festival guidedownload - Abu Dhabi Film Festival

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festival guidedownload - Abu Dhabi Film Festival
INSIDE
7th ABU DHABI FILM FESTIVAL
How to Buy Tickets
Locations
Opening Night
Adff Talks Film
Programme Overview
Feature Films A-Z
Short Film Competition
Emirates Film Competition
Special Programmes
Our World Award
Child Protection Award
Film Calendar
Indexes
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let's Celebrate Film
Are you ready to celebrate?
For 10 days the 7th Abu
Dhabi Film Festival brings the
best of Arab and international
cinema to the capital. Start
exploring our guide to the
Festival right away so you
don’t miss out!
over the world to participate
in the Festival. Between
screenings there are a host of
fun and engaging activities:
encounters with filmmakers and
talent and free master classes,
workshops and other special
events.
As well as taking in some
of today’s best and most
exciting films, ADFF gives you
the opportunity to share the
experience with the filmmakers
and talent who come from all
Whether it’s sharing new or
classic films with the family
or enjoying the excitement of
the red carpet, everyone has
something to celebrate when
the Festival is on.
About ADFF
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival powered by twofour54 was established
in 2007 with the aim of helping to create a vibrant film culture
throughout the region. ADFF is committed to curating exceptional
international programmes to engage and educate the local community,
inspire young filmmakers from the region and nurture the growth of
the regional film industry.
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THE WORLD IS OUR HOME
YOU ARE OUR GUEST
Look forward to the sort of relaxed, deep sleep in the air you’d usually only
expect on the ground. We guarantee fully-flat beds with direct aisle access in
Pearl Business Class on all long-haul flights. When you fly Diamond First Class,
retire behind the doors of a private suite, in a luxurious leather 6’8” bed with a
turndown service. Why do we go to such lengths? Because you are our guest.
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HOW TO BUY TICKETS and PASSES
Online at adff.ae
Tickets and Festival Passes are
available online starting at 6:00
pm, October 8.
Festival Pass
Our Festival Pass allows you
the opportunity to book tickets
online in advance and is an ideal
way to get as much out of the
Festival as possible.
Festival Pass: AED 400
• Purchase and redeem online or
in person
• See as many films as you
like, it’s good for all regular
screenings (does not include
Opening Night or the Awards
Ceremony).
• One ticket per screening
• No concurrent screenings
Single Tickets
Can be purchased in person and
online.
Single Screenings: AED 30
Students: AED 20 (available only
at the Box Office)
Screening Vouchers
Can be purchased only in person
at Festival Box Offices beginning
October 14.
Six-Voucher Package: AED 150;
12-Voucher Package: AED 240
• Available only at the Box Office
• Must be purchased in person
• Good for all regular screenings
• Share with family and friends
Festival Catalogue
Can be purchased at Festival
Box Offices for AED 30.
Master classes, panel discussions
and workshops are free.
Methods of Payment
Online: Mastercard or Visa
Box Office: Mastercard, Visa or
cash
FESTIVAL BOX OFFICES and
HOURS
Marina Mall Box Office is open:
October 14–24:
12:00 noon–10:00 pm
October 25 –November 2: 12:00
noon until 30 minutes after the
start time of the last scheduled
screening.
Emirates Palace Box Office is
open:
October 24–31: 10:00 am until 30
minutes after the start time of
the last scheduled screening.
Dress code for movie screenings
in Emirates Palace is smart
casual (no shorts, flip-flops or
sleeveless vests). Contact 02
690 9000 for more details.
Sold-Out Screenings and
Standby Tickets
When a screening sells out, there
may still be an opportunity to
purchase tickets. Additional
tickets may become available
online at adff.ae at 12:01 am on
the morning of the screening.
Fifteen minutes prior to each
screening, tickets may become
available on a first-come, firstserved basis to those waiting in
the standby queue at the box
office.
FOR BOX OFFICE INQUIRIES ONLY
Send your questions about buying tickets and theatre policies
to: customerservice@adff.ae.
You may also call 056 689 8668 for assistance. Information lines
are open October 14–November 2, 10:00 am–9:00 pm
Follow us:
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/abudhabiff
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Children
Infants do not require
a ticket if they do not
occupy a seat. Children
aged 2–5 years old are
admitted free, provided
you obtain a ticket at the
box office in advance of
the screening. Normal
ticketing policies apply
to children six years and
older. Children must be
accompanied by an adult.
Refer to our Content
Guidelines on page 11 to
assist in the selection of
your films.
TICKETING POLICIES
• Tickets are required for all
screenings by all patrons.
• Passes may be redeemed
online or at any Festival
Box Office. Tickets must be
collected at the Box Office
before all screenings.
• Admission and seating
is guaranteed only until
15 minutes before the
scheduled start of the
program. Late admission
is at the discretion of the
theatre manager.
• There are no reserved
seats for any screening.
• No refunds, exchanges
or reprinted tickets will
be issued under any
circumstances.
• Tickets may not be resold.
• All screenings are subject
to change without notice.
Changes are publicised at
adff.ae.
• By using your ticket, you
agree that you may be
recorded, photographed
and/or filmed for no fee.
• Unauthorized recording
or photography of ADFF
programmes is against
the law. Violators may be
subject to prosecution.
• ADFF will not be liable
for any loss, injury or
damage to the ticketholder
whatsoever or howsoever
caused.
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LOCATIONS
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Emirates Palace
•Festival Box Office
(lower level)
•Film screenings
•Red carpet
•Gala screenings on select
evenings
•Special events, master
classes and workshops
PARKING
Self parking is available at
both Emirates Palace and
Marina Mall.
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A COMPANY FOR THE NEXT MEDIA GENERATION
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OPENING NIGHT
LIFE OF
CRIME
Daniel Schechter
USA, uAE | 94 MIN | ENGLISH
Thursday, october 24
8:00 pm - EMIRATES PALACE
by invitation only
Jennifer Aniston and Tim
Robbins star in this wildly
entertaining caper film,
adapted from a book by
Elmore Leonard, about
two ex-cons whose plan
to kidnap a real estate
developer’s wife doesn’t
go quite as smoothly as
expected. Fresh out of
prison, where they bonded
over their convictions for
grand theft auto, Robbie
(yasiin bey, aka Mos Def)
and Gara (John Hawkes)
plan to kidnap Mickey
(Jennifer Aniston), wife
of Frank (Tim Robbins), a
Detroit property developer
and secret embezzler. What
they didn't count on is
that Frank has a hot young
mistress and is in no hurry
to rescue his wife. Life of
Crime is ready to join the
rogues' gallery of other
darkly comedic adaptations
of Leonard’s work like Get
Shorty, Out of Sight and
Jackie Brown.
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mos def
john hawkes
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Doha Film Institute presents
Ajyal Youth Film Festival
2013 Anime
The Ajyal Youth Film Festival builds
The inaugural Ajyal Youth Film Festival will
on the Doha Film Institute’s history of
take place from 26–30 November 2013
community-based programming. Ajyal
invites generations to come together to
dohafilminstitute.com
discuss cinema through events that inspire
@DohaFilm
creative interaction, opening up a fun,
Doha Film Institute
collaborative environment where young
#DohaFilm
people can express themselves.
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ADFF TALKS FILM
At the 2012 Festival, leading man Richard Gere participates in a discussion of the Opening Night film, Arbitrage.
Stay tuned
for more of
ADFF’s
programme
of special
events
Events will include conversations with filmmakers, master
classes, panel discussions and workshops. Come face to
face with regional and international filmmakers, actors,
film critics and industry experts, and spend some time
learning about the art of cinema. Featuring one-on-one
conversations with stars as well as panels with leading
directors and producers, our daytime encounters are for
anyone looking for inspiration from the film world. This
year’s ADFF will also feature select presentations tailored
for industry guests.
These events are free.
Visit us at adff.ae/events for the updated lineup.
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It’s more than just a city. It’s intriguing Abu Dhabi.
SHEIKH ZAYED
GRAND MOSQUE
EMIRATES PALACE
ISLAND
BOAT TOURS
FROM SOUK TO MALL
FERRARI WORLD
ABU DHABI
Be moved by the wonder of
this architectural treasure
which can house over 40,
000 worshippers.
Experience ultimate luxury
at one of
the world’s most
opulent hotels.
Explore the natural beauty
of the Corniche as you
drift along clear seas on a
relaxing cruise boat.
Seek out a bargain
at traditional markets
or cut a dash in a
modern mall.
Feel the 240kmph
adrenalin rush of the world’s
fastest roller coaster.
YAS LINKS ABU DHABI
ABU DHABI
FALCON HOSPITAL
OPEN-TOP BUS TOUR
MANARAT
AL SAADIYAT
DINE AT MEZLAI
Take on the challenge of
Yas Links Abu Dhabi - the
region’s first links course.
Learn more about the UAE’s
national bird and try your
hand at the traditional sport
of falconry at this state-of-theart facility.
All aboard for this tour of the
UAE capital with
commentary in any one of
eight languages.
Experience Abu Dhabi’s
purpose-built arts exhibition
centre on Saadiyat Island.
Head to Emirates Palace for
a taste of Emirati cuisine
fine dining style.
Explore a city built on tradition and inspired by innovation.
Where you can lose yourself in age-old hospitality and
marvel at the wonder that is Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi. Travellers welcome.
Discover more. www.visitabudhabi.ae
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PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
NARRATIVE FEATURE
COMPETITION
Exciting and original storytelling from
international filmmakers
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Inspired narrative, documentary and
animated short films by emerging and
established international filmmakers
presented by
EMIRATES FILM
COMPETITION
Short films from established directors
and new discoveries from the United
Arab Emirates and GCC countries
Juries of esteemed film professionals
convene to present the Festival’s Black
Pearl Awards to films in each competition
category.
SHOWCASE
A selection of recent outstanding
feature films from around the world
Audience members cast votes to select
the Audience Choice Award winner
from this programme.
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
ADFF’s wide range of Special
Programmes celebrate the joys of
cinema past and present.
(see pages 32–33)
OUR WORLD
Films devoted to broadening awareness
of significant environmental issues. A
jury of Masdar students awards a prize
for the best film in Our World.
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
COMPETITION
Nonfiction films that explore remarkable
stories and issues in the world around us
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NEW HORIZONS / AFAQ
JADIDA COMPETITION
Presenting a director’s first or second
feature film, fresh styles and challenging
ideas in narrative work from around the
world
Child Protection award
The Ministry of Interior Child
Protection Centre works to ensure
the safety and security of children
ensuring implementation and
regulation of child protection
legislation, policies and best
international practices.
SUBTITLES
ADFF screens all non-English-language
films with English subtitles. Select nonArabic-language films are screened with
Arabic subtitles.
CONTENT GUIDELINES
ADFF recognizes that
some films contain subject matter
not suitable for all audiences. Not all
films presented by the Festival have
been officially rated. The guidelines
below are intended to help patrons in
selecting films that are appropriate for
themselves and their families.
G Suitable for viewers of all ages
12+ Suitable for viewers 12 and older –
Films may include subject matter
that may not interest young
children; or may contain mild
violence or themes requiring a
minimum of maturity.
15+ Suitable for viewers 15 and older
– Films may include themes not
suitable for children, or may
contain occasional violence or
occasional coarse language.
18+ Suitable for viewers 18 and older –
Films may include themes requiring
mature judgement; or may
contain violence, coarse language
or occasional instances of the
unclothed human body.
