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EUROPA New COMPLETED A FILM BY Haider Rashid Visions WITH Adam Ali THRILLER / IRAQ, ITALY, KUWAIT / 72 MIN / ENGLISH, ARABIC, BULGARIAN Kamal has fled Iraq to try to enter "Fortress Europe". At the Turkish-Bulgarian border, local mercenaries are ruthlessly hunting down migrants. Alone in the forest, Kamal has three days to escape. Produced by Radical Plans Supported by MIBACT, Regione Toscana RELEASE Italy - I Wonder (Theatrical) SCREENINGS IN CANNES July 14 - 15:00 - Théâtre Croisette - World Premiere July 15 - 10:00 - Cinéma le Raimu July 15 - 12:00 - Cinéma Olympia 8 July 15 - 15:00 - Cinéma Studio 13
THE PINK CLOUD COMPLETED New A FILM BY Iuli Gerbase Visions (A NUVEM ROSA) WITH Renata de Lélis, Eduardo Mendonça SCI-FI, DRAMA / BRAZIL / 2020 / 103 MIN / PORTUGUESE A mysterious and deadly pink cloud appears across the globe, forcing everyone to stay home. Strangers at the outset,Giovana and Yago try to invent themselves as a couple as years of shared lockdown pass. While Yago is living in his own utopia, Giovana feels trapped deep inside. Produced by Prana Filmes “Insightful, quietly unsettling. Powerfully imaginative.” “A refined, accomplished debut. A definitive fictional statement about the experience of lockdown” RELEASES "Casts an oddly therapeutic spell through its ominous perceptiveness of a Brazil - O2 Play worldwide health crisis" North America - Fall 2021 (Theatrical) - Blue Fox Entertainment "Extraordinary" Russia - 2021 (Theatrical)- Russian World Vision Switzerland - Trigon 2021 Ibero-American SOFIA CITY OF FILM GRAND PRIX AWARD Competition FOR BEST FILM Sofia International 100% Seattle International Film Festival Film Festival 2021
FALL OF THE NEW A FILM BY Lucas Turturro QUEENS WITH Malena Filmus, Lola Abraldes, Franco Rizzaro (Dias de Gallo on HBO Max), Umbra Colombo (CÓMO MUEREN LAS REINAS) COMING OF AGE, THRILLER/ARGENTINA/2021/83 MIN/SPANISH Two teenage sisters, Juana and Mara, live in an isolated beekeeping country house with their aunt. When their cousin Lucio bursts into their lives, the perfect symbiosis that is their relationship is endangered: seduction, jealousy, rivalry, and the need to destroy whatever gets in the way grows. The triangle of tension increases. But tonight, a queen has to fall. Produced by Aleph Cine "An intense and intimate description of sexual pulsion" Cine Argentino Hoy "An intoxicating thriller about the anxiety of being an adolescent" PRE-CANNES SCREENINGS June 21 - 10:00 June 22 - 20:00
DISTRICT COMPLETED New A FILM BY Bardia Yadegari and Visions TERMINAL Ehsan Mirhosseini WITH Bardia Yadegari, Ali Hemmati, Farideh Azadi, Sara Ajorlou, Amin Mirhossein (MANTAGHEYE PAYANI) DRAMA/IRAN,GERMANY/2020/116 MIN/FARSI Special mention, Berlinale GWFF Best First Feature Award Peyman is a poet living in an old district of Tehran with his mother. Trapped by his drug addiction, poverty and a forbidden love affair, he tries to survive in spite of censorship, his delusions and increasing loneliness. His path to redemption will drive him through an imaginary world, where environmental destructions and a persisting state of emergency mirror contemporary Iran. Produced by PAK Film (There is no evil by Mohammad Rasoulof, Golden Bear 2020), Film In Iran PRE-CANNES SCREENINGS June 21 - 13:30 “Offers some unexpected dark poetry and sunshine” June 22 - 15:30
