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Ballerina dances all the way to Spain BY ELISABET CABEZA

Spanish rights have been snapped up for Ballerina, the family animation voiced by Elle Fanning that The Weinstein Company recently acquired for the US. Gaumont closed the deal with A Contracorriente, marking the first time the leading Spanish independent distributor has picked up an animated feature. As well as Fanning, who stars in Nicolas Winding Refn’s Competition entry The Neon Demon, the voice cast includes Maddie Ziegler and Carly Rae Jepsen. The Spanish distributor, which is also co-producing Isabel Coixet’s The Bookshop and Ricardo Darin-starrer Black Snow, has also acquired A Journey Through French Cinema from Gaumont. The documentary, directed by Bertrand Tavernier, is playing in Cannes Classics. Last year, A Contracorriente acquired Cannes Classics documentary Hitchcock-Truffaut, directed by Kent Jones.

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French sales powerhouse Wild Bunch has closed a slew of deals on Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or contender I, Daniel Blake, following its official screening at the festival. Loach’s 13th film in Competition revolves around a carpenter, who finds himself unemployed after suffering a heart attack, and a single mother battling bureaucracy in the UK’s benefits system. The film has sold to Germany (Prokino), Spain (Caramel), Greece (Feelgood), Switzerland (Film-

Cinema for Italy, Cineart for Benelux, Longride for Japan, eOne for the UK and Le Pacte for France. The company is also reporting strong interest in Stéphanie Di Giusto’s The Dancer. It has sold to Germany (Prokino), Portugal (Lusomundo), Scandinavia (Triart), South Korea (Mirovision), Japan (Comstock) and airlines (Captive). Lumiere pre-boarded the film for Benelux. Co-starring singer and actress Soko opposite Lily-Rose Depp, the French film is proving to be another buzz title following its premiere in Un Certain Regard.

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Kate Capshaw and husband Steven Spielberg with actors Ruby Barnhill and Mark Rylance on the red carpet here for the world premiere of The BFG, which plays out of competition. See review, page 16

Breathe in at BBC Films BBC Films has boarded Andy Serkis’s Breathe and Dominic Cooke’s On Chesil Beach. It has also been revealed that X&Y director Morgan Matthews will helm Gypsy Boy, James Graham’s adaptation of Mikey Walsh’s memoir about growing up gay in a family famed for its boxing prowess. Breathe, starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, is being sold by Embankment, which is

coopi), Hungary (Vertigo), the Czech Republic (Film Europe), former Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom), Romania (Independenta), Middle East (Teleview), Turkey (Filmarti Film) and Balkans (Iriku). Uruguay’s Sun Distribution Group has taken all Latin America rights except Brazil, which has been acquired by Imovision. Key territories on the verge of closing last night included the US and Scandinavia as well as Australia and New Zealand. Distributors who pre-boarded the film included Valerio De Paolis’

co-representing US rights with CAA. On Chesil Beach, Ian McEwan’s adaptation of his novel, is being produced by Number 9 Films’ Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley. Saoirse Ronan will star. BBC Films’ slate update in Cannes also includes Ricky Gervais’ David Brent: Life On The Road and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie as well as Holocaust drama Denial. Tom Grater

Brookner heads to Deutschland BY GEOFFREY MACNAB

UK production outfit Pinball London has optioned Darryl Pinckney novel Black Deutschland, the latest project for Aaron Brookner to write and direct. The book charts the journey of an affluent young black man, struggling with his sexuality, who heads to Germany from Chicago to build a new life. The film will be produced by Paula Vaccaro and is being assembled as a UK-Germany-US co-pro-

duction. Brookner’s previous feature Uncle Howard, a tribute to his adored film-maker uncle (sold internationally by Upside Distribution) is screening here in the Marché following its selections in Sundance and Berlin. The film will play at Sheffield Doc/Fest next month and will receive a seven-week, 35-city release in the US later in the year, handled by the Film Collaborative in association with Sundance’s Artist Services.

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Screen, BFI see Stars at LFF BY MICHAEL ROSSER

Screen International and the BFI London Film Festival have agreed a three-year partnership to jointly unveil the Screen Stars of Tomorrow at the festival. This year’s selected actors, directors, writers and producers will be revealed at an event in London’s West End during the first weekend of the festival, which runs October 5-16. Stars of Tomorrow will celebrate its 13th anniversary this year. It has a significant track record in identifying future stars since its first edition in 2004, which named James McAvoy, Benedict Cumberbatch and Emily Blunt, followed by Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne in 2005. Film-makers spotlighted have included Andrea Arnold (2004), writer Abi Morgan (2005), and Andrew Haigh (2008). The presentation of this year’s Stars of Tomorrow at the BFI London Film Festival will be followed by an industry dinner hosted by the British Council with support from Casting Society of America. Creative Skillset also supports the initiative.

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Agents face international challenge By Tiffany Pritchard

Agents gave insight to the representation of actors, writers and film-makers at a time when international productions are key, in a panel discussion at the UK Film Centre here in Cannes. Screen International editor Matt Mueller led the session with panellists Amr Koura (Creative Arab Talent in Cairo), Vanessa Henneman (The Henneman Agency in A m s t e rd a m ) a n d Ca m i l l e McCurry (United Agents in London). Henneman and McCurry were both named Screen Future Leaders 2016, the first time the initiative has focused on international agents. Koura addressed the challenges both for himself as the only agent representing Arab talent in his region and for his actors hoping to work abroad; while both Henneman and McCurry discussed the advantages to working across multiple territories, highlighting tax incentives and international co-productions as major factors. “Everybody wants to work internationally but not everybody can,” said Cairo-based Koura, who is opening an office in Los Angeles.

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Kormakur takes Oath By Jeremy Kay

Baltasar Kormakur is flying in to Cannes today to meet buyers and show footage from The Oath, which XYZ Films represents worldwide. Kormakur recently shot a few pick-up days in Iceland on the crime drama, which he described as “not like Taken; more of a psychological thriller”. The Icelandic auteur is also set to take a role in the film, something he was not keen to repeat after a small part in his first picture, 101 Reykjavik. “I didn’t like the experience and said, ‘Never again.’ But when this project came along [I could see]

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it was the role I was suited for,” said Kormakur “It is about a successful doctor on his second marriage whose daughter starts to go off course and dates a guy. The doctor tries

to interfere and things go off track. It’s about how a regular person can lose his child through decisions most of us could make.” Kormakur’s RVK Studios is producing The Oath in partnership with Film4 and Germany’s ZDF Enterprises. The film-maker is working on several separate projects without XYZ Films. Following his success with TV series Trapped, he has prepared a pilot script for Katla, about Iceland’s largest active volcano. Kormakur’s Vikingr is in development at Universal, the studio with which he recently collaborated on Everest.

Amazon is Really Here Amazon has paid around $3.5m for North American rights to Lynne Ramsay’s upcoming thriller You Were Never Really Here, starring Joaquin Phoenix.

Orchard harvests Neruda The Orchard has acquired all North American distribution rights from Participant Media to Pablo Larrain’s Neruda, which premiered here in Directors’ Fortnight on Friday. The Orchard plans an autumn release for the film, with an awards push.

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Von Trier to split killer Jack shoot By Wendy Mitchell

An exclusive first image from Luc Jacquet’s March Of The Penguins 2: The Call, which shot in Antarctica last winter. Paris-based Bonne Pioche produced, with Wild Bunch launching sales in Cannes. The sequel follows the Oscar-winning documentary that took $127.4m at the box office after its 2005 release.

By Liz Shackleton

Thailand has secured government approval for production incentives in the form of a 15%-20% cash rebate on qualifying local spend. Expected to kick in from January 2017, the incentive offers a 15% rebate on international productions that spend at least $1.5m in the country, with a yet-to-be determined upper limit to prevent a single big-budget production from emptying the pot. An additional 3% is available for films that use key Thai cast or crew when shooting in the country and a further 2% for films that have value in promoting Thailand. Thailand’s deputy prime minister Tanasak Patimapragorn and Minister of Tourism and Sports Kobkarn Wattanavrangkul announced the incentive here in Cannes.

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Vanishing crew prepares for Departure By Liz Shackleton

The team behind last year’s Rotterdam winner Vanishing Point is reuniting for Phuttiphong Aroonpheng’s Departure Day, which starts shooting later this year. Phuttiphong, the DoP on Vanishing Point, is making his feature directing debut on the film. Thailand’s Diversion and Mit Out Sound Films are co-producing with China’s Heyi Pictures, marking the first Thailand-China coproduction for independent films. Heyi, the film arm of Chinese streaming giant Youku Tudou, boarded the project on the strength of Phuttiphong’s short

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film, Ferris Wheel, which he directed as part of the Colour Of Asia omnibus, backed by Heyi and Busan International Film Festival. Departure Day continues the t h e m e s t h a t P h u tt i p h o n g explored in Ferris Wheel, through the story of a Thai fisherman on the Thailand-Myanmar border who helps save a member of the persecuted Rohingya people when he washes up on the shore. Diversion’s Mai Meksawan and Mit Out Sound’s Jakrawal Nilthamrong and Chatchai Chaiyon are producing the film. Jakrawal directed and Chatchai was the producer on Vanishing

Point, which won a Tiger Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam and was also in competition at Hong Kong, Taipei, New Horizons and Tokyo FILMeX. Phuttiphong’s credits as DoP also include Pimpaka Towira’s The Island Funeral and Emirati director Waleed Al-Shehhi’s Dolphins. Departure Day, which received development funding from Busan’s Asian Cinema Fund, is expected to start shooting by the end of 2016 for delivery next year. Heyi Pictures is also producing a Chinese remake of Thai mainstream hit The Teacher’s Diary.

Lars von Trier will make his feature The House That Jack Built in two separate shoots, Zentropa producer Louise Vesth has confirmed. “It will take a long time because Lars will work in two different shooting periods, he wants to be able to change the script in between,” said Vesth, here in Cannes. “It’s a film about a serial killer. We follow him over 10 years and we experience the way he gets into the killings, we follow his murders where he’s taking more and more chances because he wants to make the perfect piece of art.” The film is casting now and Vesth said it “will be an American and European cast”. The $9.8m project will start shooting in the autumn in the area of western Sweden where Film Vast is located, followed by a 2017 portion in Copenhagen. She was speaking at a Film Vast presentation, where the slate of co-productions being introduced included Ruben Ostlund’s The Square, set to star Elisabeth Moss and Claes Bang; and Janus Metz’s Borg/McEnroe to star Sverrir Gudnason as Bjorn Borg and Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe (SF Studios is launching pre-sales here). Dark comedy Just Another Vet will see Michael Nyqvist make his directorial debut.

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A UK-Albania co-production is under way that will see an Elvis impersonator in the middle of a war zone. The UK’s Film & Music Entertainment (F&ME) has joined forces with Albania’s Kkoci Productions and Zagreb’s Propeler Films on Elvis Walks Home, based on an original screenplay by Welsh author Jonathan Preece and directed by Fatmir Koci. Shooting in Albania and Bosnia begins on August 15. US actor Nick Shreli plays the lead role of Mickey, who takes a job entertaining British troops during the 1999 Balkans wars but finds himself in the middle of the battlefield — dressed as Elvis. Other roles will be taken by Ndricim Xhepa, Amos Zaharia, Dritan Kastrati and Romir Zalla. Elvis Walks Home marks the second collaboration of Preece, Koci and Mike Downey of F&ME following Amsterdam Express, which was the first UK-Albania co-production. F&ME has brought 12 active productions to Cannes this year and closed a sales deal with Wide Management for Dede, the debut feature of Mariam Khatchvani.

Camera d’Or winner Vimukthi Jayasundara and his fellow Sri Lankan film-maker Prasanna Vithanage are among the cofounders of a new production and distribution company, Film Island, which aims to bring international productions to Sri Lanka. The two are working with a team of producers and strategic business partners to promote Sri Lanka as a shooting destination

and offer production services for international shoots. “As film-makers ourselves, we can answer any questions that film-makers coming from Paris to Beijing might have about shooting in the country,” said Jayasundara, who won the Camera d’Or in 2005 for The Forsaken Land and returned to Cannes in 2011 with Mushrooms. The outfit has already signed four agreements with overseas partners, including France’s Les

Films de l’Etranger, which will represent Film Island in the global market. Film Island has also signed two agreements with India’s Drishyam Films — for line producing and facilitating Shiladitya Bora’s Sri Lanka-set drama Minefield — and to distribute films produced by Drishyam in Sri Lanka. The company is also working with Vista India to launch digital platforms for local producers.

Snow White trilogy fairest of all By Jeremy Kay

The producers behind a smash Nordic noir book trilogy have lined up a production company and signed a US publishing deal with giant Random House’s Crown Books imprint. Zero Gravity Management in association with Elina Ahlback Agency will produce Finnish author Salla Simukka’s Snow White Trilogy, which has sold in more than 50 territories including the US. Producer Gudrun Giddings (Thale, Banshee Chapter) bro-

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kered the film production deal on behalf of Elina Ahlback Agency with Eric Williams on behalf of Zero Gravity. Williams joins Giddings on the

franchise as producer, alongside Simukka, whose books follow the adventures of 17-year- old Lumikki Andersson as she encounters money launderers, religious cults and a stalker. Elina Ahlback of Elina Ahlback Agency negotiated the publishing deal with Phoebe Yeh, vice-president, publisher, Crown Books/ Random House. “Salla Simukka is the next star author from Scandinavia and has already been compared to the likes of Jo Nesbo and Stieg Larsson,” said Giddings.

Works’ Amateur a pro By Andreas Wiseman

Bull Dog to sing Urban Hymn Metro International has secured an all-rights deal for Michael CatonJones’ Urban Hymn with UK distributor Bull Dog for the UK and Ireland. The coming-of-age drama stars Shirley Henderson, Letitia Wright and Isabella Laughland. The film is written by Nick Moorcroft (St Trinian’s) and produced by Eclipse Films and Dashishah Global Film Production in association with Powder Keg Pictures, Head Gear Films and Kreo Films. Recent sales were concluded with Canada (Search Engine), Spain (Savor), South Africa (Times Media), Turkey (Filma) and South Korea (World Cinema). Andreas Wiseman

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The Works International has secured a raft of sales on Jason Biggs comedy Amateur Night. Key deals include Australia and New Zealand (Roadshow Films), Latin America (Conquest), Scandanavia (Smile), Eastern Europe (Freeman Entertainment), Russia and CIS (Luxor) and the Middle East (Front Row). Cinedigm will release Amateur Night domestically in August. Written and directed by husband-and-wife team Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse (Surf ’s Up, Parental Guidance), the completed film is inspired by events from their life, and stars Biggs, Janet Montgomery, Ashley Tisdale and Eddie Murphy’s daughter, Bria L Murphy, in her debut role.

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Biggs plays a struggling architect and an insecure father-to-be. In desperation for work, his wife finds him a job as a driver on Craigslist but events take a turn when he discovers the role requires driving sex workers. The Works’ sales slate in Cannes also includes The Prime Minister, The Climb, The Last Photograph and Elstree 1976.

ICM follows Kusturica’s Milky Road By Geoffrey Macnab

ICM has boarded North American rights to On The Milky Road from two-time Palme d’Or winner Emir Kusturica. The film, which wrapped in March and is in post-production, was hoped to have been finished in time for this year’s Cannes. However, producer Paula Vaccaro explained: “Anyone who puts two and two together can understand that a film which finished shooting in March just cannot make it to Cannes. It just doesn’t make sense.” On The Milky Road is a love story dealing with war and memory, and stars Kusturica alongside Monica Bellucci. International rights are handled by Wild Bunch and the film has pre-sold to several territories. It is yet to be decided whether the film will be launched at an autumn festival or held for Cannes 2017. Shot over three years, it marks Kusturica’s first return to fiction since Promise Me This in 2007. “It is a vast film, a very deep film,” added Vaccaro of the new work. Kusturica won the Palme d’Or in 1985 for When Father Was Away On Business and in 1995 for Underground.

DFI grants reward six Cannes titles Doha Film Institute (DFI) has announced the latest recipients of its grants programme including six films premiering in Cannes this year: Divines, Apprentice, Dogs, Mimosas, Tramontane and Diamond Island. A total of 26 projects from 14 countries — comprising 13 narrative features, six documentaries, three experimental or essay works and four short films — received funding for development, production or post-production in the spring 2016 funding round. Melanie Goodfellow

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Film Factory eyes Last Men Film Factory has been talking to worldwide buyers here about new slate addition 1898, Our Last Men In The Philippines. Enrique Cerezo (Witching & Bitching, My Big Night) is producing the historical adventure and director Salvador Calvo is shooting in Guinea, the Philippines and Canary Islands. The film recounts the final days of the Spanish Empire’s last colony, when 50 soldiers in the Philippines barricaded themselves inside a church and resisted a force of native Tagalogs for nearly a year. Javier Gutierrez stars with Luis Tosar, Alvaro Cervantes and Eduard Fernandez. Alejandro Hernandez wrote the screenplay. “I plan on making an actionadventure movie with great characters,” said Calvo. Jeremy Kay

PNP tries Being 17 Pacific Northwest Pictures (PNP) has picked up Canadian rights to André Téchiné’s French drama Being 17. Téchiné and Céline Sciamma wrote the screenplay about a pampered teenager whose household takes in a rival youngster. PNP negotiated the deal with the film’s international sales agent, Elle Driver. Jeremy Kay

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Paris co-pros revealed By Melanie Goodfellow

Evgeny Ruman, Lav Diaz and Ian Fitzgibbon will be among the directors presenting new projects at the third edition of the Paris Coproduction Village in June. A joint venture between Les Arcs European Film Festival and Champs Elysées Film Festival, the event will unfold June 8-10 in Paris as part of the latter event’s Industry Days. The line-up for US-in-Progress has also been unveiled, featuring

seven projects including Easy Living by Adam Keleman, who was assistant director on Brooklyn. There are 12 projects in the diverse line-up, which includes films from Europe, Asia and Latin America, the US and Israel. Israeli film-maker Ruman will present Golden Voices, his third film after The Man In The Wall which played at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this year. Filipino director Diaz will

unveil When The Waves Are Gone, his second feature after A Lullaby To The Sorrowful Mystery which won was in competition in Berlin this year. This year’s territory focus will be devoted to Colombian cinema in partnership with Proimagenes Colombia. Under the focus, three Colombian projects have been invited to the village and there will be a conference to discuss French-Colombian co-productions.

The Line-up ■ Afronauts Dir. Frances Bodomo, Nomadic Independence (US) ■ Blood-Drenched Beard Dir. Aly Muritiba, RT Features (Bra) ■ The Bus To Amerika Dir. Derya Durmaz, Mars Production (Tur) ■ Dark Lies The Island Dir. Ian Fitzgibbon, Grand Pictures (Ire)

■ God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija Dir. Teona Strugar Mitevska, Sisters and Brother Mitevski Production (Mac) ■ Golden Voices Dir. Evgeny Ruman, United Channel Movies (Isr) ■ Prince Dir. Sebastian Muñoz, Niña Niño Films (Chil), Le Tiro Films (Arg)

■ Remarkable Things During A Killing Dir. Joko Anwar, Lo-Fi Flicks (Indo) ■ When The Waves Are Gone Dir. Lav Diaz, Epicmedia (Phil)

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True Colours’ Perfect find True Colours has scored a raft of sales on Italian box-office hit Perfect Strangers. Paolo Genovese’s comedy drama, which took $19.2m (€17m) when it was released in February, has sold to Spain (Telecinco), Greece (Odeon), Taiwan (Swallow Wings) and Australia and New Zealand (Palace Films). Rome-based True Colours, set up last year by Lucky Red and Indigo Film, is understood to be close to securing deals in Germany and France while negotiations are ongoing for US, Latin America, Israel, Turkey, Japan and the Middle East. The film, about friends at a dinner party who choose to share whatever call or text they receive to their phones, unleashing a torrent of secrets, is produced by Medusa, Lotus and Leone Film Group. Gabriele Niola

Gilda hits high Mikkelsen wraps up for Winter Cult following note with buyers By Wendy Mitchell Cannes until Monday to discuss for Trouville By Jeremy Kay

Buenos Aires-based FilmSharks is in talks with international buyers on biopic I Am Gilda (The Latin Music Saint) starring Natalia Oreiro (The German Doctor) as the late Argentinian pop icon. Buena Vista International has boarded Latin American rights and will release the film in Q4. Lorena Muñoz directed the story of the pop star’s life and tragic death.

