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feature films LIBRARY latest releases BERLINALE PANORAMA - BERLINALE GENERATION À L'ABORDAGE FIPRESCI AWARD POMPEI TORONTO by Guillaume Brac SPECIAL MENTION by Anna Falguères & John Shank With: Eric Nantchouang, Salif Cissé, Edouard Sulpice, With: Garance Marillier, Aliocha Schneider, Vincent Rottiers Asma Messaoudene, Ana Blagojevic, Lucie Gallo, Martin Mesnier, Nicolas Pietri In a deserted region, Victor and his younger brother Jimmy are left to fend for themselves and killing time with a bunch On a hot summer night in Paris, Félix meets a young woman, of other kids does not help overcome loneliness. When Victor Alma. The next morning, she hops on a train to join her family falls in love with Billie, a young girl from a troubled home, in southern France. Félix, determined to follow his soulmate, things slowly begin to change for Jimmy. embarks on a carpool ride with his best friend Chérif and their reluctant driver Edouard. When the car breaks down upon arrival, things turn sour: Alma doesn't seem too pleased by this unexpected visit. Geko Films - Arte France Tarantula - Good Fortune Films - Micro_scope France / 95' / 2020 Belgium - France - Canada / 91' / 2019 TWO OF US TORONTO A SON VENICE - ORIZZONTI by Filippo Meneghetti ROME AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR ROTTERDAM by Mehdi M. Barsaoui ROTTERDAM With: Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker With: Sami Bouajila, Najla Ben Abdallah Nina and Madeleine, two retired women, are secretly deeply Tunisia, summer 2011. The holiday to Southern country ends in love for decades. From everybody's point of view, including in disaster for Fares, Meriem and their 10-year-old son Aziz Madeleine's family, they are simply neighbors living on the when he is accidentally shot in an ambush. His injury will top floor of their building. They come and go between their change their lives as Aziz needs a liver transplant, which leads two apartments, sharing the tender delights of everyday to the discovery of a long buried secret. Will Aziz and their life together. Until the day their relationship is turned upside relationship survive? down by an unexpected event leading Madelein's daughter to slowly unveil the truth about them. Paprika Films - Artémis Productions - Tarantula Dolce Vita Films - Cinetelefilms - 13 Productions France - Benelux / 2019 France - Tunisia - Lebanon - Qatar / 95' / 2019 LOCARNO - CANNES - UN CERTAIN REGARD ECHO CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE PAPICHA CÉSAR FOR BEST FIRST FEATURE by Rúnar Rúnarsson by Mounia Meddour & BEST NEWCOMER With: Adam Bakri, Rachael Blake, Abbey Azziz With: Lyna Khoudri, Shirine Boutella, Amira Hilda Douaouda, Zahra Doumandji, Nadia Kaci Iceland, Christmas time. As everyone prepares for the holidays, a peculiar atmosphere Algeria, 1990, Civil War. Nedjma is an 18 year-old student falls upon the country revealing emotions of both excitement passionate about fashion design. As the social climate and concern. Through 56 scenes, Echo draws a portrait, both becomes more conservative, she rejects the new bans set biting and tender, of modern society. by the radicals and decides to fight for her freedom and independence by putting up a fashion show. Nimbus Iceland - Pegasus Pictures The Ink Connection - High Sea Production - Tayda Film Iceland - France - Switzerland / 79' / 2019 France - Algeria - Belgium - Qatar / 106' / 2019 2 highlights VENICE VENICE - ORIZZONTI ALMAYER'S FOLLY TORONTO MANTA RAY AWARD FOR BEST FILM by Chantal Akerman BUSAN by Phuttiphong Aroonpheng MUMBAI - GOLDEN GETAWAY AWARD With: Stanislas Merhar, Aurora Marion With: Wanlop Rungkumjad, Aphisit Hama, TORONTO Rasmee Wayrana Somewhere in South-East Asia, in a little lost village on a wide and turbulent river, a European man clings to his pipe Near a coastal village of Thailand, by the sea where thousands dreams out of love for his daughter. A story of passion, loss of Rohingya refugees have drowned, a local fisherman finds and madness. an injured man lying unconscious in the forest. He rescues the stranger, offers him his friendship and names him Thongchai. Adapted from the novel by Joseph Conrad. But when the fisherman suddenly disappears at sea, Thongchai slowly begins to take over his friend's life – his house, his job and his ex-wife… Liaison Cinématographique - Artémis Productions - Paradise Films Diversion - les Films de l'Etranger - Youku Pictures France - Belgium / 127' / 2011 Thailand - France - China / 105' / 2018 AS I OPEN MY EYES VENICE DAYS BERLINALE - SILVER BEAR AUDIENCE AWARD & FÉLICITÉ GRAND JURY PRIZE by Leyla Bouzid EUROPA CINEMA LABEL by Alain Gomis FESPACO - GOLDEN STALLION With: Baya Medhaffar, Ghalia Ben Ali With: Véro Tshanda Beya, Papi Mpaka, Gaetan Claudia Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah, Félicité is a proud, free-willed woman working as a singer in 18 years-old, has just graduated and her family already sees a bar in Kinshasa. Her life is thrown into turmoil when her her as a future doctor. But she doesn't think the same way. She 14 year-old son falls victim to