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SCREENINGS Sunday 19 May
DAY 6

MARKET

Sunday 19 May

FORSE È SOLO MAL DI MARE (Premiere) Althaus, John Getz, Matt Peters, Miranda Sales: Axxon Films Cox, Veronica Forque, Sienna Guillory,
Italy, 93’, First film. Bailey, Susan Burke Section: Market Brandon Larraguente
Olympia 3 (Press Allowed) Synopsis: When an inexperienced park ranger finds Director: Adolf El Assal Synopsis: With the help of his partner in crime best
Sales: Blue Penguin Film a dead body under mysterious circumstances on a Casting: Karim Kassem, Eric Kabongo, friend and crafty granddaughter, Claude tries to
reconnect with the former love of his life Lilian by
remote mountain trail, she must guard it overnight
Section: Market until authorities can arrive, forcing her to confront Mourade Zeguendi, Jean Luc Couchard, faking his way into a nearby senior living
Director: Simona De Simone some of her deepest, darkest fears. Stephane Bissot community.
Synopsis: Samir aka DJ Skaarab has just won the
Casting: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Francesco local DJ Championships in Egypt. He gets a once in
Ciampi, Annamaria Malipiero, Paolo OUR MOTHERS (Premiere) a lifetime opportunity to participate at the “Drop ROUNDED CORNERS (Premiere)
Bonacelli, Barbara Enrichi, Beatrice Ripa, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Beats” event in Brussels. But Samir’s flight is USA, 88’, Drama.
Cristian Stelluti, Orfeo Orlando Netherlands, Guatemala, 77’, Drama. redirected to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and Palais I (Press Allowed)
Synopsis: Francesco, ex-photographer, is a 40-year- Riviera 2 (Priority Badges Only) he takes a replacement bus to his destination. While Sales: Upper West 80’S Productions, Llc
old Tuscan man, who, after traveling around the Sales: Pyramide International (J6) trying to call his girlfriend, Samir loses all of his +6464777758
world, became a fisherman in Linosa, leaving his Section: Market belongings and gets caught in a case of mistaken Section: Market
homeland for the sake of Claudia, the same who, Director: César Diaz identity: Local border police believes that Samir is an
after 17 years of marriage, runs away from the illegal immigrant. Stuck in this new territory, he is Director: Paul Check
island and the family because of an infatuation with Casting: Armando Espitia , Emma Dib forced to be taken care of by Daniel, a charming FANTASTIC 7 (Premiere)
another man. Anita is 17, the daughter of Francesco Synopsis: Guatemala, 2018. The whole country is hustler, who drags Samir into some crazy, over-the-
and Claudia, living in Linosa between the high immersed in the trial of the soldiers who sparked top situations. In the meantime, hell breaks loose in 110’.
school and the dream to become a pianist. the civil war. Victim statements come one after his home country and Samir desperately tries find a Palais K
Francesco and Anita cannot live without each other, another. Ernesto is a young anthropologist working way out of this country he’s never heard before, Sales: Fundacio Sitges Festival
but things start to change when the girl tries to for the Forensic Foundation; his job is to identify the feeling trapped in an endless loop of trials and Internacional De Cinema De Catalunya
enter the Conservatory of Lugano, Switzerland. missing. One day, while hearing the account of an tribulations. Section: Market
Twisted personal stories of a father, who can’t keep old woman, he thinks he has found a lead that Synopsis: Baby by Juanma Bajo Ulloa/Superpower
away the ghost of the ex-wife, and of a teenage might guide him to his father, a guerrillero who THE GOALKEEPER (Premiere) Girl by Soo-young Kim/The Blue Elephant 2 by
daughter, both waiting for an answer that could went missing during the war. Against his mother’s Bolivia, 99’, Thriller. Marwan Hamed/Evasión by Cristián Jiménez/
change their lives, among reflections, personal wishes, he flings himself body and soul into the Gray 5 (Press Allowed) Wonderland by Chao Koi Wang/Haywire by Mickey
wounds, surprises and twists. case, looking for truth and resilience. Keating/Blood Quantum by Jeff Barnaby.
