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SCREENINGS


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THE WALL (Austria) 108mins. The Match Factory. Dir: Julian Polsler. Key cast: Martina Gedeck. A contemporary female Robinson


SHUN LI AND THE POET (Italy) 96mins. Adriana Chiesa Enterprises. Dir: Andrea Segre. Key cast: Rade Sherbedgia, Zao Thao, Giuseppe Battiston, Marco Paolini, Roberto Citran. A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a Slavic fisherman living in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon. Star 2


SONS OF THE CLOUDS (Spain) 110mins. Wild Bunch. Dir: Alvaro Longoria Key Cast: Javier Bardem. Examines the current political turmoil in Northern Africa and the responsibility of Western powers (especially US and France) due to their applying of Realpolitik (policies driven by economic or geo-strategic motives rather than by ethics or law) in their foreign policies. These policies have generated tremendous instabilities that have finally erupted into appalling violence and chaos. The film focuses on Western Sahara, the last African colony, according to the UN, and a region on the brink of war. Palais K


n 74 Screen International at Cannes May 19, 2012


Crusoe story. The film, set in a spectacular Austrian mountain landscape, is a highly original exploration of the experience of solitude. Olympia 4


MY ADVENTURES BY V. SWCHWRM (Netherlands) 77mins. Delphis Films. Dir: Froukje Tan. Key Cast: Dennis Reinsma, Georgina Verbaan, Hans Dagelet. About a nine-year-old boy, who wants to become a writer of books so amazing it would end wars and cure sick people. He only has one problem — he has trouble finding this great opening sentence. Palais E


UNCLE CHARLES (France) 105mins. Pathe International. Dir: Etienne Chatiliez. Key cast: Eddy Mitchell, Alexandra Lamy, Valerie Bonneton. In New Zealand, wealthy French businessman Charles Doumeng sees his world fall apart when he finds out he has an incurable disease. In his sixties, with no family or heirs and only a few weeks to live, he’s hit by a sudden resurgence of affection and decides to track down his sister in the west of France whom he hasn’t seen for 50 years. Palais I


THE WALL See box, above


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ASHES (UK) 20mins. Mubi. Dir: Apitchapong Weerasethakul. Palais F


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ASHES (UK) 20mins. Mubi. Dir: Apitchapong Weerasethakul. Palais F


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AT SILVER FALLS (US) 90mins. Outsider Pictures. Dir: Brett Donowho. Key cast: Alix Elizabeth Gitter, James Cavlo, Steve Bacic. After the loss of her parents, Jordan is sent to live with her aunt and uncle in Silver Falls, a small town in the Pacific Northwest where she soon finds herself haunted by a victim of Silver Falls’ bloody past. Palais J


DOLLHOUSE (Ireland) 95mins. Visit Films. Dir: Kirsten Sheridan. A group of wild teens break into a luxurious house in an upper class suburb for a night of partying, destruction and


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