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Rams team on trip to The County

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Grimur Hakonarson, the Icelandic director who won the Prix Un Certain Regard in 2015 with Rams, is planning to shoot his next feature The County from February 2018.

The drama is being set up as an Iceland-Denmark-France co-production. Jan Naszewski’s New Europe will handle sales.

Grimar Jonsson’s Netop Films in Iceland leads the production, reuniting with Rams co-producer Profile Pictures in Denmark and adding in French partner Haut et Court.

The film has just secured $1.1m backing from the Icelandic Film Centre.

Set in rural Iceland, The County follows Inga, a middle-aged cow farmer who loses her husband in a car accident and must then stand on her own two feet. After she reckons with the past, she sets about to transform the community in which she lives.

Returning crew from Rams will include cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen. Delivery is expected in spring 2019.

BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW

French outfit Films Distribution is registering brisk business on erotic thriller Amant Double and Aids activist drama BPM (Beats Per Minute), both Palme d’Or contenders.

Amant Double, by Francois Ozon, has sold into a dozen territories following market screenings and ahead of this Friday’s Competition premiere.

Deals include to the UK (Curzon), Italy (Academy 2), Denmark (Camera), Greece (Feelgood), Switzerland (Filmcoopi), Spain (Golem), Poland (Gutek), Benelux

has swooped on BPM, Robin Campillo’s feature which premiered yesterday.

The two buys for Curzon bring the company’s Competition tally to five titles alongside Happy End, The Killing Of A Sacred Deer and The Square.

“It is a pleasure to be working with Francois Ozon again, especially given the success of our recent partnership on Frantz,” said Curzon Artificial Eye MD Louisa Dent. “We’re not sure how he keeps up the prolific pace of production, but long may it continue.”

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BREAKING NEWS STX has snapped up international rights to Ridley Scott’s John Paul Getty kidnap thriller All The Money In The World.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has taken a host of international rights to Amma Asante’s Where Hands Touch.

Showbox shoots Drug King tale

BY LIZ SHACKLETON

Korean studio Showbox has started filming crime drama Drug King (working title) in Busan, South Korea, with Song Kang-ho (Snowpiercer) starring.

Directed by Woo Min-ho (Inside Men), the film is based on the true story of an infamous criminal in Busan in the 1970s. Song plays the drug lord, while Jo Jung-suk and Doona Bae have also joined the cast.

Match Factory strikes for duo MUSCLE BEACH Arnold Schwarzenegger, in town to promote documentary Wonders Of The Sea 3D, also teased his return to the Terminator franchise. See Diary for more, page 16

Darin’s Black Snow melts buyers Black Snow (Nieve Negra), the thriller starring Argentinian superstar Ricardo Darin, has sparked a flurry of multi-platform transactions for Buenos Airesbased FilmSharks International, including a global streaming deal with Netflix.

Martin Hodara’s film has also gone to DirecTV for Latin American TVoD rights. As previously announced, it will open in Spain

(September Films), Austria (Thimfilm), CIS and Latvia (A-One) and Hungary (Vertigo). Weltkino clinched the film for Germany after “a heated battle” among distributors in the territory.

Other deals include to California for Latin America. As previously announced, Cohen Media Group has taken North American rights.

Marine Vacth stars as a fragile young woman who falls in love with a psychoanalyst, played by Jérémie Renier, unaware of the fact he is leading a double life.

Meanwhile, the UK’s Curzon

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through A Contracorriente and in Italy via Movies Inspired.

The film follows a man living in self-imposed exile in Patagonia years after he was accused of killing his brother. Pablo Bossi (Nine Queens) produces with Gloriamundi, Pampa Films, Amiguetes Entertainment, A Contracorriente Films and DirecTV in association with Antena 3 and Telefe.

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Holliday Grainger buzzing for Film Constellation’s Tell It To The Bees

BY TOM GRATER

Holliday Grainger (Jane Eyre) will star in Annabel Jankel’s period love story Tell It To The Bees , which has Alison Owen (Suffragette) on board as executive producer.

The story chronicles a lesbian romance in 1950s Britain between a single mother (Grainger) who is dealing with the breakdown of her marriage, and a doctor (being cast).

The project has been developed by the BFI with National Lottery funding. Producers are Daisy Allsop and Nick Hill along with Film i Vast and Filmgate Films.

Film Constellation has boarded sales.

Henrietta and Jessica Ashworth have written the screenplay, their feature debut, which is adapted from Fiona Shaw’s 2009 novel of the same name.

The Match Factory has acquired two new titles at the midway point of the market: Icelandic feature debut And Breathe Normally by Isold Uggadottir and Die, Monster, Die by Argentina’s Alejandro Fadel.

Die, Monster, Die, soon to start shooting in Argentina, charts the fallout from a murder. The project was developed at Cannes’ Cinéfondation Résidence and is an Argentina-France-Chile co-production expected to be ready in 2018.

Immigration drama And Breathe Normally, currently in post-production, tells the story of two struggling mothers living on the margins of society.

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Pegasus pair packs a punch for Well Go USA

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Gens cheer for Budapest stag party

BY MELANIE GOODFELLOW

French genre director Xavier Gens, known for horror title Hostile and thriller Hitman, has boarded his first comedy. Budapest is based on the true story of two college friends who set up a stag party agency to escape the corporate rat race.

French actors Manu Payet and Jonathan Cohen play the entrepreneurs, who start organising specialty holidays to Budapest and other eastern European cities, promising to fulfil their clients’ wildest dreams. The money starts rolling in but their lives begin to unravel as the requests become more and more outlandish — to the point that one party puts in a deadly request.

Paris-based Labyrinthe Films is producing the French-language movie with backing from Canal Plus, OCS and C8. Wild Bunch Distribution has taken French rights. Other Angle is handling international sales.

Budapest will start a sevenweek shoot between Paris and the Hungarian capital on June 26.

“My decision to try my hand was driven by the script. It made a break after shooting two genre films back-to-back,” said Gens, referring to The Crucifixion and Cold Skin.

“I also wanted to get back to France. I’m French but I haven’t made anything in France for a decade.

“That said, it’s not a classic comedy,” added Gens. “There are lots of ribald, graphic moments that will be exciting to explore as a director. Without making too many comparisons we’d like to do something in the vein of Todd Phillips [The Hangover], with a slick look, great artistic direction and strong aesthetic.”

the $28m feature follows the character played by Zhang Jin in the original Ip Man martial-arts films. It also stars Dave Bautista, Michelle Yeoh and Tony Jaa. Well Go USA took Australia and New Zealand rights to Invincible Dragon, which also stars Zhang along with Anderson Silva, Stephy Tang and Kevin Cheng.

Meanwhile, Pegasus sold the film to Germany (KSM), South Korea (Kidarient), Indonesia (Primacinema) and Latin America (Conquest Film).

Currently in post-production, Invincible Dragon follows an undercover agent who clashes with a Macau detective and US army veteran. Delivery is scheduled for 2018.

Pegasus is also lining up a fourth instalment in the Ip Man series, which will be directed by Wilson Yip with Donnie Yen set to return.

Yip also directed the previous three films in the franchise, which starred Yen as Bruce Lee’s kungfu master Ip Man.

Documentary sales outfit Autlook is racking up deals on its title Big Time, about architect Bjarke Ingels, who designed World Trade Center 2 and Google’s headquarters.

Danish director Kaspar Astrup Schroder followed Ingels over a period of six years. mk2 films has taken Big Time for France while Madman in Australia plans to release it in the autumn. The Danish release will be handled by DOXBIO. The film is a Danish production led

by Sonntag Pictures (Armadillo).

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Well Go USA has swooped on North American and UK rights to two Pegasus Motion Pictures titles: Ip Man: Cheung Tin Chi, a spin-off of the blockbuster Ip Man series, and Fruit Chan’s action drama Invincible Dragon.

Ip Man: Cheung Tin Chi, which is in pre-production, also went to Germany (KSM), South Korea (Kidarient), Indonesia (Primacinema) and Latin America (Conquest Film).

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping,

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Kormakur saddles up thriller Mules Screen can reveal the first still from Mules, the Nordic thriller written and directed by Borkur Sigthorsson (TV series Trapped) and produced

by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest).

Mules follows two antagonistic brothers whose lives spiral out of control after they smuggle drugs

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into their native Iceland using a young Polish girl as their mule.

The still features rising Polish actress Anna Prochniak (The Innocents) who plays the female lead. The film also stars Gisli Orn Gardarsson (The Oath), Baltasar Breki Samper (Trapped) and

Danish actress Marijana Jankovic (Everything Will be Fine).

Producers are Kormakur and Agnes Johansen (Trapped).

Mules is in post-production.

WestEnd, which handles world sales, is showing a promo here.

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NEW FRONTIERES Marché du Film and Fantasia International Film Festival co-presented the Frontieres Platform in Cannes yesterday. Genre pitches included Extra Ordinary, from producer Katie Holly; Protagonistrepped Marionette; buzzed-about Once Upon A Time In Jerusalem; hotel horror Room Service and Some Kind Of Madness from Casey Walker.

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The Match Factory has begun worldwide sales in Cannes on Carmine Street Guitars, a documentary about a Greenwich Village guitar store.

Toronto-based documentarian Ron Mann of Sphinx Productions, who is in acquisitions mode in Cannes wearing his other hat as head of Canadian distributor Films We Like, will direct and produce the project.

Jim Jarmusch instigated Carmine Street Guitars and Carter Logan, Jarmusch’s producer on Gimme Danger, is on board as executive producer. The Match Factory founder Michael Weber negotiated the world sales deal with Mann.

The Carmine Street Guitars store is home to revered custom guitar maker Rick Kelly, who handcrafts the instruments using 100-year-old wood salvaged from historic New York buildings.

Mann will shoot a series of vignettes featuring household names who drop by Carmine Street to talk guitars and perform.

Kelly’s customers over the years have included music legends such as Bob Dylan, Lou Reed, Patti Smith and Bo Diddley.

Principal photography is set to begin on May 29 and the project is scheduled for delivery in spring 2018.

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Highland runs with Dorff cult thriller Jackals

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Sales outfit Highland Film Group has boarded Kevin Greutert’s Jackals starring Deborah Kara Unger and Stephen Dorff.

Shout! Factory holds North American rights to the 1980s-set story about an estranged family that hires a cult deprogrammer to save their teenage son from a murderous group. Tommy Alastra prod u c e d t h e n o w- c o m p l e t e psychological thriller through his outfit Tommy Alastra Productions.

Highland Film Group’s sales slate includes Eric Bress’s Ghosts Of War, featuring Brenton Thwaites; A Vigilante with Olivia Wilde; Looking Glass with Nicolas Cage; and Guy Moshe’s The Last Draw Of Jack Of Hearts, starring Josh Hartnett.

The roster also includes Corin Hardy’s The Crow starring Jason Momoa; Kevin Connolly’s The Life And Death Of John Gotti with John Travolta; and Vaughn Stein’s Terminal starring Margot Robbie.

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Insurgent Media head of international sales Christian De Gallegos and his team have boarded Michael Maxxis’s comedy drama Puppy Love, starring Hopper Penn, Paz de la Huerta and Rosanna Arquette.

The story charts a year in the life of a young man who falls in love with a drug-addicted sex worker. Principal photography wrapped last month in Edmonton, Canada. David Michaels, George Parra and Nicolette Saina

produced, while Sam Osman served as executive producer and financed the movie through Film Alberta Studios.

Insurgent Media CEO Ezna Sands said: “We’re very excited about this film. It’s genuinely unique, funny and stunning to look at. Michael Maxxis is a director with a very bright future and I sincerely hope this gem marks the beginning of many years of collaboration between us.”

Michaels added: “Ezna Sands lives in the zeitgeist. His tireless

pursuit of quality material driven by intelligent branding through social media could not be more aligned with our own designs for Puppy Love.”

Insurgent Media’s production pipeline includes the upcoming release Lords Of Chaos starring Emory Cohen, Rory Culkin and Sky Ferreira.

The company has a first-look deal with veteran film and TV producer Cathy Konrad. The parties are developing TV series Cicada 3301.

LevelK has boarded sales on Storyline Pictures’ feature Sáve, which will be the first Samiinspired family film. Storyline Pictures head of production Khalid Maimouni is gathering finance for production, which is expected to begin in 2019.

Children’s novelist Jens Martin Mienna is developing the script.

A director has yet to be attached.

The project, with a budget of about $5m (¤4.5m), is developed with support from the International Sami Film Institute and Filmfond Nord.

The original screenplay is a fantasy adventure, inspired by

Schnabel’s fresh canvas Julian Schnabel will direct Vincent Van Gogh biopic At Eternity’s Gate, staring Willem Dafoe, about the painter’s time in Auvers-surOise and Arles, France. Rocket Science handles international sales. Jon Kilik is producing. CAA represents US.

Neill plots Escape Sam Neill has boarded prisonbreak drama Escape From Pretoria and will play South African social campaigner Denis Goldberg.

Daniel Radcliffe co-stars. The project is being produced by David Barron, Footprint Films and The Works Film & Television Group.

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Critics laud Diab, El Said Egyptian director Mohamed Diab has won best director and best screenplay for his revolution drama Clash in the first edition of the Arab Critics’ Awards.

Best film went to Tamer El Said’s In The Last Days Of The City ; best actor went to Tunisia’s Majd Mastoura for Hedi, while best actress was Heba Ali for Withered Green.

Overseen by the Arab Cinema Center, the awards boasted 24 jury members from 15 countries.

Sen-Gupta’s Slam closes its funding

BY LIZ SHACKLETON

Partho Sen-Gupta’s AustraliaFrance co-production Slam has completed financing after securing support from Screen Australia, Screenwest and France’s CNC Cinémas du Monde.

The Sydney-set thriller is scheduled to start shooting in late 2017 with post-production in western Australia and France. It marks the first Australian production to receive funding from CNC. Bonsai Films will distribute in Australia

with Doc & Film International handling international sales.

Starring Adam Bakri, Rachael Blake and Abbey Aziz, the film follows the disappearance of a young Muslim woman in Sydney amid a climate of mistrust and xenophobia. Australian production houses Invisible Republic, headed by Michael Wrenn, and George Nille & Co, headed by Tenille Kennedy, are co-producing the film with Marc Irmer’s Paris-based Dolce Vita Films.

LevelK, Storyline reunite for descent into underworld

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ancient Sami mythology, about a girl named Sáve who goes on a magical and dangerous journey into the mythical Sami underworld after losing her mother.

Norway’s Storyline and LevelK previously collaborated on Hunting Flies, which had its world premiere in Toronto last year.

“Having worked with LevelK on Hunting Flies by Izer Aliu, we were never in doubt about who we wanted as our international partner in regards to sales and distribution. We are looking forward to having LevelK’s personal touch involved in this exiting and promising stage of development and financing,” said Maimouni.

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Netflix has acquired Yann L’Hénoret’s documentary Emmanuel Macron: Behind The Rise for worldwide distribution.

The film goes behind the scenes of Macron’s presidential campaign. It first showed on French free-to-air channel TF1 on May 8. Netflix put the French-language title on its platforms worldwide on May 18.

Stork lands at Grindstone Grindstone Entertainment has acquired North American rights for Global Screen’s 3D animation Richard The Stork. The film will be released day-and-date in June by Lionsgate in co-operation with Google Play US. Icon has UK rights.

Ex-Goldcrest chief Johnston dies aged 68

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(From left) Tianying Media’s Wu Jian, Timmy Hung, Sammo Hung, Tianjin Binhai Hi-tech Industrial Development Area’s Wang Wei, PIC’s Todd Fellman

Tianying Media takes on PIC China’s Tianying Media unveiled collaborations with Hong Kong action star Sammo Hung and Australian post-production company Post Intelligence Company (PIC) at an event in Cannes on Friday.

The Tianjin-based company is producing a series of features with Hung and his son Timmy Hung, starting with action comedy Lucky 5.

The collaboration with PIC sees the Australian post-house work on three of Tianying Media’s features over the next three years.

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Former Goldcrest Films president Stephen Johnston has died in Los Angeles after a short illness. He was 68 years old. The Canadian’s career included stints at Jensen Farley, TAFT International and Sun-Classic Pictures.

He was a senior vice president at sales outfit Simcom in Los Angeles from 1985-89 before joining Goldcrest, working under chairman and CEO John Quested.

Prior to retiring in 2013, he served as president and managing director of the Los Angeles Goldcrest office. He is survived by his wife, Patricia.

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New Black warms up Ice King, Maiden UK production outfit New Black Films, which specialises in sports films, has beefed up its slate with two titles.

The company, run by Victoria Gregory, James Erskine and Alex Holmes, is teaming with BBC Storyville to produce The Ice King, a biopic of UK figure skater John Curry, the 1976 Olympic champion who was one of the first openly gay Olympians. Goldfinch Pictures is co-financing the film; Dogwoof is handling international sales and also has UK rights.

Maiden tells the story of UK sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the first all-female crew in the triennial Whitbread round-the-world yacht race. The crew battled icebergs, whales and a tornado. New Black is financing and all rights are available.

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Apollo launches Raid

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Beijing and Los Angeles-based distributor Red Apollo Group is lining up a Chinese theatrical release at the end of August for French action comedy Raid: Special Unit (Raid Dingue), starring Dany Boon.

The company has secured a non revenue-sharing quota slot for the recent French hit, which Pathé is handling internationally.

Raid: Special Unit played at Beijing International Film Festival last month, with Boon and his co-

star Alice Pol in attendance. Red Apollo is also in talks with Boon about Chinese co-productions.

While Red Apollo has focused on digital distribution in recent years, Raid: Special Unit kicks off a drive to increase its slate of Chinese theatrical releases to around three to four titles per year.

The company is also hoping to secure a quota slot for SND’s Family Heist (Mes Tresors), starring Jean Reno, before the end of 2017.

“We believe French comedies

have a lot of potential. We’re also encouraged by the success of Indian film Dangal in China, as it shows that Chinese audiences respond to uplifting stories, wherever they are from,” said Red Apollo CEO Rick Zhang.

The company also recently acquired Norwegian drama The King’s Choice, The Infiltrator starring Bryan Cranston and Florence Foster Jenkins, which it is licensing to the VIP subscription services of Chinese streaming platforms.

