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A YOUNG POET

CARMIN TROPICAL LATE SEASON

TOGETHER ALONE WALLS

LONELY STARS A NOBLE REVOLUTION

RAUL STAND ANA’S JOURNEY

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A YOUNG POET

A NOBLE REVOLUTION

by Damien MANIVELFrance, 2014, 71’Produced by MLD FilmsCAST: Rémi TAFFANEL, Enzo VASSALLO, Léonore FERNANDESGENRE:FIRST FILM, DRAMA, YOUTHWORLD PREMIERE: LOCARNO 2014SYNOPSIS: Barely out of his teens, Rémi dreams of becoming a poet and thrilling the world with his powerful and unforgettable verse. Seeking inspiration in the oppressively hot city of Sète, pen and notebook in hand, Rémi is determined to write his poem… But where to begin?

by Simone CANGELOSIItaly, 2014, 83’Produced by Kiné, Pierrot e la rosa, with the contribution of Regione Emilia-Romagna, in association with Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, Liliana Di Folco and Roberto Gramaccioni, Fausto Tomei and Murielle MoiseGENRE: DOCUMENTARY, BIOGRAPHICAL, POLITICALWORLD PREMIERE: TORINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SYNOPSIS: A Noble Revolution aims to decipher the historical dimension of one of the most prominent personality of the Italian political movement for civil rights of the last forty years, Marcella Di Folco, leader of the MIT (Transsexual Identity Movement).

CARMIN TROPICAL

ANA’S JOURNEY

un film di Simone Cangelosi

una nobile rivoluzionecon Marcella Di Folco

by Rigoberto PEREZCANOMexico, 2014, 80’Produced by Cinepantera, FOPROCINE, Tiburón FilmesCAST: Luis ALBERT, Juan Carlos MEDELLIN, José PESCINA, Marco PETRIZ, Everardo TREJOGENRE: DRAMA, THRILLER, ROMANCEWORLD PREMIERE: MORELIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SYNOPSIS: This is a story about coming back. Mabel returns to her hometown to find the murderer of her friend Daniela and finds herself on a journey that takes her through nostalgia, love, and betrayal in a town where transvestism takes on an unusual dimension in its day.

by Pamela VARELAChile/France, 2014, 90’Produced by Tentativa Films, Les Films du PoissonCAST: Astrid ADVERBE, Gabriela MURIEL, Maritza GONZALEZ, Jaime VARGAS, Hector ESCALANTE Silvio CANIHUANTE, Luis CONTRERAS JARAGENRE: ROMANCE, BIOGRAPHICAL, ARTWORLD PREMIERE: FIDMARSEILLE 2014SYNOPSIS: An implicit portrait of Francisco Contreras, a poet once forgotten in his own country, Chile, and of his wife, Andrea, seen through the eyes of Ana, a young photographer who prepares a film about the gathering of the two exiled lovers’ ashes. Always confronting fiction and reality, the film slowly weaves a framework of mysterious connections between Ana and Andrea.

LONELY STARS

WALLS

by Fernando URDAPILLETAMexico, 2014, 90’Produced by Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, A.C., FOPROCINECAST:Dana KARVELAS, Jorge ARRIAGA, Mauricio ISAAC, Paty GARZA, Inés DE TAVIRA, Emilio GUERREROGENRE: FIRST FILM, ROMANCE, DRAMAWORLD PREMIERE: GUADALAJARA FICG 2015SYNOPSIS: To the beat of punk & pop, Valentina & Joana pursue their most intimate and deepest dreams. On the road to success, they will find obstacles that will test their friendship. The harshness and absurdity of their lives, fuses with the sweet and sour story of a world where the party seems to go on forever.

by Gregorio ROCHAMexico, 2014, 97’Produced by: Gregorio Carlos Rocha Valverde, FOPROCINE, Estudios Churubusco-Azteca, S.A. With the support of The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and Programa Ibermedia, Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte, 2012-2014 FONCA/ CONACULTAGENRE: DOCUMENTARY, HISTORICAL, POLITICALWORLD PREMIERE: DELHI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014 SYNOPSIS: A wall separates, segregates, isolates; it is a non-image. Walls is a film which narrates the reality of some disputed terrirories all around the world. From Sonora, in the north of Mexico, to Palestina, from Western Sahara to Belfast, going through Berlin. A man runs through its labyrinth and chronicles his adventures to his young son.

LATE SEASON

STAND

Una película de Gregorio Rocha

by Danilo CAPUTOItaly, Romania, Greece, 2014, 80’Produced by Taratata Film, Steppenwolf Film, GRAAL S.ACAST: Espedito CHIONNA, Michela DI NAPOLI, Francesco GIANNICOGENRE: FIRST FILM, DRAMAWORLD PREMIERE KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014SYNOPSIS: A small village where all change seems impossible. Three stories spelled out by sounds and noises. Cesare, a wanna-be electronic musician, Giovanni works night shifts at the local hotel but cannot get any sleep during the day, Carosina, oppressed by the harsh voice of her dead father.

by Jonathan TAIEBFrance, 2014, 87’Produced by Grizouille ProductionCAST: Renat SHUTEEV, Andrey KURGANOV, Andrey KOSHMAN, Veronika MERKOULOVA, Ekaterina RUSNAKGENRE: DRAMA, ROMANCE, POLITICALWORLD PREMIERE FRAMELINE SAN FRANCISCO 2014SYNOPSIS: After taking a wrong turn in their car, a young gay Russian couple witnesses what they believe is a vicious gay bashing. The slow-burning film is highly topical, given the intense worldwide outrage over Russia’s mistreatment of gays and the country’s 2013 federal law prohibiting homosexual “propaganda.”

by Mateo GUEZCanada, 2014, 78’Produced by Théo Films, Boomerang FilmsCAST: Jon RHYS, Toni EVANGELISTA, Lucas CHANGENRE: DRAMA, ROMANCE, AVANTGARDEWORLD PREMIERE: TBASYNOPSIS: Not able to hide the true nature of their feelings for each others, Will, William and Crystal engage in a dangerous game. As a result, each of them ends up being destroyed emotionally and physically and realize that there is no way back culminating in a violent, seductive and modern meditation on the fine line between love, lust and companionship.

by Matias VENABLES B.Chile, 2014, 72’Produced by Escuela de Cine de Chile, Bisagra CineCAST: Óscar HERNANDEZ, Paula ZUNIGA, Alejandro SIEVEKING, Teresa MUNCHMEYER, Ramón GONZALEZGENRE: FIRST FILM, DRAMAWORLD PREMIERE: FESTIVAL CINE // B SANTIAGO DEL CHILE 2014SYNOPSIS: About to turn 30 years working in the barber shop he inherited from his parents, Raúl starts to change his daily routine,in order to have something new to tell to his customers. He tries to get closer to his neighbors, visits a bar near his home, and spends some time in the neighborhood square, where he meets a lady with whom he establishes a strange relationship.

TOGETHER ALONE

RAUL

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