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SCREENINGS                                                                                         Wednesday 15 May 2019
                                                                                                                                   DAY 2

                 MARKET



                                                            Wednesday 15 May




                 Synopsis: A few years from now… Bacurau, a                    STANDING UP, FALLING DOWN      THE ENTITY (Premiere)
                 loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be  MARKET     USA, 92’, Comedy.              Philippines, 114’, Horror.
                                                                               (Premiere)
                 small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the
                                                                                                              Palais H
                 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their             Gray 4                         Sales: Mirovision / Studio Bonanza (G8)
                 community has vanished from most maps.                        Sales: Blue Fox Entertainment (29 Rue Du   Section: Market
                 Next screening: 16 May, 08:30, Lumiere                        Commandant André)              Director: Erik Matti
                                                9:00                           Section: Market                Casting: Sharon Cuneta, John Arcilla

                 DEERSKIN (Premiere)                                           Next screening: 17 May, 12:00, Arcades 2  Synopsis: A college student rushes back to the
                                                                                                              home when hears that his twin sister has died.
                 France, 100’, Black comedy.    CHINA YOUNG FILMMAKERS                                        But when he finds himself being violently
                 Théâtre Croisette               TRAINING PROGRAM (PREMIERE)   LONG LOST (Premiere)           haunted, he starts to investigate the true
                 Sales: Wtfilms (32 Rue Des Serbes (B), 6th   110’.            USA, 94’, Thriller.            nature of his sister’s death.
                 Floor)                         Gray 1                         Lerins 2                       Next screening: 20 May, 10:00, Palais E
                 Section: Directors’ Fortnight  Sales: Xinhua Net Co., Ltd (22.03/16.02   Sales: Indie Rights (21,01) +2132805350
                 Director: Quentin Dupieux      (Cannes Xr))                   Section: Market
                 Casting: Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel  Section: Market         Director: Erik Bloomquist      THE BIG TRIP 3D (Premiere)
                 Synopsis: A man leaves everything behind to                   Casting: Adam Weppler, Catherine Corcoran,   Russia, 80’, Animation.
                 buy the jacket of his dreams. But his obsession               Nicholas Tucci                 Palais J
                 with his 100% deerskin jacket will push him   THE RECCE (Premiere)                           Sales: Luminescence (Albatros Entrance, 1st
                 into a bloody spiral...        South Africa, 115’, Drama.     Synopsis: When Seth receives a mysterious let-  Floor)
                 Next screening: 16 May, 11:30, Olympia 6  Gray 2 (Priority Badges Only)  ter inviting him to spend the weekend at a   Section: Market
                                                Sales: Gravel Road Distribution Group  secluded mansion in the country, he soon real-  Director: Natalia Lopato
                                                                               izes the people inside the house may know him
                 22:15                          Section: Market                better than he knows himself.  Synopsis: When goofy postman stork mistak-
                                                Director: Johannes Ferdinand Van Zyl
                                                                                                              enly delivers a baby panda to the wrong
                                                Casting: Greg Kriek, Marius Weyers, Christia                  address, the bear and his friends set on a
                 BACURAU (Premiere)             Visser                         PHIL TIPPETT - MAD DREAMS      adventure to return the panda to it’s right
                 Brazil, France, 132’, Thriller.  Synopsis: After the South African National   AND MONSTERS (PREMIERE)  home.
                 Salle Bazin (Press screening)  Defence Force wrongfully declares young Recce   France, 85’, Documentary.
                 Sales: SBS International (Building Comoran 2,   Henk Viljoen dead behind enemy lines, it’s up   Lerins 3 (Press Allowed)
                 1st Floor)                     to him alone to use every skill and tool in his   Sales: Le Pacte (M21)  AND THE BIRDS RAINED DOWN
                 Section: In competition        arsenal to make it back to his grieving wife.   Section: Market  (Premiere)
                 Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano   With the enemy hot on his trail and a lethal   Director: Gilles Penso, Alexandre Poncet  Canada, 126’.
                 Dornelles                      gunshot wound in his gut, Henk’s chances for   Synopsis: Phil Tippett is the two-time Academy   Riviera 1 (Invite only)
