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Page 1: INTERNATIONAL SALES LINEUP - MPM Film€¦ · path in life. FESTIVALS: Berlinale 2017 Mill Valley Film Festival 2017 Bafici 2017 THICK LASHES A FILM BY Hannaleena Hauru FINLAND 2017

INTERNATIONAL SALES LINEUP

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In the Paris of 1978, old formulas do not charm listeners anymore and new music must arise. In a male-dominated industry, Ana uses her electronic gadgets to make herself heard, creating a new sound that will mark the decades to come: the music of the future.

Produced by Nebo Productions, The Perfect Kiss Films and Sogni Vera Films

A FILM BY

Marc CollinMarc Collin is a French musician well known as the founder of the band Nouvelle Vague

WITH Alma Jodorowsky from Blue is the Warmest Color (Cannes 2013); Philippe Rebbot from Gauguin (2017); Clara Luciani and Corine, both French singersFRANCE, 2019 / 84 MIN / FRENCH

LE CHOC DU FUTUR

Market screening in CannesMay 16th - 14:00 - Palais I

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Tokyo. Asuka, the young cleaning lady from the night-shift, is ready to pay a high price to achieve her dream of becoming a music star. She manages to perform on a TV-talent show, but all her sacrifices backfire when she is accused of murder and is forced to reveal all the details of the dark path she have trekked until then.

Produced by Menuetto Film

A FILM BY

Hendrik WillemynsWITH Akaji Maro from Kill Bill 1 and 2BELGIUM AND JAPAN / 2019 /90 MIN/ JAPANESE

BIRDSONG

Market screening in CannesMay 17th - 11:30 - Palais B

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WITH Delphine Seyrig mythical French actress from Donkey Skin; Stolen Kisses; and Jeanne Dielman; Jane Fonda, Simone de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras and Chantal Akerman FRANCE, 2019 / 68 MIN / FRENCH

The meeting between the actress Delphine Seyrig and the video artist Carole Roussopoulos drives us to the heart of the feminism of the 1970s. With a video camera in hand, they will engage in radical fights with insolence, intransigence and a lot of humor.

Produced by Les Films de la Butte in coproduction with Alva Film Production; Le Centre Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir; and INA

A DOCUMENTARY BY

Callisto Mc NultyDELPHINE & CAROLE(DELPHINE & CAROLE, INSOUMUSES)

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COMPLICITY(風の樹は琴のように)

Cheng Liang, a young Chinese immigrant living in Japan, pretends to be someone else to get a job in a traditional Japanese soba restaurant. His real identity could be disclosed at any moment.

Director of Photography:Yutaka Yamazaki from After the Storm (Cannes 2016), Still the Water (Cannes 2014), Nobody Knows (Cannes 2004)

Produced by Creatps Inc. in coproduction with Mystigri Pictures and Les films de l'asphodèle

A FILM BY

Kei ChikauraDirector of Signature (Locarno Festival and Toronto IFF 2017)

WITH Tatsuya Fuji from In the Realm of the Senses (Berlinale 1976), Bright Future (Cannes 2002), Radiance (Cannes 2017) JAPAN, CHINA, 2018 / 116 MIN / JAPANESE, MANDARIN

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FOR A HAPPY LIFE (POUR VIVRE HEUREUX)

A FILM BY

Salima Sarah Glamine & Dimitri Linder

Challenging the burden of family traditions, the young Amel and Mashir live a secret and passionate love story. An arranged marriage between him and Amel's new best friend will put their relationship in danger. Tearing apart social conventions seems to be the only way to stay together.

Produced by Tarantula Belgium in coproduction with Tarantula Luxembourg and RTBF (Belgian Television)

WITH Sofia Lesaffre from Heaven Will Wait (Locarno 2016) and Pascal Elbé from Knock (2017) BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG 2018/ 89 MIN/ FRENCH AND URDU

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LOOK AT ME(REGARDE-MOI)

Lotfi, 40, is forced to come back to Tunisia when his ex-wife is unexpectedly hospitalized. He is now in charge of his autistic son Amr, 9, obstinate to ignore the presence of a father who he has never known. The lack of any eye contact is going to lead Lofti to fight to reconnect with his child and open him to the world.

Produced by Propaganda productions and Mille et Une Productions

A FILM BY

Nejib BelkadhiWITH Nidhal SaadiTUNISIA, FRANCE, QATAR, 2018 / 98 MIN / ARABIC & FRENCH

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AMRA AND THE SECOND MARRIAGE

Amra, a 44-year-old housewife, discovers that her retiring husband is planning to marry a younger second wife. In her attempts to comprehend this new reality, her life begins to unravel as she is pushed towards a hefty compromise.

