SCREENINGS
SNOWFLAKE (Spain) Filmax International, 90mins. Dir: Andres G. Schaer. Key cast: Elsa Pataky. Snowflake, a white gorilla, and his friend Ailur, a Buddhist black panther reincarnated into the body of a red panda, plan a sneak visit to a powerful witch to change the colour of his fur and become a normal gorilla. CinemaxX Studio 13
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THE POWER OF FEW (US) Arclight Films, 96mins. Dir: Leone Marucci. Key cast: Christopher Walken, Christian Slater, Q’orianka Kilcher. A young courier with dreams of escaping her small town becomes involved in a global conspiracy when she agrees to transport a mysterious package. CinemaxX Studio 11
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BLACK’S GAME (Iceland) TrustNordisk, 100mins. Dir: Oskar Thor Axelsson. Key cast: Thorvaldur David Kristjansson, Johannes Haukur Johannesson, Egill Einarsson. Using a handful of real events; the Ecstasy revolution, armed bank heists, an insurance scam and the biggest drug- bust in the country’s history, this is the story of a transformational period for the Icelandic underworld. CineStar 4
EMILIE JOLIE (France) Zodiak Rights, 72mins. Dir: Francis Nielsen, Philippe Chatel. Key cast: Elie Semoun, Franaois-Xavier Demaison. When eight-year-old Emilie Jolie enters the fantasy world of her picture book, her life becomes a fairy tale. CinemaxX Studio 19
MUNGER ROAD (US) Archstone Distribution, 90mins. Dir: Nicholas Smith. Key cast: Bruce Davison, Randall Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan.
On the eve of the annual Scarecrow Festival, two St. Charles police officers search for a return killer the same night four teenagers go missing on Munger Road. Marriott 1
SUMMER GAMES (Switzerland) Rezo 101mins. Dir: Rolando Colla. Key cast: Armando Condolucci, Fiorella Campanella, Alessia Barela. A beach holiday in Tuscany draws families and their children together. The youngsters soon join a little gang and engage in fun and games at a nearby abandoned shack. Kino Arsenal 2
THE OTHER FWORD (US) Elephant Eye Films 99mins. Dir: Andrea Blaugrund-Nevins. What happens when a generation’s ultimate anti- authoritarians – punk rockers – become society’s ultimate authorities – dads? Marriott 3
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ALBERT NOBBS (US, UK) WestEnd Films, 114mins. Dir: Rodrigo Garcia. Key cast: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson. A witty Irish-set period drama about the lives of staff at Dublin’s most luxurious hotel: the illegitimate child of a maid, a beautiful couple’s impossible love, and Albert, a woman who pretends to be a man to survive. MGB-Kino
CINDERELLA 3D (France) Cinemavault, 90mins. Dir: Pascal Herold. Key cast: Yolande Moreau, Michel Boujenah, Alexandra Lamy. The classic fairy tale of Cinderella is re-imagined in 3D and set against the backdrop of the Wild West with a cast of furry and feathered friends. CineStar Event Cinema
NUCLEAR NATION (Japan) Wide House, 145mins. Dir: Funahashi Atsushi.
On March 11, 2011, the tsunami sealed the fate of the town of Futaba in the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima. A large part of the town was swallowed up by the sea. The following day, nuclear fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power station three kilometres away reached what still remained of it. CinemaxX 6
ON AIR (France) SND – Groupe M6, 90mins. Dir: Pierre Pinaud. Key cast: Karin Viard, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Dani. Melina is the most famous voice on the French radio. On her night show, she humorously and taboolessly solves her listeners emotional and sexual issues. But in everyday life, she is obnoxious and lives an old maid existence. CineStar 3
RAIN (Brazil) Cinegrama Filmes 80mins. Dir: Marcelo Toledo, Paolo Gregori. Key cast: Marat Descartes, Simone Iliescu, Raissa Gregori. From sunrise to sunset, the same day in the life of Alberto, Cynthia and Beatriz, who share their time pursuing money and trying to achieve their personal goals and ambitions. It’s the most important day of their life. CinemaxX Studio 17
TRISHNA (UK) Bankside Films 112mins. Dir: Michael Winterbottom. Key cast: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed. Based on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel ‘Tess Of The D’Urbervilles’, ‘Trishna’ tells the story of one woman whose life is destroyed by a combination of love and circumstances. CineStar 7
WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW: SEEDIQ BALE See box, above right
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WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW: SEEDIQ BALE (Taiwan) Fortissimo Films, 150mins. Dir: Wei Te-Sheng. Key cast: Lin Ching- Tai, Boya Umin, Ando Masanobu.
Set in 1930s Formosa, the true story of the Wushe Incident in which the aboriginal Seediq tribe warrior Mouna Rudo led his people to rebel against Japan, then occupying the island. CineStar 5
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