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Dir: Miguel Gomes. Key cast: Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira. A temperamental old woman, her Cape Verdean maid and a neighbour live in a Lisbon apartment building. When the lady dies, they learn of her past: a tale of love and crime set in an Africa straight from the world of adventure films. CinemaxX 10
THE LOOK – CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (Germany, France) MK2 94mins. Dir: Angelina Maccarone. There are many myths around Charlotte Rampling. Some call her a taboo breaker, while others call her a style icon. In ‘The Look’ she gives us her perspective on life, an inside view. CinemaxX 1
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HUNTER’S BRIDE (Switzerland) Syquali Multimedia, 136mins. Dir: Jens Neubert. Key cast: Juliane Banse, Michael Volle, Michael Koenig. A ‘grusical’ based on the romantic opera ‘Der Freischutz’ by Carl Maria von Weber. CinemaxX Studio 14
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DR. KETEL (Germany) Reel Suspects, 80mins. Dir: Linus de Paoli. Key cast: Amanda Plummer, Ketel Weber, Burak Yigit. In the near future the health-care system has fallen apart. The people of Berlin’s infamous Neukoelln district suffer from all kinds of illnesses and are left to themselves. But one man has decided to help – Dr. Ketel. dffb-Kino
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PRIME TIME SOAP (Brazil, UK) FiGa Films, 107mins. Dir: Odilon Rocha. Key cast: Claudia Ohana, Vanessa Gi·como, Mateus Solano. Brazil, 1978. A group of people live their lives
under the dictatorship, the euphoria of disco fever and the fantasy of ‘Dancin days’, a prime time soap opera named after a real night club in Rio de Janeiro. CinemaxX Studio 11
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HOME FOR THE WEEKEND (Germany) The Match Factory, 84mins. Dir: Hans-Christian Schmid. Key cast: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler. During a weekend gathering, the seemingly stable fabric of a family comes undone when feelings differ about the mother’s unexpected decision to stop her longtime medication for mental illness. CinemaxX 9
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OUR BELOVED SUDAN (Sudan) Taghreed Elsanhouri Films, 93mins. Dir: Taghreed Elsanhouri. Key cast: Amira Alteraify, Rebecca Garang, Pagaan Amum. Documents the political destiny of the Sudanese nation from birth to partition. The film-maker interlaces the personal narrative of a mixed-race family caught across the divides with a wider social commentary. CinemaxX Studio 16
STOPPED ON TRACK (Germany) The Match Factory, 110mins. Dir: Andreas Dresen. Key cast: Steffi Kuhnert, Milan Peschel, Talisa Lilli Lemke. Frank and Simone have fulfilled their dream and live happily with their two children in a new house in the suburbs until the day Frank receives the diagnosis of an inoperable brain tumour. CinemaxX 1
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DEATH OF A SUPERHERO (Germany, Ireland) Global Screen, 99mins. Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon. Key cast: Andy Serkis, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Aisling Loftus. Donald is a different kind of superhero. In his real life he is sick. But
Mercan Turkoglu, Marie Leuenberger. CinemaxX 1
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CRASH COURSE (Germany) dffb – German Film and Television Academy Berlin, 81mins. Dir: Anika Wangard. Key cast: Monika Lennartz, Ulrich Voss, Winnie Bowe, Evelyn Meyka. A retired couple lose their entire life savings due to the financial crisis. The wife decides to gradually resist the banks. Finally, she goes so far that even her daughter distances herself from her. dffb-Kino
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CHILDREN OF SRIKANDI (Germany, Indonesia) 73mins. Dir: Children of Srikandi Collective. What does it mean to live as a gay woman
the 15-year-old has an outstanding talent to animate with pen and ink: a dark world in which an invincible superhero battles a deadly nemesis. CineStar 6
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(Germany) dffb – German Film and Television Academy Berlin, 10mins. Dir: Julia Langhof. Key cast: Josef Mattes. To draw a line between himself and his liberal minded parents, 17-year- old Karl exposes their private life on the internet, until the line goes too far and he bumps into his father. dffb-Kino
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ANNA PAVLOVA LIVES IN BERLIN (Germany) dffb – German Film and Television Academy Berlin, 79mins. Dir: Theo Solnik. Anna Pavlova, Russian party queen, embodies the brutal happiness and tragedy of the Berlin
in Indonesia? This collective film by eight young women explores gender identity, religion and politics in Indonesia. CinemaxX Studio 17
party generation of our times. Lost on the edge of insanity and rare poetical lucidity, we wander through the streets of Berlin with Anna. dffb-Kino
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38 WITNESSES (France, Belgium) Films Distribution, 104mins. Dir: Lucas Belvaux. Key cast: Yvan Attal, Sophie Quinton, Nicole Garcia. While Louise was away, her street was the scene of a crime. There were no witnesses. As days go by, Louise learns that 38 people saw or heard something. One of the 38 is keeping silent, lying. CineStar 1
GENERATION P (US) Generation P, 116mins. Dir: Victor Ginzburg. Key cast: Vladimir Yepifantsev, Michael Yefremov, Andrei Fomin, Sergei Shnurov, Alexander Gordon, Renata Litvinova, Oleg Taktarov. A copywriter rises through Russia’s 1990s advertising business and is initiated
into the ancient cult of Ishtar, whose acolytes control the media. We also meet Che Guevara, a fiery dragon, and a chauffeur who resembles Vladimir Putin. CineStar 5
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CALLME KUCHU (US) 90mins. Dir: Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Katherine Fairfax Wright. Key cast: David Kato Kisule, Naome Ruzindana, Stosh Mugisha. Tells the story of the life and violent death of David Katos, who fought in court against Uganda’s anti-homosexual laws. CinemaxX Studio 16
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
THREE QUARTERMOON (Germany) Global Screen 95mins. Dir: Christian Zubert. Key cast: Elmar Wepper,
PRASAAD (India) Bombay Berlin Film Productions, 130mins. Dir: Manoj Sati. Key cast: Arjun Sarja, Madhuri Bhattacharya, Sankalp Jha. Prasaad, which literally means a gracious gift, is the magical story of an eight-year-old deaf boy who fights and overcomes his handicap. MGB-Kino
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DUST UPON OUR HEARTS (Germany) dffb – German Film and Television Academy Berlin, 87mins. Dir: Hanna Doose. Key cast: Stephanie Stremler, Susanne Lothar, Michael Kind. Kathi is 30 years old and still very dependent on her successful mother, who abuses her for her own needs. When Kathi’s father suddenly shows up and confronts the family with the past, Kathi finally fights her mother’s influence. dffb-Kino
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KLITSCHKO (Germany) Broadview Pictures, 117mins. Dir: Sebastian Dehnhardt. The film traces the Klitschkos’ path through life, their childhood on soviet military bases marked by socialist drills, their move to Germany and later to the US and finally their rise to international boxing superstardom. CinemaxX 1
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