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SCREENINGS Saturday 18 May
DAY 5

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Saturday 18 May

returns to retrieve the bag, only to find a shrine Director: Wang Quan’An families, know! The unexpected announcement Soviet screens were dubbed by them. In 1990,
to an Unknown Saint built directly over his loot, Synopsis: A naked woman is found murdered of their engagement will disrupt an apparently with the collapse of Soviet Union, the Frenkels
and a brand new village constructed all around in the Mongolian steppe. Overnight, a young ordinary summer, and turn the lives of everyone decided to do Aliyah - immigrate to Israel, just
it. and inexperienced policeman has to secure the around them upside down. like hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews.
crime scene. There’s no need in Israel for Russian speaking
CODE 8 (Premiere) STARS BY THE POUND
Canada, 95’, Science-fiction. TAXI TO TREASURE ROCK (Premiere) France, 88’, Comedy. dubbing artists, and Victor’s and Raya’s
attempts to use their talent will cause bizarre
Olympia 7 Spain, 96’, Comedy. Olympia 4 and unexpected events during their first
Sales: XYZ Films (Flamant Entrance, 2nd Floor) Palais H Sales: Be For Films (Booth A6) months in Israel, and turn the beginning of the
Section: Market Sales: Film Factory Entertainment (A5) +33 6 14 34 37 55 new chapter of their life into an amusing,
Director: Jeff Chan Section: Market Section: Market painful, and absurd experience.
Casting: Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Sung Director: Alejo Flah Director: Marie-Sophie Chambon 8K CONTENT SELECTION (Premiere)
Kang Casting: Dani Rovira, Joaquín Furriel, Ingrid Casting: Laure Duchene, Angèle Metzger, 80’.
JUST THE THREE OF US García-Johnson Pauline Serieys, Zoé De Tarle , Philippe Rebbot, Palais J (Press Allowed)
Synopsis: A debt-ridden cab driver, a charming
France, 90’, Comedy. ex-con and a bride fleeing her bachelorette Isabelle De Hertogh Sales: Immersify (14.02 (Cannes Xr))
Synopsis: Lois, 16, has only one dream:
Olympia 9 (Press Allowed) party will cross paths and embark on the becoming an astronaut. However, although Section: Market
Sales: Other Angle Pictures adventure of their lives: a dizzying road trip she’s gifted in physics, she has a big problem: Synopsis: In three special screenings, an 8K
(Albatros Entrance, 2nd Floor) with the delirious promise of finding a Lois weighs over 200 pounds – a family trait programme is projected using the Insight 8K
Section: Market shipment of lost gold in one of Gibraltar’s she’s inescapably stuck with. projector and the playback tools developed in
Director: Jose Alcala unexplored tunnels. LEAVING AFGHANISTAN (Premiere) the project. With a resolution of 7680x4320
Casting: Catherine Frot, Daniel Auteuil, 12:00 Russia, 110’, Action/Adventure. pixels and a wide gamut of colours and
Bernard Le Coq Olympia 8 contrasts, the emerging 8K media format is
Synopsis: Simone has left her husband Gilbert LOST AND FOUND (Premiere) capable of providing a more engaging and
after 35 years of marriage. He finds out she has France, 110’, Romance. Sales: Loco Films immersive experience. Immersify proposes a
a lover and will do anything to get her back, Gray 1 Section: Market selection of 8K video pieces, from native 8K
but Simone wants to be free. Sales: Charades Director: Pavel Lungin camera footage (from PSNC, NHK Technologies,
TV Globo, and NASA & ESA Space Agencies.)
DON’T FORGET TO BREATHE (Premiere) (3 Rond-Point Duboys D’Angers) Next screening: 20 May, 16:00, Olympia 8 and Singing Sand 2.0, a computer-generated
Slovenia, 98’, Drama. Section: Market I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT (Premiere) audiovisual experience by Tadej Droljc,
Palais B (Priority Badges Only) Director: Ronan Le Page Spain, 98’, Comedy. demonstrating the potential of this format. In
Sales: Slovenian Film Centre (133) Casting: Pio Marmaï, Léa Drucker Palais C Palais J: May 16th at 18:00, 18th at 12:00, and
Section: Market Synopsis: Franck wants a quiet life and a fresh Sales: Filmax (A1) 20th at 16:00. In collaboration with Digital
start. After 15 years of a failed theatre career,
Director: Martin Turk he ends a seemingly perfect job: museum Section: Market Projection Inc.
Casting: Matija Valant, Tine Ugrin, Iva Krajnc guard. But that is before he meets Sybille, his Director: Carlos Theron Next screening: 20 May, 16:00, Palais J
Bagola, Klara Kuk neurotic colleague. Casting: David Verdaguer, Ernesto Sevilla, THE SWALLOWS OF KABUL (Premiere)
Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Klemen lives with Carlos Santos, Cristina Castaño, Miren France, 80’, Animation.
his elder brother Peter and single mother in a ANIMAL INSTINCT (Premiere) Ibarguren, Amaia Salamanca, Ernesto Alterio Palais K
small and remote rural town. Klemen’s well- France, 77’. Synopsis: Professors by day. Dealers by night.
established routine of spending time with his Gray 3 (Invite Only) Sales: Celluloid Dreams
beloved brother on the tennis court and by the Sales: Ju&Co MY BEST FRIEND’S WEDDING (Premiere) Section: Market (Un Certain Regard)
