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Memoria del Saqueo,
A Social Genocide
A
film by Fernando E. Solanas
 The dramatic circumstances which we are
living out bring me back to my very beginnings in the cinema,
thirty-five years ago, when my search for a political identity
and my desire to struggle against the dictatorship led me to
shoot The Hour of the Furnaces.
Circumstances have greatly changed, but the consequences of
the neo-liberal plan have today proved so disastrous that,
once again, I am forced to bear witness to memories and
testimonies by composing a living fresco based on what we have
supported and endured over the past twenty-five years, from
Videla's dictatorship to today. It is in this manner that I
wish to contribute to the urgent debate that Argentina, Latin
America and the world at large are conducting, which, as its
driving force, the certainty that, faced with dehumanized
globalization, "another world is
possible".
 Screenings in Berlin
Feb 10, 21h00, Kino
International (official)
Feb 11, 09h45am, CinemaxX
10 (market)
Feb 13, 12h00pm, Royal Palast (official)
Feb
15, 20h00, International (official)
Also screening in AFM
GENRE :
DOCUMENTARY
FORMAT: 35 mm / 1.85
LENGTH : 2h00
YEAR :
2003
 L'Esquive
A film by Abdel Kechiche
 For Krimo, a teenager living in the
suburbs of Paris, days go by, carying
the weight of his
boredom around the neighbourhoodS Until a few lines from
a
19th century play echo in an open field, and suddenly
nothing seems quite
the same anymore : Lydia, all
dressed-up in her theatre costume, is
rehearsing the school
play. And Krimo falls in love with her. Despite
the
reputation Krimo has to sustain, he will accept a role
in the play in order
to declare his love. Will he find the
right words?
Starring Osman
Elkharraz, Sara Forestier, Sabrina Ouazani, Hajar Hamlili,
Rachid Hami.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 06, 13h30, CinemaxX 2
(market)
Feb 07, 19h30, CinemaxX 7
(official)
Feb 08, 12h00, CineStar 3
(official)
Feb 09, 17h30, CineStar 3 (official)
Feb 11,
13h00, CinemaxX 2 (market)
Also screening in AFM
GENRE :
COMEDY/DRAMA
FORMAT: 35 mm / 1.85 / DOLBY SR
LENGTH :
1h57
YEAR : 20033
The
Other Side of the Street
A
film by Marcos Bernstein
 Regina, a lonely 65 year old who works
on the neighbourhood watch for the police in Copacabana,
believes to have witnessed a murder in the building across the
street, and ends up getting involved with the suspect in a
potentially dangerous chain of events that will force her to
take stock of her life in a way that she could have never
imagined.
Starring Fernanda
Montenegro, Raul Cortez.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 06, 15h30, CinemaxX 11 (market)
Feb 09,
10h00, CinemaxX 11 (market)
Feb 12, 19h00,
Zoo-Palast (official)
Feb 13, 11h30, CinemaxX 7
(official)
Also screening in AFM
GENRE :
DRAMA
FORMAT: 35mm / 1.85
LENGTH : 1h38
YEAR :
2003
Wild
Side
A film by Sébastien
Lifshitz
 Stephanie returns home to care for her
dying mother. Having run away to the big city over 15 years
ago, Stephanie is reminded of another lifestyle back in the
desolate rural landscape of her childhood.
The countryside
provokes a flood of emotions and memories. Not only for
Stephanie, but also for Mikhail and Jamel, the two young men
who share her affections and her bed.
Experiencing
inevitable flashbacks of her childhood as a boy, transsexual
Stephanie is haunted by the early death of her beloved only
sister. The monotony of streetwalking and turning tricks night
after night is also difficult to forget.
Young Russian man
Mikhail lives illegally hand to mouth in a country where he
hardly speaks the language. A former soldier, he is still
tormented by horrific images of war.
Jamel is an Arab guy
who makes ends meet through prostitution. Not as tough as he
acts, he secretly yearns for the days when he was still part
of his family. His biggest fear is sleeping alone.
Their
future is uncertain. Others may not understand them. But the
three unlikely friends have found comfort and passion in one
another's arms.