GHOSTS New COMPLETED A FILM BY Azra Deniz Okyay Visions (HAYALETLER) WITH Nalan Kuruçim, Dilayda Güneş, Beril Kayar, Emrah Özdemir COMING OF AGE, DRAMA/ TURKEY, FRANCE, QATAR / 2020 / 87 MIN / TURKISH In Istanbul, on the verge of a country-wide power surge, four characters come across in a neighbourhood undergoing the process of gentrification for the “New Turkey": a mother whose son is in prison, a young female dancer, a feminist artist, and a cunning middle man. Their stories intertwine during a drug deal, offering a roaring tale of the contemporary generation. Produced by Heimatlos Films, MPM Film Supported by Doha Film Institute “An impressive feature debut. From its first frames, Ghosts upends expectations” RELEASES Germany - Sep 2021 - Antiheld “Turkish director Azra Deniz Okyay breaks out with an excellent debut film Spain - May 2021 - ConUnPack featuring a cross-cutting narrative, a deserving winner" Switzerland - Sep 2021 - Sister Distribution PRE-CANNES SCREENINGS Central Europe - Sep 2021 - HBO Europe June 24 - 11:00 UK, Scandinavia - 17 May 2021 - MUBI
LIFE SUITS ME POST-PRODUCTION A FILM BY Al Hadi Ulad Mohand WELL WITH Samir Guesmi (Ibrahim), Lubna Azabal (Incendies), Sayed El Alami, Jalal Quarrioua, Ayoub Layoussifi, Ahmed Yarziz DRAMA/MOROCCO,FRANCE/99 MIN/ARABIC (LA VIE ME VA BIEN) In a small town in northern Morocco in the mid-1990s, Fouad is the only employee of the local post office. When he is stricken with a neurological disease, a new life begins for Fouad, his wife and their children. As time goes by, the wounds begin to show – but the de- sire to live is inextinguishable. Produced by Kasbah Film RELEASE MENA - Mad Solutions
UNTIL TOMORROW New POST-PRODUCTION A FILM BY Visions Ali Asgari (TA FARDA) (Disappearance) WITH Sadaf Asgari (Disappearance), Ghazal Shojaei, Babak Karimi, Amirreza Ranjbaran DRAMA/ IRAN,FRANCE/ FARSI A single young mother's courage is tested when she resorts to desperate measures to hide her illegitimate child from her parents. Produced by Silk Road Productions, Novoprod, Taat Films
NARDJES A. COMPLETED A FILM BY Karim Aïnouz Director of The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (Un Certain Regard 2019 Winner), Central Airport THF (Berlinale 2017), Praia do Futuro (Berlinale 2014), Madame Satã (Cannes 2002) DOCUMENTARY / ALGERIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, BRAZIL, QATAR, 2020 / 80 MIN ARABIC, FRENCH, TAMAZIGHT Algeria, February 2019. A popular pacifist uprising erupts against the candidacy of president Bouteflika for a 5th term, steadily swelling into a revolution. Nardjes, a young Algerian woman, takes part in the movement. We follow her, while her whole country could be marching towards a brighter future. Produced by MPM Film, Watchmen Productions, Show Guest Entertainment, Inflamável Supported by Doha Film Institute, Venice Final Cut RELEASES Morocco - February 2021 - 2M MENA - June 2021 - BBC Arabic Italy - Sep 2021 - Reading Bloom Brazil - June 2021 - Canal Brazil
IO STO BENE COMPLETED A FILM BY Donato Rotunno WITH Renato Carpentieri (La Tenerezza, The Life Ahead on Netflix) Alessio Lapice (Gomorra TV Series), Sara Serraiocco (Non Odiare), Marie Jung (Hannah Arendt) DRAMA / LUXEMBOURG, BELGIUM, GERMANY, ITALY /2020 / 100 MIN / ITALIAN, LUXEMBOURGISH, FRENCH, ENGLISH Antonio has spent his whole life away from Italy. He crosses paths with Leo, a young Italian artist who is trying to make it abroad.The old man and the young woman instantly connect, bonded by the same fate of leaving their home countries to look for brighter opportunities. It’s in the memories from their past that Antonio and Leo will find their way to a peaceful future… Produced by Tarantula Luxembourg, Tarantula Belgique, Maxma Film, Vivo Film Coproduced by Arte "A lesson in directing, in its essence and its acting" PRE-CANNES SCREENINGS June 21 - 15:30 "A beautiful and delicate surprise » Rolling Stone" June 23 - 13:30
NEW DIRECTORS, NEW VISIONS COMEDIES LGBT DOCUMENTARIES CATALOGUE THRILLERS DRAMA
