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take matters into their own hands to re-educate their eccentric and distant parents, in an attempt to form an actual family. Gray 5
SHANGHAI CALLING (US) 90mins. Aldamisa. Dir: Daniel Hsia. Key cast: Daniel Henney, Eliza Coupe, Bill Paxton. An ambitious New York attorney travels to Shanghai and quickly finds himself in a legal mess. He enlists the aide of an eccentric group of characters to help save his job. Olympia 7
SISTER (France/Switzerland) 92mins. Memento Films International. Dir: Ursula Meier Key cast: Lea Seydoux, Kacey Mottet Klein. A luxury ski resort in Switzerland. Twelve-year- old Simon lives in the industrial valley below with his jobless sister. Every day, he takes the ski-lift to the opulent ski world above, stealing equipment from the rich tourists to resell to the local kids back down. As he partners with a crooked British seasonal worker, Simon loses his boundaries, which affects the relationship with his sister. Palais I
THE PARADE (Serbia) 116mins. Wide. Dir: Srdjan Dragojevic. A homophobic, middle- aged, Serbian gangster ends up sacrificing himself to protect Gay freedom in his country. Palais G
TWO JACKS (US) 90mins. Tricoast Worldwide. Dir: Bernard Rose. Key cast: Danny Huston, Sienna Miller, Jack Huston, Jacqueline Bisset, Izabella Miko. A fast-paced, glamorous and romantic vision of Hollywood now and then. The story is of legendary film director Jack Hussar, a notorious gambler and womaniser, returning to Los Angeles to raise financing for his next film. In a whirlwind
the pathetic Genaro, a handy-man that collects newspaper articles from the crime section, is responsible for the death of her son, assisted by Mariana, a good-for- nothing woman living in the same building and who is apparently running away from something. After attempting to avenge Osvaldo’s death with Genaro, Ramona realises that he might not be the perpetrator and continues her compulsive search. Palais H
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PAPADOPOULOS & SONS (UK) 95mins. 7 & 7 Producers’ Sales Service. Dir: Marcus Markou. Key cast: Stephen Dillane, Georges Corraface, Ed Stoppard Self-made businessman Harry Papadopoulos has got it all: a mansion house; awards and a super-rich lifestyle. However, on the eve of
night on the town, Jack seduces the stunning Diana, hits some wild industry parties, narrowly escapes a brush with the law, before playing a high-stakes poker game at dawn. Years later, Jack Hussar Jr arrives in Hollywood for his directorial debut, and Diana finds her daughter falling for her former lover’s son. At the core of this film we see the struggle of a son trying to step out of the shadow of his famous father. Lerins 2
WHAT’S IN A NAME? (France) 110mins. Pathe International. Dir: Alexandre De La Patelliere, Matthieu Delaporte. Key cast: Patrick Bruel, Valerie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Guillaume De Tonquedec.
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the property deal of a lifetime, the financial crisis hits and the banks call in their huge loans. Harry and his family lose everything in an instant. Everything, except the dormant and forgotten Three Brothers Fish & Chip Shop half owned by Harry’s larger than life brother Spiros, who’s been estranged from the family for years. Palais B
Vincent, a successful forty-something, is about to become a father for the first time. He is invited to dinner at the charming apartment of his sister, Elisabeth, and brother-in-law Pierre where he catches up with his childhood friend, Claude. While waiting for Anna, his younger spouse who is always running late, his fellow guests happily bombard him with questions on his fast approaching fatherhood. But when his hosts ask Vincent what name he has chosen for his future offspring, his response plunges the family into chaos. Star 1
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A MILLION COLOURS (South Africa) 110mins. Fries Films. Dir: Peter Bishai. Key cast: Jason
Hartman, Wandile Molebatsi. In the early 1970s apartheid divided South Africa. A film was released that brought hope and light to a despairing nation. The two young stars would become friends just like their characters. But they would also face struggles dealing with apartheid. Inspired by a true story full of action, daring escapes, romantic longing, moving personal struggles and humor in unexpected places. Palais F
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY (US) 93mins. Independent. Dir: Alison Klayman. Meet Ai Weiwei, one of the world’s greatest contemporary artists and the most powerful dissident of the digital age. Having inspired audiences worldwide with his art, he has become a revolutionary figure at home, harnessing the power of the internet to demand democratic reform in his native China. To a whole new generation of liberalised Chinese, this talented agent provocateur is a prophet of change. Star 4
ANTON CORBIJN INSIDE OUT (Netherlands) 80mins. Hanway Films. Dir: Klaartje Quirijns.
A personal and revelatory depiction of an influential artist, Anton Corbijn. Arcades 1
BAD KIDS GO TO HELL (US) 110mins. Red Sea Media. Dir: Matthew Spradlin. Key cast: Judd Nelson, Ben Browder, Eloise Dejoria, Marc Donato. Six prep school kids from Crestview Academy, home to the spoiled offspring of society’s elite, find themselves stuck in detention on a frightfully dark and stormy Saturday afternoon. During their eight-hour incarceration, each of the six kids falls victim to a horrible “accident’’ until only one of them remains. As each of these spoiled rich kids bites the dust, the story takes on a series of humorous and frantic twists and turns. Is one of the kids secretly evening the school’s social playing field? Gray 4
EXPIRATION DATE (Mexico) 100mins. Latinofusion. Dir: Kenya Marquez. Key cast: Damian Alcazar, Marisol Centeno, Ofelia Murguo≠a. Ramona’s compulsive life becomes a wreck when she finds out, after a long search that Osvaldo, her only son, has died. Obsessive and paranoid, Ramona is convinced that
KAUWBOY (Netherlands) 94mins. Delphis Films. Dir: Boudewijn Koole. Key cast: Rick Lens, Loek Peters, Susan Radder, Ricky Koole, Nikki Sampimon, Huseyin Cahit Olmez. Jojo, a 10-year-old with a difficult home life finds solace in an abandoned baby jackdaw. Through the special friendship with the bird, the wall between him and his dad will be brought down. Palais D
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PRIVATE SCREENING GOLDEN NETWORK ASIA 1 75mins. Golden Network Asia. Palais J
THE FORBIDDEN GIRL (Germany) 90mins. Shoreline Entertainment. Dir: Till Hastreiter. Key cast: Jeanette Hain. The moment Toby sets eyes on the innocent beauty he is lost. Laura is the incarnation of temptation and the spitting image of Esmy. She is both infantile and adult at the same time. Her eyes are dark and deep, as though she has lived many lives before. This seductive ambivalence is Toby’s biggest test. Arcades 3
THE LIABILITY (UK) 92mins. Av Pictures Limited. Dir: Craig Viveiros. Key cast: Tim Roth, Talulah Riley, Jack O’Connell, Peter Mullan. A veteran assassin, dreaming of retirement,
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