mom and bachelor father. But when Josephine gets involved with the wrong crowd, little Pimpette turns out to be more responsible than the grown-ups who spend their time educating her.

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TANK 432 (AKA BELLY OF THE BULLDOG)

(UK) 88mins.

Kaleidoscope Film Distribution. Dir: Nick Gillespie. Cast: Rupert Evans, Michael Smiley, April Pearson, Steve Garry, Deirdre Mullins, Gordon Kennedy.

A knife-edged thriller about a band of mercenary soldiers battling to escape a mysterious, unseen enemy.

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TEEN STAR ACADEMY

(UK) 94mins. Movie On Pictures & Entertainment. Dir: Cristian Scardigno. Cast: John Savage, Blanca Blanco, Bret Roberts.

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fulfillment of the parent’s “missed dreams” and so here we are, in a very special school called “Teen Star Academy”… where dreams come true.

17:00 THE WEAVING OF A DREAM: JOHNNIE TO’S VISION & CRAFT

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(Hong Kong/China) 48mins. Media Asia Film.

Dir: Ferris Lin.

YOUTH IN OREGON

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(US) 100mins. Content Media Corporation.

Dir: Joel David Moore.

Cast: Frank Langella, Billy Crudup, Mary Kay Place, Christina Applegate, Josh Lucas, Nicola Peltz.

‘Little Miss Sunshine’ meets ‘Sideways’ in an emotional, life-affirming road-trip comedy about a man tasked with helping his embittered father-in-law rediscover his love for life.

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16:00 EXIT 14

(US) 87mins. Cardinal XD. Dir: Joe Salcedo.

Cast: Tom Sizemore, John Schneider.

A group of spring breakers get off on the ghostly Exit 14 and are haunted by the tales of a ghost story.

URFIN AND HIS WOODEN SOLDIERS

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(South Korea) 100mins.

Mirovision Dir: Joh Gun-Shik. Cast: Cha Tae-Hyun, Victoria, Mina Fujii.

Gyeon-woo is having difficulty forgetting his sassy, former girlfriend, who has left him but

is then reunited with his elementary-school childhood sweetheart, who is from China and was often teased about her broken Korean. They fall in love and marry despite family opposition and explore the ups and downs of married life.

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David Farrier, Dylan Reeve. Cast: David Farrier, Dylan Reeve, David Starr.

After stumbling upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, reporter David Farrier travels to the hidden facilities in Los Angeles and discovers a vast empire of secret identities and criminal activity.

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GAUMONT PROMO REELS

(France) 90mins.

Gaumont.

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GLEASON

(US) 110mins. The Exchange. Dir: Clay Tweel.

Cast: Steve Gleason.

At the age of 34, Steve Gleason, a former NFL defensive back and New Orleans hero, was diagnosed with ALS and given a life expectancy of two to five years. Weeks later, Steve and his wife Michel discovered that Michel was pregnant with their first child.

Director Clay Tweel’s film masterfully assembles roughly four years’ of footage, including personal and surprisingly humorous video journals shot by Gleason himself for his then-unborn son Rivers, and the athlete’s globe-trotting adventures undertaken as part of his mission to live his life to the fullest.

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THE MORNING AFTER

(US) 78mins. Princ Films.

Dir: Shanra J Kehl. Cast: Michelle Lombardo, Vanessa Evigan, Ben Esler, Philipp Karner, Sarah Otey, Sterling Jones, Markie Adams, Mason Trueblood, Christina Collard, Cameron Jebo.

Follows eight individuals who wake up in someone else’s bed and need to make that decision on if they should stay or if they should sneak out.

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100mins. Wild Bunch.

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S IS FOR STANLEY

(Italy) 78mins. Rai Com. Dir: Alex Infascelli.

Cast: Emilio D’Alessandro.

The story of Emilio D’Alessandro, Stanley Kubrick’s personal driver.

A friendship that lasted through 30 years of their lives, helped create four cinema masterpieces and brought together two

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apparently opposite people.

