LINE UP & LIBRARY 2017 PREMIUM FILMS

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1 LINE UP & LIBRARY 2017 PREMIUM FILMS

2 LINE UP & LIBRARY 2017 PREMIUM FILMS

3 JESUS A film by Fernando Guzzoni - France, Chile, Germany, Greece, Colombia - Spanish - 83 TORONTO IFF DISCOVERY OFFICIAL SELECTION SAN SEBASTIAN IFF OFFICIAL SELECTION CPH PIX THESSALONIKI IFF TORINO IFF BEST ACTOR MAR DEL PLATA IFF Santiago, Chile. Jesús, 18, lives alone with his father Hector in a flat where the TV covers up their inability to communicate. The rest of the time, he dances in a K-pop band, hangs out with friends and does drugs, watches trashy clips and has sex in public places, looking for a thrill. One night, he finds it with his friends, being involved in an irreversible misadventure. If this event will make Jesús and Hector closer than ever, it will also tear them apart forever. Cast : Nicolás Durán, Alejandro Goic, Gastón Salgado, Sebastián Ayala, Esteban González Production companies : Jba Production, Rampante Films Produced by : Jacques Bidou & Marianne Dumoulin, Giancarlo Nasi LINE UP BY THE DIRECTOR OF THE MULTI-AWARDED DOG FLESH

4 6.9 ON THE RICHTER A film by Nae Caranfil - Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria - Romanian TRANSILVANIA IFF (ROMANIA) OPENING SCREENING A humble Romanian actor in his 40 s, hardly surviving between a complicated part in a musical, a depressed wife, and the obsession of an imminent, devastating earthquake, becomes the victim of his manipulative father. Cast : Teo Corban, Laurentiu Banescu, Maria Obretin, Alexandru Papadopol, Adrian Vancica Production company : Mobra Films Produced by : Cristian Mungiu LINE UP

5 MY FIRST HIGHWAY A film by Kevin Meul - Belgium - Flemish - 82 ROME IFF - ALICE NELLA CITTÀ STOCKHOLM IFF TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS JUST FILM YOUTH PROGRAMME GRAND PRIX DU JURY During family holidays in Spain, Benjamin falls in love with an intriguing local girl. Being both outsiders, they are strongly attracted to each other. After one night wandering together, she shares her darkest secret with him : she needs to find the man who raped her. They leave for a trip Benjamin will never forget. Cast : Aäron Roggeman, Romy Louise Lauwers, Charlie Vanhoof, Mathias Sercu, Natali Broods Production company : Fobic Films Produced by : Geoffrey Enthoven, Mariano Vanhoof LINE UP

6 THANK YOU FOR BOMBING A film by Barbara Eder - Austria - English, German TORONTO IFF CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA ZURICH FILMFESTIVAL THESSALONIKI IFF TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL GÖTEBORG IFF HONG KONG IFF FILMKUNSTFEST MAIN PRIZE «FLYING OX» Three international TV correspondents cross paths while waiting for a war that has already begun long ago in their own lives. Cast : Manon Kahle, Erwin Steinhauer, Raphael von Bargen, Mohammad Jamil Jalla, Tamer Abdel Rahim, Saxton Stewart Production company : Lotus-Film GmbH Produced by : Tommy Pridnig, Peter Wirthensohn

7 BANANA A film by Andrea Jublin - Italy - Italian - 90 FESTIVAL DU FILM ITALIEN D ANNECY FESTIVAL CINÉ JUNIOR ART CINEMA AWARD (CICAE) CANNES ECRAN JUNIOR SELECTION MELBOURNE IFF STOCKHOLM JUNIOR IFF SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL The story of a naive young boy, not that good at school, trying to win a girl s love. A football fan with a foot with the shape of a banana, who points out the more difficult, honest and vital road to happiness. Cast : Marco Todisco, Beatrice Modica, Anna Bonaiuto, Giorgio Colangeli, Camilla Filippi, Gianfelice Imparato, Giselda Volodi Production company : Good Films Produced by : Olivia Musini

8 NECKTIE YOUTH A film by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer - South Africa, Netherlands - Afrikaans, English - 86 BERLINALE PANORAMA TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL NARRATIVE COMPETITION DURBAN IFF MAIN COMPETITION BEST SOUTH AFRICAN FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL JOURNEY GÖTEBORG IFF Haunted by the memory of Emily, a girl who live-streamed her suicide one year ago, Jabz and his best friend September go on a drugfueled joyride through the affluent suburbs of Johannesburg. Cast : Bonko Khoza, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, Colleen Balchin, Kamogelo Moloi, Emma Tollman, Jonathan Young, Kelly Bates Production company : Urucu Media Produced by : Elias Ribeiro, John Trengove