Family feud drama Winter Brothers (Vinterbrodre), starring Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards) and Elliott Crosset Hove (Parents), has wrapped in Denmark. Iceland’s Hlynur Palmason, whose short Seven Boats was selected for Toronto 2014, makes his feature directorial debut and also wrote the original screenplay. Producer Julie Waltersdorph Hansen and executive producer Per Damgaard Hansen are here in

the project with sales companies. Winter Brothers is set for delivery by the end of the year. Copenhagen-based Masterplan Pictures leads the production, with co-producer Anton Mani Svansson from Iceland’s Join Motion Pictures. The Danish Film Institute is backing via its New Danish Screen strand, alongside the Icelandic Film Center and Icelandic broadcaster RUV.

A festival devoted to cult films will launch in the Normandy beach resort of Trouville-SurMer. The first International Cult Film Festival will run June 16-19. “Cult is the hyphen between popular and visionary,” said French writer and TV personality Karl Zéro, who is the driving force behind the event. Melanie Goodfellow

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Michele Russo tracks the history of the Coppola clan in doc The Family Whistle Michele Russo has spent many years making The Family Whistle, his documentary about the celebrated Coppola family and its origins in Bernalda, a small village in southern Italy. Russo himself is from Bernalda and discovered when he was a child that Francis Ford Coppola was his cousin. In the documentary (screening in Cannes Classics on Thursday), Russo goes to exhaustive lengths to chart the Coppola family tree. In particular, he chronicles the life of Agostino Coppola (Francis’s grandfather), growing up impoverished in southern Italy and as an immigrant in New York. “Step by step, I discovered many interesting characters. For me, it was like a fable,” says Russo, who played a hitman in The Godfather Part III. These include Agostino’s mother, Filomena ‘No Nose’, so called because her nose

was cut off after it became infected. Agostino (1882-1945) himself was a remarkable character: womaniser, inventor, gourmand, music lover. He was the only one in his family to receive any education. When he came to America in 1904, he had seven sons — and was the patriarch of a family that has gone on to have a huge impact on US cultural life. His direct descendants include everybody from Nicolas Cage and Sofia Coppola to Jason Schwartzman. “I said to Francis, ‘Why don’t you make a movie about your family? It’s an incredible story’,” Russo remembers. “He said, ‘OK, you will do it.’ That was a great responsibility.” As for the “family whistle”, it’s a three-note tune used by the Coppolas as a means of identifying each other from a distance. Geoffrey Macnab

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In conversation with... NICOLE GARCIA, FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON (COMPETITION) French director and actress Nicole Garcia is back in Competition for the third time with From The Land Of The Moon (Mal De Pierres) starring Marion Cotillard as a woman caught between a loveless arranged marriage and a passionate, impossible affair. The film screens today. What drew you to adapt Milena Agus’ 2006 novel? There was something in the destiny of the central character that interested me. Her desire for an all-consuming love is within her rights but in that period it was unacceptable; even today we condemn female desire when it is excessive.

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Why did you choose Marion Cotillard for the main role? When I thought about who could play this role, I couldn’t think of anyone else. There

is something mystical about Marion. She has a sensuality in this film that is very rare in cinema.

in terms of the mise-en-scene, but more in directing the actors. I know what can help, even when I am writing.

How did you get her on board? What are you working Long before I got on next? around to adapting I am developing a it, I’d met Marion in thriller, also revolving the street and told around the eternal her about From The triangle of a woman and From The Land two men, but with younger Land Of The Moon, Of The Moon characters. saying, “I’ve just read a book in which you could be the Will you be working with From heroine.” When I finally sent her the script, years later, she replied immediately, “I The Land Of The Moon producer want to do it. The role of Gabrielle, it’s me.” Alain Attal again on the project? No, this time it will be with Philippe Does your long career as an actress Martin at Les Films Pelléas. I’m also a help you as a director? woman between two men! It’s one of my biggest advantages, not Melanie Goodfellow

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Red Turtle swims with Ghibli Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit on his Un Certain Regard title The Red Turtle Following a successful career in short films, animator Michael Dudok de Wit, an Oscar winner in 2001 for Father And Daughter, had little ambition to move into features. That was until, out of the blue, an e-mail popped into his inbox in 2007 with a letter attached from Studio Ghibli asking if he would be interested in co-producing a feature. The letter said the company’s top personnel, including legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki, admired his short, referring to it as “very Japanese”. The request was even more surprising because Ghibli had never before embarked on an international co-production. But, with directors including Miyazaki virtually retired from features, Ghibli had begun to look further afield, and had tasked Wild Bunch’s Vincent Maraval (whose company has been the historical sales agent on Ghibli’s films) with getting word to Dudok de Wit. Based on the Dutch animator’s idea about a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated

The Red Turtle and Michael Dudok de Wit (inset)

by turtles, crabs and birds, The Red Turtle entered a long development process until late 2011. The director was left largely to his own devices, with Dudok de Wit saying Ghibli believes in auteurs and was insistent he pursue his vision with the project. Isao Takahata was the Japanese company’s primary creative input, visiting the Paris studio on multiple

occasions, while Dudok de Wit also went to Japan. The project went into production in July 2013. The “small team” of 30 comprised only European talent, and

they worked around the clock, putting the finishing touches to the film just a few weeks ago. The Red Turtle premieres in Un Certain Regard on Wednesday and will be distributed by Wild Bunch in France and Toho in Japan. Tom Grater

Tales beyond borders Films Without Borders (FWB), the charitable foundation that works with young people from troubled countries by helping them to make short films, held a screening of its three latest productions here in Cannes at the UK Film Centre’s BFI tent. Preceded by a breakfast sponsored by Nadja Swarovski, two of the films are from Kenya and the third is from Israel. One of the Kenyan projects, Tales From The Slums, was honoured at the Slum Film Festival in Nairobi and was selected by the UN for its World Habitat Day. “Our supporters are allowing us to turn around the lives of these children; we’re making the inaccessible accessible,” says FWB founder Jill Samuels.

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Van man to Cannes man It has been a rapid rise for director Michael O’Shea. Two years ago, he was sat in a van with five friends, filming a no-budget short called Milo to act as proof of concept for his feature film script The Transfiguration. Now, O’Shea and producer Susan Leber are still in shock about being selected for Un Certain Regard. “It feels like a lifelong accomplishment, but it’s my first film,” says O’Shea. Starring Eric Ruffin and Chloe Levine, the film tells the story of a

bullied New York schoolboy who immerses himself in the world of vampires to escape his solitude. A genre film from a debut director about things that go bump in the night could be seen as an unusual selection for the strand, but Leber explains it is the film’s straddling of arthouse and genre sensibilities that make it a unique proposition. “It’s a character-based drama with a lot of murders,” O’Shea teases. Protagonist Pictures is selling the film in Cannes. Tom Grater

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The BFG Reviewed by Tim Grierson When you think about it, Steven Spielberg and the BFG are in the same line of work: the cultivation and curation of a culture’s dreams. So it is no surprise the acclaimed film-maker’s adaptation of the Roald Dahl book proves to be a comfortable fit. More a technical triumph than a full-bodied emotional experience comparable to the likes of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, this family film has plenty of whimsy and heart, and is aided enormously by Oscar winner Mark Rylance’s soulful, sad performance as the Big Friendly Giant. But if The BFG isn’t quite transcendent, it’s a reminder that Spielberg, at 69, can still weave a world and tap into our collective unconscious — especially our need to be part of a family. Premiering here in Cannes, The BFG will open across much of the globe by July 1. Considering how potent The Jungle Book, another Disney mixture of live-action and motion-capture performances, has been, it is easy to see this movie being just as alluring to children and their parents. Without the benefit of marquee movie stars, The BFG will have to make do with audience awareness of Spielberg and Dahl — and that should be more than enough. Set in the 1980s, The BFG stars newcomer Ruby Barnhill as Sophie, a London orphan who hears stirring outside her window late one night. To her amazement, she spots a kindly giant she dubs the BFG (voiced by Rylance).

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Out of competition US. 2016. 115mins Director Steven Spielberg Production companies Disney, Amblin Entertainment, Reliance Entertainment, Walden Media, Kennedy/Marshall Company International sales Amblin Partners, thebfg @amblinpartners.com Producers Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer Screenplay Melissa Mathison, based on the book by Roald Dahl Cinematography Janusz Kaminski Editor Michael Kahn Production design Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg Music John Williams Main cast Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall, Bill Hader

Frightened of being detected, he kidnaps Sophie and takes her to the land of giants, where she quickly learns there are bigger, meaner giants who would like nothing more than to eat her. After making back-to-back historical period dramas (Lincoln, Bridge Of Spies), Spielberg returns to family movies for The BFG, although in temperament this is closer to the childfriendly exploits of The Adventures Of Tintin than the more sombre, consciously old-fashioned tone of War Horse. Benefiting from one of his longtime composer John Williams’ most moving scores in recent years, the director seeks to create a magical realm in which the plucky Sophie and the good-hearted, lumbering BFG find in each other a fellow outcast craving a connection. Barnhill does not always rise above adorablekid mannerisms, but her lack of poise is offset by Rylance’s warm, supremely assured counterbalance. A portrayal built around performancecapture technology, the BFG has the same melancholy eyes and gentle smile as the actor playing him, and Spielberg’s team of technicians give their giant an elegance and grace so that when he moves we sense the beautiful heart inside him. The late screenwriter Melissa Mathison (who also wrote E.T.) maintains Dahl’s gibberish giant dialogue, but even when we can’t always understand what the BFG is saying, we grasp his loneliness.

The giants’ world has been given an imaginative but not overbearing flair from production designers Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg. Despite the dazzling effects, the melding of live-action and computer graphics can still sometimes look awkward, but on the whole the creative team emphasises straightforward, unfussy settings so that the viewer can soak in the environments rather than being bludgeoned by their gaudiness. Still, Spielberg’s reputation as a master of awe may leave some feeling faintly underwhelmed by The BFG, simply because the movie rarely matches the visual wonders and emotional peaks of his earlier work. For as formidable a director as Spielberg has remained, the truth may be that this sort of story is not the kind that inspires or pushes him as much as other genres now do. It is appealing and likeable but The BFG does not seem particularly groundbreaking or daring when it comes from Spielberg, who is revisiting his major themes here without necessarily reinventing them. Among the supporting cast, Jemaine Clement and Bill Hader are largely unintelligible in voicing some nasty giants who like picking on the smaller BFG, while Penelope Wilton has some cheeky fun playing the frazzled Queen of England. Like their director, the ensemble brings a light touch to the beloved material, perhaps not making a timeless classic but offering suitably enjoyable entertainment.

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Toni Erdmann Reviewed by Lee Marshall Surprising, awkward, refreshing and, at times, downright hilarious, German director Maren Ade’s dazzlingly original follow-up to her 2009 Berlinale Silver Bear winner Everyone Else is that rarest of things: a nearly three-hour-long German-Austrian arthouse comedy-drama that (almost) never drags. Eliciting laughs and applause — in all the right places — at its Cannes press screening, this tale of a prankster father who uses practical jokes and disguises to rescue his adult daughter from a work-obsessed spiral of seriousness, also manages, without an ounce of schmaltz, to address big issues relating to a stressed, permanently online modern world where work is no longer something we leave behind at the office; how families communicate (or fail to); business ethics; and sexism in the workplace. Some of the credit for this should go the two actors who carry the film, German leading lady Sandra Hüller and Peter Simonischek, an Austrian veteran who up to now has worked mainly in the theatre. Their deeply believable performances ground situations that veer, occasionally, into slapstick or theatre of the absurd, while maintaining an edge of risky, unpredictable, sometimes distinctly uncomfortable drama. This is a film where you really have no idea what is going to happen next.

Competition Ger-Aust. 2016. 165mins Director-screenplay Maren Ade Production company Komplizen Film International sales The Match Factory, info@matchfactory.de Producers Janine Jackowski, Jonas Dornbach, Maren Ade, Michel Merkt Cinematography Patrick Orth Editor Heike Parplies Production designer Silke Fischer Main cast Sandra Hüller, Peter Simonischek

Equally authentic is the almost ostentatiously gritty, handheld camerawork, which throws down the gauntlet in the messily framed opening shot of a front door with recycling bins outside. The film builds a case for its unpretty aesthetic but this, together with the challenging running time, will pose a dilemma for distributors. Toni Erdmann, however, is strong enough to overcome both obstacles and travel extensively. The penchant for pranks of shambling, late middle-aged Winfried (Simonischek) is clear from the get-go, after he greets a bemused courier as first himself, then a disguised alter ego. He is a school music teacher somewhere in provincial Germany, divorced and living alone with his ailing dog. When his stressed, high-powered business consultant daughter Ines (Hüller) comes over for a brief visit, Winfried can hardly get a word in between her urgent, workrelated phone calls. Most parents would leave it at that — and we sense Winfried has, for years — but all of a sudden he is paying Ines a surprise visit in Bucharest, where she works for an international firm of consultants specialising in the oil business. Against the background of a country that itself is shown to be a strange mash-up of conflicting lifestyles, architectural styles and generational aspirations, Winfried begins his strange game of disturbing his daughter’s work obsession through a mixture of pranks and dis-

guises. It is as doggedly pursued by him as it is resented by a tightly wound, deal-focused Ines who sees her shambolic pa, initially, as little more than an embarrassment. It could be argued that the film needs its slowburn build to release the explosive impact of two brilliant late scenes: one featuring a never-better Hüller delivering a Whitney Houston song in its entirety; the other full frontal nudity and a traditional hairy Bulgarian ‘kukeri’ monster costume. But that time is also used to explore work relationships and the anomie of international business enclaves, which are scarcely touched by the cultures they inhabit, except, perhaps, via a hotel masseuse.

We are introduced to the characters in the first of two chapters, a structural device that is carried over from the book. Sooki (Kim Tae-ri), the orphaned Korean daughter of a thief and an accomplished pickpocket herself, is leaving the thieves’ den to become a maid for Hideko (Kim Min-hee) an innocent young Japanese woman who lives in isolation with an uncle who hopes to marry her for the inheritance. Sooki is part of a plan, formulated by an unscrupulous con man known only as The Count (Ha Jung-woo), to lure Hideko into marriage, steal her inheritance and then lock her in a mental asylum. But there is a hitch in the plot. A frisson of attraction between Sooki and her mistress boils over into an urgent, exquisitely choreographed sexual relationship. Part two retells the story from Hideko’s point of view, and we learn she is not quite the guileless little cherry blossom that we initially assume. She has been coached by her uncle in the ways of the flesh — he has trained her to read, impassively, from his vast collection of explicit texts with titles such as Decadent Girls Sell Lingerie. An audience of select gentlemen shift awkwardly in their seats, whimpering slightly, as Hideko sweetly details an autoerotic asphyxiation snuff scenario.

The film is a technical triumph. The ornate, intricate production design of Hideko’s home is filled with subliminal — and sometimes overt — hints of dark perversion. Meanwhile, in Sooki’s thieves’ den, unwanted babies are stacked up like veal calves, and the shelves are cluttered with stolen goods. Costume is a lavish delight, combining a fetish-infused formality with a rich and luxuriant colour palette. Everything in this world becomes charged with a double meaning, from the buttons on Hideko’s blouse, to those gloves, to the thimble that Sooki uses to file the sharp edge from one of Hideko’s teeth.

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The Handmaiden Reviewed by Wendy Ide Park Chan-wook transposes Sarah Waters’ sapphic Victorian potboiler Fingersmith to Japanese-occupied Korea at the beginning of the 20th century. And the fit is as perfect as one of the svelte, elbow-length kid-leather gloves that become such a potent visual motif in a film that feels like a compendium of erotic imagery. Park downplays some of the complexity of Waters’ novel, stripping out a layer or two of double-crossing and intrigue that would have overcomplicated the third act. And he ups the ante on the sadomasochism, plunging us into an alarmingly well-equipped torture chamber at a pivotal moment. But the film manages the tricky feat of both staying true to Waters’ breathless, page-turning prose and creating a wholly persuasive new milieu for the story. The combination of playful humour, highly photogenic sex, exemplary costume design and an undertone of baroque cruelty makes this a title with strong commercial potential. The lesbian theme may limit its exposure in some of the more conservative global markets, but this should otherwise have broad appeal. The Handmaiden is a quality package, which ticks plenty of the boxes for breakout success.

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Competition S Kor. 2016. 145mins Director Park Chan-wook Production company Moho Film, Yong Film International sales CJ Entertainment, kini@cj.net Producers Syd Lim, Park Chan-wook Screenplay Park Chanwook, Chung Seo-kyung from Fingersmith by Sarah Waters Cinematography Chung Chung-hoon Editors Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum Production design Ryu Seong-hee Music Cho Young-wuk Main cast Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Jin-woong

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★★★

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BOOK OF LOVE GENRE ROMANCE DIRECTOR XUE XIAOLU (Finding Mr. Right, Ocean Heaven) CAST TANG WEI (Lust Caution), WU XIUBO (The Four)

After setting box office record as the highest-grossing Chinese romantic comedy 3 years ago, the creative team and cast of FINDING MR. RIGHT return to the big screen with an entirely new tale about destiny and chance encounter in the contemporary world, spanning across three continents.

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COLD WAR 2 GENRE ACTION DIRECTOR LONGMAN LEUNG, SUNNY LUK (Cold War, Helios) CAST CHOW YUN FAT (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) AARON KWOK (The Monkey King) TONY LEUNG KA FAI (Bodyguards and Assassins) EDDIE PENG YUYAN (Rise of the Legend)

The follow-up to the highest-grossing HK film of 2012, the story continues as the conspirator behind the disappeared police vehicle is behind bar. But the true motive remains unclear, until the resurface of a retired police chief who unveils an unprecedented scheme to corrupt the police force.

