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has broken out on the eve of the country’s Synopsis: Alex, 43, is not a man of many TO KILL A WATERMELON (Premiere) Director: Piotr Domalewski
independence. He embarks on a seemingly sui- responsibilities. He work as a tow-truck driver China, 88’, Black comedy. Casting: Dawid Ogrodnik, Arkadiusz Jakubik,
cidal road trip into the heart of the civil war. in the car repair garage run with an iron fist by Palais C Tomasz Zi tek
There, he witnesses once again the dirty reality his mother Antoinette. She hopes he will some- Sales: Asmik Ace, Inc (Booth 23.01) Synopsis: Christmas Eve. Eastern Poland.
of war and discovers a sense of helplessness day take over the business, but Alex manages Section: Market Adam, a young economic migrant, finds out
previously unknown to him. Angola will change to consistently prove that he's not up to the Director: Gao Ze Hao that his girlfriend is pregnant and decides to
him forever: it was a reporter that left Poland, task. One day, he assists a woman whose car Casting: Yong Dong, Ming Hu, Liu Hua change his life. He wants to leave Poland for
but it was a writer that returned. broke down and ends up spending the night at Synopsis: One hot summer day, a pedestrian, good, take his girlfriend with him and set up his
Next screening: 11 May, 15:30, Olympia 6 her place. The next morning, she is nowhere to his wife, a village head, a murderer, an official firm abroad. In order to do that he travels to his
be found, and Alex discovers he is alone... with of the county, and a policeman took turns
PLANETA INFORM PROMO REEL three kids. showing up at the main character Chen’s mel- home town in eastern Poland to persuade his
(Premiere) Next screening: 12 May, 16:00, Lerins 1 on shed. For the first time in his life, this quiet relatives to sell the land which is their only
Unknown, 100’, Action/Adventure. and obedient man realizes the meaning of his property. During the traditional Christmas Eve
Olympia 6 SPIRAL (Premiere) own existence. This is the story of a man at the supper Adam learns that the price for his dream
Sales: Planeta Inform Film Distribution United Kingdom, 80’, Documentary. bottom of the society, and the awakening of his to come true is much higher than he anticipat-
(Booth M9) Lerins 3 (Priority badges only) need to fight back in life. ed.
Section: Market Sales: Cohen Media Group (Marina Club H6) Next screening: 14 May, 10:00, Palais E Next screening: 14 May, 16:00, Palais G
12:00 Section: Market RIDE (Premiere) THE PRIVATE LIFE OF
Director: Laura Fairrie
Next screening: 12 May, 16:00, Lerins 3 USA, 90’, Thriller. A MODERN WOMAN
NOSSA CHAPE (Premiere) Palais E USA, 71’, Thriller.
Brazil, 101’, True Story. FULLEYE.NET CINEMATIC VR (Premiere) Sales: Blue Fox Entertainment (29 Rue Du Riviera 1
Arcades 2 (Priority Badges Only) 25’, VR. Comm. André, 1st Floor) Sales: Paul Thiltges Distributions Sarl
Sales: Wild Bunch Next Vr Cinema (Ticket required) Section: Market Section: Market
(5 Square Mérimée) +33 4 93 68 73 53 Sales: Fulleye Next screening: 12 May, 09:45, Palais E Director: James Toback
Section: Market Section: Market Synopsis: Successful actress Vera Lockman
Director: Jeff Zimbalist Synopsis: A VR Market Screening at NEXT SILENT NIGHT thrashes during a nightmare in which she
Wednesday 9 May 2018 Next screening: 11 May, 16:00, Olympia 2 including the following VR films: NOSFERATU Poland, 100’, Drama. struggles with, shoots and kills her drug-dealer
VR - SYNTHESY VR - BEYOND SIN VR - TRUE Palais G ex-boyfriend...
DON'T GO (Premiere) PASSION - RAILWAY VR Sales: Intramovies (Booth C1)
Ireland, 95’, Thriller. Section: Market
Gray 1 MY NAME IS THOMAS (Premiere)
Sales: Radiant Films International Italy, 90’, Road movie.
(Albatross Entrance, 5th Floor) Olympia 4
Section: Market Sales: Acek facebok.com/cineuropa twitter.com/cineuropa
Director: David Gleeson Section: Market
Casting: Stephen Dorff, Melissa George Director: Hill Terence cineuropa.org
Synopsis: Terence Hill plays Thomas, an easy
A ROUGH DRAFT rider who sets off on his Harley Davidson for
Russia, 114’, Fantasy. the desert in Almeria in search of solitude.
Gray 3 Along the way, however, he comes to the res-
Sales: Reason8 Films cue of Lucia, a girl who has fallen into the
(Bengali Entrance, 3rd Floor) hands of two bandits. From that moment on,
Section: Market Thomas’ efforts to continue his solitary quest
Director: Sergey Mokritsky are in vain. Thomas discovers, as they face the
Casting: Nikita Volkov, Yulia Peresild, Evgeny desert and the forces of nature together, that
Tsiganov, Severia Yanushauskaite the wisdom he is seeking is not to be found in
Synopsis: Young Muscovite Kirill is a very tal- solitude, but in Lucia’s courageous spirit.
ented IT and gaming specialist. His life is per- Next screening: 13 May, 15:30, Olympia 6
fect: loving parents, good job, girlfriend...Until
one day he is erased from everyone's memory THE SNATCH THIEF (Premiere)
and has no record at all. Kirill finds out that he Argentina, 93’, Drama.
had been chosen for a very important and Olympia 5 (Priority badges bnly)
secret mission, his purpose is to become a cus- Sales: The Match Factory
toms officer (a gate keeper) between parallel (La Bagatelle/25 La Croisette) +33493398860
worlds, and there are dozens of them in the Section: Market
universe. Can Kirill solve the puzzle of parallel Director: Agustín Toscano
worlds and find out who is the mastermind Next screening: 12 May, 16:00, Gray 1
behind the mission he is now a crucial part of? THE
Could the world we live in be just an imaginary JULIET, NAKED
"draft" that doesn't really exist...?! USA, 105’, Romance. BEST OF News, reviews,
Olympia 8 interviews and
THE TROUBLESHOOTER (Premiere) Sales: Rocket Science (7 Bd La Croisette, 9th EUROPEAN
France, 84’, Comedy. Floor) +33 4 93 99 71 20 festival reports
Lerins 1 (Press allowed) Section: Market CINEMA
Sales: Le Pacte (Booth M21) Director: Jesse Peretz
Section: Market Casting: Rose Byrne, Ethan Hawke, Chris
Director: Julien Guetta O'Dowd
Casting: Eric Judor, Laure Calamy Next screening: 13 May, 09:30, Palais H

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