Starring Stéphanie
Michelini, Edouard Mikitine, Yasmine Belmadi.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 07, 19h30, CinemaxX 11 (market)
Feb 08,
11h30, CinemaxX 11 (market)
Feb 08, 21h30,
Zoo-Palast (official)
Feb 09, 14h00, CinemaxX 7
(official)
Feb 10, 14h30, International (official)
Feb
14, 14h30, International (official)
Also screening in AFM
GENRE :
DRAMA
FORMAT: 35 mm
LENGTH : 1h43
YEAR :
2003
MARKET
SCREENINGS
 With George Bush on my Mind
A film by Joaquin Oristrell
While travelling
through the country with its latest play, a Spanish theatre
company looses its lead role in a car accident. Jorge Ruiz, a
young newcomer, takes over the part. Almost instantly, his
provocative attitude awakens hidden conflicts. As a political
activist, Jorge decides to read a declaration against the war
in Iraq at each performance. Some of the actors disapprove and
the theatre company implodes…
Starring Javier
Camara, Juan Diego Botto, Elvira Minguez, Maria
Botto.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 05, 15h30, CinemaxX 11
Feb 08, 17h30,
CinemaxX 11
Also screening in AFM
Festival San Sebastian 2003 – Arte
Prize
GENRE :
DRAMA
FORMAT: 35 mm / 1.85 / Dolby SRD
LENGTH :
1h30
YEAR : 2003
Le Grand Rôle
A film by Steve Suissa
 Maurice, Sami, Simon, Elie and Edouard
are still unknown actors despite their late thirties. But one
day, Grinchenberg, the famous American director, comes to
Paris looking for the lead role in his Yiddish adaptation of
the Merchant of Venice. Maurice gets the part !
It is the
major breakthrough he has been waiting for. He rushes home to
proudly announce the big news to his wife Perla. But Perla
also has news for him: she is very ill… Unfortunately, the
part eventually goes to a famous American star. Maurice
doesn’t have the heart to tell Perla…
With his friends’
help, he will go all the way to make his wife believe that he
still has the part, and will end up playing the role of his
life to protect her.
Starring Stéphane
Freiss, Bérénice Béjo, François Berléand and Peter
Coyote.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 07, 13h30, CinemaxX 11
Feb 10, 10h00,
CinemaxX 11
Also screening in AFM
GENRE : COMEDY/DRAMA
FORMAT:
35 mm / 1.85
LENGTH : 1h29
YEAR : 2003
Textiles
A film by Franck Landron
 Sophie and Olivier are a
young couple with 2 children. They work hard in their parisian
bakery. Sophie feels that her husband doesn’t pay much
attention to her anymore…
One day, Sophie and Olivier come
across an add in their own shop: the beach house they’ve been
dreaming about for so long, is for sale. Taken over by the
terrific bargain, the young couple decides to buy the house
without even visiting it. Little do they know that there is a
hitch to it all, and that they are now the happy owners of a
home in a nudist village...
Starring Barbara
Shulz, Alexandre Brasseur.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 05, 17h00, CinemaxX 17
Feb 10, 12h15,
CinemaxX 18
Also screening in AFM
GENRE :
COMEDY
FORMAT : 35 mm / 1.66
LENGTH : 1h30
YEAR :
2003
Any Way the Wind Blows
A film by Tom Barman
 Antwerp, early June.
On a
sweltering Friday afternoon, eight people dream of a different
life.
There’s wind and music, police and paronoia, hints
and allegations. There’s an ancient virus, a wandering
frisbee, a dead horse, and, drifting through town, an
enigmatic phenomenon called Windman who feels the pain of
everyone but can’t seem to help himself.
At night, a party
welcomes all...
Soundtrack
contains music by Herbie Hancock, Squarepusher, Queens of the
Stone Age, Charly Mingus, Yazoo, Magnus and many
more...
Starring Natali
Broods, Jonas Boel, Diane de Belder, Titus de Voogdt, Eric
Kloeck, Sam Louwyck, Dirk Roofthooft, Matthias Schoenaerts,
Frank Vercruyssen.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 09, 16h30, CinemaxX 11
Feb 11, 17h00,
CinemaxX 13
Piazza Grande, Locarno Film
Festival, 2003
GENRE : URBAN
TALE
FORMAT : 35 mm / Scope / Dolby SRD
LENGTH :
2h07
YEAR : 2003
Feathers in my
head
A film by Thomas de
Thier
 The small Belgian town of Genappe
revolves around its sugar factory. Rotting beets in the town's
surrounding drainage system attract migratory birds.
