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psychological resolve begins to crack. She rushes runs to the Middle East in search for a better life, capitalist circumstances. Once upon a time they Synopsis: A transgender love story set in New
back to her family home to deal with two crises: escaping from the economic crisis in The played in the same band and loved the same York’s underground ballroom culture.
her father’s business has gone bankrupt and her Dominican Republic. In spite of the language woman. Had it not been for their father and an
mother has suffered a heart attack. She dreams and cultural barriers she encounters, she meets unusual heritage, they might have remained 15:30
of rekindling a close relationship with her Bashir, the love of her life. They marry and Sintia brothers; but this way they have got entangled
childhood friend Kiki but is haunted by paranoid gives birth to their son Ghassan. Her family in a very typically Slovenian story. HERITAGE (Premiere)
fantasies that a mysterious woman is stalking survives one of the deadliest wars in history in Portugal, 164’, Drama.
and attacking her. As Nina clings to memories of Syria, but the price they pay is separation. The PANQUIACO (Premiere)
happier times, it seems that there is one crucial family separates and Sintia has to return to her Panama, Portugal, 75’, Experimental. Arcades 1 (Invite Only)
memory that she is repressing. country after 30 years of absence. Sintia Palais H Sales: Alfama Films (F1)
Next screening: 22 May, 08:30, Debussy struggles to get her family’s paperwork in Section: Market
Domincan Republic. Separated by an ocean, the Sales: International Film Festival Panama
11:00 family won’t stop fighting until they are together Section: Market Turkey, Germany, 108’, Drama.
A TALE OF THREE SISTERS
Director: Ana Elena Tejera
once again.
Casting: Cebaldo De Leon, Fernando
PETITS HEROS (Premiere) KONGO (Premiere) Fernandez Arcades 3
Riviera 2 France, 89’, Documentary. Synopsis: Cebaldo, an indigenous dule from Sales: The Match Factory
Sales: Autour De Minuit Lerins 2 Panama is a fishermen’s assistant in a town of (25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73
Section: Market
Section: Market Sales: Pyramide International (J6) northern Portugal, who suffers from nostalgia. In Director: Emin Alper
his loneliness, memories take him away from his
11:30 Section: Market (ACID) daily routine, and immerse him in a journey back Synopsis: Three sisters are reunited in the
remote mountain village where they grew up
to his village in Guna Yala, where a botanical
Director: Hadrien La Vapeur, Corto Vaclav
FLATLAND Synopsis: In Brazzaville, an invisible world doctor confronts him with the impossibility of with their father. Tensions run high as the girls
strive to return to city life.
South Africa, Luxembourg, Germany, 117’, governs the visible world. The apostle Medard returning to the past.
struggles to heal the sick victims of bad spells.
Drama. But his life changes when he is publicly accused 14:00 THE LOST ONE (Premiere)
Gray 2 of practicing black magic. Russia, 92’, Musical.
Sales: The Match Factory BEAUFORD DELANEY: SO SPLENDID Gray 2 (Invite Only)
(25 La Croisette) +33 6 43 63 46 73 12:00 A JOURNEY / UNSUNG HERO: Sales: Marifilmas (Sept Elephants) (D7)
Section: Market THE THEO MITCHELL STOR (Premiere) Section: Market
Director: Jenna Bass PIRANHAS USA, 64’, Documentary. Director: Alexey Rybnikov
Synopsis: A journey of self-discovery for three Italy, 110’, Drama.
different but equally desperate women, painting Olympia 2 Gray 5 Casting: Mikhail Markov
a vivid and unique portrait of femininity against Sales: 2 Bulls On The Hill Productions Synopsis: The main hero of The Lost one is a
a hostile frontier land. Sales: Elle Driver (7 La Croisette) Section: Market movie director who filmed a dozen popular
Section: Market feature pictures. He is successful and wealthy,
Director: Claudio Giovannesi always in demand. But his dream is to make
VERA (Premiere) Synopsis: Naples. Nicola and his friends are SOLO (Premiere) something special, a film with the synthesis of
France, 87’, Drama. fifteen years old. They want to make money, buy Czech Republic, France, Argentina, Austria, 85’, ballet and action, where music plays an eminent
Palais B (Press Allowed) designer clothes and brand new scooters. Documentary. role... About love, life, deep inner feelings. To get
Sales: Altermédia Productions Next screening: 22 May, 15:30, Lerins 2 Palais C the money for it gets should sacrifice his ideas....
Section: Market Sales: Slingshot Films Betrayed by his friends, colleagues, his woman
Director: Caroline Chomienne 13:30 Section: Market (ACID) he decides to leave all them behind .
