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N Opening Night 7 I Adff Talks Film 9 exciting films, ADFF gives you or enjoying the excitement of the opportunity to share the the red carpet, everyone has Programme Overview 11 experience with the filmmakers something to celebrate when Feature Films A-Z 12 and talent who come from all the Festival is on. Short Film Competition 26 Emirates Film Competition 29 About ADFF Special Programmes 32 The Abu Dhabi Film Festival powered by twofour54 was established Our World Award 34 in 2007 with the aim of helping to create a vibrant film culture Child Protection Award 35 throughout the region. ADFF is committed to curating exceptional Film Calendar 37 international programmes to engage and educate the local community, Indexes 46 inspire young filmmakers from the region and nurture the growth of the regional film industry.

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Khalifa City MARINA MALL 8 • Festival Box Office (VOX Cinemas) • Film screenings (VOX Cinemas) Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street Eastern Ring Rd 8 SheikhBridge Zayed

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Emirates Palace • Festival Box Office (lower level) • Film screenings • Red carpet • Gala screenings on select evenings • Special events, master classes and workshops Ν

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CM Jennifer Aniston and Tim MY Robbins star in this wildly LIFE OF entertaining caper film, CY adapted from a book by CRIME Elmore Leonard, about CMY Daniel Schechter two ex-cons whose plan USA, uAE | 94 MIN | ENGLISH K to kidnap a real estate developer’s wife doesn’t go quite as smoothly as expected. Fresh out of mos def prison, where they bonded over their convictions for grand theft auto, Robbie (yasiin bey, aka Mos Def) and Gara (John Hawkes) plan to kidnap Mickey (Jennifer Aniston), wife of Frank (Tim Robbins), a Detroit property developer john hawkes and secret embezzler. What they didn't count on is ﺃﺑﻮﻇﺒﻲ ﻟﻺﻋﻼﻡ ﺷﺮﻛﺔ ﻟﻠﺠﻴﻞ ﺍﻹﻋﻼﻣﻲ ﺍﻟﻘﺎﺩﻡ A COMPANY FOR THE NEXT MEDIA GENERATION that Frank has a hot young mistress and is in no hurry to rescue his wife. Life of Crime is ready to join the rogues' gallery of other darkly comedic adaptations Thursday, october 24 of Leonard’s work like Get 8:00 pm - EMIRATES PALACE Shorty, Out of Sight and by invitation only Jackie Brown.

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Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2013 Anime

The Ajyal Youth Film Festival builds The inaugural Ajyal Youth Film Festival will on the Doha Film Institute’s history of take place from 26–30 November 2013 community-based programming. Ajyal invites generations to come together to dohafilminstitute.com discuss cinema through events that inspire @DohaFilm creative interaction, opening up a fun, Doha Film Institute collaborative environment where young #DohaFilm people can express themselves.

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At the 2012 Festival, leading man Richard Gere participates in a discussion of the Opening Night film, Arbitrage.

Events will include conversations with filmmakers, master Stay tuned classes, panel discussions and workshops. Come face to face with regional and international filmmakers, actors, for more of film critics and industry experts, and spend some time learning about the art of cinema. Featuring one-on-one ADFF’s conversations with stars as well as panels with leading programme directors and producers, our daytime encounters are for anyone looking for inspiration from the film world. This of special year’s ADFF will also feature select presentations tailored for industry guests. events These events are free.

Visit us at adff.ae/events for the updated lineup.

7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae 9 It’s more than just a city. It’s intriguing Abu Dhabi.

SHEIKH ZAYED EMIRATES PALACE ISLAND FROM SOUK TO MALL FERRARI WORLD GRAND MOSQUE BOAT TOURS ABU DHABI

Be moved by the wonder of Experience ultimate luxury Explore the natural beauty Seek out a bargain Feel the 240kmph this architectural treasure at one of of the Corniche as you at traditional markets adrenalin rush of the world’s which can house over 40, the world’s most drift along clear seas on a or cut a dash in a fastest roller coaster. 000 worshippers. opulent hotels. relaxing cruise boat. modern mall.

YAS LINKS ABU DHABI ABU DHABI OPEN-TOP BUS TOUR MANARAT DINE AT MEZLAI FALCON HOSPITAL AL SAADIYAT

Learn more about the UAE’s Take on the challenge of national bird and try your All aboard for this tour of the Experience Abu Dhabi’s Head to Emirates Palace for Yas Links Abu Dhabi - the hand at the traditional sport UAE capital with purpose-built arts exhibition a taste of Emirati cuisine region’s first links course. of falconry at this state-of-the- commentary in any one of centre on Saadiyat Island. fine dining style. art facility. eight languages.

Explore a city built on tradition and inspired by innovation. Where you can lose yourself in age-old hospitality and marvel at the wonder that is Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi. Travellers welcome.

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NARRATIVE FEATURE Child Protection award COMPETITION The Ministry of Interior Child Exciting and original storytelling from Protection Centre works to ensure international filmmakers the safety and security of children

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legislation, policies and best S JADIDA COMPETITION Presenting a director’s first or second international practices. feature film, fresh styles and challenging ideas in narrative work from around the SUBTITLES world ADFF screens all non-English-language films with English subtitles. Select non- DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Arabic-language films are screened with COMPETITION Arabic subtitles. Nonfiction films that explore remarkable stories and issues in the world around us CONTENT GUIDELINES ADFF recognizes that SHORT FILM COMPETITION some films contain subject matter Inspired narrative, documentary and not suitable for all audiences. Not all animated short films by emerging and films presented by the Festival have established international filmmakers been officially rated. The guidelines below are intended to help patrons in presented by EMIRATES FILM selecting films that are appropriate for COMPETITION themselves and their families. Short films from established directors and new discoveries from the United G Suitable for viewers of all ages Arab Emirates and GCC countries 12+ Suitable for viewers 12 and older – Juries of esteemed film professionals Films may include subject matter convene to present the Festival’s Black that may not interest young Pearl Awards to films in each competition children; or may contain mild SHEIKH ZAYED EMIRATES PALACE ISLAND FROM SOUK TO MALL FERRARI WORLD GRAND MOSQUE BOAT TOURS ABU DHABI category. violence or themes requiring a minimum of maturity. Be moved by the wonder of Experience ultimate luxury Explore the natural beauty Seek out a bargain Feel the 240kmph SHOWCASE this architectural treasure at one of of the Corniche as you at traditional markets adrenalin rush of the world’s which can house over 40, the world’s most drift along clear seas on a or cut a dash in a fastest roller coaster. A selection of recent outstanding 15+ Suitable for viewers 15 and older relaxing cruise boat. 000 worshippers. opulent hotels. modern mall. feature films from around the world – Films may include themes not suitable for children, or may Audience members cast votes to select contain occasional violence or the Audience Choice Award winner occasional coarse language. from this programme. 18+ Suitable for viewers 18 and older – YAS LINKS ABU DHABI ABU DHABI OPEN-TOP BUS TOUR MANARAT DINE AT MEZLAI FALCON HOSPITAL AL SAADIYAT SPECIAL PROGRAMMES Films may include themes requiring ADFF’s wide range of Special mature judgement; or may Learn more about the UAE’s Take on the challenge of national bird and try your All aboard for this tour of the Experience Abu Dhabi’s Head to Emirates Palace for Programmes celebrate the joys of contain violence, coarse language Yas Links Abu Dhabi - the hand at the traditional sport UAE capital with purpose-built arts exhibition a taste of Emirati cuisine region’s first links course. of falconry at this state-of-the- commentary in any one of centre on Saadiyat Island. fine dining style. cinema past and present. or occasional instances of the art facility. eight languages. (see pages 32–33) unclothed human body. Explore a city built on tradition and inspired by innovation. OUR WORLD Themes requiring Where you can lose yourself in age-old hospitality and A Films devoted to broadening awareness mature judgment marvel at the wonder that is Abu Dhabi. of significant environmental issues. A V Violence Abu Dhabi. Travellers welcome. jury of Masdar students awards a prize L Coarse language for the best film in Our World. N Occasional instances of the unclothed human body

Discover more. www.visitabudhabi.ae 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae 11 FEATURE FILMS OUR OUR A to Z AATSINKI: THE STORY OF WORLD AMAZONIA WORLD ARCTIC COWBOYS DIR Jessica Oreck DIR Thierry Ragobert u sa, FINLAND | 85 MIN | FINNISH | ENGLISH BRAZIL, FRANCE | 83 MIN | without SUBTITLES dialogue VOX = VOX Cinemas SHOWCASE SHOWCASE at Marina Mall In the frozen forests of Finnish Lapland, Born and raised in captivity, a capuchin where temperatures are regularly below monkey suddenly finds himself fighting EP = EMIRATES PALACE zero and winter nights last up to 24 hours, for survival in the wilds of the Amazon brothers Aarne and Lasse Aatsinki carry jungle in this remarkable live-action on the generations-old tradition of adventure, shot on location in reindeer herding. 12+ breathtaking 3-D. G FRI 25 OCT SUN 27 OCT SAT 26 OCT THU 31 OCT 6:15 PM – VOX 1 4:00 PM – VOX 4 3:30 PM – VOX 5 7:00 PM – VOX 5

