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Sociology professor Hye- jung, 40, falls for Usang, a male student who helps her with research on women’s extramarital affairs. Their prohibited love and secrets are watched and told by two observers, a copy machine and a camera. CinemaxX Studio 17
TWENTY8K (UK) AV Pictures, 105mins. Dir: Neil Thompson, David Kew. Key cast: Paraminder Nagra, Nichola Burley, Kaya Scodelario. When a teenage boy is accused of a fatal nightclub shooting, his sister attempts to clear his name. She is soon caught up in a sinister world of absolute corruption, media manipulation and a terrifying gang, the Twenty8k. CinemaxX Studio 16
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PENUMBRA (Argentina) MPI Media Group, 87mins. Dir: Adrian Garcia Bogliano, Ramiro Garcia Bogliano. Key cast: Cristina Brondo, Camila Bordonaba, Berta Muniz. Marga, a talented but arrogant lawyer from Spain, becomes the unsuspecting victim of an Argentine cult seeking the powers of an impending solar eclipse when she agrees to sell them an apartment building she’s inherited. Marriott 1
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YEAR OF GRACE (Spain) Latido Films, 90mins. Dir: Ventura Pons. Key cast: Rosa Maria Sarda, Oriol Pla, Santi Millan. David is 20 years old and just arrived in Barcelona. Gracia, a bitter old hag in her late sixties, offers him free room and board in exchange for his companionship. From the start their coexistence becomes explosive. CinemaxX Studio 14
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LA DELICATESSE (France) StudioCanal, 108mins. Dir: David
the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. That idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind. CineStar 4
TATANKA (Italy) Minerva Pictures, 105mins. Dir: Giuseppe Gagliardi. Key cast: Clemente Russo, Giorgio Colangeli, Rade Serbedzija. A hard-hitting cinematic portrait of a young southern Italian man’s degradation and redemption through boxing. Michele is doomed to a life of crime, but manages to emancipate himself through boxing. CinemaxX Studio 18
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SAYA ZAMURAI (Japan) Urban Distribution International, 103mins. Dir: Hitoshi Matsumoto. Key cast: Takaaki Nomi, Sea Kumada, Jun Kunimura.
Foenkinos, Stephane Foenkinos. Key cast: Audrey Tautou, Francois Damiens, Pio Marmai. It all starts with a kiss for Audrey Tautou in this deliciously delicate romantic comedy. MGB-Kino
MODEST RECEPTION (Iran) Iranian Independents, 100mins. Dir: Mani Haghighi. Key cast: Taraneh Alidoosti, Mani Haghighi. A man with his arm in a cast who thus resembles Napoleon and a well-dressed woman are making their way through a war-torn mountainous region in an SUV. The boot of the car contains plastic bags filled with money to distribute to the needy people they encounter on their journey. But are the two of them really on a charitable
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Kanjuro Nomi becomes a wanted samurai for deserting his lord and is sentenced to restore a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother. He has 30 days to complete his assignment with his daughter’s help. CinemaxX Studio 15
mission or are we watching a duplicitous game of temptation and morality? CinemaxX 6
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BRUNA SURFER GIRL (Brazil) Shoreline Entertainment, 106mins. Dir: Marcus Baldini. Key cast: Deborah Secco, Cassio Gabus Mendes, Cristina Lago. Young Raquel is the daughter of a middle class family, who one day runs away from home and makes an astonishing decision: she’ll be a prostitute. Parliament
ONEMILE ABOVE (China) Odin’s Eye Entertainment, 90mins. Dir: Jiayi Du. Key cast: Bryan Chang, Li Xiaochuan. Based on a true story, depicts a young man’s cycling journey to the
highest point in Tibet to fulfil his brother’s final wish. CinemaxX 10
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FIRST POSITION (US) Visit Films, 94mins. Dir: Bess Kargman. Follows six young dancers over the course of a year as they train for, and compete in, one of the world’s most prestigious ballet competitions. CinemaxX Studio 19
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HAYABUSA: THE LONG VOYAGE HOME (Japan) Toei Company, 136mins. Dir: Tomoyuki Takimoto. Key cast: Ken Watanabe, Yosuke Eguchi, Hidetaka Yoshioka. CinemaxX Studio 12
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(Finland, Sweden) Interprod Oy, 82mins. Dir: Ulrika Bengts. Key cast: Agnes Koskinen, Maria Salomaa, Tobias Zilliacus/ An unusual coming-of- age tale. Set in 1890, Iris’ artist mother leaves Stockholm for the summer and sends her nine-year- old daughter to stay with an uncle in the Finnish archipelago. CinemaxX Studio 11
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BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (US) Elephant Eye Films, 110mins. Dir: Panos Cosmatos. Key cast: Eva Allen, Marilyn Norry, Michael Rogers. Set in a futuristic 1983, Elena finds herself held against her will in a mysterious facility under the watchful eye of the sinister Dr. Barry Nyle. Marriott 3
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THE AGGRESSION SCALE (US) Epic Pictures Group, 90mins. Dir: Steven Miller. Key cast: Ryan Hartwig, Ray Wise, Joseph McKelheer. Four armed hit men. A home invasion in pursuit of stolen mob money. It should have been an easy job. Marriott 2
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REC3 GENESIS (Spain) Filmax International, 78mins. Dir: Paco Plaza. Key cast: Leticia Dolera, Diego Martin. Koldo and Clara are celebrating their wedding. Everything is running smoothly, until some of
SUPERCAPITALIST (China) All Rights Entertainment, 103mins. Dir: Yin Simon. Key cast: Roach Linus, Ting Derek, Tsang Kenneth. A maverick New York hedge fund trader with uncanny analytic abilities moves to Hong Kong and orchestrates a mega-deal that swiftly escalates beyond his control. dffb-Kino
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SEKRET (Poland) Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty, 82mins. Dir: Przemyslaw Wojcieszek. Key cast: Tomasz Tyndyk, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Marek Kepinski. Ksawery and Karolina are visiting Jan in the country. Ksawery is a dancer who performs as a drag queen and Karolina is his agent. Jan is Ksawery’s grandfather. Ksawery is gay, Karolina Jewish. Jan is guarding a dark secret from the time of the Holocaust. CinemaxX 6
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V/H/S (US) Epic Pictures, Group, 93mins. Dir: David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West. Key cast: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard. CineStar 2
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