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police commissioner whose nickname is “the system’s pit-bull” and who was responsible for torturing and killing, years before, Rita’s father. Riviera 3
THE SECRET OF THE ANT CHILDREN (France) 108mins. Doc & Film International. Cecile, a young woman in her thirties, goes to Africa with a child she has adopted there seven years ago, to try and solve the mystery of his abandonment. Palais I
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
WHAT A NERVE! (Netherlands) 83mins. Uninso. Palais C
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FATHER OF SOLDIER (Georgia) 87mins. Ruscico (Russian Cinema Council). Dir: Rezo Chkheidze. Key cast: Sergo Zakariadze, Alexander Lebedev, Vladimir Privaltsev. During the Second World War, Georgy Makharashvili, an old
peasant wine-grower, leaves his Georgian village and goes off to the front lines to find his son, a wounded soldier. But before the father can get to the hospital, the son has been sent back to the front. The father cannot go back to his village, so he accompanies the Soviet Army all the way to the final victory over Fascism in Berlin. Palais J
BEYOND THE WALLS (HORS LES MURS) 97mins. Boreal Films. Dir: David Lambert. Lerins 1
I AM YOU (Bulgaria) 110mins. Bulgarian National Film Center. Dir: Peter Popzlatev. Key cast: Janet Spasova, Irmena Chichikova, Deyan Donkov. Through two unique female personas, the film creates a metaphysical intention where the present seems repeatable as the temptations before the human soul are always the same. But the choice can be made only after past experiences are passed on and shared with a similar soul in the present. This is the relationship between the fatal Adriana from 1938 and the innocent Yura from 2008. Gray 4
NOT SHORT OF TALENT / TALENT TOUT COUR 2T (Canada) 110mins. Telefilm Canada. Palais F
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WOULD YOU HAVE SEX WITH AN ARAB? (France) 95mins. Other Angle Pictures. Dir: Yolande Zauberman. A journey through the night, from encounter to encounter, from the bars of Tel Aviv to the back alleys of Jerusalem. Inside the night clubs, people dance, have fun, laugh. Jews, Arabs, citizens of
SOUFFLE AU CHOCOLAT (Canada) 98mins. CMHL Enterprises. Dir: Michel Duran. Key cast: Alex, Emilie Gosselin, Erica Bulman. You can see the joy on the faces of Noemie and Marc when they reunite after being apart for six weeks. During a week-long
the same country Israel. One Israeli out of five is Arab. However, a simple question takes everyone by surprise: would you have sex with an Arab? Would you have sex with an Israeli Jew? They don’t expect that and they are surprised by their own reactions. To be together? An invisible barrier appears, but desire too. Arcades 3
vacation with Laure (Mac’s distant cousin) and Cyril, a French expat couple vacationing on Galiano Island off the coast of Vancouver, Marc and Noemie meet Lyse. Lyse is friend of Laure and Cyril from Quebec. Palais D
SOULLESS (Russia) 97mins. Art Pictures Media. Dir: Roman Prygunov. Key cast: Danila Kozlovsky, Artem Mikhalkov, Mikhail Efremov Contemporary Moscow: trendy night clubs, upscale offices, sport cars, drugs, alcohol, gorgeous women, people on the ‘Forbes List’. Max is one of its heroes. He thinks he owns this life, Max is absolutely sure he does. Palais H
THE TRUTH OF LIE (Germany) 98mins. WTP International. Dir: Roland Reber. Key cast: Christoph Baumann, Marina Anna Eich, Julia Jaschke, Antje Nikola Monning. In an underground labyrinth, a writer is
holding two women captive: the courageous one and the hesitant one. He wants to make them experience their outer limits, lead them to the “top”. He tortures them in body and soul. Arcades 3
VICTIMS (France) 85mins. 2017 Films. Dir: Robin Entreinger. Key cast: Heloise Leveau, Jerome Palfroy, Marjolaine Pottlitzer, Valentin Bonhomme. Francis is a lonely, shadowy young man who wants to find a solution to his problems and decides to see a psychiatrist. Session after session, Vincent finds out that his quiet, sensibile-looking patient could become violent and dangerous. Palais B
“I just used ALEXA underwater on a couple of very diverse productions and was absolutely stunned with it’s image quality, so much so I brought my own ALEXA Studio. After fi lming underwater sequences on over 75 features, I know quality when I see it.”
Cinematographer Mike Valentine, BSC (Skyfall, Strictly Come Dancing-Sport Relief)
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