Amazonia

ADFF is dedicated to discovering and premiering important new films from around the world BARBER’S TALES BASTARDO Mga kuwentong barber DIR Jun Robles Lana DIR Nejib Belkhadi PHILIPPINES | 120 MIN | TAGALOG | ARABIC TUNISIA, FRANCE, QATAR | 106 MIN | ARABIC | and ENGLISH SUBTITLES ENGLISH SUBTITLES Films from the Arab world supported by the Festival's NARRATIVE COMPETITION NEW HORIZONS development and post- After the death of her husband, Marilou Larger-than-life characters populate this production fund (Eugene Domingo) takes over his spellbinding combination of film noir and barbershop. But her Marcos-era village is magic realism, which follows a now grown, not ready for its first female barber. downtrodden orphan who has a reversal of OUR However, events take an unexpected turn fortune and takes on the thugs who control WORLD when she wins over the other women. 18+ his ghetto. 18+ TUE 29 OCT FRI 01 NOV MON 28 OCT FRI 01 NOV Films devoted to broadening 6:00 PM – VOX 5 9:00 PM – VOX 6 6:15 PM – VOX 6 3:15 PM – VOX 1 awareness of environmental issues – sponsored by

Fun and inspiring films for audiences of all ages BEFORE SNOWFALL BELLE Før snøen faller DIR Hisham Zaman DIR Amma Asante iraq, NORWAY, germany | 105 MIN | UK | 104 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES KURDISH | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES NEW HORIZONS NEW HORIZONS Films that raise awareness about abused or neglected A nontraditional road movie about family, Inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth children love, dignity and honor. Siyar, only 16, is Belle, a mixed-race girl raised as an

ﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴﺔ ا .the eldest male in the family. When his aristocratic lady in 18th century England ا ﻟﻤﺘ ﺔ وﻟ ﺤ د ﺪة U N IT E D sister escapes from her own wedding, he’s Gorgeous settings provide the background A

R given the task of finding her and restoring for an engrossing story of passion, romance

E S the family’s reputation. 15+ and the first official antislavery actions. 15+ FRI 25 OCT MON 28 OCT FRI 25 OCT 3:15 PM – VOX 6 3:15 PM – VOX 6 9:00 PM - EP

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This mesmerizing psychological thriller Sandro, a 40-year-old Tbilisi teacher, still Audrey Hepburn stars in one of her most about the performing killer whale Tilikum lives with his parents. He has little luck memorable roles as a country girl trying to challenges us to consider our relationship to with the women he looks up on dating find herself among the glitterati of New nature and reveals how little we humans sites, but then meets hairdresser Manana, York. Based on the novel by Truman have learned from these highly intelligent and falls in love. All is well until her Capote, with Oscar-winning music by Henry and enormously sentient fellow mammals. G husband gets out of jail. 15+ Mancini, in a new digital restoration. G SAT 26 OCT MON 28 OCT WED 30 OCT FRI 01 NOV FRI 25 OCT 4:15 PM – VOX 4 4:15 PM – VOX 4 6:15 PM – VOX 6 3:30 PM – VOX 6 3:15 PM – VOX 1

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Doctor Fabre ILMS Will Cure you F RE U EAT F

THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN CAIRO DRIVE CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915

Unfolding over several years, this The life of the great metropolis of 20 The brilliant sculptress (Juliette Binoche, engrossing story about the relationship million people and 14 million vehicles that in a riveting performance) spends her last between an obsessed bluegrass banjo crowd its streets is explored, revealing years in the south of France fighting player and a vivacious tattoo artist is utterly the collective identity that led to the mental illness, forever scarred by her moving and incredibly funny. It’s been an historic changes taking place in Egypt days as the protegée and lover of audience darling in numerous festivals. 18+ today. G legendary artist Auguste Rodin. 18+ FRI 25 OCT FRI 01 NOV MON 28 OCT FRI 01 NOV FRI 01 NOV 9:00 PM – VOX 1 9:30 PM – VOX 3 6:45 PM – VOX 4 3:00 PM – VOX 2 6:00 PM - EP

An Australian fighter pilot shot down over A hard-working rice farmer is overjoyed This tale of an overbearing mother who Singapore in WWII navigates through a when the monsoons arrive so he can begin uses her well-connected friends to save dangerous jungle in search of sanctuary in planting his crop. But he is thrown into her son from jail after he causes a tragic a cinematic tour de force that explores the crisis when he learns that he does not hold accident won the top prize at the Berlin collision of war and nature and its impact legal title to the small plot of land that is Film Festival. 15+ on humanity. 15+ the main livelihood of his family. 12+ TUE 29 OCT SAT 02 NOV MON 28 OCT SAT 26 OCT 4:15 PM – VOX 6 9:00 PM – VOX 3 6:00 PM – VOX 2 9:15 PM – VOX 1

DATE WINE DIAL M FOR MURDER DJINN Arak el-balah DIR Radwan El-Kashef DIR Alfred Hitchcock DIR Tobe Hooper EGYPT, SWITZERLAND | 1999 | 100 MIN | USA | 1954 | 105 MIN | ENGLISH UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 86 MIN | ARABIC, ARABIC | ENGLISH SUBTITLES ENGLISH | arabic and english subtitles SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SHOWCASE

The men of an Egyptian village emigrate in Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Set in a high-rise not far from a mysterious search of greener pastures. As the years Cummings form a romantic triangle as fishing village in Ras al-Khaimah, the UAE’s pass, their letters speak of loneliness and Hitchcock weaves one of his most first horror movie blends supernatural hardship. One day some of them return, suspenseful murder plots in which thrills with traditional Arabic folklore, and everyone has to learn to accept that gleaming scissors become a deadly directed by Texas Chainsaw Massacre things have changed forever. 15+ weapon. Newly restored in 3-D. G legend Tobe Hooper. 15+ SAT 02 NOV THU 31 OCT FRI 25 OCT 3:15 PM – VOX 2 9:30 PM – VOX 5 6:00 PM - EP

Provocative contemporary performance Jesse Eisenberg plays a meek office In the film that marks the emergence of artist Jan Fabre, fêted at the Louvre and worker who faces an existential crisis auteur cinema in Syria, a young widow and the Venice Biennale, reenacts some of his when he realizes that his life has been her child are forced to move to Damascus, most famous performances from the last usurped by his more confident where the boys come of age against the 30 years, with director Pierre Coulibeuf doppelgänger. A darkly comic updating of backdrop of the military coups that turning them into great cinema. 18+ the famous novella by Dostoyevsky. 18+ punctuated the 1950s. SUN 27 OCT TUE 29 OCT WED 30 OCT SAT 02 NOV TUE 29 OCT 7:00 PM – VOX 4 2:15 PM – VOX 2 9:15 PM – VOX 6 5:45 PM – VOX 1 6:00 PM – VOX 2

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Enough Said ILMS F RE U EAT

F OUR EMPTYING THE SKIES WORLD

DIR Douglas Kass USA | 75 MIN | ENGLISH

SHOWCASE

Tens of millions of protected migratory songbirds are illegally killed every year, and this film follows members of the Committee Against Bird Slaughter as they risk their lives to rescue trapped birds and deter hostile poachers. G WED 30 OCT THU 31 OCT 6:30 PM – VOX 1 7:00 PM – VOX 3

Brilliantly adapting the late Nobelist Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini and Oscar winner Denis Tanović persuaded author José Saramago’s haunting, Catherine Keener star in a smart, modern the real-life couple the story is based on surreal novel, Oscar-nominated Denis romantic comedy that follows a divorcée to reenact their near-death ordeal In this Villenueve (Incendies), one of today’s who finds herself making a new friend and raw, intimate docudrama about an most skilled storytellers, breathes new unwittingly dating the new friend’s impoverished Roma couple and the life into the doppelgänger tradition. 18+ ex-husband at the same time. 18+ ordeals they face in Bosnia. 15+ SUN 27 OCT FRI 25 OCT FRI 01 NOV FRI 25 OCT SUN 27 OCT 6:30 PM - EP 6:30 PM – VOX 4 9:15 PM – VOX 1 7:00 PM – VOX 5 3:45 PM – VOX 6

This story of a sensitive poet in an The “untouchable” Jabya struggles to Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes indifferent world, which ranked in the top reconcile his status with his dreams in this us on a two-year journey inside the 200 in the Sight and Sound poll of all-time uncompromising indictment of India’s caste challenging rebuilding efforts in post- greatest films, has a cult following and is a system directed by Nagraj Manjule, one of earthquake Haiti in a painful exposé of must-see for its romantic songs and the most significant and well-known how international development and breathtaking cinematography. 15+ Marathi poets of the last decade. 12+ humanitarian aid have gone wrong. 12+ FRI 25 OCT MON 28 OCT THU 31 OCT MON 28 OCT WED 30 OCT 9:00 PM – VOX 2 9:00 PM – VOX 1 9:30 PM – VOX 3 6:15 PM – VOX 1 3:00 PM – VOX 2

