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Key cast: Emily Plumtree, Sam Stockman, Matt Stockoe. Two young couples go away for a weekend holiday in the remote English countryside. None of them return. Gray 1
THE MAIDEN DANCED (Canada) Drama, 107mins. ID Communications Inc. Dir: Endre Hules. Key cast: Endre Hules. Steve, a dancer turned impressario, returns from Canada to his native Hungary after 20 years. Communism is over, but the family-run dance company brings Steve into contact with old flames and new challenges. Gray 3
MY LAST VALENTINE IN BEIRUT
(Lebanon) Drama, romance, 84mins. T Group Productions. Dir: Salim El Turk. Key cast: Loren Kdeih, Assaad Tarabay, Ghassan Saeed. Juliet, a young Lebanese woman, takes us on a journey through her diary of last February before she commits suicide. Star 2
PORFIRIO (Colombia) Drama, 101mins. Arri Media Worldsales. Dir: Alejandro Landes. Key cast: Porfirio Ramirez, Jazbleidy Santos, Harrison Ramirez. A Colombian man confined to a wheelchair hijacks a plane with two grenades in his diaper and the help of his teenage son. Riviera 2
REST ON YOUR SHOULDER (China) Drama, 120mins. Edko Films. Dir: Jacob Cheung. Key cast: Aloys Chen, Gigi Leung, Mei Guey Lun. Bao sacrifices herself to become a butterfly in order to save her sick fiance Guo and finds out in the process how true is their love. Buyers only Palais F
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MY LITTLE PRINCESS (France) Drama, 105mins. Urban Distribution International (ex Umedia). Dir: Eva Ionesco. Key cast: Anamaria Vartolomei, Denis Lavant, Isabelle Huppert. Violetta, 10-years-old, lives in a small apartment with her grandmother. Her mother, Hannah, is an unpredictable photographer who lives off the patronage of her friend Ernst, a famous painter. One day, Hannah forces Violetta to pose as a model. The pictures quickly get hyped up among the Parisian crowd of the 1970s and Violetta gets into the game. In between the frontier of her sudden rise as a star and her dull childhood, the fairy tale of Violetta turns into sufferings. A portrait of the 1970s and a reflection on the limits of artistic creation. Salle Bunuel
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
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ANGELS CREST (UK/Canada) Thriller, Drama, 96mins. Celsius Entertainment. Dir: Gaby Dellal. Key cast: Thomas Dekker, Jeremy Piven, Mira Sorvino. An intense, gripping thriller set in a small working-class town. A three-year-old boy goes missing on a fishing trip and the tight knit community mobilises, frantically searching the wilderness for answers. The townspeople become divided as the horrific story plays out and
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accusations begin to fly. Palais K
BEAST IN THE BASEMENT (CONQUERING HEROES) (UK) Drama, 90mins. Palm Tree Ents. Dir: Robbie Moffat. Key cast: Suzanne Kendall, Marnie Baxter, JP Gates. Two sisters imprison their brother in a basement near an army base. When he escapes, he take revenge on soldiers thinking they have incarcerated him. Palais I
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(Chile) Drama, 80mins. Bf Distribution. Dir: Matias Lira. Key cast: Eusebio Arenas, Isidora Urrejola, Diego Ruiz. Three theatre students influenced by a charismatic professor and the drama skills created by the Frenchman Antonin Artaud, go in search of emotions and real situations to be performed on the stage. Palais C
FILMAX SCREENING (Spain) 107mins. Filmax International. By invitation only, Riviera 1
FIX — THE MINISTRY MOVIE (US) Documentary, 89mins. Blairwood Entertainment. Dir: Douglas Freel. Key cast: Al Jourgensen, Paul Baker, Trent Reznor. Ministry has long been considered the scariest band on the planet, and ‘Fix — The Ministry Movie’ does nothing to disperse that notion. With some of the most outrageous moments in rock ’n’ roll ever to be committed to film, Fix is one helluva ride. Lerins 2
THE LAST FERRY (UK) Thriller, 100mins. Miracle Productions UK. Dir: Ian Lysaght. Key cast: Stephen Graham, Andrew Schofield, Stephen Marcus. “If you’ve got a dog that bites kids you don’t take
it to another park do you? You either lock it up, chain it up or put the fucking thing down.” What creates fear — despair — hopelessness, and pushes men to the extreme? What forces decent, law-abiding citizens into vigilantism? Answer: contemporary Britain. Arcades 2
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THE ARTIST (France) Drama, 100mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: Michel Hazanavicius. Key cast: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, James Cromwell. Salle du Soixantieme
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THE ISLAND (Bulgaria) Drama, 105mins. Le Pacte. Dir: Kamen Kalev. Key cast: Boyka Velkova, Laetitia Casta, Mihail Mutafov. Theatre Croisette
SNOWTOWN (Australia) Drama,
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120mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Justin Kurzel. Key cast: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris. Miramar
WHERE DO WE GO NOW? (ET MAINTENANT ON VA OU?) (France) Drama, 110mins. Pathe International. Dir: Nadine Labaki. Key cast: Claude Msawbaa, Leyla Fouad, Antoinette El Noufaily. Salle du Debussy
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HOUSE OF TOLERANCE (L’APOLLONIDE — SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE) (France) Dram, 125mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Bertrand Bonello. Key cast: Adele Haenel, Alice Barnole, Celine Sallette. Lumiere
LAST CARESS (France) Horror, 78mins. Le Chat Qui Fume. Dir: Francois Gaillard, Christophe Robin. Key cast: Julie Baron, Ioanna Imbert, Anna Naigeon. Five youngsters who just wanted to spend a nice weekend among friends in a manor will find a far less peaceful place than they expected when faced with a family curse and a sadistic ruthless killer. Palais C
PLAY (Sweden) Drama, documentary. 110mins. Coproduction Office (Paris). Dir: Ruben Ostlund. Key cast: Anas Abdirahman, Sebastian Blyckert, Yannick Diakite. Arcades 1
STILL WATERS (Australia) Horror, 120mins. Get Reel Films. Dir: Tana Smith. Key cast: Carmel Savage, John Maila, Kristy Hamby. The first thing you will feel is his breath on your neck. The last thing you will hear is the echo of your scream. Don’t open the door. Palais K
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