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the other poor. Only one of them survives, burnt beyond recognition and in a state of total amnesia. Who is she, the heiress or her penniless friend? A killer, or an intended victim? Arcades 2
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I HAVE TO BUY NEW SHOES (Japan) 10mins. Toei Company. Dir: Eriko Kitagawa. Key cast: Miho Nakayama, Osamu Mukai. Photographer Sen is to accompany his younger sister Suzume on a sight-seeing trip to Paris, having been
Key cast: Abbie Cornish A desperate young mother tries unsuccessfully to turn her life around by smuggling immigrants across the dangerous border between Texas and Mexico. When this quick-money scheme fails horribly, she unwillingly ends up travelling across Mexico with a newly orphaned eight-year- old girl from Oaxaca, embarking on a journey that will change her life forever. Olympia 9
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THE ILLUSIONAUTS (Peru) 82mins. Vision Films. Dir: Eduardo Schuldt. Key cast: Bruno Ascenzo, Connie Chaparro, Emilio Trevino. A group of kids with special powers and their trusted dog are sent back in time on a mission to restore the famous stories
told that he is along for good luck, but not being given a reason. Once they arrive in Paris, however, Suzume suddenly announces she needs to be on her own, and abandons Sen. Lost and unable to find his way back to their hotel, Sen wanders the streets of Paris. Palais C
and their place in history as the mad President and Minister of Cultural Affairs are trying to change them. Riviera 2
THE IMPOSTER (UK) 91mins. Protagonist Pictures. Dir: Bart Layton. The incredible story of one of the greatest deceptions of all time, in which a 23-year-old Frenchman convinces the authorities and a grieving family that he is their lost child. But all is not as it seems. Gray 3
K-11 (US) 100mins. Intandem Films. Dir: Jules Mann Stewart. Key cast: Kristen Stewart. In this provocative thriller, Ray Saxx is a very successful music producer who gets very, very stoned one evening after finding out that his new recording artist is having a torrid affair with his wife. The
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two men wrestle and punches are thrown. Ray is knocked out and when he wakes up, he finds himself in K-11’, a special high dependency unit of the Los Angeles County Men’s Jail. And his nightmare begins. Gray 1
POSTCARDS FROM THE ZOO (Indonesia) 96mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Edwin Edwin. Key cast: Ladya Cheryl, Nicholas Saputra. Her memories started 20 years ago, when her father abandoned her in the zoo. For 20 years, she was raised by animal trainers who also lived at the zoo. The sound of the hippo’s steps, the flapping of the elephant’s ears, the strange, flute-like sound of the giraffe… the zoo is the only world she knows. Over time, Lana forgets her father. One day, a handsome boy, comes to the zoo. He is a charming street magician with many tricks and Lana falls in love.
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SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS See box, right
SOUND OF MY VOICE (US) 86mins. The Exchange. Dir: Zal Batmanglij Key cast: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicious, Brit Marling.
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SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS (UK, US) 108mins. K5 International. Dir: Will Lovelace, Dylan Southern Key cast: James Murphy, Keith Wood, Pat Mahoney, Al Doyle. On April 2 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden. LCD frontman James Murphy
disbanded one of the most influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring the band would go out on top with the biggest concert of its career. ‘Shut Up And Play The Hits’ is both a narrative film documenting this once-in-a-lifetime performance and an intimate portrait of Murphy. Olympia 7
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A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future. Palais G
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TRAP FOR CINDERELLA (UK) 100mins. Ealing Metro International. Dir: Iain Softley. Key cast: Tuppence Middleton, Alexandra Roach, Kerry Fox. At a house ravaged by fire, two women are trapped inside — one rich and
THE WORLD’S FIRST TEMPLE (Turkey) 80mins. ID Communications. The film takes the viewer back 12,000 years from today, to Gobeklitepe, 15 km from the southeastern Turkish town of Sanliurfa. The site houses the oldest known temple dated thousands of years earlier than the the English Stonehenge or the Egyptian pyramids. What forced the neolitic men to create such a complex sanctuary? Which tools did they use during the construction? The film, instead of providing conclusive replies to these questions, leaves them to the imagination of the viewer by depicting the findings at the site and historical facts. Gray 5
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ANIMATION MAESTRO GISABURO 92mins. Gold View Co. Palais B
BLIND MAN (France) 90mins. Europacorp. Dir: Xavier Palud. Key cast: Jacques Gamblin, Lambert Wilson. A beautiful young woman is escorted home late at night by her bodyguard. When she’s alone, a shadowy figure emerges from the darkness and strangles her. A superbly planned and executed murder. The investigation is led by veteran detective Lassalle, a loner who is intrigued by the blind piano tuner whose prints are all over the apartment. But his alibi checks out and his disability makes him an unlikely murderer. Soon, as the victims pile up with no obvious link between them except the ingenious and elaborately staged circumstances of their deaths, Lassalle finds himself hunting a serial killer. Star 3
DINO TIME (US) 100mins. Myriad Pictures. Dir: John Kafka, Yoon Choi. Three curious kids trip a time machine into operation and suddenly find themselves face to face with a smiling T-Rex. They’re not food, they’re family. Arcades 3
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