Vampires revamped Harry Kümel, director of cult lesbian vampire movie Daughters Of Darkness (1971) is working on a revamp. Details of the feature, Mothers Of Darkness, were revealed by producer Tomas Leyers of Brussels-based Minds Meet.

A new version of the script is now finished and the filmmakers are talking to international cast for the English-language project.

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Submarine locks down Williams’ American Jail

Billed as “a deeply personal Dutch and US production outfit and provocative film”, the feature Submarine, run by Femke Wolting documentary follows the filmand Bruno Felix, is to co-produce maker as he sets out on a journey American Jail (working title) from to understand the complex forces Roger Ross Williams, director of at work in America’s prison system. Partners on the project Oscar-nominated Life, Animated.

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NEXT panel sets out monetisation of VR

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VR monetisation and growth were key topics at the Marché NEXT panel ‘Silicon Valley and Beyond: global pioneers in VR’ on Friday.

Antoine Cayrol, producer and co-founder of Parisbased VR company OkioStudio, said ‘location-based VR’ (cinemas showing VR) are helping broaden audiences and grow revenue

returns for the sector. French distributor mk2 took OkioStudio’s film I Philip via its new arm, mk2 VR. “We want to slowly start the monetisation gears, to make VR self-sustaining,” said Ryan Horrigan, chief content officer at Quebecbased Felix & Paul Studio.

Baobab Studios’ cofounder and chief creative officer Eric Darnell dis-

cussed his VR project Invasion and its follow-up Asteroids (screening here in Cannes), which have led to a development deal with Roth Films.

“He [company founder Joe Roth] said we should see if we can turn it [Invasion] into a feature film. It speaks to the potential of VR and its value,” Darnell told the panel.

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Premiere draws Poker card

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US outfit Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its sales slate by taking international rights to Tribeca dramedy The Last Poker Game, starring Martin Landau and Paul Sorvino.

The film follows a doctor who gets into hot water after befriending a woman-

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ising gambler at his wife’s nursing home. Maria Dizzia also stars in the film, which premiered at the New York festival last month. Neurologist Howard L Weiner made his feature directorial debut on The Last Poker Game from his own screenplay. He also produced.

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London-based Starline Entertainment is launching sales in Cannes on Cuban Soul, a documentary fronted by original Starsky & Hutch actor David Soul.

Directed by Greg Atkins and Adam Docker, the film follows Soul, an Ernest Hemingway aficionado, as he embarks on a quest to

restore his literary idol’s 1955 Chrysler New Yorker.

The car ’s parts were unearthed by the Hemingway Museum in Havana.

Producers are Ces Terranova for Red Earth Studio and Peter Duncan, who negotiated the deal with Starline’s Carey Fitzgerald.

The film is set for delivery in autumn 2017.

Axume and Rincon negotiated the deal with Preferred Content’s Kevin Iwashina and Zac Bright on behalf of the producers. Peter Pastorelli, Eddie Rubin and Marshall Johnson of Long Road Film also produced, and Tamar Sela and Walter Klenhard served as executive producers.

Samhoud heads east Amsterdam-based VR specialist Samhoud Media is to open its first VR cinema in China next month. Samhoud aims to open 100 cinemas in China this year alone as part of a major global rollout.

The company’s VR Cinema in Amsterdam has attracted more than 60,000 visitors.

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he abundance of ideas and exuberance of storytelling style was on display at the Panama co-production lunch in Cannes held in association with Panama Film Commission and Screen International. Six narrative and documentary filmmakers presented projects to an audience of producers, financiers, sales agents and lawyers at the Radisson Blu penthouse reception on Friday.

Next steps for the passionate delegation is to forge meaningful ties with the global industry as they scout for production partners and distribution outlets that will bring wider exposure to their films. The will is certainly there.

The Caribbean country’s eco-diversity, robust infrastructure and 15% cashback incentive are tempting to outsiders on the lookout for an attractive and welcoming locale.

Gabriel Padilla from Panama Film Commission elaborated on the point, noting that local authorities will bend over backwards to accommodate shoots. “If you see a [public] building you like, we will try to get it for you,” Padilla said. “We can close down a street and get you access to most of the places you want.”

As far as Panamanian filmmakers go, attendees agreed there was a need for a more formalised process of networking. “We need

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to educate,” Vinca Jarrett, a Boston-based attorney and founder of financial consultancy FilmPro Finance, told the gathering.

Jarrett said that while annual events were encouraging, there was a need to establish more frequent meetings to give Panamanian filmmakers the tools to get their stories made and exploit available distribution channels.

Splendid pipeline The projects presented on Friday certainly whetted the appetite. Arturo Montenegro, the Q Films founder, actor and director whose credits include comedy The Check (El Cheque), showed a trailer to his completed carnival romcom Grace & Splendor (Donaire y Esplendor) that riffs off the time-honoured Romeo and Juliet story.

Mariel Garcia Spooner and Cesar Garrido of Hello October talked about their wedding film Something Blue (Algo Azul), which went to the BAM market in Bogota and is being set up as a $1.4m co-production with Colombia’s 64A Films. Spooner said the partners were looking for a third co-production partner.

That reference to BAM prompted discussion on which festivals and circuits Panamanian filmmakers should consider attending to maximise their exposure and connect with

‘We need to educate Panamanian filmmakers on the process of networking’ Vinca Jarrett, FilmPro Finance

potential collaborators. Steve Macy of USbased sales agent Shoreline Entertainment, which has championed Latin American cinema for years, pointed out the tried-andtested circuit of Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Toronto, AFM, San Sebastian and Ventana Sur should be on every filmmaker’s list.

Several presenting filmmakers had secured market screenings for their product.

Jacobo Silvera introduced Ilegitimo, a drama in the $600,000-$700,000 budget range that screened at the weekend and is looking for distribution.

The market screening roster encompassed El Ultimo Soldado, a documentary by Luis Romero that is part of the Marché’s Doc Corner and examines US-Panama relations against the backdrop of the former US military presence around the Panama Canal.

Producer Chaly Barcenas presented four projects, one of which, the $3m psychological drama Gauguin And The Canal, has been in the works for a while and will star Jean Reno.

Barcenas also referenced the extreme sports doc Hidden, which premiered in Panama last week, and is looking for distribution on human-trafficking drama Human Persons.

Journey to screen What is encouraging is that several of these projects were introduced to an audience of industry professionals at last year’s event and are showing signs of progress. Shooting on Human Persons is now underway in Medellin, while Padilla highlighted Gauguin And The Canal as a prestige project that was gathering steam.

El Ultimo Soldado has been in the works for several years and it is a testament to Romero’s passion and determination that it is now screening in the market.

Montenegro attended the lunch last year and kept Grace & Splendor close to his chest.

That he has shot the film speaks again to the energy at play in Panama. Now the local filmmakers need to match that enthusiasm with a networking base.

Presenting filmmakers spoke of their desire to attach Spanish, French or Italian coproducers to their work. While that would seem a natural fit given the Romantic language umbrella, attendees urged them to think bigger. “Everybody loves a wedding movie,” Jarrett told Spooner in reference to Something Blue. “They sell everywhere. Can you make your movie in English?”

“Maybe I can sell you the English-language remake rights,” Spooner quipped. It raised a laugh, but Jarrett’s point chimed with the sentiments of other producers, particularly those from the UK, who enquired about opportunities to co-produce.

Once the Caribbean island filmmakers can marry their enthusiasm with contacts in the broader industry and move ahead with meaningful international collaborations, there could be no limits under the blue skies s of Panama. n

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Coppola beguiles Cannes The director returns to Competition with a Clint Eastwood remake Sofia Coppola has been coming to Cannes since she was a child.

Catching up with Screen ahead of the Competition screening of her latest feature The Beguiled on May 24, she recalls fond memories of attending the festival with her director father, Francis.

Her favourite festival memory, she says, is sitting in her dad’s lap at the Apocalypse Now press conference in 1979. “He thought they’d be less harsh if he had his daughter with him,” she recalls.

Now she is in Competition for the second time (after Marie Antoinette in 2006) with a remake of the 1971 Clint Eastwood film about a wounded soldier taken in by an all-girls school. Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell star. Focus will release in the US, with Universal distributing internationally.

Her production designer Anne Ross recommended the 1971 version, and Coppola says she could not get it out of her mind. “I loved it. It’s so weird and I thought it

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would be interesting to tell the story from the women characters’ point of view.”

Universal owned the rights and thought it was a “weird idea” for her to remake it. “I was lucky they were up for it,” says Coppola, who kept the budget down and filmed in just 26 days.

“It was a hustle,” she says, “but I had creative freedom because it was done on a small scale. It looks beautiful on the big

screen, I hope people see it there.”

How does she feel about the theatrical versus VoD debate that has dominated Cannes so far? She tiptoes around addressing the issue directly, but does comment that Netflix and Amazon have “rejuvenated” the independent sector. “Five years ago, before all the streaming companies came along, it felt like it was just over [for] independent films,” she adds.

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Catching up with Screen in Cannes, where he is talking up environmentally focused documentary Wonders Of The Sea 3D, Arnold Schwarzenegger was in fine form. “I love being in France,” he said, adding that the French had done “a great job with the election of the president”.

He also confirmed that the Twins sequel, Triplets with Danny

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He also weighed in on the Netflix debate: “They’re visionaries and they’ve rattled the cage with the studios. That’s good.” » Full story on ScreenDaily.com Tom Grater

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If Cannes isn’t hot enough for you, our Finnish friends are bringing their own mobile sauna to Cannes.

Finland Film Commission is inviting film lovers to its portable sauna, which will be in town from until Saturday.

“It’s a known fact the best deals are done — in Finland at least — when relaxing in the heat of a sauna,” said Anne Laurila of North Finland Film Commission.

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French director Michel Hazanavicius returns to Competition today with his JeanLuc Godard tribute Redoubtable, adapted from autobiographical work Une Année Studieuse by the filmmaker’s ex-wife Anne Wiazemsky. The film is set around the making of Godard’s so-called ‘revolutionary’ film La Chinoise in 1967. Wild Bunch is handling sales.

What drove you to make a film about Jean-Luc Godard?

Anybody making cinema today owes something to Jean-Luc Godard. He unlocked so many doors, created so many spaces and made cinema possible for many people.

Anne Wiazemsky’s book is a very personal account of life with Godard.

The intelligence of Anne Wiazemsky’s account lies in the way she manages to retain the aspect of an intimate diary. She doesn’t recount the story from the point of view of the woman she is now, but rather the woman she was then. There is a real JeanLuc Godard who exists, but no-one really knows him. My aim

is not to create a carbon copy of Godard. I am inventing Jean-Luc Godard out of the Jean-Luc Godard created by Jean-Luc Godard. Anne Wiazemsky’s account is another variation of a Jean-Luc Godard also created by Jean-Luc Godard.

Have you ever met him?

No. I sent him a note the day the film went into pre-production.

While we were shooting, he asked if he could see the screenplay, so I sent it to him but I never got a response. When the film was finished, I sent another note saying I could organise a screening but I didn’t get a reply.

As a director, you have experienced both the highs and lows of premiering at Cannes, with The Artist and The Search.

How do you feel about coming back with Redoubtable?

I feel like a duck just before the opening of the shooting season.

At the end of the day, I’ve tried to make a film that is entertaining and fun. At Cannes, it’s very difficult to second guess how people are going to react.

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by VRrOOm (3pm-4pm); and a selection of VR projects from new label Wide VR (4pm-5pm).

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SPOTLIGHT CANNES AT 70

Cannes Decades 1986-95 To celebrate the 70th edition of Cannes, Nikki Baughan returns to the decade that saw the start of a golden age for US indie films and the first — and, still, only — woman director win the Palme d’Or

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hile not every film that has won the Palme d’Or has been a popular choice — Maurice Pialat’s Under The Sun Of Satan was booed by audiences in the Palais in 1987, at which point the director gave them the finger — the influence of Cannes is felt widely.

Indeed, a successful screening or award on the Croisette can make or break a film on the international stage. Nowhere is this more evident than when a 26-yearold Steven Soderbergh won the Palme d’Or in 1989 for his debut feature sex, lies, and videotape.

The Weinstein Company used the accolade to market the film so successfully that it kicked off a golden age of independent film production in the US. This, together with the fact the US majors were boycotting the festival to protest the GATT accords — a multilateral agreement that regulated international trade — was reflected in subsequent Palme d’Or wins for David Lynch (Wild At Heart), the Coen Brothers (Barton Fink) and, in 1994, irreverent crime flick Pulp Fiction, which announced director Quentin Tarantino’s screeching arrival on the international film stage.

Amid this US independent renaissance, in 1993 New Zealand-born filmmaker Jane Campion became the first and to date only — aside from Agnes Varda’s honorary award — woman to win the Palme d’Or, for The Piano, although it was an honour she shared with Chen s Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine. ■

WINNERS PALME D’OR 1986 The Mission (Roland Joffe, UK) 1987 Under The Sun Of Satan (Maurice Pialat, France) 1988 Pelle The Conqueror (Bille August, Denmark) 1989 sex, lies, and videotape (Steven Soderbergh, US) 1990 Wild At Heart (David Lynch, US) 1991 Barton Fink (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, US) 1992 The Best Intentions (Bille August, Denmark) 1993 Farewell My Concubine (Chen Kaige, China); The Piano (Jane Campion, New Zealand) 1994 Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, US) 1995 Underground (Emir Kusturica, Serbia & Montenegro) John Travolta and Quentin Tarantino at Cannes in 1994 with Pulp Fiction

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The Square Reviewed by Lee Marshall Ruben Ostlund certainly does not rest on his laurels. The Swedish director’s follow-up to his breakout feature, Force Majeure, is easily his most ambitious film yet. Taking well-aimed potshots at the contemporary art world and the attention-grabbing PR industry, it also raises questions of trust, responsibility and the increasing moral insulation of people in advanced societies.

This is a sprawling, original, satirical drama with moments of both dark and light comedy, and one standout scene involving a performance artist monkeying around at a gala dinner. It is the ‘sprawling’ bit that will test audiences who were beguiled by Force Majeure. As an inventive, thought-provoking reflection on our times, and as an audacious audiovisual album with some great tracks, The Square delivers. As a drama, however, it packs several great punches that somehow do not add up to a whole fight.

At times this feels like a brilliant series of bravado sketches and setpieces, often relying on disruptive elements. Force Majeure was a needle-sharp deconstruction of human (mostly male) self-deception. The Square takes on some of those same male foibles and subterfuges — mostly in the character of Christian Nielsen, the gradually unravelling museum director played

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COMPETITION Swe-Ger-Fr-Den. 2017.

142mins Director/screenplay Ruben Ostlund Production companies Platform Produktion AB, Essential Films, Parisienne, Coproduction Office International sales Coproduction Office, market@ coproductionoffice.eu Producers Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober Cinematography Fredrik Wenzel Production design Josefin Asberg Editor Ruben Ostlund, Jacob Secher Schulsinger Main cast Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, Dominic West, Terry Notary, Christopher Laesso, Marina Schiptjenko

with gusto and finesse by Danish actor Claes Bang (familiar to fans of Scandi crime series The Bridge). But Christian’s story is used as a peg for all sorts of themes and variations, characters and cameos, making for a deliberately messier, more open-ended experience.

First presented via an interview with Anne, a US journalist played gamely by Elisabeth Moss, Christian is revealed to be a smooth operator; an art-world manager and schmoozer who is nevertheless a committed believer in the power of contemporary art to shock, move and encourage reflection — even, perhaps, to effect social change. That’s the idea of ‘The Square’, a new installation that his publicly funded Stockholm museum is due to present. Based on a project by Ostlund and Kalle Boman that was exhibited in Sweden and Norway in 2014 and 2015, The Square is a four-by-four metre patch of ground — to be marked out in the plaza outside the museum — that acts as a “sanctuary of trust and caring” within which “we all share equal rights and obligations”.

In that first interview, Christian is contemptuous of private collectors who sequester art from public view. But it is made clear that his museum’s public is still a limited, affluent one. It is the brilliantly staged scam-robbery of Christian’s phone, wallet and cufflinks in a public square that puts the museum director in touch

with the kind of underclass that would never visit his institution.

Here he makes the first of three errors of judgment that play out through the film. The second involves a couple of young social-media savvy PR whizzkids who come up with a shocktactic idea to promote The Square on YouTube.

The third, made at a drunken aftershow party, involves Moss’s character, Anne, who is revealed to be living with a chimpanzee with artistic tendencies.

Wanting it all — including an indulgent 142 minute running time — The Square is at its best doing just two of the many things it essays. The first is to use a municipal contemporary art museum (conceived by Ostlund and architect Gert Wingardh as a Modernist space inserted into the fabric of Stockholm’s Royal Palace) to probe in comic but also serious ways how we engage with culture, power and each other. The second is to chart the undoing of a cocky, polished aesthete turned businessman and politician, whose downward trajectory begins when he tries to let his alpha-male side out of its cage.

But in all its flawed brilliance, The Square remains an original, visceral, uncomfortable and essential viewing experience.

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Robin Campillo’s third feature as a director confirms the old maxim that the more personal the material, the more authentic the drama. Revisiting elements of his own experience, Campillo has created a bustling fresco of the personalities and politics of the Act Up Paris community, post-1989. He uses that as a vivid backdrop for a tenderly crafted gay love story that unfolds during the fight against the prejudice surrounding Aids. The attention to detail and heartfelt sincerity create a stirring commemoration of the period that should find a warm welcome from arthouse audiences, especially LGBTQ viewers.

Campillo risks alienating those unfamiliar with the period or the issues by immediately plunging into an Act Up Paris weekly meeting. Four new members are told the ground rules as we learn about a group dedicated to fighting the indifference of the Mitterrand government and a pharmaceutical industry dragging its feet in releasing HIV drug treatments.

There is a documentary-style urgency to early scenes that feel like eavesdropping on an underground resistance engaged in a war. We witness the passionate debates, boiling sense of injustice and the need for action among those who know that time is short.

Campillo avoids turning the drama into a lecture, keeping it lively and accessible, sharing fascinating little details such as how finger-clicking was used as a way to signal approval at Act Up meetings and the recipe for creating fake blood thrown during demonstrations.

