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THE BIG HEART OF GIRLS (Italy) 85mins. Filmexport Group. Dir: Pupi Avati. Key cast: Cesare Cremonini, Micaela Ramazzotti, Gianni Cavina, Andrea Roncato, Erica Blanc, Manuela Morabito, Gisella Sofio, Marcello Caroli.
Carlino Vigetti is forced by his parents, who are poor farmers, to marry one of the two unattractive daughters of their rich employer. But when the young man meets Francesca, the step- sister of the two spinsters, he falls desperately in love with her. Palais G
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+33 (0) 6 47 15 30 54 DOLLHOUSE 95 min, Ireland, 2012, English, Drama Writer/Director: Kirsten Sheridan (August Rush, Disco Pigs)
Cast: Seana Kerslake, Johnny Ward, Kate Stanley Brennan, Shane Curry, Ciaran McCabe, Jack Reynor
A group of wild teens break into a luxurious house in an upper-class suburb for a night of partying, destruction and mayhem that will change them forever.
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“Impossible to look away.” The Hollywood Reporter
“One of the more inventive uses of improvisation in recent memory.” IndieWire
“Indescribable, unforgettable, and a damn near perfect piece of art.” Austin Chronicle
THE VIRGIN, THE COPTS AND ME (France) 85mins. Doc & Film International. Dir: Namir Abdel Messeeh. Namir is a French film- maker of Egyptian origin. One day he watches a videotape of the Virgin Mary’s apparition in Egypt with his mother who, like millions of other Copts, (Egypt’s Christians) sees the Virgin on the screen while he sees nothing. Skeptical about the videotape, Namir travels back to Egypt to make a film about the bizarre occurrence. Palais I
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THE WOMAN WHO BRUSHED OFF HER TEARS (Macedonia) 103mins. Macedonian Film Fund. Dir: Teona Strugar Mitevska. Key cast: Labina Mitevska, Victoria Abril. Emotional story about two different mothers in two different worlds. The first lives in France and after a tragic loss of her child is trying to continue living and find
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THE TALL MAN (France) 105mins. Snd — Groupe M6. Dir: Pascal Laugier. Key cast: Jessica Biel, Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie Cold Rock, US. A darkness hovers upon the town: children have gone missing over the years leaving neither a clue nor a witness. Superstitious locals talk of The Tall Man, a legendary, mysterious dark figure who takes children away never to be seen again. Julia is a nurse living in Cold Rock who doesn’t believe in legends. Until one night, waking up with an erie feeling, she goes to her son’s bedroom and finds his bed empty. Rushing downstairs she stops dead in her tracks: a huge dark figure stands in the entrance holding her son David. Driven by pure instinct, Julia rushes after them willing to do whatever it takes to get her son back. Olympia 5
purpose. The other comes from completely different world, a traditional, patriarchal society where things change very slowly and where the women are married in exchange for money. Riviera 3
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ESCAPE (Norway) 75mins. Trustnordisk. Dir: Roar Uthaug. Key cast: Ingrid Bolso Berdal, Isabel Christine Andreasen, Milla Olin, Tobias Santelmann. Ten years after the Black Death ravaged the country, a poor family is on a journey to find better living conditions. On a deserted mountain pass, they are attacked by a gang of ruthless outlaws. Only the life of 19-year- old Signe is spared. She is taken captive back to their camp. Here she learns that a fate worse than death is intended for her. Signe understands that the only solution is to escape. Star 1
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247°F (Georgia) 85mins. Halcyon International. Dir: Levan Bakhia, Bega Jguburia. Key cast: Scout Taylor-Compton, Christina Ulloa, Travis Van Winkle, Michael Copon, Tyler Mane. When four friends travel to a lakeside cabin for a carefree weekend, the fun turns into a nightmare when three of them end up locked in a hot sauna. Every minute counts and every degree matters as they fight for their lives in heat that is quickly approaching 247 degrees fahrenheit. Riviera 2
ASHES (UK) 20mins. Mubi. Dir: Apitchapong Weerasethakul. Palais F
BERGMAN & MAGNANI : THE WAR OF VOLCANOES (Italy) 52mins. Wide House. Dir: Francesco Patierno Key Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Roberto Rossellini. The story of the biggest
jet-set love scandal of all time. Palais B
FOUR SUNS (Czech Republic) 102mins. Films Boutique. Dir: Bohdan Slama. Key cast: Anna Bubeno≠kova, Anna Geislerova, Jaroslav Plesl, Karel Roden, Marek Sacha. Jara has lost his job, his family is falling apart and his only companion and friend is Karel, a lonely weirdo who feels very closely bound to nature. Unemployed and immature, he tries to keep his family together, to make his wife stay with him, to protect his teenage son from drug abuse, and to protect Karel from himself — but who will protect Jara? Riviera 4
THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF ROSALIND LEIGH 82mins. Rue Morgue Cinema. Dir: Rodrigo Gudino Key Cast: Aaron Poole, Vanessa Redgrave, Julian Richings. One man, one house, one night. The story of Leon, an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, Leon comes to suspect that his mother’s oppressive spirit still lingers within her home and is using items in the house to contact him with an urgent message. Lerins 1
LOVE LOVE LOVE (France) 90mins. Les Mures Sauvages. Dir: Bruno Mercier. Key cast: Albert Delpy, Alicia Roda, Arno Chevrier, Jean-Yves R Lemoine. A men discovers the life is better without fears. Gray 4
PERFECT HOUSE (Indonesia) 100mins. Kevin Williams Associates (KWA). Dir: Affandi Abdul Rachman. Key cast: Cathy Sharon, Bella Esperance, Endy Arfian. Palais H
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