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appears in her gang. Marisa gets into trouble with two foreigners. She sets a series of events in motion that turn her life upside down. CinemaxX 1
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KID-THING (US) Forum Office, 83mins. Dir: David Zellner. Key cast: Sydney Aguirre, Susan Tyrrell, Nathan Zellner
Dreams/Nightmares, 115mins. Dir: Dennis Gansel. Key cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt. A journalist falls in love with an activist. A chain of events will tear his life apart, confronting him with secrets of his past. CinemaxX 4
WHAT’S IN A NAME? (France) Pathe International, 110mins. Dir: Alexandre de la Patelliere, Matthieu Delaporte. Key cast: Patrick Bruel, Valerie Benguigui, Charles Berling. Each year 800,000 births, 800,000 names chosen, 800,000 arguments. CineStar 4
WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY (US) HanWay Films, 120mins. Dir: Robert B. Weide. Chronicles the trajectory and longevity of Allen’s career: from his work in the 1950s-60s as a TV scribe for Sid Caesar, stand-up comedian and frequent TV talk show guest, to the notorious writer-director we
A fever-dream fable about a rebellious girl who spends her time roaming the land, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. CinemaxX 6
know today. CinemaxX 5
WOULD YOU RATHER (US) VMI Worldwide, 93mins. Dir: David Guy Levy. Key cast: Brittany Snow, Jeffery Combs, Sasha Grey. Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of ‘Would You Rather’, hosted by a sadistic aristocrat. Marriott 1
Y/N YOU LIE YOU DIE (TRUE LOVE) (Italy) TF1 International, 103mins. Dir: Enrico Clerico Nasino. Key cast: John Brotherton, Ellen Hollman, Gabriel Myers. A seemingly perfect couple are tested on their love and commitment, in the most terrifying way. CinemaxX 3
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THE DOOR (Hungary, Germany) Bankside Films, 98mins. Dir: Istvan Szabo. Key cast: Helen Mirren, Magda Szabo, Andrea Veszits. A female writer struggling for success, employs an
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elderly woman to be her housekeeper. The Door brilliantly illustrates the bond developing between these two different women and, ultimately, the tragic end of their relationship. CinemaxX 9
THE TALLMAN (France, Canada) SND – Groupe M6, 105mins. Dir: Pascal Laugier. Key cast: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie. A suspenseful thriller in the vein of M. Night Shyamalan’s earlier films. CineStar 6
TRASH (Canada) Entertainment One, 94mins. Dir: Benoit Pilon. Key cast: David Boutin, Isabel Richer, Sophie Desmarais. In his early adult years, a man was a delinquent. Today that is all behind him, but things change when the area where he lives becomes the target of street gangs, prostitution and drug business. CinemaxX 2
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RED LIGHTS (Spain, US) Parlay Films, 120mins. Dir: Rodrigo Cortes. Key cast: Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro. When a psychologist’s investigation into paranormal activity focuses on whether or not a world-renowned psychic is actually a fraud, her results
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THEMOORING (US) The Yellow Affair, 90mins. Dir: Glenn Withrow. Key cast: Hallie Todd, Karli Blalock, Anna Goodwin When a houseboat full of young teenage girls on a self-help programme breaks down in the thick of an Idaho forest, it has to be moored. The arrival of a strange couple triggers a brutal murder – what follows is fast- paced mayhem. CinemaxX Studio 12
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BLISSESTRASSE (Germany, Canada) Bogeydom Licensing, 99mins. Dir: Paul Donovan. Key cast: Michael McManus, Alex Goode, Meredith Holcomb Story of a group of young American-Christian fundamentalists put together on a mission to Berlin to try to bring the Germans back to Jesus. In this jungle only the most cynical will survive CinemaxX Studio 14
COMBAT GIRLS (Germany) EastWest Filmdistribution, 103mins. Dir: David Wnendt. Key cast: Alina Levshin, Jella Haase, Gerdy Zint. It’s the hometown of Marisa, a young female Neo-Nazi. A new girl
LAND OF OBLIVION (France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine) Le Pacte, 100mins. Dir: Michale Boganim. Key cast: Olga Kurylenko April 26, 1986, Pripyat, near Chernobyl. An accident occurs at the power station. With the passing of time, will the inhabitants of the city be able to accept the hope of a new life? dffb-Kino
LUV (US) Hollywood Studios International, 95mins. Dir: Sheldon Candis. Key cast: Common, Michael Rainey Jr, Danny Glover. Vincent, fresh from prison and trying to go straight, takes his young nephew Woody under his wing to learn about life and becoming a man, but when his criminal past catches up with him, the pace of Woody’s lesson accelerates. Parliament
SEXUAL CHRONICLES OF A FRENCH FAMILY (France) Wide, 85mins. Dir: Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold. Key cast: Mathais Melloul, Valerie Maes, Stephan Hersoen Breakfast, when morning silence is sometimes too heavy, when during dinner everything is talked about except sex, where the routine of a contemporary family is disturbed when Romain, the youngest son, is caught masturbating. CinemaxX Studio 18
THE LONELIEST PLANET (US, Germany) The Match Factory, 113mins. Dir: Julia Loktev. Key cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Hani Furstenberg, Bidzina Gujabidze A young couple, backpacking in the Caucasus Mountains, find their love tested when the
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THE VIRAL FACTOR (Hong Kong, China) Emperor Motion, Pictures 122mins. Dir: Dante Lam. Key cast: Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse, Peng Lin, Bing Bai Former law enforcer Jon discovers his estranged brother Yang is a wanted criminal. When Yang’s boss kidnaps Jon’s friend and Yang’s daughter, the brothers join forces in a rescue mission. CineStar 1
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MAN ON THE TRAIN (Canada) Sierra/Affinity, 100mins. Dir: Mary McGuckian. Key cast: Donald Sutherland, Larry Mullen Jr. A mysterious criminal rolls into a small town planning to knock off the local bank, assuming it will go off without a hitch. But when he encounters a retired poetry professor, his plans take an unlikely turn. Cubix 2
ROMANCING IN THIN AIR (China) Media Asia Group Holdings 112mins. Dir: Johnnie To. Key cast: Louis Koo, Sammi Cheng A Hong Kong movie megastar jilted at the altar by his actress bride finds true love in a neurotic fan while healing his wounds in high-altitude Yunnan in China. Cubix 4
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PLANET OF SNAIL (South Korea) Cat&Docs, 87mins. Dir: Yi Seung- Jun. Sight and sound are the senses we rely on, but in telling the story of a man who has been deaf and blind from childhood, Planet Of Snail is a deeply moving portrait of love and compassion that reaffirms the power of the senses. CinemaxX Studio 16
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