A Themes requiring
mature judgment
V Violence
L Coarse language
N Occasional instances of
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the unclothed
human body
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FEATURE
FILMS
A to Z
OUR
AMAZONIA
usa, FINLAND | 85 MIN | FINNISH | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
BRAZIL, FRANCE | 83 MIN | without
dialogue
DIR Jessica Oreck
VOX = VOX Cinemas
at Marina Mall
EP = EMIRATES PALACE
OUR
WORLD
WORLD
AATSINKI: THE STORY OF ARCTIC COWBOYS
SHOWCASE
DIR Thierry Ragobert
SHOWCASE
In the frozen forests of Finnish Lapland,
where temperatures are regularly below
zero and winter nights last up to 24 hours,
brothers Aarne and Lasse Aatsinki carry
on the generations-old tradition of
reindeer herding. 12+
Born and raised in captivity, a capuchin
monkey suddenly finds himself fighting
for survival in the wilds of the Amazon
jungle in this remarkable live-action
adventure, shot on location in
breathtaking 3-D. G
FRI 25 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 1 SAT 26 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 5
SUN 27 OCT
4:00 PM – VOX 4
THU 31 OCT
7:00 PM – VOX 5
Amazonia
ADFF is dedicated to
discovering and premiering
important new films from
around the world
BARBER’S TALES
BASTARDO
DIR Jun Robles Lana
DIR Nejib Belkhadi
PHILIPPINES | 120 MIN | TAGALOG | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
TUNISIA, FRANCE, QATAR | 106 MIN | ARABIC |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Mga kuwentong barber
Films from the Arab world
supported by the Festival's
development and postproduction fund
OUR
WORLD
Films devoted to broadening
awareness of environmental
issues – sponsored by
Fun and inspiring films for
audiences of all ages
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
After the death of her husband, Marilou
(Eugene Domingo) takes over his
barbershop. But her Marcos-era village is
not ready for its first female barber.
However, events take an unexpected turn
when she wins over the other women. 18+
Larger-than-life characters populate this
spellbinding combination of film noir and
magic realism, which follows a now grown,
downtrodden orphan who has a reversal of
fortune and takes on the thugs who control
his ghetto. 18+
TUE 29 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 5
MON 28 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 6
FRI 01 NOV
9:00 PM – VOX 6
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RAB EMIRATES
12
FRI 01 NOV
3:15 PM – VOX 1
BEFORE SNOWFALL
BELLE
DIR Hisham Zaman
DIR Amma Asante
iraq, NORWAY, germany | 105 MIN |
KURDISH | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
UK | 104 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES
Før snøen faller
Films that raise awareness
about abused or neglected
children
NEW HORIZONS
NEW HORIZONS
NEW HORIZONS
A nontraditional road movie about family,
love, dignity and honor. Siyar, only 16, is
the eldest male in the family. When his
sister escapes from her own wedding, he’s
given the task of finding her and restoring
the family’s reputation. 15+
Inspired by the true story of Dido Elizabeth
Belle, a mixed-race girl raised as an
aristocratic lady in 18th century England.
Gorgeous settings provide the background
for an engrossing story of passion, romance
and the first official antislavery actions. 15+
FRI 25 OCT
3:15 PM – VOX 6
FRI 25 OCT
9:00 PM - EP
MON 28 OCT
3:15 PM – VOX 6
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Amazonia
OUR
WORLD
BLACKFISH
BLIND DATES
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
DIR GabrIela Cowperthwaite
DIR Levan Koguashvili
DIR Blake Edwards
USA | 83 MIN | ENGLISH, SPANISH | arabic
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
GEORGIA | 97 MIN | GEORGIAN | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
USA | 1961 | 115 MIN | ENGLISH
Brma paemnebi
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
NEW HORIZONS
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
This mesmerizing psychological thriller
about the performing killer whale Tilikum
challenges us to consider our relationship to
nature and reveals how little we humans
have learned from these highly intelligent
and enormously sentient fellow mammals. G
Sandro, a 40-year-old Tbilisi teacher, still
lives with his parents. He has little luck
with the women he looks up on dating
sites, but then meets hairdresser Manana,
and falls in love. All is well until her
husband gets out of jail. 15+
Audrey Hepburn stars in one of her most
memorable roles as a country girl trying to
find herself among the glitterati of New
York. Based on the novel by Truman
Capote, with Oscar-winning music by Henry
Mancini, in a new digital restoration. G
SAT 26 OCT
4:15 PM – VOX 4
WED 30 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 6
FRI 25 OCT
3:15 PM – VOX 1
MON 28 OCT
4:15 PM – VOX 4
FRI 01 NOV
3:30 PM – VOX 6
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FEATURE FILMS A-Z
Doctor Fabre
Will Cure you
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN
CAIRO DRIVE
CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915
DIR Felix van Groeningen
DIR Sherief Elkatsha
DIR Bruno Dumont
BELGIUM | 110 MIN | FLEMISH | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
EGYPT | 77 MIN | ARABIC, ENGLISH | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
FRANCE | 95 MIN | FRENCH | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
SHOWCASE
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
SHOWCASE
Unfolding over several years, this
engrossing story about the relationship
between an obsessed bluegrass banjo
player and a vivacious tattoo artist is utterly
moving and incredibly funny. It’s been an
audience darling in numerous festivals. 18+
The life of the great metropolis of 20
million people and 14 million vehicles that
crowd its streets is explored, revealing
the collective identity that led to the
historic changes taking place in Egypt
today. G
The brilliant sculptress (Juliette Binoche,
in a riveting performance) spends her last
years in the south of France fighting
mental illness, forever scarred by her
days as the protegée and lover of
legendary artist Auguste Rodin. 18+
FRI 25 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 1
MON 28 OCT
6:45 PM – VOX 4
FRI 01 NOV
6:00 PM - EP
FRI 01 NOV
9:30 PM – VOX 3
FRI 01 NOV
3:00 PM – VOX 2
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CANOPY
THE CATASTROPHE
CHILD’S POSE
DIR Aaron Wilson
DIR Jahnu Barua
DIR Călin Peter Netzer
AUSTRALIA | 84 MIN | mandarin, ENGLISH |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INDIA | 1987 | 120 MIN | ASSAMESE | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
ROMANIA | 112 MIN | ROMANIAN | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
Halodhia choraye baodhan khai
NEW HORIZONS
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
An Australian fighter pilot shot down over
Singapore in WWII navigates through a
dangerous jungle in search of sanctuary in
a cinematic tour de force that explores the
collision of war and nature and its impact
on humanity. 15+
A hard-working rice farmer is overjoyed
when the monsoons arrive so he can begin
planting his crop. But he is thrown into
crisis when he learns that he does not hold
legal title to the small plot of land that is
the main livelihood of his family. 12+
TUE 29 OCT
4:15 PM – VOX 6
MON 28 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 2
SAT 02 NOV
9:00 PM – VOX 3
Positia copilului
SHOWCASE
This tale of an overbearing mother who
uses her well-connected friends to save
her son from jail after he causes a tragic
accident won the top prize at the Berlin
Film Festival. 15+
SAT 26 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 1
DATE WINE
DIAL M FOR MURDER
DJINN
DIR Radwan El-Kashef
DIR Alfred Hitchcock
DIR Tobe Hooper
EGYPT, SWITZERLAND | 1999 | 100 MIN |
ARABIC | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
USA | 1954 | 105 MIN | ENGLISH
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 86 MIN | ARABIC,
ENGLISH | arabic and english subtitles
Arak el-balah
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
SHOWCASE
The men of an Egyptian village emigrate in
search of greener pastures. As the years
pass, their letters speak of loneliness and
hardship. One day some of them return,
and everyone has to learn to accept that
things have changed forever. 15+
Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert
Cummings form a romantic triangle as
Hitchcock weaves one of his most
suspenseful murder plots in which
gleaming scissors become a deadly
weapon. Newly restored in 3-D. G
SAT 02 NOV
3:15 PM – VOX 2
THU 31 OCT
9:30 PM – VOX 5
DOCTOR FABRE WILL CURE YOU
THE DOUBLE
DREAMS OF THE CITY
DIR Pierre Coulibeuf
DIR Richard Ayoade
DIR Mohammad Malas
BELGIUM, FRANCE | 61 MIN | DUTCH, ENGLISH,
FRENCH | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
UK | 93 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES
SYRIA | 1983 | 120 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Set in a high-rise not far from a mysterious
fishing village in Ras al-Khaimah, the UAE’s
first horror movie blends supernatural
thrills with traditional Arabic folklore,
directed by Texas Chainsaw Massacre
legend Tobe Hooper. 15+
FRI 25 OCT
6:00 PM - EP
Ahlam el madina
NEW HORIZONS
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Provocative contemporary performance
artist Jan Fabre, fêted at the Louvre and
the Venice Biennale, reenacts some of his
most famous performances from the last
30 years, with director Pierre Coulibeuf
turning them into great cinema. 18+
Jesse Eisenberg plays a meek office
worker who faces an existential crisis
when he realizes that his life has been
usurped by his more confident
doppelgänger. A darkly comic updating of
the famous novella by Dostoyevsky. 18+
In the film that marks the emergence of
auteur cinema in Syria, a young widow and
her child are forced to move to Damascus,
where the boys come of age against the
backdrop of the military coups that
punctuated the 1950s.