Produced by El- Housh Productions

A FILM BY

Mahmoud SabbaghDirector of Barakah Meets Barakah (Berlinale 2016)SAUDI ARABIA, 2018 / 95 MIN / ARABIC

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BRAZIL, FRANCE, 2019 / 99 MIN / PORTUGUESE, ENGLISH, IGBO, CHINESE

SHINE YOUR EYESAmadi, a musician from Lagos in his 30’s, goes to Bra-zil with the mission to locate his elder missing broth-er, Ikenna, and bring him back to Nigeria. Following faint footsteps, he discovers that his brother was not the distinguished Mathematician he was supposed to be. Bitter childhood feelings arise and Amadi must now choose between faithfulness to his broken family or a new life in São Paulo.

Produced by Primo Filmes in coproduction with MPM Film, Tubuleira Filmes and SP Cine. With the support of the CNC and the Institut Français.

A FILM BY

Matias Mariani

POST-PRODUCTION

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While Teivi is just a typical ambitious young man from the Tahitian golden youth, his distant cousin, Yasmina, is a full-blooded Maori owner of a mysterious gift that isolates her from the world. When their paths clash, she will determinedly give full vent to her hided magic powers.

Produced by Local Films in co-production with Filmin’ Tahiti, A Perte de Vue Film and Anaphi Studio

A FILM BY

Paul Aivanaa ManateFirst feature film from Tahiti

WITH Sebastian Urzendowsky from The Borgias (TV Series 2014) and The Counterfeiters (Berlinale 2007)TAHITI, FRANCE

PARADISE

POST-PRODUCTION

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MIDAS FILMES, LES FILMS DE L’APRÈS-MIDI present

image MÁRIO CASTANHEIRA, ANABELA MOREIRA sound OLIVIER HESPEL, ELSA FERREIRA, GÉRARD ROUSSEAU editing JOÃO BRAZ with the support ICA – INSTITUTO DO CINEMA E DO AUDIOVISUAL, RTP – RÁDIO E TELEVISÃO DE PORTUGAL, CNC – CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE

and CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE VINHAIS, CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE MIRANDA DO CORVO, INFRAESTRUTURAS DE PORTUGAL, EUROPCAR producer PEDRO BORGES co-producer FRANÇOIS D’ARTEMARE a co-production MIDAS FILMES (PORTUGAL) & LES FILMS DE L’APRÈS-MIDI (FRANCE) directed by JOÃO CANIJO

PORTUGAL | FRANCE | DCP | COLOR | 2017 | 153’

RITA BLANCO ANABELA MOREIRACLEIA ALMEIDA ∙ VERA BARRETO ∙ TERESA MADRUGA ∙ ANA BUSTORFF ∙ ALEXANDRA ROSA ∙ TERESA TAVARES ∙ ÍRIS MACEDO ∙ SARA NORTE ∙ MÁRCIA BREIA

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CATALOGUE PERMANENT GREEN LIGHTA FILM BY Dennis Cooper & Zac FarleyFRANCE, 2018 / 92 MIN / FRENCH

WITH Théo Cholbi

Unlike other teenagers, Roman doesn’t seem inter-ested in sports or drugs, girls or boys. He’s neither nihilist, religious, depressive or suicidal. His goal is to vanish, dying is unimportant and he’s only interest-ed in the act’s spectacular effect..

FESTIVALS:Rotterdam International Film Festival Queer Porto 2017

LIQUID TRUTHA FILM BY Carolina Jabor BRAZIL, 2017 / 90 MIN / PORTUGUESE

WITH Daniel de Oliveira, Marco Ricca

A precise and disquieting portrait about the now-adays usual public lynching: a sports teacher is accused of sexual harassment by one of his young pupils during a swimming class. His guilt or inno-cence is impossible to be verified, but the case gain huge backlash online and the consequences are ne-farious. Based on the Catalan theater play El principio de Arquimedes, by Joseph Maria Miro.

FESTIVALS:Chicago International Film FestivalGlasgow Film FestivalTransilvania International Film FestivalWorld Cinema Amsterdam

IN THE SHADOWSA FILM BY Dipesh JainUK, INDIA, GERMANY, 2017 / 117 MIN / HINDI

WITH Quinn Shephard, Susan Kellermann, Erin Wilhelmi

In the walled city of Old Delhi, a reclusive shop-keeper spends his days obsessively watching people through hidden closed circuit cameras. When he overhears a boy being beaten, he begins desperate-ly looking for the child. As he looses himself in the maze-like alleys of the city and recesses of his mind, his grasp on reality fails, until he eventually hits a shocking truth.