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After Love Reviewed by Wendy Ide

The Wailing Reviewed by Jason Bechervaise Renowned for his relentless storytelling, Na Hong Jin takes The Wailing (Goksung) to a new level, confirming his place as one of Korea’s leading contemporary filmmakers. Its sheer intensity and ambiguous narrative might put off some viewers, but this latest film — set in a village where people start to die mysteriously when a Japanese stranger appears — could well be regarded as one of the best films to emerge from Korea in recent years. The film premiered locally on May 11, a day earlier than planned owing to favourable critical reaction after the press screening in Seoul. Its fiercely dark tone could potentially limit a wide box-office appeal, but positive word of mouth will give the film legs, while publicity regarding its Cannes international premiere and the star power of Hwang Jung-min (Veteran) should help internationally. The Wailing is set for a North American release on May 27 through Well Go USA. The film is set in a rural village and starts out with a string of unusual deaths, all preceded by red boils and aggressive behaviour. Local officers including Jong-gu (Kwak Do-won) are perplexed by the outbreak but as more people succumb to the mysterious disease, suspicions about the cause of the virus fixate on a Japanese stranger (Kunimura Jun). Once Jong-gu’s daughter begins showing symptoms by lashing out at her father, his hunt becomes more urgent and he sets out to find this strange Japanese man. And as her condition worsens, the family also seeks the help of Hwang Jung-min’s shaman. To say any more would spoil the show, suffice to say that Na’s screenplay takes viewers to the root of evil in a manner that subverts expectations and cleverly manipulates cause and effect at almost every turn. Na’s The Chaser and The Yellow Sea are riveting thrillers, but what the director accomplishes here is quite different. The Wailing is initially set up as a thriller and the supernatural setting also helps deliver moments akin to a horror feature. But its gradual progression into something more sinister puts a different spin on Na’s masterful use of pacing. Production values are exemplary (Hong Kyung-pyo’s cinematography is outstanding) and it is quickly evident why it took close to six months to shoot and over a year in post-production. Reviewed from a press screening in Seoul on May 3.

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Out of competition S Kor-US. 2016. 156mins Director-screenplay Na Hong Jin Production companies Side Mirror, Fox International Production (Korea) International sales Finecut (excluding US), cineinfo@finecut.co.kr Producers Suh Donghyun, Kim Ho-sung Cinematography Hong Kyung-pyo Production design Lee Hwo-kyung Editor Kim Sun-min Music Jang Young-gyu, Dalpalan Cast Kwak Do-won, Hwang Jung-min, Kunimura Jun, Chun Woo-hee

It is one of the more bourgeois topics to explore in a domestic drama, but the division of a shared life and its accrued property after a marriage breakup is a theme that Joachim Lafosse clearly finds rich with cinematic potential. Having already explored similar territory in 2006, with Private Property, he returns to the topic with After Love (L’Economie Du Couple), an unflinching portrait of the final weeks of a marriage. Marie (Bérénice Bejo) has reached the end of her tether with husband Boris (Cédric Kahn). Fifteen years of simmering grudges have boiled over, the battle lines drawn in the house they are forced to share and the time they spend with their twin daughters is neatly apportioned between them. A relationship built largely on recriminations and point scoring is dispiriting to witness, and it is at times a tough watch. But with strong performances and adult themes, this compelling drama should receive interest on the festival circuit. The film’s theatrical prospects are likely to be limited to arthouse bookings, where it may struggle to match similarly themed but more complex offerings such as Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation or Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine. Lafosse flips the traditional gender roles in this relationship. Marie is the provider and her savings, together with a gift from her wealthy parents, bought the family home. She pays the mortgage but Boris renovated the whole apartment and refuses to move out unless the value of his work is factored into his split of the assets. The impeccably decorated walls are closing in. While Lafosse avoids taking sides, it is hard to muster much sympathy for either party. Captured with a handheld camera that prowls around their contested living space like a caged animal, the atmosphere is charged with petty sniping. Controlling Marie flashes glances at her spouse that cut like stab wounds; Boris is oafish, inconsiderate and feckless with money. And both stoop to using their children as weapons in the struggle to undermine each other. Perhaps because we never got to see the couple when they were in love, we never feel compelled to mourn their dying relationship and it lacks the gut-wrenching tragic impetus of Blue Valentine. Where the film works best are the moments of discomfort and tension; the most mortifyingly awkward dinner party since Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen is particularly effective.

Directors’ Fortnight Fr-Belg. 2016. 98mins Director Joachim Lafosse Production companies Les Films du Worso, Versus Production International sale Le Pacte, sales@le-pacte. com Producers Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart Screenplay Mazarine Pingeot, Fanny Burdino, Joachim Lafosse, Thomas van Zuylen Cinematography Jean-Francois Hensgens Editor Yann Dedet Production design Olivier Radot Main cast Bérénice Bejo, Cédric Kahn, Jade Soentjens, Margaux Soentjens, Marthe Keller

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Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan Daughter-mother act Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds — note the billing order — continue to put the ‘show’ in their business in this compulsively watchable HBO Hollywood documentary. In a film that could also be billed ‘Real Postcards From The Edge’, these troubled, loveable, prickly, obsessive entertainers, supported by brother/son Todd, invite the viewer into their rackety lives — lived fully in the spotlight, chin-up and unsinkable. This touching love story — with each other, the past, and the camera — has clear appeal, to ‘Old Hollywood’ fans, to Star Wars followers, to voyeurs in general. Playing out in the Cannes Classics sidebar, this could easily, breezily play the festival circuit, but it is more than just a glitzy curio. “Age is horrible for all of us, but she falls from a greater height,” says Fisher of her now-84year-old mother, but 59-year-old Carrie also looks frail and worn, and neither appears healthy. Reynolds seems to diminish during the course of the film, shot between April 2014 and November 2015. Yet both barrel on, Debbie to the lounges of Las Vegas, where she can barely negotiate the steps, Carrie to Star Wars conventions where she signs autographs for $70 a pop, glass of Coca-Cola permanently glued to one hand, cigarette in the other, pout at the ready.

The Dancer Reviewed by Tim Grierson The inspiration behind great art can be as mysterious as the reasons why great artists are so easily pushed aside by new styles. That is but one lesson imparted in The Dancer (La Danseuse), a thoughtful biopic about 19th-century dancer Loïe Fuller (played by Soko), which has more on its mind that a recitation of her career highlights. Director Stéphanie Di Giusto’s unassuming feature debut portrays Fuller not as a stereotypically tormented genius but, rather, as a dedicated dancer ill-prepared for the creative tornado that was Isadora Duncan (Lily-Rose Depp), a new talent who would soon supplant her. Starting in the late 19th century when Fuller is still living on a farm in the Midwest with her alcoholic father, The Dancer follows her as she moves to New York, longing to be an actress before deciding to focus on dance. Soon she develops an avant-garde routine that incorporates long, flowing garments backed by coloured lights, making her movements feel like a whirlwind of pulsating images independent of her body. Success in New York propels her to even more acclaim in Paris, but the seeds of her downfall are sown once she befriends a hungry young dancer named Isadora Duncan.

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Cannes Classics US. 2016. 95mins Directors-producers Alexis Bloom, Fisher Stevens Production companies Bloomfish Pictures Contact HBO, jennifer. bowen@hbo.com Cinematography Billy Pena, Vasco Lucas Nunes Editors Penelope Falk, Sheila Shirazi Music Will Bates Featuring Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Todd Fisher, Eddie Fisher

You could strip away the beaded gowns and showbiz belters, not to mention the permanent Christmas tree in Carrie’s eccentric home, and still be satisfied with the complex, quirky, loving mother-daughter relationship at the film’s core. That is quite a lot to strip out, though, and neither principal would particularly want that. Carrie and Debbie are showbiz troupers, part of a Hollywood that’s fading away before our eyes. They love each other, but they also love all that jazz. Their fear is not being in the spotlight, it is about what might happen when it fades. Carrie’s renowned wit cuts through Bright Lights and propels it through some familiar stories — “America’s Sweetheart” Debbie, the fresh-faced star of Singing In The Rain, and her ill-fated marriage to crooner Eddie Fisher, who dumped her, Carrie and Todd for a freshly widowed Elizabeth Taylor. Debbie’s bankruptcy at the hands of her next husband, the compulsive gambler ‘Daddy Karl’, her perennial money woes, and compulsive purchase of the largestever stack of Hollywood memorabilia for a proposed museum that never came about (the film details its eventual auction). Then there is Carrie’s own Star Wars fame, marriage (to Paul Simon), drug problems and eventual diagnosis of bipolar disorder, moving on to her much-discussed ‘diet’ for The Force Awakens (footage proves its existence, plus the dubious extent of her own co-operation).

What illuminates all this, and makes it tangibly, at times heartbreakingly, human is the footage — vintage home-movie sequences coupled with more candid present-day interviews, crisply edited by Penelope Falk and Sheila Shirazi. “We were getting ready for a photoshoot all the time,” says Carrie, recalling her childhood, meaning there is a lot to look back on now. “Todd and I have a shared history of weirdness.”

While The Dancer adheres to biopic conventions, Di Giusto uses them as a starting point for her inquisitions into art and artists. Soko plays Fuller as someone whose humble background could never have foretold her meteoric rise. The actress highlights a quiet, despondent insecurity but holds back on what drove the enigmatic dancer to endure great pain for her physically demanding performances. The film shows little interest in explaining its protagonist, simply acknowledging the innate ability Fuller had to revolutionise an art form by de-emphasising herself in service of the grand spectacle of her movements. Instead of psychoanalysing her subject, Di Giusto explores how an innovator ultimately gets imprisoned by her innovation, fated to become passé because of changing times and new breakthroughs.

In The Dancer that new breakthrough is Duncan, to whom Depp gives an ethereal grace that stands in stark contrast to Fuller’s athletic earthiness. Without overstating it, Di Giusto dramatises how Fuller felt eclipsed not just by Duncan’s pure dancing talent but also by her beauty, creating a tense, vaguely erotic dynamic between the two characters that transcends the material’s campy, bitchy cat-fight potential. To be sure, Di Giusto does not pick sides in the ensuing rivalry. But her frank, sympathetic approach, aided by Benoit Debie’s shimmering cinematography (particularly during Fuller’s gorgeous dance numbers), suggests an admiration for the challenges involved in devoting one’s life to a creative passion — and, also, how debilitating it can be to watch that life brushed aside for another’s.

Un Certain Regard Fr-Bel-Cz Rep. 2016. 111mins Director Stéphanie Di Giusto Production companies Les Productions du Trésor, Wild Bunch, Orange Studio, Les Films du Fleuve, Sirena Film, Voo et Be tv, RTBF (Télévision Belge), Cofinova 12, A Plus Image 6, Palatine Etoile 13, Canal Plus, Ciné Plus International sales Wild Bunch, sales@ wildbunch.eu Producer Alain Attal Screenplay Stéphanie Di Giusto and Sarah Thibau, with Thomas Bidegain, from Loïe Fuller: Danseuse De La Belle Epoque by Giovanni Lista Cinematography Benoit Debie Main cast Soko, Gaspard Ulliel, Mélanie Thierry, Lily-Rose Depp, Francois Damiens, Denis Ménochet

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EIGHTH EDITION / MONTREAL / JULY 21–24, 2016 For its 2016 return to the Fantasia International Film Festival, Frontières is pleased to announce a first wave of selected projects. The complete line-up will be announced in early June. Brain Freeze

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The Profundis

(CANADA) DIRECTOR/WRITER: Julien Knafo PRODUCER: Barbara Shrier (Palomar)

(CANADA) DIRECTOR/WRITER: Alexandre Franchi PRODUCERS: Ménaic Raoul, Alexandre

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Franchi, Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette (Voyelles Films / Les Films de la Mancha)

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Elle Fanning as Jesse in The Neon Demon

‘The way that I approached casting, there were going to be two options – either it was going to be an unknown or it was going to be Elle Fanning’ Nicolas Winding Refn

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A tale of beauty obsession and obsessive beauties in the ruthless world of Los Angeles fashion, The Neon Demon is Nicolas Winding Refn’s first venture into horror. The Danish film-maker and producing partner Lene Borglum tell Wendy Mitchell about their Cannes Competition title

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icolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon marks two firsts for the Danish film-maker: his first horror film and his first film led by female characters. “I think there is a 16-year-old girl hidden in every man and I felt that it was time I made a movie about the 16-year-old girl inside of me,” the director says, speaking to Screen International in Copenhagen in April, just days before the film was confirmed for Cannes’ Competition (it screens here on Friday). He also suggests his past films are not nearly as manly as people think: “I always thought the other films were very feminine.” The Neon Demon’s female focus is combined with other darker aspirations Winding Refn has had for decades. “For years, I’ve been wanting to make a horror film; I had done various ideas and versions,

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but then I got this idea,” he says. The idea was to explore ruthless, beauty-obsessed women in the Los Angeles fashion world. Elle Fanning stars as Jesse, an aspiring teenage model who moves from the American midwest to Los Angeles, where she meets a make-up artist/mortician (Jena Malone) and other models (Bella Heathcote, Abbey Lee) who are more dangerous than they first appear. Suffice to say, California mountain lions are not the most bloodthirsty creatures Jesse encounters. “I was interested in doing a horror film without horror — but not 100% without horror,” the writerdirector adds cryptically. Lene Borglum, who is Winding Refn’s producer and partner in Danish production company Space Rocket Nation, says: “It’s interesting that Nicolas wants to por-

tray a woman, and this game between women. I have never seen another man direct a film about women who really got this thing between women.” As one of the film’s pitiless protagonists says, when any new girl walks into a room, she wants to know, “Who is she fucking, how high can she climb and is it higher than me?” The men of The Neon Demon are marginal figures. “All the male characters are the ‘girlfriends’ of other films,” Winding Refn says proudly. Among them are Alessandro Nivola, who plays a creepy fashion designer, and Keanu Reeves as the sinister manager of a seedy motel. Even though he still lives there, Winding Refn has made all his films outside his native Denmark since the Pusher trilogy concluded in 2005. It was his wife Liv Corfixen, a fellow film-maker, who suggested they »

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return to Los Angeles for his next film, after they had lived in Bangkok for the making of Only God Forgives. “We truly love it in LA,” Winding Refn says of the city where he shot 2011’s Drive as well as several commercials. The challenge became to figure out what Los Angeles story he wanted to tell. “I thought it would be interesting to film that ‘girl comes to the city’, Star Is Born subgenre,” he says. “In a strange way, it’s like a fairytale. It goes back to ancient storytelling, about innocence coming to the unknown. It’s always a female perspective. It’s about innocence, sexuality, virginity.” Winding Refn also wanted to explore the modern mania with beauty. “The obsession people have with beauty is quite enormous,” he says. “It has been like that since the beginning of time. In a way, it’s the most profitable stock ever to invest in.” There are scenes in The Neon Demon — particularly one involving a cadaver — that push boundaries of taste, but Winding Refn does not try to second-guess how critics and audiences are going to react. “I don’t think about that,” he declares. “I had no clue how aggressively people would react to Only God Forgives. I had no idea how Drive would be accepted. I don’t think about it.” Cinephiles will have a field day dissecting his new film’s multiple influences and references, which include everything from Under The Skin and 1982 cult classic Liquid Sky to works by John Waters, David Lynch and David Cronenberg. Winding Refn prefers the audience to discover them. “References are more fun for other people to see,” he says. The right collaborators The director recruited some female perspectives for the script: UK playwright Polly Stenham and US writer Mary Laws. After devising the story, he collaborated with Stenham before moving on to work with Laws, asking each to focus in particular on character and dialogue. He enjoyed the energy that was injected into the script with each collaborator. “It’s a bit like working with a performer,” he says. “You collaborate with them in a way that’s very egotistical, you consume what you like and then you move on.” He also acknowledges that he is not a director who religiously follows a script once production starts. “Because I shoot in chronological order, I’ve probably never done a movie that hasn’t mutated 50% in that shooting process,” he says. Casting his leading lady was crucial — and Fanning shows a new maturity and calculated coolness as Jesse. “The way I approached casting that role, there were going to be two options: either it was going to be an unknown or it was going to be Elle Fanning,” he says, explaining that his wife had been impressed after seeing the actress in Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa. “Elle was

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interesting that Nicolas and I have never disagreed about.” The Neon Demon was the first film Borglum has produced in the US. “It was a challenge on this budget [an estimated $6m], because everything is a lot more expensive and complicated,” she says. “The first thing people said was, ‘You can never get more than five weeks in Los Angeles,’ and we got almost eight weeks. We were minding the rules but really trying to squeeze out everything that can be squeezed in order to focus on the creative side.”

Nicolas Winding Refn and Elle Fanning on set

‘I’ve probably never done a movie that hasn’t mutated 50% in that shooting process’ Nicolas Winding Refn

FILMOGRAPHY 1996 Pusher 1999 Bleeder 2003 Fear X

born with it; she just has it, visually,” he says. “Also, in terms of a performer, she is just unique. I’ve never met somebody like her. The character was written as a 16-year-old girl, and Elle was 16 when I cast her. You try to find somebody that could be a great version of what you want to do.” The Neon Demon continues Winding Refn’s collaboration with Cliff Martinez for the composer’s most evocative score yet — some of the music is dark electronica, some has a twinkling quality that alludes to the otherworldly fairytale feel. “Cliff Martinez was really important,” the director says. “At some moments in the script, I would just write, ‘This is where Cliff comes in.’”

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Creative space Producer Borglum, who started collaborating with Winding Refn in 2008 on Valhalla Rising Rising, knew about the director’s love for horror from when they first met in Copenhagen 25 years ago. “We had a group of friends who would sit and watch horror films, all kinds of genre films,” she says. “There’s something about taste and what we consider

Small shoot, big town Costs were kept down through smart logistical planning, such as not changing locations during a single shooting day (the film was shot almost entirely on location). “We try to use things that are in the place where we shoot,” says Borglum. “We brought over very few Europeans for the shoot, only very core members of his fixed team — basically Nicolas, myself, the line producer [Carsten Sparwath] and the editor [Matthew Newman]. Everybody else was local.” Danish crews tend to be smaller than US crews, and the Space Rocket way of working is typically to have a lean team that plans carefully, to keep costs down. “It was quite refreshing to say, ‘That’s not how we do it, we do it like this,’ and then find a common way,” says the producer. “The American crews are very good, very experienced; they really know what they’re doing.” At Space Rocket Nation, the boutique Copenhagen-based production company owned by the pair, the rule is that Winding Refn has total creative freedom. “My job is to give him the framework [for creative freedom],” Borglum says. “He says, ‘I want to do this next, how can we do it?’ And then we find solutions for the financing.” The solutions for The Neon Demon include financing from French sales companies Wild Bunch and Gaumont, the Danish Film Institute, Bold Films and Vendian Entertainment. Wild Bunch and Gaumont are typically competitors but joined forces to work on both Only God Forgives and The Neon Demon. “It’s two very strong sales companies and they have very different profiles, very different approaches to things, but together they can do the whole package,” Borglum says. Amazon Studios has the North American rights to The Neon Demon and Scanbox will release in Denmark on June 9. Borglum and Winding Refn will next produce the remake of Maniac Cop, which will shoot later this year in Los Angeles with John Hyams directing. Winding Refn has not decided on his next directorial effort yet, but has both feature films and TV projects in development. Whatever is next, it is sure to push boundaries. “It would be boring to repeat yourself,” s he says. “It’s too easy.” ■

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SPOTLIGHT BAC AT 30

The Bac list

As Bac Films expands into English-language production, Melanie Goodfellow meets its ambitious CEO David Grumbach and discovers this is just the beginning for a company with big plans

aris-based Bac Films celebrates its 30th anniversary this year but CEO David Grumbach, who led the acquisition of the company by a team of European investors in 2013, is not dwelling on the past. Instead, Bac has just announced two high-profile projects: post-zombie era picture The Third Wave, starring Ellen Page, and Paolo Virzi’s The Leisure Seeker, to which Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland are attached. Both projects are English-language productions featuring European directors and starry international casts, financed mainly out of Europe with a small amount of US backing. Grumbach is confident these are game-changers for the company. Until now, Bac has focused mainly on distribution and international sales. (Here in Cannes, Bac’s international sales team, headed by Gilles Sousa, is also handling Un Certain Regard title Dogs by Romanian director Bogdan Mirica and Italian film-maker Paolo Virzi’s Like Crazy in Directors’ Fortnight.) “I’m not looking to build a big group,” says Grumbach, “but rather a dynamic, sort of Swiss Army Knife-style company dealing with quality films in the ¤5m-¤10m ($5.7m-$11.3m) range, which can get involved at any stage of a film’s life, whether it be development, financing, international sales or distribution, depending on the project.” Go-to producer This expansion into production is a natural move for the French producer, who moved to Luxembourg in 2005 in his 20s to gain experience of European co-productions, working closely with veteran local producer Paul Thiltges. Some 10 years later, Grumbach is a go-to figure in the European co-production scene. His credits include Frédéric Jardin’s 2011 action thriller Sleepless Night (Nuit Blanche), Ari Folman’s liveaction animation hybrid The Congress, Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf ’s The President and more recently Jaco van Dormael’s Belgian Oscar submission and Golden Globe nominee The Brand New Testament. “The Congress was the most technically complicated co-production I’ve ever

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BAC FILMS A HISTORY 1986 Jean Labadie founds Bac Films. 1994 Bac Films expands into exhibition. 1997 All activities are grouped under the Bac Majestic banner. 2000 Bac Majestic ﬂoats on the French stock exchange. 2002 Mounting losses force Bac Majestic to off-load theatres. 2003 Animation company Millimages becomes majority shareholder. Roch Lener made CEO with Labadie appointed president. 2007 Jean Labadie is ousted. Goes on to create Le Pacte. 2013 David Grumbach spearheads consortium of European investors to acquire Bac Films.

