session turns sour and the women of Black Rock have to confront something far more dangerous — and heavily armed — than their feelings. Gray 1
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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. Radmilo and Mirko are young and
successful gay couple, and they would be a happy couple anywhere else — except in Serbia. They try to live discreetly but still, every day they are abused by the homophobic majority. Palais G
BRAIN DRAIN 2 (Spain) 90mins. Deaplaneta. Dir: Carlos Theron Sanchez. Key cast: Adrian Lastra, Alberto Amarilla, Canco Rodriguez. The brainless teenagers are back and this time they will be going to the Veterinary Faculty at Harvard University. Olympia 6
CLANDESTINE CHILDHOOD (Argentina, Spain, Brazil) 110Mins. Pyramide. Dir: Benjamin Avila. Key cast: Cesar Troncoso, Ernesto Alterio, Natalia Oreiro. Star 2
INDIGNADOS (France) 90mins. Les Films Du Losange. Dir: Tony Gatlif. Key cast: Isabel Vendrell Cortes. A fictional account in real time of what’s happening today, plunging us into the dense, palpable reality of Europe in revolt. Riviera 1
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Ukraine, 2012, 127’ Director: Akhtem Seitablaiev Producers: Volodymyr Zelenskyi, Oleksandr Sosis, Maryna Lopationok
Production: LTD Kinostolytsia, Cinema Project Group
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THE LAST WAR CRIME (US) 97mins. The People’s Email Network. Dir: The Pen. Key cast: Deanna Hurst, Richard Tanner, Grey Wolf. An epic, political fantasy drama, envisioning what would have happened if Dick Cheney had been indicted for ordering torture, which was used to get the false confessions to make a fraudulent case for war. Starting with a dramatic recreation of events of the morning of the 9/11 attacks, we tell the story of a heroic assistant US attorney, who uncovers evidence of war crimes, and a suspenseful race against time to serve the vice-president in public with an arrest warrant before they can intercept her and quash it forever. Palais K
MOON RIDER (Denmark) 81mins. Levelk. Dir: Daniel Dencik. Key cast:
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Rasmus Quaade. We recognise champions at their pinnacle. But what does it take to get them there? ‘Moon Rider’ looks inside the mental and physical struggle of young Danish cyclist Rasmus Quaade to become a professional rider. Palais C
ONE MORE (India) 95mins. Insomnia World Sales. Dir: Shivajee Chandrabhushan. From the remote north eastern edge of India, Ladakh’s first ever ice hockey team is playing a top international team and all they need is one more goal. One more. Consisting of a ragbag team of unknowns, against the odds they find themselves representing their nation — and who even knew people played ice hockey in India? Under the deep blue Himalayan sky of Ladakh, ice hockey has always been a part of the lives of the people from this local mountain community. This is a story of passion, resilience and the crossing of cultural and political boundaries, played out on the world’s highest playgrounds. Gray 3
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PIAZZA FONTANA: THE ITALIAN CONSPIRACY 130mins. Rai Trade Department. Olympia 7
ROSTAM AND SOHRAB (Iran) 90mins. Documentary And Experimental Film Center. Palais E
SAMMY 2 (Belgium) 100mins. Studiocanal. Dir: Ben Stassen. The world’s favorite turtle, Sammy, is back and ready for another extraordinary aquatic adventure. Olympia 2
SUN FLOWER (HIMAWARI) (Japan) 64mins. Sanyo Seiko Co. Dir: Kazuhiro Kiuchi. Key cast: Seiya Nakano, Mayumi
Katayama, Ayaka Saitoh. Some 150 days after the quake in Japan, Akemi, a girl from the Tohoku region, constantly carries with her a sunflower, firmly believing in its ability to absorb radioactivity. She has evacuated here to live at grandmother’s Spa Inn. Ties bound by nuclear power bring a curious turn of fate for a family. Gray 5
YOKO
(Germany) 103mins. Global Screen. Dir: Franziska Buch. Key cast: Tobias Moretti, Justus Von Dohnanyi, Jessica Schwarz, Jamie Bick, Lilly Reulein, Friedrich Heine. Eleven-year-old Pia suffers from the loss of her father, till one day the cute but mysterious Yeti child Yoko appears in her treehouse. Yoko has escaped from the malicious hunter Thor van Sneider, who accidentally got his hands on the little Yeti. Pia’s new companion impresses her with supernatural talents and a very particular sense of humour, and steals himself into Pia’s wounded heart. But the small Yeti from the icy Himalayas struggles with our climate — the unusual heat and spectacular chases by Sneider drain all of Yoko’s life energy. He has to return to his home country right away, before it’s too late — but Sneider has different plans. Riviera 3
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A COMMON MAN (US) 90mins. Myriad Pictures. Dir: Chandran Rutnam. Key cast: Sir Ben Kingsley, Ben Cross. Gray 2
ACTING INTERNATIONAL — FORMATION PROFESSIONNELLE DE COMEDIENS (France) 90mins. Acting International. Palais F
AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY (US) 93mins. Independent. Dir: Alison Klayman. Meet Ai Weiwei, one of the world’s greatest
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