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AT WAR RADIANCE UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN STÉPHANE BRIZÉ P. 05 NAOMI KAWASE P. 22 KARIM MOUSSAOUI P. 33

RAMEN SHOP APRIL’S DAUGHTER VR CONTENT ERIC KHOO P. 07 MICHEL FRANCO P. 23 MK2 VR P. 35 SORRY ANGEL CHATEAU CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ P. 09 MODI BARRY & CÉDRIC IDO P. 24 CATALOGUE FOCUS SHOOTING NOW FAITHFULL JACQUES DEMY P. 36 P. 25 ASH IS PUREST WHITE AGNÈS VARDA P. 37 UPCOMING JIA ZHANGKE P. 10 P. 38 COLD WAR MARIA BY CALLAS DAVID LYNCH P. 39 PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI P. 11 TOM VOLF P. 27 CHARLES CHAPLIN P. 40 OFFICIAL SELECTION AMANDA MIKHAËL HERS P. 28 CLASSIC US ANIMATION P. 41 A SEASON IN MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN P. 13 THE TROUBLE WITH YOU PIERRE SALVADORI P.29 IF YOU SAW HIS HEART JOAN CHEMLA P. 15 P.E.A.R.L. ELSA AMIEL P. 30 THE HOUSE BY THE SEA PINK FLAMINGO ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN P. 17 VIRGINIE SAUVEUR P. 31 M ERNESTO P. 19 JUNJI SAKAMOTO P. 32 MRS. HYDE SERGE BOZON P. 21 ANNOUNCEMENT

AT WAR STÉPHANE BRIZÉ

After promising 1100 employees that they would protect their jobs, the managers of a factory decide to suddenly close up shop. Laurent takes the lead in a fight against this decision.

VINCENT LINDON

Delivery 2018 – France – Drama – French Production: Nord-Ouest Films

Stéphane Brizé reteams with after Cannes award winning THE MEASURE OF A MAN, sold in 50+ territories.

“HE WHO FIGHTS, CAN LOSE. HE WHO DOESN’T FIGHT, HAS ALREADY LOST”

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RAMEN SHOP ERIC KHOO Masato, a young ramen chef, leaves his hometown in Japan to embark on a culinary journey to to find out the truth about his past. He uncovers a lot more than family secrets and delicious recipes.

TAKUMI SAITOH, MARK LEE, JEANETTE AW, TSUYOSHI IHARA, TETSUYA BESSHO, BEATRICE CHIEN AND SEIKO MATSUDA Delivery 2018 - Singapore, Japan, France - Drama - Japanese, English, Mandarin Production: Zhao Wei Films, Wild Orange Artists, Version Originale, Comme des Cinémas

Eric Khoo’s filmography includes: TATSUMI (Cannes 2011, Un Certain Regard), AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR MY MAGIC (Cannes 2008 in Competition), ERIC KHOO REVEALS FAMILY SECRET BE WITH ME (2005 Cannes, Directors’ Fortnight) ALONG A CULINARY JOURNEY TO SINGAPORE

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SORRY ANGEL CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ

Jacques is a writer living in . He hasn’t turned 40 but already mistrusts that the best in life is yet to come. Arthur is a student living in Brittany. He reads and smiles a lot and refuses to think that everything in life might not be possible. Jacques and Arthur will like each other. Just like in a lovely dream. Just like in a sad story.

VINCENT LACOSTE, PIERRE DELADONCHAMPS, DENIS PODALYDÈS

Delivery 2018 - France - Drama - French Production: Les Films Pelléas

Christophe Honoré’s filmography includes: SOPHIE’S MISFORTUNES (2016) METAMORPHOSES (Venice Days 2014) BELOVED (Cannes 2011, Out of Competition) LOVE SONGS (Cannes 2007, Competition)

A DELICATE AND MOVING LOVE STORY SET IN THE NINETIES BY ‘ LOVE SONGS’ DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHE HONORÉ 09 SHOOTING NOW SHOOTING NOW

THE NEW FILM BY THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR OF ‘IDA’, PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI

“JIA ZHANGKE IS ONE OF THE BEST AND MOST IMPORTANT DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD” THE NEW YORK TIMES ASH IS PUREST WHITE COLD WAR JIA ZHANGKE PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI Datong, , 2001. A pretty, young dancer named Qiao is in love with Bin, a local mobster. During a fight between Cold War follows two lovers, as passionate about music as they are about each other, from Stalinist Poland, via Berlin rival gangs, she fires a gun to protect her boyfriend. But this will owe her five years in prison. Upon her release, Qiao and Yugoslavia, to the salons and jazz clubs of 1950’s Paris. A story of impossible love, in impossible times. goes looking for Bin to try and start all over again. TOMASZ KOT, JOANNA KULIG, AGATA KULESZA, , CÉDRIC KAHN ZHAO TAO, LIAO FAN Delivery 2018 - Poland, UK, France - Drama - Polish, French Delivery 2018 - China, Japan, France - Drama - Mandarin Production: Opus Film, Apocalypso Pictures, MK Productions Production: Xstream Pictures (Beijing), Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Huanxi Media Group Limited, French distribution: Diaphana MK Productions, Office Kitano

Director Jia Zhangke returns with a tumultuous love story set in China’s crime world, following MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART (Cannes 2015, Competition) 10 DOP: Éric Gautier (Into the Wild, The Motorcycle Diaries) 11 TIFF OFFICIAL SELECTION

SPECIAL PRESENTATION A SEASON IN FRANCE (UNE SAISON EN FRANCE)

MAHAMAT-SALEH HAROUN

Abbas, a high school teacher in the Central African Republic, has fled his war-torn country with his two children. They now live in France, where Abbas works at a food market, while applying for political asylum. A French woman, Carole, falls in love with him and offers a roof for him and his family. When Abbas’ application is rejected, they face a crucial decision.

ÉRIQ EBOUANEY, SANDRINE BONNAIRE, BIBI TANGA 2017 - France - Drama - French - 100’ Production: Pilifilms French distribution: Ad Vitam Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s filmography: (Venice 2006, Special Jury Prize) A HEARTBREAKING LOVE STORY A SCREAMING MAN (Cannes 2010, Jury Prize) WITH A TIMELY POLITICAL BACKGROUND GRIGRIS (Cannes 2013, Competition) 13 TIFF OFFICIAL SELECTION

PLATFORM IF YOU SAW HIS HEART (SI TU VOYAIS SON CŒUR)

JOAN CHEMLA

Daniel is cast out of his community after the death of his best friend. He finds refuge in a hotel for castaways and broken souls and drifts into violence. An unexpected ray of light enlivens his existence when he meets Francine.

GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, , NAHUEL PÉREZ BISCAYART

2017 - France - Neo Noir - French - 86’ Production: Nord-Ouest Films – French distribution: Diaphana

Inspired by the novel ‘The Halfway House’ by Guillermo Rosales Original soundtrack by Academy Award-winner A DARING FIRST FEATURE THAT COUPLES Gabriel Yared (The English Patient) ‘YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL’ REVELATION MARINE VACTH

WITH GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL 15 VENICE & TIFF OFFICIAL SELECTION

MASTERS THE HOUSE BY THE SEA (LA VILLA)

ROBERT GUÉDIGUIAN

By a little bay near Marseille lies a picturesque villa owned by an old man. His three children have gathered by his side for his last days: Angela, an actress living in Paris, Joseph, who has just fallen in love with a girl half his age and Armand, the only one who stayed behind in Marseille to run the family’s small restaurant. It’s time for them to weigh up what they have inherited of their father’s ideals and the community spirit he created in this magical place. The arrival, at a nearby cove, of a group of boat people will throw these moments of reflection into turmoil.

ARIANE ASCARIDE, JEAN-PIERRE DARROUSSIN, GÉRARD MEYLAN, JACQUES BOUDET, ANAÏS DEMOUSTIER, ROBINSON STÉVENIN 2017 - France - Drama - French - 107’ A FAMILY REUNION DRAMA Production: Agat Film & Cie INSPIRED BY CHEKHOV’S ‘CHERRY ORCHARD’ French distribution: Diaphana 17 VENICE OFFICIAL SELECTION TWO OUTCASTS FIGHT FOR THEIR LOVE IN SARA FORESTIER’S FIRST FEATURE

M SARA FORESTIER

Lila and Mo meet at a bus stop. Lila has a paralysing speech impediment. Mo is chatty and exube- rant. Lila is preparing for her exams. Mo illegally races cars for a living. Opposites attract, and they fall in love. But Mo carries a secret burden…

SARA FORESTIER, REDOUANNE HARJANE, JEAN-PIERRE LÉAUD

2017 - France - Drama, Romance - French - 99’ Production: Chi-Fou-Mi Productions French distribution: Ad Vitam

‘M’ is the first feature film by award-winning actress Sara Forestier (Best Actress César award for The Names of Love) Cinematography by Academy Award-nominated Guillaume Schiffman (The Artist) Car stunts by Stéphane Boulay (, A Prophet) 19 NYFF OFFICIAL SELECTION WILL BLOW YOUR MIND AGAIN. LITERALLY.