The
quiet routine of Blanche's family is upset when her young son
disappears. Blanche feels she has lost everything. The tragic
event and its consequences is treated with dream-like touches
as Blanche fights to rebuild her life and to recover the
essential...
Starring Sophie
Museur, Francis Renaud, Ulysse de Swaef, Alexis Den
Doncker.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 07, 09h30, CinemaxX 11
Feb 11, 11h30,
CinemaxX 11
Toronto
Film Festival 2003
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs - Cannes
2003
Edimburgh International Film Festival 2003
Pusan
International Film Festival 2003
Tokyo International Film
Festival 2003
GENRE :
DRAMA
FORMAT: 35 mm / 1.85 / Dolby SRD
LENGTH : 1h43
YEAR : 2003
Sansa
A film by Siegfried
 Sansa’s incredible adventures around
the world.
Starring Roschdy
Zem, Ivry Gitlis, Emma Suarez, Rita Durao, Silke, Valentina
Cervi, Ayako Fujitani, Georges Abe, Bassem Samra, Amar
Attia.
Screenings in Berlin
Feb 06, 11h30,
CinemaxX 11
Feb 10, 13h30, CinemaxX 11
Director's Fortnight - Cannes
2003
Toronto Film Festival 2003
GENRE :
DRAMA
FORMAT: 35 mm / 1.66 / Dolby SRD
LENGTH :
1h55
YEAR : 2002
UPCOMING
PROJECTS
Now
Shooting
Bottoms Up
A film by Marion Vernoux, starring Emmanuelle Béart,
Edouard Baer.
In
Post Production
 They Came Back
A film by Robin Campillo starring
Géraldine Pailhas, Jonathan Zaccaï, Frédéric
Pierrot.
The dead are coming
back by thousands... In the world, millions of deceased left
there cemetery to the towns. One central question is to be
answered : how can living and dead manage to live
together...
 My father is an Engineer
A film by Robert Guédiguian starring
Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin.
It's the story of a
man and a woman that, since childhood, can not live separated
one from the other. For those two, living for themselves and
for the others is one single thing. Both are medical doctors.
One chose to take care of the whole world; the other a little
village. Those carriers had them separated, juste a little and
not for long : they will fight against fate and reality to
keep together... But to really understand this movie, one has
to know this : for Natacha, La Pastoral, the
traditional French "Provençal" story of the Christ's birth, is
the most beautiful story of the world.
 Three Dancing Slaves
A film by Gaël Morel, starring Stéphane
Rideau, Nicolas Cazalé.
Through the
portrait of three brothers, the story of a revenge that,
benign at first, takes on tragic proportions until it forces
each of the brothers to adopt a clear-cut position in relation
to each other.
 The Silence
A film by Orso Miret, starring Mathieu Demy, Natacha
Régnier.
Olivier (35 years
old) is on holiday in Corsica in the small mountain village
where his mother was born. He is with his girl friend,
Marianne who is nearly three months pregnant.
Olivier is
clearly very attached to his Corsican roots, even if he is
sometimes made to feel a bit like an outsider - and even if he
himself is uneasy about assuming an identity which is not
quite his own.
The peacefulness of their stay is brutally
broken : he is the sole witness to a murder committed by a
young man from the same village and whom he has clearly
recognized.
Fearing that he will become a persona non
grata in the village if he denounces the killer, Olivier
decides to keep quiet. For how long?
 Earth & Ashes
A film by Atiq Rahimi.
A bridge, a dry
riverbed in a desolate landscape, the sentry house guard who’s
in a foul mood, a road that reaches its vanishing point at the
horizon, a merchant who contemplates the world, an old man, a
small child, and then the waiting.
Nothing moves, or almost
nothing. We’re in Afghanistan. The old man embarks on a
journey to the coal mine where his son, the child’s father,
works. He’s going to tell him that the village has been
bombed, everyone’s been killed. He speaks, he thinks – the
damnation of memories, of waiting, of remorse, of conjectures,
of suspicions…
It’s the unembellished word that gives voice
to the suffering, the solitude, the fear of not being
heard.
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