SUN 27 OCT
7:00 PM – VOX 4
WED 30 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 6
TUE 29 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 2
TUE 29 OCT
2:15 PM – VOX 2
SAT 02 NOV
5:45 PM – VOX 1
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FEATURE FILMS A-Z
Enough Said
EMPTYING THE SKIES
OUR
WORLD
DIR Douglas Kass
USA | 75 MIN | ENGLISH
SHOWCASE
Tens of millions of protected migratory
songbirds are illegally killed every year,
and this film follows members of the
Committee Against Bird Slaughter as
they risk their lives to rescue trapped
birds and deter hostile poachers. G
WED 30 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 1
THU 31 OCT
7:00 PM – VOX 3
ENEMY
ENOUGH SAID
AN EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF AN IRON PICKER
DIR Denis Villeneuve
DIR Nicole Holofcener
DIR Danis Tanović
CANADA, SPAIN | 90 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC
SUBTITLES
USA | 93 MIN | ENGLISH
BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA, FRANCE, SLOVENIA, ITALY | 74 MIN | BOSNIAN | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Brilliantly adapting the late Nobelist
author José Saramago’s haunting,
surreal novel, Oscar-nominated Denis
Villenueve (Incendies), one of today’s
most skilled storytellers, breathes new
life into the doppelgänger tradition. 18+
SUN 27 OCT
6:30 PM - EP
SHOWCASE
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini and
Catherine Keener star in a smart, modern
romantic comedy that follows a divorcée
who finds herself making a new friend and
unwittingly dating the new friend’s
ex-husband at the same time. 18+
Oscar winner Denis Tanović persuaded
the real-life couple the story is based on
to reenact their near-death ordeal In this
raw, intimate docudrama about an
impoverished Roma couple and the
ordeals they face in Bosnia. 15+
FRI 25 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 4
FRI 25 OCT
7:00 PM – VOX 5
FRI 01 NOV
9:15 PM – VOX 1
SUN 27 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 6
OUR
WORLD
ETERNAL THIRST
FANDRY
FATAL ASSISTANCE
DIR Guru Dutt
DIR Nagraj Manjule
DIR Raoul Peck
INDIA | 1957 | 146 MIN | HINDI | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INDIA | 103 MIN | MARATHI | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
FRANCE, HAITI, USA | 100 MIN | ENGLISH, FRENCH,
CREOLE | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Pyaasa
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
16
Epizoda u zivotu beraca zeljeza
SHOWCASE
Assistance mortelle
SHOWCASE
This story of a sensitive poet in an
indifferent world, which ranked in the top
200 in the Sight and Sound poll of all-time
greatest films, has a cult following and is a
must-see for its romantic songs and
breathtaking cinematography. 15+
The “untouchable” Jabya struggles to
reconcile his status with his dreams in this
uncompromising indictment of India’s caste
system directed by Nagraj Manjule, one of
the most significant and well-known
Marathi poets of the last decade. 12+
Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck takes
us on a two-year journey inside the
challenging rebuilding efforts in postearthquake Haiti in a painful exposé of
how international development and
humanitarian aid have gone wrong. 12+
FRI 25 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 2
MON 28 OCT
THU 31 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 1
9:30 PM – VOX 3
MON 28 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 1
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3:00 PM – VOX 2
FOR THOSE WHO CAN TELL NO TALES
Za one koji ne mogu da govore
DIR Jasmila Žbanić
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, qatar | 72 MIN |
ENGLISH, BOSNIAN | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
THE GEOGRAPHER DRANK HIS GLOBE AWAY
GIRAFFADA
DIR Alexander Veledinsky
PALESTINE, FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY | 85
MIN | ARABIC, ENGLISH, HEBREW | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Geograf globus propil
RUSSIA | 120 MIN | RUSSIAN | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
SHOWCASE
DIR Rani Massalha
NEW HORIZONS
A performance artist discovers the silent
legacy of wartime atrocities when she
arrives in an idyllic little town on the
border of Bosnia and Serbia. From
Jasmila Žbanić, director of the Golden
Bear winner Grbavica. 18+
Dire circumstances force a pennyless
biologist to find employment as a
geography teacher in this intimate,
tragicomic portrait of a man who struggles
to maintain his capacity to love in the face
of solitude and depression. 18+
When the only male giraffe at the zoo in
the Palestinian West Bank dies, the zoo’s
veterinarian and his ten-year-old son are
determined to find a mate for the female
before she dies of loneliness. G
FRI 25 OCT
4:30 PM – VOX 5
WED 30 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 1
SAT 26 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 6
THE GOLDEN THREAD
EL GORT
LE GRAND VOYAGE
DIR Ritwik Ghatak
DIR Hamza Ouni
DIR Ismael Ferroukhi
INDIA | 1965 | 143 MIN | BENGALI | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
TUNISIA, UAE | 86 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
MOROCCO, FRANCE | 2004 | 108 MIN | ARABIC,
FRENCH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MON 28 OCT
4:00 PM – VOX 5
Subarnarekha
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Jamal al-barrouta
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
FRI 01 NOV
6:15 PM – VOX 1
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
This sweeping, masterful depiction of
how social injustice controls the fate of
the displaced and the oppressed is one
of the most admired Asian films of all
time and Ghatak’s third film in the
Refugee Trilogy. 15+
A realistic road movie, made over six
years, follows two Tunisians who load
and unload hay from trucks. People
whose dead-end lives were burning up
prior to the revolution are now on the
brink of losing all hope. 18+
A young man reluctantly accompanies
his father on a pilgrimage to Mecca,
leaving behind school and a secret love.
Their trip across Europe becomes a
life-changing experience for both that
connects generations. G
TUE 29 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 2
TUE 29 OCT
6:45 PM – VOX 4
FRI 01 NOV
9:00 PM – VOX 2
THU 31 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 6
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FEATURE FILMS A-Z
Like Father, Like Son
HALFAOUINE: BOY OF THE TERRACES
HARLOCK: SPACE PIRATE
DIR Mohammad Soueid
DIR Férid Boughedir
DIR Shinji Aramaki
LEBANON, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 71 MIN |
ARABIC | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
TUNISIA, FRANCE, ITALY | 1990 | 98 MIN |
ARABIC | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
JAPAN | 115 MIN | JAPANESE | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
Balahon taalaka tahta qalaat Halab
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Halfaouine: L’enfant des terrasses
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
SHOWCASE
A young man whose father was
disappeared by the Syrian secret police in
the early 1980s recounts his experiences in
the revolution, starting as a singer in mass
protests and becoming a fighter in the
streets of Aleppo. 18+
A classic coming-of-age film, this touching
and humorous account of a boy’s sexual
awakening depicts not only the confused
response of puberty to first desire, but
also offers a rare view of sexuality in
Arabic culture. 18+
The popular manga series come to life in
spectacular 3-D anime as rebel space pirate
Captain Harlock and his fearless crew fight
against the corrupt government that rules
Earth, while a dark secret threatens the very
existence of the planet. 18+
SUN 27 OCT
9:30 PM – VOX 4
FRI 25 OCT
3:00 PM – VOX 2
SUN 27 OCT
8:45 PM – VOX 5
TUE 29 OCT
4:00 PM – VOX 2
SAT 02 NOV
9:15 PM – VOX 2
OUR
WORLD
HARMONY LESSONS
HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES
HOLY FIELD HOLY WAR
DIR Emir Baigazin
DIR Daniel Patrick Carbone
DIR Lech Kowalski
FRANCE, GERMANY, KAZAKHSTAN | 115 MIN |
KAZAKH, RUSSIAN | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
USA | 81 MIN | ENGLISH
france, POLAND | 105 MIN | ENGLISH,
POLISH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Uroki garmonii
SHOWCASE
18
OUR
WORLD
hanging dates under ALEPPO's citadel
SHOWCASE
Świat w budowie
SHOWCASE
A meticulous and successful 13-year-old
science student faces the daily taunts of
schoolyard bullies at his village school in
the lonely steppes of Kazakhstan. Tired of
suffering in silence, he methodically
prepares his revenge. 18+
Two young brothers abruptly come of age
in the aftermath of a friend’s mysterious
death. Facing questions for which they
have no answers, they retreat into a world
of silence in this exploration of life and
death in rural America. 15+
Renowned environmental filmmaker Lech
Kowalski sets his sights on “fracking” by
Big Oil in the Polish countryside, a highly
destructive method of oil exploration, yet
another ecological disaster forced upon
struggling Polish farmers. 12+
SUN 27 OCT
8:45 PM – VOX 1
MON 28 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 5
WED 30 0CT
5:30 PM – VOX 2
WED 30 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 3
THU 31 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 1
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holy GRA
IDA
INREALLIFE
DIR Gianfranco Rosi
DIR Pawel Pawlikowski
DIR Beeban Kidron
ITALY | 93 MIN | ITALIAN | ARABIC and ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
POLAND, DENMARK | 80 MIN | POLISH | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
UK | 90 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
This penetrating doc about life along the
ring road that encircles Rome shows the
everyday lives of society’s fringe dwellers,
featuring diverse colourful characters
interviewed over a period of two years.
Golden Lion, Best Film, Venice. 15+
A young woman, preparing to become a
nun at the convent where she has lived
since being orphaned as a child,
embarks on a voyage of discovery to
uncover her roots and confront the truth
about her family. 18+
From the bedrooms of British teenagers
to the world of Silicon Valley, InRealLife
suggests that the Internet’s alluring
promise of connectivity is increasingly
trapping young people in an alienating
and addictive commercial world. 18+
TUE 29 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 6
WED 30 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 5
TUE 29 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 4
SAT 02 NOV
5:45 PM – VOX 4
FRI 01 NOV
8:45 PM – VOX 5
FRI 01 NOV
6:00 PM – VOX 6
IN THE SANDS OF BABYLON
IN TWO MINDS
JEALOUSY
DIR Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji
DIR Mani Kaul
DIR Philippe Garrel
IRAQ, UK, NETHERLANDS, UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES | 92 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INDIA | 1973 | 82 MIN | HINDI | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
FRANCE | 76 MIN | FRENCH | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Taht remal babyl
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Duvidha
La Jalousie
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
An Iraqi soldier escaping from Kuwait as
the army retreats in 1991 is captured and
cast into Saddam’s infamous prisons,
accused of being a traitor. Outside, an
Iraqi uprising instills hope for those held
captive in the killing fields of Babylon. 18+
When a newlywed bride’s husband leaves
for a lengthy business trip, a ghost falls in
love with her and, assuming the form of
her husband, moves in and before long,
the bride gets pregnant and the real
husband comes home! G
Another delicate study on the meaning of
love by French master Phlippe Garrel who
analyses the fragile connections that love
and jealousy create and destroy in an
instant through the story of a talented but
broke actor and the women he loves. 18+
MON 28 OCT
9:00 PM – EP
FRI 01 NOV
6:00 PM – VOX 2
SUN 27 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 5
THE JEWELLERY BOX
THE KILL TEAM
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON
DIR Aparna Sen
DIR Dan Krauss
DIR Hirokazu Kore-eda
INDIA | 139 MIN | BENGALI | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
USA | 79 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES
JAPAN | 120 MIN | JAPANESE | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
WED 30 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 1
Goynar baksho
SHOWCASE
MON 28 OCT
4:00 PM – VOX 1
Soshite chichi ni naru
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
SHOWCASE
Based on Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay’s
tale of three generations of women, seen
in relation to a box of jewels handed
down over the years. With hilarious,
intelligent performances from Moushumi
Chatterjee and Konkona Sen Sharma. 15+
An American soldier in Afghanistan who
attempts to alert his superiors about
atrocities being committed by his fellow
soldiers himself becomes the target of
one of the largest war crime
investigations in U.S. history. 15+
A family’s world is turned upside-down
when they learn that the hospital where
their son was born gave them the wrong
baby. They must choose between their
natural son and the son they have
cherished for six years. G
TUE 29 OCT
9:00 PM – EP
WED 30 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 4
FRI 25 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 6
THU 31 OCT
8:45 PM – VOX 1
SAT 02 NOV
2:45 PM – VOX 4
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9:15 PM – VOX 3
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FEATURE FILMS A-Z
LOVE ME
MADEMOISELLE C
THE MISSING PICTURE
DIR Hanne Myren
DIR Fabien Constant
DIR Rithy Panh
NORWAY | 75 MIN | NORWEGIAN | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
FRANCE | 93 MIN | english, FRENCH |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
CAMBODIA, FRANCE | 88 MIN | FRENCH |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NEW HORIZONS
SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
A young woman who longs to be loved
and fears being rejected feels the
jealousy, uncertainty and cowardice we
usually prefer to keep to ourselves. A
sensitive story from one of Norway’s most
established documentarians. 18+
This doc gives us a glimpse inside the life
and mind of one of fashion's most revered
tastemakers, former Vogue Paris editor
Carine Roitfeld, featuring style mavens
Tom Ford, Donatella Versace and Karl
Lagerfeld. 15+
Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, using
clay figures intercut with archival footage,
searches for a “missing picture” via his
recreation of the atrocities the Khmer
Rouge committed 1975 to 1979. Best Film,
Un Certain Regard, Cannes 2013. 15+
SAT 26 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 6
WED 30 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 3
TUE 29 OCT
6:45 PM – VOX 1
WED 30 OCT
2:00 PM – VOX 5
THU 31 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 1
SAT 02 NOV
6:00 PM – VOX 3
MY NAME IS HMMM . . .
MY STOLEN REVOLUTION
MY SWEET PEPPER LAND
DIR Agnès Troublé
DIR Nahid Persson Sarvestani
DIR Hiner Saleem
FRANCE | 121 MIN | FRENCH, english | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SWEDEN | 75 MIN | FARSI, SWEDISH | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
IRAQ, FRANCE, GERMANY, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 95 MIN | KURDISH | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Je m’appelle Hmmm . . .
