LINEUP BERLIN 2019 BOOTH MGB #9

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MIDNIGHT TRAVELER A FILM BY HASSAN FAZILI & EMELIE MAHDAVIAN

When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan director Hassan Fazili's head, he is forced to flee with his wife and two young daughters. Capturing their uncertain journey, Fazili shows both the danger and desperation of their multi-year odyssey and the tremendous love shared between them.

“PARTICULARLY GIVEN THE RISE IN IGNORANCE ABOUT AN ANIMOSITY TOWARDS REFUGEES, IT’S A FILM WHICH DESERVES TO BE AS WIDELY SEEN AS POSSIBLE.” SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

Old Chilly Pictures USA - Qatar - Canada - UK / 87’ / 2019 / Documentary Sales for North America: CINETIC

PANORAMA SCREENINGS: SUNDAY 10/02 17:00 CINESTAR 7 MONDAY 11/02 22:30 CINESTAR 7 WEDNESDAY 13/02 14:30 COLOSSEUM 1 FRIDAY 15/02 12:00 CINESTAR 7

EFM SCREENINGS: SATURDAY 09/02 15:00 CINEMAXX 12 TUESDAY 12/02 12:45 CINEMAXX 16 THURSDAY 14/02 17:30 CINEMAXX 11

2 3 EFM MARKET WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY REVOLUTION BY JUDITH DAVIS

With: Judith Davis, Malik Zidi, Claire Dumas

Angèle, a young and restless activist, never stops crusading for social EFM SCREENINGS: justice, losing sight of her friends, family and love in the process. FRIDAY 08/02 14:45 CINEMAXX 12 “A RAGING, HILARIOUS COMEDY.” TELERAMA MONDAY 11/02 9:30 Agat Films - Apsara Films / France / 88’ / 2018 / Feature Film CINEMAXX 14 SLAM BY PARTHO SEN-GUPTA

With: Adam Bakri, Rachael Blake, Abbey Azziz

Ricky is a young Arab Australian whose peaceful suburban life is turned on its head when his sister, Ameena, disappears without trace. In a climate of distrust and xenophobia, she is soon suspected of having joined the ranks of ISIS in Syria. In a “post-facts” world, Ricky no longer knows who to believe, his sense of what’s right or the 24 hour media cycle of spin. “AN IMPECCABLE PIECE OF FILMMAKING : IT WILL KEEP YOU HOOKED!” DIRTY MOVIES EFM SCREENING: Invisible Republic - Dolce Vita Films THURSDAY 07/02 16:45 Australia - France / 115’ / 2018 / Feature Film CINEMAXX 12 EFM MARKET

4 5 EFM MARKET SAF BY ALI VATANSEVER

With: Saadet Işil Akşoy, Erol Afşin, Onur Buldu, Ümmü Putgül

Istanbul, 2018. Urban transformation is sweeping away local communities. Kamil and his wife Remziye are threatened to lose their house. When Kamil suddenly disappears, Remziye have to face the consequences of his actions.

"SAF’S GREATEST STRENGTH IS HOW IT EXPLORES THE WAYS THAT SYSTEMS OF ECONOMICS, COMMUNITY LOYALTY, EFM SCREENINGS: MORAL RELATIVISM AND PREJUDICE INTERACT WITH EACH

OTHER IN OFTEN HARMFUL WAYS." CINEVUE THURSDAY 07/02 13:15 CINEMAXX 12 Terminal Film - 2Pilots Film - 4 Proof Film TUESDAY 12/02 9:40 Turkey - Germany - Romania / 102’ / 2018 / Feature Film CINEMAXX 17 COINCOIN AND THE EXTRA-HUMANS BY BRUNO DUMONT

With: Alane Delhaye, Bernard Pruvost, Philippe Jore, Lucy Caron

Quinquin is now a grown-up and goes by the nickname CoinCoin. He hangs out on the Côte D'Opale and attends meetings of the Nationalist Party with his childhood friend Fatso. His old love, Eve, has abandoned him for Corinne. When a strange magma is found near the town, the inhabitants suddenly start to behave very weirdly. Our two heroes, Captain Van Der Weyden and his assistant Carpentier, investigate these attacks. The Extra-Human invasion has begun.