FESTIVALS:Chicago International Film FestivalMumbai Film Festival, Grand PrixBusan International Film FestivalDubai International Film FestivalMünchen Film FestivalVancouver International Film Festival

RAFIKIA FILM BY Wanuri KahiuKENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, FRANCE, LEBANON, NORWAY,

THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, USA, 2018 / 82 MIN /

ENGLISH,SWAHILI

WITH Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva

“Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the political rivalry between their families, the girls resist and remain close friends, supporting each other to pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When love blossoms between them, the two girls will be forced to choose between happiness and safety.

FESTIVALS:Cannes International Film Festival - Un Certain RegardToronto International Film FestivalKarlovy Vary International Film FestivalBusan International Film Festival

FATIMA A FILM BY João CanijoPORTUGAL, FRANCE, 2018

/ 153 MIN / PORTUGUESE

WITH Rita Blanco, Cleia Almeida, Vera Barreto, Márcia Breia, Teresa Madruga, Ana Bustorff

A group of 11 women set off from a village in the extreme north of Portugal on pilgrimage to Fatima. They walk 400 km over 10 days crossing half of Por-tugal in a great effort to fulfill their promises. Once in Fatima, in the midst of enormous exhaustion, they will have to find her own way to redemption.

FESTIVALS:Rotterdam International Film FestivalGöteborg Film FestivalMünchen Film FestivalValladolid International Film Festival

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OCCIDENTALA FILM BY Neïl BeloufaFRANCE, 2017 / 73 MIN / FRENCH

WITH Paul Hamy, Idir Chender and Louise Orry-Diquéro

A precise and good-humored satire upon the uneasy context of our time: an eccentric and improbable couple take refuge in the Hotel Occidental. Diana, the hotel manager, instantly suspects their attitude and calls the police. With no proper evidence, the of-ficers and the hotel crew find themselves on a series of absurd anecdotal events.

FESTIVALS:Berlinale 2017Toronto International Film Festival 2017New York Film Festival 2017

HONEYGIVER AMONG THE DOGSA FILM BY Dechen RoderBHUTAN, 2016 / 132 MIN / DZONGKHA

WITH Sonam Tashi Choden, Jamyang Jamtsho WangchukIn this “Buddhist noir” an undercover detective(Kinley) investigates the case of a missing Buddhistnun and falls into a risky alliance with his onlysuspect- Choden, an alluring woman known as thevillage “demoness.”Kinley slowly realizes that Choden’s stories ofhistorical dakinis (enlightened Buddhist women ofpower and wisdom) might provide the very “clues”needed in understanding the investigation, yet firsthe might have to surrender to both her charm and abelief in the supernatural.

FESTIVALS:Berlinale 2017Busan International Film Festival 2017

STRANGE BIRDSA FILM BY Élise Girard FRANCE, 2016 / 70 MIN / FRENCH

WITH Jean Sorel, Lolita Chammah and Virginie Ledoyen

A sweet discovery of Paris and adulthood: Mavie is a 27 years old girl, clumsy, beautiful and full of doubts. Looking for her own way, she moves to Paris and meets George, an old lonely and cynic librarian. Love can assume different forms and their uncon-ventional connection will definitely change Mavie’s path in life.

FESTIVALS:Berlinale 2017Mill Valley Film Festival 2017Bafici 2017

THICK LASHESA FILM BY Hannaleena HauruFINLAND, 2017 / 95 MIN / FINNISH

WITH Inka Haapamäki, Rosa Honkonen and Tiitus Rantala

Best friends Satu and Heidi preach that real love is not for sale as they go around sabotaging posh weddings in the Finnish archipelago. But when Heidi falls head over heels in love with the ice hockey rising star Lauri Mantyvaara, Satu is left alone with their plans. Love, friendship and revolution are put to the final test as Satu is forced to decide what she really wants. And whether she dares to go for it.

FESTIVALS:Helsinki International Film Festival 2017Torino Film Festival 2017Tromsø International Filmfestival 2018

EASYA FILM BY Andrea MagnaniITALY, UKRAINE, 2017 / 91 MIN / ITALIAN AND UKRAINIAN

WITH Nicola Nocella, Ostap Stupka and Orest Garda

Easy, short for Isidoro, an ex pilot, is given a new job far from the racing circuits: taking a coffin, with the body of an Ukrainian bricklayer, from Italy to a small mountain village in Ukraine. But he quickly gets lost after the border. His lifetime adventure can begin.

