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music is from.” Famous Austrian guitarist Harri Stojka goes on a journey to Rajasthan, to meet local musicians and play. Parliament


SLEEPLESS NIGHT (France) Bac Films, 98mins. Dir: Frederic Jardin. Key cast: Tomer Sisley, Joey Starr, Julien Boisselier. Vincent, meant to be one of the best cops in town, steals a big bag of cocaine from the drug dealers he was tracking. They counter- attack by kidnapping his son and threaten to kill him if Vincent doesn’t return the bag. dffb-Kino


THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM (Canada) Reel Suspects, 95mins. Dir: Tara Johns. Key cast: Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows, Julia Stone. It’s 1976, Elizabeth is just an average suburban 11-year-old praying for adolescence to arrive when she discovers her whole life has been a lie. With only her imagination to guide her, she runs away in search of her true identity. CinemaxX Studio 12


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TROPHY (US) New Films International, 90mins. Dir: Daniel J. Gillin. Key cast: Michael Madsen, Stephen Cloud, Eric Roberts. When an undercover cop goes deep into the mob underworld, he finds himself caught between rival gangs. Cubix 8


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BARBARA (Germany) The Match Factory, 105mins. Dir: Christian Petzold. Key cast: Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Rainer Bock. CineStar 2


BERT STERN, ORIGINAL MADMAN (US) Films Transit International, 85mins. Dir: Shannah Laumeister. Original Madman Bert Stern, who photographed the world’s most gorgeous


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HERE BELOW (France) Pyramide International, 100mins. Dir: Jean-Pierre Denis. Key cast: Celine Salette, Eric Caravaca, Francois Loriquet. Late 1943 in occupied France, Sister Luce, a


women (Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Twiggy, Lolita), now becomes the subject, revealing his wild and untold life story. CinemaxX Studio 17


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RAISING RESISTANCE (Germany, Switzerland) Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduktion, 85mins. Dir: Bettina Borgfeld, David Bernet. Delivers a sensitive and visually impressive survey of humans in a global hot spot and shows us that even weeds can become resistant to pesticides. CinemaxX 1


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NO MAN’S ZONE (Japan, France) Doc & Film International, 103mins. Dir: Fujiwara Toshi. The director returns with a new documentary shot in Fukushima after the nuclear power plant accident. Its present situation comes to light


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devout nun, sees her life turned upside- down when she meets a chaplain in the French Resistance. However, she is quickly confronted by the harsh reality of passion. CinemaxX Studio 14


through scenes from what were once communities and are now ghost towns. CinemaxX 6


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EDDIE – THE SLEEPWALKING CANNIBAL (Canada, Denmark) Global Screen, 90mins. Dir: Boris Rodriguez. Key cast: Thure Lindhardt, Dylan Smith, Georgina Reilly. Lars, once a young art- world celebrity, is slipping away fast into the land of has-beens, but he refuses to paint. His inspiration is carnage – blood, guts and limbs – and he’s vowed to never go down that dark road again. CinemaxX 4


THE MISFITS (Mexico) Filmsharks International, 104mins. Dir: various. Key cast: Jorge Ramirez-Suarez, Javier Colinas, Marco Polo Constandse. CinemaxX Studio 19


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IN THE SHADOWOF A MAN (Egypt) Pacha Pictures,


65mins. Dir: Hanan Abdalla. In the wake of the Egyptian revolution, four women speak of their fight for the future and what it means to be a woman in Egypt. CinemaxX Studio 16


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4:44 THE LAST DAY ON EARTH (France) Wild Bunch, 85mins. Dir: Abel Ferrara. Key cast: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh. A loving couple live in a beautiful apartment. It’s just a normal afternoon – except that tomorrow, at 4:44, the world will come to an end. CineStar 1


INTO THE WHITE (Norway) TrustNordisk, 100mins. Dir: Petter Naess. Key cast: Florian Lukas, David Kross, Rupert Grint. British and German pilots shoot each other down after a violent chance encounter. Isolated, they must fight to survive the brutal winter. Though war has made them enemies, antagonism is hard to maintain as days go by. CineStar 4 By invitation only


PATHS OF HATE (Poland) New Europe Film Sales, 10mins. Dir: Damian Nenow. Oscar short-lister 2012.


Metaphorical fight of two fighter pilots illustrates the universal truth about hate. A short tale about the demons that slumber deep in the human soul. Marriott 2


SISTERS&BROTHERS (Canada) Myriad Pictures, 87mins. Dir: Carl Bessai. Key cast: Cory Monteith, Amanda Crew, Dustin Milligan. The unique and often hilarious bond between sisters and brothers is explored in this new comedy about four different sets of siblings. MGB-Kino


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FEAR OF WATER (Canada) Entertainment One, 126mins. Dir: Gabriel Pelletier. Key cast: Pierre-Francois Legendre, Brigitte Pogonat, Normand D’Amour. Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. She is the first ever murder victim in Magdalen Islands. Her death will radically change the orderly life of Sergeant Andre Surprenant. CineStar 5


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HERITAGE (Poland) Telewizja Polska, 120mins. Dir: Andrzej Baranski. Key cast: Rafal Zawierucha, Mateusz Zajac, Michal Aniol. Zbyszek tries to make it big, but when an injury ruins his plans to become a sports star, he returns to his home village. No longer a boy, not a townsman yet, he knows what he wants and waits for a chance to fulfil his desires. CineStar 6


MAGIC SILVER 2 – THE QUEST FOR THE MYTHIC HORN (Norway, India, Germany) NonStop Sales, 85mins. Dir: Arne Lindtner Naess. Key cast: Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Per Christian Ellefsen. When Queen Bluerose learns that a dangerous glacier is threatening the


blue mountain valley and the red gnomes living there, she sets out on a journey to find the blue horn, a magical instrument that can save the Red Gnomes. CineStar Event Cinema


NOW, FORAGER: A FILM ABOUT LOVE AND FUNGI (US, Poland) New Europe Film Sales, 93mins. Dir: Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin. Key cast: Jason Cortlund, Tiffany Esteb, Gabrielle Maisels. A couple of New York foragers gathers wild mushrooms and sell them to city restaurants. They live simply, according to the changing seasons. When Regina seeks more stability, their marriage is put to a test. A food lovers’ film. Marriott 2


THE RIF LOVER (Morocco, France, Belgium) Urban Distribution International, 90mins. Dir: Narjiss Nejjar. Key cast: Omar Lotfi, Nadia Kounda, Nadia Niazi. Aya, 20, dreams of love like the opera character Carmen. She ends up falling for a powerful hashish trafficker known as The Baron, who buys her viginity from her brothers and turns out to be an illusory prince charming. CinemaxX Studio 15


STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW (US) Films Transit International, 70mins. Dir: Robert Cringeley, Paul Sen. In 1995, Bob Cringely did the best interview with Jobs, then lost the tape for 16 years. Witty, outspoken, visionary, Jobs offers his vision of a digital future and his passion that would bring us the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. CinemaxX Studio 18


VENUS IN EROS (UK) RME Europe, 81mins. Dir: Takako Imai. Key cast: Saori Hara, Alan Vincent, Sonoya Mizuno. In a forest, the statue of


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