CPH PIX 2012 English Catalogue

Film Festival Copenhagen april 12-29

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more than film

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New Talent Grand Pix Seriously Funny Banned in Denmark Carmelo Bene Lo-fi sci-fi 3x3 - Mia Hansen-Løve - Fred Kelemen - Yorgos Lanthimos Michael Gira’s Twisted Fairytales

86 Live 93 On Location 97 Film + Theatre 99 For Fans Only 102 Exhibitions 104 Music + Video 106 Debatter & Talks

112 Maestros 122 Front Runners 134 New Danish Talent 146 Anxious Animation 150 Thrills and kills 160 Midnight Madness 166 Asian Connection 178 World Views 187 American Indies 198 European Voices 204 Latin Beats 210 The French Art of Pleasure 218 Northern Lights 222 Sportlight Iran 222 Spotlight Italy 222 Spotlight Germany 222 Pix Specials

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KOLOFON Catalogue Editor: Thure Munkholm Head of festival: Jacob Neiiendam Head of programme: Thure Munkholm International relations: Riina Spørring Zachariassen Marketing co-ordinator: Lars B. Frahm Event co-ordinator: Louise Højgaard Johansen Programme committee: Eva Novrup Redvall, Niels Lind Larsen, Kasper Heftholm Kristensen, Michael Bo Programme and film screening: Michael Panduro, Jacob Hansen, Daniel Riis, Kasper Würtz, Camilla Solkær Buskov.

Programme assistants: Morten Jensen, Antonia Fritze Skov, Madeline Stürup-Toft, Mike Lamb, Jakob Ohrt Nielsen Other contributors: Mads B. Mikkelsen, Katrine Sommer Boysen, Kim Foss, Morten Tang, Jesper Andersen, Nanna Frank Rasmussen, Nikolai Schultz Translation: Andrew Blackwell, Mike Lamb Print co-ordinator: Casper Andersen Producer: Andreas Steinmann Event assistants: Jeppe Klæstrup James, Ditte Drehn, Maria Nyborg Andreassen Guest co-ordinator: Marjolein Roelandt Industry co-ordinator: Julie Karmark Jensen Marketing assistants: Morten Buchwald Hansen, Allan Aagaard Jensen, Dina Haubye PR & press co-ordinators: Manja Gyldendal, Kasper Lundberg PR & press assistant: David Hjuler Bergeon Co-ordinator of volonteers: Lena Bredlund, Daniel Riis Festival assistant: Troels Panduro Advisory Board: Michael Fleischer (formand), Lars Langballe, Mads Nedergaard, Michel Schønnemann, Birgitte Stærmose, Mette Søgaard Layout and graphic design: Pia de Thurah Graphic design: India Web: E-types Festival trailer: Wiebe van der Vliet CPH PIX is part of COPENHAGEN FILM FESTIVALS: CEO: Lars Hermann Chief Accountant: Lars Sørensen Board of Directors: Søren E. Jacobsen (chairman), Nina Crone, Jens Gehl, Jon Stephensen, John A. Tønnes Thanks: Huset KBH, Dagmar Teatret, Empire Bio, Gloria, Grand Teatret, Palads, Cinemateket, Kosmorama i Frederiksværk, Øst for Paradis, Imperial, Charlottenborg, Loppen, Literaturhaus, Pumpehuset, Amager Bio, Beta, Vega, Palle Bøgelund Petterson, Ole Esper Ege, Lars-Martin Sørensen, Isak Thorsen, Anne Schepelern, Gunvor Bjerre, Jesper Rosenkrantz, Peter Fritzen, Birgit Granhøj, Københavns Tekniske Skole, Galerie Eros v. Bettina Sinnet Fornitz, Café Langebro, Ristorante Italiano, Adam Bencard, Bente Vinge Petersen, Kim Alex Grøndahl, Peter Ole Pedersen, Japser, Lars Top-Galia, Søren Høy, Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen, Ida B. Jensen, Crunchy Frog, Troels Leth Petersen, Shaky Gonzales, Jan Schmidt, Carsten Mørch-Bentzen, Thomas Burø, Jane Lykke, Niels Nielsen, Louise Seibæk, Lars Romann Engel, Timo Lahtinen, Eyolf Østrem, Kevin Søndergaard Hansen, M-Mobility, Vig Bio Café, Silvia Schiermacher, Lone Garde, Claudia Marchegiani, Mette Frank, Birgitte Stærmose, Christina Rosendahl, Henriette Bretton-Meyer, Kenneth Thorsted de Lorenzi, Nanna Jelsgaard, Kirstine Barfod, Silvana Tucci, Serena Mazzi, Stine Hviid Jensen, Carl Nørrested, Ole Strandorf, Birgit Granhøj Dam, Lana Wilson (Performa), Café Bønnen