FESTIVALS:Locarno Film Festival 2017Helsinki International Film Festival 2017Festival du film italien (Annecy France), Grand Prix du Jury 2017Filmfestival Oostende (Belgium) 2017

LAST LAUGHA FILM BY Zhang TaoCHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, 2017 / 82 MIN / CHINESE

WITH Yu Fengyuan, Li Fengyun and Chen Shilan

A cultural and generational clash in the fast changing China: after fainting one day, the elder-ly peasant Mrs. Lin Guoshi is immediately declared disabled and placed on the waiting list of a nursing home. Until a vacant room comes up, she is left to wander from one of her children’s house to the next, experiencing the new values and needs of the mod-ern China.

FESTIVALS:Cannes 2017 – ACIDFestival International du Film d’Amiens 2017Festival des 3 Continents 2017

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MY FIRST HIGHWAYA FILM BY Kevin Meul BELGIUM, 2016/ 82 MIN / FLEMISH

WITH Aaron Roggeman

During family holidays in Spain, Benjamin falls in love with an intriguing local girl. Being both outsid-ers, they are strongly attracted to each other. After one night wandering together, she shares her dark-est secret with him: she needs to find the man who raped her. They leave for a trip Benjamin will never forget.

FESTIVALS:Rome International Film FestivalStockholm International Film FestivalTallinn Black Nights – Grand Prix du Jury

6.9 ON THE RICHTERA FILM BY Nae Caranfil ROMANIA, HUNGARY, BULGARIA, 2016

/ 110 MIN / ROMANIAN

WITH Teo Corban, Laurentiu Banescu and Maria Obretin

A humble Romanian actor in his 40’s, hardly sur-viving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father.

FESTIVALS:Transilvania International Film Festival

THE FIXERA FILM BY Adrian Sitaru ROMANIA, FRANCE, 2016

/ 98 MIN / ROMANIAN AND FRENCH

WITH Tudor Aaron Istodor, Mehdi Nebbou and Nicolas Wanczycki

A young and determined journalist facing the mor-al limits on his profession: Radu is a simple trainee journalist, but an international scandal involving an underage prostitute seems to be the chance for him to prove his value. He is ready to overcome each ob-stacle and deliver a good story. However, the task turns out to be trickier than expected and the more he approaches his goal, the more he gets close to some moral limits.

FESTIVALS:Toronto International Film FestivalTokyo International Film FestivalStockholm International Film FestivalFestival de Cinema Europeen des Arcs

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ELISA FILM BY Hugo PrataBRAZIL, 2016 / 115 MIN / PORTUGUESE

WITH Andréia Horta, Gustavo Machado and Caco Ciocler

Coming from a humble background, the young and fearless Elis Regina will pursuit her dream and fight to be a singer. She moves to the cultural bubbly Rio de Janeiro of the 60’s and achieves an unexpected, yet fulminant success. Once she gains national and international recognition, her music rises to soaring heights, but success comes at a price and her per-sonal life will slips through her fingers.

FESTIVALS:Chicago International Film FestivalRio International Film FestivalFestival de Cine Iberoamericano de Huelva - Best Director AwardPune International Film Festival

SWEET SWEET LONELY GIRLA FILM BY A.D. CalvoUSA, 2016/ 76 MIN / ENGLISH

WITH Quinn Shephard, Susan Kellermann, Erin Wilhelmi

Gothic horror movie: After moving in to take care of her aging aunt, Adele meets Beth, a seductive and mysterious girl, who will test her moral limits and send her spiraling down a psychologically unstable and phantasmagoric path.

FESTIVALS:SITGESFantastic FestFant Bilbao Fantasy Film FestivalNight Visions Helsinki

JESUSA FILM BY Fernando Guzzoni FRANCE, CHILE, GERMANY, GREECE, COLOMBIA, 2016

/ 83 MIN / SPANISH

WITH Nicolas Duran, Alejandro Goic and Gaston Salgado

Jesus, 18, dances in a K-pop band and is always looking for a thrill with friends. One night, he finds himself in misadventure which consequences are irreversible.