Campillo also allows individuals to emerge from the crowd, including impassioned leader Sophie (Adele Haenel), the conciliatory Thibault (Antoine Reinartz) and the impatient Sean (Nahuel Perez Biscayart). It is Sean who falls in love with gravely handsome newcomer Nathan (Arnaud Valois), one of the few members of the group with an HIV negative status. Their love deepens as Sean’s health fails, with the affair unfolding in intimate confidences and sensitively handled sex scenes.

BPM (Beats Per Minute) is a moving, lump-in-thethroat love story that should also resonate on a political level as a testimony to the power of activism to awaken an indifferent world.

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Fr. 2017. 143mins Director/editor Robin Campillo Production companies Les Films De Pierres, France 3 Cinema, Page 114, Memento Films Production, FD Production International sales Films Distribution, bef@ filmsdistribution.com Producers Hugues Charbonneau, Marie-Ange Luciani Screenplay Robin Campillo, Philippe Mangeot Cinematography Jeanne Lapoirie Music Arnaud Rebotini Main cast Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adele Haenel, Antoine Reinartz

An evening that starts with a carefree student party descends into a Kafkaesque waking nightmare for 21-year-old Mariam (Mariam Alferjani). Loosely based on a real event, Kaouther Ben Hania’s gruelling drama collates vividly immediate fragments of the aftermath of Mariam’s rape by two policemen. It is not an easy watch.

But, with its feminist spin on the continued battle for basic legal rights following the 2011 ousting of Tunisia’s Ben Ali regime, it feels like an important one.

Beauty And The Dogs deals with its controversial subject matter without flinching. Tautly plotted, it has a pace and tension that mitigate the exhausting spectacle of watching a vulnerable young woman getting browbeaten by a selection of utterly horrible men. The audience is so invested in justice for Mariam, the sheer relief when she finally stands up to those who would see her silenced should result in positive word of mouth.

Although a natural fit for festivals, the tough subject matter might present a marketing challenge for distributors hoping to connect with a theatrical audience.

Awards — which are not out of the question — may help.

Ben Hania divides the film into nine sections, each captured in a single shot. The first introduces her at the party; giggly, curvaceous and wearing a daring blue satin dress, she enjoys herself on the dancefloor, sneaking glances at handsome stranger Youssef (Ghanem Zrelli).

By the second segment, the skimpy dress has already become a source of misery. Battered and distraught, Mariam pelts into the frame; Youssef follows close behind, attempting to comfort her. They seek help at a private clinic in order to get medical confirmation of her assault. But the dress leaves her exposed; every knowing smirk from the staff feels like a fresh assault to Mariam, who yanks at the fabric to try and cover herself.

Accompanied by Youssef, Mariam is sent to a public hospital and from there to one police station and then another. In the central role, Alferjani is utterly compelling; when Mariam finally leaves the police station, unbowed, wearing her veil slung over her shoulders like a superhero’s cloak, you want to punch the air in triumph.

UN CERTAIN REGARD Tun-Fr-Swe-Nor-LebQat-Swi. 2017. 100mins Director/screenplay Kaouther Ben Hania Production companies Cinetelefilms, Tanit Films, Laika Films, Film i Vast; Shortcut Films, Integral Films & Literature, Chimney International sales Jour2Fete, sales@ jour2fete.com Producers Habib Attia, Nadim Cheikhrouha Cinematography Johan Holmquist Editor Nadia Ben Rachid Music Amine Bouhafa Main cast Mariam Alferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomen Hamda, Mohamed Akkari, Chedly Arfaoui, Anissa Daoud

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A Ciambra Reviewed by Tim Grierson

The Rider Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan A stubborn young rodeo rider suffers a catastrophic fall in Chloe Zhao’s intriguing, exquisite follow-up to indie hit Songs My Brothers Taught Me. Will Brady Blackburn — played by real-life rodeo rider Brady Jandreau, dramatising his own story — be able to live a full life outside the ring? Chinese-American director Zhao’s highly organic process is underscored by the fact she found this second feature while working on Songs, in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The Rider is a stunningly shot film, its crisp imagery and vivid sound design in natural harmony with its South Dakota setting. On a purely narrative level, the story may strain as it edges down familiar routes, but its emotional connections pulsate throughout, making this a natural for festival and arthouse play to Zhao’s growing fanbase.

Her determined blend of fiction with biography should also be embraced, as it continues to break new ground.

The Rider starts on a seductive note, with burnished close-up imagery of a stallion courtesy of DoP Joshua James Richards, one of the true stars of this show (he also shot Songs, as well as this year’s Sundance British breakout God’s Own Country).

Motherless Brady has been warned that further rodeos — and maybe even horse-riding itself — could kill him.

He has a metal plate in his head, and is losing control in his hand thanks to a palsy. His sweet sister Lily is mentally disabled, while his father, although loving, spends too much time drinking, womanising and playing poker off the reservation. Brady, though, is a gifted horse trainer with an uncanny knack for communicating with the animals. In some astute camerawork, Zhao and Richards convey what is later (almost unnecessarily) expressed in words: that this life is so intrinsic to Brady’s being that he is almost fatally compromised without it.

Denying rodeo is ripping out his soul.

To say the performances are authentic is clearly stating the point, but the Jandreau family opens up to give an easily intimate portrait of themselves. Brady’s friend Lane, tetraplegic in a hospital after a similar rodeo accident, is also affecting. Zhao draws her support cast from the reservation, and shows how physically reckless the sport is — but also how rewarding kinetic contact with an animal can be. That is conveyed here with as much force as it has ever been depicted on screen.

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DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT US. 2017. 104mins Director/screenplay Chloe Zhao Production companies Caviar, Highway Films International sales Protagonist Pictures, info@protagonistpictures. com Producers Chloe Zhao, Bert Hamelinck, Mollye Asher, Sacha Ben Harroche Cinematography Joshua James Richards Editor Alex O’Flinn Music Nathan Halpern Main cast Brady Jandreau, Wayne Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau, Lane Scott, Cat Clifford

Pio Amato, the young scene-stealer of filmmaker Jonas Carpignano’s 2015 feature debut Mediterranea, takes centre stage for this follow-up. While A Ciambra may lack some of the harrowing drama of the first instalment, it is still a forceful look at masculinity, disenfranchisement and poverty, as seen through a once-cocky 14-year-old who is starting to recognise societal restrictions may leave him destined for an unhappy adulthood.

Playing in Directors’ Fortnight, Carpignano’s new feature should receive a higher profile than the wellregarded Mediterranea, thanks to Martin Scorsese’s part as an executive producer.

Amato reprises his role as Pio, a fast-talking hustler who lives in an impoverished Romani community in southern Italy. After his older brother Cosimo (Damiano Amato) and father (Rocco Amato) are arrested for stealing electricity, Pio takes it upon himself to become the breadwinner for his four-generation family.

While it is not mandatory to have seen Mediterranea, familiarity with that film adds emotional resonance to this latest chapter. Koudous Seihon, who played Mediterranea’s anxious protagonist, African refugee Ayiva, also returns for A Ciambra, and there is pleasure and sadness in seeing how these two characters have changed. While Ayiva has accepted the limited prospects available to him as a foreigner, Pio seems rather more anguished than when we last saw him.

A Ciambra may be a conventional tale of a young man trying to find himself, but the writer-director’s attention to detail enriches that setup. Not only are Amato’s family members playing the character’s family, but Tim Curtin’s camerawork emphasises Pio’s stark reality. Whereas in the first film he was a streetwise negotiator, in A Ciambra there is more weight on his shoulders. It is not just that his brother and father have been arrested; the young man’s wary eyes reflect a world in which crime and hustling are the only paths to self-improvement.

Just as Mediterranea boasted dispassionate, strippeddown storytelling that made Ayiva’s journey across Algeria and Libya all the more traumatic, Carpignano uses a similar approach with A Ciambra. It is inevitable, then, that this second chapter’s depiction of desperate lives cannot quite shock in the same way. But while the film’s ending may be unsurprising, Carpignano has made clear that a young man like Pio has only so many options.

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120mins Director/screenplay Jonas Carpignano Production companies Stayblack Productions, RT Features, Sikelia Productions, Rai Cinema, DCM, Haut et Court, Film i Vast, Filmgate Films, MIBACT, Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, CNC, Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres et du Développement International, Institut Francais, LU.CA International sales Luxbox, fiorella@ luxboxfilms.com; hedi@luxboxfilms.com Producers Jon Coplon, Paolo Carpignano, Ryan Zacarias, Gwyn Sannia, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marc Schmidheiny, Christoph Daniel Executive producers Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Sophie Mas, Lourenco Sant’Anna, Daniela Lundgren Taplin, Alessio Lazzareschi, Dario Suter, Joel Brandeis Cinematography Tim Curtin Production design Marco Ascanio Viarigi Editor Affonso Goncalves Music Dan Romer Main cast Pio Amato, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato, Patrizia Amato, Rocco Amato, Koudous Seihon

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Faces Places Reviewed by Allan Hunter

They Reviewed by Nikki Baughan With her debut feature, Iranian filmmaker Anahita Ghazvinizadeh builds on themes previously explored in her trilogy of short films to deliver a mature and moving study of childhood, growth and identity. While her tale of a pre-transition teen struggling with possible gender reassignment may not shout as loudly as other works with similar themes, its subtlety proves to be its strength.

As the issue of gender transition has become part of the social discourse, the blurring of traditional boundaries is of increasing interest to the makers of both film (Sean Baker’s Tangerine, Jean-Marc Vallée’s Dallas Buyers Club) and television (Jill Soloway’s Transparent). In her take, Ghazvinizadeh has chosen to tread more lightly; much like Baker’s far more raucous film, her central character is not defined by their sexuality, rather their personal experiences form part of a wider human story.

Ghazvinizadeh met Rhys Fehrenbacher while researching They in Chicago’s transgender community, and the fact the actor is transitioning from female to male results in a performance that is achingly naturalistic. Haunted and reserved, he plays 13-year-old J who, while born male, is unsure of their true gender and so goes by the pronoun ‘they’, each morning noting down whether they feel like a boy, a girl or, tellingly, ‘nothing’.

On puberty blockers to give J time to decide whether to remain male or transition to female, test results reveal a corresponding decrease in bone density: the blockers must be phased out and a decision has to be taken. Over the course of a single weekend, in which sister Lauren (Nicole Coffineau) and her Iranian partner Araz (Koohyar Hosseini) arrive to look after J while their parents are away, life-altering choices must be made.

The strength of They comes in its approach. Gender transition may be at the heart of the story, but Ghazvinizadeh’s nuanced screenplay widens out themes of belonging beyond J’s own experience. J’s struggle to find a place in the world is echoed by Lauren, who is trying to decide whether to accept another artist’s residency or settle down, and Araz, who — despite his impending marriage — has yet to work out whether to stay in the US or return to Iran.

That Ghazvinizadeh was a student of countryman Abbas Kiarostami’s film workshops is evident in the film’s enigmatic aesthetic, which runs to its wilfully ambiguous ending. No matter; They is a remarkable multi-layered debut that inspires further investigation.

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OUT OF COMPETITION US-Qat. 2017. 80mins Director/screenplay Anahita Ghazvinizadeh Production company Mass Ornament Films International sales Luxbox, fiorella@ luxboxfilms.com Producers Zoe Sua Cho, Simone Ling Cinematography Carolina Costa Production design Yong Ok Lee Editors Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, Dean Gonzalez Music Vincent Gillioz Main cast Rhys Fehrenbacher, Nicole Coffineau, Koohyar Hosseini

There may be an age difference of 50 years between Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist JR, but you wouldn’t know it from their collaboration on Faces Places (Visages Villages). The duo shares an energy and curiosity about the world that is evident in every frame of this charming documentary. As they travel across France, an ode to their friendship blossoms into a joyful celebration of the urge to create art and a duty to celebrate life. Festival programmers and arthouse distributors will find it irresistible.

Part of the film’s appeal lies in the obvious affection between these two kindred spirits. The playful tone is set from the very beginning; as Varda and JR speculate on a story that would explain how they first met — perhaps in a bakery or even through a dating site — they already sound like old lovers. JR’s irreverence is also a constant challenge to anyone foolish enough to regard Varda as an elderly grand dame of the nouvelle vague, as proven in a scene in which they re-enact a moment from JeanLuc Godard’s Bande A Part as JR goes careering through the Louvre pushing a delighted Varda in a wheelchair.

Travelling in JR’s photographic truck, they are constantly offered proof of Varda’s belief that you often meet amazing people by sheer chance. Visiting small communities and farms from Aubin to Bonnieux and PirouPlage, they discover that everyone has a story to tell.

They hear tales from the last inhabitant in a row of miners’ cottages that is scheduled for destruction; from a solitary farmer; and from a trio of dockworkers and their wives. Every encounter becomes the inspiration for a giant photograph that is then plastered to a wall. A ghost town of never completed housing is reanimated by massive photographs stuck on abandoned structures.

Invested with a real sense of joy, Faces Places is also something of a lament for a disappearing France. Varda confesses that her thoughts frequently turn to death, and the film becomes more mournful as the duo visits the cemetery where Henri Cartier-Bresson is buried and, especially, during an ill-fated visit to her reclusive old friend Godard.

JR remains the perfect travelling companion throughout, and Varda is only ever annoyed by his refusal to remove his trademark sunglasses. It is the smallest point of friction in a tender collaboration and an engaging, warm-hearted journey that never overstays its welcome.

OUT OF COMPETITION Fr. 2017. 89mins Director/screenplay Agnes Varda, JR Production companies Ciné-Tamaris, JRSA, Rouge International, Arte France Cinéma, Arches Films International sales Cohen Media Group, lmackiewicz@ cohenmedia.net Executive producer Rosalie Varda Cinematography Romain Le Bonniec, Claire Duguet, Nicolas Guicheteau, Valentin Vignet Editor Agnes Varda, Maxime Pozzi Garcia Music M (aka Matthieu Chedid) Featuring Agnes Varda, JR

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You’ve taken great strides to digitise the payroll and accounts processes over the past decade. What has driven this change?

We looked at doing it predominantly from a workflow perspective, so the tools need to be intuitive and easy to use. The Digital purchase order (DPO) is a good example; you don’t need to train, as it replaces a piece of paper with which everyone is familiar. We have also developed a product called CrewStart™ as part of our online Digital Production Office®, which is designed to collect contractual information about crew members that feeds the payroll process.

As well as increasing efficiency, digital is also far more sustainable.

We have done some calculations around DPOs in particular — a normal five-sheet carbonated PO would generate about 49 grams of carbon and be shipped around the world.

DPOs stop the need to have things signed physically and shipped, which increases productivity and sustainability.

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Beyond the products you offer, how important is it for you to be involved with the industry at large?

A theme that runs through everything we do is educating the industry, whether it’s about payroll or autoenrollment, tax credits or sustainability. We want to be knowledge leaders.

The relationships you have with your clients drive every aspect of your business. Would you say they are also the secret to your success?

However good our tools are, it would be difficult to be successful without the service behind them. As an independent business, we can respond to client needs. For example, we set up the Production Card, in association with Barclaycard, to remove the need for cash. It came about because studios were asking for a solution and we couldn’t find alternatives elsewhere.

We really live and breathe what we do, as a family and as a business.

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and I’m committed to making sure it continues to flourish, making London the best, most inviting place for film production in the world,” says Khan. “In order to achieve this, we need to invest in the kind of physical infrastructure that will ensure our city remains competitive on the global stage.”

“This is a pivotal time for London’s screen industries,” agrees Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London and the British Film Commission. “In terms of skills, talent, studio space and sheer creativity, we’re very much at the top of our game and in high demand from major productions who want to base their film and TV projects here. Our priority has to be sustaining this success.”

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Open for business Central to the city’s appeal are, of course, the UK’s competitive tax reliefs, which are available for qualifying film, high-end television, animation, children’s programmes and videogame productions that have a minimum core spend of 10%.

Equally as important, however, are the city’s world-class crews, facilities, talent and locations, which combine to make a package that is attractive across the board.

The strength of London’s offer means the record-breaking levels of production in the city look set to continue, despite the changing global

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landscape and tough international competition.

The importance of the film industry to the UK economy remains constant; in 2016 inward investment in UK film production reached $1.76bn (£1.35bn), an 18% increase on the previous year. With three-quarters of the UK’s film industry based in and around London, and con-

tributing $1.6bn (£1.2bn) to the capital’s economy in 2016, it is no surprise that sector support is a key priority for London mayor Sadiq Khan.

“From the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Mummy to the recent successes of Bridget Jones’s Baby and Brotherhood, the capital’s film industry is currently enjoying record investment

CASE STUDY SUSTAINABLE GROWTH Film London has teamed up with sustainability consultant Greenshoot for Green Screen, a Creative Skillset-funded platform to help producers and crew reduce the environmental impact of their productions via action plans and targets.

Productions already awarded a Green Screen stamp include The Crown (Netflix), The Theory Of Everything (Working Title Films), Free Fire (Rook Films) and City Of Tiny Lights (BBC Films).

Eve Swannell, production manager for The Crown, says she saw immediate benefits in signing up to the initiative.

“Greenshoot has offered fantastic support and advice,” she says. “Their knowledge is second to none and, with their help, any production, no matter how big or small, can make a real difference. Minimal budget implications equate to massive environmental benefits.”

Film London is also leading a new $2.2m (€2m) Green Screen project, launched in March and majority-funded by Interreg Europe, to help the continent’s film and TV industries make real and lasting greenfriendly change. Territories represented are London, UK; Paris, France; Ystad, Sweden; Rzeszow, Poland; Bucharest, Romania; Bratislava, Slovakia; Malaga, Spain; and Flanders, Belgium. It runs from 2017-21.

“This is an exciting initiative to find practical solutions to help the continent’s screen industries reduce their carbon footprint,” says Adrian Wootton, CEO of Film London and the British Film Commission. “I’m looking forward to working with our European partners as we move towards a body of work that will produce environmental improvements at local, regional and European level.”

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Among them are Universal Pictures’ rebooted Tom Cruise-starrer The Mummy and as-yet-untitled Jurassic World sequel; Warner Bros’ hotly anticipated superhero properties Wonder Woman and Justice League along with Steven Spielberg-helmed Ready Player One; and Studiocanal’s comedy sequel Paddington 2. Impressive proof that London remains a go-to destination for huge international productions.