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SHOWBOX PROMO

(South Korea) 110mins.

Showbox.

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THE SNOW QUEEN 3: FIRE AND ICE

(Russia) 35mins. Wizart.

Dir: Alexey Tsitsilin.

After heroically defeating both the Snow Queen and the Snow King, Gerda still cannot find peace. Her dream is to find her parents who were once taken away from her by the North Wind and finally reunite the family. Thus, Gerda and her friends venture on a difficult journey to find her parents and encounter new challenges along the way.

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SOLA MEDIA PROMO SCREENING

(Germany) 100mins.

Sola Media.

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WE ARE FAMILY

(France) 98mins. Tf1 International. Dir: Gabriel Julien-Laferriere.

Cast: Julie Gayet, Thierry Neuvic, Lucien JeanBaptiste, Julie Depardieu, Arie Elmaleh, Philippe Katerine, Claudia Tagbo, Chantal Ladesou.

Seven marriages, five divorces, eight kids, one grandma and a big, loving, messy home.

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THE WEAVING OF A DREAM: JOHNNIE TO’S VISION & CRAFT

(Hong Kong/China) 48mins. Media Asia Film.

Dir: Ferris Lin. Using Johnnie To’s upcoming medical psychothriller ‘Three’ as a case study, this documentary examines the many facets of the auteur’s creative process.

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GAUMONT PROMO REELS

(New Zealand) 92mins.

Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing. Dir:

(France) 90mins.

Gaumont.

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(Russia) 42mins. Wizart.

Dir: Vladimir Toropchin.

The sequel to the muchloved adaptation of Baum’s ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz’, written by Alexander Volkov in 1963.

The story has stood the test of time, and has all the ingredients to become a modern animated classic.

Urfin, a troubled carpenter, discovers a magical powder that brings his creations to life. With an army of wooden soldiers, he captures the Emerald City.

Dorothy and her friends – the Scarecrow, Tin Man and the now-brave Lion – come to the rescue of the city dwellers.

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17:30 THE EYES OF MY MOTHER

(US) 76mins. Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing. Dir: Nicolas Pesce. Cast: Diana Agostini, Olivia Bond, Will Brill.

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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must locate the kingdom’s missing protector, the mysterious Crystal Frog.

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HOPE

(Netherlands) 90mins.

Dutch Features Global Entertainment.

Dir: Erik De Bruyn.

Cast: Monic Hendrickx, Gene Bervoets.

The story of the secret affair and a fatal attraction between an impassioned woman and a prominent banker. An affair that pitches head against heart. An affair that completely spins out of control.

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IMPERIUM

(US) 105mins. GreenLight International.

Dir: Daniel Ragussis.

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette.

FBI intelligence analyst Nate Foster must go undercover in pursuit of white supremacists building a dirty bomb.

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IN CALIFORNIA

(France) 78mins. The Open Reel. Dir: Charles Redon. Cast: Charles Redon, Mathilde Froustey.

Charles Redon immerses himself in his wife’s environment — ballet dancing — and starts documenting it. Slowly, he begins to understand that he can build a drama with his own life.

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FOG IN AUGUST

(Germany) 127mins.

Studiocanal. Dir: Kai Wessel. Cast: Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch.

Set against the tumultuous backdrop of war-stricken Germany, the heartwrenching true story of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa, who is sent to a psychiatric hospital but soon discovers the truth behind its facade.

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THE LEGEND OF BEN HALL

(Australia) 135mins.

Odin’s Eye Entertainment.

Dir: Matthew Holmes.

Cast: Jack Martin, Jamie Coffa, William Lee. Ben Hall is drawn back into bushranging by the reappearance of his old friend John Gilbert.

Reforming the gang, they soon become the most wanted men in Australian history.

FROG KINGDOM: SUB-ZERO MISSION

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(China) 87mins. Golden Network Asia. Dir: Fei Peng.