FESTIVALS:Toronto International Film FestivalSan Sebastian International Film FestivalCPH PixThessalonik International Film FestivalTorino International Film FestivalMar del Plata International Film Festival

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BARAKAH MEETS BARAKAHA FILM BY Mahmoud Sabbagh SAUDI ARABIA, 2016 / 88 MIN / ARABIC

WITH Fatima AlBanawi and Hisham E. Fageeh

In a time when traditions walk side by side with smartphones and social medias, Barakah, a fun-ny and improbable municipal agent responsible to enforce order in town, will meet a beautiful erratic ultra-famous Instagram video blogger. The unthink-able happens: they fall in love and will try to have a proper date against all odds.

FESTIVALS:Berlin International Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalTallinn Black Nights Film FestivalPalm Springs International Film Festival

THANK YOU FOR BOMBINGA FILM BY Barbara Eder AUSTRIA, 2015/ 100 MIN / ENGLISH AND GERMAN

WITH Manon Kahle, Erwin Steinhauer and Raphael von Bargen

Three international TV correspondents cross paths while waiting for a war that has already begun long ago in their own lives.

FESTIVALS:Toronto International Film FestivalZurich Film FestivalThessaloniki International Film FestivalTallinn Black Nights Film FestivalGoteborg International Film FestivalHong Kong International Film Festival

BANANAA FILM BY Andrea Jublin ITALY, 2014/ 90 MIN / ITALIAN

WITH Marco Todisco, Beatrice Modica, Anna Bonaiuto and Giorgio Colangeli

The story of a naive young boy, not that good at school, trying to win a girl’s love. A football fan with a foot with the shape of a banana, who points out the more difficult, honest and vital road to happi-ness.

FESTIVALS:Melbourne International Film FestivalStockholm Junior International Film FestivalSarajevo Film FestivalCannes - Ecran Junior

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SUMMER LIGHTSA FILM BY Jean-Gabriel Périot FRANCE, 2016/ 83 MIN / JAPANESE

WITH Hiroto Ogi, Akane Tatsukawa and Yuzu Hori

Delicate and poetic story tale in Japan: Akihiro is back from Paris to Hiroshima to shoot a docu-mentary about the A-bombing survivors. He meets Michiko, a merry and enigmatic young woman, dressed traditionally, with outdated manners. She takes him to a revealing journey through a com-pletely new city.

FESTIVALS:Festival de San SebastianFestival Internacional de Cine de ValdiviaFestival Internacional de Cine de Mar del PlataIndie Lisboa

MEMORY EXERCISESA FILM BY Paz Encina PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, QATAR,

2016 / 70 MIN / SPANISH

WITH Elba Elisa Benítez de Goiburú, Patricia Goiburú Benitez, Rogelio Goiburú Benitez and Rolando Goiburú Benitez

Renowned experimental documentary about the longest and hardest dictatorship in Latin America: From 1954 on, Paraguay entered on a 35 years dic-tatorship. Agustín Goiburú, the political leadership against the regime, disappeared in 1976, in Argen-tina, where he was exiled. Third-five years later, his three children come back for an intimate memory exercise, resuming the story of a whole country.

FESTIVALS:Festival de San SebastianCinéma du RéelFestival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias – Best Documentary & Best Director

STILL LIFEA FILM BY Maud Alpi FRANCE, 2016 / 82 MIN / FRENCH

WITH Virgile Hanrot and Dimitri Buchenet

They are victims that arrive by night. They intuit, un-aware of the danger that awaits them. They may attempt to resist, but a young man leads them to their deaths before dawn. A dog is the only witness of this terrifying world that seems certain never to end. Still Life is a realistic and compelling portrait of the routine of a slaughterhouse.

FESTIVALS:Locarno International Festival – Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award

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BROTHER/DZMAA FILM BY Teona Mghvdeladze & Thierry GrenadeFRANCE, GEORGIA, 2014 / 94 MIN / GEORGIAN

WITH Irakli Basil Ramishvili, Zuka Tsirekidze,Natasha Shengelaia, Kahi Kavsadze

Tbilissi, early 1990’s. A few families must confront thechanges taking place in their city. Maia witnesses her eldest son, Giorgi, slipping away from her while her youngest son, Datuna, a very talented pianist, must cope with the violence that is becoming part of their daily lives.

FESTIVALS:Rotterdam International Film Festival Asia International Film Festival FukuokaBusan International Film FestivalShanghai International Film Festival

TARR BÉLA I USED TO BE A FILMMAKERA DOCUMENTARY BY Jean-Marc LamoureFRANCE, 2013

/ 87 MIN & 52 MIN / HUNGARIAN AND ENGLISH

Between December 2008 and June 2010, Béla Tarr and co-director Agnes Hranitzky reunited with their trusted collaborators to shoot their final movie, The Turin Horse.