16 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae FOR THOSE WHO CAN TELL NO TALES THE GEOGRAPHER DRANK HIS GLOBE AWAY GIRAFFADA Za one koji ne mogu da govore Geograf globus propil DIR Rani Massalha DIR Jasmila Žbanić DIR Alexander Veledinsky P ALEStiNE, FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY | 85 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, qatar | 72 MIN | RUSSIA | 120 MIN | RUSSIAN | ENGLISH MIN | ARABIC, ENGLISH, HEBREW | ARABIC ENGLISH, BOSNIAN | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES SUBTITLES and ENGLISH SUBTITLES NARRATIVE COMPETITION SHOWCASE NEW HORIZONS

A performance artist discovers the silent Dire circumstances force a pennyless When the only male giraffe at the zoo in legacy of wartime atrocities when she biologist to find employment as a the Palestinian West Bank dies, the zoo’s arrives in an idyllic little town on the geography teacher in this intimate, veterinarian and his ten-year-old son are border of Bosnia and Serbia. From tragicomic portrait of a man who struggles determined to find a mate for the female Jasmila Žbanić, director of the Golden to maintain his capacity to love in the face before she dies of loneliness. G Bear winner Grbavica. 18+ of solitude and depression. 18+ FRI 25 OCT MON 28 OCT WED 30 OCT SAT 26 OCT FRI 01 NOV 4:30 PM – VOX 5 4:00 PM – VOX 5 9:00 PM – VOX 1 3:45 PM – VOX 6 6:15 PM – VOX 1

THE GOLDEN THREAD EL GORT LE GRAND VOYAGE Subarnarekha Jamal al-barrouta DIR Ritwik Ghatak DIR Hamza Ouni DIR Ismael Ferroukhi INDIA | 1965 | 143 MIN | BENGALI | ENGLISH TUNISIA, UAE | 86 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH MOROCCO, FRANCE | 2004 | 108 MIN | ARABIC, SUBTITLES SUBTITLES FRENCH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

This sweeping, masterful depiction of A realistic road movie, made over six A young man reluctantly accompanies how social injustice controls the fate of years, follows two Tunisians who load his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca, the displaced and the oppressed is one and unload hay from trucks. People leaving behind school and a secret love. of the most admired Asian films of all whose dead-end lives were burning up Their trip across Europe becomes a time and Ghatak’s third film in the prior to the revolution are now on the life-changing experience for both that Refugee Trilogy. 15+ brink of losing all hope. 18+ connects generations. G TUE 29 OCT TUE 29 OCT THU 31 OCT FRI 01 NOV 9:00 PM – VOX 2 6:45 PM – VOX 4 3:45 PM – VOX 6 9:00 PM – VOX 2

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Like Father, Like Son ILMS F RE U EAT F

A young man whose father was A classic coming-of-age film, this touching The popular manga series come to life in disappeared by the Syrian secret police in and humorous account of a boy’s sexual spectacular 3-D anime as rebel space pirate the early 1980s recounts his experiences in awakening depicts not only the confused Captain Harlock and his fearless crew fight the revolution, starting as a singer in mass response of puberty to first desire, but against the corrupt government that rules protests and becoming a fighter in the also offers a rare view of sexuality in Earth, while a dark secret threatens the very streets of Aleppo. 18+ Arabic culture. 18+ existence of the planet. 18+ SUN 27 OCT TUE 29 OCT FRI 25 OCT SAT 02 NOV SUN 27 OCT 9:30 PM – VOX 4 4:00 PM – VOX 2 3:00 PM – VOX 2 9:15 PM – VOX 2 8:45 PM – VOX 5

OUR HARMONY LESSONS HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES HOLY FIELD HOLY WAR WORLD Uroki garmonii Świat w budowie DIR Emir Baigazin DIR Daniel Patrick Carbone DIR Lech Kowalski FRANCE, GERMANY, KAZAKHSTAN | 115 MIN | USA | 81 MIN | ENGLISH france, POLAND | 105 MIN | ENGLISH, KAZAKH, RUSSIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES POLISH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES SHOWCASE SHOWCASE SHOWCASE

A meticulous and successful 13-year-old Two young brothers abruptly come of age Renowned environmental filmmaker Lech science student faces the daily taunts of in the aftermath of a friend’s mysterious Kowalski sets his sights on “fracking” by schoolyard bullies at his village school in death. Facing questions for which they Big Oil in the Polish countryside, a highly the lonely steppes of Kazakhstan. Tired of have no answers, they retreat into a world destructive method of oil exploration, yet suffering in silence, he methodically of silence in this exploration of life and another ecological disaster forced upon prepares his revenge. 18+ death in rural America. 15+ struggling Polish farmers. 12+ SUN 27 OCT WED 30 OCT MON 28 OCT THU 31 OCT WED 30 0CT 8:45 PM – VOX 1 6:00 PM – VOX 3 9:15 PM – VOX 5 6:30 PM – VOX 1 5:30 PM – VOX 2

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This penetrating doc about life along the A young woman, preparing to become a From the bedrooms of British teenagers ring road that encircles Rome shows the nun at the convent where she has lived to the world of Silicon Valley, InRealLife everyday lives of society’s fringe dwellers, since being orphaned as a child, suggests that the Internet’s alluring featuring diverse colourful characters embarks on a voyage of discovery to promise of connectivity is increasingly interviewed over a period of two years. uncover her roots and confront the truth trapping young people in an alienating Golden Lion, Best Film, Venice. 15+ about her family. 18+ and addictive commercial world. 18+ TUE 29 OCT SAT 02 NOV WED 30 OCT FRI 01 NOV TUE 29 OCT FRI 01 NOV 6:30 PM – VOX 6 5:45 PM – VOX 4 6:30 PM – VOX 5 8:45 PM – VOX 5 9:15 PM – VOX 4 6:00 PM – VOX 6

An Iraqi soldier escaping from Kuwait as When a newlywed bride’s husband leaves Another delicate study on the meaning of the army retreats in 1991 is captured and for a lengthy business trip, a ghost falls in love by French master Phlippe Garrel who cast into Saddam’s infamous prisons, love with her and, assuming the form of analyses the fragile connections that love accused of being a traitor. Outside, an her husband, moves in and before long, and jealousy create and destroy in an Iraqi uprising instills hope for those held the bride gets pregnant and the real instant through the story of a talented but captive in the killing fields of Babylon. 18+ husband comes home! G broke actor and the women he loves. 18+ MON 28 OCT WED 30 OCT FRI 01 NOV SUN 27 OCT MON 28 OCT 9:00 PM – EP 3:30 PM – VOX 1 6:00 PM – VOX 2 6:15 PM – VOX 5 4:00 PM – VOX 1

Based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s An American soldier in Afghanistan who A family’s world is turned upside-down tale of three generations of women, seen attempts to alert his superiors about when they learn that the hospital where in relation to a box of jewels handed atrocities being committed by his fellow their son was born gave them the wrong down over the years. With hilarious, soldiers himself becomes the target of baby. They must choose between their intelligent performances from Moushumi one of the largest war crime natural son and the son they have Chatterjee and Konkona Sen Sharma. 15+ investigations in U.S. history. 15+ cherished for six years. G TUE 29 OCT THU 31 OCT WED 30 OCT SAT 02 NOV FRI 25 OCT SUN 27 OCT 9:00 PM – EP 8:45 PM – VOX 1 9:15 PM – VOX 4 2:45 PM – VOX 4 9:15 PM – VOX 6 9:15 PM – VOX 3

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A young woman who longs to be loved This doc gives us a glimpse inside the life Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, using and fears being rejected feels the and mind of one of fashion's most revered clay figures intercut with archival footage, jealousy, uncertainty and cowardice we tastemakers, former Vogue Paris editor searches for a “missing picture” via his usually prefer to keep to ourselves. A Carine Roitfeld, featuring style mavens recreation of the atrocities the Khmer sensitive story from one of Norway’s most Tom Ford, Donatella Versace and Karl Rouge committed 1975 to 1979. Best Film, established documentarians. 18+ Lagerfeld. 15+ Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2013. 15+ SAT 26 OCT WED 30 OCT WED 30 OCT THU 31 OCT TUE 29 OCT SAT 02 NOV 9:15 PM – VOX 6 2:00 PM – VOX 5 9:00 PM – VOX 3 3:45 PM – VOX 1 6:45 PM – VOX 1 6:00 PM – VOX 3

MY NAME IS HMMM . . . MY STOLEN REVOLUTION MY SWEET PEPPER LAND Je m’appelle Hmmm . . . Min stulna revolution Biladi al-halwa . . . biladi al-hada DIR Agnès Troublé DIR Nahid Persson Sarvestani DIR Hiner Saleem FRANCE | 121 MIN | FRENCH, english | ARABIC SWEDEN | 75 MIN | FARSI, SWEDISH | ARABIC IRAQ, FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 95 MIN | and ENGLISH SUBTITLES and ENGLISH SUBTITLES KURDISH | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES NEW HORIZONS DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION NARRATIVE COMPETITION