NEW HORIZONS
Min stulna revolution
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Biladi al-halwa . . . biladi al-hada
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Her first time behind the camera, fashion
designer Agnès B tells the story of an
11-year-old runaway who meets a Scottish
truck driver (video artist Douglas Gordon in
an astonishing performance) who offers her
a chance to have a normal life. 18+
Haunted by the guilt of abandoning her
imprisoned friends and her brother when
she fled Iran after the 1979 revolution,
Nahid Persson Sarvestani begins a quest
to find the survivors and learn the fate of
her brother. 15+
In post–Saddam Kurdistan, an
independence war hero accepts a position
in a dreary village where he meets a
beautiful young woman. Director Saleem’s
(Vodka Lemon) humor is sublime, as is the
performance of Golshifteh Farahani. 15+
TUE 29 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 6
MON 28 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 4
SUN 27 OCT
9:00 PM – EP
THU 31 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 6
THU 31 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 6
TUE 29 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 5
NIGHT MOVES
OMAR GATLATO
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
DIR Kelly Reichardt
DIR Merzak Allouache
DIR Sergio Leone
USA | 112 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES
ALGERIA | 1977 | 90 MIN | ARABIC | FRENCH SUBTITLES
ITALY, USA | 1968 | 165 MIN | ENGLISH
Omar gatlato al rujula
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
20
L’image manquante
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
C’era una volta il West
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Three clandestine activists (Jesse
Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter
Sarsgaard) scheme to blow up a dam in a
seemingly well-planned act of eco-terror,
but a clean getaway proves to be more
elusive than they anticipated. 15+
Merzak Allouache’s first feature was such
a success that it changed the course of
Algerian cinema. This wry tale set in the
neighborhood of Bab el-Oued in Algiers
expresses the uncertainty and anger of his
generation of macho teenagers. 15+
Sergio Leone reimagines the American
Western as two mysterious strangers
join forces to defend a widow after a
hired gun murders her family. With
Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles
Bronson. New digital restoration. 12+
SUN 27 OCT
3:00 PM – VOX 5
SAT 26 OCT
5:30 PM – VOX 2
FRI 01 NOV
9:00 PM - EP
SAT 02 NOV
8:45 PM – VOX 1
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OUR
WORLD
ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE
PANDORA’S PROMISE
DIR Jim Jarmusch
DIR Robert Stone
DIR Yasuhiro Yoshiura
USA, UK | 123 MIN | ENGLISH
USA | 87 MIN | ENGLISH
JAPAN | 99 MIN | JAPANESE | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
PATEMA INVERTED
Sakasama no Patema
SHOWCASE
A reclusive rock star—who also happens
to be a vampire—has his nocturnal sleep
disturbed by his bloodsucking girlfriend
(Tilda Swinton) and her petulant sister
(Mia Wasikowska) in the new film from
American indie icon Jim Jarmusch. 18+
This controversial, thought-provoking
documentary is an invitation to explore
a different side to nuclear power. Will a
power that was once considered a
hazard to mankind ever be looked at
differently? 12+
Patema, a 14-year-old girl living in an
underground world, slips by chance into
an upside down universe where she
meets a boy her age, and upside down
together they discover new worlds in
this magical anime adventure. G
WED 30 OCT
6:00 PM - EP
SAT 26 OCT
8:45 PM – VOX 2
SAT 26 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 1
MON 28 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 2
Philomena
PEACE AFTER MARRIAGE
PHILOMENA
POTOSÍ
DIR Ghazi Albuliwi
DIR Stephen Frears
DIR Alfredo Castruita
USA | 86 MIN | ENGLISH, arabic
UK, usa, france | 97 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC
SUBTITLES
MEXICO | 120 MIN | SPANISH | ARABIC AND
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
SHOWCASE
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
NEW HORIZONS
In this Arab comedy of errors, Arafat, a
thirtysomething New Yorker who lives at
home with his parents, is so desperate for
sex, he even considers a green card
marriage with a woman guaranteed to
make his Palestinian parents freak out. 18+
Judi Dench and Steve Coogan star in the
deeply moving, true story of Philomena
Lee, an Irishwoman who spent decades
searching for the son that Catholic nuns
sold into adoption overseas. From the
director of The Queen. 18+
The lives of a goat herder, a housewife and a
peasant, all deeply affected by the terrible
violence plaguing Mexico, intersect in an
accident on a desert road in this intriguing
and profoundly human tale. Best Mexican
Film, Guanajuato Film Festival. 18+
TUE 29 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 1
SAT 26 OCT
6:00 PM - EP
FRI 25 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 6
THU 31 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 2
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FRI 01 NOV
9:15 PM – VOX 4
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FEATURE FILMS A-Z
School of Babel
QISSA
DIR Anup Singh
INDIA, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, FRANCE | 109
MIN | PUNJABI | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NEW HORIZONS
In postcolonial India in 1947 a Sikh who
is forced to flee his village due to ethnic
cleansing tries to build a home for his
family but is forced to keep their true
identities a secret from their community.
Starring Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi) 18+
SAT 26 OCT
9:00 PM – EP
SAT 02 NOV
9:00 PM – VOX 6
QUAI D'ORSAY
DIR Bertrand Tavernier
FRANCE | 113 min | FRENCH | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
SHOWCASE
From Lanzac's graphic novel inspired by
events in the life of Dominique de Villepin,
the new film by the French master is a
hilarious critique of French politics with a
portrait of a foreign minister whose charm
masks his utter incompetence. 18+
WED 30 OCT
9:00 PM - EP
RAGS AND TATTERS
THE RECONSTRUCTION
THE RED SHOES
DIR Ahmad Abdallah
DIR Juan Esteban Taratuto
DIR Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
EGYPT | 87 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
ARGENTINA | 93 MIN | SPANISH | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
UK | 1948 | 133 MIN | ENGLISH, FRENCH
Farsh wa ghata
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
22
These Birds Walk
La reconstrucción
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Escaping from prison amid the turbulence
of the 2011 Tahrir Square demonstrations,
a fugitive desperately seeks warmth and
shelter in the outer regions of Cairo, in this
vivid and captivating portrait of the fallout
from the Arab Spring. 18+
A workaholic oil worker who is
emotionally cut off from the world finds
his lonely routine shattered when he
rekindles an old friendship that allows
him to rebuild his past, his present and,
perhaps, his future. 18+
The singular fantasia brings to life Hans
Christian Andersen’s tale of a rising star
ballerina torn between the love of an
idealistic composer and the art of a
ruthless impresario intent on perfection.
New digital restoration. G
SAT 26 OCT
9:30 PM – VOX 5
MON 28 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 5
SAT 02 NOV
5:30 PM – VOX 5
SUN 27 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 1
SAT 02 NOV
3:45 PM – VOX 6
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THE ROOFTOPS
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE
SALVO
DIR Merzak Allouache
DIR Meenu Gaur, Farjad Nabi
DIR Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza
ALGERIA, france, QATAR | 91 MIN | ARABIC |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
PAKISTAN | 120 MIN | URDU, PUNJABI |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
ITALY | 103 MIN | ITALIAN | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Es-stouh/Les Terrasses
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Zinda bhaag
SHOWCASE
NEW HORIZONS
From dawn till dusk, paced by the calls
to prayer, a crowd wanders about on
the terraces of Algiers, spaces that have
become open-air mirrors of
contradictions, violence, intolerance and
endless conflicts. 18+
Against the backdrop of the world of
illegal immigration, three young men try
to escape the reality of their everyday
lives . . . and succeed in ways they had
least expected. Starring Naseeruddin
Shah. 15+
As a henchman for the Sicilian mob
sneaks into a house to eliminate an
enemy, he comes across a young blind
girl, and something extraordinary
happens: Their destinies become linked
together forever. 15+
FRI 25 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 5
SAT 26 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 5
SUN 27 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 6
WED 30 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 5
TUE 29 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 1
SAT 02 NOV
2:45 PM – VOX 5
SCHOOL OF BABEL
SCORCHING WINDS
SHORT TERM 12
DIR Julie Bertuccelli
DIR M.S. Sathyu
DIR Destin Daniel Cretton
FRANCE | 90 MIN | FRENCH | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
INDIA | 1974 | 146 MIN | URDU | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
USA | 96 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC SUBTITLES
La Cour de Babel
Garm Hava
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
NEW HORIZONS
In a multicultural Paris junior high school
we see the innocence, the enthusiasm
and inner turmoil of young immigrants—
Irish, Serbian, Brazilian, Tunisian,
Chinese, Senegalese—as they come to
grips with learning in a new language. G
A Muslim family from Agra copes with
the repercussions of the India/Pakistan
partition. Made on an extremely low
budget, this sheer genius of a film must
be seen for its humane treatment of
sensitive religious and political issues. 15+
A supervising staff member of a foster
care facility navigates the troubled
waters of that world alongside her
coworker and longtime boyfriend. This
lovingly realized film finds truth and
humor in unexpected places. 18+
WED 30 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 4
FRI 25 OCT
5:30 PM – VOX 2
SUN 27 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 6
SIDDHARTH
THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE
STILL LIFE
DIR Richie Mehta
DIR Moufida Tlatli
DIR Uberto Pasolini
INDIA, CANADA | 96 MIN | HINDI | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
TUNISIA, FRANCE | 1994 | 127 MIN | ARABIC |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
italy, UK | 87 MIN | ENGLISH | ARABIC
SUBTITLES
FRI 01 NOV
3:00 PM – VOX 5
Samt al qusour
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
WED 30 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 4
NEW HORIZONS
A powerful heart-rending tale about a
poor Delhi street merchant desperately
searching for his missing young son
transforms into a genuine human portrait
within a hard-working community that is
rich in family and love. 12+
The death of a prince brings a young
woman back to the palace where she
was born into servitude. The lingering
legacy of the harem is brought into light
from behind velvet curtains. Winner of
the 1994 Cannes Camera d’Or. 18+
A social worker who ensures that those
who have died alone are laid to rest in a
dignified manner becomes obsessed
with the life of a deceased neighbor,
which leads him to ponder life, love and
the afterlife. 15+
WED 30 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 5
MON 28 OCT
8:45 PM – VOX 2
MON 28 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 6
SAT 02 NOV
8:45 PM – VOX 4
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WED 30 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 6
23
THESE BIRDS WALK
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
A TOUCH OF SIN
DIR Omar Mullick, Bassem Tariq
DIR Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Ludwig
DIR Jia Zhangke
PAKISTAN, USA | 72 MIN | URDU | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Berger
CHINA, japan | 129 MIN | MANDARIN | ARABIC
and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
NARRATIVE COMPETITION
Wayward street children in Karachi and the
Good Samaritans from Edhi Foundation
who look out for them are captured cinema
verité style, resulting in an ethereal and
inspirational story of resilience under
difficult circumstances. 12+
A new digital restoration in luscious
Technicolor does justice to one of the
most spectacular fantasies ever made.