FESTIVALS:FID MarseilleDOC LisboaTorino Film FestivalBafici

FOR THOSE WHO CAN TELL NO TALESA FILM BY Jasmila ŽbanićBOSNIA, QATAR, GERMANY, 2013

/ 75 MIN / ENGLISH, BOSNIAN AND SERBIAN

WITH Kym Vercoe, Boris Isaković, Simon McBurney, Branko CvejićKym, an Australian tourist, decides to visit Bosnia during her summer holidays. Her guidebook leads her to Visegrad, a gorgeous small town. Back home, she eventually finds out what happened there dur-ing the war and decides to go back and investigates on hidden crimes.

FESTIVALS:Toronto International Film FestivalSan Sebastian International Film FestivalAbu Dhabi International Film FestivalRome International Film FestivalHong Kong International Film Festival

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TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH A FILM BY Daniel Rosenfeld ARGENTINA, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, 2015

/ 84 MIN / SPANISH

Has anyone other than Antonio seen things in the sky? Are they UFO’s? What can possibly drive this humble man to undertake such an epic exploration in the Andean highlands of northern Argentina? With his camera, he will try to capture something very hard to film: faith.

FESTIVALS:FID MarseilleBaficiGuadalajara International Film Festival

WHITE SHADOWA FILM BY Noaz Deshe TANZANIA, GERMANY, ITALY, 2013 / 115 MIN / KISWAHILI

WITH Hamisi Bazili

The story of Alias, a young Albino on the run, hunted by local witch doctors who use Albinos body parts for their portions.

FESTIVALS:Venice Film Festival – Lion of the Future awardSundance Film FestivalGoteborg International Film FestivalRotterdam International Film FestivalTransylvania International Film FestivalNew Horizons – Best Film Audience Award

THE JUDGMENTA FILM BY Stephan Komandarev BULGARIA, 2014/ 95 MIN / BULGARIAN

WITH Assen Blatechki, Miki Manojlovic and Ovanes Torosian

Mityo and his son Vasko live in a poor area, near to the Bulgarian-Turkish-Greek Border. Mityo had lost everything that has mattered to him - his wife, his work, the confidence of his son. In order to get him back, he has to find forgiveness and pay for his sin, done 25 years ago.

FESTIVALS:Sofia International Film FestivalWarsaw Film FestivalGolden Rose Bulgarian Feature FF – Best Film and Best ActorTallinn Black Nights

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FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHEREA FILM BY Nguyen Hoang VIETNAM, FRANCE, GERMANY, NORWAY, 2014

/ 98 MIN / VIETNAMESE

WITH Nguyen Thuy Anh, Tran Bao Son and Hoang Ha

A teenage girl gets knocked-up, she has to work as a prostitute to have money for the abortion since the young father of the baby is useless. Ironically, the only man willing to give her money is crazy about her pregnant belly. It gets more complicated when he makes her so happy that sometimes she forgets that the baby is growing bigger inside her.

FESTIVALS:Venice Film FestivalToronto International Film FestivalBusan International Film FestivalLondon Film FestivalAFI Fest

WORKERSA FILM BY José Luis ValleMEXICO, GERMANY, 2013 / 120 MIN / SPANISH

WITH Jesús Padilla, Susana Salazar, Bárbara Perrín Rivemar, Sergio Limón

Rafael learns that due to a paperwork mistake, he will not be entitled to his retirement pension. Lid-ia finds out that her employer will leave the entire heirloom to the dog, and that the fortune would only be passed down to the employees if the dog dies. In their own way, alone and silently, they´ll begin a bat-tle: Rafael against a company, Lidia against a dog. Curiously, these struggles are not visible.

FESTIVALS:Berlin International Film FestivalLos Angeles Film IndependentJerusalem International Film FestivalSan Sebastian International Film FestivalBusan International Film Festival

SOLDATE JEANNETTEA FILM BY Daniel HoeslAUSTRIA, 2013 / 79 MIN / GERMAN

WITH Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler and Josef Kleindienst

Fanni has had enough of money and leaves to buy a tent. Anna has had enough of pigs and leaves the farm. In the new game Fanni rolls the dice, while An-na does not think twice. Differences appeal to them and they move on cheerfully towards a new found freedom.

FESTIVALS:Sundance Film FestivalRotterdam International Film FestivalNew Directors New Films

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