Made in Dagenham With the influx of productions coming into London, studio and shooting space remains at a premium. While existing facilities such as Pinewood, Twickenham and Three Mills prove to be perennially popular, the development of new and alternative facilities is an ongoing process.

A key step was taken in October 2016, when Khan teamed up with Film London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham to commission a feasibility study into plans to build what could become the city’s largest film and TV studio. In December, Barking and Dagenham Council bought the former Sanofi site in east Dagenham, to secure the land for the proposed studio.

Dagenham is an area already well-used by productions such as The Avengers and TV drama Humans, and is well connected to central London by the nearby District line and Crossrail transport London Mayor Sadiq Khan » links.

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Wide horizons London’s top-class talent, both on and off-screen, is key to its success in attracting international projects, and Film London is working to ensure there is a steady supply

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lthough London boasts worldleading facilities and locations, the jewel in its crown is its huge base of top-level crews and talent. Film London is at the forefront of the drive to ensure this worldbeating pool is nurtured, supported and replenished, with an evolving roster of initiatives and schemes.

The city has a rich history of cinematic talent, and there is a continual stream of London-born names making an impact on the international stage, from stars such as Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out), John Boyega (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Riz Ahmed (Rogue One), Cush Jumbo (The Good Wife) and Emily Blunt (Edge Of Tomorrow) to filmmakers including Amma Asante (A United Kingdom) and Steve McQueen (12 Years A Slave). And Film London, in tandem with industry organisations, is working hard to develop the city’s talents.

Development and training “Film London is dedicated to championing, training, developing and funding the capital’s storytellers,” says Angeli Macfarlane, Film London’s acting head of talent development and production.

“From our short-film schemes London Calling and London Calling Plus right through to [low-budget development scheme] Microwave, we want to take bold creative risks that deliver a great range of diverse stories. These training and production schemes enable the talent to learn, practise and discover their voice before they deliver their Film London productions, and provide vital steps for creatives to take in finding an audience for their work.”

At the heart of all these training initiatives is a commitment to diversity, and ensuring a variety of voices are heard.

“Film London continues to take bold steps to address the gender and minority imbalance in the industry,” says Macfarlane. “London Calling Plus is an entirely BAME programme for writers and directors, and the current slate of Microwave films comprises three women and one non-binary directing talent.”

And this commitment to training has been rewarded with Film London alumni enjoying success on a global level. Since participating in London Calling, director Hope Dickson Leach has gone on to

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‘We want to take bold creative risks that deliver a range of diverse stories’ Angeli Macfarlane, Film London

make debut feature The Levelling, which received both British Independent Film Awards and London Film Festival nominations and saw her become the first recipient of the IWC Filmmaker Bursary Award in association with the BFI. Rafael Kapelinski’s Butterfly Kisses, which won this year’s best film prize in Berlin’s Generation 14plus strand, was developed through Microwave, as was the multiple award-winning Shifty, whose producers Rory Aitken and Ben Pugh have gone on to forge a successful career with credits including Collide and The Autopsy Of Jane Doe. Elsewhere Manon Ardisson, producer of God’s Own Country, winner of the best director prize at Sundance and the Manner Jury Award for best film at Berlin, attended Microwave’s Microschool.

CASE STUDY A DECADE OF MICROWAVE Now in its 10th year, Film London’s acclaimed Microwave scheme provides selected productions not only with funding, but also development and mentoring support to all shortlisted projects, along with production finance and distribution support to the final commissioned films.

Each year, 12 projects are shortlisted to receive training at Film London’s Microschool, an intensive five-day bootcamp to help the teams hone their scripts and skills, after which six projects are selected to progress to a second development phase and given further funding. From those, two features are commissioned and receive additional development, along with production funding of $130,000 (£100,000) and distribution funding for the finished films.

From the 2016-17 slate of 12 eclectic and exciting projects, two have been chosen to be taken into production: Mari, a drama about a young dancer facing the death of her grandmother, from writer/director Georgia Parris, and Violets Are Blue, writer/director Marley Morrison’s tale of a trans man diagnosed with cervical (Left) Violets Are Blue producer Michelle Antoniades and writer/director Marley Morrison

cancer. The scheme, however, proves hugely beneficial to those involved at all stages.

“It’s been fantastic to work with an executive team who have the best interests for your project,” says Kate Herron, writer/director of alien invasion comedy Miss Universe which reached second development stage, and one of Screen’s Stars of Tomorrow 2016.

“Film London make sure the film you are developing is actually the film you want to make. The scheme is also a fantastic training ground in making that jump from shorts to features achievable, rather than daunting,” she adds.

“It is an immersive experience that forces you to really understand your script and your intentions,” agrees Morrison.

“Microwave teaches you to be clear on your vision and builds on it with you.”

Previous films to have come through the Microwave scheme include Hong Khaou’s Lilting, which played the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it won the cinematography award, and three-time BIFA nominee iLL Manors.

Anorexia drama Sick(er) and crime morality tale Looted, both from the 2015-16 slate, and chase thriller Zero (formerly Kill Her Witch) and psychological horror The Visitor, from the 2014-15 slate, are all at various stages of development.

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hile London’s stunning skyline may be a familiar sight on the big screen, the city is also at the forefront of the production of visual-effects images that span the breadth of human imagination.

The city has long been an enclave of leading visual-effects houses, and has become something of a post powerhouse used by productions for effects big and small.

This is helped by the unique geography of central London’s Soho, in which awardwinning houses such as MPC (winner of this year’s best visual effects Oscar for its work on The Jungle Book), Framestore (which shared work on Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant with MPC) and Double Negative (with credits including Warner Bros’ disaster movie Geostorm with Framestore) not only sit comfortably together, but also team up to ensure projects are finished on time and budget.

This sense of community and collaboration, as well as healthy competition, is highlighted by Film London’s regular familiarisation trips, in which overseas studios and producers are invited to the city to visit the facilities and meet with the talent.

“London has developed a huge wealth of talent over many years, which is in no small part due to the close geographical proximity of companies concentrated around the heart of the city centre,” says Louise Hussey, executive VFX producer at DNeg. “This has led to a strong desire to push the creative and technical boundaries in order to have an edge over the competition, who may only be a block down the street. As the VFX industry has grown and matured, companies have understood that their artists are their biggest asset, so the investment in the development of R&D, technology and training, which has been supported by UK government, has led to some of the best cuttingedge work in the world.”

Superior credits Not only do those projects choosing to do their post-production in London benefit from the city’s facilities and talent, but they could also qualify for tax relief as long as the work meets the minimum 10% production spend and projects qualify as British.

The tax relief is a central component of what Matt Fox, Framestore’s global joint managing director, calls London’s “enviable base for high-end VFX work”.

Fox asserts that a combination of studios, crews and financial incentives have been key to attracting both talent and productions. “The UK’s strong physical production base combined with the stability of the UK Film Tax Credit has provided the right climate for US studios

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London’s unique proliferation of world-leading VFX and post-production houses have made it a favourite with international productions looking for the very best in the effects business ‘London has developed a huge wealth of talent over many years’

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and mainstream filmmakers to return time and again to the UK for significant film production,” says Fox. “In such a climate, the ongoing accumulation of local and international creative and technical talent has helped make London one of the major world centres of excellence for high-end CG, animation and VFX.” “London is an international city that continues to attract the very best creative, technology and production talent from across the world,” agrees Mark Benson, CEO of MPC. “This, and the government’s ongoing support for the creative sector means the London VFX industry continues to benefit from this magnetic effect and, from MPC’s perspective, our Oscar for the VFX work led by our team in London on Disney’s The Jungle Book is testament to this.”

While Rupert Sanders’ recent Ghost In The Shell shot in New Zealand and China, the production chose London for much of its post-production needs The futuristic Newport City in Paramount’s science-fiction thriller Ghost In The Shell is as much a character as The Major, the cyborg counter-cyberterrorist played by Scarlett Johansson. MPC was the main vendor on the project, with work spread across Montreal, Mumbai and London. MPC London was in charge of creating all digital assets, models and look development.

“We worked with Weta [Workshop] to design and build scale versions of The Major and made animatronics of the characters, as well as 8ft high miniatures of the fictional city’s skyscrapers,” says VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron. “We didn’t shoot the miniatures but [director] Rupert Sanders

used them as a prototype to walk around and pre-visualise shots. They were then digitally scanned and used as the base for CG assets.”

Part of the film’s visual signature are the giant projected images of people that loom as large as skyscrapers amid the city.

Working with Dayton Taylor, the inventor of the Timetrack for producing virtual camera movement with camera arrays, the team built a dome of 80 cameras shooting 24fps at 2.5K and in synchronisation to record 24 scans a second. “It resembled a moving sculpture that we could then integrate into the city,” says Rocheron.

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Big business As well as supporting productions that are shooting in the city, Film London is actively involved in the business of the industry

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hile it is testament to London’s unique offer that so many large-scale international productions choose to shoot in the city, it is also thanks to Film London’s dedicated support that all have such positive experiences, with many returning for future projects.

Film London is on hand to offer free, bespoke advice to productions already in the capital, and those that are considering it as a location. Alongside this practical support, Film London is also heavily involved in the business of the industry through a number of key initiatives.

The Production Finance Market (PFM), which takes places during the BFI London Film Festival, brings together international producers and financiers for a series of intensive pitch meetings. Films that have spun out of the PFM and have been released across global territories include Paolo Virzi’s The Human Capital (It-Fr, 2013); Sally

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Potter’s Ginger & Rosa (UK-Den-CroCan, 2010); Tanya Wexler’s Hysteria (UK-Fr-Ger-Lux, 2008) and Michael Hoffman’s The Last Station (Ger-RusUK, 2007).

“Every year we strive to up our game and give PFM attendees something new,” says Helena Mackenzie, Film London’s head of inward investment & business development. “This year we’ve struck

‘Every year we strive to up our game and give PFM attendees something new’ Helena Mackenzie, Film London

LONDON SCREENINGS Now in its 14th year, Film London’s exclusive London Screenings is the only export market dedicated to UK film. It invites buyers from all over the world to view a selection of new British films, meet sales companies and negotiate international distribution deals. The Breakthrough strand also showcases completed films from upcoming UK filmmakers who are seeking sales representation and international film festival exposure.

London Screenings will take place at BFI Southbank, June 19-22

new partnerships with Argentina’s National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts (INCAA), European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs (EAVE) and Apulia Film Commission to open up new territories and give producers and financiers access to business opportunities that they simply won’t get elsewhere.

“We’re also celebrating our first successful year identifying Eastern European producers via our TRL Espresso initiative, which will see History Of Love go in to production in June”.

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Our national treasures The BFC is on hand to help international productions looking to take advantage of the UK’s extensive opportunities

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utside the capital, the wider UK has a wealth of opportunities for international productions looking to take advantage of generous tax reliefs, competitive costs, award-winning above and below-the-line talent, world-class production, VFX and post facilities and diverse locations.

Central to ensuring productions take full advantage of the UK’s offer, and to help them explore the regions, is the British Film Commission, which works proactively with producers and key executives around the world and gives expert advice on every aspect of a project.

While relationships have primarily been with key North American markets, the BFC has also been working with the BFI and the Department for Interna-

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THE WIFE The British Film Commission was key to supporting the production of Bjorn Runge’s The Wife in Scotland. “Scotland provides an extremely versatile location,” says producer Piers Tempest. “The decision to move the production substantially to Scotland was really a function of the location and great crew, combined with economic factors such as the favourable exchange rate, the UK tax credit and support from Creative Scotland.”

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tional Trade to make inroads into emerging markets including China. Regular BFC familiarisation trips for film, high-

end television and VFX enable overseas studios and producers to get a hands-on introduction to the UK’s offer.

“The British Film Commission is a shop window for the UK; the first point of contact for international filmmakers looking to bring film and TV projects to England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales,” says Iain Smith, producer and chairman of the British Film Commission.

“The UK has undoubtedly hit on a winning formula — a combination of acting, writing and directing talent in demand the world over; cutting-edge studios, post and VFX; an experienced crew base and, of course, a generous and user-friendly tax regime. But we are at the height of global competition and we can’t afford to be complacent.

The bespoke production support provided by the BFC and its partners throughout the UK is what gives us the edge.”

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The test audiences who have watched the series this way, says Campion, have embraced such an immersive undertaking. “They found it incredibly exciting to be engaged for so long and to be together and to talk about it together,” she explains. “Screening the whole six hours in one go is a challenge but those who trust the chef, as they say, will have a really unique experience.

“That’s why we’re really pleased to be at Cannes, as we love to share the series more than anything in the cinema,” the New Zealand filmmaker adds. “I love the idea that a limited series, especially a crime story, can be screened as a cinema

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experience. You can have about as much fun as you can have anywhere doing that with this.”

Much has been made of the fact this is the first year Cannes has invited two TV series to screen as part of official selection (David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is the other, of which two episodes are being shown).

Festival director Thierry Frémaux has described it as a way of “checking in with two important filmmakers, who happen to have now made TV series”.

‘Long film story’ Campion, who made 1990’s An Angel At My Table as a three-hour episodic TV series, describes the six hours of Top Of The Lake’s second series, which she co-wrote with regular collaborator Gerard Lee, as a “limited long film story… It’s one story and we see it as six chapters. [But] although the

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six hours is appealing, it is a lot of work.

It’s like doing the job of four features.

That is really exhausting.”

After two series of Top Of The Lake, the appeal of film is growing again for Campion, whose last one was 2009’s Bright Star.

“Film is so succinct,” she says, confirming her next project will be a feature adaptation of Rachael Kushner’s novel The Flamethrowers, set in 1970s New York.

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“A film is like going to an amazing restaurant that has a really curious menu. In two hours, you’re tasting food you will remember your whole life.”

Top Of The Lake: China Girl, while not exactly a sequel to the first series, takes place four years after the end of the first story. Elisabeth Moss returns as detective Robin Griffin, who goes to Sydney to meet the daughter (played by Campion’s own daughter Alice Englert) whom she gave up for adoption years earlier; Nicole Kidman plays the girl’s adoptive mother.

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‘My suggestion would be to have all-female Cannes juries. Everyone would have to think about how women think’

Top Of The Lake: China Girl split directing duties between Campion and rising Australian filmmaker Ariel Kleiman

Jane Campion

‘Jane wanted to direct the first episode but she didn’t want to direct her daughter where she has a lot of dramatic scenes’ Libby Sharpe, producer

concerning the search for the identity of an Asian girl whose body washed up on Bondi Beach.

Sydney, where Campion now lives, is a city seen rarely on screen by international audiences, and she wanted to capture its distinct Asian identity. In particular, the series has something to say about the plight of girls arriving from poor Asian countries, whose only way to earn a living is in the city’s legal brothels.

“What I love about being in this world is that it’s a platform for Gerard and me to share our tone,” says Campion of her desire to create a second season. “We have developed a way of seeing the world and of thinking that is quite particular to us. It’s tender and serious and can also be very funny without losing ground on any of the other areas. It’s not just a satire, or darkly comedic. It is quite loving as well.”

The series is produced by See-Saw Films for BBC Two in co-production with SundanceTV in the US, BBC First and Foxtel in Australia, and in association

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with Hulu in the US, ARTE in France and BBC Worldwide. Campion executive produced the series and co-directed with rising Australian filmmaker Ariel Kleiman, whose credits include Partisan.

“At one stage, we were going to have three directors shooting two episodes each, but once Ariel came on board we knew he could take on all four episodes.

He’s young, talented and enthusiastic,” says Sydney-based producer Libby Sharpe. “Jane wanted to direct the first episode introducing all the characters but she didn’t want to direct her daughter in the episodes where she has a lot of

dramatic scenes. They would rehearse her scenes on the weekends together but, on the filming days, Jane preferred Ariel to direct Alice.” Campion also directed episode five.

Jury selection Campion is back at Cannes three years after heading the Competition jury and 24 years after winning the Palme d’Or for The Piano (ex acqueo with Chen Kaige for Farewell My Concubine). She remains the only female director to do so. When asked her opinion on this in 2014, she pointed to Cannes only being able to work with

what was presented, and urged a change in funding practices and parity of opportunity for women filmmakers. This year, she despairs that just three of the 18 films in Competition are directed by women.

“Something has to change,” she says.

She has an interesting idea. “My suggestion would be, and everybody says it to Thierry, that it would be very brilliant to have all-female juries. Not that I think the women would say, ‘Oh, we’d better choose a woman winner,’ but that everyone at the festival would have to think about how women think. For once, they might be just thinking, ‘Well, what would women think of this?’ and choose subjects that women will relate to. I yearn for more imaginative energy going into how women see the world.”

Does Campion think the women on her jury (who included Carole Bouquet, Sofia Coppola, Jeon Do-yeon and Leila Hatami) thought differently? “Yes, I think they did,” she says. “They are very instinctive and passionate about what they like.” She guffaws when asked if she has any advice for this year’s jury president, Pedro Almodovar. “I don’t think Pedro needs my advice. He’ll have so much fun. I really enjoyed my jury experience a lot because of the other members of the jury. All of them were great. It wasn’t like I was the president. We were just a group and I did the counting.”

While in Cannes, Campion hopes to see Coppola’s Competition title The Beguiled (the two became close in 2014) and also They, the feature debut of Anahita Ghazvinizadeh, whose short film Needle won the Cinefondation prize when Campion headed that jury in 2013.

“She has such a beautiful, unique vision that it will be a real treat for anyone with a poetic bone in their body,” says Campion. Ghazvinizadeh’s film is showing as a Special Screening.

Cannes itself is a thing of pure joy for Campion, a true child of the festival (as described by Gilles Jacob). “As irritating as it is when you don’t win or you don’t get in, the Cannes Film Festival does something unique in the world,” she says. “Its curation is extraordinary and it has such beautifully high standards. I don’t think there is anything else like it.”

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film’s reception unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May ’68 will amplify this process, and the crisis shakes the filmmaker.

Deep-rooted conflicts and misunderstandings will change him irrevocably.

Revolutionary, off-thewall, destructive, brilliant, he will pursue his choices and his beliefs to breaking point.

FESTIVAL

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08:30 THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW & SELECTED) See box, right

TEHRAN TABOO

(Germany) 96mins.

Dir: Ali Soozandeh.