"200-PLUS MINUTES OF CRAZY." THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Taos Films - Arte France / France / 208' & 4 x 52' / 2018 / Feature Film COMPLETED

6 7 COMPLETED MONROVIA, INDIANA BY FREDERICK WISEMAN

Monrovia, Indiana, 2017. How are community service, duty, spiritual life, generosity and authenticity formed, experienced and lived along with conflicting stereotypes in a small town of mid-America ?

“A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE WAY THE DIRECTOR SCULPTS AND MOULDS HIS MATERIAL TO CREATE AN ARC THAT IS BOTH DRAMATIC AND POETIC.” SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

Zipporah Films / USA / 143' / 2018 / Documentary

EACH Meilleur Film Documentaire AND EVERY MOMENT BY NICOLAS PHILIBERT

EACH AND EVERY MOMENT follows young women and men in nurshing school with the ups and downs of an apprenticeship that confronts them with the life in all its complexities.

“RICH IN NUANCES, A COLLECTIVE PORTRAIT AT ONCE FUNNY AND TOUCHING.” LES FICHES DU CINEMA

Archipel 35 - Longride / France - Japan / 105' / 2018 / Documentary COMPLETED

8 9 COMPLETED COMPLETED HALE COUNTY DEAD SOULS BY WANG BING THIS MORNING, ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATION BEST THIS EVENING DOCUMENTARY DEAD SOULS invites us to meet the BY RAMELL ROSS survivors of the Jiabiangou and Mingshui reeducation camps in China, where Composed of intimate and unencumbered countless prisoners designated as « ultra- moments of people in a community, this rightists » starved to death sixty years ago. film is constructed in a form that allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and “A CHRONICLE YOU’LL WANT TO FOLLOW TO THE consequences of the social construction BITTER END.” VARIETY of race, while simultaneously existing as a testament to dreaming - despite the odds.

“A 360-DEGREE VIEW OF THEIR LIVES, DEPICTING THE TOWN’S POLITICAL DISENFRANCHISEMENT WITHOUT MAKING MISERY PORN OUT OF IT .” THE GUARDIAN Les Films d’Ici - CS Productions - Adok Films - Arte France Cinéma Idiom Film - Louverture FIlms France - Switzerland / 495’ / 2018 / USA / 76’ / 2018 / Documentary Documentary

EASTER SNAP SAMOUNI BY RAMELL ROSS ROAD AN EXCLUSIVE SHORT FILM BY STEFANO SAVONA BY ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATED DIRECTOR RAMELL ROSS SAMOUNI ROAD conveys a deep, multifaceted portrait of a family in Gaza City, before, during and after the tragic With a baited handling of American event that changed its life forever. symbolism, filmmaker RaMell Ross joins five men in the deep South, Alabama, "THE FINAL EFFECT IS DEVASTATING, LEAVING THE who resurrect the homestead ritual of hog VIEWER WITH SORROW, INDIGNATION BUT ALSO processing under the guidance of Johnny SPACE FOR REFLECTION.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Blackmon.

Picofilms - Dugong - Alter Ego Louverture Films France - Italy / 126' / 2018 / USA / 14' / 2018 / Short Film Documentary & Animation

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TOUCH ME NOT WHERE ARE BY ADINA PINTILIE YOU, JOAO GILBERTO? BY GEORGES GACHOT

TOUCH ME NOT looks at how we can find WHERE ARE YOU, JOÃO GILBERTO? sets intimacy in the most unexpected ways, out in the footsteps of Marc Fischer who at how to love another without losing obsessively searched for the legendary ourselves. Brazilian musician João Gilberto.

