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83mins. Dir: Lynn Hershman Leeson. Key cast: Yvonne Rainer, Judy Chicago, Guerilla Girls. Through intimate interviews, provocative art and rare footage, the Feminist Art Revolution radically transformed the art and culture of our times. CinemaxX Studio 18
LA, I HATE YOU (US) The Little Film Company, 97mins. Dir: Yvan Gauthier. Key cast: Warren Ostergard, Malcolm McDowell, William Forsythe. The lives of an action star wannabe, a frustrated family man and a guilt-ridden boyfriend intertwine in three tales of sex, violence, redemption, murder and unthinkable twists all taking place in the City of Angels — Los Angeles. CinemaxX Studio 17
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STATE OF VIOLENCE (South Africa, France) Pyramide International, 79mins. Dir: Khalo Matabane. Key cast: Fana Mokoena, Presley Chweneyagae, Neo Ntlatleng. Bobedi is the newly appointed CEO of a company but his wife is murdered during the celebrations. Frustrated by the pace of justice, he chooses revenge. But when he catches the killer, he comes face to face with a terrible secret. Kino Arsenal 2
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HAVEL’S LEAVING (Czech Republic) Buc- Film, 30mins. Dir: Vaclav Havel. Key cast: Josef Abrham, Tatiana Vilhelmova, Jiri Machacek. Curtain goes down — show must go on. Semi-autobiographical directorial debut of Vaclav Havel, the face of the revolutionary changes in the former Eastern Bloc. dffb-Kino
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A MAN’S STORY (UK) Entertainment One, 95mins.
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THAT GIRL IN YELLOW BOOTS (India) The Yellow Affair, 103mins. Dir: Anurag Kashyap. Key cast: Kalki Koechlin, Prasant Praskash, Naseerduddin Shah. Ruth searches for her Indian father — a man she hardly knew. Desperation drives Ruth to work at a massage parlor. Mumbai becomes an alien yet strangely familiar backdrop for Ruth’s quest for her father. CinemaxX Studio 14
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THE FIRST GRADER (UK) Goldcrest Films, The Berlin Marriott, suite 262, Inge-Beisheim-Platz 1, Berlin 10785; tel +49 30 22000 - 1116. 98mins.
Dir: Varon Bonicos. Charismatic, hard- working and very humanly flawed, designer Ozwald Boateng’s personal and professional triumphs and set-backs are the fascinating heart of this film, which is set against a back-drop of models and movie stars. MGB-Kino
SPECIAL TREATMENT (France) Films Boutique, 95mins. Dir: Jeanne Labrune. Key cast: Isabelle Huppert, Bouli Lanners. Alice, an upscale prostitute in her forties gets tired and seeks a therapist to change her life. Xavier, a well established psychologist, gets more and more weary of his clients’ monologues. When his wife leaves him, he meets Alice. CinemaxX Studio 11
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Dir: Justin Chadwick. Key cast: Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo. The inspiring story of an 84-year-old Kenyan man’s fight for education and equality. CinemaxX Studio 13
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MIWA, A JAPANESE ICON (France) Umedia, 65mins. Dir: Pascal-Alex Vincent. Beyond her trademark glitter, wig, evening gowns and sarcasm, Miwa Akihiro’s career spans more than 50 years as one of Japan’s top entertainers, but also as an activist fighting for gay rights and as a critic of 20th-century Japan. CinemaxX Studio 19
THE FLAW (UK) Beak Street Films, 82mins. Dir: David Sington. A definitive account of the biggest economic crisis to hit the world since the 1930s. With testimony from bankers, borrowers, and the best economics brains in the world, it is an important intervention in the economic debate. Marriott 1
THE STRAIGHT LINE (France) Gaumont, 98mins. Dir: Regis Wargnier. Key cast: Rachida Brakni, Cyril Descours, Clementine Celarie. A blind man and a female ex-prisoner’s destinies cross through sport. One will help the other to run and they will assist each other to rebuild their lives. CineStar 6
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COLOURS IN THE DARK (Germany, Switzerland) Beta Cinema, 84mins. Dir: Sophie Heldman. Key cast: Bruno Ganz, Senta Berger, Barnaby Metschurath. The story of a love that knows no compromise, but lives on small adjustments and mature decisions. CinemaxX Studio 12
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FLAMENCO, FLAMENCO (Spain) Imagina International Sales, 90mins. Dir: Carlos Saura. Key cast: Sara Baras, Paco de Lucia, Miguel Poveda. One of the greatest exponent of Carlos
Saura’s particular and personal way of producing musical cinema. CinemaxX Studio 15
JITTERS (Iceland) The Icelandic Film Company, 98mins. Dir: Baldvin Z. Key cast: Atli Oskar Fjalarson, Hreindis Ylva Gardarsdottir. Gabriel is a confused 16-year-old in search of his identity. Along with a few of his closest friends, he is trying to figure out who he is and where he stands in an ever changing and complicated world. dffb-Kino
RUN TO GROUND (Hungary, UK, Slovak Republic) EastWest Filmdistribution, 103mins. Dir: Zsombor Dyga. Key cast: Eszter Onodi, Kata Bartsch, Andrew Hefler. When a child’s life is at stake, you do whatever it takes. The lives of three ordinary people are torn apart by a series of shocking events and twisted together by a dark and terrible crime. Marriott 3
BOLD HEROES (Switzerland) Telepool, 93mins. Dir: Michael Schaerer. Key cast: Scherwin Amini, Vincent Furrer, Max Hubacher. Five teens meet in the chemo ward, four have cancer, the fifth isn’t sure yet. They may have lost their hair but they haven’t lost their love of life or their sense of humour. CinemaxX 4
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(Slovenia) Slovenian Film Centre, 71mins. Dir: Vlado Skafar. Key cast: Milivoj Ros, Sandi Salamon. A film of love. After a long time father and son spend a day together. On a beautiful autumn Sunday, in the middle of majestic nature, the two human beings look like they are alone in the world. Monday is another day. CinemaxX Studio 16
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING (Canada) Filmoption International, 93mins. Dir: Deborah Chow. Key cast: Zach Braff, Isabelle Blais, Patrick Labbe. Story of a young pregnant woman whose world falls apart when she loses her baby in a hit and run accident. CineStar 2
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE (FIRST SEQUENCE) (Netherlands) Six Entertainment, 90mins. Dir: Tom Six. Key cast: Dieter Laser, Ashley C.Williams, Ashlynn Yenny. Two American girls are trapped in a makeshift
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