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CANNES 2013 contacts: BFI Film Fund T: +44 (0) 207 173 3223 E: [email protected] W: bfi.org.uk ScREENING IN DIRECTORS’ FORTNIGHT LAST DAYS ON MARS THE SELFISH GIANT director: Ruairi Robinson director: Clio Barnard producers: Michael Kuhn & Andrea Cornwell producer: Tracy O’Riordan screenplay: Clive Dawson (based on the short story screenplay: Clio Barnard The Animators by Sydney J. Bounds) cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder cast: Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Goran Kostic, Johnny Harris, Tom Cullen, Yusra THE SELFISH GIANT is a contemporary fable about 13 Warsama & Olivia Williams year old Arbor and his best friend Swifty. Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighbourhood, the Official Screenings two boys meet Kitten, a local scrapdealer – the Selfish Mon 20th May 14.30 Théâtre Croisette Giant. They begin collecting scrap metal for him using a horse and cart. Swifty has a natural gift with horses Mon 20th May 22.00 Théâtre Croisette while Arbor emulates Kitten – keen to impress him and Thu 23rd May 22.00 Studio 13 make some money. However, Kitten favours Swifty, Fri 24th May 22.30 Cinéma Les Arcades leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, becoming more like Kitten. Tensions build, international sales: leading to a tragic event, which transforms them all. Focus Features International Résidence du Gray d’Albion 12, la Croisette, 2nd Floor Official Screenings T: +33 (0)4 93 39 66 20 Fri 17th May 9.00 Théâtre Croisette W: focusfeatures.com Fri 17th May 17.15 Théâtre Croisette Sat 18th May 11.30 Les Arcades Sat 18th May 19.30 Studio 13 Sun 19th May 17.00 La Licorne international sales: Protagonist Pictures E: [email protected] W: protagonistpictures.com ScREENING IN CRITICS’ WEEK FOR THOSE IN PERIL The Selfish Giant director: Paul Wright producers: Mary Burke & Polly Stokes screenplay: Paul Wright cast: Kate Dickie, Nichola Burley & George MacKay Last Days on Mars Aaron, a young misfit in a remote Scottish community, is the lone survivor of a strange fishing accident that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother. Spurred on by sea-going folklore and local superstition, the village blames him for this tragedy, making him an outcast amongst his own people. Steadfastly refusing to believe that his brother is dead, and possessed by grief, madness and magic, Aaron sets out to recover him… For Those in Peril Official Screenings Sat 18th May 11.30 Espace Miramar Sat 18th May 17.00 Espace Miramar Sat 18th May 22.00 Espace Miramar Sun 19th May 08.30 Espace Miramar international sales: Protagonist Pictures E: [email protected] W: protagonistpictures.com ScREENING IN CANNES CLASSICS A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM director: Mark Cousins producers: Adam Dawtrey & Mary Bell A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM is the world’s first movie about kids in global cinema. A passionate, poetic portrait of the adventures of childhood – its surrealism, loneliness, fun, destructiveness and vitality – as seen through 53 great films from 25 countries. The critical and commercial hits such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Moonrise Kingdom to well-known classics The Red Balloon and 400 Blows, it also features dozens of rarely seen masterpieces. A STORY OF CHILDREN AND FILM is an eye opener, a landmark film and a celebration of both childhood and the movies international sales: HanWay Films 1st Floor, Residence du Gray d’Albion 4 rue des Serbes T: +33 (0) 4 93 38 61 09 / 13 W: hanwayfilms.com A Story of Children and Film ScREENING IN ACID SWANDOWN director: Andrew Kötting producer: Lisa Marie Russo writer: Iain Sinclair SWANDOWN is a travelogue and odyssey of Olympian ambition in which the filmmaker and the writer pedal a swan-shaped pedalo from Hastings on the south coast of England via the sea, rivers and canals to London. With modest references to Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo mixed with a little Dadaism, the film documents their epic journey, on which they are joined by invited guests who share in the pedalling. Official Screenings Wed 22 May 11.00 Studio 13 Swandown Wed 22 May 20.00 Cinéma Les Arcades international sales: Wavelength Pictures Village International - Pavilion 121 T: +44 7968 772792 E: [email protected] W: wavelengthpictures.co.uk IN POST-PRODUCTION ALAN PARTRIDGE: ALPHA PAPA CALVARY director: Declan Lowney director: John Michael McDonagh cast: Steve Coogan, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee producer: Chris Clark screenplay: John Michael McDonagh Steve Coogan’s famous local radio DJ / one time talk cast: Brendon Gleeson, Aidan Gillen, Chris O’Dowd show host Alan Partridge is one of the UK’s most-loved & Kelly Reilly characters along with THE OFFICE and HOT FUZZ. He comes to the cinema screen in this unmissable Father James is a good man, intent on making the world British comedy. a better place He is continually shocked and saddened by the spiteful and confrontational inhabitants of his small international sales: country town. After his life is threatened