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Bolsheviks after the First World War. CineStar Event Cinema
IN FILMNIST (France, Iran) Wide 75mins. Dir: Jafar Panahi. CinemaxX Studio 16
THE ATOMIC STATES OF AMERICA (US) Ro Co Films International, 93mins. Dir: Don Argott, Sheena Joyce. Takes the viewer on a journey to reactor communities around the US and seeks to explore the truths and myths of nuclear power. Cubix 2
THE BIG HEART OF GIRLS (Italy) Filmexport Group, 90mins. Dir: Pupi Avati. Key cast: Micaela Ramazzotti, Cesare Cremonini. CinemaxX Studio 13
THE LAST FRIDAY (Jordan, UAE) Pacha Pictures, 88mins. Dir: Yahya Alabdallah. Key cast: Ali Suliman, Fadi Arida, Yasmine Elmasri. When a 40-year-old divorced father discovers that he needs to undergo an operation within the next four days, which he cannot afford, he finds himself forced to deal with the life he isolated himself from for the longest time CinemaxX 6
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THE KICK (South Korea, Thailand) Golden Network Asia, 94mins. Dir: Prachya Pinkaew. Key cast: Tae- joo, K Kim, Jija Yanin Mitananda. When a Korean Taekwondo master’s son is kidnapped, his whole family of martial artists must steal a Thai national treasure to secure his freedom. CinemaxX Studio 15
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FOUR HORSEMEN (UK) Films Transit International 80mins. Dir: Ross Ashcroft. Twenty-three international thinkers, government advisors and Wall Street money-men explain how to establish a moral and
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THEMOTH DIARIES (Canada, Ireland) Wild Bunch, 83mins. Dir: Mary Harron. Key cast: Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole. Rebecca begins her junior year at an
just society and how to create a new economic world dramatically improving the quality of life for billions. CinemaxX Studio 17
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HUT IN THE WOODS (Germany) Elle Driver, 120mins. Dir: Hans Weingartner. Key cast: Peter Schneider, Julia Jentsch, Hendrike van Kuick. A man is spat out by society: mentally not strong enough. An Ukrainian orphan boy saves his life. Without words. The forest is their last refuge. Will they break free? CinemaxX 1
LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR (US, Canada) Arrow Entertainment, 106mins. Dir: Sheldon Larry. Key cast: Ephraim Sykes, Miss Barbie-Q, Phillip Evelyn. From Beyonce’s creative team comes a dance musical extravaganza that follows a young man’s journey into the Los Angeles ball culture. CineStar 2
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elite girls boarding school and is caught in a web of obsession, jealousy and betrayal. Eroticism, death and the supernatural entwine in a powerful emotional drama. MGB-Kino
VALLEY OF SAINTS (US) Peerwar Pictures, 82mins. Dir: Musa Syeed. Key cast: Gulzar Bhat, Afzal Sofi, Neelofer Hamid. When a young boatman tries to run away from Kashmir, he meets a beautiful environmentalist in an abandoned houseboat. Cubix 3
VENUS IN EROS (UK) RME Europe, 81mins. Dir: Takako Imai. Key cast: Saori Hara, Alan Vincent, Sonoya Mizuno. In a forest, the statue of Venus stands alone. As spring arrives, David and Eros are installed besides her. Venus instantly falls in love with David. While Eros’ jealousy alters the love triangle into a tragedy. Parliament
WHAT IS LOVE (Austria) KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, 79mins. Dir: Ruth Mader. A portrait of people with varying life plans. It asks about the meaning of life,
about how to fill the gap between birth and death and the true meaning of happiness. Cubix 1
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VENOM (US) Worldwide Film Entertainment, 81mins. Dir: Gary Breslin. Key cast: Jessica Morris, Oliviah Crawford, Roberto Sanz Sanchez. An estranged mother and daughter are chased by an unrelenting snake after their car made roadkill of his mate. Complications ensue when the mother is bitten and the pair find a downed helicopter filled with cash. CinemaxX Studio 11
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THE DAY (US) Content, 90mins. Dir: Doug Aarniokoski. Key cast: Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Bell, Cory Hardrict. CineStar 1
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BEAST PARADISE (France) Wide, 102mins. Dir: Estelle Larrivaz. Key cast: Stefano Cassetti, Geraldine Pailhas, Muriel Robin. Dominique is running a pet store with his sister. When his relationship with his wife spins out of control, he flees with their children. Ensconced in a ski resort, he creates a fantasy world. CinemaxX Studio 19
DETACHMENT (US) Celluloid Dreams/ Nightmares, 100mins. Dir: Tony Kaye. Key cast: Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks, James Caan. A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students as seen through the eyes of a substitute teacher. dffb-Kino
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COME AS YOU ARE (Belgium) Films Boutique, 115mins. Dir: Geoffrey Enthoven. Key cast: Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Gilles de Schryver, Tom Audenaert. Three handicapped guys in their early twenties love wine and women but they are still virgins. Under the guise of a wine tour they embark on a journey to Spain. CinemaxX Studio 18
FREELOADERS (US) Myriad Pictures, 80mins. Dir: Dan Rosen. Key cast: Jane Seymour, Kevin Sussman. A group of freeloading roomies, living in the lap of luxury at their rock star friend’s Beverly Hills mansion, are faced with the demise of their sweet set-up when they discover their digs are being put up for sale. CineStar 5
HELPLESS (South Korea) CJ Entertainment, 120mins. Dir: Byun Young-joo. Key cast: Lee Sun-kyun, Kim Min-hee, Cho Sung- ha. Mun-ho finds the car door flung open in the pouring rain and the engine still running – his fiancee is nowhere to be found. In a desperate attempt to find her, he discovers that his fiancee is not the person he thought she was. CineStar 4
JAPAN’S WILDLIFE: THE UNTOLD STORY (Japan) Toho Co.
95mins. Dir: Keizo Ideta. Five animal families inhabiting the islands of Japan are featured in stories told through the beauty of the ‘Four Seasons’. Marriott 3
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BELOW ZERO (Canada) VMI Worldwide, 98mins. Dir: Justin Thomas Ostenen. Key cast: Edward Furlong, Kristen Booth, Michael Berryman. A writer locks himself in a meat cooler, determined to finish his screenplay. As the temperature drops the lines between fiction and reality blur and the script comes dangerously to life. Marriott 2
LOVE FICTION (South Korea) Finecut, 115mins. Dir: Jeon Kye- soo. Key cast: Ha Jung- woo, Kong Hyo-jin. A novelist writes fiction based on his attractive girlfriend and discovers her mysterious past in the process. CinemaxX Studio 16
THE GIANTMECHANICAL MAN (US) Stealth Media Group, 100mins. Dir: Lee Kirk. Key cast: Jenna Fisher, Chris Messina, Topher Grace. An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver- painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him. Marriott 1
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ACE ATTORNEY (Japan) Nippon Television Network, 135mins. Dir: Takashi Miike. Key cast: Hiroki Narimiya. To prevent the rise of vicious crimes, the government introduces a new justice system where the defence and prosecutor go head-to-head in open court. Within just three days, a guilty or not guilty verdict is decided. CinemaxX Studio 17
ASMAA (Egypt) Pacha Pictures, 94mins. Dir: Amr Salama. Key cast: Hend Sabry, Maged El
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