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“ By the director of Mediterranea (Cannes Critics’ Week 2015), Best Director at the Gotham Independent Film Awards and 3 nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards including Best First Feature. Winner of the Cannes Discovery Award with his short film A Ciambra in 2014 (Cannes Critics’ Week 2014). His second feature A Ciambra, based on his short film, was developed at the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence »

2017 I 120 min I Italian I Drama Italy, US, France, Sweden CAST: Pio Amato, Koudous Seihon, Iolanda Amato, Damiano Amato PRODUCTION: Stayblack Productions, RT Features, Sikelia Productions, Rai Cinema

SYNOPSIS: In A CIAMBRA, a small Romani community in Calabria, Pio Amato is desperate to grow up fast. At 14, he drinks, smokes and is one of the few to easily slide between the regions’ factions - the local Italians, the African immigrants and his fellow Romani. Pio follows his older brother Cosimo everywhere, learning the necessary skills for life on the streets of their hometown. When Cosimo disappears and things start to go wrong, Pio sets out to prove he’s ready to step into his big brother’s shoes and in the process he must decide if he is truly ready to become a man. A CIAMBRA Available worldwide. FROST A film by Sharunas Bartas « By the director of Peace to us in our dreams (Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2015), Freedom (Competition Venice 2000), The House (Un Certain Regard 1997) and Few of us (Un Certain Regard 1996). « The beauty of Sharunas’ films is inherent in the way in which they stand on a quivering thread that links their auteur, his sorrow, and his light, with the sorrow and light of the surrounding world.» Leos Carax

2017 I 130 min I Lithuanian, English, Russian, Ukrainian I Drama Lithuania, France, Poland, Ukraine CAST: Mantas Janciauskas, Lyja Maknaviciute, Vanessa Paradis, Andrzej Chyra PRODUCTION: Studija Kinema, KinoElektron, Insight Media / Tato Film, Donten & Lacroix Films, KNM CO PRODUCTION: Reborn Production in association with Arte Cofinova

SYNOPSIS: Rokas and Inga, a couple of young Lithuanians, volunteer to drive a cargo van of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. When plans change and they find themselves left to their own, they cross the vast snowy lands of the Donbass region in search of allies and shelter, drifting into the lives of those affected by the war. They approach the frontline in spite of danger, growing all the more close to each other, as they begin to understand what it is like to be living through war. Available worldwide except Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine. FROST JEANNETTE, the childhood of Joan of Arc A musical film by Bruno Dumont

« By the director of Slack Bay (Cannes Competition 2016), Li’l Quinquin (Directors’ Fortnight 2014), Camille Claudel 1915 ( Berlin Competition 2013), Flandres (Grand Prize of the Jury Cannes 2006), L’Humanité (Grand Prize of the Jury, Best Actress and Best Actor Cannes 1999) Choregraphy by Philippe Découflé and music by Igorrr »

2017 I 106 min I French I Musical France CAST: Lise Leplat Prudhomme, Jeanne Voisin, Lucile Gauthier, Victoria Lefebvre Production: Taos Films, Arte France, Pictanovo

SYNOPSIS: France, 1425. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, the young Jeannette, at the still tender age of 8, looks after her sheep in the small village of Domremy. One day, she tells her friend Hauviette how she cannot bear to see the suffering caused by the English. Madame Gervaise, a nun, tries to reason with the young girl, but Jeannette is ready to take up arms for the salvation of souls and the liberation of JEANNETTE, the Kingdom of France. Carried by her faith, she will become Joan of Arc. Available worldwide except Austria, Benelux, China, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain. the childhood of Joan of Arc ThEY A fi lm by aNahIta ghaZvINIZaDeh

« Winner of the First Cannes Cinefondation Award 2013 and the Silver Hugo at Chicago International Film Festival for her short Needle. Selected as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent fi lmmaking in 2013 by the Filmmaker Magazine »

2017 I 80 min I English, Farci I Drama US, Qatar CAST : Rhys Fehrenbacher, Koohyar Hosseini, Nicole Coffi neau PRODUCTION : Mass Ornament Film

SYNOPSIS: Fourteen-year-old J goes by the pronoun ”They” and lives with their parents in the suburbs of Chicago. J is exploring their gender identity while taking hormone blockers to postpone puberty. After two years of medication and therapy, J has to make a decision whether or not to transition. Over this crucial weekend while their parents are away, J’s sister Lauren and her Iranian friend/partner Araz arrive to take care of ”They”. Available worldwide. ThEY BAD LUCKY GOAT A film by Samir Oliveros « An affably quirky debut feature! » « As inviting as a gentle tropical breeze! » The Hollywood Reporter « An unexpected surprise, lively and spry, funny and thoughtful! » Screen Anarchy

2017 I 76 min I Creole I Comedy Colombia CAST : Honlenny Huffington, Kiara Howard PRODUCTION : Solar Cinema

SYNOPSIS: After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation. Corn and Rita must find a way to repair the truck in time to pick up the tourists that will be staying at their family’s hotel. As they struggle to find the means necessary to conceal the accident, the siblings will visit a butcher, rastafari drum makers, a pawn shop and even a witch doctor, in a 24-hour adventure around Port Paradise. BAD LUCKY GOAT Available worldwide except Canada, USA. BARRAGE A fi lm by laura SChrOeDer « Movingly delicate family drama » Indiewire « Intimate and well-played drama, a veritable affaire de famille » THR « Over-powering rawness, both in its presentation, highly-skilled direction and superbly crafted acting » The Hollywood News

2017 I 109 min I French I Drama Luxembourg, Belgique, France CAST : Lolita Chammah, Thémis Pauwels, Isabelle Huppert PRODUCTION : Red Lion CO-PRODUCTION : Entre Chien et Loup, MACT Productions

SYNOPSIS: After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg to catch up with her daughter Alba, who is being brought up by Catherine’s mother Elisabeth. Alba is cold and distant towards this stranger who show up unexpectedly in her life, and so is Elisabeth, keen to keep her protégée to herself. One day, Catherine cannot take it anymore. She “kidnaps” Alba and takes her on a trip to a lake up North. So begins an unsettling journey into the puzzling and complex world of motherly love. Available worldwide except Benelux, China, Former Yugoslavia, France, Italy. BARRAGE THE ETERNAL FEMININE (LOS ADIOSES) A film by Natalia Beristain

« By the director of I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Venice Critics’ Week 2012) and Banana Fish (Short film - Cannes Critics’ Week and Best Mexican Short Film Morelia 2008)».

2017 I 85 min I Spanish I Drama Mexico CAST: Karina Gidi, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Tessa Ia, Pedro de Tavira Egurrola PRODUCTION: Mr. Woo, Zamora Films, Chamaca Films

DELIVERY FALL 2017

SYNOPSIS: Rosario Castellano is an introverted university student who doesn’t seem to belong to her time. In the early 1950s in Mexico City, she is fighting to have voice heard in a society run by men. She is about to become one of the biggest female writers in Mexican literature, but her tumultuous love story with Ricardo Guerra will manifest her fragility and contradictions. At the peak of her career and her marriage, she will ignite a discussion that will mark a turning point in her life. THE ETERNAL FEMININE Available worldwide except Mexico. (LOS ADIOSES) SCREENINGS

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