Welcome to CPH pix 2012 Four years old is no age at all, and certainly not for a film festival. So PIX continues with youthful fearlessness to experiment with its form and expression.

But certain factors remain constant: Our heart always beats a little faster for new talents. Again this year, we are unfolding the festival over the course of 18 days, so we have time to show the most fantastic films, which otherwise do not get the chance to meet a Danish cinema audience. Films which surprise, entertain, stimulate and provoke, and not least help make PIX the largest annual, Danish event for fiction film lovers

FICTION IS ART - The artistic genres are challenged by the fiction in this year’s programme. We are exhibiting the Canadian film-maker, Guy Maddin’s acrid and eccentric video-works, and presenting the world premiere of the film-theatre project, ‘Dreyer, The Tyrannical Dane’. The conventions of fiction are challenged in the ‘Front Runners’ series, and our retrospective focuses on the visionary film and theatre director, Carmelo Bene.

FICTION IS MUSIC - Music is essential to film. An influence which is frequently overlooked. So we are holding a special event with narrative-driven music videos and a debate on music supervision; the art of creating a soundtrack. In addition, we have a row a concerts with new as well as experienced artists.

FICTION IS POLITICS - Films dealing with the state of the world are always in focus during PIX, but this year, they even have a special setting in The National Museum, accompanied by related and relevant debates. We prick also to the proud, Danish selfappraisal, in relation to liberal thinking and freedom of speech, with our theme, ‘Banned in Denmark’.

FICTION IS FUN - At PIX, there must always be room for an extraordinary cinema experience. Apart from the ever-strong midnight and genre series, we are showing several strings of pearls in our ‘Seriously Funny’ series, where a number of comedic geniuses, help us to navigate the comedy talents of the film world today.

Our audience means everything. This is why we produce the festival. With Politiken’s Audience Award, you once again get the opportunity to help a film achieve Danish cinema distribution. And as a new feature this year, we have entered into a collaboration with Viaplay, who will ensure that, in the future, you will be able to see PIX films all year round via Videoon-Demand. For even though 18 days is many for a young festival, it will still never be enough.

Enjoy!

PIX-GUIDE Tickets Tickets can be purchased at the cinema box offices or on the Internet. Links to the ticket sales on the Internet can be found on cphpix.dk. Tickets cost 80 kr, unless stated otherwise.

Please note that 3D screenings at Imperial and Empire have a 3D surcharge of 30 kr.

Student and Pensioners Rebate – 64 DKK Students and pensioners (65+) can enjoy a rebate for all ordinary screenings. The price is 64 kr. (instead of 80 kr.).

Rebate Card The rebate card gives you six tickets at a reduced price. Rebate vouchers are not personal, so they can be shared with friends.

Rebate cards can be bought at the cinema box offices and cost 395 kr.

Rebate vouchers can only be exchanged at the cinema box offices. For screenings with an increased price (over 80 kr.), vouchers can not be used. The exception is 3D screenings at Imperial and Empire, where a 3D surcharge of 30 kr. is charged in addition to the voucher.

Unused vouchers are not refunded.

Festival Pass For the ultimate film aficionado, the Festival Pass is the best solution. The pass gives you access to all the screenings between 12 and 29 April, and is personal.

The pass can not be used for screenings with an increased ticket price (over 80 kr.).

The exception is 3D screenings at Imperial and Empire, where a 3D surcharge of 30 kr. can be paid.

