SCREENINGS
Six young people escape from their failures to the point farthest away, the sea. The clean beach brings them together to reopen hope in them all. But is such an escape at all possible? Gray 3
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THE BIG EDEN (Germany) Documentary, 90mins. Rohfilm. Dir: Peter Dorfler. Key cast: Rolf Eden. Rolf Eden is the last German playboy. He is the king of German discos and a part of the Berlin’s history. He
organised the first beauty contest and made the striptease popular in prim western Germany. He has celebrated with Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra, danced with Ella Fitzgerald and the Rolling Stones urinated in his Rolls-Royce. Riviera 2
VENUS IN EROS (UK) Drama, 80mins. RME Films. Dir: Takako Imai. Key cast: Saori Hara, Alan Vincent, Libera. In a deep forest, the statue of Venus stands alone The winter snows end and the ice melts into the river. As the spring arrives, David and Eros, are installed beside her. Venus instantly falls in love with David. While dreaming, Venus becomes human and realises David also loves her. Eros’ jealousy alters the love triangle dramatically into a tragedy. Palais C
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Cannes
LFS Associates Spring 2011 Tribeca
OLIVER HERMANUS Skoonheid Un Certain Regard
MARIAM ABOU OUF
18 Days Tribute to Egypt SXSW
DUNCAN JONES Source Code
Academy Awards
MIKE LEIGH Another Year Screenplay nomination
TIM METZGER
Sun Come Up Documentary Short nomination
ALEXANDRA MCGUINNESS and MARK LEE Lotus Eaters
BARNEY ELLIOTT Último Recurso
Sundance
MISCHA JAKUPCAK The Off Hours
KARIN BENSALAH Red Olive Tree Sundance Directors Lab
Clermont Ferrand
ISHAYA BAKO Braids on a Bald Head
ORSI NAGYPAL Cold Shower
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VILE (US) Horror, 88mins. Outsider Pictures. Dir: Taylor Sheridan. Key cast: Eric Beck, April Matson, Akeem Smith. Eight strangers wake up in a house. There is no way out. The only way they can survive is to generate a drug that the human body only creates when it senses pain. A lot of pain. Palais I
1:30PM A T R A D I T I O N O F I N N O V A T I O N n 44 Screen International at the Cannes Film Festival May 17, 2011
A LITTLE CLOSER (US) Drama, 73mins. Coach 14. Dir: Matthew Petock. Key cast: Sayra Player, Parker Lutz, Eric Baskerville. In the forgotten corners of rural Virginia, Sheryl struggles to balance her work as a housekeeper and raising her two sons, 15-year-old Marc and 11-year-old Stephen. Hoping to meet the love of her life and bring home a father for her boys, she frequents a depressing, weekly mixer for the towns aging singles set. Meanwhile, Marc is desperate to lose his virginity, and spends his days working at a used car lot. And his brother Stephen, in the throes of
sexual discovery, becomes infatuated with his school teacher while hoping to win the approval of a group of peers who adamantly detest her. Gray 2
ARCHEO (Slovenia) Drama, 80mins. Slovenian Film Centre. Dir: Jan Cvitkovic. Key cast: Medea Novak, Niko Novak, Tommaso Finzi. Man, woman and boy. Three individuals in a timeless landscape. They do not know each other, their cultural background is indefinite. They try to survive individually. However, every so often their paths cross and gradually they establish contact, although initially utterly mistrusting and occasionally hostile. A little at a time, through various situations, they start developing relationships. Arche-man, arche-woman and arche-boy eventually get rid of fear, hostility, insecurity and join in an arche-community we call family. By invitation only Lerins 1
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CROCODILES: ALL FOR ONE (Germany) Action/ adventure, 85mins. Delphis Films Inc. Dir: Wolfgang Groos. Key cast: Nick Romeo Reimann, Fabian Halbig, Leonie Tepe. A friend in need is a friend indeed. To save one life, everybody chips in to break into a prison. Palais D
EYES FIND EYES (France) Drama, 82mins. Alfama Films Production. Dir: Jean- Manuel Fernandez, Sean Williams. Key cast: Alexandre Marouani, Alma Jodorowsky. Trapped in a dirty double deal, Ernst Ipsum, celebrated art authenticator, is in trouble. With nowhere to turn but inward, Ernst becomes the perfect portrait of anguish. Arcades 3
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THE FIRST ASSIGNMENT (IL PRIMO INCARICO) (Italy) Drama, 90mins. Rai Trade Department. Dir: Giorgia Cecere. Key cast: Isabella Ragonese. 1953. A young woman from southern Italy must travel far from home for her first job as a teacher. She is sorry to leave behind a love story with an aristocratic boy. They promise each other nothing will change. So she leaves and finds the unexpected. Star 4
THE FRAULEIN AND THE SANDMAN (Switzerland) Black Comedy, 88mins. Atrix Films. Dir: Peter Luisi. Key cast: Beat Schlatter, Fabian Krueger, Florine Elena. When Benno finds sand in his bed one morning he thinks nothing of it. But each day the sand increases and he must ask for help from an unlikely friend. This wacky love story will both delight and amaze. Palais J
GENERATION P (Russia) Comedy, 110mins. Generation P. Dir: Victor Ginzburg. Key cast: Vladimir Epifancev, Mixail Efremov, Andrei Fomin. Based on the celebrated novel by Russian author Victor Pelevin, ‘Generation P’ certainly ups the ante on drug- induced hallucinations — indeed that is Che Guevara explaining why television destroys the individual’s soul. Palais H
INDOCHINE, SUR LES TRACES D’UNEMERE (Benin) Documentary, 71mins. Les Cinemas Du Monde. Dir: Idrissou Mora Kpai. Gray 4
INNOCENT SATURDAY (AN EINEMSAMSTAG) (Russia) Drama, 99mins. Bavaria Film International. Dir: Alexander Mindadze. Key cast: Anton Shagin, Svetlana Smirnova- Marcinkevich.
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