Her first time behind the camera, fashion Haunted by the guilt of abandoning her In post–Saddam Kurdistan, an designer Agnès B tells the story of an imprisoned friends and her brother when independence war hero accepts a position 11-year-old runaway who meets a Scottish she fled Iran after the 1979 revolution, in a dreary village where he meets a truck driver (video artist Douglas Gordon in Nahid Persson Sarvestani begins a quest beautiful young woman. Director Saleem’s an astonishing performance) who offers her to find the survivors and learn the fate of (Vodka Lemon) humor is sublime, as is the a chance to have a normal life. 18+ her brother. 15+ performance of Golshifteh Farahani. 15+ TUE 29 OCT THU 31 OCT MON 28 OCT THU 31 OCT SUN 27 OCT TUE 29 OCT 9:00 PM – VOX 6 9:00 PM – VOX 6 9:00 PM – VOX 4 6:30 PM – VOX 6 9:00 PM – EP 3:30 PM – VOX 5

NIGHT MOVES OMAR GATLATO ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST Omar gatlato al rujula C’era una volta il West DIR Kelly Reichardt DIR Merzak Allouache DIR Sergio Leone USA | 112 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES ALGERIA | 1977 | 90 MIN | ARABIC | ITAL Y, USA | 1968 | 165 MIN | ENGLISH FRENCH SUBTITLES NARRATIVE COMPETITION SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

Three clandestine activists (Jesse Merzak Allouache’s first feature was such Sergio Leone reimagines the American Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter a success that it changed the course of Western as two mysterious strangers Sarsgaard) scheme to blow up a dam in a Algerian cinema. This wry tale set in the join forces to defend a widow after a seemingly well-planned act of eco-terror, neighborhood of Bab el-Oued in Algiers hired gun murders her family. With but a clean getaway proves to be more expresses the uncertainty and anger of his Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles elusive than they anticipated. 15+ generation of macho teenagers. 15+ Bronson. New digital restoration. 12+ SUN 27 OCT SAT 02 NOV SAT 26 OCT FRI 01 NOV 3:00 PM – VOX 5 8:45 PM – VOX 1 5:30 PM – VOX 2 9:00 PM - EP

A reclusive rock star—who also happens This controversial, thought-provoking Patema, a 14-year-old girl living in an to be a vampire—has his nocturnal sleep documentary is an invitation to explore underground world, slips by chance into disturbed by his bloodsucking girlfriend a different side to nuclear power. Will a an upside down universe where she (Tilda Swinton) and her petulant sister power that was once considered a meets a boy her age, and upside down (Mia Wasikowska) in the new film from hazard to mankind ever be looked at together they discover new worlds in American indie icon Jim Jarmusch. 18+ differently?12+ this magical anime adventure. G WED 30 OCT SAT 26 OCT MON 28 OCT SAT 26 OCT 6:00 PM - EP 8:45 PM – VOX 2 3:30 PM – VOX 2 6:15 PM – VOX 1

Philomena

PEACE AFTER MARRIAGE PHILOMENA POTOSÍ

In this Arab comedy of errors, Arafat, a Judi Dench and Steve Coogan star in the The lives of a goat herder, a housewife and a thirtysomething New Yorker who lives at deeply moving, true story of Philomena peasant, all deeply affected by the terrible home with his parents, is so desperate for Lee, an Irishwoman who spent decades violence plaguing Mexico, intersect in an sex, he even considers a green card searching for the son that Catholic nuns accident on a desert road in this intriguing marriage with a woman guaranteed to sold into adoption overseas. From the and profoundly human tale. Best Mexican make his Palestinian parents freak out. 18+ director of The Queen. 18+ Film, Guanajuato Film Festival. 18+ TUE 29 OCT THU 31 OCT SAT 26 OCT FRI 25 OCT FRI 01 NOV 9:15 PM – VOX 1 3:30 PM – VOX 2 6:00 PM - EP 6:15 PM – VOX 6 9:15 PM – VOX 4

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School of Babel ILMS F RE U EAT F QISSA

DIR Anup Singh INDIA, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE | 109 MIN | PUNJABI | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES NEW HORIZONS

In postcolonial India in 1947 a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing tries to build a home for his family but is forced to keep their true identities a secret from their community. Starring Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi) 18+ SAT 26 OCT SAT 02 NOV 9:00 PM – EP 9:00 PM – VOX 6

QUAI D'ORSAY

DIR Bertrand Tavernier FRANCE | 113 min | FRENCH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES SHOWCASE

From Lanzac's graphic novel inspired by events in the life of Dominique de Villepin, the new film by the French master is a hilarious critique of French politics with a portrait of a foreign minister whose charm masks his utter incompetence. 18+ WED 30 OCT 9:00 PM - EP These Birds Walk

Escaping from prison amid the turbulence A workaholic oil worker who is The singular fantasia brings to life Hans of the 2011 Tahrir Square demonstrations, emotionally cut off from the world finds Christian Andersen’s tale of a rising star a fugitive desperately seeks warmth and his lonely routine shattered when he ballerina torn between the love of an shelter in the outer regions of Cairo, in this rekindles an old friendship that allows idealistic composer and the art of a vivid and captivating portrait of the fallout him to rebuild his past, his present and, ruthless impresario intent on perfection. from the Arab Spring. 18+ perhaps, his future. 18+ New digital restoration. G SAT 26 OCT SUN 27 OCT MON 28 OCT SAT 02 NOV SAT 02 NOV 9:30 PM – VOX 5 3:30 PM – VOX 1 6:30 PM – VOX 5 3:45 PM – VOX 6 5:30 PM – VOX 5

From dawn till dusk, paced by the calls Against the backdrop of the world of As a henchman for the Sicilian mob to prayer, a crowd wanders about on illegal immigration, three young men try sneaks into a house to eliminate an the terraces of Algiers, spaces that have to escape the reality of their everyday enemy, he comes across a young blind become open-air mirrors of lives . . . and succeed in ways they had girl, and something extraordinary contradictions, violence, intolerance and least expected. Starring Naseeruddin happens: Their destinies become linked endless conflicts.18+ Shah. 15+ together forever. 15+ FRI 25 OCT WED 30 OCT SAT 26 OCT TUE 29 OCT SUN 27 OCT SAT 02 NOV 9:15 PM – VOX 5 3:45 PM – VOX 5 6:30 PM – VOX 5 3:45 PM – VOX 1 9:00 PM – VOX 6 2:45 PM – VOX 5

In a multicultural Paris junior high school A Muslim family from Agra copes with A supervising staff member of a foster we see the innocence, the enthusiasm the repercussions of the India/Pakistan care facility navigates the troubled and inner turmoil of young immigrants— partition. Made on an extremely low waters of that world alongside her Irish, Serbian, Brazilian, Tunisian, budget, this sheer genius of a film must coworker and longtime boyfriend. This Chinese, Senegalese—as they come to be seen for its humane treatment of lovingly realized film finds truth and grips with learning in a new language. G sensitive religious and political issues. 15+ humor in unexpected places. 18+ WED 30 OCT FRI 01 NOV FRI 25 OCT SUN 27 OCT WED 30 OCT 6:30 PM – VOX 4 3:00 PM – VOX 5 5:30 PM – VOX 2 6:00 PM – VOX 6 3:30 PM – VOX 4

A powerful heart-rending tale about a The death of a prince brings a young A social worker who ensures that those poor Delhi street merchant desperately woman back to the palace where she who have died alone are laid to rest in a searching for his missing young son was born into servitude. The lingering dignified manner becomes obsessed transforms into a genuine human portrait legacy of the harem is brought into light with the life of a deceased neighbor, within a hard-working community that is from behind velvet curtains. Winner of which leads him to ponder life, love and rich in family and love. 12+ the 1994 Cannes Camera d’Or. 18+ the afterlife. 15+ WED 30 OCT SAT 02 NOV MON 28 OCT MON 28 OCT WED 30 OCT 9:00 PM – VOX 5 8:45 PM – VOX 4 8:45 PM – VOX 2 9:00 PM – VOX 6 3:30 PM – VOX 6

Wayward street children in Karachi and the A new digital restoration in luscious Four regions of China, four working-class Good Samaritans from Edhi Foundation Technicolor does justice to one of the protagonists and four examples of class who look out for them are captured cinema most spectacular fantasies ever made. conflict. But this is also a martial arts film verité style, resulting in an ethereal and Prince Ahmad, cast out of Bagdad, that echoes the masterpiece A Touch of inspirational story of resilience under fights to win back his royal place, as well Zen by King Hu, as if the spirit of the difficult circumstances. 12+ as the heart of a beautiful princess. G heroes of the past were still alive. 18+ FRI 25 OCT SAT 26 OCT SAT 26 OCT FRI 01 NOV TUE 29 OCT SAT 02 NOV 4:15 PM – VOX 4 6:15 PM – VOX 6 3:30 PM – VOX 1 5:45 PM - VOX 5 9:15 PM – VOX 5 6:00 PM – VOX 6