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worked on,” says Grumbach. “It involved roughly 60 sources of finance from institutions, distributors, sales companies and tax incentives. But practically, it wasn’t complicated. Everyone knew their role and what they had to do.” His in-depth knowledge of the European co-production scene has led him to become involved with Haifaa al-Mansour’s English-language debut A Storm In The Stars, starring Elle Fanning as Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley. Grumbach joined the project after UTA and HanWay Films contacted him for advice.

“I’ve worked with partners in 17 territories. I know who to go to, what’s available in terms of tax shelters as well as what’s possible in terms of pre-sales and shooting costs,” he says. “For every production, there are always two or three potential co-productions that could work.” Grumbach is working on A Storm In The Stars under his Luxembourg-based Juliette Films banner and has secured $1.9m (¤1.7m) from Luxembourg Film Fund. The film is a co-production with Ireland’s Parallel Films and has backing from the BFI. It is exactly the sort of production he wants to develop in-house at Bac Films. “For me, this is the future, combining European and Anglo-Saxon finance systems, European [based] stories and directors and A-list American casts, to create films that appeal to audiences on both sides of the Atlantic,” Grumbach explains.

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Production is one part of his strategy to reinvigorate Bac Films, which Grumbach says lost its way after the controversial ousting of founding chief Jean Labadie in 2007. Supported by general manager Mathieu Robinet, he has revamped the programming and marketing department for French distribution, resulting in a five-fold increase in its box office in 2015, thanks to titles such as Force Majeure, The Duke Of Burgundy, Daddy Cool and Taj Mahal. Grumbach admits Labadie — who released some 500 films, seven of them Palme d’Or winners, while in charge — is a tough act to follow. “I’d never seek to compare myself to Jean Labadie, someone who I’ve always really liked and respected, nor would I want to be compared to him,” he says. “My challenge is to put the company back on its feet in a way that is fitting s with the times.” ■

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SPOTLIGHT VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT

Straight shooters Vertical Entertainment has expanded from being a US distributor focused on independent releases to becoming an international player in global day-and-date distribution. Jeremy Kay reports

fter selling Lightning Entertainment and setting up Vertical Entertainment in 2013, co-presidents Rich Goldberg and Mitch Budin have embarked on a trajectory that has taken them far from the sales agency model in which they had operated for years. The privately backed Santa Monica-based distributor built a business specialising in the US release of quality independent films such as Susan Sarandon thriller The Calling, Chris Evans-Michelle Monaghan romantic comedy Playing It Cool, and the scheduled opening in July of Russell Crowe drama Fathers And Daughters. Working to a goal of 24 releases a year, Vertical handles the theatrical release in some cases, while in others it leverages content and retail relationships to orchestrate a day-anddate model encompassing some ancillary component. By early 2015, the partners and Peter Jarowey, Vertical’s head of marketing and acquisitions and a former executive at ARC where Goldberg had served as president, spotted an opportunity to expand into global day-and-date distribution. International expansion “The genesis of the model was seeing thirdparty distributors and sales agents having a difficult time on independent titles because of the lack of [opportunities] in TV internationally,” says Goldberg, noting how the rise in local production and reality programming has made TV slots scarcer. “So the ability to launch internationally gets you premium placement that will get you better performances than from bifurcated sales agents.” Premium placement comes from Vertical’s relationships with the likes of iTunes and Comcast, enabling global reach through single marketing and delivery platforms often based in Los Angeles. What has also made the global expansion feel right is the withdrawal from the distribution space or the financial challenges experienced by the likes of Alchemy, Anchor Bay and eOne-owned Momentum. This has strengthened Vertical’s hand as a buyer and, as Netflix increasingly snaps up global streaming rights, it has left an exploitable cluster of rights on the table such as theatrical transactional VoD and DVD. It is a relatively tight window before a title’s launch on Netflix kicks in — roughly six months after the theatrical and transactional VoD. The Vertical team, however, has taken a punt they could roll out a film theatrically

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and on premium digital channels in a manner that is timely and efficient. As Jarowey notes, Vertical had proved itself as a distributor of US fare and saw a cost-efficient way to cut out the middle man — a sales agent — and exploit premium digital rights via its ties to Apple, Amazon Studios, Google and Microsoft. “We’re not selling to people in France,” says Goldberg. “We sell to people located in Los Angeles who reach France.” They have cut a deal with financier and sales agent XYZ Films to connect with quality international distributors and augment the global day-and-date strategy. Noting that He Never Died, starring Henry Rollins, grossed $1m alone from worldwide VoD, Goldberg says the company makes its money much as it would traditionally: put up a minimum guarantee and take a distribution fee. The rest goes to the producers once costs are returned. While the arrangement with Los Angeles-based XYZ is not exclusive, Goldberg says it feels so. The partners worked on the genre portmanteau Holidays,, which went out dayand-date in mid-April the day after its world premiere in Tribeca. The slate includes

‘We sell to people located in Los Angeles who reach France’ Rich Goldberg, Vertical Entertainment

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Sundance pick-up Under The Shadow, a breakout Farsi-language, Tehran-set genre film from Babak Anvari that XYZ got involved with at development stage several years ago. “In our experience with international distributors and trying to find the best partners, the quality of the content we’re dealing with [on Holidays means] we have identified partners in the UK [Kaleidoscope], Germany [Meteor] and Australia [Rialto],” says XYZ partner Nate Bolotin. The partnership with Vertical has enabled XYZ to reach as many people as possible, avoiding what Bolotin calls “the trap” of an all-rights deal with the US and a complicated international sales strategy. “By aligning with Vertical and linking up with key partners internationally, we’re starting to come up with a more forward-thinking model,” he says. Nick Spicer, a partner at XYZ with Bolotin and Aram Tertzakian, adds: “The biggest thing we’re getting from these partnerships is a big marketing push from the distributor, who knows the local audiences and can work with our [US-based marketing endeavours] to help their own efforts.” For Goldberg and Jarowey, the deal with XYZ offers links to international theatrical distributors in a way that complements the day-and-date pattern. The roster includes the Mo brothers’ Headshot Headshot, starring Iko Uwais (The The Raid). Raid “We’re trying to find partners who understand how to exploit content within these truncated windows and maximise opportunity,” says Goldberg. Bolotin agrees. “This is the beginning of s something bigger.” ■

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SPOTLIGHT WOLF AND SHEEP

o tell a beautifully simple story on screen, the team behind Wolf And Sheep faced a hugely complex off-screen challenge. The debut feature of Shahrbanoo Sadat is inspired by the isolated village in central Afghanistan where she grew up and tells the story of the young boys and girls who act as shepherds for the rural community. One 11-year-old girl with sight problems is an outsider in the story, which uses the folktales of the local community to add a touch of magical realism to proceedings. “It’s about this region and how people see life,” explains Sadat, who now splits her time between Kabul and Copenhagen. The 25-year-old film-maker is frustrated with how most films from — and about — Afghanistan portray life in the country. “I am the most critical person about films from Afghanistan,” she says. “They give this one picture to the entire world. They are blind to what this country is really like.” The production could not shoot in central Afghanistan for safety reasons — not least because the lead crew was all female — so they scouted in Tajikistan for 14 days before finding a valley convincing enough to satisfy the details-obsessed Sabat. “We built a complete Afghan village and flew in the Afghan villagers,” says producer Katja Adomeit of Adomeit Film. The 38 villagers who made up the non-professional cast had to travel through a Taliban stronghold to reach Kabul and fly to Tajikistan. Many had never before left the village, and certainly none had any acting experience. The shoot itself was anything but straightforward: equipment from France arrived a week late; the 37-strong crew were sick after drinking the water in the remote area; and the cast and crew stayed in tents or shared an old guesthouse, where the production had to buy the beds. “Every single thing was so hard,” says Sadat. “I had to take all my creativity to make it look like Afghanistan.” Sadat’s story The film-maker was born in 1990 in Tehran to Afghan refugee parents. When she was 11, her family moved from the bustling Iranian capital to a remote village in Afghanistan that had no electricity, no phones and no school that girls could attend (Sadat eventually did go back to school, walking three hours each way). It was a huge culture shock. “It was a desert,” she says. “There was nothing, just high mountains, dust, people I didn’t know. It was completely crazy.” Visionimpaired herself, Sadat was ostracised for wearing her spectacles so stopped using them for several years. After seven years in the village, she

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CRYING WOLF

Writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat and producer Katja Adomeit talk to Wendy Mitchell about the challenges involved in making the Afghanistan-set drama Wolf And Sheep, which is premiering here in Directors’ Fortnight moved to Kabul to finish school and attended the French documentary workshop Ateliers Varan, where she made her first short fiction, Vice Versa One, which was selected for Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes in 2011. In 2010, aged just 20, she was selected for Cannes’ Cinéfondation Residence. Sadat says of the workshop and later being at the Paris Residence: “I learned the basics of cinema. I started to watch good films. I didn’t have that chance before.” Adomeit, a former Screen Future Leader whose credits include Force Majeure (as co-producer), was introduced to Sadat through CPH:DOX’s CPH:LAB in 2012 and found herself inspired by Sadat’s story and how it came alive in this fictional film. “She can write in such a real way and she can direct the kids in such a real way,” says the German-born, Copenhagen-based producer. The film’s young cast give touchingly realistic portrayals. Sadat never gave them a script, instead explaining each scene to them about five minutes before they started to shoot. Sometimes, she would let the camera roll for an hour on a single shot while she gave directions from behind the camera. “They put so much of themselves into it,” she says. “They take it as a game. The rules are that they shouldn’t talk to me, they shouldn’t say anything they don’t say in real life and they shouldn’t look at the camera.”

Writer-director Shahrbanoo Sadat with producer Katja Adomeit

‘Most films are blind to what this country is really like’ Shahrbanoo Sadat

As if working with 80-plus sheep, cows, donkeys and goats wasn’t challenging enough, there were 21 international financiers and partners for Adomeit to manage — from Eurimages and MEDIA to the Danish Film Institute’s New Danish Screen funding

strand. The total budget was about $920,000 (¤800,000). The co-producers are La Fabrica Nocturna Productions (France), Sadat’s Wolf Pictures (Afghanistan) and Zentropa Sweden. Alpha Violet is handling sales and the film has its world premiere tomorrow in Directors’ Fortnight. Adomeit and Sadat are planning a 2017 shoot for her next film, based on the diary of her best friend, who was sent from a small Afghan village to a Russian orphanage in Kabul. For now, Sadat is happy that an Afghan-set film is being shown in Cannes. “Maybe it will give another view of Afghan cinema and will s inspire other film-makers there.” ■

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08:30 FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON

(France) 125mins. Dir: Nicole Garcia. Cast: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemuhl. The story of a free-spirited woman fighting for her passionate dreams of true love against all odds. Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere Press, ticket required

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(France) 95mins. Dir: Julia Ducournau. Cast: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Joana Preiss, Laurent Lucas, Bouli Lanners. Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet. And a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a brilliant and promising student. When she starts at veterinary school, she enters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. During the first week of hazing rituals, desperate to fit in whatever the cost, she strays from her family principles when she eats raw meat for the first time. Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences of her actions when her true self begins to emerge. Critics’ Week Miramar

08:45 FRENCH TOUR (Tour De France)

(France) 95mins. Dir: Rachid Djaidani. Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Sadek, Louise Grinberg. Far’Hook is a 20-yearold rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while. His producer, Bilal, suggests that Far’Hook acts as driver for Bilal’s father, Serge, on a tour of French ports, following in the

Festival & Press 11:45 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE

(France) 66mins. Dir: Claude Barras. Cast: Michel Vuillermoz, Paulin Jaccoud, Natacha Koutchoumov. Zucchini is an odd

footsteps of the classic painter Joseph Vernet. Despite the age gap and culture clash, an unlikely friendship forms between this talented rapper and the bricklayer from the north of France during a road trip that concludes in Marseille for a final concert, one of reconciliation. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

09:00 THE NICE GUYS

(US) 116mins. Dir: Shane Black. Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer. In 1970s Los Angeles, down-on-his-luck private eye Holland March and hired enforcer Jackson Healy must work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking

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nickname for a 10-yearold boy. After his mother’s death, he ends up in a special orphanage. There he will discover friendship, trust and even love. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power. Out of Competition Salle Bazin Press

11:00 THE DAY SHALL DAWN

(Pakistan) 87mins. Dir: AJ Kardar. Cast: Khan Ataur Rahman, Tripti Mitra, Zurain Rakshi. Based on the daily lives of the fishermen of East Bengal. Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel

THE TRANSFIGURATION

(US) 97mins. Dir: Michael O’Shea. Cast: Eric Ruffin, Chloe Levine, Aaron Clifton Moten. An atmospheric New York tale about love, loss… and vampires. Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin

11:15 DOGS

(France) 104mins.

Dir: Bogdan Mirica. Cast: Dragos Bucur, Gheorghe Visu, Vlad Ivanov. A young man from Bucharest clashes with his departed grandfather’s vicious world of crime in the east Romania badlands. Un Certain Regard Theatre Claude Debussy Press

11:30 THE HANDMAIDEN (AGASSI)

(South Korea) 145mins. Dir: Park Chan-Wook. Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri. A woman is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress but she is secretly involved in a plot to defraud her. Competition Salle Du Soixantieme

ONE WEEK AND A DAY

(Israel) 98mins. Dir: Asaph Polonsky. Cast: Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Tomer Kapon, Sharon Alexander, Alona Shauloff. When Eyal completes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife urges him to return to their daily routine. Instead, he gets high with a young neighbour and sets out to

discover that there are still things in his life worth living for. Critics’ Week Miramar

11:45 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE See box, left

13:00 CHOUF

(France) 90mins. Dir: Karim Dridi. Cast: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar, Foziwa Mohamed. Sofiane is 20. A brilliant student, he comes back to spend his holiday in the Marseille ghetto where he was born. His brother, a dealer, gets shot before his eyes. Sofiane gives up on his studies and gets involved in the drug network, ready to avenge him. Out of Competition Salle Bazin Press

IKARIE XB 1

(Czech Republic) 88mins. Dir: Jindrich Polak. Cast: Zdenek Stepanek, Radovan Lukavsky, Dana Medricka, Miroslav Machacek, Frantisek Smolik. The year is 2163. Starship Ikarus XB 1 embarks on a long journey across the universe, to search for life

(Israel) 90mins. Dir: Eran Kolirin. Cast: Alon Pdut, Shiri Nadav, Noam Ambar, Mili Eshet, Yoav Rothman. David is discharged from the army after 27 years. He returns to his home and family and tries settle into civilian life. He believes that, like his friends who retired from the military before him, he too will find his way in some managerial position in the private sector, but he has difficulties adapting to the pace of the “new Israel”, a competitive culture obsessed with success and money. When a friend suggests working for a company that markets dietary supplements, David sees this as an opportunity to get his foot in the door of the business world and make something of himself. But this decision slowly gets him and his family entangled in the web of dark forces that rule life in Israel. Un Certain Regard Theatre Claude Debussy Press

14:15 MEAN DREAMS

(Canada) 108mins. Dir: Nathan Morlando. Cast: Sophie Nelisse, Josh Wiggins, Bill Paxton. A coming-of-age thriller about a 15-year-old boy who steals a bag of drug money and runs away with the girl he loves while her corrupt cop father hunts them down. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

14:30 TONI ERDMANN

(Germany) 162mins. Dir: Maren Ade. Cast: Sandra Huller, Peter Simonischek. Practical joker Winfried disguises himself as flashy » www.screendaily.com

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Adis Djapo | Bosnia and Herzegovina selected films A Ballad, in development, 2017 by Aida Begić (BIH, FR, MK) production through Film House Tabija, in development, 2017 by Igor Drljaca (BIH)

Alfa, in development, 2018 by Una Gunjak (Bosnia and Herzegovina) Death in Sarajevo, 2016 by Danis Tanovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina, France)

contact SCCA/pro.ba Obala Isa-bega Ishakovića 6 BIH-71000 Sarajevo C +387 61 205 019 adis@pro.ba www.pro.ba

Janneke Doolaard | The Netherlands selected films In The Arms Of Morpheus in financing by Marc Schmidt (NL, BE) Sisyphus In Amsterdam in development by Ramon Gieling (The Netherlands)

Becoming Zlatan, 2016 by Magnus and Fredrik Gertten (Sweden, Italy, The Netherlands) Erbarme Dich – Matthaus Passion Stories, 2015, by Ramon Gieling (The Netherlands, France) Alice Cares, 2015 by Sander Burger (NL)

contact KeyDocs Van Diemenstraat 332 NL-1013 CR Amsterdam C +31 6 1469 0001 janneke.doolaard@keydocs.nl www.keydocs.nl

Pedro Hernández Santos | Spain selected films Reasonable Blood, in development by Jorge M. Fontana (Spain, Singapur, France, China) The Furies, in postproduction by Miguel del Arco (Spain) Teresa, 2015 by Jorge Dorado (Spain)

Talk, 2015, by Joaquín Oristrell (Spain) Magical Girl, 2014 by Carlos Vermut (Spain) Here And There, 2012 by Antonio Méndez Esparza (Spain, USA)

contact Aquí Y Allí Films San Rogelio 6 ES-28039 Madrid C +34 649 411 141 pedro.hernandez@aquiyallifilms.com www.aquiyallifilms.com

Anamaria Antoci | Romania selected films Shadow And Dream, in development by Hadrian Marcu (Romania) Planeta Petrila in production by Andrei Dascalescu (Romania)

The Fixer, 2016 by Adrian Sitaru (Romania, France) Illegitimate, 2016 by Adrian Sitaru (Romania, Poland, France) Art, 2014 by Adrian Sitaru (Romania)

contact 4 Proof Film 12-14 G-ral C. Budisteanu Street C Building, apt. 7 RO-010775 Bucharest C +40 740 155 602 anamaria@4prooffilm.ro www.4prooffilm.ro

Bendik Strønstad | Norway selected films Morkel The Moss Monster by Aleksander Nordaas (Norway) Villmark Asylum, 2015 by Pål Øie (Norway, Hungary)

