SCREENINGS
2024, Ahab and his team of elite mercenaries embark on a secret CIA mission to abduct the armed forces minister of North Korea in an underground bunker below the Korean DMZ. In a moment, the team gets caught under a crossfire that threatens to take the mission to the brink of the World War Three.
13:30 CHARADES PROMO REEL
Animation, comedy, drama. 40mins. Dir: Various. Charades. ArcLight 2
THE FESTIVAL
Comedy. 98mins. Dir: Iain Morris. Scr: Keith Akushie, Joe Parham. Cast: Joe Thomas, Hannah Tointon. Protagonist Pictures. After Nick’s girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.
ArcLight 7 By invitation only. RSVP via email is required in advance.
WTFILMS PROMO REEL
Laemmle Monica Film Center 2
THE FURIES
Horror. 80mins. Dir: Tony D’Aquino. Scr: Tony D’Aquino. Cast: Airlie Dodds, Linda Ngo, Taylor Ferguson, Danielle Horvat. Odin’s Eye Entertainment. Rebellious high-school students Kayla and Maddie are stalked and abducted by a sinister presence while out bombing their neighbourhood with graffiti. Waking up, in the woods, bound and disoriented in a claustrophobic coffinlike apparatus, Kayla’s first thought is of Maddie. Before she has a chance to ruminate on the dreadful fate that may have befallen her friend, Kayla notices a terrifying masked man fast approaching, armed with a razor-sharp axe. As a chase ensues, it soon becomes clear Kayla and her pursuer are not alone. There are six more young women, each with a masked stalker assigned to them. As the threat of more killers closes in, she races to save as many girls as she can. AMC Santa Monica 4
GWEN
Drama. 84mins. Dir: William McGregor. Scr: William McGregor. Cast: Maxine Peake, Eleanor Worthington Cox. Great Point. In the stark beauty of 19th-century Snowdonia, a young girl tries desperately to hold her home together. Struggling with her mother’s mysterious illness, her father’s absence and a
MARKET 15:00 25 KM/H
Comedy. 115mins. Dir: Markus Goller. Scr: Oliver Ziegenbalg. Cast: Bjarne Madel, Lars Eidinger, Sandra Huller, Franka Potente, Alexandra Maria Lara, Jella Haase, Jordis
ruthless mining company encroaching on their land, a growing darkness begins to take grip of her home, and the suspicious local community turns on Gwen and her family. Broadway Cineplex 4
Triebel, Wotan Wilke Mohring. Beta Cinema. Two very different brothers reunite and start a special journey — a road trip on their motorbikes, which they imagined in their childhood. ArcLight 5
Mapplethorpe, one of the most controversial and influential photographers of the 20th century. Broadway Cineplex 2
THERE’S A HOLE IN MY BUCKET
Laemmle Monica Film Center 6
Documentary. 87mins. Dir: Robert Cavanah. Cast: Royd Tolkien. Evolutionary Films. Royd Tolkien, greatgrandson of JR Tolkien, lost his brother Mike to ALS (Motor Neuron Disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease) in 2015. But Mike, who was the more adventurous and sporty of the two brothers, left behind a bucket list of 50 things he wants Royd to complete in his absence. Now Royd will embark on the ultimate adventure of adrenalin and emotion to fulfil his brother’s ambitions.
MAPPLETHORPE
Laemmle Monica Film Center 4
LIFE SUPPORT
Comedy, drama. 94mins. Dir: Larry Clarke. Scr: Larry Clarke. Cast: Brian Dennehy, Lesley Ann Warren, Mo Gaffney, David Koechner, Tom Arnold, JK Simmons. Taylor & Dodge. Eddie, the black sheep of the family, comes home as his father is passing away to discover he must step into his dad’s shoes as a responsible adult, and that he has a son with his ex-girlfriend, Susan.
Biography, drama. 92mins. Dir: Ondi Timoner. Scr: Ondi Timoner. Cast: Matt Smith. The Exchange. An intimate portrait of the life of Robert
42 Screen International at AFM October 31, 2018
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historical. 105mins. Dir: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Scr: Michael Mitnick. Cast: Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Shannon, Katherine Waterston. 13 Films. The dramatic story of the cut-throat race between electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world. Laemmle Monica Film Center 3 By confirmed RSVP only
Comedy, drama. 100mins. Dir: Amanda Sthers. Scr: Amanda Sthers. Cast: James Caan, Tom Hollander, Rosanna Arquette, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Efrat Dor. Studiocanal. Facing a crossroads in his life, Harry Rosenmerck leaves New York and his family with an unlikely plan to start a pig farm in Nazareth, causing the anger of neighbouring local communities. Broadway Cineplex 1
THE DAMNED
NOMIS
Horror. 90mins. Dir: Evgeny Ruman. Scr: Yoav Shutan-Goshen, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Irad Rubinshtein. Cast: Amit Rahav, Daniel Gad, Nimrod Hochernberg. Jinga Films. Cursed by a Bedouin woman, three young soldiers on a training exercise in the desert slowly descend into madness and turn on each other as the unforgiving landscape plays tricks with their minds.
Psycho-drama, thriller. 99mins. Dir: David Raymond. Scr: David Raymond. Cast: Henry Cavill, Alexandra Daddario, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci, Brendan Fletcher. Fortitude International. A weathered lieutenant, his police force and a local vigilante are all caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a recently arrested, troubled man who is linked to years of female abductions and murders.
Laemmle Monica Film Center 5
ArcLight 3
DOGWOOF PROMO REEL
Documentary. 90mins. Dogwoof. ArcLight 9 By invitation only
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GAUMONT PROMO REEL
THE CURRENT WAR
20mins. Gaumont.
Biography, drama,
AMC Santa Monica 1
25 KM/H
HOLY LANDS
TAKE POINT
Action/adventure. 114mins. Dir: Kim Byung-woo. Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Lee Sun-kyun, Jennifer Ehle, Kevin Durand. CJ Entertainment. On the day of US presidential election in
Drama, thriller. 70mins. Dir: Jouri Smit, Zoe Wittock, Olivier Abbou. Scr: Jouri Smit, Aurelien Molas. Cast: Sophie Turner, Noemie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Adama Niane, Stephane Caillard. WTFilms. Promos include: Heavy; Heretiks; Get In; Av: The Hunt; Jumbo; Adopt A Daddy; Smiley; and more. Laemmle Monica Film Center 1
15:30 ALTITUDE PROMO REEL
Drama. 115mins. Altitude Film Sales. ArcLight 6
ELDORADO
Documentary. 92mins. Dir: Markus Imhoof. Scr: Markus Imhoof. Cast: Markus Imhoof. Playtime. Drawing inspiration from his personal encounter with the Italian refugee child Giovanna during Second World War, Markus Imhoof tells how refugees and migrants are treated today. ArcLight 4
FIDEL UP CLOSE
Documentary, historical. 90mins. Dir: Gabriel Beristain, Roberto Chile, Eduardo ‘Tato’ Flores. Scr: Hubert Barrero. Cast: Fidel Castro. Vedado Films. Fidel Castro remains one of the most controversial figures of our time, yet we know next to nothing about the man who implausibly survived countless murder attempts on his life, and lived a full, long life until age 90. Fidel Up Close will »
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