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85mins. Dir: Sylvain Archambault. Key cast: Claude Legault, Celine Bonnier, Didier Lucien. How long can romance last when it is based on a lie? When Fred meets Juliette, he lets her believe he’s an old classmate. As time goes by, Fred is falling for Juliette and he’s scared to let her in on his little secret. CinemaxX Studio 18
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THE EXCHANGE (Israel, Germany) The Match Factory, 94mins. Dir: Eran Kolirin. Key cast: Rotem Keinan, Sharon Tal, Dov Navon.
Entertainment, 90mins. Dir: Javier Ruiz Caldera. Key cast: Raul Arevalo, Alexandra Jimenez, Alex Maruny. Modesto is a teacher. Modesto sometimes sees dead people. Not only has this cost him a fortune at the shrink’s, it’s also gotten him fired from every school he’s ever worked at. His luck changes when he lands a job at Monforte. CinemaxX Studio 15
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HEADWINDS (France) SND – Groupe M6, 91mins. Dir: Jalil Lespert. Key cast: Benoit Magimel, Audrey Tautou. A radiant film of wind- swept coastal landscapes in which one father struggles to keep his life and the relationship with his two children afloat. CineStar 7
THE LEGEND OF KASPAR HAUSER (Italy) Intramovies, 85mins. Dir: Davide Manuli. Key cast: Vincent Gallo, Claudia Gerini, Elisa Sednaoui An adaptation of the
A man comes home at a time of day he has never been there before and observes his own life from outside. Is this life truly his own? CineStar 6
19th century Teutonic foundling story transposed to Sardinia. CinemaxX Studio 11
UKRAINE 2012 – SHORT CUTS (Ukraine) Ukrainian Film Corner, 90mins. Short cuts of Ukrainian films produced in 2011 and films in production. Marriott 2
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REBIRTH (France) TF1 International, 92mins. Dir: Jean-Marc Mineo. Key cast: Jon Foo. When Manit was 10, he witnessed his parents being murdered. He was shot and left for dead. Placed in the care of a Muay Thai master, he recovered but the bullet in his brain changed him, severing him from all human emotion. Kino Arsenal 2
THE ENTREPRENEUR (Italy) Rai Trade, 94mins. Dir: Giuliano Montaldo. Key cast: Pierfrancesco Favino, Carolina Crescentini, Francesco Scianna. Nicola is the owner of a
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factory on the brink of bankruptcy. Throttled by debts, he decides to solve his problems with no scruples. When everything collapses, the wheel of fortune turns. But Nicola is keeping more than one secret. CinemaxX Studio 19
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CITIZEN GANGSTER (Canada) Myriad Pictures, 105mins. Dir: Nathan Morlando. Key cast: Scott Speedman, Brian Cox, Kelly Reilly. Inspired by true events, Edwin Boyd felt he deserved more in life. One day he walked into a bank and successfully robbed it. His crime career was launched and he rose to become one of the most notorious gangsters in history. CineStar 5
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MEET THE FOKKENS (Netherlands) Autlook Filmsales, 70mins. Dir: Gabrielle Provaas, Rob Schroder. Louise and Martine Fokkens are identical twins and for more than 40 years they were prostitutes. This film is a portrait of these remarkable women, as well as a history of the red light district in Amsterdam. CinemaxX Studio 17
XINGU (Brazil) Rezo, 102mins. Dir: Cao Hamburger. Key
cast: Joao Miguel, Felipe Camargo, Caio Blat. Tells the amazing story of the Villas Boas brothers and their journey to create the National Xingu Park. CineStar Event Cinema
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CHERRY ON THE CAKE (France) Films Distribution, 85mins. Dir: Laura Morante. Key cast: Pascal Elbe, Laura Morante, Isabelle Carre. Amanda has complex relationships with men. A friend of hers would like to see her settle down in a stable relationship, but it seems she suffers from androphobia, a genuine fear of men that causes her to destroy relationships. MGB-Kino
THE EXCHANGE See box, above
FRANCINE (US, Canada) Washington Square Films, 74mins. Dir: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky. Key cast: Melissa Leo, Victoria Charkut, Keith Leonard. Francine is a woman struggling to find her place in society after leaving behind a life in prison. Taking a series of jobs working with animals, Francine seeks intimacy in the most unlikely of places. Marriott 3
FRENCH KISS (Canada) Delphis Films,
GYPSY (Czech Republic, Slovakia) MK2, 107mins. Dir: Martin Sulik. Key cast: Janko Mizigar, Martin Hagurbadzo, Miro Gulyas. Adam is a boy from a Roma settlement in Eastern Slovakia. When his father is killed, his mother marries loan shark and thief Eigo who draws Adam’s family into dubious business. Adam gets into a conflict with his own community. CinemaxX Studio 13
NO REST FOR THEWICKED (Spain) Filmax International, 104mins. Dir: Enrique Urbizu. Key cast: Jose Coronado, Rodolfo Sancho. Inspector Santos Trinidad, downgraded to the Missing Persons Unit, finds himself implicated in a triple homicide in an after-hours club. CinemaxX 9
SCARY OR DIE (US) Arclight Films. 92mins. Dir: Michael Emanuel, Bob Badway, Igor Meglic. Key cast: Corbin Bleu, Bill Oberst Jr, Domiziano Arcangeli. Tells five interwoven terrifying tales that take place in and around the ‘City of Angels’. Marriott 1
THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE (Spain) DeAPlaneta, 100mins. Dir: Vicente Villanueva. Key cast: Hugo Silva, Adriana Ugarte, Alex Barahona. After a string of failed relationships, Merce and Raul start falling for each other. Romance gives way to fear, to control freakery, to neediness, to attempts to change the other person. CinemaxX 3
THE PACT (US) Content, 89mins. Dir: Nicholas McCarthy. Key cast: Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Haley Hudson. A terrifying ghost story. CinemaxX 4
THE SQUAD (Colombia) Wild Bunch, 107mins. Dir: Jaime Osorio. Key cast: Juan Pablo Barragan, Alejandro Aguilar, Andres Castaneda. A military squad faces violent annihilation when they investigate a sinister abandoned base in the desolate wastelands of Colombia. CineStar 4
VIOLETAWENT TO HEAVEN (Chile, Argentina, Brazil) Latido Films 110mins. Dir: Andres Wood. Key cast: Francisca Gavilan, Cristian Quevedo, Patricio Ossa. The path of Chilean Violeta Parra, tracing her evolution from impoverished child to international sensation and pop culture icon, while capturing the swirling intensity of her life. CinemaxX Studio 12
WETLANDS (Canada) Fortissimo Films, 111mins. Dir: Guy Edoin. Key cast: Pascale Bussieres, Luc Picard, Francois Papineau. On a dairy farm in the middle of a drought, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted by each other, they will have to learn to forgive. CinemaxX 2
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BENEATH THE DARKNESS (US) The Little Film Company, 90mins. Dir: Martin Guigui. Key cast: Dennis Quaid, Aimee Teegarden, Tony Oller. After watching the murder of their friend, a group of teens battle against the authorities to expose a local hero as the vicious killer. CinemaxX Studio 14
SOLDIER / CITIZEN (Israel) Forum Office 68mins. Dir: Silvina Landsmann.
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