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mother, driven by a burning desire, utters the right words, it is possible that a daughter’s soul may leave limbo and roam the Earth as it did when in life. The enchantment has an immediate effect and in a matter of seconds, magic happens. Riviera 4
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(Serbia) Documentary, 87mins. Film Center Serbia. Dir: Darko Bajic. Brazilian footballers usually become famous by playing for the greatest European clubs. This film is a story about European player who became the greatest footballer in Brazil. Gray 4
THE SILVER CLIFF (O ABISMO PRATEADO) (Brazil) Drama, 83mins. Rendez-Vous Pictures. Dir: Karim Ainouz. Key cast: Alessandra Negrini, Jr Otto, Thiago Martins. Theatre Croisette
THE SWELL SEASON (US) Documentary, 95mins. Elephant Eye Films. Dir: Nick August- Perna, Chris Dapkins. Key cast: Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova. Chronicles Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova as their on-screen romance that was portrayed in Oscar-winning film ‘Once’ blossoms into reality and threatens to fracture during their world tour. Gray 2
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A LONELY PLACE TO DIE (UK) Thriller, 98mins. Genesis Film Sales. Dir: Julian Gilbey. Key cast: Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Sean Harris, Karel Roden. A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety. Star 1
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MY BEST ENEMY (MEIN BESTER FEIND) (Austria/Luxembourg) Drama, comedy, 109mins. Beta Cinema. Dir: Wolfgang Murnberger. Key cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Georg Friedrich, Ursula Strauss. Poland 1943. An unlikely pair — a concentration camp prisoner and a captain in Hitler’s notorious SS — free themselves from the wreckage of a crashed SS airplane. What happens when the captain puts on concentration camp attire and the Jew slips into the SS man’s uniform? Riviera 3
CRIMSON JOURNEY (SAFAR-E SORKH) (Iran) Action/adventure, 100mins. Farabi Cinema Foundation. Dir: Hamid Farrokh-Nezhad. Key cast: Habib Dehghan- Nasab, Sadegh Safaie, Ghazal Saremi. When the southern city of Khorramshahr falls during the imposed war, a group of people embark on a journey of venture and adventure. Palais E
FIVE TIME CHAMPION (US) Drama, 92mins. Odin’s Eye Entertainment. Dir: Berndt Mader. Key cast: Ryan Akin, Jon Gries, Betty Buckley. Julius lives in a typical small town in Texas, surrounded by people who are anything but typical. For a teenage boy who would like life to work out as neatly as his science experiments, the irrational behaviour of the adults in his life defies explanation. Riviera 1
GREETINGS TO THE DEVIL (SALUDA AL DIABLO DE MI PARTE) (Colombia) Thriller, 110mins. Celluloid Dreams. Dirs: Carlos Esteban Orozco, Juan Felipe Orozco. Key cast:
Edgar Ramirez. Angel, a former guerilla rebel, is seeking a fresh start after turning in his arms and giving up his violent ways in exchange for amnesty. But after a victim from his former life kidnaps his daughter, Angel is given 72 hours to track down and murder the members of his former guerilla unit. Gray 1
JITTERS (OROI) (Iceland) Drama, 97mins. Icelandic Film Company. Dir: Baldvin Z. Key cast: Atli Oskar Fjalarson, Haraldur Ari Stefansson, 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. Palais K
LAS ACACIAS (Argentina) Drama, 85mins. Urban Distribution International (ex Umedia). Dir: Pablo Giorgelli. Key cast: De Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani. The motorway between Asuncion del Paraguay and Buenos Aires. A truck
driver must transport a woman he doesn’t know. The woman is not alone. She’s carrying a baby. There are 1,500 kilometres ahead. Palais G
THE LAST FASHION SHOW (L’ULTIMA SFILATA) (Italy) Thriller, 96mins. Adriana Chiesa Enterprises. Dir: Carlo Vanzina. Key cast: Francesco Montanari, Vanessa Hessler, Richard E Grant. Luxury, transgression, sex and murder fuel the hidden lives of the famous of Milan’s fashion world. The sudden death of a stunning top model and the obscure passion of a famous designer trigger a chilling mystery that leads a young detective from Milan to Sweden, Rome and Switzerland. Olympia 4
LEA AND DARIJA (LEA I DARIJA) (Croatia) Drama, 100mins. Croatian Audiovisual Centre. Dir: Branko Ivanda. Key cast: Klara Naka, Tamy Zajec, Zrinka Cvitesic. During the Nazi persecution of Jews and the later German nationals’ flight from communists, a dramatic friendship was
born through dance, entertainment, but also anxiety. This led towards an unexpected end. Gray 5
MICHAEL (Austria) Drama, 94mins. Les Films Du Losange. Dir: Markus Schleinzer. Key cast: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger. Describes the last five months of 10-year-old Wolfgang’s and 35-year- old Michael’s involuntary life together. Lerins 2
MY BEST ENEMY (MEIN BESTER FEIND) See box, above
OUTSIDE SATAN (HORS SATAN) (France) Drama, 109mins. Pyramide. Dir: Bruno Dumont. Key cast: David Dewaele, Alexandra Lematre, Valerie Mestdagh. Arcades 2
PRINCESS (Finland) Drama, 100mins. Art Films Production. Dir: Arto Halonen. Key cast: Katja Kukkola, Samuli Edelmann, Krista Kosonen. Tells the moving story of Anna Lappalainen. Lappalainen, claiming
to be a princess, spent 50 years of her life as a patient at Kellokoski Psychiatric Hospital, where she healed and brought joy to those around her through her lovable personality. Olympia 6
PRIVATE SCREENING DOC & FILM 112mins. Doc & Film International. Star 2
THE SLUT (Israel) Drama, 87mins. Films Distribution. Dir: Hagar Ben Asher. Key cast: Daria Forman, Asher Hagar Ben, Ishay Golan. Tamar cannot restrain her sexual desires. Once Shai, her new kind and gentle boyfriend, has settled into her life, she hopes to be able to control her animalistic behaviour. But the rounds of raw sex continues as Tamar cannot escape what men want from her. Olympia 3
SNEAKERS (Bulgaria) Drama, 111mins. Bulgarian National Film Center. Dir: Valeri Yordanov, Ivan Vladimirov. Key cast: Philip Avramov, Ivan Barnev, Veleri Yordanov.
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