Cast: Elmira Rafizadeh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Marandi.

The lives of three strongwilled women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law. In this bustling, modern metropolis, avoiding prohibition has become an everyday sport and breaking taboos can be a means of personal emancipation.

Critics’ Week Miramar

08:45 JEANNETTE, THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC

(France) 106mins. Dir: Bruno Dumont. Cast: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin.

France, 1425: in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of eight, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy.

One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English.

Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl but Jeannette is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

09:30 BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE)

(France) 143mins.

Dir: Robin Campillo.

Cast: Nahuel Perez

Competition Lumiere Ticket required

11:45 MOBILE HOMES

FESTIVAL & PRESS 08:30 THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW & SELECTED)

(US) 114mins. Dir: Noah Baumbach. Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Marvel, Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adele Haenel.

Early 1990s: with Aids having already claimed countless lives for nearly 10 years, Act Up-Paris activists step up their actions to fight general indifference.

Nathan, a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean, a radical militant who throws his last bits of strength into the struggle.

Competition Salle Du 60Eme

11:00 BEFORE WE VANISH

(Japan) 129mins.

Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Hiroki Hasegawa.

Three aliens travel to Earth on a reconnaissance mission in preparation for a mass invasion. Having taken possession of human bodies, the visitors rob their hosts of the very essence of their being — all sense

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Adam Sandler.

An intergenerational tale of adult siblings contending with the influence of their ageing father.

Competition Lumiere Ticket required, press & Competition

of good, evil, property, family, belonging — leaving psychological and spiritual devastation in their wake.

Un Certain Regard Debussy Press

CLAIRE’S CAMERA

(South Korea) 69mins.

Dir: Hong Sangsoo.

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Kim Minhee, Chang Mihee, Jung Jinyoung, Yoon Heesun, Lee Wanmin, Kang Taeu, Shahira Fahmy, Mark Peranson.

On a business trip to the Cannes Film Festival, Manhee is accused of being dishonest, and fired. A teacher named Claire, who goes around taking photos with a Polaroid camera, gets to know Manhee and sympathises with her.

Through taking photos, Claire has acquired the ability to look slowly at things and to transform objects. Now, Claire goes

with Manhee to the cafe where she was fired.

Out of Competition Bunuel Press

HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES

(UK) 102mins.

Dir: John Cameron Mitchell. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning.

Suburban London in the late 1970s: under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless hero Enn. Hearing that local punk Queen Boadicea is throwing a party, Enn crashes the fun and discovers every horny boy’s dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it is lust at first sight. But these girls have come from a lot further away than America. They are, in fact, aliens from another galaxy, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When the dark secret behind the rite is revealed, our galaxycrossed lover Enn must turn to Boadicea and her punk followers for help in order to save the alien he loves from certain death.

Out of Competition Bazin Press

11:30 GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN

(Brazil) 125mins.

Dir: Fellipe Barbosa.

Cast: Caroline Abras, Joao Pedro Zappa, Luke Mpata.

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel decides to travel the world for one year, his backpack full of dreams. After 10 months on the road, he arrives in Kenya, where he is joined by his girlfriend.

But discovering Africa as a tourist is not enough for Gabriel. He decides to go deeper, leaving on his own for a journey across countries, new friendships and raw emotions to reach Mount Mulanje in Malawi, his final destination.

Critics’ Week Miramar

REDOUBTABLE

(France) 102mins.

Dir: Michel Hazanavicius.

Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Berenice Bejo.

Paris 1967: Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting ‘La Chinoise’ with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior. They marry but the

(Canada) 104mins.

Dir: Vladimir De Fontenay. Cast: Imogen Poots, Callum Turner, Callum Keith Rennie.

A wanderlust young mother must decide between her recklessly hypnotic boyfriend and the unspoken promise of finding a solid home for her son.

Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

12:30 REDOUBTABLE

(France) 102mins.

Dir: Michel Hazanavicius.

Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Berenice Bejo.

Competition Salle Du 60Eme

12:45 NAPALM

(France) 100mins.

Dir: Claude Lanzmann.

The breathtaking and brief encounter in 1958 between a French member of the first Western European delegation officially invited to North Korea after the devastating Korean war and a nurse working for the Korean Red Cross hospital, in Pyongyang. Nurse Kim Kun Sun and the French delegate had only one word in common both could understand: “Napalm”.

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FESTIVAL & PRESS 16:00 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES

(UK) 102mins. Dir: John Cameron Mitchell.

Cast: Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning.

Suburban London in the late ’70s: under the spell of the Sex Pistols, every teenager in the country wants to be a punk, including our hopeless

60 years later.

Out of Competition Bunuel Press

14:00 FORTUNATA

(Italy) 103mins.

Dir: Sergio Castellitto.

Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Borghi, Edoardo Pesce, Anna Schygulla.

Fortunata struggles to achieve her dreams, trying the best to be a good mother while fighting hard with her ex-husband.

But the overturning power of love will change her life, giving her new hope and a new chance for happiness.

Un Certain Regard Debussy Press

14:30 PLOT 35

(France) 67mins.

Dir: Eric Caravaca.

Plot 35 is a place that was never mentioned in my family; it is where my elder sister, who died aged three, is buried. The sister about whom I was told nothing, or nearly 44 Screen International at Cannes May 21, 2017

hero Enn. Hearing that local punk Queen Boadicea is throwing a party, Enn crashes the fun and discovers every horny boy’s dream; gorgeous foreign exchange students. When he meets the enigmatic Zan, it is lust at first sight. But these girls have come from a lot further away than America. They are, in

fact, aliens from another galaxy, sent to Earth to prepare for a mysterious rite of passage. When the dark secret behind the rite is revealed, our galaxycrossed lover Enn must turn to Boadicea and her punk followers for help in order to save the alien he loves from certain death.

nothing, and of whom my parents had oddly never kept a single photograph.

It was to make up for the missing images that I decided to make this film.

Thinking that I would simply chronicle a forgotten life, in fact I opened up the hidden door to a past that I was unaware of, to the subconscious memory that lies inside each of us and makes us what we are.

settlers. Faced with the failure of politics to solve the occupation issue, these men and women rise and act in the name of their civic consciousness.

This human energy is a proposal for long overdue change.

Special Screening Bazin Press

15:00 WEST OF THE JORDAN RIVER

(France) 90mins.

Dir: Amos Gitai.

Amos Gitai returns to the occupied territories for the first time since 1982. ‘West Of The Jordan River’ describes the efforts of citizens, Israelis and Palestinians, who are trying to overcome the consequences of occupation. Gitai’s film shows the human ties woven by the military, human rights activists, journalists, mourning mothers and even Jewish

Out of Competition Lumiere Ticket required

Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

16:00 HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES See box, above

WALKING PAST THE FUTURE

(China) 129mins.

Dir: Ruijun Li. Cast: Zishan Yang, Fang Yin. Yaoting, daughter of ageing migrant workers living in the city, is coping with harsh reality while their dreams of a better future are crumbling in an era of drastic changes in China. With litle hope of providing her family with a home of their own, she takes part in a series of highly paid medical experiments, with tragic consequences.

Un Certain Regard Bazin

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16:30 BEFORE WE VANISH

(Japan) 129mins.

Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Cast: Masami Nagasawa, Hiroki Hasegawa.

Un Certain Regard Debussy Press

GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN

(Brazil) 125mins.

Dir: Fellipe Barbosa. Cast: Caroline Abras, Joao Pedro Zappa, Luke Mpata.

Critics’ Week Miramar

PLOT 35

(France) 67mins.

Dir: Eric Caravaca.

Special Screening Salle Du 60Eme

17:45 COME SWIM

(US) 18mins. Dir: Kristen Stewart.

A diptych of one man’s day — half impressionist and half realist portraits.

Special Screening Salle Du 60Eme

Dir: Bruno Dumont.

Cast: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin.

Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

19:00 HAPPY END

(France) 107mins.

Dir: Michael Haneke.

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Franz Rogowski, Fantine Harduin.

A snapshot of the life of a bourgeois European family.

Competition Debussy Press

THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW & SELECTED)

(US) 114mins.

Dir: Noah Baumbach.

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Marvel, Adam Sandler.

Competition Lumiere Ticket required

19:15 CLAIRE’S CAMERA

JEANNETTE, THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC

(France) 106mins.

(South Korea) 69mins.

Dir: Hong Sangsoo.

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Kim Minhee, Chang

Mihee, Jung Jinyoung, Yoon Heesun, Lee Wanmin, Kang Taeu, Shahira Fahmy, Mark Peranson.

Out of Competition Bunuel

19:30 NAPALM See box, below

19:45 MAN OF IRON

(Poland) 153mins.

Dir: Andrzej Wajda.

Cast: Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Krystyna Janda.

Cold War drama charting the rise of the Solidarity movement in Poland.

Galway Film Fleadh 11th-16th July 2017

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20:00 COBY

(France) 77mins.

Dir: Christian Sonderegger.

Chagrin Falls, a small snow-covered village in the Midwest: that’s the place where Jacob and Sara, a perfectly matched couple, live. But Jacob has a secret: before being a man, he was a woman.

ACID Arcades 1

FESTIVAL & PRESS 19:30 NAPALM

(France) 100mins.

Dir: Claude Lanzmann.

The breathtaking and brief encounter in 1958 between a French member of the first Western European delegation officially invited to North Korea

after the devastating Korean war and a nurse working for the Korean Red Cross hospital, in Pyongyang. Nurse Kim Kun Sun and the French delegate had only one word in common both could understand: “Napalm”. Claude Lanzmann returned to

North Korea without permission to film and each take represents an extraordinary victory over the permanent control of the regime’s political police, who discovered the real reasons for his return, 60 years later.

Galway Film Fair 13th–16th July 2017

Out of Competition Bunuel Press

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THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW & SELECTED)

(US) 114mins.

Dir: Noah Baumbach.

Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Ben Stiller, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Marvel, Adam Sandler.

Competition Olympia 1 Market + Festival badges allowed/no press

20:30 LEBANON FACTORY

(Lebanon) 72mins.

Eight young directors from Lebanon showcase their talents.

Directors’ Fortnight Olympia 2

MOBILE HOMES

(Canada) 104mins.

Dir: Vladimir De Fontenay. Cast: Imogen Poots, Callum Turner, Callum Keith Rennie.

A wanderlust young mother must decide between her recklessly hypnotic boyfriend and the unspoken promise of finding a solid home for her son.

Cast: Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman.

A history of the country’s film industry.

Cannes Classics Bunuel

Cast: Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss.

Drama about an art installation that gets out of hand.

Competition Salle Du 60Eme

21:30

22:30

FORTUNATA

(Italy) 103mins.

Dir: Sergio Castellitto.

Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Stefano Accorsi, Alessandro Borghi, Edoardo Pesce, Anna Schygulla.

Un Certain Regard Debussy Press

22:00 GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN

(Brazil) 125mins. Dir: Fellipe Barbosa. Cast: Caroline Abras, Joao Pedro Zappa, Luke Mpata.

COBY

(France) 77mins. Dir: Christian Sonderegger.

ACID Arcades 2

HAPPY END

(France) 107mins.

Dir: Michael Haneke.

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Mathieu Kassovitz, Franz Rogowski, Fantine Harduin.

Competition Bazin Press

REDOUBTABLE

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REDOUBTABLE

(France) 102mins.

Dir: Michel Hazanavicius.

Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Berenice Bejo.

THE VILLAINESS

DAVID STRATTON — A CINEMATIC LIFE

THE SQUARE

(South Korea) 129mins.

Dir: Jung Byung-Gil. Cast: Kim Ok-Vin, Shin Ha-Kyun, Bang SungJun. The endless vengeance of a mysterious lady who has been raised as a killer.

(Australia) 97mins.

Dir: Sally Aitken.

(Sweden) 142mins.

Dir: Ruben Ostlund.

Out of Competition Lumiere Ticket required

Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

21:00

Competition Lumiere Ticket required

FESTIVAL & PRESS 22:30 REDOUBTABLE

(France) 102mins. Dir: Michel Hazanavicius. Cast: Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Berenice Bejo.

Paris 1967: Jean-Luc Godard, the leading filmmaker of his generation, is shooting ‘La Chinoise’ with the woman he loves, Anne Wiazemsky, 20 years his junior.

They marry but the film’s reception

unleashes a profound self-examination in Jean-Luc. The events of May ’68 will amplify this process, and the crisis that shakes the filmmaker. Deep-rooted conflicts and misunderstandings will change him irrevocably. Revolutionary, off-the-wall, destructive, brilliant, he will pursue his choices and his beliefs to breaking point.

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Detectives Ray Archer and Will Ruiney partner up with journalist Christi Davies to catch a serial killer playing a murderous version of the game ‘Hangman’.

Before entering a prestigious American university, Gabriel decides to travel the world for one year, his backpack full of dreams. After 10 months on the road, he arrives in Kenya where he is joined by his girlfriend. But discovering Africa as a tourist is not enough for Gabriel.

He decides to go deeper, leaving on his own for a journey across countries, new friendships and raw emotions to reach Mount Mulanje in Malawi, his final destination.

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09:15 GABRIEL AND THE MOUNTAIN

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125mins. Dir: Fellipe Barbosa. Cast: Joao Pedro Zappa, Caroline Abbras, Alex Alembe Asukule.

(Russia) Indie Sales.

121mins. Dir: Klim Shipenko. Cast: Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Pavel Derevyanko, Alexandr Samoylenko, Maria Mironova, Oksana Fandera, Lubov Novikova.

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1985: the Soviet space station Salyut 7, which is in low Earth orbit, suddenly stops responding to commands from the control centre. To investigate the failure, people must be sent to the station. Yet no one in history has ever attempted to dock an uncontrolled vehicle in space.

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A young UN programme co-ordinator risks his life and the woman he loves to expose a conspiracy at the highest level of the organisation.

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Having distanced himself from urban life years ago, Reza turned to goldfish

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BETWEEN LAND AND SEA

(Ireland) Cercamon.

90mins. Dir: Ross Whitaker.

A year in the life of an Irish surf town at the mercy of the Atlantic Ocean.

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C’EST LA VIE!

(France) Gaumont.

115mins. Dir: Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache. Cast: Gilles Lellouche.

A behind-the-scenes view of a wedding party that is like life itself: full of ups and downs, laughter and tears, hardships and humour. A roller-coaster of emotions, both realistic and magical.

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FREDDY/EDDY

(Germany) Jinga Films.

94mins. Dir: Tini Tuellmann. Cast: Felix Schaefer, Jessica Schwarz, Greta Bohacek, Burghart Klaussner, Katharina

Schuettler, Robert Stadlober.

After being accused of beating his wife, Freddy discovers that his twin brother Eddy, who supposedly died at birth, has now reappeared and is intent on destroying his life.

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LA PARISIENNE

(France) Orange Studio.

100mins. Dir: Ludovic Bernard. Cast: Florent Peyre, Elodie Fontan.

Parisian working girl Sibylle desperately needs to land a promotion, which she will obtain by buying out a hardware store in order to open a supermarket instead. But the store is located in a rural and traditional area of the southwest of France: the Basque Country. Sibylle thinks she tricked the landlord, but to close the deal she must negotiate with Ramon, the landlord’s nephew. From the start, she

knows it won’t be easy as the Basques don’t intend to let a Parisian girl boss them around, no matter how pretty she is.

Estranged from his family, a retired lawyer grows close to his new neighbours until catastrophe pulls them apart.

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WIFE & HUSBAND

(France) Alfama Films.

95mins. Dir: Clara Laperrousaz, Laura Laperrousaz. Cast: Ana Girardot, Agathe Bonitzer, Clement Roussier.

For the holidays, Gabriel and Iris return to Portugal with their daughters Emma and Zoe, irresistible six-year-old twins. In the heart of a solar landscape, between bathing in the river and their kids’ laughter, the couple’s past resurfaces.

(Italy) True Colours.

100mins. Dir: Simone Godano. Cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Kasia Smutniak, Valerio Aprea, Sebastian Dimulescu, Gaetano Bruno, Francesca Agostini, Paola Calliari, Marta Gastini, Flavio Furno.

Following an incredible experiment, Andrea, a brilliant neurosurgeon, and his wife Sofia, an ambitious TV host, suddenly find themselves in each other’s body, swapping their whole lives. Forced to be in their partners’ shoes and everyday routine, they will be able to see their relationship from a

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LA TENEREZZA

(Italy) Rai Com. 103mins.

Dir: Gianni Amelio. Cast: Elio Germano, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Micaela Ramazzotti, Renato Carpentieri.

completely different point of view.

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THE WORK

(US) Dogwoof. 87mins.

Dir: Jairus Mcleary, Gethin Aldous.

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THE YOUNG WITH NO FEAR

(China) Dream App. 95mins. Dir: Dongmin Wu. Gray 4

THE WORKSHOP

(France) Films Distribution. 114mins.

Dir: Laurent Cantet.

Cast: Marina Fois, Matthieu Lucci.

La Ciotat, the south of France, summer. Antoine has agreed to attend a writing workshop in which a few young people have to write a crime thriller with the help of Olivia, a famous novelist. The writing process will recall the town’s industrial past, a form of nostalgia that doesn’t interest Antoine.

More concerned with the fears of the modern world, the young man soon clashes with the group and Olivia,

09:45 THE CASE FOR CHRIST

(US) Pure Flix/Quality Fix. 126mins. Dir: Jonathan Gunn. Cast: Mike Vogel, Erika Christensen, Faye Dunaway, L Scott Caldwell, Frankie Faison.

When an atheist reporter for the ‘Chicago Tribune’ learns his wife has become born again, he sets out to prove Christianity is a cult by interviewing leading apologists, only to discover the truth for himself.

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MR & MRS ADELMAN

(France) Le Pacte.

120mins. Dir: Nicolas

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Bedos. Cast: Nicolas Bedos, Doria Tillier.

A love story between a famous writer and his muse. The latter, who was also his wife, remembers the various ups and downs of their long and adventurous relationship.

and his accent from the Vosges mountains. She is there to meet him when he is released from jail. They want to get married so that nothing will ever part them again. But...

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BEYOND SKYLINE

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(US) Film Constellation.

118mins. Dir: Rory Kennedy.

An in-depth portrait of a living surf legend.

(US) Red Sea Media.

105mins. Dir: Liam O’Donnell.

