SCREENINGS


TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25 1.00PM


SOFIA’S LASTAMBULANCE (POSLEDNATA LINEIKA NA SOFIA) (Bulg-Ger-Cro) 78mins. Dir: Ilian Metev. Key cast: Krassimir Yordanov, Mila Mikhailova, Plamen Slavkov. In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve 2 million people, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely heroes: chain-smoking and saving lives against all odds. International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 3 Press & industry screening


THE WAITING ROOM (US) 81mins. Dir: Peter Nicks. Key cast: Linda Davis, William B Hirsch, Peter Nicks. International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 9


1.30PM


FIVE BROKEN CAMERAS (Pales-Isr-Fr) 90mins. Dirs: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi. Borderlines Corso 2


2.30PM


THE LAST ELVIS (EL ULTIMO ELVIS) (Arg) 92mins. Dir: Armando Bo. Key cast: John McInerny, Griselda Siciliani, Margarita Lopez. A tragic accident causes an Elvis impersonator to reassess his priorities. International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris


3.00PM


THE IMPOSTER (US-UK) 98mins. Dir: Bart Layton. Key cast: Frederic Bourdin, Carey Gibson, Charlie Parker. Documentary focusing on a young Frenchman who convinces a grieving Texas family that he is their son who went missing for three years. International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 9


PRIMARY COLORS (US) 143mins. Dir: Mike Nichols. Key cast:


John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton. Retro Filmpodium


3:30PM


EASYMONEY (SNABBA CASH) (Swe-Ger-Den) 124mins. Dir: Daniel Espinosa. Key cast: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Padin Varela. When JW becomes a drug runner, his fate becomes tied to two men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and a mafia enforcer who is on the hunt for Jorge. New World View Corso 4


4.00PM


LEUCHTTURM, LEICHEN & PASTETEN (Switz) 98mins. Dir: Matthias J Michel. Key cast: Maria Boettner, Manfred Liechti, Daniel Mezger. A booking error at the travel agents leaves a woman stranded on a barren desert island for a week with an oddball lighthouse keeper and another eccentric man. German Language Feature Film/Competition Corso 2


4.30PM


A MONTH IN THAILAND (O LUNA IN THAILANDA) (Rom) 84mins. Dir: Paul Negoescu. Key cast: Andrei Mateiu, Ioana Anastasia Anton, Sinziana Nicola. International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris


5.00PM


CELESTE AND JESSE FOREVER (US) 91mins. Dir: Lee Toland Krieger. Key cast: Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Ari Graynor. A divorcing couple tries to stay friends while they pursue other people. Gala Premieres Corso 3 Press & industry screening


5.30PM


SHE MONKEYS (APFLICKORNA) (Swe) 84mins. Dir:


Lisa Aschan. Key cast: Mathilda Paradeiser, Linda Molin, Isabella Lindqvist. New World View Arena 9


6.15PM


EL BELLAVISTA (Urug-Ger) 73mins. Dir: Alicia Cano Menoni. Key cast: Alcides Lerena, Agustina Aguero, Fabiana Dinardi. A group of sex workers fight to save their brothel from being turned into a Catholic chapel. International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4


WINTERSLEEPERS (WINTERSCHLAFER) (Ger) 122mins. Dir: Tom Tykwer. Key cast: Ulrich Matthes, Heino Ferch, Floriane Daniel. Retro Filmpodium


6.30PM


A HIJACKING (KAPRINGEN) (Den) 110mins. Dur: Tobias Lindholm. Key cast: Pilou Asbaek, Soren Malling, Dar Salim. A Danish cargo ship is hijacked by pirates and its crew taken prisoner. International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2


6.45PM


PAUL BOWLES: THE CAGE DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN (Switz) 92mins. Dir:


n 12 Screen International at the Zurich Film Festival September 23-25, 2012


Daniel Young. German Language Documentary Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris


7.00PM


AVALON (Swe) 79mins. Dir: Axel Petersen. Key cast: Johannes Brost, Peter Carlberg, Leonore Ekstrand, Stefan Huynh. New World View Arena 8


ROBOT AND FRANK See box, above.


8.00PM


THE TRIAL (DER PROZESS) (Aust) 116mins. Dir: Gerald Igor Hauzenberger. Key cast: Martin Balluch, Felix Hnat, Sabine Koch. Documentary following the trial of a group of Austrian animal-rights activists. German Language Documentary Film/ Competition Arena 9


8.30PM


DER TEUFEL VON MAILAND (Switz) 95mins. Dir: Markus Welter. Key cast: Regula Grauwiller, Max Simonischek, Ina Weisse. A woman escaping problems in her life takes a job at a spa in the mountains. But once she arrives, mysterious things


FESTIVAL 7.00PM


ROBOT AND FRANK (US) 88mins. Dir: Jake Schreier. Key cast: Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon, Liv Tyler. Set in the near future, an ex-jewel thief receives


start to happen. Special Screenings Arena 5


8.45PM


SONG OF SILENCE (ZHANG MEI ZHOU) (Ch) 106mins. Dir: Chen Zhuo. Key cast: Li Qiang, Yin Yaning, Wu Bingbin. International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 4


THE COTTON CLUB (US) 127mins. Dir: Francis Ford Coppola. Key cast: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane. Retro Filmpodium


9.00PM


BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD (US) 93mins. Dir: Benh Zeitlin. Key cast: Quvenzhane Wallis, Dwight Henry, Levy Easterly. Six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love in a magical bayou landscape. International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris


a gift of a robot butler, which is programmed to look after him. But soon the two companions try their luck as a criminal duo in a heist. Gala Premieres Corso 1


IN A BEDROOM (W SYPIALNI) (Poland) 74mins. Dir: Tomasz Wasilewski. Key cast: Katarzyna Herman, Tomek Tyndyk, Agata Buzek. International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 8


9.15PM


SCHUTZENGEL (Ger) 130mins. Dir: Til Schweiger. Key cast: Til Schweiger, Luna Schweiger, Moritz Bleibtreu. A 15-year-old girl witnesses a terrible crime that puts her life in danger and forces her to go on the run. Gala Premieres Corso 1


9.30PM


SHIFTING THE BLAME (SCHULD SIND IMMER DIE ANDEREN) (Ger) 92mins. Dir: Lars-Gunnar Lotz. Key cast: Edin Hasanovic, Julia Brendler, Marc Ben Puch. German Language Feature Film/Competition Corso 2


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