Thale, 2012 by Aleksander Nordaas (Norway) Cold, 2011 by Lisa Marie Gamlem (Norway)

contact Yesbox Productions Sandakerveien 52 N-0477 Oslo C +47 99 625 756 bendik@yesbox.no www.yesbox.no

R O D U Joël Jent | Switzerland selected films Aïcha, in postproduction by David Vogel (CH) Bon Voyage, 2016 by Marc Wilkins (CH) Nightlight, 2015 by Samuel Flückiger (Switzerland, Canada)

Iraqi Odyssey, 2014 by Samir, (Switzerland, Germany, United Arab Emirates, Iraq) Back To Switzerland, 2013 by Carlos Iglesias (Spain, Switzerland)

contact Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion Molkenstr. 21 CH-8004 Zürich C +41 78 748 66 77 joel@dvfilm.ch www.dvfilm.ch

The Arbiter, 2013 by Kadri Kõusaar (Estonia, Sweden, UK) Magnus, 2007 by Kadri Kõusaar (Estonia)

contact Meteoriit Artur Kapi 5-17 EST-10136 Tallinn C +372 5 825 8962 aet@meteoriit.ee www.meteoriit.ee

Aet Laigu | Estonia

selected films Nordic Instinct, in development by Kadri Kõusaar (Norway, Estonia, Finland) Dead Woman, in development by Kadri Kõusaar (Estonia) Mother, 2016 by Kadri Kõusaar (Estonia)

Lucas Ochoa | United Kingdom selected films American Honey, 2016 by Andrea Arnold (UK, USA) All These Sleepless Nights, 2016 by Michal Marczak (United Kingdom, Poland) The Witch, 2015 by Rob Eggers (UK, USA)

The Possibilities Are Endless, 2014 by Edward Lovelace, James Hall (United Kingdom) Who Is Dayani Cristal?, 2013 by Marc Silver (USA, Mexico) Shut Up And Play The Hits, 2012 by Dylan Southern, Will Lovelace (United Kingdom, USA)

contact Pulse Films 17 Hanbury Street UK-London E1 6QR C +44 7817 782204 lucas.ochoa@pulsefilms.co.uk www.pulsefilms.co.uk

Drifters, 2015 by Peter Grönlund (Sweden) Hotell, 2013 by Lisa Langseth (Sweden)

contact B-Reel Films Tjärhovsgatan 4 S-116 21 Stockholm C +46 768 99 85 50 frida.bargo@b-reelfilms.com www.b-reelfilms.com

Chefurs Raus, 2013 by Goran Vojnovic (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina) Shanghai Gypsy, 2012 by Marko Nabersnik (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

contact Arsmedia D.O.O. Stegne 5 SI-1000 Ljubljana C +386 40 626 931 info@arsmedia.si www.arsmedia.si

T H E O V E D U Frida Bargo | Sweden selected films Euphoria, in development by Lisa Langseth (Sweden, UK, Germany) A Serious Game, 2016 by Pernilla August (Sweden, Hungary, Denmark, Norway)

Boštjan Ikovic | Slovenia selected films Once Were Human, in development by Goran Vojnovic (Slovenia, Italy) Comedy Of Tears, 2015 by Marko Sosic (Slovenia) Family Film, 2015 by Olmo Omerzu (Czech Republic, Slovenia, Germany, Slovakia, France)

*part two on 16 May Klaudia Śmieja (Poland), Milan Stojanović (Serbia), Julien Madon (France), Dagnė Vildžiūnaitė (Lithuania), Mikkel Jersin (Denmark), Misha Jaari (Finland) Nino Devdariani (Georgia), Emanuele Nespeca (Italy), Undine Filter (Germany), Roberts Vinovskis (Latvia) Participating EFP members Association of Filmmakers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, British Council, Danish Film Institute, Estonian Film Institute, EYE International/The Netherlands, Film Center Serbia, Finnish Film Foundation, Georgian National Film Center, German Films, ICAA/Spain, Istituto Luce-Cinecittà/Italy, Lithuanian Film Centre, National Film Centre Latvia, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, Romanian Film Promotion, Slovenian Film Centre, Swedish Film Institute, Swiss Films, UniFrance films. EFP is supported by

contact in Cannes: +49 160 440 9595 European Film Promotion Friedensallee 14 – 16 22765 Hamburg, Germany info@efp-online.com

project partner

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Screenings

Cast: Shia Labeouf, Sasha Lane, Riley Keough.

19:30 FROM THE LAND OF THE MOON

(France) 125mins. Dir: Nicole Garcia. Cast: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemuhl. Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere Ticket required

19:45

(Japan) 118mins. Dir: Koji Fukada. Cast: Kanji Furutachi, Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui. Toshio hires Yasaka in

Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel

“Toni Erdmann” to get busy Ines’ attention and change her corporate lifestyle. The fatherdaughter challenge reaches absurd proportions until Ines begins to see that her eccentric father deserves a place in her life. Competition Salle Du Soixantieme

15:00 THE CINEMA TRAVELlERS

(India) 96mins. Dir: Shirley Abraham, Amit Madheshiya. Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought the wonder of the movies to faraway villages in India once every year. Seven decades on, as their cinema projectors crumble and film reels become scarce, their patrons are lured by slick digital technology. Can a benevolent showman, a shrewd exhibitor and a maverick projector mechanic keep the last travelling cinemas of the world running? Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel

15:30 AMERICAN HONEY

(UK) 158mins.

FAITS DIVERS

Un Certain Regard Salle Bazin

Dir: Andrea Arnold. Cast: Shia Labeouf, Sasha Lane, Riley Keough. A teenage girl with nothing to lose joins a travelling magazine sales crew, and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love as she crisscrosses the midwest with a band of misfits. Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere Ticket required

16:00 HARMONIUM See box, above

16:30

Critics’ Week Miramar

42 Screen International at Cannes May 15, 2016

BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS

(UK) 158mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Andrea Arnold.

(Israel) 90mins. Dir: Eran Kolirin. Cast: Alon Pdut, Shiri Nadav, Noam

MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE

Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

17:30 THE BFG

(Israel) 98mins. Dir: Asaph Polonsky. Cast: Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Tomer Kapon, Sharon Alexander, Alona Shauloff.

See box, below

AMERICAN HONEY

(France) 66mins. Dir: Claude Barras. Cast: Michel Vuillermoz, Paulin Jaccoud, Natacha Koutchoumov.

(US) 120mins. Dir: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton. Hollywood adaptation of Roald Dahl’s much-loved tale of the big friendly giant.

ONE WEEK AND A DAY

FRENCH TOUR (Tour De France)

21:30

17:15

DOGS

17:00

19:15

Cannes Classics Salle Bunuel

(France) 104mins. Dir: Bogdan Mirica. Cast: Dragos Bucur, Gheorghe Visu, Vlad Ivanov. Un Certain Regard Theatre Claude Debussy Press

22:00

Competition Theatre Claude Debussy Press

Festival & Press

(France) 99mins. Dir: Jacques Becker. Cast: Daniel Gelin, Nicole Courcel, Brigitte Auber. Lucien Bonnard, an ethnology student, is vainly searching for funds to finance his expedition to Africa. Meanwhile, his actor friends are producing a play written by a young author. Caught at lovers’ cross-purposes, couples get together and come apart, but they remain a tightknit group and are finally able to leave for Africa.

Plage Mace

(France) 108mins. Dir: Raymond Depardon. Raymond Depardon films the daily life of the police station of the 5th district of Paris. He follows policemen mobilised by inconspicuous or tragic events.

20:00

his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life.

Cinema on the Beach

A wry comedy that chronicles the challenges of work and love and observes the quiet triumphs and defeats of daily life, and the poetry evident in its smallest details.

Out of Competition Salle Du Soixantieme

HARMONIUM

Mystery screening.

(Austria) 126mins. Dir: Michael Haneke. Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert. Georges and Anne, in their 80s, are highly-educated people and retired classicalmusic teachers. Their daughter, who is also a musician, lives outside France with her family. One day Anne has a mild stroke. When she comes home from the hospital, her body is paralysed on one side. The love that has united this couple for so many years will be severely tested.

(France) 90mins. Dir: Karim Dridi. Cast: Sofian Khammes, Foued Nabba, Oussama Abdul Aal, Zine Darar, Foziwa Mohamed.

16:00

FILM SURPRISE

AMOUR

CHOUF

RENDEZ-VOUS DE JUILLET

Competition Olympia 1 Marché badge holders only

Out of Competition Salle Du Soixantieme

19:00 PATERSON

(US) 100mins. Dir: Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani.

Festival & Press 19:15 FRENCH TOUR (Tour De France)

(France) 95mins. Dir: Rachid Djaidani. Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Sadek, Louise Grinberg. Far’Hook is a 20-year-old rapper. Following a violent dispute with a rival, he’s forced to leave Paris for a while. His producer, Bilal, suggests that Far’Hook acts as driver for Bilal’s father, Serge, on a tour of French

ports, following in the footsteps of the classic painter Joseph Vernet. Despite the age gap and culture clash, an unlikely friendship forms between this talented rapper and the bricklayer from the north of France during a road trip that concludes in Marseille for a final concert, one of reconciliation. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

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SCREENINGS TODAY

FESTIVAL SCREENINGS: SUN 15 MAY

11:30 ESPACE MIRAMAR (PREMIERE)

SUN 15 MAY

17:00 ESPACE MIRAMAR

SUN 15 MAY

22:30 ESPACE MIRAMAR

MON 16 MAY

08:30 ESPACE MIRAMAR

MARCHÉ DU FILM SCREENING: MON 16 MAY

ONE WEEK AND A DAY Black Comedy / Israel / 2016 Dir. Asaph Polonsky

18:00 OLYMPIA 5

SALES: JAN NASZEWSKI, KATARZYNA SINIARSKA Book a meeting on kat@neweuropefilmsales.com +48 698 900 936

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CANNES OFFICE: Grand Hotel, 9th floor, Polish Cinema Terrace

Screenings

village in time to celebrate the end-of-winter holiday of Chalandamarz? Olympia 6

LOVE & FRIENDSHIP

(Ireland) 94mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Whitt Stillman. Cast: Chloe Sevigny, Kate Beckinsale, Xavier Samuel. Whit Stillman’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s early novella ‘Lady Susan’ delivers an exquisite comedy of matchmaking and heartbreak. Olympia 3

NEVER EVER

(France) 90mins. Alfama Films. Dir: Benoît Jacquot. Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Julia Roy. Adapted from the novel ‘The Body Artist’ by Don DeLillo. Arcades 1 By invitation only

THE ORIGIN OF VIOLENCE

(France) 111mins. Other Angle Pictures. Dir: Elie Chouraqui. Cast: Stanley Webber. A French teacher makes a startling discovery while on a trip to Buchenwald with his students. Arcades 3

MORRIS FROM AMERICA Festival & Press 22:30 THE NICE GUYS

(US) 116mins. Dir: Shane Black. Cast: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Kim Basinger, Matt Bomer. Takes place in 1970s Los Angeles, when downon-his-luck private eye Holland March and hired enforcer Jackson Healy must Ambar, Mili Eshet, Yoav Rothman. Un Certain Regard Theatre Claude Debussy Press

MEAN DREAMS

(Canada) 108mins. Dir: Nathan Morlando. Cast: Sophie Nelisse, Josh Wiggins, Bill Paxton. Directors’ Fortnight Theatre Croisette

PATERSON

(US) 100mins. Dir: Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani. Competition Salle Bazin Press

22:30 THE NICE GUYS See box, above

work together to solve the case of a missing girl and the seemingly unrelated death of a porn star. During their investigation, they uncover a shocking conspiracy that reaches up to the highest circles of power. Out of Competition Grand Theatre Lumiere Ticket required

Market screenings

08:30 TONI ERDMANN

(Germany) 162mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Maren Ade. Cast: Sandra Huller, Peter Simonischek. Practical joker Winfried disguises himself as flashy “Toni Erdmann” to get busy Ines’ attention and change her corporate lifestyle. The fatherdaughter challenge reaches absurd proportions until Ines begins to see that her eccentric father deserves a place in her life. Riviera 2

09:15

ONE WEEK AND A DAY

THE STUDENT

(Israel) 98mins. Dir: Asaph Polonsky. Cast: Shai Avivi, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Tomer Kapon, Sharon Alexander, Alona Shauloff.

(Russia) 118mins. Wide. Dir: Kirill Serebrennikov. Cast: Petr Skvortsov, Victoria Isakova, Julia Aug. “Those who follow the light have only ever invented darkness” – Robert Desnos.

Critics’ Week Miramar

Palais D

44 Screen International at Cannes May 15, 2016

09:30 24 WEEKS See box, below

DESPERATE SUNFLOWERS

(Japan) 105mins. Shochiku Co. Dir: Kuroki Hitomi. Cast: Yo Yoshida, Yoshino Kimura, Yuta Furukawa. Palais F

KIKI

(US) 100mins. Films Boutique. Dir: Sara Jordeno. Twenty five years after ‘Paris Is Burning’, we dive back into the fierce world of voguing battles in New York’s Kiki scene, where competition between Houses demands leadership, painstaking practice and performances on point. In a film collaboration between Kiki gatekeeper Twiggy Pucci Garcon and Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordeno, we’re granted exclusive access into this high-stakes world, where tough competitions act as a gateway into the daily lives of LGBTQ youth of colour in New York. The new generation of ballroom youth use the motto: “Not about us without us”. Twiggy and Sara’s insider-outsider approach to their stories breathes fresh life into the representation of a marginalised community who demand visibility and real political power. Palais B

LITTLE MOUNTAIN BOY

Arri Media International. Dir: Xavier Koller. Cast: Jonas Hartmann, Marcus Signer, Tonia Maria Zindel, Leonardo Nigro, Martin Rapold, Sarah Sophia Meyer, Julia Jeker, Laurin Michael. A boy must brave deep winter snow to obtain an important family keepsake. Before he can even start this difficult journey he must first help his family survive financial ruin, rescue his beloved pet goat and with his best friend outwit a bratty bully who seems out to get him at every turn. Will he make it back to the

(US) 89mins. Visit Films. Dir: Chad Hartigan. Cast: Markees Christmas, Craig Robinson, Carla Juri, Lina Keller, Jakub Gierszal, Levin Henning. When a black teen moves to Germany with his single father, he must deal with a culture shock and his infatuation with a rebellious girl, all while dreaming of becoming a hip hop star.

PERICLES THE BLACK

(Spain) 89mins. Alfama Films. Dir: Alberto Morais. Cast: Javier Mendo, Ovidiu Crisan, Nieve De Medina, Laia Marull.

(Italy) 106mins. Rai Com. Dir: Stefano Mordini. Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Marina Fois, Gigio Morra, Valentina Acca, Maria Luisa Santella, Lucia Ragni. ‘Pericles’ is a noir film, a throwback to American movies of the 1940s, with a tight rhythm and a plot that never misses a beat. The protagonist of the story, Pericles, works for an underworld boss and during one of his numerous assignments he makes a serious mistake which damages another powerful boss.

Olympia 9

Gray 2 By invitation only

Lerins 2

THE MOTHER

Market 09:30 24 WEEKS

(Germany) 102mins. Beta Cinema. Dir: Anne Zohra Berrached. Cast: Julia Jentsch, Bjarne Madel, Johanna Gastdorf, Emilia Pieske.

Cabaret performer Astrid is six months pregnant when she learns that her unborn child will be severely disabled. She and her husband have little time to take a decision of enormous significance. Lerins 1

(Switzerland) 104mins.

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Screenings

SHEEP AND WOLVES

MERCENARY

(Russia) 80mins. Wizart. Dir: Maxim Volkov. Cast: Tom Felton, Ruby Rose, China Anne Mcclain. Whoever you are, always be yourself!

(France) 103mins. Be For Films. Dir: Sacha Wolff. Cast: Toki Pilioko, Laurent Pakihivatau, Iliana Zabeth. Soane defies his father’s authority to play rugby in France. Left to his own devices on the other side of the world, his odyssey will take him on the path to becoming a man in a world where there is a price to be paid for success.

Palais J

WALK WITH ME

(Denmark) 105mins. Trustnordisk. Dir: Lisa Ohlin. Cast: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Cecilie Lassen, Morten Holst, Silja Eriksen, Karen-Lise Mynster. Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year-old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation centre he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina, who is helping a relative after a longterm sickness. Thomas desperately wants to be back in the field and gets impatient as progress does not happen as fast as he wants it. When Sofie offers to help him with a more intense rehabilitation plan, he accepts. Despite their differences, they develop a special bond and a mutual affection. Olympia 7 By invitation only

09:45 THE CHOSEN

(Spain) 120mins. Filmax International. Dir: Antonio Chavarrias. Cast: Alfonso Herrera, Hannah Murray. A frenetically intriguing historical thriller about the Spanish man who assasinated Trotsky. Palais E

ENDLESS NIGHT

(Spain) 104mins. Metro International Entertainment. Dir: Isabel Coixet. Cast: Juliette Binoche, Rinko Kikuchi, Gabriel Byrne. Inspired by true events, while travelling to the hostile north in pursuit of her adventurer husband, Josephine finds unlikely companionship with an Inuit woman. Gray 3

LIKE CRAZY

(Italy) 116mins. Bac Films. Dir: Paolo Virzi. Cast: Valeria BruniTedeschi, Micaela Ramazzotti.