nearby river gets interrupted by Peter’s sudden Section: Market Mexico, 109’, Comedy. Director: Zabou Breitman, Eléa Gobbé-
and passionate love affair with his gorgeous Director: Julie Glenn Palais E Mévellec
peer Sonja, which triggers a torrent of Sales: Filmsharks / The Remake Co. (D12) Casting: Zita Hanrot, Swann Arlaud, Simon
conflicting emotions and reckless actions in MAPACHO (Premiere) Abkarian
Klemen. Peru, 90’, LGBT. Section: Market Synopsis: Kabul under Taliban rule. Two
NOAH LAND (Premiere) Gray 5 (Priority Badges Only) Director: Celso R. Garcia neighbourhoods and two couples. One
Turkey, 109’, First film. Sales: Habanero (H6 (Marina Club)) Casting: Ana Serradilla , Miguel Angel conservative – Atiq and Mussarat have been
Palais D (Press Allowed) Section: Market Silvestre, Gabo Ferro , Natasha Dupeyron married for 20 years and are deeply engrained
Sales: Cercamon (D6) Director: Carlos Marin Tello Synopsis: When a woman’s long-time friend in the traditions of Afghan life. Atiq works as
the chief guard at the women’s prison.
Section: Market Casting: Valeria Ocha, Fernando Cobeñas, reveals he’s engaged, she realises she loves Mussarat is very ill and fights to remain a
Director: Cenk Erturk Daniela Salas him and sets out to get him, with only days strong woman till the very end. One modern –
Casting: Ali Atay, Haluk Bilginer, Arin Synopsis: In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, before the wedding. young and in love, Zunaira and Mohsen are
a transsexual stylist goes out of her way to
Kusaksizoglu, Mehmet Ozgur, Hande Do keep a young lover by her side. against all the same traditions. Under the
andemir LITUS (Premiere) Talibans, they’ve both lost their jobs as lawyer
Synopsis: Facing the end of a battle with AWAY (Premiere) Spain, 85’, Drama. anduniversity teacher and have difficulties to
terminal illness, Ibrahim asks his son Ömer to Latvia, 74’, Animation. Palais G (Priority Badges Only) make ends meet. They have to sell their few
drive him to the village in rural Turkey where he Lerins 1 (Priority Badges Only) possessions to buy food. Yet they’re determined
was raised. Soon after they arrive, Ömer Sales: CMG - Cinema Management Group Llc Sales: Latido Films (A5) to maintain their modern values. One day, a
realises that there’s more to this request than (M17) +18189141323 Section: Market stoning. Then an act of humiliation. Then a
meets the eye: Ibrahim wants to be buried Section: Market Director: Dani De La Orden fight… and life takes an irrevocable turn. When
beneath a tree he planted as a boy. In the Casting: Quim Gutierrez, Belén Cuesta, Miquel the lives of these diametrically opposite couples
aftermath of a land dispute that cast Ibrahim’s Next screening: 19 May, 16:00, Lerins 1 become intertwined, sacrifice becomes the
family away from the community 45 years AN ALMOST ORDINARY SUMMER Fernández, Alex García price to pay for love.
earlier, however, the plot of land has become a (Premiere) Synopsis: After his brother Litus dies, Toni Next screening: 21 May, 17:30, Arcades 3
holy site called the Noah Tree, named for the Italy, 100’, Comedy. gathers together his close friends, who haven’t
Biblical figure whom they believe first planted it Lerins 3 CATS
after the flood. With all relevant public archives seen each other for a long time. China, 105’, Animation.
damaged, and villagers growing defensive over Sales: True Colours Glorious Films Srl (A10-C1) GOLDEN VOICES (Premiere) Riviera 1 (Press Allowed)
what seems a sacrilegious project, Ibrahim Section: Market Israel, 88’, Comedy. Sales: All Rights Entertainment Limited
forges ahead in the name of justice; Ömer, on Director: Simone Godano Palais I
the other hand, grows conflicted, bearing the Casting: Alessandro Gassman, Fabrizio Sales: Intramovies (A10-C1) (E13/E14)
brunt of this battle even as he grapples with Bentivoglio , Jasmine Trinca , Filippo Scicchitano Section: Market
unaired grievances between himself and his Synopsis: Two different families spend their Section: Market Director: Gary Wang
dad. holidays in the same house at the seaside: the Director: Ruman Evgeny Synopsis: Cape, a highly-intelligent little
aristocratic Castelvecchios, open-minded, Casting: Vladimir Friedman, Maria Belkin, yellow cat, leaves his owner’s home and his
ÖNDÖG eccentric, but quite selfish, and the working- Evelin Hagoel, Alexander Senderovich, Uri father in search of a fabled Peach Blossom
Mongolia, 100’, Drama. class Petagnas, very tight-knit, and united Klauzner Land where all cats may leave a wonderful life.
Palais F around solid conservative values. What brought Synopsis: Victor and Raya Frenkel were the In his search, he uses his own inventions, like a
Sales: Arclight Films USA (L1) +13235133655 such distant world together? Only Tony and golden voices of the Soviet film dubbing for rocket or a diving bell, and is helped by
Section: Market Carlo, the two middle-aged heads of the decades. All the western movies that reached Wanderer, a mysterious stray cat.

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