The Festival Pass costs 850 kr. and can be purchased via cphpix.dk.

Audience Centre The PIX audience centre is this year situated in Huset KBH on Rådhusstræde.

Here, you can find additional information about the films and the festival, buy a rebate card, meet the people behind the festival and receive answers to any questions you might have, as well as share your experiences with us. The audience centre is by Husets Café on the ground floor.

PIX at Husets Biograf During the entire festival period, PIX will move into Husets Biograf cinema on the 2nd floor (the entrance is on Magstræde).

Tickets for Husets Biograf can only be bought and ordered via cphpix.dk until 12 April. As from 12 April, tickets can only be bought (but not ordered). Pre-ordered tickets should be picked up at the latest on 13 April. All orders are deleted on the morning of 14 April.

The box office in Huset is open every day during the festival from 11 am until half an hour after the start of the last screening.

Visiting Directors Naturally, the Danish and international film directors, who present their films to the audience and take part in Q&As, are also a part of the festival experience.

We will constantly update the list of the participating directors on cphpix.dk as they confirm their participation.

Facebook and Newsletter If you’d like to have news and background information about the festival, then sign up for our newsletter on cphpix.dk or find us on facebook.com/cphpix

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17 Loppen Christiania, Sydområdet 4B 1.sal Tel: 3257 8422 / loppen.dk

VeGA Enghavevej 40 / vega.dk

medicinsk museion Bredgade 62

Vig bio Ravnsbjergvej 2 ( Vig) Tel: 5931 5246 / vigbio.dk

nationalmuseet Ny Vestergade 10

Øst for paradis Paradisgade 7-9 (Århus) Tel: 8619 3122 / paradisbio.dk

13 husets biograf Rådhusstræde 13 Tel: 3345 4749 / cphpix.dk

9 Empire bio Guldbergsgade 29F Tel: 3536 0036 / empirebio.dk

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Palads Axeltorv 9 Tel: 7013 1211 / kino.dk

Litteraturhaus Møllegade 7

Grand teatret Mikkel Bryggers Gade 8 Tel: 3315 1611 / grandteatret.dk

DAGMAR TEATret Jernbanegade 2 Tel: 7013 1211 / kino.dk

15 Imperial Ved Vesterport 4 Tel: 7013 1211 / kino.dk

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NEW TALENT GRAND PIX

10 debut films by first-time feature directors compete for the New Talent Grand Pix

family father lives his life behind the wheel of a Volvo, until he is forced to take his life up to revision.

The CPH PIX competition, New Talent Grand Pix, is dedicated to new talent.

The prize of 30,000 Euros is awarded by an international jury, to a director who distinguishes him- or herself with a clear vision and a personal signature. The award will support the debutant director on the journey towards the next film and an international career.

Things get completely out of control in ’Monkey Sandwich’, by the renowned, Belgian theatre director and choreographer, Wim Vandekeybus. Not since Fellini, has an artistic crisis been depicted so creatively.

All the films are made by directors, for whom these competition films are their first feature films. However, this is the only common factor in a competition program, which spans a broad range with regard to geography, themes and genres.

Babis Makridis places himself in the fascinating new, Greek wave of absurd minimalism with ’L’, where a divorced

The video artist, Nicolas Provost, builds further on his exclusive and visually exquisite production with ’The Invader’, about a white career woman’s strange relationship with a black immigrant. ’Hemel’ is the female equivalent of Steve McQueen’s ’Shame’, only with heart and mind. And ’Atomic Age’ is a gutterromantic teenage adventure, made from completely fundamental cinematic elements, with a cravat under the leather jacket.

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Brutally different is the tough, serial killer drama, ’Snowtown’, by Justin Kurzel, which plays out in an unforgiving, Australian outback. ’Policeman’, from Israel, also ventures into controversial territory, with its depiction of destructive masculinity within the national police force.

The twins, Gianluca og Massimiliano de Serio, also tackle delicate issues in ’Seven Acts of Mercy’, which casts a critical look at a Europe, where everyone just looks out for themselves. ’Neighbouring Sounds’ is universal in its dissection of the fear and paranoia of the middle class, not least for itself and each other. ’Reported Missing’, from Germany, climaxes with an apocalyptic clash of generations, which doesn’t leave much hope for

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the future, except for the director, Jan Speckenbach’s own.