Palais C Priority badges only

MOUNTAIN CRY

Market 10:00 THE CONFESSIONS

(Italy) 100mins. True Colours. Dir: Roberto Ando. Cast: Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Lambert Wilson, Connie Nielsen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marie-Josee Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s intimate with world leaders. Donatella is a young, quiet, tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial measures. ‘Like Crazy’ tells the story of their unpredictable friendship and their escape from the treatment constraints; two technically insane creatures, looking for a bit of fun and love in this open-air nuthouse. Olympia 1

PRIVATE SCREENINGS — EUROPA CORP 2

108mins. Europacorp. Olympia 2

Croze, Moritz Bleibtreu. A luxury hotel. A group of politicians about to approve a lethal plan. A monk. A suicidal economist. A confession. A film about secrets and power. Palais G

town in 1941, Sophie’s life is transformed when an Asian man arrives under mysterious circumstances. Their love affair becomes the lightning rod for longburied conflicts that erupt in bigotry and violence. Olympia 5

10:00 ALBUM

(Turkey) 104mins. Dir: Mehmet Can Mertoglu. Cast: Sebnem Bozoklu, Murat Kilic, Muttalip Mujdeci, Mufit Kayacan, Zuhal Gencer Erkaya. A couple in their late 30s set out to prepare a fake photo album of a pseudo pregnancy in order to prove their biological ties to the baby they are planning to adopt. Olympia 4

SOPHIE AND THE RISING SUN

(US) 116mins. Seville International. Dir: Maggie Greenwald. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, Margo Martindale, Lorraine Toussaint, Takashi Yamaguchi, Diane Ladd, Joel Murray, Bobby Henline. In a small southern US

46 Screen International at Cannes May 15, 2016

THE CONFESSIONS See box, above

GET SANTA

(Denmark) 75mins. Copenhagen Bombay Sales Aps. Dir: Jacob Ley. Eight-year-old Julius lives at an orphanage and his biggest wish for Christmas is to get a family. Julius is

an outsider and he secretly still believes in Santa Claus. One day Julius ends up in a magical Christmas universe that changes his life forever. Gray 4

LET’S BE EVIL

(US) 83mins. Mpi Media Group. Dir: Martin Owen. Cast: Kara Tointon, Isabelle Allen, Elliot James Langridge, Helene Wilson, Elizabeth Morris. A psychological scifi thriller set in Los Angeles. Children’s skulls are thin. Despite the controversy over mobile phone radiation, step into the near future and the full dangers are still not yet disclosed, or commercially ignored. Irrespective, in order to avoid further slippage down the international educational league tables, the government declares its intention to equip all children with augmented reality glasses, following a pilot study. Trials suggest that being permanently “plugged in” from an early age can significantly enhance performance and IQ. Certain high-flying children are selected, who adore being always online. The potential benefits appear to be enormous, but there’s a catch: the electro-magnetism of the high-power batteries permanently adjacent to a child’s brain start to cause unusual effects. Lerins 4

(China) 107mins. Fortissimo Films. Dir: Larry Yang. Cast: Yueting Lang, Ziyi Wang, Taishen Cheng, Ailei Yu. Set in a remote village, the story begins with the sudden death of a husband and father whose family is new to the village’s tight-knit traditional community. In the aftermath of that tragic event, the villagers come to know and understand the man’s widow, a mysterious mute with a story to tell. Arcades 2

REDISTRIBUTORS

(UK) 82mins. Princ Films. Dir: Adrian Tanner. Cast: Alexandra Evans, Alastair Mackenzie. Charts the plight of a PR girl on the run from the military corporation where she works. Forced to seek refuge among anticapitalist outlaws — she finds that they are her only hope of destroying her former employers and staying alive Gray 5

Films. Dir: Geordie Sabbagh. Cast: Dylan Taylor, Melanie Scrofano, Meghan Heffern. Adam, 31, is a struggling writer on the verge of giving it all up. His books have failed, he is broke and his girlfriend Tracy wants to move on. As he struggles to finish his last attempt at a novel, he meets and falls for a smart, beautiful woman named Emma. Emma is also Death and she has come to take Adam away. She offers him everlasting fame and a chance to take his place among the greats of the written word. Now Adam must decide if what he’s dreamed about is worth dying for, and if the woman he truly loves is in the present or in the life beyond. Gray 4

BERNADETTE LAFONT, AND GOD CREATED THE FREE WOMAN

(France) 65mins. Doc & Film International. Dir: Esther Hoffenberg. A journey in the company of Bernadette Lafont, French cinema’s most atypical actress. Palais D

CIARAN

(US) 80mins. 1066 Pictures. Dir: Andrew Mackenzie. Cast: Peter J Morton, Joanna Ranee Wood, Megan S Porter, Nell Teare. When a rash of demonic possessions occurs in Los Angeles, the Vatican summons an Irish Priest with mysterious powers: Ciaran the Demon Hunter.

ROBERT DOISNEAU: THROUGH THE LENS

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(France) 83mins. Jour2Fete. Dir: Jan Vazak. Featuring previously unissued photographs and video, as well as interviews with friends and partners, ‘Doisneau: Through The Lens’ tells how the kid from the poor suburbs turned superstar photographer. It draws an intimate portrait of his life and work.

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A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE

(US) 97mins. Coproduction Office (Paris). Dir: Benjamin Dickinson. Cast: Benjamin Dickinson, Nora Zehetner, Reggie Watts, Dan Gill, Alexia Rasmussen, Paul Manza, Gavin Mcinnes. In near-future Brooklyn, an advertising executive uses a new augmented reality technology to conduct an illicit affair with his best friend’s girlfriend… or so it seems.

(Canada) 93mins. Princ

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THE CREW

(France) 85mins. Snd — Groupe M6. Dir: Julien Leclercq. Cast: Sami Bouajila. Yanis Zeri is one of the most talented armoredtruck hijackers in Paris. His friends, Franck and Nasser, and his brother Amine are the only men he trusts to work with him. But for his newest coup, Yanis brings in an explosives expert, Eric. Everything goes according to plan. But Amine is too greedy and makes a mistake that forces them to do a job for a powerful drug dealer. If they fail, their families will suffer the consequences. Olympia 7 Priority badges only

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CHUCKS

(Austria) 93mins. Summerside International. Dir: Sabine Hiebler, Gerhard Ertl. Cast: Anna Posch, Markus Subramaniam, Thomas Schubert. Gray 5

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LILY LANE

(UK) 85mins. Westend Films. Dir: Steven Cantor. Cast: Sergei Polunin. An immersive personal portrait of controversial ballet superstar Sergei Polunin.

(Hungary) 91mins. Films Boutique. Dir: Bence Fliegauf. Cast: Angela Stefanovics, Balint Sotonyi, Miklos B Szekely. When Rebeka and her young son, Danny, are together, they throw themselves into a world of stories and secrets. After the death of her

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KOBLIC

(Argentina) 95mins. Filmsharks International. Dir: Sebastian Borensztein. Cast: Ricardo Darin, Oscar Martinez, Inma Cuesta. 1977, during the days of the Argentinian dictatorship. A former pilot and captain of the Argentinian Navy disobeys an order and becomes a fugitive in order to survive. He chooses to hide in a small town in the south of the country, where his presence will catch the attention of an unscrupulous and violent local marshal. Lerins 4

LIFE AT THESE SPEEDS

(US) 105mins. Content Media Corporation. Dir: Leif Tilden. Cast: Billy Crudup, Graham Rogers, Liana Liberato, Stefanie Scott, Tim Roth. We all have those memories. Indelible, perfect memories that make you glow with happiness. Like the way the sun shone off her hair the morning you met her; or the sound of your best friend’s laughter after

an inside joke, or your coach’s inspiring speech; or daydreaming with the love of your life about your future together. Olympia 6

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PET

(US) 90mins. Wtfilms. Dir: Carles Torrens. Cast: Dominic Monaghan. Seth becomes obsessed with Holly, leading him to hold her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works. But soon the victim turns tables on her assailant.

mother, Rebeka decides to track down her estranged father. She takes Danny to places she knew as a child, inventing stories as a way of relating her dark recollections of childhood to him. While her memories start turning into demons, Rebeka and Danny carry on their dreamy journey regardless. Palais B

THE SUMMER OF ALL MY PARENTS

(France) 97mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Diasteme. After attempting to set a mailbox on fire, Pimpette, 14, and her elder sister, Josephine, spend their summer holidays shuttling between their secretly pregnant mom and bachelor father. But when Josephine gets involved with the wrong crowd, little Pimpette turns out to be more responsible than the grown-ups. Lerins 2

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RICO, OSKAR AND THE BROKEN HEARTED

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(Germany) 95mins. Beta Cinema. Dir: Wolfgang Groos. Cast: Anton Petzold, Juri Winkler, Karoline Herfurth, Moritz Bleibtreu. Based on a best-selling children’s book.

WE ARE FAMILY

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(France) 98mins. Tf1 International. Dir: Gabriel Julien-Laferriere. Cast: Julie Gayet, Thierry Neuvic, Lucien JeanBaptiste, Julie Depardieu, Arie Elmaleh, Philippe Katerine, Claudia Tagbo,

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

take a trip to Big Sur to reestablish a bond that has been broken by years of competition and jealousy. Riviera 1

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WE DON’T BELONG HERE

(US) 92mins. Premiere Entertainment Group. Dir: Peer Pederson. Cast: Catherine Keener, Anton Yelchin, Riley Keough, Maya Rudolph, Cary Elwes, Kaitlyn Dever, Molly Shannon. A matriarch of a dysfunctional family is pushed to her tipping point by the disappearance of her son. Palais F

12:00 AFTER LOVE

(France) 98mins. Le Pacte. Dir: Joachim Lafosse. Cast: Berenice Bejo, Cedric Kahn. After 10 years of living together, Marie and Boris have decided to get a divorce. Marie is going to buy the apartment in which they live with their two daughters. But it was Boris who had completely renovated it, and since he cannot afford to find another place to live, they must share it. When all is said and done, neither of the two is willing to give up. Arcades 2

ALWAYS SHINE

(US) 85mins. Visit Films. Dir: Sophia Takal. Follows two friends, both actresses living in LA, who

(Egypt) 97mins. Pyramide International. Dir: Mohamed Diab. Cast: Ahmed Malek, Tarek Abdel Aziz, Nelly Karim. Explores the confrontations between pro- and antiMuslim Brotherhood demonstrators that emerged following the removal of president Mohamed Morsi from power on July 3, 2013.

AUTHOR: THE JT LEROY STORY

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(US) 110mins. Dogwoof. Dir: Jeff Feuerzeig. Cast: Laura Albert. New York magazine’s October 2005 issue sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about his sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was dreamed up by 40-yearold San Francisco punk rocker and phone sex operator Laura Albert.

THE DREAM OF WATER

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(Iran) 103mins. Farabi Cinema Foundation. Dir: Farhad Mehranfar. Cast: Hossein Mahjoub, Payam Fazli, Maryam Nahvi, Ashin Jafarikhah. After the breakdown of his car in the desert, a young man who works for the water supply organisation reaches an abandoned village. With the help of an old man who is also the remaining inhabitant of that region, he goes down an aqueduct. The old man makes him promise to find the spring that he believes is hidden underground. Palais G

BEHEMOTH

(France) 88mins. Upside Distribution. Dir: Zhao Liang. In this visually powerful documentary, one of China’s most interesting film-makers explores social structures and the industrial provinces of the inner parts of Mongolia. Palais E

THE BANKSY JOB

(UK) 80mins. Metro International Entertainment. Dir: Dylan Harvey, Ian Roderick Gray. Cast: Ak 47. ‘The Banksy Job’ is about art, crime, authentication, ongoing feuds and a

THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS

(UK) 105mins. Altitude Film Sales. Dir: Colm Mccarthy. Cast: Gemma Arterton, Paddy Considine, Glenn Close, Sennia Nanua. When the base guarding Melanie is overrun by Hungries, she escapes with the teacher who loves her, the soldier who would kill her, and the scientist who would dissect her. Bound to each other as survivors on a life-raft, can the group recognise Melanie as the cure for the human race? Olympia 1 By invitation only

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LAST DAYS OF LOUIS XIV

(France) 100mins. Capricci Films. Dir: Albert Serra. Cast: JeanPierre Leaud, Patrick D’Assumcao, Bernard Belin, Irene Silvagni, Marc Susini. August 1715. After going for a walk, Louis XIV feels a pain in his leg. The next day, the king keeps fulfilling his duties and obligations, but his sleep is troubled and he has a serious fever. He barely eats and weakens increasingly. This is the start of the slow agony of the greatest king of France, surrounded by his relatives and doctors.

Market 13:30 FIRST BORN

(UK) 86mins. Metrodome International. Dir: Nirpal Bhogal. Cast: Antonia Thomas, Luke Norris, Eileen Davies,

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Jonathan Hyde. A young family is forced to turn to the occult to save their daughter from the supernatural entities that plague her. Arcades 3

THE MASTER CLEANSE

(US) 100mins. Xyz Films. Dir: Bobby Miller. Cast: Johnny Galecki, Anjelica Huston, Oliver Platt, Anna Friel. After holding onto

heartbreak for several years, Paul decides to restart his life, joining a spiritual retreat designed to cleanse negative toxins from his body. But things take a turn when Paul and the other participants discover that the cleanse releases something far greater than everyday toxins and traumatic experiences. Gray 1

Now in 2599, the mission is to exterminate the roaches and colonise Mars. Fifteen destitute people from all walks of life have been assembled for the task. However, the moment Shokichi and the others set foot on the planet, he finds out the cockroaches have evolved into huge creatures that mercilessly attack humans. Lerins 3

TERRAFORMARS

(Japan) 108mins. Gaga Corporation. Dir: Takashi Miike. Cast: Hideaki Ito, Emi Takei, Tomohisa Yamashita. Slum-dwelling Shokichi takes responsibility for a murder to protect Nanao. Rather than go to prison, they agree to be a part of a secret mission: 500 years ago, to solve the population explosion on Earth, cockroaches and mosses were sent to Mars to make the atmosphere habitable for humankind.

13:30 THE BODYGUARD

(Hong Kong/China) 99mins. Edko Films. Dir: Sammo Hung. Cast: Sammo Hung, Andy Lau. Follows a retired bodyguard who has settled in the dark and unknown corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet. Suffering from the beginnings of dementia, the bodyguard is befriended by a young girl whose life is

threatened when her father falls in with the local criminals. When the girl and her father disappear, the bodyguard must call upon his long-forgotten skills to save the life of his young friend. Palais B

BREAKING LEGS

(US) 98mins. California Pictures. Dir: Mark Marchillo. Cast: Lee Meriwether, Chris Kattan, Richard Riehle, Liv Southard. ‘Footloose’ meets ‘Mean Girls’ as high school freshman Bloom moves to a town where there’s no place to dance — except the school dance team. But when the boyfriend of the team’s lead girl falls for her, she’ll have to fight to win her place among these venomous girls. Palais H

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HEARTSTRINGS

(France) 89mins. Gaumont. Dir: Michel Boujenah. Cast: Alix Vaillot, Jean-Stan Du Pac, Charles Berling, Pascal Elbe. Twelve-year-old Marie, a good student and a promising violonist, has a secret: she suffers from a degenerative eye disease and knows eventually she will have to live in the dark. Of course, her parents know it too. In the middle of the school year, they announce they’re going to take her out of school and board her at an institute for the blind. Marie, however, has other plans. At the end of the year she fully intends to sit the entrance exam for a prestigious music school. Going to the institute would blow her chances. Marie decides to hide the acceleration of her disease from her parents and school, but she knows she can’t do it alone. Having noticed that Victor, the class dunce, has a crush on her, she uses the pretext of helping him with his homework to get him to help her. Little by little, Victor becomes Marie’s eyes. Arcades 1

KEN SAN

(Japan) 100mins. Eleven Arts. Dir: Yuichi Hibi. Cast: Michael Douglas,

John Woo, Paul Schrader. One year has passed since Ken Takakura, a Japanese film actor, passed away. Through retrospective screenings and personal reminiscence, we revisit his life and remember the impact he made on cinema. Gray 2

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LOST SOLACE

(Canada) 106mins. Jinga Films. Dir: Chris Scheuerman. Cast: Andrew Jenkins, Melissa Roxburgh, Leah Gibson, Charlie Kerr, Michael Kopska, Johannah Newmarch. Spence Cutler is a psychopath. He’s never felt empathy or guilt. However, a fateful encounter with a new drug is about to give him a dose of too much reality, and he takes a mind-bending trip down the psychedelic highway of consciousness to come face to face with his own morality and his own twisted soul. Palais F

the traditional cheese race, he is immediately hooked. Carried away by his enthusiasm to win, he places a secret bet on his team’s victory: the entire house and the amazing workshop of this friend, brilliant inventor Alfie Clarke. With his best buddy Luca the hedgehog and clever Alfie on his team, Louis has no doubt he can prove himself a true racing champion. However, his confidence is shattered when his opponent’s team is boosted by a wacky comedian and a fierce gorilla. Will Alfie forgive Louis and will the friends bring home the victory against all odds? Riviera 2

MOLLY MONSTER

(Germany) 70mins. Global Screen. Dir: Ted Sieger, Michael Ekblad, Matthias Bruhn. Molly is a deeply-loved only monster child. But when Mama gives birth to an egg, Molly sets out on a journey to find her new place in the family. Lerins 4

LOUIS & LUCA — THE BIG CHEESE RACE

(Norway) 78mins. Sola Media. Dir: Rasmus A Sivertsen. When Louis the Magpie hears about

MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

(Chile) 94mins. Film Factory Entertainment. Dir: Alejandro Fernandez. Vicente, a college student

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(Spain) Wild Bunch. Dir: Paco Leon. Cast: Natalia De Molina, Alex Garcia, Paco Leon, Anna Katz, Belen Cuesta, Candela Pena, Luis Callejo,

Mari Paz Sayago, Luis Bermejo, Rea Gimenez. A playful and uninhibited comedy exploring desire and erotic fantasy stripped of all social constraints. Olympia 3

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

“Unsettling, unshakable (...) reveals Takal as a remarkably assured filmmaker.” – Vanity Fair “Echoes of De Palma, Lynch, and Bergman, though it simultaneously maintains a presence all its own.” – Indiewire

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(US) 105mins. Fortitude International. Dir: Gary Michael Schultz. Cast: Emile Hirsch, Zoe Kravitz.

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on summer vacation, spends his days relaxing at the family beach house, drinking and flirting. Out partying one night, he piles into a car with new friends and winds up in a deadly hit-andrun accident. With his memory hazy and the others offering conflicting accounts, Vicente finds himself entangled in a criminal case and a corrupt system that closes ranks around the actual driver, the son of a prominent politician.

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VOIR DU PAYS

(US) 86mins. Submarine Entertainment. Dir: Greg Kwedar. Cast: Gabriel Luna, Clifton Collins Jr, Johnny Simmons. For three border patrol agents working a remote desert checkpoint, the contents of one car will reveal an insidious plot within their own ranks. The next 24 hours will take them on a treacherous journey that could cost them their lives.

(France) 102mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Delphine Coulin, Muriel Coulin. Cast: Soko, Ariane Labed. At the end of their tour of duty in Afghanistan, two young military women, Aurore and Marine, are given three days of decompression leave with their unit at a five-star resort in Cyprus, among tourists. But it’s not that easy to forget the war and leave the violence behind.

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Cast: Craig Robinson (This Is the End), Carla Juri (Wetlands) When a black teen moves to Germany with his single father, he must deal with culture shock and his infatuation with a rebellious girl, all while dreaming of becoming a hip hop star. US Distributor: A24

“Irresistibly sweet. ” – Entertainment Weekly

“Christmas (a terrific discovery) and Robinson strike so many wonderfully varied notes.”– Variety “[A] big-hearted coming-ofage tale.” – New York Post MARKET SCREENING: TODAY / 9:30 / Lerins 2 CANNES OFFICE Lerins L4 +1 347 662 9577

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(Norway) 96mins. Trustnordisk. Dir: Erik Skjoldbjaerg. Cast: Agnes Kittelsen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Trond Nilssen. A ruthless pyromaniac is on the loose in a southern village in Norway. They don’t know he’s not a stranger but one of them. We follow him, the fire brigade chief ’s own son, in secret spreading fear. Olympia 7 By invitation only

TRANSIT HAVANA

(Germany) 88mins. Rise And Shine World Sales. Dir: Daniel Abma. President’s daughter Mariela Castro organises support and treatment for Cuban transgender people. Is the socialist island changing into a gay paradise? Palais D

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“Ridiculously entertaining.”

MORRIS FROM AMERICA

Director: Chad Hartigan (This Is Martin Bonner)

Follows down-on-their-luck rebels Vincent and Roxxy who fall in love and fall apart when their violent pasts catch up with them.