As panic engulfs the kingdom, Frog Princess, her runaway groom Rain and his Frog Warriors

MY HINDU FRIEND

(Brazil) 114mins. Hanway Films. Dir: Hector Babenco. Cast: Willem Dafoe, Maria Fernanda Candido, Reynaldo Gianecchini. »

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Billy O’Brien. Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Max Records, Laura Fraser.

The story of a teenage boy hunting for a supernatural serial killer in his snowbound mid-western town.

Diego is a film director very close to death. With a newly married wife and a brother in tow, Diego takes off for a last chance operation in America. His tempestuous behaviour makes his family and friends despair and disaster strikes when his brother abandons him in his moment of need. On his journey for a cure, with all the odds stacked against him, Diego finds new friends and a chance to relive his life.

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KIDS IN LOVE

(UK) 98mins. Carnaby International Sales And Distribution. Dir: Chris Foggin. Cast: Will Poulter, Alma Jodorowsky, Cara Delevingne.

Six happy-go-lucky, bohemian Londoners find life, love, and each other in the best summer of their lives.

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THIS BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC

(US) 90mins. Ambi Distribution. Dir: Simon Aboud. Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, Jeremy Irvine.

A young woman who dreams of being a children’s author makes an unlikely friendship with a cantankerous, rich old widower.

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(Italy) 102mins. True Colours. Dir: Ivan Cotroneo. Cast: Rimau Grillo Ritzberger, Valentina Romani, Leonardo Pazzagli.

Lorenzo, Blu and Antonio are three high school sophomores in a

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small city in the north of Italy. For three unique reasons, they are all outsiders. They quickly become best friends and find in their friendship the strength to fend off insults and the bullies who sling them. But one day everything changes.

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TIKKUN

(Israel) 119mins.

Bleiberg Entertainment.

Dir: Avishai Sivan. Cast: Aharon Traitel, Khalifa Natour, Riki Blich.

An ultra-orthodox scholar is revived after dying for 40 minutes. After coming back to life, he suddenly feels a strange awakening in his body and suspects that God is testing him.

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TRADED

(US) Vmi Worldwide.

Dir: Timothy Woodward, Jr. Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Michael Pare, Trace Adkins.

A distraught father must summon all his resources to rescue his beloved young daughter and save his family from a villainous brothel owner and his henchmen in this fastpaced, adventurous twist on ‘Taken’, set in the wild, wild west.

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VIRTUAL REVOLUTION

(France) 100mins.

Eagle Films. Dir: GuyRoger Duvert. Cast: Mike Dopud, Jane

Badler, Jochen Hagele, Maximilien Poullein, Kaya Blocksage.

Paris 2047. Most of the population spend all their time online, connected into virtual worlds, and don’t care any more about reality. A shadow agent, Nash, working for one of the multinational companies behind these virtual worlds, is tracking down terrorists who threaten the system.

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(US) 86mins. LA Connections. Dir: Peter James Iengo. Cast: Dylan Walsh, Michael Gross, Carrie Lowell, Don Stark, Bruce Altman, Grainger Hines, Jessica Blank, Sondra James, Evan Hall, Jason Griffith.

A power-hungry intern pimps out his apartment to sex-starved politicians, only to find his boss using it to have an affair with the girl of his dreams.

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THE DAY WILL COME

(Denmark) 119mins.

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Trustnordisk. Dir: Jesper W Nielsen. Cast: Sofie Grabol, Lars Mikkelsen, Lars Ranthe.

The year is 1967 and a blooming youth culture is on the rise. In a workingclass neighbourhood of Copenhagen, two inseparable brothers — Elmer and Erik – are removed from their ill mother and put in the Gudbjerg Home for Boys, a place frozen in time.

Here, Headmaster Heck practises his own brand of philosophy and regulation.

Unruly boys are transformed into obedient citizens at any cost. From their very first day, the boys understand that their freedom is lost and a daily struggle for survival has begun.

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END OF A GUN

(US) 90mins. The Exchange. Dir: Keoni Waxman. Cast: Steven Seagal.