The prize of 30,000 Euros is not necessarily awarded for the best film, but to the director, which the jury envisages, as having the biggest artistic future.

THE international jury

MATTHIAS GLASNER German filmmaker Matthias Glasner started making films in the late 80s and founded his production company, Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion, with regular leading man Jürgen Vogel in 1996. Together they produced Glasner’s breakthrough film ‘Sexy Sadie’ about a serial killer with a terminal illness, who is released from prison, and the following film, ‘The Free Will’, won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006.

At PIX 2012 he will present his most recent film, ‘Mercy’, which was written by Danish screenwriter Kim Fupz Aakeson, and premiered in competition at the Berlinale in February.

MIA HANSEN-LØVE After her career began as an actress in Olivier Assayas’ ‘Late August, Early September’ (1998), Mia Hansen-Løve began writing for the film journal Cahiers du Cinéma in 2003. A few years later, in 2006, her debut feature film ‘All Is Forgiven’ premiered in the Cannes sidebar Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, and her following film, ‘The Father of my Children’ (2009), was also shown in Cannes, this time at Un Certain Regard. Mia Hansen-Løve is an artist in focus at this year’s festival, where she will present both films along with her third and most recent film ‘Goodbye, First Love’ (2011).

ANURAG KASHYAP Proficient and productive scriptwriter, producer and director Anurag Kashyap has more than 35 film credits to his name and is commonly recognized as one of the pioneers of Indian new wave cinema with his groundbreaking films. Rather than draw on the established Bollywood industry, he conceives his films independently and much more internationally.

Among his credits, he counts the critically acclaimed ‘Black Friday’ (2004) about the bombings in Mumbai and his international breakthrough film ‘DEV D’ (2009), which resulted in a visit to CPH PIX the same year. He is also co-producer of Michael Winterbottom’s ‘Trishna’ which is screened in this year’s PIX programme.

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Atomic Age Two young dandies embark on a mythical journey to the end of the night, which leads them into the heart of Paris where they spend a night on the banks of the Seine. Cigarettes, leather jackets with cravats and vodka straight from the bottle. They enter a sinister nightclub, but the girls inside are hard to impress, and as the evening progresses, their fragile friendship is slowly put to the test. The spirit of Baudelaire, Rimbaud and The Stone Roses hovers like cigarette smoke over ‘Atomic Age’, where a confrontation with a bunch of brats takes place on a stage made of asphalt and broken glass, as if it were staged by a feverish Oscar Wilde. Héléna Klotz’ gutter romance is cinematic in an almost fundamental sense of the word. The images and the sound design speak their very own, stylish language. The minimal plot, which is told with exemplary consistency, could have taken place anytime, but not anywhere, for there is no place like Paris when it comes to cultural shrines for restless romantics. The entire film takes place at night-time which with its dangers and excitements is a fitting place for a uniquely timeless film with an ending that will leave you changed forever.

Sa 21. April 17:00 Gloria Th 26. April 21:30 Gloria Sa 28. April 19:15 Cinemateket

L’Age Atomique France 2011, 67 min.

Director: Héléna Klotz Script: Héléna Klotz Camera: Hélène Louvart Editor: Cristobal Fernandez, Marion Monnier Music: Ulysse Klotz Sound: Matthieu Perrot Production: Kidam Producer: Alexandre Perrier Cast: Eliott Paquet, Niels Schneider, Dominik Wojcik Distr.: Rendez-vous Pictures

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Hemel The young Hemel goes through life constantly changing partners, picking them up everywhere and abandoning them the moment she rises from their beds.

At the same time she feels a deep attachment to her rich father, who is not exactly lazy when it comes to changing bedfellows. While there is a spot of triumph each time the father changes his partner, the reaction of Hemel (sensitively portrayed by Hannah Hoekstra) towards her many one nights stands ranges from tenderness to cool distance and everything in between. But is this an expression of an extreme sexual drive, or are there other reasons why she is driven from bed to bed? This is the central question in Sacha Polak’s daring debut, the character study ‘Hemel’, which like ‘Shame’ seen from a feminine point of view cuts to the bone of one of the greatest taboos of them all, namely female sexuality in full flourish.