A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.

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TAKE EVERY WAVE: THE LIFE OF LAIRD HAMILTON

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BYPASS

(South Africa) Princ Films. 90mins. Dir: Shane Vermooten. Cast: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Natalie Becker, Melisa Haiden.

When Dr Lisa Cooper, a renowned cardiac surgeon, is forced to make decisions regarding the life of her son, Sam, she has no choice but to turn her back on

BELINDA

(France) Be For Films.

107mins. Dir: Marie Dumora.

Belinda is 23. She lives with her father, Frantz.

She still loves dresses, highheeled shoes and wearing her hair in a chignon. But, more than anything, she loves Thierry, his blue eyes

the medical system she has devoted her life to.

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THE GODDESSES OF FOOD

(France) Autlook Filmsales. 90mins.

Dir: Verane Frediani.

In the male-dominated food universe, discover the women changing the game on all levels.

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MAKALA

(France) Les Films Du Losange. 97mins. Dir: Emmanuel Gras. Cast: Kabwita Kasongo.

A young man from a village in the Congo hopes to offer his family a better future. When he sets out on a perilous journey to sell the fruits of his labour, he discovers the the price of his dreams.

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NEW LIFE

(US) Cinema

Management Group.

88mins. Dir: Drew Waters. Cast: Erin Bethea, Jonathan Patrick Moore, Terry O’Quinn, James Marsters, Bill Cobbs.

Benjamin Morton’s life changed forever the day he met the little girl next door.

Ava was and always would be the girl of his dreams.

What began as a childhood friendship grows into a meaningful relationship as the two plan out their lives together. When life takes a turn neither of them expected, their entire future is called into question and they must decide what it really means to make the most of life.

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PHOENIX FORGOTTEN

(US) The Exchange.

80mins. Dir: Justin Barber. Cast: Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Florence Hartigan.

In the spring of 1997, thousands of Phoenix

residents claimed to have witnessed mysterious lights in the sky. This phenomenon, known as ‘The Phoenix Lights’, remains the most famous UFO sighting in American history. That same year, on July 23, three students went missing while investigating the strange source of the lights in the nearby desert and were never seen again. Twenty years later, Sarah Bishop, a documentary filmmaker and younger sibling of one of the missing, returns to Phoenix to delve into the their disappearances.

Entertainment. 92mins.

Dir: Laura Poitras.

Documentary about controversial figure, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.

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(Mexico) MK2 Films.

103mins. Dir: Michel Franco. Cast: Emma Suarez, Hernan Mendoza, Joanna Larequi.

Valeria is pregnant by her teenage boyfriend but she hasn’t informed her absent mother April. When her sister Clara goes behind her back and calls April, she arrives full of concern, support and tenderness. But

REFUGEE VOICES IN FILM — UNHCR

Iefta. 90mins.

The use of film in addressing the most pertinent global humanitarian crisis of our time.

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RISK

(US) Submarine

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DOCUMENTARY LINE-UP HOPE – THE SOUND OF LIFE

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Daniel Hope is one of the greatest violinist of our age and part of the avant-garde of a new generation of classical musicians. But his exceptional biography is also a story of escape, expulsion and desire for self-discovery.

Today Hope is music director of the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, artistic partner of the New Century Chamber Orchestra San Francisco, and artistic director of the Savannah Music Festival.

Imagine a society in which animals are no longer exploited for human use. This documentary explores the idea of a world without meat.

FROM BUSINESS TO BEING

EL VIAJE

How do we want to live and work? Can mediation and aware-ness-training help to free people from stress provoking patterns of thinking and behaving?

In the search for answers we meet experts from economy, science and mediation.

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A ROAD TRIP INTO CHILES MUSICAL HERITAGE A vibrant journey through Chile and its musical tradition, the “Nueva Cancion Chilena“ - the protest music of an entire nation and generation.

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once the baby is born, it soon becomes clear why Valeria wanted to keep April as far away as possible.

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LA BARRACUDA

(US) Media Luna New Films. 100mins. Dir: Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin.

Cast: Allison Tolman, Sophie Reid, Jobeth Williams.

A young British woman named Sinaloa hitchhikes deep into Texas to meet Merle, her half-sister by way of their dead country musician father. As the two women get to know each other, Sinaloa’s chaotic influence starts to unravel Merle’s stable life.

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Johan is the self-made king of his small town. But when you’re at the top, you have to fight harder than ever to stay there.

BECKER — SMALL TOWN GANGSTER

(Sweden) Yellow Affair. 87mins. Dir: Martin Larsson. Cast: Henrik Lillier, Peter Lorentzon, Estelle Lofgren.

CHARMING (WORK IN PROGRESS)

THE BIG BAD FOX & OTHER TALES

(France) Studiocanal.

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INCARNATION

(Serbia) Jinga Films.

83mins. Dir: Filip Kovacevic. Cast: Arsenije Arsic, Dejan Cicmilovic, Stojan Djordevic.

A man wakes on a bench without any idea who or where he is until he is shot dead by four masked assassins. The man wakes on the same bench thinking his death was a dream until the assassins reappear and kill him again. Stuck in a hellish loop, he tries to unravel the mystery and with each death he gets closer to the truth.

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JUST DIVORCED

(France) Other Angle Pictures. 95mins. Dir: Maxime Govare. Cast: Vincent Elbaz, Laurence Arne, Gregory Fitoussi, Jean-Francois Cayrey.

After 10 years of marriage, Adrien, eternal irresponsible teenager, gets dumped by Maude, who wants to start

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Arcades 1

(Canada) SC Films International. 100mins.

Dir: Ross Venokur.

Cast: Demi Lovato, Sia, Wilmer Valderrama.

Family animated comedy adventure about a young prince cursed with an irresistible appeal, and the one kick-ass girl who wants him for nothing but money.

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MARKET

109mins. Dir: Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert.

The countryside isn’t always as calm and peaceful as it’s made out to be, and the animals on this farm are particularly agitated: a fox who mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork, and a duck who wants to be Santa Claus.

If you think life in the country is a walk in the park, think again!

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a family. Still in love with her and co-owner of their apartment, Adrien refuses to leave the place, despite Maude’s new boyfriend living with them. He strikes back by opening a nursery in his soon-to-be former apartment.

From now on, they will have to live together with a bunch of three-year old-children.

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LAST LAUGH

(China) MPM Film. 80mins.

Dir: Zhang Tao. Cast: Yu Fengyuan, Li Fengyun, Chen Shilan, Pan Yun, Ruan Fengming, Zhang Jun, Wei Yongzhi.

After fainting one day, elderly peasant Lin Guoshi is declared disabled and placed on the waiting list of a nursing home. Until a vacant room comes up, she is left to wander from one of her children’s houses to the next, experiencing the new values and needs of a fast changing China.

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(Tunisia) Jour2Fete. 100mins.

Dir: Kaouther Ben Hania. Cast: Ghanem Zrelli, Mariam Al Ferjani.

During a student party, Mariam, a young

Tunisian woman, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. A long night will begin, during which she’ll have to fight for her rights and her dignity. But how can justice be had when it lies on the side of the tormentors?

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MOUNTAIN MIRACLE — AN UNEXPECTED FRIENDSHIP

(Germany) Arri Media International. 97mins. Dir: Tobias Wiemann. Cast: Mia Kasalo, Samuel Girardi, Susanne Bormann, Denis Moschitto, Jasmin Tabatabai, Jerry Hoffmann, David Bredin, Shenia Pitschmann.

Amelie thinks of herself as a tough big-city brat and she probably is indeed the most stubborn girl in all of Berlin.

Amelie doesn’t let anyone tell her what to do, least of all her parents, who ship her off to a special clinic in the mountains after just another asthma attack. Exactly what Amelie definitely doesn’t want. But instead of getting help at the clinic, she runs off and flees to a place where certainly no one would expect to find her: the top of the mountain.

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PORCUPINE LAKE

(Canada) Outplay. 85mins.

Dir: Ingrid Veninger. Cast: Charlotte Salisbury, Lucinda Armstrong, Christopher Bolton, Delphine Roussel.

A story of bravery, small-town summer love and the secret life of girls.

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Doc Corner. 120mins.

Initiated last year with the 56 Screen International at Cannes May 21, 2017

support of JustFilms-Ford Foundation, the Doc Corner is proud to present a new selection of documentary works-inprogress, in collaboration with the Producers Network and La Fabrique Cinema de l’Institut Francais.

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ROMANS

(UK) Wide. 91mins.

Dir: Ludwig Shammasian, Paul Shammasian.

Cast: Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Charlie Creed-Miles, Anne Reid.

The story of a man still struggling to come to terms with crippling insecurity and residue of his childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a trusted and idolised priest.

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SERPENT

(South Africa) Voltage Pictures. 88mins. Dir: Amanda Evans. Cast: Sarah Dumont, Tom Ainsley.

A thrilling ride that will make you rethink your next camping trip!

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12:00 APRIL FLOWERS

(US) Summerside International. 84mins. Dir: Christopher Tedrick. Cast: Celina Jade, Jon Fletcher, Keir Dullea, Kate Middleton.

The discovery of an anonymous journal sets April on a quest across New York City in search of the author.

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BLOODY MILK

(France) Pyramide International. 90mins.

Dir: Hubert Charuel.

Cast: Swann Arlaud, Sara Giraudeau, Isabelle Candelier-Parnes.

Pierre is a 30-year-old dairy farmer. His life revolves around the family farm he took over, his cows, his veterinarian sister and his parents. When the first cases of an epidemic break out in France, Pierre finds out one of his animals is infected. Losing his cows is not an option for Pierre. He has nothing else and he will do whatever it takes to save them.

Samuel, Matilda Brown, Rachel Ward.

Chronicles the life and great love of an extraordinary man who experiences time in reverse — wandering blindly into the past, while remembering the future.

The film charts Bloom’s rise from scientific oddity to international superstar as he searches for love and meaning in this strange, backwards world. Over the years, he has a string of romances while challenging our preconceived notions about life, death and the nature of time. When the world proves to be not yet ready for Bloom’s radical ideas, his fall from grace is as swift as it is tragic. But for Bloom, the end is only the beginning.

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SOONYI (THE EXECUTIONER’S DAUGHTER)

Mirovision.

WATER AND SUGAR: CARLO DI PALMA THE COLOURS OF LIFE

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(Italy) Adriana Chiesa Enterprises. 90mins.

Dir: Fariborz Kamkari.

A journey into Italian cinema.

THE DEATH AND LIFE OF OTTO BLOOM

FACES PLACES (VISAGES VILLAGES)

(Australia) Global Screen Gmbhmins. 84mins. Dir: Cris Jones. Cast: Xavier

(France) Cohen Media Group. 100mins.

Dir: Agnes Varda, JR.

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Cast: Agnes Varda, JR. Agnes Varda and JR have a few things in common.

They share a passion for art and they love talking to people. They share part of their lives to create a simple, humorous and peaceful chronicle, and road movie of their friendship.

against his older brother.

HEAVEN KNOWS WHAT

(US) Stray Dogs. 85mins.

Dir: Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie. Cast: Caleb Landry Jones, Arielle Holmes.

A vagabond couple in NYC battle addiction amid a manic love affair.

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DELHI BUS

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(Italy) Intramovies.

102mins. Dir: Massimiliano Bruno. Cast: Marco Giallini, Alessandro Gassmann, Valeria Bilello, Carolina Crescentini.

Ernesto and Filippo, two high school teachers, couldn’t be more different: Filippo is a cheerful liberal who is constantly online.

Handsome and youthful, he is a serial seducer on the social networks. Ernesto is a stern conservative, rigorously computerless. He is probably the last person around who still has a first-generation mobile phone. They used to be best friends but an unresolved fight kept them far apart, until the day fate intervened and they found themselves teaching at the same school. Their opposite viewpoints will soon and inevitably lead to a new clash.

in Argentina contrasting with the crimes he is charged with in Israel.

(India) Rahat Kazmi Films. 92mins.

Dir: Sharique Minhaj.

Cast: Nileema Azim, Mushtak Khan, Anjan Srivastav, Vickey Ahuja.

Based on a real incident in which a girl was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi.

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IGNORANCE IS BLISS

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MARKET 12:00 JEANNETTE, THE CHILDHOOD OF JOAN OF ARC

(France) Luxbox 106mins. Dir: Bruno Dumont.

France, 1425: in the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of eight, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she

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PRE-CRIME

(Germany) Rise And Shine World Sales.

90mins. Dir: Monika Hielscher, Matthias Heeder.

Sci-fi turns into disturbing

tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but Jeannette is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of the Kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc. Olympia 4

fact as forecasting software, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing to abandon for the sake of security?

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REMEMORY

(US) Great Point Media.

99mins. Dir: Mark Palansky. Cast: Peter Dinklage, Anton Yelchin, Julia Ormond.

A visionary inventor found dead. A machine that can record people’s memories. A man haunted by the past.

This noir mystery explores the ways in which memory defines the present.

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(Mongolia) California Pictures. 101mins.

Dir: Zolbayar Dorj. Cast: Brittany Belt, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Batmend Baast.

Renowned horse trainer Bold recruits Dambii’s oldest son to compete in the town’s most prestigious horse race. Dambii’s middle son, deemed too young to ride Bold’s prized horse, becomes jealous and secretly trains to race

(Italy) Premium Films.

91mins. Dir: Andrea Magnani. Cast: Nicola Nocella, Ostap Stupka, Orest Garda, Libero De Rienzo, Barbara Bouchet.

Isidoro, aka Easy, is depressed. His career as a car racer golden boy stopped when he couldn’t fit in his car any more after he piled too much weight.

One day, his brother comes to him with a job: drive a coffin with the body of an Ukrainian bricklayer, from Italy to Ukraine.

Unfortunately, he might go by the name of Easy, but for him nothing is, and he will soon get lost.

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THE GERMAN NEIGHBOUR

(Argentina) Wide House.

94mins. Dir: Rosario Cervio, Martin Liji.

Cast: Antonella Saldicco.

In 1960, Adolf Eichmann was kidnapped in Buenos Aires and taken illegally to Jerusalem for a trial.

This film shows, through the eyes and research work of a young journalist, the awkward life of Eichmann

GOOK

(US) Kinology. 94mins.

Dir: Justin Chon. Cast: Simone Baker, Justin Chon, Curtiss Cook Jr. Eli and Daniel, two Korean American brothers who own a struggling women’s shoe store, have an unlikely friendship with 11-year-old Kamilla. On the first day of the 1992 LA riots, the trio must defend their store, and contemplate the meaning of family, their personal dreams and the futures.

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THE INTRUDER

(Italy) The Match Factory.

95mins. Dir: Leonardo Di Costanzo. Cast: Raffaella Giordano, Valentina Vannino, Marcello Fonte.

Set in present day Naples: like a modern Antigone, a social worker on the frontline of the daily war against criminal mentality is confronted with a moral choice.

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(India) Inner Silence Films. 99mins. Dir: Jayan Cherian. Cast: Naseera Naseera, Rajesh Kannan, Jason Chacko, Ashwin Mathew, Hareesh Peradi, Cukoo Saritha.

Three young people — Haris, a gay painter; Vishnu, a rural kabaddi player and their friend Sia, an activist who refuses to conform to dominant norms of femininity —

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struggle to find space and happiness in a conservative Indian City.

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JUST LIKE OUR PARENTS

(Brazil) Wild Bunch.

105mins. Dir: Laís Bodanzky.

Rosa longs only to be perfect: in her job, as a mother, daughter, wife… The harder she tries, the more she feels she’s getting it all wrong.

Until one day her mother drops a bombshell and Rosa begins to rediscover her true self.

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LET THE GIRLS PLAY

LUIS

(France) Indie Sales.

88mins. Dir: Julien Hallard. Cast: Max Boublil, Vanessa Guide, Bruno Lochet.

Reims, France, 1969: Paul Coutard is a sports journalist at a daily newspaper. Forced to plan the paper’s annual fair with executive assistant Emmanuelle Bruno, he comes up with a crazy idea: organise the first women’s football match in France.

(Dominican Republic) Habanero. 98mins.

Dir: Archie Lopez.

Cast: Alfonso Rodriguez, Axel Mansilla, Sergio Echenique.

An honest and respected Chief of Police struggles to keep his spoiled teenage son on the right track. When he is eventually caught in a transgression of the law, they will both have to confront the true meaning of justice, compliance and privilege in a society marked by deep social contradictions.

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LITTLE HARBOUR THE LEGEND OF TIMM THALER OR THE BOY WHO SOLD HIS LAUGHTER

(Germany) Beta Cinema.

102mins. Dir: Andreas Dresen. Cast: Arved Friese, Justus Von Dohnanyi, Axel Prahl.

A touching story about a boy who is tempted to sell his laughter.

(Slovakia) Loco Films.

85mins. Dir: Iveta Grofova. Cast: Vanessa Szamuhelova, Matus Bacisin, Katarina Kamencova.

Inspired by true events: the extraordinary story of two children raising abandoned twin babies.

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MARRY ME, DUDE

(France) Studiocanal.

110mins. Dir: Tarek Boudali.

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MONK

(Netherlands) Picture Tree International. 74mins.

Dir: Ties Schenk.

Cast: Teun Stokkel,

Olivia Lonsdale, Marina Gatel, Sam Louwyck.

A teenage hypochondriac and his equally peculiar mother, father and adolescent sister set out on a tumultuous road trip from Amsterdam to Spain when a family member falls severely ill.

a Zulu king. Caught between two men, two families and two countries, Lou has to come to terms with who she is so she can fight for what she wants.

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(US) Seville International.

85mins. Dir: Ben Rekhi.

Cast: Sam Keely, Melissa Leo, Kal Penn, Hera Hilmar, Radhika Apte.

After receiving a cryptic message, American skeptic Jamie journeys deep into the Indian Himalayas to pick up on the trail of his disappeared girlfriend.

There, he discovers a secretive community led by a guru with strange and mystical powers who may or may not be involved in her disappearance.

As Jamie travels deeper down the rabbit hole, he quickly realises that this mysterious community may be harbouring secrets

ZULU WEDDING

(South Africa) National Film & Video Foundation Of South Africa. 110mins.

Dir: Lineo Sekeleoane.