Prince Ahmad, cast out of Bagdad,
fights to win back his royal place, as well
as the heart of a beautiful princess. G
Four regions of China, four working-class
protagonists and four examples of class
conflict. But this is also a martial arts film
that echoes the masterpiece A Touch of
Zen by King Hu, as if the spirit of the
heroes of the past were still alive. 18+
FRI 25 OCT
4:15 PM – VOX 4
SAT 26 OCT
3:30 PM – VOX 1
TUE 29 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 5
SAT 26 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 6
FRI 01 NOV
5:45 PM - VOX 5
SAT 02 NOV
6:00 PM – VOX 6
TURNING TIDE
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
UNDEREXPOSURE
DIR Christophe Offenstein
DIR Jacques Demy
DIR Oday Rasheed
FRANCE | 96 MIN | FRENCH | ARABIC and
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
FRANCE | 1964 | 92 MIN | FRENCH | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
IRAQ, GERMANY | 2005 | 74 MIN | ARABIC |
ENGLISH SUBTITLES
En solitaire
Les parapluies de Cherbourg
SHOWCASE
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
A sailing fanatic’s dreams come true
when he is called on to replace an
entrant in the Vendée Globe round-theworld solo yacht race. In the lead after
several days at sea, a damaged rudder
threatens his chance for glory. G
Gher salih lelard
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Cherbourg is transformed into the most
ethereal of creations telling a story of
lost love, as a shop girl (Catherine
Deneuve), gets separated from her
boyfriend when he is called for military
service. New digital restoration. G
In the first Iraqi feature after the regime’s
fall in 2003, a young Iraqi starts filming
what he sees. Among his protagonists are
a musician he has known since his school
days, a young autistic neighbor and a
wounded soldier. 15+
SUN 27 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 1
SUN 27 OCT
6:30 PM – VOX 2
THE VAGABONDS
VILLA 69
WALLS
DIR Daoud Abdel Sayed
DIR Ayten Amin
DIR Francesco Conversano, Nene Grignaffini
EGYPT | 1985 | 120 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
EGYPT, uae | 108 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH
SUBTITLES
ITALY | 85 MIN | ALBANIAN, ENGLISH, SERBIAN,
SPANISH | ARABIC and ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MON 28 OCT
6:15 PM - EP
Al-sa alik
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
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UK | 1940 | 106 MIN | ENGLISH
Tian zhu ding
Muri
NEW HORIZONS
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
The film that established Abdel Sayed as a
pioneer of New Realism in Egyptian
cinema tells the story of two friends who
rose from the bottom to the top of society
through suspicious dealmaking, in a story
full of love, anger and betrayal. 15+
This long-anticipated drama about life,
intimacy, illness and death sparkles with a
lighthearted touch. Hussein enjoys a
solitary existence not realizing his past is
about to catch up with him when his sister
and nephew move into his house. G
By comparing the wall in Arizona
erected by the United States on the
Mexican border and a bridge in Kosovo
that separates Albanians and Serbs,
Walls probes the artificial barriers that
divide the human race. 12+
THU 31 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 2
TUE 29 OCT
6:00 PM – EP
SAT 26 OCT
6:45 PM – VOX 4
THU 31 OCT
4:00 PM – VOX 5
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THU 31 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 4
FEATURE FILMS A-Z
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
12+
THU 31 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 2
WEST BEIRUT
West Beyrouth (À l’abri les enfants)
WHISPERS OF THE CITIES
SAT 26 OCT
TUE 29 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 4
4:30 PM – VOX 4
WHO IS DAYANI CRISTAL?
DIR Ziad Doueiri
Hams al-mudan
LEBANON, FRANCE, NORWAY | 1998 | 105 MIN
| ARABIC, FRENCH | ENGLISH SUBTITLES
IRAQ, uae | 62 MIN | ARABIC | ENGLISH
DIR Marc Silver
SUBTITLES
UK, MEXICO | 80 MIN | spanish, ENGLISH |
ARABIC and english SUBTITLES
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
DIR Kasim Abid
When civil war breaks out in Beirut in
1975, young Tarek and his friend Omar
have fun manoeuvering between battle
lines and filming the military spectacle,
but inevitably, the war transforms from
Over 10 years Iraqi filmmaker Kasim
Abid made a personal journey within the
world close to his heart, gathering
images of life on the streets in Ramallah,
An anonymous body in the Arizona
desert sparks the beginning of a real-life
human drama explored in this
adventure to
tragedy. 18+
Baghdad and Arbil
that reveal the
documentary. The
search for identity
WED 30 OCT
8:30 PM – VOX 2
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
daily struggle of
the human spirit.
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DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
leads back across
a continent to
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SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Mont Blanc
Precipice
Allez Hop!
PROGRAMME 1
PROGRAMME 2
THE DAYS BEFORE
ALLEZ HOP!
MONT BLANC
AGRI AND THE MOUNTAIN
THE QUEEN
LE JOUR A VAINCU LA NUIT
STREETCAR
WIPEOUT
THE WOUND
ZAKARIA
89 MIN
Karim Moussaoui | ALGERIA | 40 MIN
Gilles Coulier | BELGIUM | 14 MIN
Manuel Abramovich | ARGENTINA | 18 MIN
Hala Matar | BAHRAIN, USA | 8 MIN
Anna Budanova | RUSSIA | 9 MIN
mon 28 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 3
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thu 31 OCT
3:00 PM – VOX 4
82 MIN
Juliette Baily | FRANCE | 7 MIN
Hasan Serin | TURKEY | 13 MIN
Jean-Gabriel Périot | FRANCE | 28 MIN
Amine Berrada | FRANCE, MOROCCO | 7 MIN
Leyla Bouzid | FRANCE, TUNISIA | 27 MIN
MON 28 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 3
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THU 31 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 4
Reality 2.0
The Days Before
The Wound
PROGRAMME 3
PROGRAMME 4
THE BIG BOY
THE CONTAGIOUS APPARITIONS OF
DAMBAREY DENDRITE
77 MIN
Kyu-tae Lee | SOUTH KOREA | 6 MIN
70 MIN
FEEDING five hundred
Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurung | NEPAL | 18 MIN
PRECIPICE
Theodore Ushev | CANADA | 7 MIN
PRETTYBOY
Víctor Orozco Ramírez | GERMANY, MEXICO | 11 MIN
Rafed Al-Harti, Ray Haddad | UAE | 22 MIN
Nadia Touijer | TUNISIA | 19 MIN
Sasa Ban | CROATIA | 15 MIN
WHALE VALLEY
Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson | DENMARK | 15 MIN
TUE 29 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 3
GLORIA VICTORIA
REALITY 2.0
REVOLUTIONARY MEMORIES OF BAHMAN
WHO LOVED LEILA
Farahnaz Sharifi | IRAN | 15 MIN
THOUGH I KNOW THE RIVER IS DRY
FRI 01 NOV
3:15 PM – VOX 4
Omar Robert Hamilton | PALESTINE, EGYPT, QATAR | 19 MIN
TUE 29 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 3
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6:15 PM – VOX 4
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EMIRATES FILM COMPETITION
The Emirates Film Competition was established in 2001 to foster Emirati filmmaking. The
competition also invites submissions from other GCC countries, as well as those with a strong
focus on the region’s history and culture.
presented by:
SAFI
grief
CROSSING
MR. IDEAS
Short Narrative
Competition, part 1
Short Narrative
Competition, part 2
book of sand
BIDOUN
DADDY ABC
CROSSING
Mona Chehade | UAE | 4 MIN
ICE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOUNIS
Deena Stevens | UAE | 10 MIN
MADRASA
KETCHUP
Omnia Al Afifi | UAE | 12 MIN
MR. IDEAS
Abdulrahman Al Madani |UAE | 6 MIN
MUTINY
Rashed Al Nuaimi | UAE | 5 MIN
ROOSTER’S PHILOSOPHY
Noura Al Zarouni | UAE | 5 MIN
WITH TIME
Deena Stevens | UAE | 9 MIN
92 MIN
Bader Al Humoud | saudi Arabia | 18 MIN
Hamad Al Awar | UAE | 6 MIN
Omar Ibrahim | UAE | 20 MIN
David Moore, Mohammed Bin
Ishaq | UAE | 15 MIN
MY PINK ROOM
74 MIN
Mohammed Al Ibrahim | QATAR | 20 MIN
Maitham Al Musawi | OMAN | 7 MIN
Mohammed Al Otaiba | UAE | 17 MIN
Hassan Al Jabri | UAE | 5 MIN
Bilal Antepli | UAE | 10 MIN
Vachan Sharma | KUWAIT | 5 MIN
SAFI
Ibrahim Al Marzouqi | UAE | 10 MIN
Ahmed Zain | UAE | 8 MIN
SARAB
Yasser Al Neyadi | UAE | 19 MIN
Maryam Foruhi | UAE | 12 MIN
STREETCAR
Malak Quota | SAUDI ARABIA | 14 MIN
Hala Matar | USA, BAHRAIN | 8 MIN
fri 25 OCT
6:00 PM – VOX 3
100 MIN
mon 28 OCT
3:00 PM – VOX 3
fri 25 OCT
9:15 PM – VOX 3
Student Short
Narrative
Competition
tue 29 oct
3:00 PM – VOX 3
DAUGHTER OF LIFE
FRESHMAN
GRIEF
GUILT
HESSA
I DON’T UNDERSTAND
LOVE IMPAIRED
MIRROR
Ameera Madhi | UAE | 4 MIN
THORNS OF GREY
Abeka Mamuromu | UAE | 16 MIN
TO A SAFE PLACE
Khamis Al Shehhi | UAE | 6 MIN
SAT 26 OCT
5:45 PM – VOX 3
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3:00 PM – VOX 3
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EMIRATES FILM COMPETITION
BADER
hessa
THE ANATOMY OF HOPE
Short
Documentary
Competition
Student Short
Documentary
Competition
mahatat
70 MIN
60 MIN
THE ANATOMY OF HOPE
AGAINST THE WIND
ACCIDENT
BADER
BEEWUN*
MARIONETTE
CAMEL THERAPY
cardboard roof
104 MIN
Sofia de Fay | UAE | 27 MIN
Sara Al Saadi, Maaria Assami, Latifa Al
Darwish | QATAR | 11 MIN
Fahid Al Kandari | KUWAIT | 24 MIN
FEEDING five hundred
Rafed Al Harthi, Ray Haddad | UAE | Aisha Abdulla | UAE | 6 MIN
Deena Stevens, Ibrahim
Mohammed | UAE | 4 MIN
COLLECTING MY PASSION
Papers
LITTLE PEOPLE
Reem Al Meqbali | UAE | 8 MIN
Latifa Al Darwish, Roudha Al
Meghaiseeb | QATAR | 12 MIN
SILENT ART
SAT 26 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 3
SOMETHING ABOUT MAIDS
Hana Mire | UAE | 18 MIN
Salama Mubarak, Sara Al Hamadi | UAE | SUN 27 OCT
6:15 PM – VOX 3
Hamza Sami | UAE | 4 MIN
Abdulaziz Al Battashi | Oman | 4 MIN
PRESENT
OOPS
6 MIN
30
Men Subdue
the merchant
Mariam Khanji, Meera Al Mutawa | UAE |
THU 31 OCT
3:45 PM – VOX 3
Sophia Jawwad | UAE | 4 MIN
Saeed Almas | UAE | 8 MIN
12 MIN
TEMSA7
Yasser Al Qurmozi | BAHRAIN | 10 MIN
Fatema Sultan, Huda Al Majidi, Bashayer Al
Mahmood | UAE | 17 MIN
22 MIN
Daniel Malak |UAE | 8 MIN
Out-of-Competition
Screenings
FRI 01 NOV
3:45 PM – VOX 3
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Sadiq Bahbahani | KUWAIT | 8 MIN
Royal Sacrifice
Rashed Al Nuaimi | UAE | 5 MIN
THE TAXI DRIVER
Shaddad Al Musalmy | OMAN | 17 MIN
SUN 27 OCT
9:00 PM – VOX 2
To our
volunteers
and interns
THANK YOU!