Fr 27. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Su 29. April 17:00 Empire Bio

Hemel Netherlands, Spain 2012, 80 min.

Director: Sacha Polak Script: Helena van der Meulen Camera: Daniël Bouquet Editor: Axel Skovdal Roelofs Music: Rutger Reinders Production: Media Luna New Films Producer: Stienette Bosklopper Distr.: Media Luna New Films UG

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The Invader A blonde pussy in close-up, smack in your face!

That’s the first image of the film. A young woman rises from her sunbathing and moves down a nudist beach, where two illegal immigrants from an unnamed African country are washed ashore. One of them, the broad, muscular and frequently topless Amadou travels to Brussels, where he is homeless and has various small, but shady jobs. He charms a businesswoman and begins a relationship with her, but when she drops him, his world darkens. This is accentuated by a dull and tragic experimental soundtrack and images, which examine the dark side of a European capital. There isn’t one single prejudice about virile negroes or cynical Europeans, which isn’t up for treatment in this film, which is made by the Belgian short film and visual artist, Nicolas Provost.

Isaka Sawadogo, who plays the lead role, is an actor from Burkina Faso, who Provost has worked with before, and whose psychical presence makes him compelling like few others.

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L’envahisseur Belgium 2011, 89 min.

Director: Nicolas Provost Script: Nicolas Provost, Giordano Gederlini, François Pirot Camera: Franck Van den Eeden Editor: Nico Leunen Music: Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine Sound: Paul Maernoudt Production: Versus Production, Prime Time, Hepp Film Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart Cast: Issaka Sawadogo, Stefania Rocca, Dieudonné Kabongo, Tibo Vandenborre, Serge Riaboukine Distr.: Bac Films

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L Greek film is doing well at the moment. And so is the nameless man, who we follow in ‘L’, and who is literally living his life behind the steering wheel, as he works as a courier for a honey-addicted millionaire with sleeping sickness. Our hero is also a divorced family father, so even birthday parties are held within the cosy confines of his car. At least until the day when a new driver lands his job and sends him on a downward path, which forces him to radically re-evaluate his life, and the number of wheels he steers. Even if ‘L’ complements its existentialist deadpan with musical numbers and a dialogue, which is worthy of Monty Python, there is nonetheless meaning to be found in its madness.

Masculinity, unemployment and the animal in modern man are the three thematic valves in the motor of this absurd plot. ‘L’ is written by the man behind ‘Dogtooth’ and ‘Alps’ (which can also be seen at this year’s CPH PIX).

Sa 21. April 17:00 Empire Bio Th 26. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 14:15 Dagmar Teatret

L Greece 2011, 87 min.

Director: Babis Makridis Script: Efthimis Filippou, Babis Makridis Camera: Thimios Bakatakis Editor: Yannis Chalkiadakis Music: Coti K Sound: Costas Fylaktidis Production: Beben Films Producer: Amanda Livanou, Babis Makridis Cast: Aris Servetalis, Makis Papadimitriou, Lefteris Mathaios, Nota Tserniafski, Stavros Raptis Distr.: Pascale Ramonda

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Monkey Sandwich Myths, urban legends and hallucinations form layer upon layer in the story about the fanatical theatre director, Jerry, who is struggling to get his German theatre company to realise his completely impossible ideas, before he (and the film!) completely lose touch with reality. Everything is possible in ‘Monkey Sandwich’ (a Belgian slang expression for urban myths), where it is uncertain even, that it is the same Jerry, that we are following in the various parallel narratives. A fatal project to build a dam reflects his precarious megalomania, while a macabre hunt and a mysterious record with avant-garde jazz allude to a more supernatural explanation. The renowned Belgian theatre director and choreographer, Wim Wandekeybus’ feature film debut is unruly and unpredictable, like a modern version of Federico Fellini’s ‘8 1/2’, and it wittily switches between hyper-realism, brilliant comedy and delirious baroque.

