PIAZZA GRANDE AND COMPETITION LOCARNO


World premiere THE SWISS MISS MASSACRE Switz Dir Michael Steiner Steiner’s comedy horror, set in the terrifying world of a Miss Switzerland contest, follows his thriller Sennentuntschi: Curse Of The Alps which opened the Zurich Film Festival in 2010. Contact Kontraproduction www.kontra.ch


WHILE WE WERE HERE US Dir Kat Coiro Kate Bosworth teams up with Coiro for the second time, following the director’s 2011 debut feature L!fe Happens, to star as an unhappy wife who embarks on an affair. The film premiered at Tribeca. Contact Arclight Films www.arclightfilms.com


WRONG Fr Dir Quentin Dupieux French director Dupieux’s follow up to his 2010 cult horror satire Rubber is another surreal comedy, this time about a lonely man in Los Angeles who loses his dog. Wrong screened in competition at Sundance this year. Contact Kinology


International competition


BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO UK-Ger-Aus Dir Peter Strickland Toby Jones stars as a UK sound engineer who is hired to work on a grisly Italian horror film, in Peter Strickland’s second feature following Katalin Varga. Contact The Match Factory www.the-match-factory.com


COMPLIANCE US Dir Craig Zobel This controversial film, which premiered at Sundance, is based on the true story of a fast-food worker subjected to abuse and strip search. Contact Memento Films International www.international.memento-films.com


World premiere THE END OF TIME Switz-Can Dir Peter Mettler This experimental documentary explores notions of time and perception. Contact Grimthorpe Film info@petermettler.com


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behind his life in the city to take a road trip with an old friend in a camper van. Contact Urban Distribution www.urbandistrib.com


World premiere MUSEUM HOURS Aust-US Dir Jem Cohen Chronicles a chance encounter between a museum attendant and a Canadian visitor at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches art museum. Contact KGP www.kgp.co.at


World premiere DUST Guat-Sp-Chile-Ger Dir Julio Hernandez Cordon Developed at the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence, Dust (Polvo) is the story of a man who refuses to give up the search for his father, who fought in the Guatemalan civil war. Contact Tic Tac Producciones www.tictacproducciones.com


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World premiere THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE Fr Dir Jean-Claude Brisseau A lonely retired teacher rescues a mysterious homeless girl. Contact La Sorciere Rouge


World premiere GREATEST HITS Mex-Can-Neth Dir Nicolas Pereda A tragi-comedy that follows a mother and her bootlegger son whose lives are changed by the return of the boy’s father. Contact Interior13 Cine www.int13cine.com


World premiere IMAGE PROBLEM Switz Dirs Simon Baumann, Andreas Pfiffner This satirical documentary discusses the image problem facing by Switzerland. Contact Ton und Bild www. tonundbild.ch/en Guzo www.guzo.ch


JACK AND DIANE US Dir Bradley Rust Gray Juno Temple and Riley Keough star in this teen lesbian monster tale set in New York. Contact Magnolia Pictures www.magpictures.com


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World premiere THE LANDLORDS It Dir Edoardo Gabbriellini This story of a depressed family man features Gianni Morandi, Valerio Mastandrea, Elio Germano and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. Contact Rai Cinema www.raicinema.rai.it


World premiere THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO Port-Fr Dirs Joao Pedro Rodrigues, Joao Rui Guerra da Mata Documentary examining how Macau has changed since the 1970s. Contact Films Boutique www.filmsboutique.com


World premiere LEVIATHAN UK-US-Fr Dirs Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel An experimental documentary about fishermen and their catch. Contact Arrete Ton Cinema www.arretetoncinema. org/leviathan


World premiere MOBILE HOME Bel-Lux Dir Francois Pirot A 30-year-old man leaves


World premiere PLAYBACK Jap Dir Sho Miyake The Japanese director’s sophomore feature after Good For Nothing. Contact www.playback-movie.com


World premiere THE SHINE OF DAY Aust Dirs Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel An actor strikes up an unlikely friendship with a wandering man. Contact Vento Film www.ventofilm.com


SOMEBODY UP THERE LIKES ME US Dir Bob Byington A surreal comedy about a man’s ups and downs over 35 years. Contact


STARLET US Dir Sean Baker A stoner girl in Los Angeles becomes friends with an elderly woman. Starlet premiered at SXSW. World sales Rezo Films www.rezofilms.com


World premiere UNE ESTONIENNE A PARIS Fr-Est-Bel Dir Ilmar Raag Jeanne Moreau stars in the story of a young Estonian woman who moves to Paris to care for an elderly woman. Contact Pyramide International www.pyramidefilms.com


WHEN NIGHT FALLS S Kor Dir Ying Liang Based on the true story of a Chinese man who murdered six policemen in Shanghai in 2008. Contact Jeonju International Film Festival eng.jiff.or.kr 


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