MRS. HYDE (MADAME HYDE)

SERGE BOZON

Mrs. Géquil is a shy teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, while conducting an experiment in her lab, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels decidedly different… and the appearance of the dangerous Mrs. Hyde soon impacts on Mrs. Géquil’s teaching methods.

ISABELLE HUPPERT, , JOSÉ GARCIA

2017 - France - Black comedy – French - 95’ Production: Les Films Pelléas - French distribution: Haut & Court

“Serge Bozon evokes both vintage Jean-Luc Godard and the Coen brothers” THR

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A BEAUTIFULLY MOVING DRAMA ‘CHRONIC’ AND ‘AFTER LUCIA’ DIRECTOR ABOUT TWO LOST SOULS EXPLORES KEYSONE FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS WHO FIND THEMSELVES THROUGH ART WITH ‘JULIETA’ STAR EMMA SUÁREZ

ECUMENICAL PRIZE CONTEMPORARY SPECIAL PRESENTATION RADIANCE WOLRD CINEMA APRIL’S DAUGHTER (HIKARI) (LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL) NAOMI KAWASE MICHEL FRANCO Misako is a passionate writer of film versions for the visually impaired. At a screening, she meets Nakamori, anolder 17 year-old Valeria is pregnant by her teenage boyfriend, but she hasn’t informed her absent mother April. When her sister photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight. Misako soon discovers Nakamori’s photographs, who will strangely bring her Clara goes behind her back and calls April, their mother arrives full of concern, support and tenderness. But once the baby is back to her past. Together, they will learn to see the radiant world that was invisible to her eyes. born, it soon becomes clear why Valeria wanted to keep April as far away as possible.

AYAME MISAKI, MASATOSHI NAGASE, TATSUYA FUJI EMMA SUÁREZ, ANA VALERIA BECERRIL, ENRIQUE ARRIZON, JOANNA LAREQUI Japan, France - Drama - Japanese - 101’ 2017 - Mexico - Drama - Spanish - 103’ Production: Kino Films, Comme des Cinémas Production: Lucía FIlms French distribution: Haut & Court “After Julieta, a sublime Emma Suárez” 22 “A gentle, thoughtful and reflective movie” Le Monde 23 The Guardian LONDON OFFICIAL SELECTION LONDON OFFICIALCOMPLETED SELECTION & TIFF PRIVATE SCREENING

IN PARIS, EVERY NEIGHBOURHOOD UNIQUE. HAS A PRINCE LEGENDARY.

CHATEAU FAITHFULL (LA VIE DE CHÂTEAU) SANDRINE BONNAIRE MODI BARRY & CÉDRIC IDO Marianne Faithfull has seen it all: success and celebrity at 17 years of age in Swinging London, life with Mick Jagger In the vibrant African neighbourhood of Château d’Eau in Paris, Charles is the smoothest of all the hustlers. His job: to fill the through the tumultuous Rolling Stones epic, scandal, drugs, addiction and decline, life in the street and then rebirth, district’s numerous hair salons with customers. But when the competition is tough and everybody’s trying hard to be number awards and artistic recognition. Actress and director Sandrine Bonnaire will tell her incredible journey, her thousand one, dirty tricks are just around the corner. Fast talk, tall tales, tailored suits and secrets of the heart… Welcome to Chateau! lives, her encounters with the greats and her extraordinary lifetime.

JACKY IDO, JEAN-BAPTISTE ANOUMON, TATIANA ROJO, RALPH AMOUSSOU, MARIANNE FAITHFULL GILLES COHEN, RAGHUNAT MANET Delivery 2017 - France - Documentary - English Production: Cineteve, Arte Delivery 2017 - France - Comedy - French - 81’ Production: SRAB Films - French distribution: Happiness Distribution FAITHFULL is Sandrine Bonnaire’s third film and second documentary after the intimate and moving Her Name is Sabine 24 (Cannes 2007, Directors’ Fortnight FIPRESCI Prize) 25 UPCOMING MARIA MARIA CALLAS BY CALLAS IN HER OWN WORDS TOM VOLF

For the first time, 40 years after her death, the most famous opera singer ever tells her own story – in her own words. Featuring previously unknown footage, unseen photographs, personal Super 8 films, private live recordings, intimate letters and rare behind-the scenes archival footage for the first time in colour.