From creative crisis to creative chaos, with its tongue planted firmly in its cheek.

Sa 21. April 21:30 Cinemateket Th 26. April 16:30 Cinemateket

Monkey Sandwich Belgium 2011, 89 min.

Director: Wim Vandekeybus Script: Wim Vandekeybus Camera: Patrick Otten Editor: Dieter Diependaele, Octavio Iturbe Music: Elko Blijweert, Joris Caluwaerts Sound: Charo Calvo, Pieter Deweirdt Production: Savage Film Producer: Kristien De Coster, Bart Van Langendonck Cast: Jerry Killick, Carly Wijs, Davis Freeman Distr.: Celluloid Dreams

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Neighbouring Sounds The global middle class’ fears of social unrest and violence are dissected with surgical precision in the Brazilian filmmaker, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s neighbourhood drama, which, like a Western, takes place in a single street, with a private security guard taking on a double role as both a good cop and a bad cop. The setting is the medium-sized Recife, where the jack-of-all-trades, Filho himself lives and works as a director, producer, festival organiser and film critic.

The plot revolves around a wealthy man, who owns and rents out most of the street’s buildings, and Bia, a housewife with two small children, who is kept awake at night by the furious barking of her neighbour’s dog. But is it still called paranoia, when everyone’s afraid? And if not, what else do you call it? Filho’s almost architectural image and sound design creates a claustrophobic world, which is both local and universal. Unfortunately.

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O som ao redor Brazil 2012, 124 min.

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho Script: Kleber Mendonça Filho Camera: Pedro Sotero, Fabricio Tadeu Editor: Kleber Mendonça Filho, João Maria Music: DJ Dolores Sound: Pablo Lamar, Kleber Mendonça Filho Production: Cinemascópio Produções Producer: Emilie Lesclaux Cast: Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Maeve Jinkings, W.J. Solha Distr.: Cinemascópio Produções

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Policeman With his bold and controversial Locarno winner, ‘Policeman’, the Israeli debutant, Nadav Lapid, gives us an unflinching symbol of a divided Israeli society, where conflicts run much deeper than the ubiquitous feud with the Palestinians. In the first part of the film, we meet Yaron, who is a member of Israel’s elite antiterror unit, which openly seeks to defeat the almost mythologised ‘Arab enemy’, with no means spared.

He and his colleagues are a parody of masculinity, as when Yaron, wearing no more than a towel and plenty of self-confidence, dances in front of his heavily pregnant wife, who is left to admire him from the sidelines. While the first half of the film is strongly motivated by bodies, the second half is driven by words. Shira, the selfproclaimed leader of a revolutionary group, strongly opposes the pertinent financial oppression, while the group contains so much sexual tension internally, that their unity is challenged. Yaron definitely doesn’t look at the revolutionaries with a merciful eye; for him they are just as alien and dangerous as the Arabs, who are to be beaten. Palestine is not the only enemy.

Sa 21. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret We 25. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 22:30 Empire Bio

Ha-shoter Israel 2011, 105 min.

Director: Nadav Lapid Script: Nadav Lapid Camera: Shai Goldman Editor: Era Lapid Sound: Aviv Aldema Production: Laila Films Producer: Itai Tamir Cast: Yiftach Klein, Yaara Pelzig, Michael Mushonov, Menashe Noi, Michael Aloni, Gal Hoyberger, Meital Berdah, Shaul Mizrahi, Rona-Lee Shimon, Ben Adam Distr.: Wide Management

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Reported Missing An inexplicable phenomenon is spreading at an alarming rate: Youngsters are disappearing without trace. When the middle-aged Lothar’s 14-year-old daughter Martha is suddenly gone, he leaves behind his new girlfriend and his job as a security consultant at a nuclear power plant, and does everything to try and find her. As the investigation advances, it turns out that an entire generation of youths have turned their backs on their parents. ‘Reported Missing’ joins the wave of recent German films, which use clean and precise images and minimal dialogue, to analyse the crises of contemporary society and present diagnoses, which put the pressure on where it already hurts. The next major clash is not going to be between countries or cultures, but between generations: The one which has shaped today’s society, and the one which is reluctant to accept it all. A disquieting and apocalyptic neo-thriller which walks in the footsteps of ‘Night of the Living Dead’.