Cast: Darrin Dewitt Henson, Nondumiso Tembe, Carl Anthony Payne Ii. Lou left South Africa and her Zulu-Sotho heritage behind to become a dancer in America.

When she falls in love with Tex, she knows he’s the man to marry. But when she brings Tex home to meet her family, she discovers she’s been promised since birth to

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far beyond anything he could have ever imagined.

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THE BASICS OF KILLING

(Slovenia) Slovenian Film Centremins. 99mins.

Dir: Jan Cvitkovic.

Cast: Primoz Vrhovec, Irena Kovacevic, Miha Kosec.

Follows the demise of an idyllic relationship between parents Marko and Dunja, which falls apart entirely due to lack of respect that is itself a result of the loss of a job and the consequent financial ruin. As the story progresses, the burden that the parents are unable to carry is slowly beginning to fall more and more onto the children’s shoulders.

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BLACK HOLLOW CAGE

(Spain) Reel Suspects.

106mins. Dir: Sadrac Gonzalez-Perellon. Cast: Lowena McDonell, Julian Nicholson.

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of the farm where they grew up together.

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EL SERENO

(Uruguay) Habanero.

89mins. Dir: Oscar Estevez, Joaquin Mauad.

Cast: Gaston Pauls, Cesar Trancoso, Alvaro Armand Ugon, Cecilia Caballero, Valentina Barrios.

Fernando is a tormented man who finds a night job watching over a soon-tobe-demolished abandoned warehouse. Intrigued by strange noises coming out of what was supposed to be an empty building, he starts wandering off his post. He could not anticipate the disturbing events that would follow.

MARKET 14:00 IT’S NOT YET DARK

(Ireland) Autlook FilmSales. 81mins.

Dir: Frankie Fenton.

Narrated by Colin Farrell, the incredible story of young Irish filmmaker A girl who lives secluded in a house in the woods with only the company of her father and a wolfhound, finds among the trees a mysterious cubic device with the ability to change the past.

Simon Fitzmaurice, who after a diagnosis of Motor Neurone Disease went on to direct an awardwinning feature film solely through the use of his eyes.

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HIPERSOMNIA

(Argentina) Blood Window. 92mins.

Dir: Gabriel Grieco.

Cast: Yamila Saud.

A thriller about human trafficking in Argentina.

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IT’S NOT YET DARK CHAVELA

(US) Latido Films.

90mins. Dir: Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi. Cast: Chavela Vargas, Pedro Almodovar.

An affectionate portrait of a charismatic and exceptional artist.

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GHOST HUNTING

(France) UDI — Urban Distribution International.

94mins. Dir: Raed Andoni. Cast: Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammed ‘Abu Atta’ Khattab, Raed Andoni, Atef Al-Akhras.

In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex-prisoners to build a replica of Al-Moskobiya, Israel’s main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed aged 18.

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JAWBONE

(UK) Independent.

92mins. Dir: Thomas Napper. Cast: Johnny Harris, Ray Winstone, Michael Smiley.

Former youth boxing champion Jimmy McCabe, after hitting rock bottom, returns to his childhood boxing club and his old team, gym owner Bill and corner-man Eddie.

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LOS CABOS GOES TO CANNES

(Mexico) Los Cabos International Film Festival. 110mins.

Mariana is 42 years old, a member of the Chilean upper class that takes privilege for granted.

Scorned by her father and neglected by her husband, Mariana still has the means to occupy her days with fertility treatments, running an art gallery and learning to ride a horse.

Her riding instructor, Juan, is 20 years her senior, a former cavalry officer known as The Colonel who is under investigation for human rights abuses committed decades before.

When Mariana embarks on an affair with her enigmatic teacher, she’s directly confronted with the outrages of the dictatorship for the first time and her increasing interest threatens to tear down the invisible walls protecting her family from the past.

STAND-UP, GIRL!

(France) Gaumont.

100mins. Dir: Nawell Madani, Ludovic Colbeau-Justin. Cast: Nawell Madani, Francois Berleand.

Lila, a young Belgian girl from the suburbs, has only one thing on her mind: to become a comedian.

Although this is not

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE

(Spain) Film Factory Entertainment. 90mins.

Dir: Cuevas Federico.

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(China) Next. 60mins.

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15:30 BITCH

(US) MPI Media Group.

93mins. Dir: Marianna Palka. Cast: Jason Ritter, Jaime King, Marianna Palka.

Sick of her cheating, workaholic husband and her ungrateful kids, Jill turns herself into a vicious dog.

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MAD TO BE NORMAL

(UK) Double Dutch International. 106mins.

Dir: Robert Mullan.

Cast: David Tennant, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Gambon, Gabriel Byrne.

The story of RD Laing, one of Scotland’s greatest ever minds.

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LOS PERROS

(Panama) Panama Film Commissionmins.

71mins. Dir: Jorge Ameer.

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(France) Films Boutique.

94mins. Dir: Marcela Said. Cast: Blanca Lewin, Hector Noguera, Jorge Becker.

102mins. Dir: Kirsten Tan. Cast: Thaneth Warakulnukroh, Penpak Sirikul, Chaiwat Khumdee, Yukontorn Sukkijja, Narong Pongpab.

On a chance encounter, a disenchanted architect bumps into his long-lost elephant on the streets of Bangkok. Excited, he takes his elephant on a journey across Thailand, in search

exactly what her father had in mind for her. She leaves her hometown well determined to conquer Paris and make a name for herself in showbiz.

Facing struggles and disillusions, Lila will give it all to show her talent.

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POP AYE

(Mexico) Media Luna New Films.

83mins.

Dir: Armando Casas. Cast: Luis Arrieta.

Mateo and his best friend David are architects and prepare the most important presentation of their lives.

Problem: Mateo suffers from extreme

shyness and panic attacks. So, to calm down, he takes a sip of a drink, unwillingly creating his nemesis: Malacopa, who crashes the presentation and persuades the investors to close the deal. But then he also tries to take over Mateo’s personal life, causing a chain of misunderstandings.

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(Singapore) Cercamon.

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start their new lives. Then, after witnessing one of their vicious fights, their 12-yearold son disappears.

until the party morphs into a genuine nightmare.

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LUCKY

(US) Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing.

88mins. Dir: John Carroll Lynch. Cast: Harry Dean Stanton, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr, Tom Skerritt, Beth Grant.

Follows the spiritual journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters who inhabit his off-the-map desert town.

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MARKET 15:30 IN TIMES OF FADING LIGHT

(Germany) Beta Cinema. 100mins. Dir: Matti Geschonneck.

Cast: Bruno Ganz, Sylvester Groth, Hildegard Schmahl, Alexander Fehling,

THE FAMILY WHISTLE

(Italy) Flexymovies.

70mins. Dir: Michele Russo. Cast: Francis Ford Coppola, Sofia Coppola, Talia Shire, Robert Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, Marc Coppola.

A documentary exploring the origins of the famed Coppola family of musicians and filmmakers.

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FANTASTICA

(China) Fantawild Animation. 83mins. Dir: Leon Ding, Yongchang Lin, Huida Lin. An intrepid robot named Coco discovers the whereabouts of the Golden Antlers and counts on a group of friends to fend off an elite group of thieves from the real world.

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JUST TO BE SURE

(France) SND — Groupe M6 95mins. Dir: Carine Tardieu. Cast: Francois

Natalia Belitski, Peter Kurth.

Just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, the birthday celebrations of an East German family turn into a tragicomic moment of political and personal breakdown.

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Damiens, Cecile De France, Andre Wilms, Guy Marchand.

Erwan, 45, finds out his father is not his biological father. His real father is Joseph, a man her mother briefly knew. How unlucky that Erwan had just fallen in love with the beautiful Anna, who happens to be Joseph’s only daughter!

Unable to confront Bastien, who raised him, or to reveal his identity to Joseph and Anna, Erwan also has to deal with Juliette, his own daughter. Now several months pregnant, she still doesn’t know who the father of her baby is. All of sudden Erwan’s life just got really complicated.

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JUZE

(India) Films Boutique.

93mins. Dir: Miransha Naik. Cast: Rushikesh Naik, Sudesh Bhise, Prashanti Talpankar.

Santosh boy, is determined to continue with school despite regular beatings from Juze, the ‘Slum

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Landlord’. As events build to breaking point, Santosh’s passive resistance evolves into the realisation that he must confront Juze and finally achieve freedom from fear.

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THE LAST SUIT

(Spain) Latido Films.

89mins. Dir: Pablo Solarz.

Cast: Miguel Angel Sola, Angela Molina, Natalia Verbeke, Martin Piroyansky, Julia Beerhold.

Abraham Bursztein, an 88-year-old Jewish tailor leaves Buenos Aires for Poland, where he will try to find the man who saved him from certain death during the Nazi occupation. Against all odds, after more than seven decades with no news from him, Abraham will attempt to find his old friend and fulfil his promise of returning one day to tell him all about the life he lived thanks to his courage.

Rudolph’s family.

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LOVELESS

(Russia) Wild Bunch.

128mins. Dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev. Cast: Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov.

Divorcing couple Zhenya and Boris are impatient to

(France) Gaumont.

96mins. Dir: Tony T Datis. Cast: Marc ‘Kemar’ Jarousseau, Nathalie ‘Natoo’ Odzierejko, Yvick ‘Mister V’ Letexier.

A gang of friends, wise guys and web addicts, plan on ringing in the New Year in a mansion in the middle of nowhere, with no internet connection… a first time for all of them!

But as soon as they arrive, strange events begin to perturb the festive mood,

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(Japan) Toei Company.

85mins. Dir: Ken Ninomiya. Cast: Fighter Matsumoto, Daishi Matsunaga, Takeo Kikuchi, Tatsuo Kobayashi.

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(Hungary) Cercamon.

83mins. Dir: Gyorgy Kristof. Cast: Sandor Terhes.

The power plant is closing — unemployment takes over a town in eastern Slovakia. Agoston, a family man in his 50s, ventures through Eastern Europe in a desperate attempt to get a job and fulfil his dream — to catch a big fish.

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PATHS

(Germany) Loco Films.

108mins. Dir: Chris Miera. Cast: Mike

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THE LITTLE VAMPIRE 3D

(UK) Cinema Management Group.

85mins. Dir: Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich.

Cast: Jim Carter, Miriam Margolys, Roger Allam.

Rudolph, a young vampire whose clan is threatened by a vampire hunter, meets Tony, a mortal of the same age, who together save

MARKET 15:30 MR HAPPINESS

(Italy) Filmsharks International.

95mins. Dir: Alessandro Siani.

Cast: Alessandro Siani, Diego Abatantuono, Carla Signoris, Elena Cucci, Cristiana Dell’Anna.

Martino has no job nor prospects and is financially supported by his sister —

until he causes an accident that puts her in hospital. Martino must fill in for her as a housekeeper at the home of a psychiatrist who motivates people through positive thinking. Martino takes advantage of a misunderstanding and pretends to be the doctor’s assistant, Mister Happiness.

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Adrás Muht (Focus fox) PRODUCTION COUNTRIES Germany/UK/Hungary

KICKING BLOOD DIRECTOR / WRITER Blaine Thurier PRODUCERS Leonard Farlinger, Jennifer Jonas (New Real Films) PRODUCTION COUNTRY Canada

NAMELESS DIRECTOR Yannick Muller WRITERS Yannick Muller, Nicolas Fleureau PRODUCERS Delphine Crozatier (Contrebande Productions),

Sylvain Goldberg, Serge de Poucques (Nexus Factory) PRODUCTION COUNTRIES France/Belgium

A NIGHTMARE WAKES DIRECTOR / WRITER Nora Unkel PRODUCERS Devin Shepherd, Nora Unkel (Wild Obscura Films) PRODUCTION COUNTRY USA

PROTECT US FROM OUR HUNGER DIRECTOR / WRITER Jacques Molitor PRODUCERS Gilles Chanial, Caroline Piras (Les Films Fauves) PRODUCTION COUNTRY Luxembourg

THE RESTORATION AT GRAYSON MANOR DIRECTOR Glenn McQuaid WRITERS Script by Clay McLeod Chapman, story by Glenn McQuaid PRODUCER Larry Fessenden (Glass Eye Pix) PRODUCTION COUNTRY USA

RESTORE POINT DIRECTOR Robert Hloz WRITERS Tomislav Cecka PRODUCER Jan Kallista (Film Kolektiv) PRODUCTION COUNTRY Czech Republic

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Victoria Sanchez-Mandryk, Sandy Martinez (Just Believe Productions) PRODUCTION COUNTRY Canada

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(China) Stray Dogs.

97mins. Dir: Jun Geng.

Cast: Gang Xu, Zhiyong Zhang, Baohe Xue. When a travelling soap Hoffman, Mathis Reinhardt, Tom Bottcher, Cai Cohrs.

A love story of two people.

Not about how they come together, not a phase they go through, but all of their shared experiences: all the years between the first kiss and today.

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SCHUMANN’S BAR TALKS

(Germany) Autlook Filmsales. 98mins.

Dir: Marieke Schroeder.

From the Dead Rabbit in New York, the Hemingway Bar in Paris, El Floridita in Havana and the High Five bar in Tokyo, Charles Schumann explores the secrets of bar culture.

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THE SUMMIT

(Argentina) Film Factory Entertainment. 117mins.

Dir: Santiago Mitre.

Cast: Ricardo Darin, Dolores Fonzi, Erica Rivas, Elena Anaya, Paulina Garcia, Christian Slater.

At a summit for Latin American presidents in Chile, Argentine president Hernan Blanco endures a political and family drama that will force him to face his own demons.

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salesman arrives in a desolate Chinese town, a crime occurs, and sets the strange residents against each other with tragicomic results.

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TWO IRENES

(Brazil) True Colours.

95mins. Dir: Fabio Meira. Cast: Priscila Bittencourt, Isabela Torres, Marco Ricca, Susana Ribeiro, Ines Peixoto, Teuda Bara, Maju Souza, Ana Reston.

In the shimmering heat of Brazil, 13-year-old Irene discovers a dark secret her father’s been hiding: he has another family and even another daughter with the same name.

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CATCH THE WIND

industrial England.

(France) Doc & Film International. 103mins.

Dir: Gael Morel. Cast: Sandrine Bonnaire, Lubna Azabal, Mouna Fettou, Ilian Bergala.

Edith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company’s downsizing measures. Estranged from her son and without any other ties, rather than go into unemployment, she decides to leave her life behind and follow her work at the factory, which has been relocated in Morocco.

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THE PRINCE OF NOTHINGWOOD

(France) Pyramide International. 85mins.

Dir: Sonia Kronlund.

About a 100km away from Kabul, Salim Shaheen, the most popular and prolific actor-director-producer in Afghanistan, comes to show some of his films and to shoot his next in the process. He has brought with him his regular troupe of actors, each more eccentric and out of control than the next. That trip is

(US) Protagonist Pictures.

102mins. Dir: Chloe Zhao.

Cast: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau.

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushes his skull.

Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or rodeo — the essentials of being a cowboy. In an attempt to regain control of his fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

SARA & AIDA

(Iran) Farabi Cinema Foundationmins. 86mins.

Dir: Maziar Miri.

Cast: Ghazal Shakeri, Pegah Ahangarani, Mostafa Zamani.

Sara and Aida are close friends. The reputation of one of them is in danger.

With each other’s help they need to figure out how they will resolve this issue. How strong is their friendship though?

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THE SPACEWALKER

(Russia) Mirsand.

141mins. Dir: Sergey Kiselyov, Yuriy Bykov.

Cast: Evgeniy Mironov, Konstantin Khabensky.

Based on real event.

Clad in a special space suit, Leonov is the first person ever to step out into open space. Everything seems to be running smoothly but the broadcast is suddenly interrupted.

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RED DOG: TRUE BLUE

(France) Next. 60mins.

(Australia) Myriad Pictures. 88mins.

Dir: Kriv Stenders. Cast: Levi Miller, Bryan Brown.

An iconic Australian story of family, friendship and adventure.

Next VR Cinema

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(India) Maharashtra

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CINECITTA BABILONIA

(Italy) Wide House.

72mins. Dir: Marco Spagnoli. Cast: Giuliano Montaldo, Gian Piero Brunetta, Caterina D’Amico.

The story of Italian cinema in the 1930s and 1940s.

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A FANTASTIC WOMAN

(Chile) Funny Balloons.

104mins. Dir: Sebastian Lelio.

Marina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future. After Orlando suddenly dies, Marina is forced to confront his family and society to defend her identity as a complex, strong, forthright, fantastic woman.

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ALL MEDIA PROMO SCREENINGS

(Russia) All Media Company. 110mins.

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Frontieres. 110mins.

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FUNNY COW

(UK) Moviehouse Entertainment.

Dir: Adrian Shergold.

Cast: Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Stephen Graham, Tony Pitts.

Charts the rise of a female comedian through 1970s and 1980s northern

MARKET 17:30 A TAXI DRIVER

(South Korea) Showbox. 139mins.

Dir: Jang Hoon. Cast: Song Kang-Ho, Thomas Kretschmann, Yoo Hai-Jin.

May, 1980: A taxi driver in Seoul drives a German journalist down to Gwangju city for big money, not knowing his hidden agenda.

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122mins. Dir: Sandeep Bhalchandra Patil. Cast: Dilip Prabhavalkar, Manoj Joshi, Aditi Deshpande.

The story of Bhanudas, a hard-working, resourceful and enterprising young boy.

secret for himself, he starts working for Anat, his lover’s widow, who owns a small cafe. Although not fully kosher and despised by the religious, his delicious cakes turn the place into a city attraction. Finding himself involved in Anat’s life in a way he couldn’t have anticipated, Thomas will stretch his lie to a point of no return.

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FALCHI

(Italy) Minerva Pictures Group. 105mins. Dir: Toni D’Angelo. Cast: Fortunato Cerlino, Michele Riondino, Pippo Delbono, Stefania Sandrelli.

A gangster action drama set in the city of Naples.

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CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER

(US) The Works International. 103mins.

Dir: Doug Nichol.

Cast: Tom Hanks, John Mayer, Sam Shepard.

A portrait of artists, writers, and collectors who remain steadfastly loyal to the typewriter as a tool.

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FOUR AGAINST THE BANK

(Germany) Picture Tree International. 96mins.

Dir: Wolfgang Petersen.