MARIA CALLAS, ONASSIS, MARILYN MONROE, ALAIN DELON, YVES SAINT-LAURENT, J.F. KENNEDY, LUCHINO VISCONTI, WINSTON CHURCHILL, GRACE KELLY, LIZ TAYLOR AND MORE

Delivery 2017 - France - Documentary – French, English Production: Petit Dragon, Elephant Doc, Volf Productions

Voiced by Isabella Rosselini and

“A gift from the musical gods” The New York Times

27 UPCOMING UPCOMING "ADÈLE HAENEL IS THE MOST EXCITING EUROPEAN ACTRESS OF HER GENERATION" THR

A DEEPLY MOVING STORY STARRING CESAR AWARD NOMINEE VINCENT LACOSTE AND STACY MARTIN AMANDA THE TROUBLE WITH YOU MIKHAËL HERS PIERRE SALVADORI David, who gets by doing odd jobs, meets Lena, who has just moved up to Paris, and falls in love. But soon after, his life On the French Riviera, detective Yvonne is the young widow of police chief Santi, a local hero. When she realizes is brutally interrupted by the sudden death of his sister. Beyond the shock, and the pain, David now finds himself alone her husband was not exactly the model of virtue so idolized by their young son, and that an innocent young with his young niece Amanda to care for. man, Antoine, has spent 8 years in prison as Santi’s scapegoat, she is thrown into turmoil. Yvonne wants to do everything she can to help this very charming Antoine get back to his life and his wife. Everything that is, except VINCENT LACOSTE, STACY MARTIN telling the truth, which will lead to a spectacular sequence of events. Delivery 2018 - France - Drama - French ADÈLE HAENEL, PIO MARMAÏ, , VINCENT ELBAZ, Production: Nord-Ouest Films Delivery 2018 - France - Comedy - French “Mikhaël Hers is precious to French cinema” Production: Les Films Pelléas - French distribution: Memento FIlms Les Inrockuptibles “Might Salvadori be just the best confectioner in French cinema?” 28 Télérama 29 UPCOMING UPCOMING

THE STORY OF A TRANS-FORMATION A DRAMA IN THE VEIN OF ‘THE WRESTLER’.

P.E.A.R.L. PINK FLAMINGO ELSA AMIEL (FLAMANT ROSE) 72 hours from the final of an international female bodybuilding championship. Lea Pearl is set to compete for the VIRGINIE SAUVEUR prestigious title of Miss Heaven, to which she has devoted the last 4 years of her life. Her mentor Al, himself a former bodybuilding star, keeps a jealous watch over her, in the hopes that thanks to his Pearl, he can once again be in the Following his father’s sudden disappearance, 30-year-old Jules Rivière returns to his native South Western France after spotlight. But Lea Pearl’s past catches up with her, just a few hours from the finale, when her ex-lover Ben shows up with 12 years of exile in Canada. But Jules’ sudden return upsets the already fragile family balance, as he was previously the 6-year-old son she has not seen in 4 years… a young woman who went by the name of Julie before leaving home and beginning a gender transformation abroad. Strangely enough, Jules seems to know more than anyone about his father’s disappearance. And what happened PETER MULLAN exactly to make Julie Rivière change genders? Then, as Jules struggles to find his father and obtain a valid passport Delivery 2018 - France - Drama - English, French specifying his new sexual identity, he learns that he is pregnant. Production: Unité de Production Delivery 2018 – France, Germany – TV-series – 6x52’ – French 30 Production: Day For Night, Arte France, Tellux 31 KINO FILMS BY MK2 / UPCOMING COMPLETED