NEW DIRECTORS, NEW VISIONS NEW DIRECTORS, NEW VISIONS MIDAS FILMES, LES FILMS DE L’APRÈS-MIDI present © teresa ruivo A FILM BY JOÃO CANIJO RITA BLANCO ANABELA MOREIRA CLEIA ALMEIDA ∙ VERA BARRETO ∙ TERESA MADRUGA ∙ ANA BUSTORFF ∙ ALEXANDRA ROSA ∙ TERESA TAVARES ∙ ÍRIS MACEDO ∙ SARA NORTE ∙ MÁRCIA BREIA image MÁRIO CASTANHEIRA, ANABELA MOREIRA sound OLIVIER HESPEL, ELSA FERREIRA, GÉRARD ROUSSEAU editing JOÃO BRAZ ICA – INSTITUTO DO CINEMA E DO AUDIOVISUAL, RTP – RÁDIO E TELEVISÃO DE PORTUGAL, CNC – CENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE with the support and CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE VINHAIS, CÂMARA MUNICIPAL DE MIRANDA DO CORVO, INFRAESTRUTURAS DE PORTUGAL, EUROPCAR producer PEDRO BORGES co-producer FRANÇOIS D’ARTEMARE a co-production MIDAS FILMES (PORTUGAL) & LES FILMS DE L’APRÈS-MIDI (FRANCE) directed by JOÃO CANIJO PORTUGAL | FRANCE | DCP | COLOR | 2017 | 153’ FATIMA LAST LAUGH FOR THOSE WHO CAN PERMANENT GREEN LIGHT STRANGE BIRDS LOOK AT ME A FILM BY João Canijo A FILM BY Zhang Tao TELL NO TALES A FILM BY Dennis Cooper & Zac Farley A FILM BY Élise Girard A FILM BY Nejib Belkadhi PORTUGAL, FRANCE, 2018 CHINA, FRANCE, HONG KONG, 2017 / 82 MIN / CHINESE FRANCE, 2018 / 92 MIN / FRENCH FRANCE, 2016 / 70 MIN / FRENCH TUNISIA, FRANCE, QATAR, 2018/ 98 MIN / ARABIC, A FILM BY Jasmila Žbanić / 153 MIN / PORTUGUESE FRENCH WITH Yu Fengyuan, Li Fengyun BOSNIA, QATAR, GERMANY, 2013 WITH Théo Cholbi WITH Jean Sorel, Lolita Chammah WITHRita Blanco, Cleia Almeida, Vera and Chen Shilan / 75 MIN / ENGLISH, BOSNIAN AND SERBIAN Unlike other teenagers, Roman doesn’t seem inter- and Virginie Ledoyen WITH Nidhal Saadi Barreto, Márcia Breia, Teresa Madruga, WITHKym Vercoe, Boris Isaković, ested in sports or drugs, girls or boys. He’s neither A cultural and generational clash in the fast A sweet discovery of Paris and adulthood: Mavie Lotfi, 40, is forced to come back to Tunisia when his Ana Bustorff changing China: after fainting one day, the elder- Simon McBurney, Branko Cvejić nihilist, religious, depressive or suicidal. His goal is to is a 27 years old girl, clumsy, beautiful and full of ex-wife is unexpectedly hospitalized. He is now in A group of 11 women set off from a village in the ly peasant Mrs. Lin Guoshi is immediately declared vanish, dying is unimportant and he’s only interest- doubts. Looking for her own way, she moves to Paris charge of his autistic son Youssef, 9, obstinate to disabled and placed on the waiting list of a nursing Kym, an Australian tourist, decides to visit Bosnia ed in the act’s spectacular effect.. and meets George, an old lonely and cynic librarian. extreme north of Portugal on pilgrimage to Fatima. ignore the presence of a father who he has never home. Until a vacant room comes up, she is left to during her summer holidays. Her guidebook leads Love can assume different forms and their uncon- They walk 400 km over 10 days crossing half of Por- FESTIVALS: known. The lack of any eye contact is going to lead wander from one of her children’s house to the next, her to Visegrad, a gorgeous small town. Back home, ventional connection will definitely change Mavie’s tugal in a great effort to fulfill their promises. Once Rotterdam International Film Festival Lofti to fight to reconnect with his child and open experiencing the new values and needs of the mod- she eventually finds out what happened there dur- path in life. in Fatima, in the midst of enormous exhaustion, Queer Porto 2017 him to the world. ern China. ing the war and decides to go back and investigates they will have to find her own way to redemption. on hidden crimes. FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: Berlinale 2017 Toronto International Film Festival FESTIVALS: Mill Valley Film Festival 2017 Rotterdam International Film Festival Cannes 2017 – ACID Carthage International Film Festival Festival International du Film d’Amiens 2017 Toronto International Film Festival Bafici 2017 Göteborg Film Festival Marrakech International Film Festival Festival des 3 Continents 2017 San Sebastian International Film Festival München Film Festival Abu Dhabi International Film Festival Valladolid International Film Festival Rome International Film Festival Hong Kong International Film Festival