"STRIKING FOR ITS INTELLIGENCE, "BY BEING BEAUTIFULLY SIMPLE AND LIGHT SELF-ASSURANCE AND ORIGINALITY." WITHIN ITS OWN MELANCHOLIA, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER THE FILM EMBRACES THE SPIRIT OF THE BOSSA NOVA (..) AND BECOMES A FILM ABOUT AND BEYOND BRAZIL ITSELF. " WELT Manekino Film - Rohfilm Productions - Pink - Agitprop - Les Films de l’Etranger Gachot Films - Ideale Audience - Neos Film Romania - Germany - Czech Republic - Switzerland - France - Germany / 106’ / 2018 Bulgaria - France / 125’ / 2018 Documentary

GAME GIRLS FRIEDKIN BY ALINA SKRZESZEWSKA UNCUT BY FRANCESCO ZIPPEL GAME GIRLS follows Teri and her girlfriend Tiahna as they navigate their relationship through the chaotic world of Los Angeles’ With: , Quentin Skid Row, aka the “homeless capital of Tarantino, , , the U.S.” Matthew McConaughey, , and Juno Temple "AN INTIMATE IF RATHER UNREVEALING PORTRAIT OF ROMANCE ON THE SKIDS.” Can the director of one of the most THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER ‘terrifying’ films in the history of cinema also be the most entertaining and engaging person you could ever meet ?

"FRIEDKIN UNCUT IS A VIBRANT INSIGHT ON A WIDELY DISCUSSED FILMOGRAPHY.” LES INROCKS Films de Force Majeure - Blinker Filmproduktion / France - Germany / 86’ / Quoiat Films / Italy / 107' / 2018 2018 / Documentary Documentary

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HOUSE OF CARDIN BY P. DAVID EBERSOLE & TODD HUGHES

Millions know the iconic logo and ubiquitous signature but few know the man behind the larger than life label. Ultimately we seek to answer the question: Who is Pierre Cardin? What is the story behind this legendary icon? House of Cardin is a rare peek into the mind of a genius, an authorized feature documentary chronicling the life and design of Pierre Cardin. A true original, Mr. Cardin has granted the directors the exclusive access to his archives and his empire and promises unprecedented interviews at the sunset of a glorious career.

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By the producers of Room 237 & Political Animal The Ebersole Hughes Company & 13th Gen USA / Documentary / Delivery Autumn 2019

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DEUX (TWO OF US) BY FILIPPO MENEGHETTI

With: Barbara Sukowa, Martine Chevallier, Léa Drucker

Nina and Madeleine, two retired women, are secretly deeply in love for decades. From everybody’s point of view, including Madeleine’s family, they are simply neighbors living on the top floor of their building. They come and go between their two apartments, sharing the tender delights of everyday life together. Until the day their relationship is turned upside down by an unexpected event leading Madeleine’s daughter to slowly unveil the truth about them.

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Paprika Films - Artémis Productions - Tarantula France - Benelux / Feature Film / Delivery Summer 2019

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L’ANGLE MORT (BLIND SPOT) BY PIERRE TRIVIDIC & PATRICK MARIO BERNARD (Dancing, The Other One)

With: Jean-Christophe Folly, Isabelle Carré, Golshifteh Farahani

Dominick always had the power to turn invisible but he chose to keep it secret and barely used it. One day, his ability to control it gets out of his hands, throwing his life and loves into turmoil…

Ex Nihilo - Les Films De Pierre France / Feature Film / Delivery Summer 2019

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LAST WORDS BY JONATHAN NOSSITER (Signs and Wonders, Mondovino, Rio Sex Comedy)

With: Nick Nolte, Charlotte Rampling, Alba Rohrwacher, Stellan Skarsgard, Valeria Golino

What if the last five people on earth in 2085 found joy and delight? Last Words is a story of astonishing human tenderness and creativity in the face of ecological catastrophe.

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Stemal Entertainment - Les Films d’Ici - Paprika Films Italy - France / Feature Film / Delivery Autumn 2019

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DES HOMMES (OF MEN)

A NEW FILM BY

LUCAS BELVAUX GRABHERR ©THIBAULT (, , One Night, Rapt, ) GÉRARD DEPARDIEU CATHERINE FROT Based on the successful novel by Laurent Mauvignier

France, Burgundy, 2003. Solange’s 60th birthday party is interrupted by her estranged brother, Feu-de-Bois. His outburst will bring back painful memories: the untold stories of a generation marked by the Algerian War.

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Synecdoche & Artemis Production France - Benelux / Feature Film / Shooting Spring - Summer 2019 YOANN ZIMMER FÉLIX KYSYL (The unknown Girl, Les fauves) (Lover for a day, Redoubtable)

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