TURNING TIDE THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG UNDEREXPOSURE En solitaire Les parapluies de Cherbourg Gher salih lelard DIR Christophe Offenstein DIR Jacques Demy DIR Oday Rasheed FRANCE | 96 MIN | FRENCH | ARABIC and FRANCE | 1964 | 92 MIN | FRENCH | ENGLISH IRAQ, GERMANY | 2005 | 74 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH SUBTITLES SUBTITLES ENGLISH SUBTITLES SHOWCASE SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

A sailing fanatic’s dreams come true Cherbourg is transformed into the most In the first Iraqi feature after the regime’s when he is called on to replace an ethereal of creations telling a story of fall in 2003, a young Iraqi starts filming entrant in the Vendée Globe round-the- lost love, as a shop girl (Catherine what he sees. Among his protagonists are world solo yacht race. In the lead after Deneuve), gets separated from her a musician he has known since his school several days at sea, a damaged rudder boyfriend when he is called for military days, a young autistic neighbor and a threatens his chance for glory. G service. New digital restoration. G wounded soldier. 15+ MON 28 OCT SUN 27 OCT SUN 27 OCT 6:15 PM - EP 6:00 PM – VOX 1 6:30 PM – VOX 2

The film that established Abdel Sayed as a This long-anticipated drama about life, By comparing the wall in Arizona pioneer of New Realism in Egyptian intimacy, illness and death sparkles with a erected by the United States on the cinema tells the story of two friends who lighthearted touch. Hussein enjoys a Mexican border and a bridge in Kosovo rose from the bottom to the top of society solitary existence not realizing his past is that separates Albanians and Serbs, through suspicious dealmaking, in a story about to catch up with him when his sister Walls probes the artificial barriers that full of love, anger and betrayal. 15+ and nephew move into his house. G divide the human race. 12+ THU 31 OCT TUE 29 OCT THU 31 OCT SAT 26 OCT THU 31 OCT 6:00 PM – VOX 2 6:00 PM – EP 4:00 PM – VOX 5 6:45 PM – VOX 4 9:15 PM – VOX 4

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ILMS F RE U EAT F

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

THU 31 OCT 12+ WEST BEIRUT 9:15 PM – VOX 2 SAT 26 OCT 9:15 PM – VOX 4 West Beyrouth (À l’abri les enfants) WHISPERS OF THE CITIES TUE 29 OCT 4:30 PM – VOX 4 DIR Ziad Doueiri Hams al-mudan WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL? LEBANON, FRANCE, NORWAY | 1998 | 105 MIN DIR Kasim Abid | ARABIC, FRENCH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES IRAQ, uae | 62 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH DIR Marc Silver

SPECIAL PROGRAMMES SUBTITLES UK, MEXICO | 80 MIN | spanish, ENGLISH | When civil war breaks out in Beirut in DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION ARABIC and english SUBTITLES 1975, young Tarek and his friend Omar Over 10 years Iraqi filmmaker Kasim DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION have fun manoeuvering between battle Abid made a personal journey within the An anonymous body in the Arizona lines and filming the military spectacle, world close to his heart, gathering desert sparks the beginning of a real-life but inevitably, the war transforms from images of life on the streets in Ramallah, human drama explored in this adventure to WED 30 OCT Baghdad and Arbil daily struggle of documentary. The leads back across tragedy. 18+ 8:30 PM – VOX 2 that reveal the the human spirit. search for identity a continent to

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Mont Blanc Precipice

Allez Hop!

PROGRAMME 1 PROGRAMME 2 89 MIN 82 MIN

mon 28 OCT thu 31 OCT MON 28 OCT THU 31 OCT 6:15 PM – VOX 3 3:00 PM – VOX 4 9:15 PM – VOX 3 6:15 PM – VOX 4

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The Days Before The Wound

PROGRAMME 3 PROGRAMME 4 77 MIN 70 MIN

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CROSSING MR. IDEAS

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THE ANATOMY OF HOPE

Short Student Short mahatat Documentary Documentary Out-of-Competition Competition Competition Screenings 104 MIN 70 MIN 60 MIN

30 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae Our volunteers and interns work To our tirelessly alongside our staff, both on the front lines and behind volunteers the scenes, to ensure patrons, guests and filmmakers alike have and interns a great experience here in THANK YOU! Abu Dhabi. Without them, the Festival would not be possible, so please join us in thanking each and every one for helping to make ADFF a world-class celebration of film.

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Celebrating Indian Cinema One of the world’s most prolific and beloved cinemas commemorates its centenary this year. To join the celebration we have chosen a handful of the country’s most admired films made by some of its treasured film directors. All of the films are DEBUT FILMS BY ARAB FILMMAKERS milestones in more ways than one. All have made ADFF provides a platform DATE WINE important contributions for Arab filmmakers Radwan El-Kashef, p. 15 to the creation of new film by offering them an sensibilities and cinematic opportunity to show their DREAMS OF THE CITY language even as they reflect work and by organizing Mohammad Malas, p. 15 socioeconomic, political special programmes and cultural realities. But related to Arabic cinema. LE GRAND VOYAGE above all, they are intense It is our goal to help Ismael Ferroukhi, p. 17 cinematic experiences filmmakers overcome the marked by artistic daring difficulties they face in HALFAOUINE: BOY OF THE trying to make sense of the reaching wider audiences. Terraces difficult birth of the Indian For the third year in a row Férid Boughedir, p. 18 nation and its aftermath. the Festival has expanded its spotlight on Arabic OMAR GATLATO THE CATASTROPHE cinema. After the program Merzak Allouache, p. 20 Jahnu Barua, p. 15 Naguib Mahfouz: Man of Cinema in 2011 and the the silences of the palace ETERNAL THIRST celebration of 50 years Mufida Tlatli, p. 23 Guru Dutt, p. 16 of Algerian cinema in 2012, we continue this UNDEREXPOSURE THE GOLDEN THREAD year with the first films of Oday Rasheed, p. 24 Ritwik Ghatak, p. 17 Arab filmmakers whose cinematic debuts not only THE VAGABONDS IN TWO MINDS gave us a glimpse into their Daoud Abdel Sayed, p. 24 Mani Kaul, p. 19 future careers, but have since become milestones in WEST BEIRUT SCORCHING WINDS the history of Arab cinema. Ziad Doueiri, p. 25 M.S. Sathyu, p. 23

32 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae LOL WITH CLASSICS FROM CHAPLIN AND KEATON TO PIERRE ETAIX 74 MIN

THE CURE Charlie Chaplin | USA | 1917 | 17 MIN

FEELING GOOD Pierre Étaix | FRANCE | 1971 | 12 MIN

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY Pierre Étaix, Jean-Claude Carrière | FRANCE | 1962 | 12 MIN

ONE WEEK Buster Keaton | USA | 1920 | 22 min

RUPTURE Pierre Étaix | FRANCE | 1961 | 11 MIN

SAT 26 OCT 3:00 PM – VOX 3

Pieces of Time: Classic Odysseys The Art of Preserving and Restoring Cinema

The future of cinema comes BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S from preserving its past. A Blake Edwards, p. 13 film’s ability to tell us who we are, sometimes even decades DIAL M FOR MURDER after the movie’s release, makes Alfred Hitchcock, p. 15 it important. The timeless power of these wondrous films ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST comes from their invocation of Sergio Leone, p. 20 life and through the emotional truths they portray on the THE RED SHOES screen. Narrative, abstraction, Michael Powell, Emeric speed, movement, stillness, Pressburger, p. 22 life, wonder and death: all dazzlingly explored and THE THIEF OF BAGDAD expressed by the makers of Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, these films in unforgettable Ludwig Berger, p. 24 moments, gestures, glances, reactions between the THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG characters, light, shadow. Jacques Demy, p. 24 Each film is revived for you to discover through the art and beauty of preserving and restoring cinema. 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae 3333 Our World Award

This award, sponsored by These films are eligible for the Masdar, celebrates films Our World Award. devoted to broadening awareness of significant environmental issues. A AATSINKI: THE STORY OF ARCTIC jury of Masdar students COWBOYS awards a prize for the Jessica Oreck, p. 12 best film in the Our World competition. AMAZONIA Thierry Rigobert, p. 12 Established in 2006, Masdar is a commercially BLACKFISH driven enterprise that Gabriela Cowperthwaite, p. 13 operates to reach the broad boundaries of of EMPTYING THE SKIES the renewable energy and Douglas Kass, p. 16 sustainable technologies industry thereby giving FATAL ASSISTANCE it the necessary scope to Raoul Peck, p. 18 meet these challenges. HARLOCK: SPACE PIRATE Shinji Aramaki, p. 18

HOLY FIELD HOLY WAR Lech Kowalski, p. 18

PANDORA’S PROMISE Robert Stone, p. 21

34 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae Child Protection Award