LGBT COMEDIES THICK LASHES EASY BANANA JESUS RAFIKI OCCIDENTAL A FILM BY Hannaleena Hauru A FILM BY Andrea Magnani A FILM BY Andrea Jublin A FILM BY Fernando Guzzoni A FILM BY Wanuri Kahiu A FILM BY Neïl Beloufa FINLAND, 2017 / 95 MIN / FINNISH ITALY, UKRAINE, 2017 / 91 MIN / ITALIAN AND UKRAINIAN ITALY, 2014/ 90 MIN / ITALIAN FRANCE, CHILE, GERMANY, GREECE, COLOMBIA, 2016 KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA, FRANCE, LEBANON, NORWAY, FRANCE, 2017 / 73 MIN / FRENCH / 83 MIN / SPANISH THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, USA, 2018 / 82 MIN / WITH Inka Haapamäki, Rosa Honkonen WITH Nicola Nocella, Ostap Stupka WITH Marco Todisco, Beatrice Modica, WITH Paul Hamy, Idir Chender ENGLISH,SWAHILI and Tiitus Rantala and Orest Garda Anna Bonaiuto and Giorgio Colangeli WITHNicolas Duran, Alejandro Goic and Louise Orry-Diquéro and Gaston Salgado WITH Samantha Mugatsia, Sheila Munyiva Best friends Satu and Heidi preach that real love Easy, short for Isidoro, an ex pilot, is given a new job The story of a naive young boy, not that good at A precise and good-humored satire upon the uneasy is not for sale as they go around sabotaging posh far from the racing circuits: taking a coffin, with the school, trying to win a girl’s love. A football fan with Jesus, 18, dances in a K-pop band and is always context of our time: an eccentric and improbable weddings in the Finnish archipelago. But when Heidi body of an Ukrainian bricklayer, from Italy to a small a foot with the shape of a banana, who points out “Good Kenyan girls become good Kenyan wives,” but couple take refuge in the Hotel Occidental. Diana, looking for a thrill with friends. One night, he finds Kena and Ziki long for something more. Despite the falls head over heels in love with the ice hockey rising mountain village in Ukraine. But he quickly gets lost the more difficult, honest and vital road to happi- himself in misadventure which consequences are political rivalry between their families, the girls resist the hotel manager, instantly suspects their attitude star Lauri Mantyvaara, Satu is left alone with their after the border. His lifetime adventure can begin. ness. irreversible. and remain close friends, supporting each other to and calls the police. With no proper evidence, the of- plans. Love, friendship and revolution are put to the pursue their dreams in a conservative society. When ficers and the hotel crew find themselves on a series FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: final test as Satu is forced to decide what she really love blossoms between them, the two girls will be of absurd anecdotal events. wants. And whether she dares to go for it. Locarno Film Festival 2017 Melbourne International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival forced to choose between happiness and safety. Helsinki International Film Festival 2017 Stockholm Junior International Film Festival San Sebastian International Film Festival FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: Festival du film italien (Annecy France), Sarajevo Film Festival CPH Pix FESTIVALS: Berlinale 2017 Helsinki International Film Festival 2017 Grand Prix du Jury 2017 Cannes - Ecran Junior Thessalonik International Film Festival Cannes International Film Festival - Un Certain Toronto International Film Festival 2017 Torino Film Festival 2017 Filmfestival Oostende (Belgium) 2017 Torino International Film Festival Regard New York Film Festival 2017 Tromsø International Filmfestival 2018 Mar del Plata International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Busan International Film Festival