9 THE GREATEST HOUSE IN THE WORLD A film by Ana V. Bojorquez & Lucia Carreras - Guatemala, Mexico - Spanish - 74 BERLINALE GENERATION BUSAN INTERNATIONAL KIDS AND YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL DE BIARRITZ AMÉRIQUE LATINE STUTTGARTER KINDERFILMTAGE CHENNAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE FRIBOURG CINÉLATINO, RENCONTRES DE TOULOUSE When her pregnant mother starts having premature contractions, Rocio finds herself on the adventure of a lifetime : she is sent to drive their herd of sheep across the mountainous pastures all on her own. Cast : Marco Todisco, Beatrice Modica, Anna Bonaiuto, Giorgio Colangeli, Camilla Filippi, Gianfelice Imparato, Giselda Volodi Production company : Underdog Produced by : Sandra Paredes Orihuela, Ana Virginia Bojorquez

10 FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE A film by Nguyen Hoang - Vietnam, France, Germany, Norway - Vietnamese - 98 TORONTO IFF DISCOVERY VENICE CRITICS WEEK GÖTEBORG IFF HELSINKI CINE AASIA FRIBOURG IFF A teenage girl gets knocked-up; she has to work as a prostitute to have money for the abortion since the young father of the baby is useless. Ironically, the only man willing to give her money is crazy about her pregnant belly. It gets more complicated when he makes her so happy that sometimes she forgets that the baby is growing bigger inside her. Cast : Nguyen Thuy Anh, Tran Bao Son, Hoang Ha, Pham Tran Thanh Duy Production company : Cine-Sud Promotion Produced by : Thierry Lenouvel

11 THE JUDGMENT A film by Stephan Komandarev - Bulgaria - Bulgarian - 95 SOFIA IFF WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION GOLDEN ROSE BULGARIAN FEATURE FILM FESTIVAL COMPETITION BEST FILM AND BEST ACTOR TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL 18 TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN UNION FILM FESTIVAL OF CHICAGO Mityo and his son Vasko live in a poor area, near to the Bulgarian-Turkish- Greek Border. Mityo had lost everything that has mattered to him - his wife, his work, the confidence of his son. In order to get him back, he has to find forgiveness and pay for his sin, done 25 years ago. Cast : Assen Blatechki, Miki Manojlovic, Ovanes Torosian Production companies : Argo Films, Neue Mediopolis Filmproduktion GmbH Produced by : Valentin Valkov, Nicole Zscherny ACADEMY AWARDS BULGARIAN OFFICIAL ENTRY

12 NUOC 2030 A film by Nghiem-Minh Nguyen Vo - Vietnam - Vietnamese - 98 BERLINALE PANORAMA OPENING FILM DURBAN IFF BUSAN IFF A WINDOW ON ASIAN CINEMA MOSTRA INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA SAO PAULO TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL In a near future Vietnam where global warming and rising seawater levels have forced cultivation to be done on floating farms, a strongwilled woman has to make a critical decision about her ex-lover, a suspect of her husband s murder. Cast : Quynh Hoa, Quy Binh, Thach Kim Long, Hoang Tran Minh Duc, Hoang Phi Production company : Saigon Media Produced by : Dang Tam Chanh, Nguyen The Thanh, Nghiem-Minh Nguyen Vo, Bao Nguyen

13 WHITE SHADOW A film by Noaz Deshe - Tanzania, Germany, Italy - Kiswahili VENICE FILM FESTIVAL CRITIC S WEEK THE LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS LION OF THE FUTURE AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WORLD COMPETITION GÖTEBORG IFF ROTTERDAM IFF TRANSILVANIA IFF SPECIAL JURY MENTION ERA NEW HORIZONS WROCLAW IFF COMPETITION BEST FILM, AUDIENCE AWARD The story of Alias, a young Albino on the run, hunted by local witch doctors who use Albinos body parts for their potions. Cast : Hamisi Bazili, James Gayo, Glory Mbayuwayu, Salum Abdallah, Tito D. Ntanga, Riziki Ally, James P. Salala, John S. Mwakipunda Production companies : Asmara Films, Shadoworks, Mocajo Film Produced by : Ginevra Elkann, Noaz Deshe, Francesco Melzi d Eril

14 I AM YOURS A film by Iram Haq - Norway - Norwegian, Swedish - 96 TORONTO IFF DISCOVERY LES ARCS EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL JURY MENTION PALM SPRINGS IFF COMPETITION SPECIAL JURY MENTION GÖTEBORG IFF NORDIC COMPETITION BELGRADE FILM FESTIVAL EUROPE OUT OF EUROPE BEST FILM BRASÍLIA IFF PANORAMA MUNDI BEST FILM AND BEST ACTRESS Mina is a young single mother living in Oslo with her 6 year old son Felix. She is of Norwegian Pakistani descent with a troubled family relationship. Constantly looking for love, Mina seeks affection from the men she hooks up with. However, none of the relationships bear any hope of lasting very long. So when Mina meets Jesper, a Swedish film director, she falls head over heels in love. Cast : Amrita Acharia, Ola Rapace, Tobias Santelmann, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Rabia Abid Ali Production company : Mer Film AS Produced by : Maria Ekerhovd