Decker is an ex-federal agent scraping by as a mall security guard. He is told only to “observe and report” activity,

never take action. But when he comes across a woman, Lisa, being beaten by her boyfriend, Decker is forced to kill the enraged man to save her.

Instead of congratulations and thanks, Decker is fired for his heroics and faces possible criminal charges. Lisa, knowing his situation, asks him to help her steal $2 million hidden within her boyfriend’s car at the police impound lot. They successfully recover the money but it only puts them in greater danger, as the money was supposed to be delivered to a drug lord. He catches wind of their theft and sends a hit squad to recover the money. Meanwhile, a determined cop, alarmed at the number of bodies piling up around Decker, is also hot on his trail.

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FEMALE FIGHT CLUB / FFC

(US) 95mins. Cineville International. Dir: Miguel Ferrer. Cast: Amy Johnston, Dolph Lundgren, Sean Faris, Chuck Zito, Cortney Palm, Levy Tran, Folake Olowofoyeku, Jeanette Samano, Rey Goyos.

A former fighter reluctantly returns to the life she abandoned in order to help her sister survive the sadistic world of illegal fighting and the maniac who runs it.

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KILL ME PLEASE

(Brazil) 101mins. Mpm Film (Movie Partners In Motion). Dir: Anita Rocha Da Silveira. Cast: Valentina Herszage, Mari Oliveira, Julia Roliz, Dora Freind.

Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderer plagues the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a 15-year-old girl.

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KINOLOGY PRIVATE SCREENING

(France) Kinology.

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MOSCOW NEVER SLEEPS

(Ireland) 101mins.

Montecristo International. Dir: Johnny O’Reilly. Cast: Aleksey Serebryakov, Yuri Stoyanov, Mikhail Efremov, Lyubov Aksyonova.

One city. One day. Five lives changed forever.

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(France) 85mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Danis Tanovic. Cast: Jacques Weber, Snezana Vidovic, Izudin Bajrovic, Vedrana Seksan, Muhamed Hadzovic.

Escalating tensions and age-old disputes turn the financially troubled Hotel Europe into an ideological pressure cooker when a staff strike threatens to upset an important gala dinner.

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20:00 HIMITSU THE TOP SECRET

(Japan) 149mins.

Shochiku Co. Dir: Keishi Otomo.

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SEE YOU IN VALHALLA

(US) 87mins. Cardinal XD. Dir: Jarret Tarnol.

Cast: Sarah Hyland, Bret Harrison, Steve Howey.

After the bizarre death of her brother, Johana Burwood must return home after four years, to face her strange siblings, her out-of-touch father and her very touchy past.

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8mins. Wild Bunch.

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RUMBOS

96mins. Film Factory Entertainment.

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SND GROUPE M6 PROMO SCREENING

50mins. Snd — Groupe M6.

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I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER

(Ireland) 104mins.

Independent. Dir:

Gaumont. Dir: Denis Imbert. Cast: Victoria Bedos, Chantal Lauby, Francois Berleand.

Already almost 30, Victoire is the baby of the famous Bonhomme family, the eternal angelic child of the tribe, who finally decides to break free, to discover alcohol, sex and her voice.

VICKY

(France) 89mins.

(Spain) Wild Bunch. Dir: Paco Leon. Cast: Natalia De Molina, Alex Garcia, Paco Leon, Anna Katz, Belen Cuesta, Candela Peñna, Luis Callejo, Mari Paz Sayago, Luis Bermejo, Rea Gimenez.

A playful and uninhibited comedy exploring desire and erotic fantasy stripped of all social constraints.

