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OFFICIAL FANTASTIC COMPETITION
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TIGER STRIPES
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by Amanda Nell Eu
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2023 - Malaysia/Taiwan/Singapore/France/Germany/Netherlands/Indonesia/Qatar - Fantasy - 1.85 - 95 min
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with Zafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa
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MALAYSIAN OSCAR ENTRY 2024
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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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Screening:
TUE 10 OCT 13.30 Cinema Retiro
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OFFICIAL FANTASTIC COMPETITION
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BITTEN
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by Romain de Saint-Blanquat
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2023 - France - Thriller/Giallo - 1.85 - 90 min
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with Léonie Dahan-Lamort, Lilith Grasmug, Cyril Metzger, Maxime Rohart
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1967, Mardi Gras. Françoise is a seventeen-year-old boarder in an all-girls Catholic high school. Convinced that she has only one night left before her death, she sneaks out with her friend Delphine to attend a costume party and live the night as if it was her last.
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Screenings:
WED 11 OCT 11:00 Sala Auditori Melià
FRI 13 OCT 23:00 Cinema Casino Prado
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OFFICIAL FANTASTIC COMPETITION
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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 12 OCT 20:00 Sala Tramuntana Melià
FRI 13 OCT 9:00 Sala Auditori Melià
SAT 14 OCT 18:00 Cinema Retiro
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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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