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About two nine-year-old boys who grow up in different surroundings. David, a Jewish American, comes over to Jerusalem to meet his father that he has not seen for many years. His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mother in America. Kamal, an Arab boy, lives in an Arab district in Jerusalem with his mother, sisters and very strict grandfather. He and his grandfather have to support the family. Gray 5
DOCUMENTARY OF AKB48 (Japan) Documentary, 120mins. Toho Co. Dir: Yuri Kanchiku. Key cast: Atsuko Maeda, Yuko Oshima, Minami Takahashi. The Japanese super idol group AKB48 continues to evolve, constantly rewriting the record books. This documentary takes you behind the scenes of their success, and follows the young members as they pursue their dreams, experiencing both growth and anguish. Palais D
DORA (UK) Drama, 120mins. 28 Films. Dir: Delia Antal. Key cast: Delia Antal, Julian Bird, Mihai Arsene. Dramatic story of a young girl from a village deep in the eternal Transylvanian countryside, who dares to broaden her horizons and finally decides to escape to the West. Palais B
EAST FIFTH BLISS (US) Comedy, 97mins. Shoreline Entertainment. Dir: Michael Knowles. Key cast: Michael C. Hall, Lucy Liu, Peter Fonda. When 35-year-old Morris Bliss finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with the sexually precocious 18-year-old daughter of a former high school classmate, he quickly discovers his static life comically unravelling and opening up in ways that are long overdue. Gray 1
LOVE FOR LIFE (China) Drama, 100mins. Romance. Edko Films Ltd. Dir: Changwei Gu. Key cast: Ziyi Zhang, Aaron Kwok. De Yi and Qin Qin, two victims of AIDS, unexpectedly fall in love and risk everything to pursue a last chance at happiness. Buyers only Palais F
MY BACK PAGE (Japan) Drama, 140mins. Bitters End, Inc. Dir: Nobuhiro Yamashita. Key cast: Kenichi Matsuyama, Satoshi Tsumabuki. By invitation only Palais H
NEXT GENERATION SHORT TIGER 2011 —GERMAN SHORTS (Germany) Animation,
88mins.German Films Service & Marketing. German Films invites you to discover young German talents with the latest edition of the acclaimed annual program of recent German shorts. Star 2
OLD CATS (Chile) 78mins. Acid. Dir: Pedro Peirano, Sebastian Silva. Key cast: Alejandro Sieveking, Belgica Castro, Catalina Saavedra. Isidora and Enrique, an ederly couple, live a comfortable life in an handsome high-rise apartment in Santiago, Chile. Everything is quiet until Rosario, Isidora’s daughter, drops in. Arcades 1
PROGRAMME COURTS METRAGES EN COMPETITION 1 120mins. ‘Blue’ — Stephen Kang, ‘La Inviolabilidad…’ — Alex Piperno, ‘In Front Of The House’ — Lee Tae-Ho, ‘Finis Operis’ — Moon Byoung-Gon, ‘Permanencias’ — Ricardo Alves Junior. Miramar
REVENGE: A LOVE STORY See box, above right
TATANKA (Italy) Sport. Minerva
Pictures. Dir: Giuseppe Gagliardi. Key cast: Clemente Russo, Carmine Recano, Rade Serbedzija. The story of a promising boxer who grew up in the Neapolitan mob heartland. Olympia 7
WAR FLOWERS (US) Family, 90mins. Entertainment 7. Dir: Serge Rodnunsky. Key cast: Christina Ricci, Tom Berenger, Jason Gedrick. A love story about a young mother waiting for her husband’s return from battle. As a handsome young enemy soldier enters their lives, she and her daughter are forced to question their faith, values and deepest loyalties. Palais J
WWE’S THAT’S WHAT I AM (US) Family, 102mins. Im Global. Dir: Mike Pavone. Key cast: Chase Ellison, Ed Harris, Molly Parker. Family’ and add synopsis: ‘A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.’ Lerins 1
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DUCH,MASTER OF THE FORGES OF HELL (France) Documentary, 103mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Rithy Panh. Between 1975 and 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime caused the death of some 1.8 million people, representing one-quarter of the population of Cambodia. Salle Bunuel
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BLACK GOLD: STRUGGLE FOR THE NIGER DELTA (Nigeria) Drama, 93mins. Forward Motion. Dir: Jeta Amata. Key cast: Billy Zane, Mbong Amata, Vivica A Fox. One local Niger Delta community’s struggle
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REVENGE: A LOVE STORY (Hong Kong) Drama, action/ adventure, 91mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: Ching-Po Wong. Key cast: Aoi Sola, Chin Siu-Ho, Juno Mak. The rainy season, the days were especially darker, the city seemed to be
enveloped by a skin of dust. The police discovered two homicide cases involving pregnant women. The media widely reported the incident because of the similarities of the two cases — pregnant woman dissected alive, husband put to death in boiling water. The media nicknamed the killer ‘The Dissector’. Gray 4
DANISH FILM INSTITUTE IS LOOKING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER
MORE INFORMATION AT
DFI.DK/JOB – for consulting on international development, financing
and coproduction
DFI CONGRATULATES THE FILMMAKERS BEHIND MELANCHOLIA / DRIVE / OUT OF BOUNDS / VOLCANO AT CANNES 2011
Gothersgade 55
DK-1123 Copenhagen K Tel +45 3374 3400
dfi.dk
May 15, 2011 Screen International at the Cannes Film Festival 73n
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