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DUBAI FLAMINGOS (France) Drama, 80mins. Kinology. Dir: Delphine Kreuter. Key cast: Vanessa Paradis, Sergi Lopez, Florence Thomassin. The wife of a bureaucrat in the mirage town of Dubai disappears leaving no trace. Maybe she ran off with another man? Vincent decides to search for her. Star 3
THE OPEN SKY (EL CIELO ABIERTO) (Mexico) Documentary, 100mins. Mexican Film Institute (Imcine). Dir: Everardo Gonzalez. The memories from Monsignor Oscar Arnulfo Romero, his letters, the Homilies transmitted through the YSAX radio station; viewed through the characters who suffered with him the fear of the outbreak of war in El Salvador. Riviera 2
THE LAST DRAGON — SEARCH FOR THE LOST PEARL (THE DRAGON PEARL) (China/Australia) Action/adventure, 95mins. Fries Films. Dir: Mario Andreacchio. Key cast: Sam Neill. A young boy travels to China to visit his father on a dig. With the help of a new Chinese friend, discovers a real-life, but benevolent dragon. Riviera 4
LEADERSHEEP (TOUS AU LARZAC!) (France) Documentary, 118mins. Mk2. Dir: Christian Rouaud. How did isolated farmers, who were conservative and clueless about politics, win a fight against the French state decision to extend — at their expense — a military camp in the neighbourhood? In this little corner of French countryside that is the Larzac, 103 families make the oath to stay united and defend a priceless territory. No press Palais J
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ALMANYA (ALMANYA — WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND) (Germany) Comedy, 101mins. Beta Cinema. Dir: Yasemin Samdereli. Key cast: Vedat Erincin, Fahri Yardim, Lilay Huser. A Turkish family that has been living in Germany for three generations sets off on a turbulent journey to their homeland. Riviera 1
LILLY THE WITCH 2 — THE JOURNEY TO MANDOLAN (Germany) Family, 86mins. Telepool/ Cinepool — A Division Of Telepool. Dir: Harald Sicheritz. Key cast: Alina Freund, Pilar Bardem, Anja Kling. The throne of Mandolan is bewitched — a big problem for grand vizier Guliman, who wants to be king himself. His evil sorcerer Abrash tries to deceive Lilly to help them. But there’s no fooling a superwitch. With the support of crafty rickshaw driver Musa and clumsy dragon Hector, Lilly frees the noble King of Mandolan and his people from the tyranny of Guliman. Arcades 3
ON THE SLY (A PAS DE LOUP) (Belgium) Family, 77mins. Delphis Films Inc. Dir: Olivier Ringer. Key cast: Wynona Ringer. A young girl is convinced that she is invisible to her busy parents and decides to disappear into the woods. Palais D
POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD (US) Documentary,
89mins. Content Media Corporation. Dir: Morgan Spurlock. Key cast: Morgan Spurlock. Acclaimed film-maker and master provocateur Morgan Spurlock returns to a cinema near you with tongue-in-cheek perfection as he examines the world of product placement, marketing and advertising by making a film financed entirely by product placement, marketing and advertising. Palais H
SACRIFICE (China) Action/ adventure, 130 mins. Easternlight Films. Dir: Chen Kaige. Key cast: Fan Bing Bing, Ge You, Hai Qing. An orphan is raised in the household of the man who slaughtered his family for one purpose. Revenge. Star 4
SEEFOOD (Malaysia) Animation, 92mins. Golden Network Asia. Dir: Aun Hoe Goh. When poachers steal dozens of shark egg sacks from Pup’s reef, he makes it his mission to save his brothers and sisters no matter how impossible the task may seem. Pup finds the location of the eggs and
plans an ambitious rescue operation above water in the world of humans, a landscape fraught with great beauty and great danger. Afraid for Pup’s safety, whitetip shark Julius embarks on his own quest to bring home his best pal. Sporting an outlandish ‘fish-suit’, you will believe a fish really can walk on land. Lerins 1
SNOWTOWN (Australia) Drama, 120mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Justin Kurzel. Key cast: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris. Miramar
SOUND OF HEAVEN: THE STORY OF BAL GANDHARVA (BAL GANDHARVA) (India) Drama, 110mins. Idream Independent Pictures. Dir: Ravindra Harishchandra Jadhav. Key cast: Subodh Bhave, Vibhavari Deshpande, Kishor Kadam. A richly mounted, Indian musical, period film on the incredible actor-singer-female impersonator Bal Gandharva (1888-1967), set in the early years of Indian theatre. Gray 4
THE RIVER SORROW (US) Thriller, 92mins. North By Northwest Entertainment. Dir: Rich Cowan. Key cast: Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames, Gisele Fraga. Brutal murders force a Seattle homicide detective to confront his past — all the victims are former lovers. Compelled to create a list of every woman he’s ever been with, he must somehow solve these sexual crimes before more innocent women die and the killer ruins his life. Arcades 1
TIN GOD (Australia) Drama, 85mins. Get Reel Films. Dir: Jake Reedy. Key cast: Benjamin James Doolan, Joey Kingman, Tana Smith. Ethan is lost, drowning in a life that has become an alcoholic chain-smoking haze. His brother Jesse does little more than enable him, using his younger brother the same way he does everyone else in his life. When the long- smoldering Ethan meets Sasha, he sees a new hope, but this fiery redhead merely adds her own fuel to the fire, turning brother against brother in a game that will have explosive consequences. Palais F
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…UN FILM (Morocco) Comedy, 75mins. Les Cinemas Du Monde. Dir: Mohamed Achaour. Key cast: Mohamed Achaour A film-maker has difficulty writing a screenplay. Palais E
A BURNING DESIRE (France) 80mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Bernard Jeanjean. Key cast: Clovis Cornillac, Olivia Bonamy, Marianne Denicourt. A young couple are in love and want to have a baby. Nine months later there is still no baby on the horizon. They show much imagination and try everything. In fact, anything, most of all – except wanting. Olympia 6
ALMANYA (ALMANYA — WILLKOMMEN IN DEUTSCHLAND) See box, above
BOLLYWOOD — THE GREATEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD (BOLLYWOOD — LA PLUS BELLE HISTOIRE D’AMOUR) (India) Documentary, 85mins. Wild Bunch. Dir.:R. Omprakash Mehra, Jeffrey Zimbalist.
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