Our volunteers and interns work
tirelessly alongside our staff,
both on the front lines and behind
the scenes, to ensure patrons,
guests and filmmakers alike have
a great experience here in
Abu Dhabi.
Without them, the Festival would
not be possible, so please join
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SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Celebrating
Indian Cinema
Férid Boughedir, p. 18
One of the world’s most
prolific and beloved cinemas
commemorates its centenary
this year. To join the
celebration we have chosen
a handful of the country’s
most admired films made
by some of its treasured film
directors. All of the films are
milestones in more ways
than one. All have made
important contributions
to the creation of new film
sensibilities and cinematic
language even as they reflect
socioeconomic, political
and cultural realities. But
above all, they are intense
cinematic experiences
marked by artistic daring
trying to make sense of the
difficult birth of the Indian
nation and its aftermath.
OMAR GATLATO
THE CATASTROPHE
the silences of the palace
ETERNAL THIRST
UNDEREXPOSURE
THE GOLDEN THREAD
THE VAGABONDS
IN TWO MINDS
WEST BEIRUT
SCORCHING WINDS
DEBUT FILMS BY ARAB FILMMAKERS
ADFF provides a platform
for Arab filmmakers
by offering them an
opportunity to show their
work and by organizing
special programmes
related to Arabic cinema.
It is our goal to help
filmmakers overcome the
difficulties they face in
reaching wider audiences.
For the third year in a row
the Festival has expanded
its spotlight on Arabic
cinema. After the program
Naguib Mahfouz: Man of
Cinema in 2011 and the
celebration of 50 years
of Algerian cinema in
2012, we continue this
year with the first films of
Arab filmmakers whose
cinematic debuts not only
gave us a glimpse into their
future careers, but have
since become milestones in
the history of Arab cinema.
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DATE WINE
Radwan El-Kashef, p. 15
DREAMS OF THE CITY
Mohammad Malas, p. 15
LE GRAND VOYAGE
Ismael Ferroukhi, p. 17
HALFAOUINE: BOY OF THE
Terraces
Merzak Allouache, p. 20
Mufida Tlatli, p. 23
Oday Rasheed, p. 24
Daoud Abdel Sayed, p. 24
Ziad Doueiri, p. 25
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Jahnu Barua, p. 15
Guru Dutt, p. 16
Ritwik Ghatak, p. 17
Mani Kaul, p. 19
M.S. Sathyu, p. 23
LOL WITH CLASSICS
FROM CHAPLIN AND
KEATON TO PIERRE ETAIX
74 MIN
THE CURE
Charlie Chaplin | USA | 1917 | 17 MIN
FEELING GOOD
Pierre Étaix | FRANCE | 1971 | 12 MIN
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Pierre Étaix, Jean-Claude
Carrière | FRANCE | 1962 | 12 MIN
ONE WEEK
Buster Keaton | USA | 1920 | 22 min
RUPTURE
Pierre Étaix | FRANCE | 1961 | 11 MIN
SAT 26 OCT
3:00 PM – VOX 3
Pieces of Time: Classic Odysseys
The Art of Preserving and Restoring Cinema
The future of cinema comes
from preserving its past. A
film’s ability to tell us who we
are, sometimes even decades
after the movie’s release, makes
it important. The timeless
power of these wondrous films
comes from their invocation of
life and through the emotional
truths they portray on the
screen. Narrative, abstraction,
speed, movement, stillness,
life, wonder and death: all
dazzlingly explored and
expressed by the makers of
these films in unforgettable
moments, gestures, glances,
reactions between the
characters, light, shadow.
Each film is revived for you
to discover through the art
and beauty of preserving and
restoring cinema.
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
Blake Edwards, p. 13
DIAL M FOR MURDER
Alfred Hitchcock, p. 15
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
Sergio Leone, p. 20
THE RED SHOES
Michael Powell, Emeric
Pressburger, p. 22
THE THIEF OF BAGDAD
Michael Powell, Tim Whelan,
Ludwig Berger, p. 24
THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
Jacques Demy, p. 24
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Our World Award
This award, sponsored by
Masdar, celebrates films
devoted to broadening
awareness of significant
environmental issues. A
jury of Masdar students
awards a prize for the
best film in the Our World
competition.
Established in 2006,
Masdar is a commercially
driven enterprise that
operates to reach the
broad boundaries of of
the renewable energy and
sustainable technologies
industry thereby giving
it the necessary scope to
meet these challenges.
These films are eligible for the
Our World Award.
AATSINKI: THE STORY OF ARCTIC
COWBOYS
Jessica Oreck, p. 12
AMAZONIA
Thierry Rigobert, p. 12
BLACKFISH
Gabriela Cowperthwaite, p. 13
EMPTYING THE SKIES
Douglas Kass, p. 16
FATAL ASSISTANCE
Raoul Peck, p. 18
HARLOCK: SPACE PIRATE
Shinji Aramaki, p. 18
HOLY FIELD HOLY WAR
Lech Kowalski, p. 18
PANDORA’S PROMISE
Robert Stone, p. 21
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Child Protection Award
Thanks to the magic of
film we can live different
lives and different
experiences that take us
far away in space and
time. Since its early days
cinema has always cared
about children. Who did
not shed a tear watching
The Kid by Charlie
Chaplin? Filmmakers
are concerned about all
kinds of children: children
with loving parents,
children lonely and
abused, children obliged
to find their own way to
adulthood and happiness.
These stories make us
care more and better
understand those young
human beings in whose
hands will rest the future
of the world.
Awards
ADFF is delighted to
have in its program a very
important new award: The
Child Protection Award
created in partnership
with the Ministry of the
Interior with the aim of
calling attention to those
films that raise awareness
about the situation of
abused or neglected
children or promote
prevention measures in
this regard.
Daniel Patrick Carbone p. 18
Gudmundur Arnar
Gudmundsson, p. 27
INREALLIFE
with time
LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
ZAKARIA
Child Protection Award for Best Script (US$30,000)
These films are eligible for Child Protection Awards.
FEATURE FILMS
SHORTS
BASTARDO
AGRI AND THE MOUNTAIN
BEFORE SNOWFALL
THE CONTAGIOUS APPARITIONS OF
DAMBAREY DENDRITE
Nejib Belkadhi, p. 12
Hasan Serin, p. 26
Hisham Zaman, p. 12
Bibhusan Basnet, Pooja Gurun,
p. 27
FANDRY
Nagraj Manjule, p. 16
my pink room
Vachan Sharma, p. 29
GIRAFFADA
Rani Massalha, p. 17
THE QUEEN
Manuel Abramovich, p. 26
HARMONY LESSONS
Emir Baigazin, p. 18
WHALE VALLEY
HIDE YOUR SMILING FACES
Beeban Kidron, p. 19
Malak Quota, p. 29
Hirokazu Kore-eda, p. 19
Leyla Bouzid, p. 26
MY NAME IS HMMM . . .
Agnès Troublé, p. 20
SCHOOL OF BABEL
Julie Bertuccelli, p. 23
SHORT TERM 12
Destin Daniel Cretton, p. 23
SIDDHARTH
Richie Mehta, p. 23
THESE BIRDS WALK
Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq,
p. 24
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‫ﺘﺤ‬
‫ﺪة‬
‫ﻣﺎرات اﻟﻌﺮﺑﻴ‬
‫ﺔ ا‬
‫وﻟ‬
‫د‬
DA
ITE
UN
RAB EMIRATES
The MOI Child Protection
Centre works to ensure
the safety and security of
children through effective
communication with all
stakeholders, developing
meaningful internal and
external partnerships and
ensuring implementation
and regulation of child
protection legislation,
policies and best
international practices
which make the UAE child
protection center a model
of excellence.
Child Protection Award for Best Film (US$70,000)
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KEY
FILM SECTIONS
NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION
NEW HORIZONS / AFAQ JADIDA COMPETITION
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE COMPETITION
SHOWCASE
SHORT FILM COMPETITION
EMIRATES FILM COMPETITION
SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
Screen time
Film Title
Duration
Page number
FRIDAY 25 October
3 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
3:00 pm
3:15 pm
BREAKFAST
AT TIFFANY'S
4 pm
115 min
p. 13
HALFAOUINE:
BOY OF THE
TERRACES
3:15 pm
BEFORE
SNOWFALL
98 min
p. 18
105 min
p. 12
4:15 pm
THESE BIRDS
WALK
72 min
p. 24
5 pm
4:30 pm
FOR THOSE
WHO CAN
TELL NO
TALES
75 min
P. 17 -
5:30 pm
SCORCHING
WINDS
6 pm
6:00 pm
DJINN
86 min
p. 15
7 pm
6:15 pm
146 min
p. 23
AATSINKI:
THE STORY
OF ARCTIC
COWBOYS
6:00 pm
EFC SHORT
NARRATIVE
COMPETITION 1
92 min
p. 29
85 min
p. 12
6:15 pm
POTOSI
6:30 pm
120 min
p. 21
ENOUGH SAID
93 min
p. 16
7:00 pm
AN EPISODE
IN THE LIFE
OF AN IRON
PICKER
74 min
p. 16
8 pm
9 pm
9:00 pm
BELLE
104 min
p. 12
10 pm
9:00 pm
THE BROKEN
CIRCLE
BREAKDOWN
110 min
p. 14
9:00 pm
ETERNAL
THIRST
146 min
p. 16
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
EFC SHORT
NARRATIVE
COMPETITION
2
WHO IS
DAYANI
CRISTAL
80 min
p. 25
100 min
p. 29
9:15 pm
9:15 pm
91 min
p. 23
120 min
p. 19
THE
ROOFTOPS
LIKE FATHER,
LIKE SON
11 pm
12 am
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SATURDAY 26 October
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
15:00
LOL with
CLASSICs
THE THIEF OF
BAGDAD
4 pm
-
74 min
p. 33
3:30 pm
3:30pm
AMAZONIA
83 min
p. 12
106 min
p. 24
4:15 pm
3:45 pm
GIRAFFADA
81 min
p. 17
BLACKFISH
83 min
p. 13
5 pm
5:30 pm
OMAR
GATLATO
6 pm
6:00 pm
PHILOMENA
97 min
p. 21
6:15 pm
90 min
p. 20
PATEMA
INVERTED
EFC STUDENT
SHORT
NARRATIVE
COMPETITION
74 min
p. 29
99 min
p. 21
7 pm
5:45 pm
6:15 pm
6:30 pm
6:45 pm
WALLS
85 min
p. 24
RUN FOR
YOUR LIFE
115 min
p. 23
THESE BIRDS
WALK
72 min
p. 24
8 pm
8:45 pm
9 pm
PANDORA'S
PROMISE
9:00 pm
QISSA
109 min
p. 22
10 pm
9:15 pm
CHILD'S POSE
112 min
p. 15
87 min
p. 21
9:00 pm
EFC SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
104 min
p. 30
9:00 pm
WHISPERS OF
THE CITIES
62 min
p. 25
9:15 pm
9:30 pm
RAGS AND
TATTERS
87 min
p. 22
11 pm
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75 min
p. 20
SUNDAY 27 October
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
3:00 pm
NIGHT MOVES
112 min
p. 20
3:30 pm
RAGS AND
TATTERS
4 pm
3:45pm
WHO IS
DAYANI
CRISTAL
87 min
p. 22
80 min
p. 25
3:45 pm
AN EPISODE
IN THE LIFE
OF AN IRON
PICKER
4:00 pm
AATSINSKI:
THE STORY
OF ARCTIC
COWBOYS
74 min
p. 16
85 min
p. 12
5 pm
6 pm
6:00 pm
6:00 pm
6:30 pm
ENEMY
7 pm
90 min
p. 16
THE
UMBRELLAS
OF
CHERBOURG
92 min
p. 24
6:15 pm
6:30 pm
UNDER-
EXPOSURE
74 min
p. 24
EFC STUDENT
SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
70 min
p.30
JEALOUSY
76 min
p. 19
SHORT TERM 12
96 min
p. 23
7:00 pm
DOCTOR
FABRE WILL
CURE YOU
61 min
p. 15
8 pm
8:45 pm
9 pm
9:00 pm
MY SWEET
PEPPER LAND
10 pm
6:15 pm
95 min
p. 20
HARMONY
LESSONS
115 min
p. 18
8:45 pm
HARLOCK:
SPACE PIRATE
9:00 pm
MAHATAT:
EFC OUT OF
COMPETITION
60 min
p. 30
9:15 pm
LIKE FATHER,
LIKE SON
120 min
p. 19
9:30 pm
115 min
p. 18
9:00 pm
SALVO
103 min
p. 23
hanging
dates under
ALEPPO's
citadel
71 min
p. 18
11 pm
12 am
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MONDAY 28 October
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
3:00 pm
3:30 pm
PANDORA'S
PROMISE
4 pm
4:00 pm
JEALOUSY
87 min
p. 21
EFC SHORT
NARRATIVE
COMPETITION
1
3:15 pm
BEFORE
SNOWFALL
92 min
p. 29
4:00 pm
4:15 pm
76 min
p. 19
BLACKFISH
83 min
p. 13
5 pm
105 min
p. 12
FOR THOSE
WHO CAN
TELL NO
TALES
75 min
p. 17
6 pm
6:00 pm
6:15pm
TURNING TIDE
7 pm
96 min
p. 24
6:15 pm
FATAL
ASSISTANCE
100 min
P. 16
the
catastrophe
120 min
p. 15
6:15 pm
6:15 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION 1
89 min
p. 26
6:30 pm
6:45 pm
CAIRO DRIVE
77 min
p. 14
THE RECONSTRUCTION
BASTARDO
106 min
p. 12
93 min
p. 22
8 pm
8:45 pm
9 pm
9:00 pm
IN THE SANDS
OF BABYLON
10 pm
90 min
p. 19
9:00 pm
FANDRY
103 min
p. 16
THE SILENCES
OF THE
PALACE
127 min
p. 23
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION
2
MY STOLEN
REVOLUTION
75 min
p. 20
82 min
p. 26
11 pm
12 am
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9:15 pm
HIDE YOUR
SMILING
FACES
81 min
p. 18
STILL LIFE
87 min
p. 23
TUESDAY 29 October
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
2:15 pm
DOCTOR
FABRE WILL
CURE YOU
3 pm
61 min
p. 15
3:45 pm
4 pm
RUN FOR
YOUR LIFE
115 min
p. 23
3:00 pm
EFC SHORT
NARRATIVE
COMPETITION
2
4:00 pm
MY SWEET
PEPPER LAND
100 min
p. 29
hanging
dates under
ALEPPO's
citadel
95 min
p. 20
4:15 pm
CANOPY
4:30 pm
84 min
p. 15
WHISPERS OF
THE CITIES
71 min
p13
5 pm
-
3:30pm
62 min
p. 25
6 pm
6:00 pm
6:00 pm
VILLA 69
DREAMS OF
THE CITY
108 min
p. 24
6:45 pm
7 pm
120 min
p. 15
THE MISSING
PICTURE
6:00 pm
BARBER'S
TALES