Next screening: 21 May, 11:45, Miramar Sales: Habanero (H6 (Marina Club))
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (Premiere) Section: Market THE INVISIBLE WITNESS
France, Canada, 102’, Drama. DOGS DON’T WEAR PANTS (Premiere) Director: Gory Patiño Italy, 102’, Thriller.
Olympia 9 Finland, 105’, Drama. Casting: Fernando Arze, Pablo Echarri, Riviera 1
Sales: Charades Olympia 6 (Priority Badges Only) Cristian Mercado Sales: True Colours Glorious Films Srl
(3 Rond-Point Duboys D’Angers) Sales: The Yellow Affair (D2) Synopsis: A thought- provoking thriller about a (A10-C1)
Section: Market Section: Market (Directors’ Fortnight) former iconic goalkeeper, Jorge “Muralla” Rivera, Section: Market
whose fame has run out and he is now scraping out
Director: Guillaume De Fontenay Director: Valkeapää J-P a living as an alcoholic bus driver. His son is Director: Stefano Mordini
Casting: Niels Schneider, Vincent Rottiers, Casting: Krista Kosonen, Pekka Strang desperately sick and he does the unthinkable to Casting: Riccardo Scamarcio, Miriam
Ella Rumpf Synopsis: The film tells a story of Juha, who has save his child but to no avail. Racked with guilt and Leone, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Maria Priato
Synopsis: 1992, war is raging in what will become lost his wife in an accident. Years after, he still feels haunted by ghosts, Jorge seeks redemption to Synopsis: Adriano wakes up in a hotel room next
ex-Yugoslavia. Paul is covering the siege of Sarajevo. numb and unable to connect with people. Meeting rescue the young girl he sold, even if it means his
Flamboyant dandy, loud mouth, adrenaline junkie, Mona, a dominatrix, changes everything. Dogs own downfall. to the dead body of his lover, Laura. The door is
provocative cigar-smoker, Paul Marchand is the war Don’t Wear Pants is a darkly humorous story of loss, locked from the inside and there is no evidence of
FIRE WILL COME (Premiere)
correspondent archetype. love and the sweet pain of being. France, Luxembourg, Spain, 75’, Drama. anybody else in the room.
HALF SISTER (Premiere) Next screening: 21 May, 08:45, Theatre Lerins 1 (Priority Badges Only) ATLANTICS (Premiere)
Slovenia, 105’, Drama. Croisette Sales: Pyramide International (J6) France, Senegal, Belgium, 105’, Drama.
Palais B (Invite only) OLEG (Premiere) Section: Market Olympia 5 (Priority Badges Only)
Sales: Slovenian Film Centre (133) Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania, France, 108’, Director: Oliver Laxe Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette)
Section: Market Drama. Casting: Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez, Section: Market (In Competition)
Director: Damjan Kozole Palais H Inazio Abrao Director: Mati Diop
Casting: Urša Menart, Liza Marija Grašic, Sales: Best Friend Forever Synopsis: Amador Coro has been condemned for Casting: Mama Sané, Amadou Am,
Peter Musevski, Jurij Drevenšek, Damjana Section: Market (Directors’ Fortnight) having provoked a fire. When he gets out of prison, Ibrahima Traoré
Cerne, Anja Novak Director: Juris Kursietis nobody is waiting for him. He returns to his home Synopsis: Along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-
THE ACCORDIONIST’S SON Casting: Anna Prochniak, Dawid town, a small village hidden in the mountains of inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of
rural Galicia, to live with his mother, Benedicta, and
Spain, 95’, Drama. Ogrodnik,Valentin Novopolskij their three cows. Life goes by slowly, following the Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young
construction worker.
Palais D Next screening: 20 May, 12:00, Gray 3 rhythm of nature. Until one night when a fire starts Next screening: 21 May, 11:30, Palais J
Sales: Filmax (A1) 12:00 to devastate the region.