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(Russia) 110mins. Central Partnership Sales House. Dir: Nurbek Egen. Victor, aka The Hammer, is an MMA star going for the world championship. Following a heated argument with a Mafiaconnected bookmaker named Shark, Victor is seriously injured in a car chase. His head trauma is life-threatening but he is determined to win the title. Shark’s girlfriend Vera falls in love with Victor, but he finds it hard to trust her. What he doesn’t know yet is that Shark will stop at nothing to make the championship fight Victor’s last, and that it is Vera who will sacrifice a great deal for the sake of their love. Palais J

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14:00 47 METERS DOWN

(UK) 87mins. Altitude Film Sales. Dir: Johannes Roberts. Cast: Mandy Moore, Claire Holt, Matthew Modine. A cage diving expedition goes catastrophically wrong when two divers are trapped and must ascend through 47m of sharkinfested waters to get back to the surface. Arcades 2 By invitation only

ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

(Poland) 90mins. Hanway Films. Dir: Micha_ Marczak. Cast: Krzysztof Baginsk, Michal Huszcza, Ewa Lebeuf. Warsaw has become an emergent city, teeming with a new generation of 20-somethings trying to discover their place in a city uncomfortably torn »

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Director: Maha Haj Producer: Baher Agbariya Production Company: Majdal Films World Sales: Films Boutique E-mail: simon@filmsboutique.com Web: http://filmsboutique.com THU MAY 12 14:00 DEBUSSY THEATRE (PRESS) MARKET SCREENINGS: THU MAY 12 22:00 DEBUSSY THEATRE (WORLD PREMIERE) SAT MAY 14 13:30 PALAIS D FRI MAY 13 16:15 BAZIN THEATRE (PUBLIC) MON MAY 16 12:00 LERINS 3

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Director: Eran Kolirin Producers: Eilon Ratzkovsly, Yochanan Kredo, Yossi Uzrad, Lisa Shiloach, Guy Jacoel Co-Producers: Diana Elbaum, Sebastien Delloye, Francois Touwaide, Michael Weber, Viola Fuegen Production Companies: July August Productions, Entre Chien et Loup, Match Factory Productions World Sales: The Match Factory E-mail: info@matchfactory.de Web: www.the-match-factory.com SUN MAY 15 14:00 SUN MAY 15 22:00 MON MAY 16 16:45

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Director: Asaph Polonsky Producers: Saar Yogev & Naomi Levari Production Company: Black Sheep Film Productions Ltd. World Sales: New Europe Film Sales, Jan Naszewski E-mail: jan@neweuropefilmsales.com SUN SUN SUN MON MON TUE TUE

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between its traumatic past and the bold future that always seems just out of reach. Olympia 4

BADEN-BADEN

(Belgium) 96mins. Jour2Fete. Dir: Rachel Lang. Cast: Salome Richard, Claude Gensac, Swann Arlaud, Zabou Breitman. When Ana finishes a job she hates as runner on a big film shoot in Belgium, she makes an impulse decision to change her plans. Over the course of a summer, during which a broken love affair briefly blossoms again and Ana’s grandmother has to go into hospital with a broken hip, Ana does her best to cope with life.

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Director: Or Sinai Producer: Leah Tonic Production: The Jerusalem Sam Spiegel Film School Co-production: Cinephil - Distribution & Co Productions World Sales: Cinephil - Distribution & Co Productions E-mail: ori@cinephil.co.il Web: www.cinephil.co.il FRI MAY 20 11:00

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Director: Udi Aloni Producers: David Silber, Lawrence Inglee, Stefan Arndt, Udi ALoni Co-Producers: Moshe Edery, Leon Edery Production: Metro Communications, X-Filme Creative Pool, Blackbird, Dig The Movie, United King Films World Sales: The Match Factory E-mail: info@matchfactory.de Web: www.the-match-factory.com FRI. MAY 13 20:00

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Director: Avishai Sivan Producers: Ronen Bental, Avishai Sivan, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery Production: Plan B Productions, The mouth Agape, United King Films World Sales: Bleiberg Entertainment E-mail: info@bleibergent.com Web: www.bleibergent.com WED MAY 11 17:30 SAT MAY 14 18:00

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Director: Shimon Dotan Producers: Estelle Fialon, Jonathan Aroch, Paul Cadieux, Shimon Dotan Co-producers: ARTE France, yesDocu, NDR, BR, HR Production: Les Films du Poisson, Talisma Productions, Filmoption International World Sales: Cinephil– Distribution E-mail: ori@cinephil.co.il Web: www.cinephil.co.il WED MAY 11 13:30

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Director: Elite Zexer Producers: Haim Mecklberg, Estee Yacov-Mecklberg Executive Producers: Rami Yehoshua, Moshe Edery, Leon Edery, Ygal Mograbi Production: 2Team Productions World Sales: Beta Cinema E-mail: beta@betacinema.com Web: www.betacinema.com THU MAY 12 14:00

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Director: Miya Hatav Producers: Haggai Arad, Elad Peleg Production Company: Daroma Productions World Sales: Intramovies E-mail: marco.fusco@intramovies.com / Web: www.intramovies.com SUN MAY 15 15:30

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(Denmark) 76mins. Autlook Filmsales. Dir: Andreas Johnsen. Will eating insects save the Earth? A gastronomic adventure.

(US) 95mins. Stray Dogs. Dir: Jake Mahaffy. Cast: David Harewood. Set in the world of storefront churches, one man attempts to perform a miracle. The more he prays, the more things spiral out of control.

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his father and his sick grandfather in a small Serbian enclave. Besides them, an Orthodox priest and a 30-year-old teacher are the only Serbs in the community. Every day, Nenad is driven by a claustrophobic military vehicle from his father’s farm to school, where he is now the only student. His great desire to play with other children seems unattainable. Again and again he sees two boys his age through the slots of the armored vehicle. And he encounters the 13-yearold Albanian shepherd boy Bashkim, who lost his father in the war and hates the Serbs.

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(Slovenia) 83mins. Slovenian Film Centre. Dir: Igor Sterk. Cast: Ivan Vastl, Mak Tepsic, Ronja Matijevec Jerman, Matija David Brodnik. In search of the best photo for the school competition, four 13-year-old pupils head to the remote hills. The competition turns into a struggle for survival. A story about growing up, love, friendship and heroism, this warm but suspenseful and occasionally spine-chilling film focuses on what happens in the today’s world when technology stops working and the primal human instincts come to light. Palais E

ENCLAVE

(Germany) 92mins. Eastwest Filmdistribution. Dir: Goran Radovanovic. Cast: Filip Subaric, Daniel Muric, Nebojsa Glogovac, Anica Dobra, Miodrag Krivokapic. Ten years after the war in Kosovo: 10-yearold Nenad lives with

110mins. Los Cabos International Film Festival. ‘Carrona’ by Sebastian Hiriart, ‘La Habitacion’ by Carlos Carrera, Daniel Gimenez Cacho, Carlos Bolado, Ernesto Contreras, Alfonso Pineda Ulloa, Alejandro Valle, Ivan Avila Duenas and Natalia Beristain, ‘Los Dias Mas Oscuros De Nosotros’ by Astrid Rondero and ‘William El Nuevo Maestro Del Judo’ by Ricardo Silva and Julia Pastrana. Palais K Press allowed

MONOLITH

(Italy) 83mins. True Colours. Dir: Ivan Silvestrini. Cast: Katrina Bowden, Damon Dayoub, Brandon Jones, Jason Hayden. Sandra is driving through the night in the desert in her new car: the Monolith — the safest SUV ever. She’s trying to get to Los Angeles to reach her husband, jealousy is killing her and she wants to find out if he’s cheating on her. Her

two-year-old child, David, is in his child seat playing with her smartphone. Distracted, Sandra runs over a deer and stops to check the damage. While outside, David pushes the remote control of the car from the smartphone screen and Monolith locks down, leaving Sandra outside and David trapped inside. The night in the desert is dangerous and the day is so hot that the car is turning into an oven. Sandra doesn’t have much time to save her son. Gray 1

MY BROTHER, KHOSRO

(Iran) 95mins. Farabi Cinema Foundation. Dir: Ehsan Biglari. Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Bita Farahi, Nasser Hashemi, Hengameh Ghaziani. Story of two brothers who have to spend some time together. Palais G

THE NEW LIFE OF PAUL SNEIJDER

(France) 115mins. Snd — Groupe M6. Dir: Thomas Vincent. Cast: Thierry Lhermitte, Geraldine Pailhas. Paul Sneijder leads a decent, uneventful life in Montreal. Until his eldest daughter dies in a tragic and absurd elevator accident. Devastated, he has no one to turn to. His wife is focused on her job. Their twin sons are self-absorbed teenagers. Paul needs a dramatic change and quits his job. During his many walks and encounters in the city parks, he becomes a dog walker. If Paul can survive the wacky canines and their equally crazy owners, the cold Canadian winter and his wife’s strange obsession for organic chicken, he might be on a journey to self-recovery. Olympia 5 Priority badges only

NOW I’M GONNA LOVE YOU

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(Chile) 92mins. Latido Films. Dir: Pepa San Martin. Cast: Mariana Loyola, Agustina Munoz, Julia Lubbert, Emilia Ossandon, Daniel Munoz, Sigrid Alegria, Coca Guazzini. “So ... do your Mom and Lia kiss in public?” “Sometimes. Not that much.”

stores, securing his employers an immediate, spectacular return on investment. He’s sacrificed everything for his career, including his friends, the women he loved and his son Gerald, who he hardly ever sees. Not to mention his health! When Gerald reaches out to him to help him get a job so that he can fund the renovation of his future restaurant, Serge gives it some thought before getting him hired as a salesman. Against all odds, Gerald finds out he has a gift.

Amalie Kruse Jensen, Nicolas Bro, Paprika Steen, Astrid JuncherBenzon. In the last chapter of this highly anticipated trilogy, our pint-sized superhero rises once again to the occasion by forming unexpected alliances and saving the town from destruction.

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(Germany) 110mins. Picture Tree International. Dir: Florian David Fitz. Cast: Florian David Fitz, Matthias

Schweighofer, Alexandra Maria Lara. The seemingly fatally ill friends Andi and Benno go on a road trip to find their last “most beautiful day”. Lerins 4

(France) 89mins. Bac Films. Dir: Sylvain Descloux. Cast: Gilbert Melki, Pio Marmai, Sara Giraudeau. Serge is one of the best kitchen salesmen in France. For the past 30 years he’s been operating in shopping areas and department

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(Denmark) 86mins. Attraction Distribution. Dir: Ask Hasselbalch. Cast: Oscar Dietz, Samuel Ting Graf,

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(Israel) 84mins. Intramovies. Dir: Miya Hatav. Cast: Maria Zreik, Maya Gasner, Yoram Toledano. Oliel lies severely injured and unconscious in hospital after a terror attack in Jerusalem. A beautiful girl apparently there to attend to her dying father, bonds with

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Korean immigration service. Mrs B is now living in Seoul with her two sons. But to finally start a new life with her sons, Mrs B has to fight for justice. She has been accused of spying and trafficking by the National Intelligence Service.

Oliel’s mother, Bina. Two women, both hiding a secret, while waiting and hoping will learn about truth, faith and acceptance. Palais H

THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI

(Finland) 92mins. Les Films Du Losange. Dir: Juho Kuosmanen. Cast: Jarkko Lahti, Oona Airola, Eero Milonoff. Summer 1962, Olli Maki has a shot at the featherweight boxing world championship title. From the Finnish countryside to the bright lights of Helsinki, everything has been prepared for his fame and fortune. All Olli has to do is lose weight and concentrate. But there is a problem — he has fallen in love with Raija. Palais D By invitation only

I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER

(Ireland) 104mins. Independent. Dir: Billy O’Brien. Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Max Records, Laura Fraser. The story of a teenage boy hunting for a supernatural serial killer in his snowbound midwestern town. Olympia 9

ILLEGITIMATE

(Romania) 85mins. Versatile. Dir: Adrian Sitaru. Cast: Alina Grigore, Robi Urs, Bogdan Albulescu, Cristina Olteanu. Bucharest. At a family dinner, four siblings

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(Japan) 98mins. Kadokawa Corporation. Dir: Koji Shiraishi. Cast: Mizuki Yamamoto, Tina Tamashiro, Masanobu Ando. Natsumi and Yuri buy a video recorder in a recycling shop and play back the VHS tape in it. Its images are horrifying. Natsumi watches the pictures and from that time it is as if she is possessed. Yuri consults with a spirit medium, Tokiwa. He discloses the terrible reality that Natsumi’s life will be snatched away “after two discover that under the Ceausescu regime, their father reported women trying to get abortions… and that he stands by his actions today. Shocked by this revelation, the family explodes and deeper secrets emerge. Arcades 3

LOVESONG

(US) 85mins. Mongrel

days”. Meanwhile, a high school student named Suzuka has just moved in a few days earlier and develops an interest in the abandoned house across the street. It is rumoured that if you enter the house, you will go missing. Although it is supposed to be unoccupied, sometimes there seems to be some kind of presence. When these two seemingly unrelated incidents become intertwined, the reality of the mysterious house and the truth behind the inexplicable phenomena occurring around Yuri and Suzuka are revealed. Gray 4

International. Dir: Kim So Yong. Cast: Jena Malone, Riley Keough, Brooklyn Decker, Amy Seimetz, Ryan Eggold, Rosanna Arquette. Sarah, a young mother, raises her precocious daughter in their country home while feeling abandoned by her husband, who perpetually travels for work. When

Sarah’s old friend Mindy comes to visit, they decide to take a road trip, and after an alcohol-infused heart-to-heart, a long unspoken intimacy emerges between the longtime friends. Later Sarah is unable to articulate her thoughts about her husband or Mindy, and Mindy makes the decision to leave the trip and go

home. Three years later, the two women are reunited for Mindy’s wedding aend Sarah is forced to reconcile the reality of her feelings. Olympia 7

MRS B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN

(France) 70mins. Doc & Film International. Dir: Jero Yun. Mrs B worked in a weapons factory in North Korea. Ten years ago, she left her village for China, intending to work there for a few months then go back home to her husband and their two sons. But she was sold by traffickers to Jin, a poor Chinese peasant. Now she has become a smuggler herself and she plans to reunite with her two sons, who have moved to South Korea. Arrested by the police while crossing the border illegally, she is transferred to the South

(South Korea) 100mins. Mirovision. Dir: Joh GunShik. Cast: Cha Tae-Hyun, Victoria, Mina Fujii. Gyeon-woo is having difficulty forgetting his sassy, former girlfriend, who has left him but is then reunited with his elementary-school childhood sweetheart, who is from China and was often teased about her broken Korean. They fall in love and marry despite family opposition and explore the ups and downs of married life. Lerins 2

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STOPPING — HOW TO STOP THE WORLD

(Germany) 90mins. Schwarzer Panther Film/ Spuren Pfade Filme. Dir: Bernhard Koch. Four people between Berlin and London, who feel challenged in their everyday life, go out to discover the vast field of meditation in order to be better prepared for their lives. Doc Corner

TAMARA

(Venezuela) 110mins.

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Wide. Dir: Elia K Schneider. Cast: Luis Fernadez, Pakriti Maduro, Karina Velazquez. A man’s struggle to become the woman he truly is. Palais B

TIGER RAID

(UK) 91mins. Bankside Films. Dir: Simon Dixon. Cast: Brian Gleeson, Damien Molony, Sofia Boutella. While on a covert mission, two cold-blooded mercenaries form an unlikely bond as they race across the desert in the dead of night. When their violent and desperate world implodes, past atrocities come to the surface threatening to tear each of them apart. Olympia 6

UNCLE HOWARD

(US) 95mins. Upside Distribution. Dir: Aaron

Brookner. Cast: Madonna Ciccone, Jim Jarmusch, William Burroughs, Brad Gooch, Howard Brookner. When Howard Brookner lost his life to AIDS in 1989, the 35-year-old director had completed two feature documentaries and was in post-production on his narrative debut, ‘Bloodhounds of Broadway’. Twenty-five years later, his nephew, Aaron, sets out on a quest to find the lost negative of ‘Burroughs: The Movie’, his uncle’s criticallyacclaimed portrait of legendary author William S Burroughs. Palais J

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Javier Godino. From his wheelchair, Joaquin discovers that his neighbours are digging a tunnel to rob the bank next to his apartment. He also finds out that the lady renting the room in his own house is an accomplice. He eventually realises that he is at serious risk, and also in love. Riviera 1

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(India) 97mins. Stray Dogs. Dir: Rohit Mittal. Cast: Rohit Mittal. A documentary crew follows a notorious auto rickshaw driver in the suburbs of Mumbai.

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(Spain) 120mins. Latido Films. Dir: Rodrigo Grande. Cast: Leonardo Sbaraglia, Clara Lago, Federico Luppi, Pablo Echarri, Uma Salduende,

THE BODYGUARD

(China) 92mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: Yue Song. Cast: WaiMan Chan, Collin Chou, Yue Song.

Wu-Lin becomes a bodyguard. When his fellow apprentice comes to town, his loyalties are split between his ancient clan of the Iron Kick and his ward, Fei-Fei. Olympia 5

BUNKER 77

(US) 86mins. Submarine Entertainment. Dir: Takuji Masuda. Cast: Clark Gable, Tony Alva, Bunker Spreckels. Chronicles the wild, brief life of a surfing legend and international playboy, Bunker Spreckels. Palais G

Cats’ by Xander Robin, ‘Bodom’ by Taneli Mustonen and ‘One Drop’ by Tricia Lee. Palais K Press allowed

GOLDEN YEARS

(UK) 96mins. Content Media Corporation. Dir: John Miller. Cast: Bernard Hill, Alun Armstrong, Una Stubbs, Phil Davis, Ellen Thomas, Sue Johnston, Simon Callow. Fate, the pensions crisis and a steadfast refusal to accept the injustice of old age have contrived to force law-abiding, retired couple Arthur and Martha Goode into a life of crime.

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110mins. Fantasia International Film Festival. The Fantasia International Film Festival and its co-production market Frontieres present a selection of works-inprogress: ‘Are We Not

THE HERITAGE OF LOVE

(Russia) 86mins. Montecristo International. Dir: Yuriy Vassiliev. Cast: Aleksandr Adabashyan, Dima Bilan, Svetlana Ivanova. Vera and Aleksander fall in love during the last few

days of the Tsar’s rule. After a short courtship, the two star-crossed lovers are engulfed by the war, which will separate them. Nearly 100 years later, a new Aleksander is still looking for Vera on the streets of Paris. Lerins 1

KOMBISSIRI

(France) 90mins. Star Production. Dir: Rene Letzgus. Palais E

THE MATH GANG

(Italy) 90mins. Ellipsis Media International. Dir: Vincenzo Stango. Cast: Diego Maiello, Giovanni Izzo, Francesca Gamba, Maurizio Greco, Fabio Galadini, Chiara Catalano. The history of mathematics in a film created for a young audience. Euclid, Archimedes, Pythagorus, Descartes and Fibonacci all come to life, revealing

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MIMOSAS

(Spain) 93mins. Luxbox. Dir: Oliver Laxe. Cast: Ahmed Hammoud, Shakib Ben Omar, Said Aagli, Ikram Anzouli, Ahmed El Othemani, Hamid Fardjad, Margarita Albores. A caravan escorts an elderly and dying Sheikh through the Moroccan Atlas. His last wish is to be buried with his loved ones. But death does not wait. The caravaneers, fearful of the mountain pass, refuse to continue transporting the corpse. Ahmed and Said, two rogues travelling with the caravan, promise to take the body to its destination. But do they really know the way? In another world, parallel and remote, Shakib is chosen to travel to the mountains where the caravan is. His assignment is clear: he has to help the improvised caravaneers reach their destination. Palais C

ODD JOB

(France) 100mins. Gaumont. Dir: Pascal Chaumeil. Cast: Michel

Blanc, Romain Duris, Alice Belaidi, Gustave Kervern. Jacques lives in a small town that has been going downhill ever since the last crisis. When the factory where he works closes down, it is the beginning of the end for him: his girlfriend Cathie leaves him and he finds himself struggling while waiting for better days that may never come. One day, Andre Gardot, a local bookmaker whom Jacques knows from having participated in a few of his illegal poker games, turns up. Gardot offers him a job: to take care of the murder of his wife for 20,000 euros. After hesitating briefly, Jacques accepts. Arcades 2

THE POSSESSION EXPERIMENT

(US) 85mins. Cinema Management Group. Dir: Scott B Hansen. Cast: Chris Minor, Jake Brinn, Nicky Jasper. When Brandon explores the dark world of exorcisms, he teams up with a classmate to investigate a multiple homicide/suicide, which turns out to have been an exorcism gone horribly wrong.

