set off with 10 other aircraft to attack the oil refineries at Balikpapan, Borneo. With the target hundreds of miles behind enemy lines, this was an audacious attempt to strike back at the Imperial Japanese Army. Shady Lady survived intense tropical thunderstorms, serious turbulence, heavy enemy anti-aircraft fire and was chased by Japanese Zero fighters — but never made it back to base. Shady Lady, after 16 hours and 35 minutes in the air, ran out of fuel and was crash- landed in a saltpan in the remotest part of Northern Australia. Local support from the Aborigines and a massive rescue mission amazingly saw Shady Lady fly again. Palais I
STEVE JOBS: THE LOST INTERVIEW (US) 70mins. Autlook Filmsales. Dir: Robert Cringely. In 1995, during the making of his TV series ‘Triumph of the Nerds’ about the birth of the PC, US IT journalist and TV presenter Bob Cringely did a memorable hour-long interview with Steve Jobs. Palais C
VERITY’S SUMMER (UK) 102mins. Patchwork Productions. Dir: Ben Crowe. Key cast: Indea Barbe-Willson, James Doherty, Nicola Wright. On a hot summer day two people make their way to a quiet town on the wild Northumberland coast: 16 year-old Verity is coming home from school and the ex-soldier Castle is drifting. Their paths never cross but their lives become intertwined. The summer holidays offer Verity the chance to get drunk and fall in love with a young Polish immigrant. But an unspoken tension between her parents rises to the surface. When Castle’s dead body washes up on the coast and Jim is tasked to lead the police investigation, the silence around Jim’s experience training police in Iraq is broken. Gray 5
operation. He leaves his wife, starts gathering his old teammates and stops taking his medications. Will Truls lead his team to victory and save his old friend? Riviera 2
LONELY ISLAND (Belarus) 100mins. National Film Studio ‘Belarusfilm’. Dir: Peeter Simm. Key cast: Agneta Kaminskaya, Boris Polunin, Igor Sigov Gray 2
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THE DREAM TEAM (France) 90mins. Other Angle Pictures. Dir: Dir: Oliver Dahan. Cast: Jose Garcia, Gad
WAVUMBA (Netherlands) 80mins. Eastwest Filmdistribution. Dir: Jeroen Van Velzen. Somewhere in Kenya there is an old fisherman called Mashoud who believes in his stories, stories which paint a picture of a world of fantasy where the sea has a spirit, men can talk to fish, and seahorses dance on the waves. The one Mashoud prefers is about his inexorable destiny to capture a giant shark all by himself. After many years in England, director Jeroen van Velzen decides to go back to Kenya, where he grew up listening to these kinds of stories. Lerins 1
WELCOME ABOARD (France) 108mins. Studiocanal. Dir: Jean Becker. Key cast: Patrick Chesnais, Jeanne Lambert. A washed-up artist and a troubled teen go on an exhilarating road trip through the beautiful landscapes of France’s western seaboard in pursuit of a reason to live. Arcades 2
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Elmaleh, Omar Sy. A group of ex-football stars reunite to save the destiny of a small island in Brittany. Star 3
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FAIRYTALE (Italy) 83mins. Rai Trade Department. Dir: Ascanio Malgarin, Christian Bisceglia. Key cast: Harriet Mac Master Green, Sabrina Jolie Perez, Jarret Mertz. After the divorce, Sophia decides to move to Latina together with the little Helena. The new house is located inside an austere building which hides a mysterious closet and dark secrets. After the loss of Helena’s first baby tooth, their nightmare begins: Helena is obsessed with the Tooth Fairy and her mother watches powerless. Olympia 7
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6 PLOTS (Australia) 95mins. High Point Media Group. Dir: Leigh Sheehan. Key cast: Alice Darling, Andrew Clarke, Ryan Corr. High school student Bree must race against the clock to solve a deadly puzzle and rescue her six friends, trapped alive in coffins by a killer who taunts them from behind an evil emoticon mask. Palais J
ASPROMONTE (Italy) 88mins. Publiglobe Communication Network. Dir: Hedy Krissane. Key cast: Andrea De Rosa, Franco Neri, Pier Maria Cecchini. Torquato Boatti, a businessman from northern Italy, desperately needs his brother Marco’s signature to close the real estate deal of a lifetime, but the two haven’t spoken in years and Torquato has no idea where his brother is. Determined to track him down, Torquato finds that Marco, a musician, is on tour with his band in the Aspromonte Mountains of southern Italy. Less than thrilled to be going to Calabria, Torquato heads south, locates his brother, but the first attempt at getting him to sign the papers ends in an argument and no signature. Frustrated but determined, Torquato tries to speak with Marco again only to find that he’s gone missing. Gray 4
CHAOS (France) 98mins. All Rights Entertainment. Dir: Etienne Faure. Key cast: Isaach De Bankole, Niels Schneider, Sonia Rolland. Vincent, Marie and their son have just moved from Paris onto a farm near a small town in the south of France. He is a history
and geography teacher, who looks forward to a quieter life, some kind of return to nature. His wife, a renowned international pianist, who retired in spite of her young age, has decided to follow him but almost unwillingly. Palais H
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(Serbia) 102mins. Wide. Dir: Maja Milos. Key cast: Isidora Simijonovic, Katarina Pesic, Monja Savic. A controversial portrayal of contemporary teen generation. Palais D
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FILADELFI (Iran) 97mins. Documentary And Experimental Film Center. Palais B
KING CURLING (Norway) 75mins. Films Boutique. Dir: Ole Endresen. Key cast: Atle Antonsen, Jan Saelid, Kare Conradi. Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competing. When he learns that his coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls decides to compete again. His goal is to win the championship cash prize to pay for Gordon’s needed
SOUND OF MY VOICE (US) 86mins. The Exchange. Dir: Zal Batmanglij. Key cast: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicious, Brit Marling.
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future. Riviera 4
THE SEX OF THE ANGELS (Spain) 105mins. Latido. Dir: Xavier Villaverde. Key cast: Astrid Berges- Frisbey, Alvaro Cervantes, Llorenc Gonzalez. Lerins 1
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(US) 90mins. Outsider Pictures. Dir: Brett Donowho. Key cast: Allison McAtee, Steve Bacic, Farah White, Ian Bohen, Kristina Anapau, Samaire Armstrong, Charles Solomon Jr, Steven Schub. Gray 1
APARTMENT IN ATHENS (Italy) 95mins.
QUAND JE SERAI PETIT (France) 90mins. Elia Films. Dir: Jean-Paul Rouve. Key cast: Jean- Paul Rouve, Benoit Poelvoorde, Miou-Miou. Mathias offers to take his wife on a surprise weekend into the fjord. On the ferry he meets a little boy who who looks suspiciously like him when he was young. The little boy has same name, the same food tastes and goes in the same school that he did. Mathias is overwhelmed and will investigate. Star 4
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