Thanks to the magic of Awards film we can live different Child Protection Award for Best Film (US$70,000) lives and different Child Protection Award for Best Script (US$30,000) experiences that take us far away in space and time. Since its early days These films are eligible for Child Protection Awards. cinema has always cared about children. Who did FEATURE FILMS SHORTS not shed a tear watching The Kid by Charlie BASTARDO AGRI AND THE MOUNTAIN Chaplin? Filmmakers Nejib Belkadhi, p. 12 Hasan Serin, p. 26 are concerned about all kinds of children: children BEFORE SNOWFALL THE CONTAGIOUS APPARITIONS OF with loving parents, Hisham Zaman, p. 12 DAMBAREY DENDRITE children lonely and Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurun, abused, children obliged FANDRY p. 27 to find their own way to Nagraj Manjule, p. 16 adulthood and happiness. my pink room These stories make us GIRAFFADA Vachan Sharma, p. 29 care more and better Rani Massalha, p. 17 understand those young THE QUEEN human beings in whose HARMONY LESSONS Manuel Abramovich, p. 26 hands will rest the future Emir Baigazin, p. 18 of the world. WHALE VALLEY HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES Gudmundur Arnar ADFF is delighted to Daniel Patrick Carbone p. 18 Gudmundsson, p. 27 have in its program a very important new award: The INREALLIFE with time Child Protection Award Beeban Kidron, p. 19 Malak Quota, p. 29 created in partnership with the Ministry of the LIKE FATHER LIKE SON ZAKARIA Interior with the aim of Hirokazu Kore-eda, p. 19 Leyla Bouzid, p. 26 calling attention to those films that raise awareness MY NAME IS HMMM . . . about the situation of Agnès Troublé, p. 20 abused or neglected children or promote SCHOOL OF BABEL prevention measures in Julie Bertuccelli, p. 23 this regard. SHORT TERM 12 The MOI Child Protection Destin Daniel Cretton, p. 23 Centre works to ensure the safety and security of SIDDHARTH children through effective Richie Mehta, p. 23 communication with all stakeholders, developing THESE BIRDS WALK meaningful internal and Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq, external partnerships and p. 24 ensuring implementation and regulation of child protection legislation, ت اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴ ﻣﺎرا ﺔ اﻟ ﺔ ا ﻤﺘ وﻟ ﺤ د ﺪة policies and best U N IT E D

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Screen time NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION Film Title Duration NEW HORIZONS / AFAQ JADIDA COMPETITION Page number DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION

SHOWCASE SHORT FILM COMPETITION EMIRATES FILM COMPETITION SPECIAL PROGRAMMES

FRIDAY 25 October

EMIRATES Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall PALACE Vox 1 Vox 2 Vox 3 Vox 4 Vox 5 Vox 6 3 pm 3:00 pm HALFAOUINE: 3:15 pm 3:15 pm BOY OF THE BEFORE BREAKFAST TERRACES AT TIFFANY'S SNOWFALL 98 min 105 min 4 pm 115 min p. 18 p. 12 p. 13

4:15 pm THESE BIRDS 4:30 pm WALK FOR THOSE 72 min 5 pm WHO CAN p. 24 TELL NO

TALES 75 min P. 17 - 5:30 pm SCORCHING 6 pm WINDS 6:00 pm 146 min 6:00 pm p. 23 EFC SHORT DJINN 6:15 pm 86 min 6:15 pm NARRATIVE AATSINKI: POTOSI p. 15 COMPETITION 1 6:30 pm THE STORY 120 min 92 min ENOUGH SAID OF ARCTIC p. 21 7 pm p. 29 93 min COWBOYS p. 16 85 min 7:00 pm

p. 12 AN EPISODE

IN THE LIFE

OF AN IRON

PICKER 8 pm 74 min p. 16

9 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm BELLE THE BROKEN ETERNAL WHO IS 104 min CIRCLE THIRST 9:15 pm DAYANI 9:15 pm 9:15 pm p. 12 BREAKDOWN 146 min EFC SHORT CRISTAL THE LIKE FATHER, 110 min p. 16 NARRATIVE 80 min ROOFTOPS LIKE SON 10 pm p. 14 COMPETITION p. 25 91 min 120 min 2 p. 23 p. 19 100 min p. 29

11 pm

12 am

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EMIRATES Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall PALACE Vox 1 Vox 2 Vox 3 Vox 4 Vox 5 Vox 6 12 pm

1 pm

2 pm

3 pm 15:00 LOL with CLASSICs - 3:30 pm 74 min 3:30pm THE THIEF OF p. 33 AMAZONIA 4 pm BAGDAD 83 min 3:45 pm 106 min p. 12 GIRAFFADA p. 24 81 min 4:15 pm p. 17 BLACKFISH 83 min

5 pm p. 13

5:30 pm OMAR 6 pm GATLATO 5:45 pm 90 min EFC STUDENT 6:00 pm SHORT PHILOMENA p. 20 6:15 pm NARRATIVE 6:15 pm 97 min COMPETITION p. 21 PATEMA THESE BIRDS INVERTED 74 min 6:30 pm WALK p. 29 RUN FOR 99 min 6:45 pm 72 min 7 pm p. 21 YOUR LIFE p. 24 WALLS 115 min 85 min p. 23 p. 24

8 pm

9 pm 8:45 pm PANDORA'S 9:00 pm PROMISE 9:00 pm 9:00 pm QISSA EFC SHORT WHISPERS OF 9:15 pm 87 min 9:15 pm 109 min DOCUMENTARY THE CITIES CHILD'S POSE p. 21 LOVE ME p. 22 COMPETITION 62 min 112 min 9:30 pm 75 min 104 min p. 25 p. 15 RAGS AND p. 20 p. 30 10 pm TATTERS

87 min

p. 22

11 pm

12 am

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EMIRATES Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall PALACE Vox 1 Vox 2 Vox 3 Vox 4 Vox 5 Vox 6 12 pm

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2 pm

3 pm 3:00 pm NIGHT MOVES 112 min - 3:30 pm p. 20 RAGS AND 3:45pm 3:45 pm 4 pm TATTERS WHO IS AN EPISODE 87 min DAYANI 4:00 pm IN THE LIFE p. 22 CRISTAL AATSINSKI: OF AN IRON

80 min THE STORY PICKER

p. 25 OF ARCTIC 74 min

COWBOYS p. 16 5 pm 85 min p. 12

6 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm THE SHORT 6:15 pm 6:30 pm UMBRELLAS 6:15 pm TERM 12 ENEMY EFC STUDENT JEALOUSY OF 6:30 pm 96 min 90 min SHORT 76 min CHERBOURG UNDER- p. 23 p. 16 DOCUMENTARY p. 19 7 pm 92 min EXPOSURE COMPETITION p. 24 74 min 70 min 7:00 pm p. 24 p.30 DOCTOR

FABRE WILL CURE YOU 61 min 8 pm p. 15

9 pm 8:45 pm 8:45 pm HARMONY HARLOCK: 9:00 pm LESSONS 9:00 pm SPACE PIRATE 9:00 pm MY SWEET 115 min MAHATAT: 115 min SALVO 9:15 pm PEPPER LAND p. 18 EFC OUT OF p. 18 103 min LIKE FATHER, 95 min COMPETITION 9:30 pm p. 23 LIKE SON p. 20 60 min hanging 120 min 10 pm p. 30 dates under p. 19 ALEPPO's

citadel

71 min

p. 18

11 pm

12 am

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EMIRATES Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall Marina Mall PALACE Vox 1 Vox 2 Vox 3 Vox 4 Vox 5 Vox 6 12 pm

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3 pm 3:00 pm EFC SHORT NARRATIVE 3:15 pm BEFORE 3:30 pm COMPETITION 1 SNOWFALL PANDORA'S 105 min 4 pm 92 min PROMISE p. 12 87 min p. 29 4:00 pm 4:00 pm JEALOUSY p. 21 FOR THOSE 4:15 pm 76 min WHO CAN p. 19 BLACKFISH TELL NO 83 min TALES p. 13 75 min 5 pm p. 17

6 pm 6:00 pm the 6:15pm 6:15 pm catastrophe 6:15 pm 6:15 pm TURNING TIDE FATAL SHORTS BASTARDO 120 min 6:30 pm 96 min ASSISTANCE p. 15 COMPETITION 1 106 min p. 24 100 min 89 min THE RECON- p. 12 7 pm 6:45 pm STRUCTION P. 16 p. 26 CAIRO DRIVE 93 min 77 min p. 22 p. 14

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9 pm 8:45 pm THE SILENCES 9:00 pm 9:00 pm OF THE 9:00 pm 9:00 pm IN THE SANDS FANDRY PALACE 9:15 pm MY STOLEN STILL LIFE 9:15 pm OF BABYLON 103 min 127 min SHORTS REVOLUTION 87 min HIDE YOUR 90 min p. 16 p. 23 COMPETITION 75 min p. 23 SMILING p. 19 2 p. 20 FACES 10 pm 82 min 81 min p. 26 p. 18