DOCUMENTARIES THRILLERS MEMORY EXERCISES DELPHINE AND CAROLE L'ÂME DU VIN THE SILENT PARTY PARADISE LIQUID TRUTH A FILM BY Paz Encina A FILM BY Callisto Mc Nulty A DOCUMENTARY BY Marie-Ange Gorbanevsky A FILM BY Diego Fried A FILM BY Paul Manate A FILM BY Carolina Jabor PARAGUAY, ARGENTINA, FRANCE, GERMANY, QATAR, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, 2019 / 68 MIN / FRENCH FRANCE, 2019 / 101 MIN / FRENCH THRILLER, DRAMA, REVENGE / ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, DRAMA, THRILLER, FANTASY/TAHITI, FRANCE, 2020/ 89 DRAMA, THRILLER/ BRAZIL, 2017 / 90 MIN / 2016 / 70 MIN / SPANISH 2019 / 87 MIN / SPANISH MIN / FRENCH, TAHITIAN PORTUGUESE WITH Delphine Seyrig, Jane Fonda, Simone Wines are born from the encounter between the WITHElba Elisa Benítez de Goiburú, de Beauvoir, Marguerite Duras earth, sky, and human beings... Each year, the WITH Jazmin Stuart, Esteban Bigliardi WITH Sebastian Urzendowsky WITH Daniel de Oliveira, Marco Ricca Patricia Goiburú Benitez, Rogelio Goiburú success of their vintage is a genuine epic. and Chantal Akerman While Teivi is just a typical ambitious young A precise and disquieting portrait about the The work with the vines and in the cellars Few hours before her wedding, Laura (Jazmin Benitez and Rolando Goiburú Benitez man from the Tahitian golden youth, his distant nowadaysusual public lynching: a sports teacher is throughout the seasons results in the creation of Stuart) sets out on an unusual party : a silent The meeting between the actress Delphine Seyrig cousin, Yasmina, is a full-blooded Maori owner of accused of sexual harassment by one of his young Renowned experimental documentary about the exceptional and vibrant wines that are adulated party. The day after, she seeks revenge to the and the video artist Carole Roussopoulos drives us a mysterious gift that isolates her from the world. pupils during a swimming class. His guilt or longest and hardest dictatorship in Latin America: and sought out around the world: Romanée- odious crime that was perpetrated against her. But to the heart of the feminism of the 1970s. With a When their paths clash, innocence is impossible to be verified, but the case From 1954 on, Paraguay entered on a 35 years dic- Conti, Gevrey-Chambertin, Chambolle-Musigny, Laura's father and her future husband have other video camera in hand, they will engage in radical she will determinedly give full vent to her hided gain huge backlash online and the consequences tatorship. Agustín Goiburú, the political leadership Meursault, Volnay... plans for her... fights with insolence, intransigence and a lot of magic powers. are nefarious. against the regime, disappeared in 1976, in Argen- These wines carry within themselves a fragment humor. Based on the Catalan theater play El principio de tina, where he was exiled. Third-five years later, his of the earth from which they arise and the soul of FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: three children come back for an intimate memory the people who gave them life. Arquimedes, by Joseph Maria Miro. FESTIVALS: Mar del Plata International Film Festival Moscow International Film Festival exercise, resuming the story of a whole country. Berlinale 2019 - Forum Huelva International Film Festival FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: San Sebastian FF Macabro Film Festival Chicago International Film Festival Most FF - Best documentary Glasgow Film Festival Festival de San Sebastian Goteborg IFF Cinéma du Réel Mar del Plata IFF Transilvania International Film Festival Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Torino FF World Cinema Amsterdam Indias – Best Documentary & Best Director Doclisboa Docaviv