Cast: Til Schweiger, Matthias Schweighofer, Michael Bully Herbig.

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FROST

(France) Luxbox.

130mins. Dir: Sharunas Bartas. Cast: Mantas Janciauskas, Lyja Maknaviciute, Vanessa Paradis, Andrzej Chyra.

Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. When plans change and they find themselves left to their own devices, they cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region in search of allies and shelter. They approach the frontline in spite of the danger, all the while growing closer to each other as they begin to understand life during wartime.

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(Poland) Beta Cinema.

128mins. Dir: Agnieszka Holland. Cast: Agnieszka Mandat, Wiktor Zborowski, Miroslav Krobot, Jakub Gierszal.

When a number of

JUPITER’S MOON

(Hungary) The Match Factory. 123mins.

Dir: Kornel Mundruczo.

Cast: Merab Ninidze, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Zsombor Jeger, Moni Balsai.

A young illegal immigrant becomes a slave to his power to fly in a world where miracles are trafficked for small change.

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HEAT AND DUST

(UK) Cohen Media Group.

133mins. Dir: James Ivory. Cast: Julie Christie, Greta Scacchi, Shashi Kapoor, Christopher Cazenove, Julian Glover, Susan Fleetwood, Patrick Godfrey.

The story of Anne, who is drawn to India by her desire to unravel a mysterious family scandal, and the events surrounding the seduction of her greataunt Olivia by a handsome and charismatic Indian prince.

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murdered hunters are found, eccentric animal activist Janina has her own explanation: the murders were committed by the animals themselves — finally taking their revenge.

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Maura, Jacques Boudet, Issa Doumbia, Michelle Moretti.

Alex, 20, has once again flunked medical school.

He will have to work this summer, instead of going on vacation with his friends.

His parents have even found him a job: camp counsellor. But in a very special “camp”. Because this one has no blonde and blueeyed kiddies — its happy campers are all whitehaired pensioners!

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(Germany) German Films Service & Marketing.

102mins.

THE OPEN DOOR

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ODIN’S EYE ANIMATION — LAUNCH AND PRESENTATION

Odin’s Eye Entertainment.

100mins.

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OLD SITTING

(France) Gaumont.

87mins. Dir: Frederic Quiring. Cast: Thomas Soliveres, Frederique Bel, Albert Delpy, Carmen

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(Spain) True Colours.

84mins. Dir: Marina Seresesky. Cast: Carmen Machi, Terele Pavez, Asier Etxeandia, Lucia Balas, Paco Tous, Sonia Almarcha.

Rosa is a sex worker who inherited the profession from her mother, Antonia, who thinks she is Sara Montiel and makes Rosa’s daily life hell. Rosa does not know how to be happy.

But the unexpected arrival of a new member to her particular family will give

her a unique opportunity to achieve happiness.

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ORIZONT

(Romania) CNC Centrul National Al Cinematografiei. 93mins.

Dir: Marian Crisan. Cast: Andras Hathazi, Rodica Lazar, Maria Seles.

Husband and wife Lucian and Andra start a new life managing a guest house hidden deep in the mountains.

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SPOOR See box, above

TEENAGE LOVE BOMB

(Denmark) California Pictures. 85mins.

Dir: Mads Erichsen. Cast: Nikolaj Petersen, Maria Petersen, Elias Munk.

Seventh grader Thomas lives in a small city in Denmark.

He’s in love with the schools tough girl, Vikki and to get close to her, he has to help her and a gang of older boys blow up their teachers bike. The head of the gang is Vikki’s boyfriend.

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18:00 A CIAMBRA

(Italy) Luxbox. 120mins.

Dir: Jonas Carpignano.

Cast: Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato.

Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is

one of the few to easily slide between the region’s factions — the local Italians, the African refugees and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes.

HALAL FOR BEGINNERS

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(Germany) Mongrel International.

93mins. Dir: Thomas Riedelsheimer. Cast: Andy Goldsworthy.

Follows artist Andy Goldsworthy on his exploration of the world and himself through ephemeral and permanent workings on the landscape, cities and with his own body.

ALBERT EINSTEIN — A SURVIVAL STORY OF A STUDENT

(India) White Shadow Films. 97mins.

Dir: Joy RS Mathur.

A 12-year-old boy is forced to attend school. What follows is an amusing journey of a boy wrestling with the fear of studies and exploring his passion and creativity in a society which looks down upon those who wish to follow their dreams.

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THE CAKEMAKER

(Israel) Films Boutique.

104mins. Dir: Ofir Raul Graizer. Cast: Tim Kalkhof, Sarah Adler, Roy Miller, Zohar Strauss, Sandra Sade.

Thomas, a young and talented German baker, is having an affair with Oren, an Israeli married man who is killed in a car crash.

Thomas travels to Jerusalem seeking answers. Keeping his

(Ireland) Global Screen.

91mins. Dir: Conor McDermottroe. Cast: Nikesh Patel, Colm Meaney, Art Malik.

Warm-hearted cultureclash comedy about Ireland’s first Halal meat factory.

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LEANING INTO THE WIND — ANDY GOLDSWORTHY

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LINO

(Brazil) Filmsharks International. 60mins.

Dir: Rafael Ribas.

A children’s party entertainer who can’t stand his routine and his cat costume any more.

So he decides to seek help from a not very talented wizard who transforms him into something he hated most: his costume.

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SCAFFOLDING

(Israel) New Europe Film Sales. 89mins. Dir: Matan Yair. Cast: Asher Lax, »

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SCREENINGS

Ami Smolarchik, Yaacov Cohen.

Seventeen-year-old Asher is split between his charismatic teacher and his brash father, who wants him to take over his scaffolding business.

Ralph ‘wakes up’ to face the damaged potential that life still holds for him but he has been given a second chance, and a short window to right some wrongs.

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ENTER THE FIRE SIDE JOB

(Japan) Gaga Corporation.

120mins. Dir: Ryuichi Hiroki. Cast: Kumi Takiuchi, Ken Mitsuichi.

Miyuki is a a call girl in Tokyo at weekends. She takes a long-distance bus to Tokyo to transform herself from her mundane office clerk life in Fukushima, where people are still struggling from the aftermath of earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear leakage from the power plants.

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SLICES OF VI

TEHRAN TABOO

(France) Burdigala Production. 130mins.

Dir: Julien Botzanowski.

Between his complicated love stories and his routine life, Victor tries hard to make a place in this world. But day after day hell will materialise in his apartment.

(Germany) Celluloid Dreams/Nightmares.

96mins. Dir: Ali Soozandeh. Cast: Elmira Rafizadeh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Marandi.

The lives of three

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SLUMBER

(UK) Goldcrest Films International. 86mins.

Dir: Jonathan Hopkins.

Cast: Maggie Q, Will Kemp, Sylvester McCoy, William Hope.

Tells the story of Alice, a rationally minded sleep doctor, who is forced to abandon scientific reason and accept a family is being terrorised by a parasitic demon.

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SWEET VIRGINIA

(US) XYZ Films. 100mins.

Dir: Jamie M Dagg. Cast: Jon Bernthal, Christopher Abbott, Imogen Poots.

A former rodeo champ befriends a young man with a propensity for violence.

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THE VENERABLE W

(France) Les Films Du Losange. 100mins.

Dir: Barbet Schroder.

Cast: Ashin Wirathu.

In Burma, the ‘Venerable Wirathu’ is a highly respected and influential Buddhist monk. Meeting him amounts to travelling to the heart of everyday racism and observing how Islamophobia and hate speech lead to violence and destruction. Yet this is a country in which 90 per cent of the population has adopted Buddhism as a faith: a religion based on a peaceful, tolerant and nonviolent way of life.

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strong-willed women and a young musician cross paths in Tehran’s schizophrenic society where sex, adultery, corruption, prostitution and drugs coexist with strict religious law.

Arcades 2

International. 67mins.

Dir: Viktor Jakovleski.

An immersive exploration of celebration, rituals, danger and the absolute beauty of fireworks.

Lerins 2

CAN HITLER HAPPEN HERE?

(US) Pilgrims 7 Corp.

75mins. Dir: Saskia Rifkin. Cast: Laura Esterman.

Meddling neighbours, ambitious social workers and real-estate vultures conspire to torment an eccentric old lady. Or maybe they’re just trying to help?

Palais B

7 MINUTES

(Italy) Variety Communications. 88mins.

Dir: Placido Michele.

Cast: Ambra Angiolini, Vincenzo Bonomo, Cristiana Capotondi.

Based on the play by Stefano Massini, who drew his inspiration from a reallife takeover of a French textile factory.

CINDERELLA 3D

(US) Gold Valley Films.

90mins. Dir: Lynn Southerland.

Cinderella and her loyal friends embark on a perilous adventure to restore the real Prince to his true self, and help him defeat the evil forces.

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BRIMSTONE & GLORY

HAKA & GUITARS

(US) Mongrel

(New Zealand) Greta

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Joanne Entertainment.

55mins.

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LOW NOTES

(Belgium) Ulysses Grant Productions. 85mins.

Dir: Laurier Fourniau.

Cast: Dashiell Boam, Pedro Fontaine, Cooper Oz, Hans Huder.

Leon is a newcomer to Los Angeles, moving into the Hollywood Hills after he just broke up with Eva and left his past on the East Coast behind. Spoiled by his mother, Leon doesn’t bother himself with work or studies.

Quiet and sunny residential areas become the perfect spot for idleness. Together with Alexis, an eccentric Chilean party boy, they explore the megalopolis. Tentacular LA turns out to be a fertile ground for this young, lost and dreamless guy’s neuroses.

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METANOIA

(Lebanon) SpiriFilm.

120mins. Dir: Tony Farjallah. Cast: Carmen Bsaibes, Mounir Maasri, Ghassan Massoud, Hassan Farhat, Houssam El Sabbah, Takla Chamoun, Samara Nohra, Mounir Keserwani, Ajia Abou Asli, Renee Ghoch.

The year is 640 AD: living with God is men’s privilege and the most unreachable women’s right. Stubborn as she is, a 20-year-old girl breaks the rule, disguises herself as a man and enters

a monastery. A scandal erupts when the transvestite monk is accused of raping a girl and fathering her child.

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PASSANGER FROM SAN FRANCISCO

(Russia) Apollo Film Production. 120mins.

Dir: Balchev Anatoly.

Cast: Elvira Bolgova, Oleg Drach, Roy Werner, Daniel Olbrihscil.

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TAM CAM: THE UNTOLD

(Vietnam) Vietnam Media Corp/HD Co. 116mins.

Dir: Ngo Thanh Van. Cast: Ha Vi Issac.

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THAT GOOD NIGHT

(UK) GSP Studios International. 92mins.

Dir: Eric Styles. Cast: John Hurt.

Ralph, a once famous screenwriter, is in his 70s and terminally ill. He has two final missions in life: to be reconciled to his longabandoned son, Michael; and, secretly, to ensure he is not a burden to his younger, devoted wife Anna, as he goes “into that good night”. But Ralph ruins all hope of reconciliation when he picks a fight with Michael’s girlfriend, Cassie. Later, alone, Ralph receives the sinister and mysterious ‘Visitor’ whose services he has hired to provide a painless ending to his life. But the Visitor plays a devastating trick.

(US) Wonderphil Entertainment. 90mins.

Dir: Phil Gorn. Cast: Lou Ferrigno, Ian Lauer, Christopher Showerman, Teresa Navarro.

Jake Bolt wins a championship street fight.

The only problem is his mafia boss had instructed him to lose. Going on the run, Bolt visits his estranged foster brother, Henry, in San Francisco. Henry reluctantly takes him in but finds their old feud is far from extinguished. Then Bolt falls for Sonya — Henry’s ex-girlfriend. As the mafia closes in, Bolt, Henry and Sonya must band together to fend off the mobsters — while trying not to kill each other in the process.

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20:30 BAAHUBALI — THE CONCLUSION (PART 2)

(India) Arka Mediaworks.

Dir: SS Rajamouli.

Having uncovered the truth of his legacy, Mahendra Baahubali avenges the murder of his father, vowing revenge against the tyrannical ruler of the Mahishmati Kingdom, his uncle, Bhallaladeva.

Olympia 8 ‘OVERDRIVE’ ECLAIRCOLOR PREMIERE

Eclair. 96mins.

Arcades 2

THE RULES FOR EVERYTHING

(Norway) Motlys. 86mins.

Dir: Kim Hiorthoy. Cast: Natalie Press, Tindra Hillestad Pack, Pavle Heidler.

A humorous and everyday surreal fable.

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(Italy) Luxbox. 120mins.

Dir: Jonas Carpignano.

Cast: Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato.

Arcades 1

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KATJA NICODEMUS Die Zeit, Germany

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ANTON DOLIN Meduza, Russia

TIM ROBEY, ROBBIE COLLIN The Daily Telegraph, UK

NICK JAMES Sight & Sound, UK

JUSTIN CHANG Los Angeles Times, US

STEPHANIE ZACHAREK Time Magazine, US

KONG RITHDEE Bangkok Post, Thailand

MICHEL CIMENT Positif, France Culture, France

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JULIEN GESTER, DIDIER PERON Libération, France

THE SCREEN JURY AT CANNES

FABIO FERZETTI Il Fatto Quotidiano, Italy

JURY GRID

WONDERSTRUCK (US) Todd Haynes

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THE MEYEROWITZ STORIES (NEW AND SELECTED) (US) Noah Baumbach

Baumbach makes his★★ Cannes debut film starring Sandler★★ alongside Ben Stiller, Hoffman and ★★ ★★ ★★ in this ★★ ★★ Adam ★★ ★★ ★★Dustin★★ Emma story follows siblings ★★ dealing with their ageing ★★ Thompson. ★★ The ★★ ★★ adult★★ ★★ ★★ father. ★★ ★★ ★★

REDOUBTABLE (Fr) Michel Hazanavicius

Hazanavicius offers up his take★★ on the romance Wave director ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ between ★★ New★★ ★★ Jean-Luc ★★ Godard ★★and actress ★★ Anne Wiazemsky, who he would in 1967 ★★ after directing La Chinoise . Louis ★★ Garrel and★★ Stacy Martin ★★ ★★ ★★ marry ★★ ★★ her in★★ ★★ ★★ star.

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DEER (UK-US) Yorgos Lanthimos his ★★ ★★to fall ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

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An★★ exploration it means★★ to be oblivious suffering of others, Haneke★★ chronicles the lives★★ of a bourgeois ★★of what★★ ★★ to the ★★ ★★ ★★ family the backdrop refugee★★ crisis. Isabelle Trintignant star. ★★ in Calais, ★★against ★★ ★★ of the ★★ ★★ Huppert and Jean-Louis ★★ ★★ ★★

THE DAY AFTER (S Kor) Hong Sangsoo

Kim Minhee★★ stars as a★★ new employee small publishing a philandering Haehyo and ★★ ★★ at a★★ ★★ company ★★ with ★★ ★★ boss. ★★Kwon ★★ Kim Saebyuk co-star ★★ in Hong’s ★★ fourth appearance in Competition. ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

RADIANCE (Jap-Fr) Naomi Kawase

Masatoshi with failing★★ eyesight★★ who strikes up a relationship with a writer. ★★ Nagase ★★ plays ★★a photographer ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★Ayame Misaki co-star ★★ for Cannes regular Kawase. ★★ and Tatsuya ★★ Fuji ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

THE BEGUILED (US) Sofia Coppola

A★★ Civil War potboiler who stirs★★ up sexual★★ tension at the all-girl’s in Virginia ★★ about ★★ a wounded ★★ Union ★★soldier★★ ★★ ★★school ★★ where Coppola★★ stalwart ★★ Kirsten Dunst alongside★★ Nicole Kidman, Fanning and ★★ he takes ★★shelter. ★★ ★★stars ★★ ★★ Elle★★ ★★Colin Farrell.

RODIN (Fr-Bel) Jacques Doillon

Vincent moody proto-modernist a film that charts ★★ his stormy★★ relationship ★★ Lindon ★★plays ★★ ★★ ★★ sculptor ★★Auguste ★★Rodin in ★★ ★★ with Claudel (Izia his junior, who becomes lover, model ★★Camille★★ ★★Higelin), ★★25 years ★★ ★★ ★★ his★★ ★★and co-worker. ★★ ★★

GOOD TIME (US) Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

The Safdie brothers for the★★ first time.★★ Robert Pattinson on the run ★★ ★★ step ★★up to Competition ★★ ★★ ★★ stars ★★as a bank ★★robber★★ from streets ★★ of New York.

Jennifer★★ Jason Leigh co-star.★★ ★★dangerous ★★ criminals ★★ on the ★★ ★★ ★★and Barkhad ★★ Abdi ★★

A GENTLE CREATURE (Fr-RusGer-Neth-Lith) Sergei Loznitsa

A★★ Gentle Creature Dostoyevsky of the same about the★★ relationship ★★ is loosely ★★ inspired ★★ by the ★★ ★★ story★★ ★★name★★ ★★between an executioner and his victim, from the ★★ executioner’s of view. ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ told★★ ★★point ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

IN THE FADE (Ger-Fr) Fatih Akin

Akin’s death of her in a bomb★★ blast. ★★ Hamburg-set ★★ thriller ★★ follows ★★a woman ★★who takes ★★revenge ★★for the★★ ★★family★★ Germany-born, stars in★★ her first German-language ★★ ★★France-based ★★ Diane ★★ Kruger ★★ ★★ ★★ film. ★★ ★★ ★★

AMANT DOUBLE (Fr-Bel) Francois Ozon

Ozon with Marine and Jérémie in an erotically of a fragile young woman ★★reunites ★★ ★★ Vacth★★ ★★ Renier ★★ ★★ charged ★★ tale★★ ★★ ★★ who moves her therapist, to find he is not what ★★ in with ★★ ★★ only ★★ ★★ ★★he seems. ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE (US-Fr) Lynne Ramsay

Joaquin this thriller veteran★★ who attempts a young★★ girl from★★ a sex-trafficking ★★ Phoenix ★★ leads★★ ★★as a war ★★ ★★ to save ★★ ★★ ring.

But things not go to plan. Ekaterina co-star.★★ ★★ do ★★ ★★ ★★ Samsonov ★★ and ★★Alessandro ★★ Nivola ★★ ★★ ★★

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