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2:15 pm DOCTOR FABRE WILL CURE YOU 3 pm 61 min p. 15 3:00 pm EFC SHORT NARRATIVE - COMPETITION 3:30pm 2 MY SWEET 4 pm 3:45 pm 100 min PEPPER LAND RUN FOR p. 29 4:00 pm 95 min YOUR LIFE hanging p. 20 115 min dates under 4:15 pm p. 23 CANOPY ALEPPO's 4:30 pm citadel 84 min WHISPERS OF p. 15 71 min 5 pm THE CITIES p13 62 min p. 25

6 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm VILLA 69 DREAMS OF BARBER'S 6:15 pm 108 min THE CITY TALES SHORTS p. 24 120 min 120 min COMPETITION 3 6:30 pm p. 15 p. 12 77 min HOLY GRA 6:45 pm 6:45 pm 7 pm p. 27 93 min THE MISSING EL GORT p. 19 PICTURE 86 min

88 min p. 17 p. 20

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9 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 9:00 pm THE THE GOLDEN MY NAME IS JEWELLERY 9:15 pm THREAD 9:15 pm 9:15 pm 9:15 pm HMMM... BOX PEACE AFTER 143 min SHORTS INREALLIFE A TOUCH OF 121 min 139 min MARRIAGE p. 17 COMPETITION 4 90 min SIN p. 20 86 min 70 min 129 min 10 pm p. 19 p. 19 p. 21 p. 27 p. 24

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2 pm 2:00 pm LOVE ME 75 min p. 20

3 pm 3:00 pm 3:00 pm FATAL EFC STUDENT ASSISTANCE SHORT 3:30 pm 100 min NARRATIVE 3:30 pm 3:30pm IN THE SANDS p. 16 COMPETITION SHORT TERM STILL LIFE 74 min 4 pm OF BABYLON 12 3:45 pm 87 min p. 29 THE 92 min 96 min p. 23 ROOFTOPS p. 19 p. 23 91 min

P. 23

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5:30 pm HOLY FIELD 6 pm HOLY WAR 6:00 pm 105 min 6:00 pm only lovers p. 18 HARMONY left alive LESSONS 6:15 pm BLIND DATES 123 min 6:30 pm 115 min 6:30 pm 6:30 pm 97 min p. 21 EMPTYING THE p. 18 SCHOOL OF IDA 7 pm p. 13 SKIES BABEL 80 min 75 min 90 min p. 19

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8:30 pm west beirut 9 pm 105 min 9:00 pm 9:00 pm p. 25 9:00 pm 9:15 pm 9:00 pm quai d'orsay THE MADEMOISELLE THE KILL SIDDHARTH 9:15 pm 113 min GEOGRAPHER C TEAM 96 min THE DOUBLE p. 22 DRANK HIS 93 min 79 min p. 23 93 min GLOBE AWAY p. 20 p. 19 p. 15 120 min 10 pm p. 17

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6 pm 6:00 pm THE 6:15 pm VAGABONDS SHORTS 6:30 pm 120 min COMPETITION 2 6:30 pm HIDE YOUR p. 24 82 min MY STOLEN 7 pm SMILING p. 26 REVOLUTION

FACES 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 75 min

81 min EMPTYING AMAZONIA p. 20

p. 18 THE SKIES 83 min

75 min p. 12

p. 16 8 pm

9 pm 8:45 pm THE 9:00 pm JEWELLERY MY NAME IS BOX 9:15 pm 9:15 pm HMMM... 139 min WALLS WEST BEIRUT 121 min p. 19 9:30 pm 85 min 9:30 pm 105 min p. 20 FANDRY p. 24 DIAL M FOR p. 25 10 pm 103 min MURDER

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9:30 pm DIAL M FOR MURDER 2 pm 105 min p. 15 3:45pm EL GORT

3 pm 3:00 pm 3:00 pm 3:00 pm COMPETITION CAIRO DRIVE SCHOOL OF 3:15 pm WINNER 77 min 3:15 pm BABEL BASTARDO - p. 14 SHORTS 90 min 106 min 3:30 pm COMPETITION 3 p. 23 p. 12 BLIND DATES 3:45 pm 77 min 4 pm 97 min EFC STUDENT p. 27 p. 13 SHORT

DOCUMENTARY

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6 pm 5:45 pm THE THIEF OF 6:00 pm 6:00 pm BAGDAD 6:00 PM CAMILLE 6:15 pm in two minds 6:15 pm 106 min Inreallife CLAUDEL 1915 GIRAFFADA 82 min SHORTS p. 24 86 min 95 min 81 min p. 19 COMPETITION 4 p. 19 p. 14 p. 17 70 min

7 pm 6:45 pm p. 27

COMPETITION

WINNER

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9 pm 8:45 pm IDA 9:00 pm 9:00 pm 80 min 9:00 pm ONCE UPON LE GRAND BARBER'S 9:15 pm 9:15 pm p. 19 A TIME IN THE VOYAGE POTOSÍ TALES WEST ENOUGH SAID 108 min 120 min 93 min 9:30 pm 120 min 165 min p. 17 p. 12 p. 16 THE BROKEN p. 21 p. 20 10 pm CIRCLE

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3 pm 2:45 pm 2:45 pm 2:45 pm COMPETITION THE KILL SALVO WINNER TEAM 103 min 3:15 pm 79 min p. 23

DATE WINE p. 19

100 min 3:30 pm

p. 15 THE RECON- 4 pm STRUCTION

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p. 22

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5:30 pm THE RED 5:45 pm 6 pm 5:45 pm SHOES HOLY GRA THE DOUBLE 133 min 6:00 pm 93min 6:00 pm 93 min p. 22 THE MISSING p. 19 A TOUCH OF p. 15 PICTURE SIN 129 min 6:30 pm 88 min p. 24 COMPETITION p. 20

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9 pm 8:45 pm 8:45 pm NIGHT MOVES SIDDHARTH 112 min 9:00 pm 96 min 21:00 9:00 pm p. 20 9:15 pm CANOPY p. 23 COMPETITION QISSA 84 min 109 min HALFAOUINE: WINNER p. 14 p. 22 BOY OF THE

TERRACES

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p. 17

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7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae 45 COUNTRY INDEX Algeria Finland India S Days Before...... 26 Aatsinki: The Catastrophe...... 15 Omar Gatlato...... 20 The Story of Arctic Cowboys...... 12 Eternal Thirst...... 16 The Rooftops...... 23 Fandry...... 16 France The Golden Thread...... 17 Argentina S Allez HOP!...... 26 In Two Minds...... 19 S The Queen...... 26 Amazonia...... 12 The Jewellery Box...... 19 The Reconstruction...... 16 Bastardo...... 12 Qissa...... 22 Camille Claudel 1915...... 14 Scorching Winds...... 23 Australia Doctor Fabre Will Cure You...... 15 Siddharth...... 16 Canopy...... 15 An Episode in the Life of an Iron Picker...... 16 Iran Bahrain Fatal Assistance...... 16 S Revolutionary Memories of S Accident...... 30 Giraffada...... 17 Bahman Who Loved Leila...... 27 S Streetcar...... 29 Le Grand Voyage...... 17 Halfaouine: Iraq Belgium Boy of the Terraces...... 18 Before Snowfall...... 12 The Broken Circle S Happy Anniversary...... 33 In the Sands of Babylon...... 19 Breakdown...... 14 Harmony Lessons...... 18 My Sweet Pepper Land...... 20 Doctor Fabre Will Cure You...... 15 Holy Field Holy War...... 18 Underexposure...... 24 Fatal Assistance...... 16 Jealousy...... 19 Whispers of the Cities...... 25 S Mont Blanc...... 26 S Le Jour a Vaincu la Nuit...... 26 Mademoiselle C...... 20 Italy Bosnia and The Missing Picture...... 20 An Episode in the Life of an Iron Herzegovina My Name is Hmmm ...... 20 Picker...... 16 An Episode in the Life of an Iron My Sweet Pepper Land...... 20 Giraffada...... 17 Picker...... 16 Philomena...... 21 Halfaouine: For Those Who Can Qissa...... 22 Boy of the Terraces...... 18 Tell No Tales...... 17 Quai d’Orsay...... 22 Holy GRA...... 19 The Rooftops...... 23 Once upon a time Brazil S Rupture...... 33 in the West...... 20 Amazonia...... 12 School of Babel...... 23 Salvo...... 23 The Silences of the Palace...... 23 Still Life...... 23 Cambodia Turning Tide...... 24 Walls...... 24 The Missing Picture...... 20 Umbrellas of Cherbourg...... 24 West Beirut...... 25 Japan Canada S Wipeout...... 26 Harlock: Space Pirate...... 18 Enemy...... 16 S Zakaria...... 26 Like Father, Like Son...... 19 S Gloria Victoria...... 27 Patema Inverted...... 21 Siddharth...... 23 Georgia A Touch of Sin...... 24 Blind Dates...... 13 China Kazakhstan A Touch of Sin...... 24 Germany Harmony Lessons...... 18 Before Snowfall...... 12 Croatia Giraffada...... 17 Kuwait S Prettyboy...... 27 Harmony Lessons...... 18 S Camel Therapy...... 30 My Sweet Pepper Land...... 20 S My Pink Room...... 29 Denmark Only Lovers Left Alive...... 21 S Present...... 30 Ida...... 19 Qissa...... 22 S Whale Valley...... 27 S Reality 2.0...... 27 Lebanon Underexposure...... 24 Hanging dates under Aleppo's Egypt citadel...... 18 Cairo Drive...... 14 West Beirut...... 25 Date Wine...... 15 Haiti Rags and Tatters...... 22 Fatal Assistance...... 16 S Though I Know Mexico the River is Dry...... 27 Potosí...... 21 The Vagabonds...... 24 S Reality 2.0...... 27 Villa 69...... 24 Who is Dayani Cristal?...... 25

