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PROMOREEL SCREENINGS
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Tuesday 16/05 10:00 - 12:00 & 16:00 - 18:00
in our PRIVATE SCREENING ROOM at Riviera L3-2
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OFFICIAL SELECTION - UN CERTAIN REGARD
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TERRESTRIAL VERSES
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by Ali Asgari & Alireza Khatami
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2023 - Iran - Drama - 1.78 - 77 min
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with Majid Salehi, Gouhar Kheir Andish, Sadaf Asgari
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Terrestrial Verses follows everyday people from all walks of life as they navigate the cultural, religious, and institutional constraints imposed on them by various social authorities, from school teachers to bureaucrats. These stirring vignettes, humorous and affecting, capture the spirit and determination of people amidst adversity, offering a nuanced portrait of a complex society.
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Screenings:
THU 18 MAY 16:00 OLYMPIA 3 Private Market Screening (Buyers only)
SAT 20 MAY 09:30 OLYMPIA 8 Private Market Screening (Buyers only)
TUE 23 MAY 14:00 DEBUSSY World Premiere
WED 24 MAY 09:00 DEBUSSY Official Screening
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OFFICIAL SELECTION - UN CERTAIN REGARD
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THE BURITI FLOWER
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by João Salaviza & Renée Nader Messora
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2023 - Brazil/Portugal - Drama - 1.66 - 124 min
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with Francisco Hyjnõ, Luzia Cruwakwyj, Debora Sodré
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Through her child’s eyes, Patpro will go through three periods of the history of her indigenous people, in the heart of the Brazilian forest. Tirelessly persecuted, but guided by their ancestral rites, their love of nature and their fight to preserve their freedom, the Krahô never stop inventing new forms of resistance.
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Screenings:
FR 19 MAY 08:45 OLYMPIA 5 Private Market Screening (Buyers only)
SUN 21 MAY 09:00 OLYMPIA 4 Private Market Screening (Buyers only)
TUE 23 MAY 11:00 DEBUSSY World Premiere
WED 24 MAY 16:15 SALLE BAZIN Official Screening
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CRITICS’ WEEK COMPETITION - Opening Day Film
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TIGER STRIPES
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by Amanda Nell Eu
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2023 - Malaysia/Taiwan/France/Germany/The Netherlands/Indonesia - Fantasy - 1.85 - 95 min
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with Zafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa
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The first amongst her friends to hit puberty, Zaffan, 12, discovers a terrifying secret about her body.
Ostracized by her community, Zaffan fights back, learning that to be free she must embrace the body she feared, emerging as a proud, strong woman.
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Screenings:
WED 17 MAY 09:00 PALAIS C Private Market Screening (Buyers only)
WED 17 MAY 11:30 MIRAMAR World Premiere
WED 17 MAY 17:00 MIRAMAR Official Screening
WED 17 MAY 22:30 MIRAMAR Official Screening
THU 18 MAY 08:30 MIRAMAR Official Screening
FRI 19 MAY 16:00 OLYMPIA 3 Market Screening
SUN 21 MAY 11:30 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
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THE SHADOWLESS TOWER
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by Zhang Lu
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2023 - China - Drama - 1.85 - 144 min
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with Xin Baiqing, Huang Yao, Tian Zhuangzhuang
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Gu Wentong, a middle-aged food critic, is drifting through the local eateries of vibrant Beijing with his younger photographer colleague Oyang. A divorcé with a 6-year-old daughter and estranged from his father for decades, he is looking for a new perspective on life while reconsidering his failings as a father, a son, and a lover.
While the seasons come and go, people get together and move apart. Only one thing will remain the same: The White Pagoda where they all meet sooner or later...
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Screenings:
THU 18 MAY 08:45 PALAIS B Market Screening
TUE 23 MAY 10:00 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
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WHITE PLASTIC SKY
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by Tibor Bánóczki & Sarolta Szabó
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2023 - Hungary/Slovakia - Animation Sci-Fi - 2.39 - 112 min
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with Tamás Keresztes, Zsófia Szamosi
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2123. Faced with diminishing resources, the human race can only survive through a trade-off: at the age of 50, every citizen is gradually turned into a tree.
When Stefan discovers that his beloved wife Nora has voluntarily signed up for donating her own body before her time, he sets out on an adventurous journey to save her at all costs.
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Screenings:
THU 18 MAY 14:00 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
SAT 20 MAY 16:00 OLYMPIA 3 Market Screening
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THE KLEZMER PROJECT
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by Paloma Schachmann & Leandro Koch
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2023 - Austria/Argentina - Docu-Fiction - 1.85 - 115 min
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Argentinian cameraman Leandro makes a living from filming Jewish weddings. At one of his jobs, he falls in love with Paloma, the clarinetist of the Klezmer band. To seduce her he pretends to be shooting a documentary film about traditional Yiddish folk music.
What Leandro does not know is that his “fake” film project will take him on an unscripted journey throughout Eastern Europe in search of the last remaining Klezmer melodies.
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Screenings:
WED 17 MAY 16:00 PALAIS B Market Screening
SAT 20 MAY 14:00 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
TUE 23 MAY 14:15 LERINS 1 Market Screening
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THE BURDENED
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by Amr Gamal
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2023 - Yemen/Sudan/Saudi Arabia - Drama - 1.85 - 91 min
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with Khaled Hamdan, Abeer Mohammed, Isra'a Abeer
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Aden, Yemen. Isra’a and Ahmed put all their efforts into offering a normal life and education to their three young children. When they find out that Isra'a is pregnant again, they have to make difficult decisions guided only by their family's interest.
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Screenings:
FRI 19 MAY 14:00 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
SUN 21 MAY 16:00 RIVIERA 2 Market Screening
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2023 - France - Documentary - 1.85 - 168 min
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In a Parisian public hospital, Claire Simon questions what it means to live in women’s bodies, filming their diversity, singularity and their beauty in all stages throughout life.
Unique stories of desires, fears and struggles unfold, including the one of the filmmaker herself.
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Screening:
MON 22 MAY 10:30 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
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LUKA
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by Jessica Woodsworth
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2023 - Belgium/Italy/Netherlands/Bulgaria/Armenia - Sci-fi - 1.85 - 35 mm - 94 min
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with Jonas Smulders, Geraldine Chaplin, Samvel Tadevossian, Jan Bijvoet, Sam Louwyck
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Luka, a young and ambitious soldier, embeds himself in the legendary Fort Kairos where heroic warriors defend the remains of civilization. His hopes to serve as an elite sniper are crushed when he is assigned to maintenance and must submit to the code of Kairos: obedience-endurance-sacrifice. As he rises through the ranks, Luka finds joy and strength in friendships with Konstantin, an enigmatic radar engineer, and Geronimo, a light-hearted private.
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Screenings:
WED 17 MAY 14:00 Private Screening Room Riviera (L3-2) With Invitation Only
MON 22 MAY 13:45 RIVIERA 2 Market Screening
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Find us at the UMBRELLA STAND RIVIERA L3-2
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