6:15 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION 3
77 min
p. 27
6:45 pm
120 min
p. 12
HOLY GRA
93 min
p. 19
EL GORT
86 min
p. 17
88 min
p. 20
6:30 pm
8 pm
9 pm
9:00 pm
THE
JEWELLERY
BOX
10 pm
139 min
p. 19
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
PEACE AFTER
MARRIAGE
86 min
p. 21
THE GOLDEN
THREAD
143 min
p. 17
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION 4
70 min
p. 27
9:15 pm
INREALLIFE
90 min
p. 19
9:15 pm
A TOUCH OF
SIN
129 min
p. 24
MY NAME IS
HMMM...
121 min
p. 20
11 pm
12 am
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WEDNESDAY 30 October
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
2:00 pm
LOVE ME
75 min
p. 20
3 pm
3:00 pm
FATAL
ASSISTANCE
3:30 pm
IN THE SANDS
OF BABYLON
4 pm
100 min
p. 16
92 min
p. 19
3:00 pm
EFC STUDENT
SHORT
NARRATIVE
COMPETITION
74 min
p. 29
3:30pm
3:30 pm
SHORT TERM
12
96 min
p. 23
3:45 pm
THE
ROOFTOPS
STILL LIFE
87 min
p. 23
91 min
P. 23
5 pm
5:30 pm
HOLY FIELD
HOLY WAR
6 pm
105 min
p. 18
6:00 pm
only lovers
left alive
7 pm
123 min
p. 21
6:00 pm
HARMONY
LESSONS
115 min
p. 18
6:30 pm
EMPTYING THE
SKIES
75 min
p. 16
6:15 pm
6:30 pm
SCHOOL OF
BABEL
90 min
p. 23
6:30 pm
IDA
80 min
p. 19
BLIND DATES
97 min
p. 13
8 pm
8:30 pm
west beirut
9 pm
9:00 pm
quai d'orsay
113 min
p. 22
10 pm
9:00 pm
THE
GEOGRAPHER
DRANK HIS
GLOBE AWAY
120 min
p. 17
105 min
p. 25
9:00 pm
MADEMOISELLE
C
93 min
p. 20
9:15 pm
THE KILL
TEAM
79 min
p. 19
11 pm
12 am
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SIDDHARTH
96 min
p. 23
9:15 pm
THE DOUBLE
93 min
p. 15
THURSDAY 31 October
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
3 pm
3:00 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION 1
3:30 pm
4 pm
3:45
PEACE AFTER
MARRIAGE
MADEMOISELLE 86 min
C
93 min
p. 20
p. 21
3:45 pm
89 min
p. 26
EFC SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
3:45pm
4:00 pm
VILLA 69
108 min
p. 24
104 min
p. 30
EL GORT
86 min
p. 17
5 pm
6 pm
6:00 pm
THE
VAGABONDS
6:30 pm
7 pm
HIDE YOUR
SMILING
FACES
6:30 pm
82 min
p. 26
MY STOLEN
REVOLUTION
7:00 pm
EMPTYING THE SKIES
AMAZONIA
75 min
p. 20
83 min
p. 12
75 min
p. 16
8 pm
8:45 pm
THE
JEWELLERY
BOX
139 min
p. 19
10 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION 2
7:00 pm
81 min
p. 18
9 pm
6:15 pm
120 min
p. 24
9:00 pm
WEST BEIRUT
105 min
p. 25
MY NAME IS
HMMM...
9:15 pm
9:15 pm
9:30 pm
FANDRY
103 min
p. 16
WALLS
85 min
p. 24
9:30 pm
DIAL M FOR
MURDER
121 min
p. 20
105 min
p. 15
11 pm
12 am
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FRIDAY 1 november
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
9:30 pm
DIAL M F
MURDER
105 min
p. 15
3:45pm
EL GORT
2 pm
3 pm
3:00 pm
COMPETITION
WINNER
3:00 pm
3:15 pm
BASTARDO
106 min
p. 12
4 pm
3:00 pm
CAIRO DRIVE
3:15 pm
77 min
p. 14
SHORTS
COMPETITION 3
3:45 pm
EFC STUDENT
SHORT
DOCUMENTARY
COMPETITION
77 min
p. 27
SCHOOL OF
BABEL
90 min
p. 23
3:30 pm
BLIND DATES
97 min
p. 13
70 min
p. 30
5 pm
5:45 pm
6 pm
6:00 pm
CAMILLE
CLAUDEL 1915
95 min
p. 14
7 pm
6:00 pm
6:15 pm
GIRAFFADA
81 min
p. 17
in two minds
6:15 pm
SHORTS
COMPETITION 4
82 min
p. 19
6:45 pm
COMPETITION
WINNER
THE THIEF OF
BAGDAD
106 min
p. 24
70 min
p. 27
6:00 PM
Inreallife
86 min
p. 19
8 pm
8:45 pm
9 pm
9:00 pm
ONCE UPON
A TIME IN THE
WEST
10 pm
165 min
p. 20
IDA
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
ENOUGH SAID
93 min
p. 16
LE GRAND
VOYAGE
108 min
p. 17
9:15 pm
9:30 pm
THE BROKEN
CIRCLE
BREAKDOWN
POTOSÍ
120 min
p. 21
110 min
p. 14
11 pm
12 am
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80 min
p. 19
9:00 pm
BARBER'S
TALES
120 min
p. 12
m
FOR
R
saturday 2 november
12 pm
EMIRATES
PALACE
Marina Mall
Vox 1
Marina Mall
Vox 2
Marina Mall
Vox 3
Marina Mall
Vox 4
Marina Mall
Vox 5
2:45 pm
2:45 pm
Marina Mall
Vox 6
1 pm
2 pm
RT
3 pm
2:45 pm
COMPETITION
WINNER
THE KILL
TEAM
79 min
p. 19
3:15 pm
DATE WINE
SALVO
103 min
p. 23
3:30 pm
THE RECON-
STRUCTION
93 min
p. 22
100 min
p. 15
4 pm
5 pm
5:30 pm
6 pm
5:45 pm
5:45 pm
THE DOUBLE
6:00 pm
93 min
p. 15
THE MISSING
PICTURE
6:30 pm
COMPETITION
WINNER
7 pm
HOLY GRA
93min
p. 19
THE RED
SHOES
133 min
p. 22
6:00 pm
A TOUCH OF
SIN
129 min
p. 24
88 min
p. 20
8 pm
9 pm
NIGHT MOVES
112 min
p. 20
10 pm
8:45 pm
8:45 pm
9:00 pm
9:15 pm
HALFAOUINE:
BOY OF THE
TERRACES
CANOPY
84 min
p. 14
SIDDHARTH
96 min
p. 23
21:00
COMPETITION
WINNER
9:00 pm
QISSA
109 min
p. 22
98 min
p. 17
11 pm
12 am
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COUNTRY INDEX
Algeria
S
Days Before.................................26
Omar Gatlato......................................20
The Rooftops...................................... 23
Argentina
S
The Queen....................................26
The Reconstruction..........................16
Australia
Canopy.................................................. 15
Bahrain
S
S
Accident.........................................30
Streetcar.........................................29
Belgium
The Broken Circle
Breakdown...........................................14
Doctor Fabre Will Cure You......... 15
Fatal Assistance................................16
S Mont Blanc.....................................26
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
An Episode in the Life of an Iron
Picker.....................................................16
For Those Who Can
Tell No Tales........................................ 17
Brazil
Amazonia............................................. 12
Cambodia
The Missing Picture......................20
Canada
Enemy....................................................16
Gloria Victoria............................... 27
Siddharth.............................................. 23
S
China
India
The Story of Arctic Cowboys...... 12
Eternal Thirst.......................................16
Fandry.....................................................16
The Golden Thread........................... 17
In Two Minds.......................................19
The Jewellery Box.............................19
Qissa....................................................... 22
Scorching Winds............................... 23
Siddharth...............................................16
Aatsinki:
France
S Allez HOP!.....................................26
Amazonia.............................................. 12
Bastardo................................................ 12
Camille Claudel 1915.........................14
Doctor Fabre Will Cure You......... 15
An Episode in the Life of an Iron
Picker......................................................16
Fatal Assistance.................................16
Giraffada................................................ 17
Le Grand Voyage............................... 17
Halfaouine:
Boy of the Terraces.......................... 18
S Happy Anniversary..................... 33
Harmony Lessons.............................. 18
Holy Field Holy War........................... 18
Jealousy.................................................19
S Le Jour a Vaincu la Nuit...........26
Mademoiselle C.................................20
The Missing Picture.........................20
My Name is Hmmm . . ...................20
My Sweet Pepper Land.................20
Philomena............................................. 21
Qissa....................................................... 22
Quai d’Orsay....................................... 22
The Rooftops...................................... 23
S Rupture............................................ 33
School of Babel................................. 23
The Silences of the Palace........... 23
Turning Tide........................................24
Umbrellas of Cherbourg................24
West Beirut......................................... 25
S Wipeout...........................................26
S Zakaria.............................................26
Georgia
Blind Dates.......................................... 13
A Touch of Sin.................................24
Germany
Croatia
Giraffada................................................ 17
Harmony Lessons.............................. 18
My Sweet Pepper Land.................20
Only Lovers Left Alive.................... 21
Qissa....................................................... 22
S Reality 2.0....................................... 27
Underexposure..................................24
S
Prettyboy...................................... 27
Denmark
Ida............................................................19
S
Whale Valley................................. 27
Egypt
Cairo Drive..........................................14
Date Wine............................................. 15
Rags and Tatters.............................. 22
S Though I Know
the River is Dry.................................. 27
The Vagabonds.................................24
Villa 69...................................................24
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Finland
S
= SHORT FILM
Before Snowfall................................ 12
Haiti
Fatal Assistance...............................16
The Catastrophe.............................. 15
Iran
S Revolutionary Memories of
Bahman Who Loved Leila........ 27
Iraq
Before Snowfall............................12
In the Sands of Babylon.................19
My Sweet Pepper Land.................20
Underexposure..................................24
Whispers of the Cities.................... 25
Italy
An Episode in the Life of an Iron
Picker.....................................................16
Giraffada................................................ 17
Halfaouine:
Boy of the Terraces.......................... 18
Holy GRA...............................................19
Once upon a time
in the West..........................................20
Salvo....................................................... 23
Still Life............................................... 23
Walls.......................................................24
Japan
Harlock: Space Pirate................... 18
Like Father, Like Son.......................19
Patema Inverted................................ 21
A Touch of Sin...................................24
Kazakhstan
Harmony Lessons........................... 18
Kuwait
S
S
S
Camel Therapy...........................30
My Pink Room...............................29
Present.............................................30
Lebanon
Hanging dates under Aleppo's
citadel.......................................................18
West Beirut......................................... 25
Mexico
Potosí..................................................... 21
S Reality 2.0....................................... 27
Who is Dayani Cristal?................... 25
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Le Grand Voyage............................ 17
S
Wipeout...........................................26
Nepal
The Contagious Apparitions
of Dambarey Dendrite................ 27
S
Netherlands
In the Sands of Babylon..............19
Qissa....................................................... 22
Norway
Before Snowfall................................ 12
Love Me.................................................20
West Beirut......................................... 25
Oman
S
S
S
Crossing.........................................29
Papers...............................................30
The Taxi Driver............................30
Saudi Arabia
S
With Time......................................29
Slovenia
An Episode in the Life of an
Iron Picker...........................................16
South Korea
S
The Big Boy................................. 27
Spain
Enemy....................................................16
Sweden
My Stolen Revolution..................20
Switzerland
Date Wine............................................ 15
Syria
Dreams of the City......................... 15
Pakistan
Tunisia
These Birds Walk..............................24
S Though I Know
the River Is Dry.................................. 27
El Gort..................................................... 17
Halfaouine:
Boy of the Terraces.......................... 18
S Precipice.......................................... 27
The Silences of the Palace........... 23
S Zakaria.............................................26
Philippines
Turkey