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The latest ★★ film from★★ Puiu, whose The Death Of Mr. Lazarescu put new★★ Romanian ★★ ★★Un Certain ★★ Regard ★★ prize-winner ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ cinema the map,★★ is about★★ a neurologist a family showdown the death★★ of his father. ★★ on★★ ★★ facing ★★ ★★ ★★in Bucharest ★★ following ★★ ★★

Staying Vertical (Fr) Alain Guiraudie

The director of Stranger tells the story film-maker who embarks an affair★★ with a shepherdess in ★★ ★★ ★★ By The ★★Lake ★★ ★★ of a ★★ ★★ ★★ on★★ ★★ the south of France★★ and is left to care ★★ for their newborn child in the wilderness she abandons ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★when★★ ★★ him. ★★

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Texas-born newcomer Lane stars alongside LaBeouf ★★ and Riley★★ Keough ★★ in the British ★★ ★★ ★★Sasha★★ ★★ ★★Shia ★★ ★★director’s ★★ tale of a gang Midwest selling magazine subscriptions day and partying ★★of teens ★★who travel ★★ across ★★the US★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ by ★★ ★★ hard ★★by night.

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Garcia’s of Milena★★ Agus’s novel, years in the a woman★★ in a loveless ★★ adaptation ★★ ★★ ★★ following ★★ 20★★ ★★life of★★ ★★marriage ★★ who falls for another★★ man in the Second★★ World War. Cotillard and Louis star. ★★ ★★ ★★aftermath ★★ of the ★★ ★★Marion ★★ ★★ ★★Garrel★★

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Bus driver★★ Paterson★★ (Adam Driver) his daily route, writing notebook and ★★ ★★ follows ★★ a simple ★★ routine, ★★driving ★★ ★★ ★★ poetry ★★ in a★★ drinking single beer in a bar.

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Sonia stars in★★ the Brazilian debut, the tale of★★ a 65-year-old ★★ Braga ★★ ★★ director’s ★★ Competition ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ widow ★★who ponders ★★ the past engages★★ in a war★★ of attrition with developers who want to throw her out★★ of her home. ★★as she★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

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Personal Shopper (Fr) Olivier Assayas

The French★★ director★★ reteams★★ with Kristen in Clouds Maria in★★ 2014, for★★ his fourth ★★ ★★Stewart, ★★who also ★★starred ★★ ★★Of Sils★★ appearance in Competition set in Paris’s ★★ ★★ ★★ with ★★this ghost ★★ story ★★ ★★ fashion ★★ underworld. ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

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The Unknown Girl (Bel-Fr) Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

The tenth ★★ feature from brothers,★★ who have★★ been Competition fixtures★★ since Rosetta the Palme ★★ ★★the Dardenne ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ won ★★ d’Or stars Adele changed★★ by the death young girl near her practice. ★★in 1999, ★★ ★★ Haenel ★★as a doctor ★★ whose ★★life is★★ ★★ of a★★ ★★ ★★

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The winner★★ of the 2007 d’Or for★★ 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days returns with a family ★★ ★★Palme ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ drama ★★focusing ★★on a small-town doctor and student★★ daughter,★★ who is assaulted just before an important ★★ ★★ ★★his psychology ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ exam. ★★

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The 27-year-old third Competition a drama ★★ about a terminally ill writer★★ returning to ★★ ★★ director ★★ is back ★★with his ★★ ★★ ★★entry,★★ ★★ ★★ his family after Seydoux,★★ Gaspard★★ Ulliel and★★ Vincent★★ Cassel star. ★★ ★★ a 12-year ★★ absence. ★★ Marion ★★Cotillard, ★★ Léa★★ ★★

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Verhoeven’s psychological first Competition entry since Basic Instinct 1992, sees Isabelle Huppert star ★★ ★★ thriller, ★★ his★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ in★★ ★★ ★★ as★★ a videogame company who is★★ attacked★★ by an intruder her home★★ and vows to track★★ down the assailant. ★★ boss ★★ ★★ at ★★ ★★ ★★

The Salesman (Iran-Fr) Asghar Farhadi

Forced of their apartment due to dangerous works on a neighbouring building, ★★ Emad and★★ Rana move ★★ out★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★into a new flat in the centre Tehran. An incident★★ linked to the previous change★★ the young couple’s life. ★★ ★★ of ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ tenant ★★will dramatically ★★ ★★ ★★

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