46 S = SHORT FILM 7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae Morocco Saudi Arabia S Madrasa...... 29 S Marionette...... 30 Le Grand Voyage...... 17 S With Time...... 29 S Men Subdue...... 30 S Wipeout...... 26 Slovenia S The Merchant...... 30 Nepal An Episode in the Life of an S Mirror...... 29 S Mr. Ideas...... 29 S The Contagious Apparitions Iron Picker...... 16 of Dambarey Dendrite...... 27 S Mutiny...... 29 South Korea My Sweet Pepper Land...... 20 S Oops...... 30 Netherlands S The Big Boy...... 27 In the Sands of Babylon...... 19 S Rooster’s Philosophy...... 29 Qissa...... 22 Spain S Royal Sacrifice...... 30 Enemy...... 16 S Safi...... 29 Norway S Sarab...... 29 Before Snowfall...... 12 Sweden S Silent Art...... 30 Love Me...... 20 My Stolen Revolution...... 20 S Something About Maids...... 30 West Beirut...... 25 S Thorns of Grey...... 29 Switzerland S To a Safe Place...... 29 Oman Date Wine...... 15 Villa 69...... 24 Whispers of the Cities...... 25 S Crossing...... 29 S With Time...... 29 S Papers...... 30 Syria S The Taxi Driver...... 30 Dreams of the City...... 15 United Kingdom Pakistan Tunisia Belle...... 12 Run for Your Life...... 23 Bastardo...... 12 The Double...... 15 These Birds Walk...... 24 El Gort...... 17 InRealLife...... 19 Halfaouine: In the Sands of Babylon...... 19 Palestine Boy of the Terraces...... 18 Only Lovers Left Alive...... 21 Philomena...... 21 Giraffada...... 17 S Precipice...... 27 The Red Shoes...... 22 S Though I Know The Silences of the Palace...... 23 Still Life...... 23 the River Is Dry...... 27 S Zakaria...... 26 The Thief of Bagdad...... 24 Philippines Turkey Who is Dayani Cristal?...... 25 Barber’s Tales...... 12 S Agri and the Mountain...... 26 USA Poland United Arab Emirates Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Cowboys...... 12 Holy Field Holy War...... 18 S Against the Wind...... 30 Blackfish...... 13 Ida...... 19 S The Anatomy of Hope...... 30 Breakfast at Tiffany’s...... 13 S Beewun*...... 30 Qatar Hanging dates under ALEPPO's Dial M for Murder...... 15 Emptying the Skies...... 16 S Bader...... 30 citadel...... 18 Enough Said...... 16 Bastardo...... 12 S Cardboard Roof...... 30 Fatal Assistance...... 16 S Bidoon...... 29 S Collecting my Passion...... 30 S Feeling Good...... 33 For those who can S Daddy ABC...... 29 Hide Your Smiling Faces...... 18 tell no tales...... 17 S Daughter of Life...... 29 The Rooftops...... 23 Djinn...... 15 The Kill Team...... 19 Life of Crime...... 7 S Temsa7...... 30 S Feeding Five Hundred...... 30 Night Moves...... 20 S Though I Know S Freshman...... 29 the River Is Dry...... 27 El Gort...... 17 S One Week...... 33 Once upon a S Grief...... 29 Time in the West...... 20 Romania S Guilt...... 29 Only Lovers Left Alive...... 21 Child’s Pose...... 15 S Happy Birthday Younis...... 29 Pandora’s Promise...... 21 S Hessa...... 29 Peace After Marriage...... 21 Russia S Ice...... 29 Philomena...... 21 The Geographer Drank His S I Don’t Understand...... 29 Globe Away...... 17 In the Sands of Babylon...... 19 Short Term 12...... 23 S Streetcar...... 26, 29 S The Wound...... 26 S Ketchup...... 29 Life of Crime...... 7 These Birds Walk...... 24 S Little People...... 30 S Love Impaired...... 29

7th Abu Dhabi Film Festival | adff.ae 47 INDEX BY GENRE and theme Adventure Drama Amazonia...... 12 An Episode in the Life of an Iron Horror Harlock: Space Pirate...... 18 Picker...... 16 Djinn...... 15 The Thief of Bagdad...... 24 Barber’s Tales...... 12 Only Lovers Left Alive...... 21 Bastardo...... 12 Animals Before Snowfall ...... 12 Immigration Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic Belle...... 12 Before Snowfall ...... 12 Cowboys...... 12 Blind Dates...... 13 Run for Your Life...... 23 Amazonia...... 12 The Broken Circle Breakdown....14 Who Is Dayani Cristal?...... 25 Blackfish...... 13 Camille Claudel 1915...... 14 Emptying the Skies...... 16 Canopy...... 15 Musical The Catastrophe...... 15 The Red Shoes ...... 22 Animation Child’s Pose...... 15 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg...... 24 Harlock: Space Pirate...... 18 Date Wine...... 15 Patema Inverted...... 21 Dial M for Murder...... 15 Politics The Double...... 15 Hanging dates under Aleppo's Art Dreams of the City...... 15 citadel...... 18 Doctor Fabre Will Cure You...... 15 Enemy...... 16 Giraffada...... 17 Eternal Thirst...... 16 In the Sands of Babylon...... 19 Comedy Fandry...... 16 The Kill Team...... 19 Breakfast at Tiffany’s...... 13 For Those Who Can Tell No Tales.17 My Stolen Revolution...... 20 Cairo Drive...... 14 The Geographer Drank His Globe My Sweet Pepper Land...... 20 Enough Said...... 16 Away...... 17 Quai d’Orsay...... 22 The Geographer Drank His Globe Giraffada...... 17 Scorching Winds ...... 23 Away...... 17 Le Grand Voyage...... 17 Walls...... 24 The Jewellery Box...... 19 Halfaouine: West Beirut...... 25 Like Father, Like Son...... 19 Boy of the Terraces...... 18 Rags and Tatters...... 22 Peace After Marriage...... 21 Harmony Lessons...... 18 Quai d’Orsay...... 22 Hide Your Smiling Faces...... 18 Romance Ida...... 19 Breakfast at Tiffany’s...... 13 Dance In Two Minds...... 19 The Broken Circle Breakdown....14 The Red Shoes...... 22 Jealousy...... 19 Eternal Thirst...... 16 Like Father, Like Son...... 19 The Golden Thread...... 17 Documentary Love Me...... 20 The Umbrellas of Cherbourg...... 24 Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic My Name Is Hmmm ...... 20 West Beirut ...... 25 Cowboys...... 12 My Sweet Pepper Land...... 20 Amazonia...... 12 Night Moves...... 20 Social Issues Blackfish...... 13 Only Lovers Left Alive...... 21 The Catastrophe...... 15 Hanging dates under Aleppo's Peace After Marriage...... 21 El Gort...... 17 citadel...... 18 Philomena...... 21 Halfaouine: Cairo Drive...... 14 Qissa...... 22 Boy of the Terraces...... 18 Fatal Assistance...... 16 Rags and Tatters...... 22 Harmony Lessons...... 18 El Gort...... 17 The Reconstruction...... 22 InRealLife...... 19 Holy Field Holy War...... 18 The Rooftops...... 23 Omar Gatlato...... 20 Holy GRA...... 19 Run for Your Life...... 23 Potosí...... 21 InRealLife...... 19 Salvo...... 23 The Rooftops...... 23 The Kill Team...... 19 Scorching Winds...... 23 School of Babel...... 23 The Missing Picture...... 20 Siddharth...... 23 Scorching Winds...... 23 My Stolen Revolution...... 20 The Silences of the Palace...... 23 Short Term 12...... 23 Pandora's Promise...... 21 Still Life...... 23 Siddharth...... 23 School of Babel...... 23 A Touch of Sin...... 24 Underexposure...... 24 These Birds Walk...... 24 Underexposure...... 24 The Vagabonds...... 24 Walls...... 24 The Vagabonds ...... 24 Whispers of the Cities...... 25 Whispers of the Cities...... 25 Villa 69...... 24 Who Is Dayani Cristal...... 25 Western Fashion Once upon a Mademoiselle C...... 20 Time in the West...... 20

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