THE RED TURTLE

(France) 80mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: Michael Dudok De Wit, Pascale Ferran. A man marooned on a desert island tries desperately to escape, until he encounters a strange turtle that will change his life. Olympia 2 By invitation only

TAEKWONDO

105mins. Outplay. Dir: Marco Berger, Farina Martin. Cast: Nicolas Barsoff, Francisco Bertin, Gabriel Epstein. Gray 1

THE TOGETHER PROJECT See box, below

TSUMUGU

(Japan) 109mins. Open Sesame Co,. Dir: Kazutoshi Inudo. Cast: Saburo Ishikura, Kkobbi Kim. An aged Japanese craftsman and an unconventional Korean girl. These two completely different people, with different nationalities and generations, weave a poignant story. Gray 5

17:25 BOBBY THE HEDGEHOG

25mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: James Huang. Olympia 5

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Market 16:00 THE TOGETHER PROJECT

(France) 83mins. Le Pacte. Dir: Solveig Anspach. Cast: Florence Loiret Caille, Samir Guesmi. Samir, a tall, lanky, 40-something crane operator from Montreuil, on the outskirts of Paris, falls head over heels in love with Agathe, a feisty young woman he sees in

a café. He discovers she is a swimming instructor at the local public pool and, for lack of a better plan, he decides to enlist as her student… although he can swim perfectly. But his lie only lasts for three lessons and Agathe hates liars. The truth surfaces. Agathe is furious. The end? Not quite. Olympia 4

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17:30 ANNA

(Colombia) 94mins. Loco Films. Dir: Jacques Toulemonde. Cast: Juana Acosta, Bruno Clairefond, Kolia Abiteboul. Anna, a Colombian living in Paris, tries to spend more time with her 10-year-old son, Nathan, but Philippe, her ex-husband, doesn’t trust her and threatens to take full custody of the child. Having no other choice, she convinces her boyfriend Bruno to help her, and the three of them fly away to Colombia.

Market 17:30 HELP, I SHRUNK MY TEACHER

(Germany) 101mins. Arri Media International. Dir: Sven Unterwaldt Jr. Cast: Oskar Keymer, Anja Kling, Lina Huesker. The story of 11-year-old Felix, whom nobody believes has “shrunk” the universally hated school principal Dr Schmitt-Gossenwein to a height of just 15cm. Even he does not know how

it happened and whether it maybe has something to do with the ghost of the school’s founder. But he now has the problem on his hands or, more accurately, in his backpack, because that is where the mini-principal now is and she is still ranting and raving. Together with his friend Ella and against his rival Mario and the latter’s father, Felix has to get her back to normal size. Lerins 4

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take Tom in. Forced to live together, the boys’ hatred for each other starts to change. Olympia 7

DOUBLE

(Romania) Romanian Film Centre. Dir: Catrinel Danaiata. Cast: Bogdan Dumitrache, Maria Dinulescu. George is a young architect, very close to becoming truly successful. Under tight deadlines, trapped in a failing relationship and burdened by his mother’s illness, he begins to isolate himself, until he becomes a prisoner of his own existence. Palais D

BEING 17

(France) 116mins. Elle Driver. Dir: Andre Techine. Cast: Sandrine Kiberlain, Kacey MottetKlein, Corentin Fila. In high school, Damien is constantly bullied by Tom. But to help his parents out, Damien’s mother offers to

DOWNHILL

(Chile) 85mins. Wtfilms/ Blood Window. Dir: Patricio Valladares. Cast: Natalie Burn, Ignacia Allamand, Ariel Levy. After his best friend dies in a racing accident, biking star Joe agrees to go

back on the wheels for an exhibition in Chile. On a test run with his girlfriend Stephanie, they stumble upon a badly injured man dying from a mysterious virus. That’s the start of a very bad day for them as they become the target of relentless killers ready to do anything to prevent their secret from leaving the mountains. Olympia 6

HARMONIUM

(Japan) 118mins. Mk2 Films. Dir: Koji Fukada. Cast: Kanji Furutachi, Tadanobu Asano, Mariko Tsutsui. Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life. Palais J Priority badges only

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on an adventure evades them. Should they return to the fold or keep moving on? Their drifting logic compels them to blindly forge ahead. Palais B

WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT

(US) 90mins. Xviii Entertainment. Dir: Candice Cain. Cast: Amber Rose, Shelly Regner, Dave Otunga, Jake Thomas, Lauren Mayhew. Partying too hard can lead to short-term memory loss. Gray 4

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Market 17:30 JULES AND DOLORES

(Brazil) 91mins. Picture Tree International. Dir: Caito Ortiz. Cast: Paulo Tiefenthaler, Tais Araujo, Danilo Grangheia, Milhem Cortaz, Fabio Marcoff. Rio de Janeiro, 1983: In order to pay off his

gambling debts and to please the love of his life, Peralta and his happygo-lucky buddy Borracha decides to commit a striking heist. Curiously enough, nobody truly knows the details of this unbelievable event… until now. Riviera 2

his world upside down. Mid-life crisis ensues. Gray 2

THE SHEPHERD

(Spain) 105mins. Wide. Dir: Jonathan Cenzual Burley. Cast: Miguel Martin, Alfonso Mendiguchia, Juan Luis Sara. Can one man alone resist society’s longing for profit? Palais F

IN BED WITH VICTORIA

(France) 99mins. Indie Sales. Dir: Justine Triet. Cast: Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Laurent Poitrenaux. Victoria is a beautiful Parisian criminal lawyer in her late 30s. Sex-addict, workaholic, totally selfcentered… But everything is about the change. An hilarious and tender comedy.

Wylie and Roy Oxlade as they reflect on their past and present. This intimate portrait captures the two years leading up to a prestigious exhibition for Rose at the Tate Britain, and their 55 years of marriage. The film is a meditation about love and what it means to be an artist, as life unfolds for these octogenarian career painters. Palais H

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THE SABBATICAL JULES AND DOLORES See box, above

LONDON TOWN See box, right

ROSE & ROY

(UK) 97mins. New World Cinemas, Inc. Dir: Adolfo Doring. Cast: Roy Oxlade, Luke John Oxlade, Henrietta Oxlade . A documentary about British painters Rose

(Canada) 82mins. Telefilm Canada. Dir: Brian Stockton. Cast: James Whittingham, Laura Abramsen, Bernadette Mullen. When a university professor is forced to produce a new photography book on his year off, he finds he’s no longer the hot-shot artist he once was. He befriends a young artist who turns

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— who flee the suffocating fish bowl that their killjoy families’ lives have become. Lucas, still quite immature, finds a “big brother” in Bert, a guide who is going to take him straight to the brink of catastrophe. Their escape leads them to vacant houses whose occupants have left on vacation. But very quickly, boredom resurfaces and the freewheeling sense of being

(France) 133mins. Le Pacte. Dir: Jonathan Littell. Uganda, 1989. Joseph Kony, a young Acholi rebel guided by spirits, forms a rebel movement against the government: the LRA, The Lord’s Resistance Army. An “army” that grew by abducting teenagers – more than 60,000 over 25 years – of which fewer than half came out of the bush alive. Geofrey, Nighty and Michael were among these youths, abducted at 12 or 13. Today, in their efforts to rebuild their lives, they revisit the places that marked their stolen

childhood. At the same time victims and murderers, witnesses and perpetrators of horrific acts that they did not fully understand, they are forever the wrong elements society struggles to accept. Meanwhile, in the immensity of the Central African jungle, the Ugandan army still continues to hunt the last scattered LRA rebels. But Joseph Kony is still out there, on the run. Olympia 3

18:00 A JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA

(France) 198mins. Gaumont. Dir: Bertrand Tavernier. Arcades 2

BILAL

(UAE) 105mins. Ambi Distribution. Dir: Khurram Alavi, Ayman Jamal. Cast: Ian Mcshane, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, China Mcclain, Thomas Nicholas, Michael Gross. A thousand years ago, one boy with a dream of becoming a great warrior was abducted with his sister and taken to a land far away from home. Thrown into a world where greed and injustice rule all, Bilal

WAIT UNTIL HELEN COMES

(Canada) 87mins. Tricoast Worldwide. Dir: Dominic James. Cast: Maria Bello, Callum Keith Rennie, Sophie Nelisse . When a reconstructed family moves to a converted church in the country, 14-year-old Molly soon realises that she has a gift and must use it; she has to face her deepest fears, and save her troubled step-sister from a dangerous relationship with the ghost of a lonely girl. Lerins 2

WELCOME HOME

(Belgium) 86mins. Be For Films. Dir: Philippe De Pierpont. Cast: Arthur Buyssens, Martin Nissen. This is the story of two childhood friends – Lucas (a 16-year-old highschooler) and Bert (a mechanic’s apprentice)

Market 17:30 LONDON TOWN

(US) 90mins. Radiant Films International. Dir: Derrick Borte. Cast: Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Daniel Huttlestone,

Natascha McElhone. In 1970s London, a 14-year-old boy discovers the music of The Clash and experiences first love over the course of one life-changing summer. Olympia 9

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(France) Wild Bunch. Dir: Julia Ducournau. Cast: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Joana Preiss, Laurent Lucas, Bouli Lanners. Everyone in Justine’s family is a vet. And a vegetarian. At 16, she’s a brilliant and promising student. When she starts at veterinary school, she enters a decadent, merciless and dangerously seductive world. During the first week of hazing rituals, desperate to fit in whatever the cost, she strays from her family principles when she eats raw meat for the first time. Justine will soon face the terrible and unexpected consequences of her actions. Olympia 2 Press allowed

Market 18:00 CANOLA

(South Korea) 116mins. Mirovision. Dir: Chang. Cast: Youn Yuh-Jung, Kim Ko-Eun, Choi MinHo. Gae-chun, known as the legendary queen of finds the courage to raise his voice and make a change. Inspired by true events, this is a story of a real hero who earned his remembrance in time and history. Lerins 3

CANOLA See box, above

CROMO

(Argentina) 120mins. Pyramide International. Dir: Lucia Puenzo, Nicolas Puenzo, Pablo Fendrik. Cast: German Palacios, Guillermo Pfening, Emilia Attias, Malena Sanchez. On a mission to expose environmental crimes in the rural areas of northern Argentina, idealistic scientist Valentina travels to the swamp town of Corrientes to test the local water supply. Relying on remote support from her student Nina, who’s analysing the data from her potentially contaminated samples, Valentina embarks

SHADOW WORLD

female divers in a town on Jeju Island, and her granddaughter Hae-ji live peacefully, looking after each other. One day, Gae-chun accidently loses her beloved only granddaughter. Gray 1 By invitation only

on a quest into the dangerous Ibera wetlands. Meanwhile, Valentina’s husband Diego and his research partner Simon are on an expedition of their own at the South Pole, but their work is interrupted by the news that something’s gone wrong for Valentina. As they rush to the wetlands, hoping they are not too late to keep her safe, evidence of an ecological cover-up comes to light — as does the truth about a love triangle that threatens to break the bond of trust between Diego and Simon.

Berenice Bejo, Guido Caprino, Nicolo Cabras, Dario Dal Pero, Barbara Ronchi. Massimo’s idyllic childhood was shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, he is haunted by his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds.

THE FOURTH PHASE

(Japan) 108mins. Shochiku Co. Dir: Tetsuya Mariko. Cast: Yuya Yagira, Masaki Suda, Nana Komatsu.

(US) 90mins. Red Bull Media House. Dir: Jon Klaczkiewicz. Cast: Travis Rice, John Jackson, Pat Moore. Follow iconic snowboarder Travis Rice on an epic journey around the ring of fire trying to find the world’s best snowboard ground. All shot in 4K.

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SNOW

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(Bulgaria) 80mins. Summerside International. Dir: Ventsislav Vasilev.

NIGHT’S TIGHTROPE

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(Germany) 127mins. Studiocanal. Dir: Kai Wessel. Cast: Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch. Set against the tumultuous backdrop of war-stricken Germany, ‘Fog In August’ tells the heart-wrenching true story of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa, who is sent to a psychiatric hospital but soon discovers the truth behind its facade.

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(Italy) 134mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Marco Bellocchio. Cast: Valerio Mastandrea,

(US) 90mins. Wide House. Dir: Johan Grimonprez. Based on the acclaimed book ‘The Shadow World’ by Andrew Feinstein.

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(Germany) 110mins. German Films Service & Marketing. Dir: Zora Rux, Daniel Nocke, Mingus Ballhaus. Cast: Hanns Zischler, Andreas Schmidt, Heiko Pinkowski. Discover young German talents with the 2016 edition of the annual short film programme

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(Japan) 120mins. Toei Company. Dir: Yukiko Mishima. Cast: Tsubasa

Honda, Mizuki Yamamoto. The eagerly awaited film adaptation of Kanae Minato’s novel ‘Shojo’. Palais C

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(Denmark) 82mins. Wide House. Dir: Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibe. For more than a year,

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(Netherlands) 90mins. Wide House. Dir: Mete Gumurhan. Cast: Muhammed Ceylan, Beytullah Onur, Harun Kilic. Living, learning and suffering for their passion. Gray 3

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(Germany) 120mins. Global Screen. Dir: Christian Alvart. Cast: Til Schweiger, Fahri Yardim, Luna Schweiger. A high speed, high-stakes chase from Hamburg to Istanbul and Moscow. Lerins 4

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(Argentina) 91mins. The Open Reel. Dir: Nicolas Diodovich, Diego Bliffeld. Cast: Diego Echegoyen, Carlos Eisler, Alejandro Henner, Alejandro Lifschitz.

Abou and thousands of migrants have attempted to jump the fence between Morocco and Spain. Behind the camera himself, Abou portrays their struggle for freedom and dignity. Palais D

Watching the World Cup Final game with your friends is not always the best plan. Gray 5

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(Japan) 105mins. Metropolitan Pictures Entertainment. Dir: Keiko Yagi. Cast: Louise Psihoyos, Ric O’Barry, Joji Morishita, Hideki Moronuki, David Hance. This film tries to rebut the Academy Award-winning documentary film ‘The Cove’ on dolphin hunting in Japan. Palais H

THE JOURNEY TO GREENLAND

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Martin Jensen. An ice odyssey starring two not-so-adventurous friends, Thomas and Thomas.

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(India) 129mins. Akshikha Entertainment. Dir: Akshay Singh. Cast: Sulagna Panigrahi, Khushboo Gupta, Jogi Mallang, Vishwanath Chatterjee, Akshay Singh. In India, unfortunately prejudice has taken deep roots in the form of an obsession with fair skin, especially with regards to women. This phenomenon is witnessed across the length and the breadth of this vast country. Women with fair skin are coveted, envied and considered beautiful and the darkerskinned ones are often shunned, mocked, shamed or considered inferior to their fairer skinned sisters. ‘Pinky Beauty Parlour’ is an engaging, entertaining, simple, poignant and ultimately tragic tale of the repercussions this obsession for fairer skin has on the human mind, families and society in general. Gray 3

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80mins. Ayat Media. Gray 4

(Germany) 162mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Maren Ade. Cast: Sandra Huller, Peter Simonischek. Practical joker Winfried disguises himself as flashy “Toni Erdmann” to get busy Ines’ attention and change her corporate lifestyle. The father-daughter challenge reaches absurd proportions until Ines begins to see that her eccentric father deserves a place in her life. Palais J

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(Mongolia) 110mins. Digital Content Co/ Mongolia. Dir: Erdenebileg Ganbold. Cast: Amarsaikhan Baljinnyam, Erdenebileg Ganbold, Bayasgalan Jadamba. Garid went to jail for killing someone while helping out his friend Tegshee, who has been involved in illegal activities. Afterwards, Tegshee helped Garid to get out of the prison before finishing his sentence. Garid was thankful to Tegshee, not knowing the

20:30 BEAUTIFUL DEVILS

(UK) 86mins. Carnaby International Sales And Distribution. Dir: James Marquand. Cast: Osy Ikhile, Rachel HurdWood, Elliot James Langridge, Iain Glen. A modern retelling of the classic play ‘Othello’ by Shakespeare. Olympia 8

CHOLAI

(India) 98mins. Kr Movies And Entertainment. Dir: Arun Roy. Cast: Saswata Chatterjee, Shankar Chakraborty, Kharaj Mukherjee. A black comedy based on the 2011 hooch fatalities in Bengal, India. Country liquor, commonly known as ‘Cholai’ is a flourishing business in rural Bengal It is cheap and highly addictive. A sudden turn of events is triggered when a batch of Cholai becomes toxic during the brewing process. Soon people who had consumed the Cholai start falling ill and the death toll rises to 172. Media turns the incident into a political drama. To pacify the outrage,

ENDLESS POETRY

(Chile) 128mins. Le Pacte. Dir: Alejandro Jodorowsky. Cast: Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Adan Jodorowsky. Santiago de Chile, during the thrilling years of the 1940s and the ’50s. “Alejandrito” Jodorowsky, aged 20, decides to become a poet against the will of his family. He is introduced to the inner circle of the artistic and intellectual avant-garde of the time and meets Enrique Lihn, Stella Diaz, Nicanor Parra and many other promising but anonymous young writers who will become the masters of Latin America’s modern literature. Totally immersed in this world of poetic experimentation, they live together as few have dared to live before: sensually, authentically, freely, madly. Arcades 1

THE JOURNEY TO GREENLAND

(France) 98mins. Acid. Dir: Sebastien Betbeder. Cast: Thomas Blanchard, Thomas Scimeca, Francois Chattot, Ole Eliassen, Adam Eskildsen, Benedikte Eliassen, Mathias Petersen, Judith Henry, Martin Jensen. Arcades 2

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American Honey (UK-US) Andrea Arnold

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

From The Land Of The Moon (Fr) Nicole Garcia

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

Paterson (US) Jim Jarmusch

Bus driver★★ Paterson★★ (Adam Driver) his daily route, writing notebook and ★★ ★★ follows ★★ a simple ★★ routine, ★★driving ★★ ★★ ★★ poetry ★★ in a★★ drinking single beer in a bar. By contrast Laura (Golshifteh Farahani), ever-changing ★★ a ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ his loving ★★ wife, ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★lives an ★★ ★★ life.

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Julieta (Sp) Pedro Almodovar

A★★ story of loss three short by Canadian Alice Munro, woman (played ★★and grief ★★adapted ★★from★★ ★★stories★★ ★★ writer ★★ ★★ following ★★ a ★★ at★★ different★★ ages by★★ Adriana Ugarte Emma★★ Suarez) on the verge overwhelmed her mysterious ★★ and ★★ ★★ ★★of being ★★ ★★ by ★★ ★★ past.

Personal Shopper (Fr) Olivier Assayas

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

Ma’ Rosa (Phil) Brillante Mendoza

Filipino highlight★★ the plight★★ of those★★ living on★★ the margins his fifth film ★★ auteur ★★Mendoza ★★ continues ★★ to★★ ★★of society ★★ with★★ to★★ screen at Cannes, the tale★★ of a poor★★ mother-of-four Manila who the side to make ends ★★ ★★ ★★ in★★ ★★sells drugs ★★ on ★★ ★★ ★★meet.

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

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

Graduation (Rom-Fr) Cristian Mungiu

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

It’s Only The End Of The World (Can-Fr) Xavier Dolan

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

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The Salesman (Iran-Fr) Asghar Farhadi

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

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