15 THIS IS SANLITUM A film by Robert I. Douglas - China, Iceland - English - 94 DIE WELT A film by Alex Pistra Netherlands - Arabic, Dutch - 95 TORONTO IFF CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA TALLINN BLACK NIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL Gary is in Beijing to make it big, after failing to impress his Chinese investors he soon takes up English teaching and life lessons from Frank, an incompetent mentor. Gary s real reasons for staying become apparent when his son and Chinese ex-wife enter the picture. Cast : Carlos Ottery, Ai Wan, Hu Gaoxiang, Christopher Loton, Cromwell Cheung Production companies : Film Douglas, Vintage Pictures Produced by : Maureen Sherrard, Ai Wan, Hlín Jóhannesdóttir, Róbert Ingi Douglas ROTTERDAM IFF BRIGHT FUTURE NEW DIRECTORS NEW FILMS OFFICIAL SELECTION Abdallah, a young DVD salesman from Tunis, is dreaming of a better life in Europe, or Die Welt, as his father calls the other side of the Mediterranean. Cast : Abdelhamid Nawara, Mohsen Ben Hassen, Ilse Heus, Judith van der Meulen, Kamel Ben Khalfa, Rahma Ben Hassen Production companies : Alex Pitstra Media film, Schaftkip Films Produced by : Karim Alexander Pitstra

16 SOLDATE JEANNETTE A film by Daniel Hoesl - Austria - German - 79 LEONES A film by Jazmín López Argentina, France, Netherlands - Spanish - 82 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION ROTTERDAM IFF HIVOS TIGER AWARDS COMPETITION HIVOS TIGER AWARD NEW DIRECTORS NEW FILMS Fanni has had enough of money and leaves the city. Anna has had enough of pigs and leaves the farm. In the new game Fanni rolls the dice, while Anna does not think twice. Differences appeal to them and they move on cheerfully toward a new-found freedom. Cast : Johanna Orsini-Rosenberg, Christina Reichsthaler, Josef Kleindienst, Bettina Köster, Julia Scranz Production company : European Film Conspiracy Produced by : Katharina Posch 2012 VENICE ORRIZZONTI ROTTERDAM IFF NEW DIRECTORS NEW FILMS Deep in the forest a group of five friends wander around like a lion pack. Lost in their word games, they play and seduce each other while going back and forth into adulthood territory, in a desperate search to avoid their already written story. Cast : Julia Volpato, Pablo Sigal, Macarena del Corro, Diego Vegezzi, Tomás Mackinlay Production companies : Rei Cine, Petit Films, Lemming Film Produced by : Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Jean des Forêts

17 BOY EATING THE BIRD S FOOD A film by Ektoras Lygizos Based on the novel «Hunger» by Nobel Prize Knut Hamsun Greece - Greek - 90 CRAWL A film by Hervé Lasgouttes France - French KARLOVY VARY IFF OFFICIAL SELECTION COMPETITION SPECIAL MENTION TO YANNIS PAPADOPOULOS ROTTERDAM IFF BRIGHT FUTURE A 22-year-old boy in Athens has no job, no money, no girlfriend and no food to eat, but he s got a canary bird and a beautiful singing voice. Cast : Yannis Papadopoulos, Lila Baklesi, Kleopatra Perraki, Vangelis Kommatas, Kharalambos Goyos Production companies : Stefi Productions, Guanaco, Ektoras Lygizos Produced by : Giorgos Karnavas, Ektoras Lygizos, Elina Psykou, Argyris Papadimitropoulos ACADEMY AWARDS GREEK OFFICIAL ENTRY 2012 VENICE DAYS PALM SPRINGS IFF GÖTEBORG IFF Crawl tells the emerging romance between Martin, a young man living on casual jobs and small robberies, and Gwen a dedicated swimmer who trains every day in high-sea. Their lives changed when she gets pregnant and he is charged with murder. Cast : Swann Arlaud, Anne Marivin, Nina Meurisse, Gilles Cohen, Jean-Marie Frin Production company : Sensito Produced by : Stéphanie Douet

18 WORLD SALES - PREMIUM FILMS Jean-Charles MILLE MANAGING DIRECTOR jcm@premium-films.com Leslie SAUSSEREAU SALES & ACQUISITIONS ls@premium-films.com