AN ARRESTING VIEW OF CONTEMPORARY ALGERIA

BASED ON A TRUE STORY ERNESTO UNTIL THE BIRDS RETURN JUNJI SAKAMOTO (EN ATTENDANT LES HIRONDELLES) Based on the true story of Freddy Maemura Hurtado, born in Bolivia in 1941 from Bolivian and Japanese parents. KARIM MOUSSAOUI Determined to help bridge the social inequities in his homeland, Freddy goes to Cuba to study medicine and Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, an ambitious neurologist meets Che Guevara. impeded by wartime wrongdoings, and a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment. Three stories that plunge us into the human soul of a contemporary Arab society. JOE ODAGIRI, KENTO NAGAYAMA, ALEXIS DIAZ DE VILLEGAS MOHAMED DJOUHRI, SONIA MEKKIOU, MEHDI RAMDANI, HANIA AMAR Delivery 2017 - Japan - Drama – Japanese, Spanish Production: Kino Films 2017 – France, Germany, Algeria, Qatar - Drama – Arabic, French - 113’ Production: Les Films Pelléas - French distribution: Ad Vitam

“An intriguing first feature from writer-director Karim Moussaoui that explores the damaged 32 emotional landscape of his homeland. At times recalls Abbas Kiarostami’s ” 33 THR FREE WHALE VR CONTENT

I SAW THE FUTURE directed by François Vautier (experimental, 5’) Produced by Da Prod In a dark expanse, the face of Arthur C. Clarke dematerializes into a multitude of shimmering pixels, creating a space out of which the thoughts of the author of 2001: A Space Odyssey emerge.

FREE WHALE directed by Peibin Zhang (science fiction, 7’) Produced by Sandman Studios During a mission on Planet Kandinsky, Shem surprisingly encounters with a machine whale….

THE DREAM COLLECTOR directed by Mi Li (fantasy, 11’) Produced by Sandman Studios An ordinary old man picks up some garbage in a dump and renews them, expecting people can re-cherish them, as the symbol of the dreams they have abandoned.

ALSO AVAILABLE ALTERATION (science-fiction, 18’),LEGGENDA 360 (music & dance performance, 6’), KINOSCOPE (documentary, 9’), DOLPHIN MAN 360° (documentary, 3x4’), PLANET ∞ (experimental, 6’), NOTES ON BLINDNESS: INTO DARKNESS (experimental, 20’), MIYUBI (dramedy, 40’), I SAW THE FUTURE THE DREAM COLLECTOR I PHILIP (science-fiction,12), SUPERHOT (gaming)

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+ NEW 52’ TV DOCUMENTARY PARLONS CINÉMA ! by Agnès Varda, based on the master- classes she gave around the world. Production: Ciné-Tamaris, mk2 films

36 37 CATALOGUE FOCUS CATALOGUE FOCUS TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME 25TH ANNIVERSARY THEATRICAL RELEASES OF THE 4K VERSION COMING UP WORLDWIDE!

“FILM BEGINS WITH D.W. GRIFFITH AND ENDS WITH ABBAS KIAROSTAMI” JEAN-LUC GODARD ABBAS KIAROSTAMI DAVID LYNCH mk2 films acquires worldwide rights to rare and never-seen before films of the Along the third season of the hugely influential TV series, Iranian Palme d’Or winning director Abbas Kiarostami including the Kolker trilogy discover the cult prequel-sequel in a beautifully 4k-restored version. WHERE IS MY FRIEND’S HOME? (1987, 87’), AND LIFE GOES ON (1991, 91’) and THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES (CANNES 1994 COMPETITION, 103’). ALSO AVAILABLE: Twin Peaks Exclusive: THE MISSING PIECES (BLU-RAY OR HD CAM, 90’) ALSO AVAILABLE: 90-minute selection of deleted scenes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me edited by David Lynch THE TRAVELLER (1974, 74’), (1976, 54’), HOMEWORK (1989, 74’), Available worldwide: Theatrical, TV and VOD rights TEN (CANNES 2002 COMPETITION, 94’), THE (CANNES 1997 PALME D’OR, 98’), (VENICE 1999 GRAND PRIX & FIPRESCI PRIZE, 118’), ERASERHEAD (1977, NEW 4K RESTORATION, 89’) CERTIFIED COPY (CANNES 2010 BEST ACTRESS, 106’) and many more.

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"LIFE IS A TRAGEDY WHEN SEEN IN CLOSE-UP, BUT A COMEDY IN LONG-SHOT" CHARLES CHAPLIN

CHARLES CHAPLIN CLASSIC US ANIMATION 2017: A year to celebrate Charles Chaplin An exclusive selection of the finest animated films for bright young cinema enthusiasts!

A 60-minute READY-TO-SCREEN PROGRAM including 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of Charles Chaplin’s death and also: the best of US Classic animated short films restored in HD

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