                 Casting: Barbara Colen, Sonia Braga, Udo Kier  survival are looking slim as he navigates the   Award winner who has created unforgettable   Sales: Indie Sales (2 Rue Bivouac Napoléon,
                 Synopsis: A few years from now… Bacurau, a   treacherous war torn African landscape.  creatures such as Jabba the Hutt and RoboCop.   5th Fl.)
                 small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the                With exclusive access to his collections and   Section: Market
                 loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be   9:30      archives, Mad Dreams and Monsters studies his   Next screening: 18 May, 09:30, Olympia 8
                 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their             legacy.
                 community has vanished from most maps.
                                                                                                              A CHRISTMAS CAROL
                 Next screening: 16 May, 08:30, Lumiere  IBIZA (Premiere)      Next screening: 19 May, 15:30, Lerins 2  United Kingdom, Ukraine, 93’, Family.
                                                France, 85’, Comedy.                                          Riviera 2
                 22:30                          Arcades 1                      PLAYTIME PROMO (Premiere)      Sales: Saboteur Media (L6) +19175354833
                                                Sales: Gaumont (2 Rue Bivouac Napoleon)   90’. Trailer        Section: Market
                                                +33 4 93 68 90 20              Olympia 9                      Director: Jacqui Morris, David Morris
                 THE UNKNOWN SAINT (Premiere)   Section: Market                Sales: Playtime (3 Square Mérimée)  Casting: Carey Mulligan, Daniel Kaluuya, Andy
                 Morocco, France, 100’, Comedy.  Director: Arnaud Lemort       Section: Market                Serkis, Martin Freeman, Simon Russell Beale,
                 Miramar                        Casting: Christian Clavier, Mathilde Seigner                  Leslie Caron, Dame Siân Phillips
                 Sales: The Match Factory (25 La Croisette) +33   Synopsis: Philippe and Carole have just met.   Synopsis: A Victorian family prepares a toy
                 6 43 63 46 73                  They are both recently divorced. Very much in   ALONE (Premiere)  theatre for their annual performance of A
                 Section: Critics’ Week         love, Phillipe will do whatever it takes to win   Russia, 76’, Thriller.  Christmas Carol. The grandmother narrates the
                 Director: Aljem Alaa Eddine                                   Palais D                       story, whilst the children change the scenery
                 Casting: Younes Bouab, Salah Bensalah,   over Carole’s two teenage kids. He makes a   Sales: Electric Entertainment (21 Rue Des   and slide the cardboard characters on and off
                 Bouchaib Essamak, Mohamed Naimane, Anas   deal with her son: If he passes his final exams   États-Unis, 5th Floor) +3235593954  the stage. .
                 El Baz, Hassan Ben Bdida, Abdelghani Kitab,   and graduates high school, he can choose their   Section: Market
                 Ahmed Yarziz                   summer vacation spot. And... Ibiza it is! Far   Director: Khesin Vladislav
                 Synopsis: Moments before his capture by   more used to peaceful holidays in northern   Casting: Elizabeth Arends , Sara Anne, Albina   DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS (Premiere)
                 police, a thief digs a grave to hide a bag of   France, Philippe is in for the surprise of his life...  Katsman, Bailey Coppola , Dane Majors , Kyle   Finland, 105’, Drama.
                 money. Released from prison years later he   Next screening: 16 May, 15:30, Arcades 1  Dondlinger, Caesar James , Christa Atkins  Palais B (Invite only)
                 returns to retrieve the bag, only to find a shrine                                           Sales: The Yellow Affair (D2)
                 to an Unknown Saint built directly over his loot,                                            Section: Market (Directors’ Fortnight)
                 and a brand new village constructed all around   CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? (Premiere)  10 THINGS WE SHOULD DO   Director: J-P Valkeapää
                 it.                            USA, 100’, Romance.            BEFORE WE BREAK UP (PREMIERE)  Casting: Krista Kosonen, Pekka Strang
                 Next screening: 16 May, 08:30, Miramar  Arcades 3 (Invite only)  USA, 73’, Drama.            Synopsis: The film tells a story of Juha, who
                                                Sales: Embankment Films Ltd (29 Rue Du   Palais F             has lost his wife in an accident. Years after, he
                                                Commandant André)              Sales: Archstone Distribution (F6-F8)  still feels numb and unable to connect with
                                                Section: Market                Section: Market                people. Meeting Mona, a dominatrix, changes
                                                Director: Elise Duran          Director: Niederhoffer Galt    everything. Dogs Don’t Wear Pants is a darkly
                                                Next screening: 16 May, 15:30, Olympia 1  Next screening: 18 May, 09:30, Palais F  humorous story of loss, love and the sweet pain


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