DRAMA DRAMA LE CHOC DU FUTUR FOR A HAPPY LIFE THE MAN OF THE FUTURE THE FIXER COMPLICITY THE SCARECROWS A FILM BY Marc Collin A FILM BY Salima Sarah Glamine, Dimitri A FILM BY Felipe Ríos A FILM BY Adrian Sitaru A FILM BY Kei Chikaura A FILM BY Nouri Bouzid DRAMA/FRANCE, 2019/ 84 MIN / FRENCH Linder CO-WRITTEN BY Alejandro Fadel ROMANIA, FRANCE, 2016 / 98 MIN / ROMANIAN, FRENCH JAPAN, CHINA, 2018 / 116 MIN / JAPANESE, MANDARIN DRAMA / TUNISIA, MOROCCO, LUXEMBOURG, 2019 / 98 BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG 2018/ 89 MIN/ FRENCH AND ROAD MOVIE, DRAMA / CHILE, ARGENTINA, 2019 / 96 MIN WITH Alma Jodorowsky, Philippe Rebbot, WITH Tudor Aaron Istodor, Mehdi Nebbou WITH Tatsuya Fuji MIN / ARABIC URDU / SPANISH Clara Luciani, Corine and Nicolas Wanczycki WITH Sofia Lesaffre, Zeerak Christopher, Cheng Liang, a young Chinese immigrant living in WITH José Soza, Antonia Giesen WITH Nour Hajri, Joumene Liman, Afef Ben In the Paris of 1978, old formulas do not charm Pascal Elbé A young and determined journalist facing the mor- Japan, pretends to be someone else to get a job in a Mahmoud listeners anymore and new music must arise. Michelsen, an elderly truck driver, sets out on his last al limits on his profession: Radu is a simple trainee traditional Japanese soba restaurant. His real iden- In a maledominated industry, Ana uses her Challenging the burden of family traditions, the tity could be disclose at any moment. trip to the southern tip of Chilean Patagonia. journalist, but an international scandal involving an Back from the Syrian front, Zina was separated electronic gadgets to make herself heard, young Amel and Mashir live a secret and passionate The arduous drive through the magnificent underage prostitute seems to be the chance for him from her child and Djo finds out she’s pregnant, creating a new sound that will mark the love story. An arranged marriage between him and landscape, ultimately becomes a recapitulation of to prove his value. He is ready to overcome each ob- FESTIVALS: expressing her Syrian horror only in the novel decades to come: the music of the future. Amel’s new best friend will put their relationship in Toronto International Film Festival his life when he unexpectedly encounters his adult stacle and deliver a good story. However, the task she is writing. To assist them in their hard and danger. Tearing apart social conventions seems to Busan International Film Festival daughter, whom he hasn’t seen since her childhood. turns out to be trickier than expected and the more lengthy reconstruction, a Human Rights lawyer, an FESTIVALS: be the only way to stay together. Berlinale he approaches his goal, the more he gets close to Humanitarian doctor and a young homosexual join South By Southwest FESTIVALS: FESTIVALS: some moral limits. forces. All together, will they be able to help Zina Torino Film Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Alice Nella Città and Djo open their black boxes and stand up to the FIFF Namur Mar del Plata International Film Festival FESTIVALS: Namur International Film Festival unjust society? Haifa International Film Festival Toronto International Film Festival Cabourg Film Festival SANFIC Tokyo International Film Festival FESTIVALS: Stockholm International Film Festival Venice IFF Festival de Cinema Europeen des Arcs Carthage IFF Cairo IFF
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