Run for Your Life............................ 23
Palestine
Giraffada............................................... 17
Barber’s Tales.................................... 12
Poland
Holy Field Holy War...................... 18
Ida.............................................................19
Qatar
S Bader................................................30
Bastardo................................................ 12
S Bidoon..............................................29
For those who can
tell no tales......................................... 17
The Rooftops...................................... 23
S Temsa7.............................................30
S Though I Know
the River Is Dry.................................. 27
Romania
Child’s Pose........................................ 15
Russia
The Geographer Drank His
Globe Away........................................ 17
S
The Wound....................................26
Bastardo............................................... 12
S
Agri and the Mountain..........26
United Arab Emirates
S
Against the Wind.....................30
The Anatomy of Hope..............30
S Beewun*..........................................30
Hanging dates under ALEPPO's
citadel..................................................... 18
S Cardboard Roof...........................30
S Collecting my Passion..............30
S Daddy ABC....................................29
S Daughter of Life..........................29
Djinn......................................................... 15
S Feeding Five Hundred..............30
S Freshman........................................29
El Gort..................................................... 17
S Grief...................................................29
S Guilt...................................................29
S Happy Birthday Younis............29
S Hessa.................................................29
S Ice.......................................................29
S I Don’t Understand.....................29
In the Sands of Babylon.................19
S Ketchup...........................................29
Life of Crime...........................................7
S Little People..................................30
S Love Impaired...............................29
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Madrasa...........................................29
Marionette......................................30
S Men Subdue...................................30
S The Merchant................................30
S Mirror................................................29
S Mr. Ideas..........................................29
S Mutiny...............................................29
My Sweet Pepper Land.................20
S Oops..................................................30
S Rooster’s Philosophy.................29
S Royal Sacrifice..............................30
S Safi.....................................................29
S Sarab.................................................29
S Silent Art.........................................30
S Something About Maids..........30
S Thorns of Grey.............................29
S To a Safe Place.............................29
Villa 69................................................24
Whispers of the Cities.................... 25
S With Time.......................................29
S
S
United Kingdom
Belle........................................................ 12
The Double........................................... 15
InRealLife...............................................19
In the Sands of Babylon.................19
Only Lovers Left Alive.................... 21
Philomena............................................. 21
The Red Shoes................................... 22
Still Life.................................................. 23
The Thief of Bagdad.......................24
Who is Dayani Cristal?................... 25
USA
Aatsinki:
The Story of Arctic Cowboys...... 12
Blackfish................................................. 13
Breakfast at Tiffany’s....................... 13
Dial M for Murder............................... 15
Emptying the Skies...........................16
Enough Said.........................................16
Fatal Assistance.................................16
S Feeling Good................................. 33
Hide Your Smiling Faces................ 18
The Kill Team.......................................19
Life of Crime..........................................7
Night Moves........................................20
S One Week....................................... 33
Once upon a
Time in the West...............................20
Only Lovers Left Alive.................... 21
Pandora’s Promise............................ 21
Peace After Marriage...................... 21
Philomena............................................. 21
Short Term 12..................................... 23
S Streetcar..................................26, 29
These Birds Walk..............................24
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INDEX BY GENRE and theme
Adventure
Amazonia............................................ 12
Harlock: Space Pirate.....................18
The Thief of Bagdad......................24
Drama
An Episode in the Life of an Iron
Picker....................................................16
Barber’s Tales.................................... 12
Bastardo.............................................. 12
Animals
Before Snowfall ............................... 12
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic
Belle....................................................... 12
Cowboys.............................................. 12 Blind Dates......................................... 13
Amazonia............................................ 12 The Broken Circle Breakdown....14
Blackfish.............................................. 13 Camille Claudel 1915........................14
Emptying the Skies.........................16 Canopy................................................. 15
The Catastrophe............................... 15
Animation
Child’s Pose........................................ 15
Harlock: Space Pirate.....................18 Date Wine........................................... 15
Patema Inverted............................... 21 Dial M for Murder............................. 15
The Double......................................... 15
Art
Dreams of the City.......................... 15
Doctor Fabre Will Cure You........ 15 Enemy...................................................16
Eternal Thirst.....................................16
Comedy
Fandry..................................................16
Breakfast at Tiffany’s...................... 13 For Those Who Can Tell No Tales.17
Cairo Drive..........................................14 The Geographer Drank His Globe
Enough Said.......................................16 Away..................................................... 17
The Geographer Drank His Globe
Giraffada.............................................. 17
Away..................................................... 17 Le Grand Voyage............................. 17
The Jewellery Box...........................19 Halfaouine:
Like Father, Like Son......................19 Boy of the Terraces.........................18
Peace After Marriage...................... 21 Harmony Lessons.............................18
Quai d’Orsay..................................... 22 Hide Your Smiling Faces...............18
Ida..........................................................19
Dance
In Two Minds......................................19
The Red Shoes................................. 22 Jealousy...............................................19
Like Father, Like Son......................19
Documentary
Love Me..............................................20
Aatsinki: The Story of Arctic
My Name Is Hmmm . . ..................20
Cowboys..........................................12 My Sweet Pepper Land.................20
Amazonia........................................12 Night Moves......................................20
Blackfish.............................................. 13 Only Lovers Left Alive................... 21
Hanging dates under Aleppo's
Peace After Marriage...................... 21
citadel...................................................18 Philomena........................................... 21
Cairo Drive..........................................14 Qissa..................................................... 22
Fatal Assistance................................16 Rags and Tatters............................. 22
El Gort.................................................. 17 The Reconstruction........................ 22
Holy Field Holy War........................18 The Rooftops.................................... 23
Holy GRA.............................................19 Run for Your Life............................. 23
InRealLife............................................19 Salvo.................................................... 23
The Kill Team.....................................19 Scorching Winds............................. 23
The Missing Picture........................20 Siddharth............................................ 23
My Stolen Revolution....................20 The Silences of the Palace........... 23
Pandora's Promise........................... 21 Still Life............................................... 23
School of Babel................................ 23 A Touch of Sin..................................24
These Birds Walk............................24 Underexposure................................24
Walls....................................................24 The Vagabonds ..............................24
Whispers of the Cities................... 25 Villa 69................................................24
Who Is Dayani Cristal.................... 25
Fashion
Mademoiselle C................................20
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Djinn...................................................... 15
Only Lovers Left Alive................... 21
Immigration
Before Snowfall ............................... 12
Run for Your Life............................. 23
Who Is Dayani Cristal?.................. 25
Musical
The Red Shoes ................................ 22
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg......24
Politics
Hanging dates under Aleppo's
citadel...................................................18
Giraffada.............................................. 17
In the Sands of Babylon................19
The Kill Team.....................................19
My Stolen Revolution....................20
My Sweet Pepper Land.................20
Quai d’Orsay..................................... 22
Scorching Winds ............................ 23
Walls....................................................24
West Beirut....................................... 25
Rags and Tatters............................. 22
Romance
Breakfast at Tiffany’s...................... 13
The Broken Circle Breakdown....14
Eternal Thirst.....................................16
The Golden Thread.......................... 17
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg......24
West Beirut ...................................... 25
Social Issues
The Catastrophe............................... 15
El Gort.................................................. 17
Halfaouine:
Boy of the Terraces.........................18
Harmony Lessons.............................18
InRealLife............................................19
Omar Gatlato....................................20
Potosí.................................................... 21
The Rooftops.................................... 23
School of Babel................................ 23
Scorching Winds............................. 23
Short Term 12................................... 23
Siddharth............................................ 23
Underexposure................................24
The Vagabonds................................24
Whispers of the Cities................... 25
Western
Once upon a
Time in the West.............................20