Casting: Agathe Bonitzer, Dimitri Storoge, Yuri Director: Artemio Benki
Romagnoli, Airy Routier, Lucie Boujenah ABOU LEILA (Premiere) Synopsis: Martin is a young Argentinian piano DOC DAY - AFTERNOON SESSION
Synopsis: Vera, a young dancer, battles within Algeria, France, 140’, Drama. virtuoso and composer, who is, since his (Premiere)
herself after quitting the prestigious Paris Opera Olympia 3 breakdown three years ago, a patient of El 90’.
to integrate into the multi-enthnic contemporary Borda, the largest, most notable but Olympia 1
dance scene. The metamorphosis of the Sales: Films Boutique (G3) +04 92 993220 controversial psychiatric hospital in Latin
courageous artist turns out in a way that she Section: Market (Critic’s Week, In Competition) America. A child prodigy and the most promising Sales: Doc Corner
could never have expected. Director: Amin Sidi-Boumédiène talent of his generation is now trying to find his Section: Market
Casting: Slimane Benouari, Lyes Salem, Azouz own way how to come back to life outside the Synopsis: A full-day event to put the spotlight
on the documentary genre, celebrate all the docs
ISADORA’S CHILDREN (Premiere) Abdelkader, Fouad Megiraga, Meryem walls of asylym and on stage. in selection and bring together the entire doc
France, 80’, Drama. Medjkane, Hocine Mokhtar, Samir El Hakim community in Cannes.
Palais D (Invite Only) Synopsis: Algeria, 1994. With Civil War raging COLOURS (Premiere)
for years in the north of the country, each day
Sales: Shellac continues to bring its share of death and horror. Dominican Republic, 95’, Drama. GALAXY 360 (Premiere)
Section: Market Police officers S. and Lotfi, two childhood friends, Palais G (Press Allowed) USA, 97’, Comedy.
Director: Damien Manivel travel through the desert looking for Abou Leila, Sales: Dominican Republic Film Commission Palais H
Casting: Agathe Bonitzer , Manon Carpentier, a dangerous terrorist on the run. In the (112) Sales: Anteriya Films
Marika Rizzy, Elsa Wolliaston immensity of the Sahara, their quest seems Section: Market Section: Market
Synopsis: Following the death of her two absurd, but Lofti has only one priority: to keep S. Director: Luis Cepeda Director: Anna Fishbeyn
children in April 1913, the legendary dancer, as far from the capital as possible, knowing his Casting: Stephany Liriano, Christian Alvarez, Casting: Anna Fishbeyn, Lauren Logiudice,
Isadora Duncan, created a solo entitled Mother friend is too fragile to face more bloodshed. But Francis Cruz
in which, in a moment of extreme tenderness, a the deeper they get into the desert, the more Synopsis: A young visual artist from a remote Squeaky Moore, Lawrence Sturdivant, Brennan
mother cradles her child one last time before they are confronted with their own trauma and town, who succeeds in her work called The Lowery, Jesse Sneddon, Ryan Bobila
letting him go. In contemporary France, four violence. Nameless Faces, which she never signs because, Synopsis: Galaxy 360 is a comedy about the
women encounter the dance piece Mother a according to her, she feels in her heart that none most watched reality show of the future, Victor’s
dancer who tries to interpret the solo is deeply I AM FRANK (Premiere) of her paintings are finished yet. The bitter and Angels Mr. World Beauty Pageant. We are now
touched; a choreographer prepares an Slovenia, 98’, Drama. harsh behaviour of her father, who inexplicably in the year 2195: women rule the world, men
adaptation of the piece to be danced by a does not want her to paint and the limitation of dream of getting married, and the word
down-syndrome teenager; an old lady attends a Palais B (Priority Badges Only) poverty, create the obstacles that Laura must “Whore” is a compliment. The pageant features
performance of the solo alone and is moved to Sales: Slovenian Film Centre (133) face in order to understand that uncontrollable the giant media personality, Illumina, who whips
tears. Section: Market inner force that compels her to create her the men into shape as they dream of winning
Director: Metod Pevec incredible work. The Golden Fallickorn Crown, a prize that will
THAT’S WHY I COME TO THE RIVER Casting: Janez Skof, Valter Dragan, Katarina raise the men’s social and economic status.
Using reality-television style tactics to explore
(Premiere) Cas, Mojca Partljic, Silva Cušin PORT AUTHORITY (Premiere) men’s behind-the-scenes drama, tears, and
Dominican Republic, 79’, Romance. Synopsis: The film tells the story of two USA, 94’, Drama. insecurities, Illumina’s insatiable sexual appetite
brothers who are as dissimilar as if each of them
Palais H (Press Allowed) came from his own corner of the divided Palais I (Priority Badges Only) and unorthodox coaching methods, and the
Sales: F&B Films Slovenian society. Frank is a barstool apostle, Sales: MK2 Films (52 La Croisette) Judges’ sexual longings, Galaxy 360 will make
Section: Market subscribing to atavistic remainders of Section: Market (Un Certain Regard) you laugh, cringe, and adopt a new mantra,
Director: Fernando Blanco communist ideas and socialist values. Brane, on Director: Danielle Lessovitz “you can look and you can touch!”
Casting: Sintia Then, Bashir Al Sankary the other hand, is focused on personal success Casting: Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom,
Synopsis: It’s the summer of 1982 and Sintia and adapted very successfully to the liberal Mccaul Lombardi OUR MOTHERS (Premiere)

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