Section: Market Next screening: 20 May, 16:00, Lerins 3 13:15
Director: Fernando Bernues THE CLIMB (Premiere) IL SIGNOR DIAVOLO (Premiere) IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIVER
Casting: Aitor Beltran, Iñaki Rikarte, Mireia USA, 95’, Comedy. Italy, 83’, Horror. Germany, USA, 112’, Drama.
Gabilondo, Eneko Sagardoy, Mikel Losada Arcades 2 Palais C Lerins 4
Synopsis: A story of friendship, forgiveness and the Sales: Memento Films International (MFI)
power of truth. (84 Rue D’Antibes, Fifth Floor) Sales: Wide (G2/Palais -1 16.04 (Cannes Sales: Arri Media International (M11)
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Spain, 95’, Black comedy. Director: Michael Angelo Covino Director: Pupi Avati Director: Damian John Harper
Palais F Casting: Kyle Marvin, Michael Angelo Synopsis: Italy, 1950s. A 14-year-old boy, Carlo, Casting: Eric Hunter, Max Thayer, Nikki
Sales: Filmsharks/The Remake Co. (D12) Covino, Gayle Rankin, Judith Godrèche, killed Emilio, a disabled guy hosted by the local Lowe
Section: Market George Wendt, Talia Balsam priest. The Italian Ministry of Interior wants to clarify Synopsis: A young man is confronted with the
Director: Jose Luis Cuerda Synopsis: Kyle and Mike are best friends who share what happened. The relation between the political most savage decision of his life. Can he murder his
Casting: Roberto Álamo, Blanca Suárez, a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s institutions and the Church is tense. The ruling abusive grandfather in order to save his family?
Miguel Rellán, Arturo Valls, Carlos Areces, fiancée. . Christian party needs to protect the Church to keep 13:30
Gabino Diego, Secun De La Rosa Next screening: 20 May, 14:00, Olympia 8 its power. Carlo, the young murderer, talks about the
Synopsis: In the year 9177 or so, a thousand years SHE’S MISSING Devil and accuses a nun of instigating him to kill his SORRY WE MISSED YOU (Premiere)
here or there the whole world -and according to Ireland, 103’, Drama. victim, Emilio. Carlo believes that Emilio caused the United Kingdom, 102’, Drama.
some authors, the universe too - has been reduced Gray 1 death of Paolino, Carlo’s best friend, two years Arcades 1 (Priority Badges Only)
to just one Representative Building and the filthy
outskirts around it inhabited by all of the Sales: Carnaby International Sales And earlier. Carlo wants to bring Paolino back from the Sales: Wild Bunch
unemployed and starving people in the cosmos. Distribution (23 Rue Mace, 2nd Floor) land of the dead. By trying to do so, Carlo kills (5 Square Mérimée – 1st floor)
BODY AT BRIGHTON ROCK +447493127126 Emilio thinking he is an incarnation of the devil. Section: Market (In Competition)
USA, 90’, Thriller. Section: Market REMEMBER ME (Premiere) Director: Ken Loach
Palais J Director: Alexandra Mcguinness Spain, USA, France, 100’, Comedy. Casting: Kris Hitchen, Debbie Honeywood
Synopsis: A desert thriller in which an aspiring
Sales: Magnolia Pictures & Magnet rodeo queen goes missing. Palais G Synopsis: Ricky and his family have been fighting
an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008
Releasing (Albatros Entrance, 4th Fl. #44) Sales: Bac Films (24 La Croisette) financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some
Section: Market SAWAH (Premiere) Section: Market independence appears with a shiny new van and
Director: Roxanne Benjamin Luxembourg, Belgium, Egypt, 86’, Comedy. Director: Martin Rosete the chance to run a franchise as a self-employed
Casting: Karina Fontes, Casey Adams, Emily Gray 3 (Press Allowed) Casting: Bruce Dern, Caroline Silhol, Brian delivery driver.

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