an accident. To save him, she sings in a political rock band. She has a passion for life, gets sets out on a breakneck race through the streets of electric drunk, discovers love and her city by night against the will of Kinshasa - a world of music and dreams where she'll cross her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers too well. paths with Tabu… Blue Monday Productions - Propaganda Productions - Helicotronc Andolfi - Granit Films France - Tunisia - Belgium - UAE / 102' / 2015 France - Senegal - Belgium - Germany - Lebanon / 123' / 2017 BERLINALE - GOLDEN BEAR & CANNES - UN CERTAIN REGARD TOUCH ME NOT BEST FIRST FEATURE AWARD THE MINISTER by Adina Pintilie by Pierre Schoeller Tell me how you loved me, so I understand how to love. With: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, TOUCH ME NOT looks at how we can find intimacy in the Zabou Breitman, Laurent Stocker most unexpected ways, at how to love another without losing ourselves. The Minister for Transport, Bertrand Saint-Jean, is woken in the middle of the night by his personal private secretary. A bus has crashed into a ravine. He goes there, he has no choice. Thus begins the odyssey of a State official through an Manekino Film - Rohfilm Productions - Pink - Agitprop - increasingly complex and hostile world. Les Films de l'Etranger Romania - Germany - Czech Republic - Bulgaria - France / Archipel 35 - Les Films du Fleuve - France 3 Cinema 125' / 2018 France - Belgium / 112' / 2011 3 all about women MONTREAL - BEST ACTRESS & CANNES - MELODY JURY SPECIAL BEAUTY AND THE DOGS UN CERTAIN by Bernard Bellefroid by Kaouther Ben Hania REGARD With: Rachael Blake, Lucie Debay With: Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli Melody, 28 years old, decides to rent out her body in order During a student party, Mariam, a young Tunisian woman, to realize her dream. She accepts to carry the child of Emily, meets the mysterious Youssef and leaves with him. A long a rich English woman. To make sure everything goes well, night will begin, during which she'll have to fight for her rights Emily decides to welcome Melody into her home during the and her dignity. But how can Justice be made when it lies on pregnancy. The bonds that emerge creates all sorts of doubts the side of the tormentors? and questions. Artémis Productions - Samsa Film - Tanit Films - Cinetelefilms Liaison Cinématographique - .Mille et une. Films Tunisia - France - Sweden - Norway - Lebanon - Qatar - Belgium - Luxembourg - France / 94' / 2014 Switzerland / 100' / 2017 LA ROCHELLE - TORONTO JUST LIKE A WOMAN BEST ACTRESS HER JOB THESSALONIKI - by Rachid Bouchareb AWARD by Nikos Labôt BEST ACTRESS AWARD With: Sienna Miller, Golshifteh Farahani, Roschdy Zem With: Marisha Triantafyllidou, Dimitris Imellos Marylin and Salma travel across the United States. One Panayiota, a 37-year-old illiterate housewife, leads a quiet life of them wants to make her dream come true and become with her family in a modest neighbourhood in Athens. To cope a professional belly dancer, while the other one tries to run with the recession, for the first time in her life, she finds a job away from the police. The bonds of their friendship are about as a cleaner. Despite the ruthlessness of her work-environment, to couple their destinies, changing their lives forever. she gradually gains the respect she never had from her family. When a series of layoffs starts, she'll have to face again her Taglhit LLC - Cohen Media Group - 3B Productions - personal dead ends. Arte France - The Bureau - Doha Film Institute - Minerva Production Group - Tassili Films Homemade Films - Sister productions - Sense Production France - USA / 85' / 2012 Greece - France - Serbia / 90' / 2018 BADEN BADEN BERLINALE FORUM LOLA PATER LOCARNO - PIAZZA GRANDE by Rachel Lang by Nadir Moknèche With: Salomé Richard, Claude Gensac, Swann Arlaud, With: Fanny Ardant, Tewfik Jallab, Lubna Azabal Zabou Breitman After a failed attempt at working on a foreign film set, 26 When his mother dies, Zino decides to go looking for his year-old Ana returns to her hometown of Strasbourg. Over father. But 25 years ago, Farid became Lola... the scorching summer that follows, she decides to replace her grandmother's bathtub with a walk-in shower,drive a Porsche, harvest plums, lose her driver's license, sleep with her best friend and get back together with her ex. In short, she tries to get her life together. Chevaldeuxtrois - Tarantula Blue Monday Productions - Versus Production Belgium - France / 95' / 2016 France - Belgium / 95' / 2017 4 all about women teenage focus CATCH THE WIND TORONTO CORNICHE KENNEDY by Gaël Morel by Dominique Cabrera With: Sandrine Bonnaire, Lubna Azabal, Mouna Fettou With: Lola Créton, Alain De Maria, Kamel Kadri, Aïssa Maïga Edith, a 45-year-old textile factory worker, sees her life turned upside down by the company's downsizing measures. In the space of one summer, a group of idle teens attempt Estranged from her son and without any other ties, rather to defy the laws of gravity by diving along the Kennedy cliff than go into unemployment, she decides to leave her life near Marseille.