during Studio Canal confession, he finds himself having to battle the dark Stand N°H.5, Palais Des Festivals forces closing in around him. T: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 33 international sales: Protagonist Pictures BELLE E: [email protected] W: protagonistpictures.com director & writer: Amma Asante producer: Damian Jones CATCH ME DADDY co-producer: Hayley Williams cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sarah Gadon, Sam Reid, Tom Wilkinson, Emily Watson, Matthew Goode & director: Daniel Wolfe Miranda Richardson Producer: Michael Elliott Co-Producer: Hayley Williams BELLE is inspired by the true story of Dido Belle, a mixed Screenplay: Daniel Wolfe & Matthew Wolfe race girl raised as an aristocratic lady in England at the Cast: Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Gary Lewis, Conor end of the 18th century. Half black and half white, Dido is McCarron, Wasim Zakir & Nichola Burley the result of a union between British naval officer, Sir Admiral John Lindsay, and an African slave woman. When Dido’s mother dies, making her an orphan at the In a closed community freedom comes with a price. age of six, her father comes to claim her before returning Dishonour your family; pay with your life. On the run to his family home at Kenwood House in Hampstead. from bounty hunters who will stop at nothing to capture There he beseeches his uncle, the Earl of Mansfield, to them, Laila and Aaron soon find themselves propelled take the child into his care and to raise her alongside her towards a dramatic showdown. cousin, Elizabeth, with equality and privilege in a manner befitting her aristocratic blood line. Prevented international sales: from marrying because of the colour of her skin, Dido Altitude Film Sales must navigate her way past barriers of race and class. Grand Hotel Residence, 2nd Floor Although she has the affection of a loving family, society T: +33 (0)4 93 99 47 97 will place many constraints upon her which she must fight to overcome if she is to discover the path to true love and self-acceptance. international sales: Bankside Films 55 La Croisette, 6th Floor T: +33 (0)4 80 80 52 10 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Calvary Catch Me Daddy Belle CUBAN FURY FRANK director: James Griffiths director: Lenny Abrahamson cast: Nick Frost (Snow White and The Huntsman, Hot producers: David Barron, Ed Guiney & Stevie Lee Fuzz), Rashida Jones (The Office) & Chris O’Dowd screenplay: Jon Ronson & Peter Straughan (Bridesmaids) cast: Michael Fassbender, Domhnall Gleeson, Beneath Bruce Garrett’s shabby, overweight exterior, the Maggie Gyllenhaal & Scoot McNairy passionate beating heart of a salsa king lays dormant. Only one woman can reignite his Latin. FRANK is a comedy about a young wannabe musician, Jon (Gleeson), who discovers he’s bitten off more than international sales: he can chew when he joins a band of eccentric pop Studio Canal musicians led by the mysterious and enigmatic Stand N°H.5, Palais Des Festivals Frank (Fassbender). T: +33 (0)4 92 99 32 33 international sales: THE DOUBLE Protagonist Pictures E: [email protected] W: protagonistpictures.com director: Richard Ayoade producers: Amina Dasmal & Robin C Fox HALF OF A YELLOW SUN screenplay: Richard Ayoade & Avi Korine cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska & Noah Taylor director: Biyi Bandele Simon is a timid man, scratching out an isolated producers: Andrea Calderwood & Gail Egan existence in an indifferent world. He is overlooked at screenplay: Biyi Bandele, based on the novel by work, scorned by his mother, and ignored by the woman Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie of his dreams. He feels powerless to change any of these cast: Thandie Newton (Crash), Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anika things. The arrival of a new co-worker, James, serves to Noni Rose (Dreamgirls), John Boyega (Attack the Block) upset the balance. James is both Simon’s exact physical double and his opposite - confident, charismatic and good with women. To Simon’s horror, James slowly Based on the best-selling novel by Chimamanda Ngozi starts taking over his life. It’s a nightmare from which Adichie, HALF OF A YELLOW SUN is a sweeping love he’s unable to awake. story weaving together the lives of four people swept up in the turbulence of war. international sales: Protagonist Pictures international sales: The Double E: [email protected] Ealing Metro W: protagonistpictures.com Apt.21 Relais de la Reine, 42/43 La Croisette T: +33 (0)6 33 29 13 14 (Asif Ali) Cuban Fury Half of a Yellow Sun Frank LE WEEKEND PHILOMENA director: Roger Michell director: Stephen Frears producer: Kevin Loader producers: Gabrielle Tana & Tracey Seaward screenplay: Hanif Kureishi screenplay: Jeff Pope & Steve Coogan cast: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan & Jeff Goldblum cast: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan & Anna Maxwell Martin A married couple (Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) Philomena is the true story of one mother’s search for revisit Paris to revitalise their marriage, and run into her lost son.