Su 22. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Mo 23. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret We 25. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Die vermissten Germany 2012, 83 min.

Director: Jan Speckenbach Script: Jan Speckenbach, Melanie Rohde Camera: Jenny Lou Ziegel Editor: Wiebke Grundler Music: Daniel Freundlieb Sound: David Ziegler Production: Junifilm Producer: Anke Hartwig, Sol Bondy Cast: André Hennicke, Luzie Ahrens, Sylvana Krappatsch, Jenny Schily Distr.: Junifilm GmbH

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Seven Acts of Mercy The 17-year-old Moldovan girl, Luminita, lives from one minute to the next. She steals from patients at a hospital in order to survive, and she is planning to kidnap a baby, which she can swap for a work permit on the black market. However, an unsuccessful attack on an elderly man ends up creating a silent trust between the two, but the underworld is ruthless and wants its debts to be paid. The twins, Gianluca and Massimiliano de Serio’s impressive debut is told with images and glances, rather than dialogues and drama. The desperate suspense and harsh realism is confidently sketched out in dark tones, and deflated by the crass irony of the intertitles. But ‘Seven Acts of Mercy’ also takes a contemporary look at modern Europe, where every man ultimately fends for himself, yet where humanity nonetheless insists on showing its worth. A film that has the courage to take its story seriously.

We 25. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Fr 27. April 21:45 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 12:00 Dagmar Teatret

Sette opere di misericordia Italy, Romania 2011, 103 min.

Director: Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio Script: Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio Camera: Piero Basso Editor: Stefano Cravero Music: Plus (Minus & Plus) Sound: Mirko Guerra Production: La Sarraz Pictures, Rai Cinema Producer: Alessandro Borrelli Cast: Roberto Herlitzka, Olimpia Melinte, Ignazio Oliva, Stefano Cassetti Distr.: Intramovies

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Snowtown Justin Kurzel’s eminent debut, ‘Snowtown’, should come with a warning: This is definitely not for sensitive souls. The film is based on the most bestial serial killings in Australia’s history, and adroitly endows the unreal series of events with cinematic credibility.

The 16-year-old Jamie lives together with his mother and two younger brothers in the desolate trailer park, Snowtown, in a part of Adelaide’s Northern suburbs.

Every hope of escaping their social inheritance seems to be drowned in cigarette smoke and empty gazes, but when the mother’s charismatic alpha male boyfriend, John, who chases the heels of a slightly pedophile cousin, suddenly starts spending more time together with his family, Jamie nonetheless sees an opportunity for change. Jamie is childishly fascinated by John’s manifestly masculine attitude, but instead of a fatherly role model he gets a dubious wild card to a human downfall, which he hardly would have imagined. The social portrayal in ‘Snowtown’ evokes memories of last year’s ‘Winter’s Bone’, as does the cool and nauseatingly blue-grey images, which contribute to the inescapable horror of the drama.

Th 19. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret Tu 24. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Su 29. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Snowtown Australia 2011, 119 min.

Director: Justin Kurzel Script: Shaun Grant Camera: Adam Arkapaw Editor: Veronika Jenet Ase Music: Jed Kurzel Sound: Frank Lipson Production: Warp Films Australia Producer: Anna McLeish, Sarah Shaw Cast: Lucas Pittaway, Daniel Henshall, Louise Harris, Distr.: Protagonist Pictures

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Torsdag 13. januar 2011

www.politiken.dk

Så hämskt pinligt!

Filmkunstner i byen

I ’Miss Kicki’ spiller Pernilla August alt det, kvinder over 40 er bange for at blive.

Interview side 7

Béla Tarr er ungarer. Og kaldes en af vor tids største genopdagere af filmen som kunstart. Side 12-13

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 20. januar 2011

FILM

www.politiken.dk

Den japanske Lynch

Er talentet nok?

Troede du, at ’Black Swan’ og ’Inception’ var originale film? Så har du ikke hørt om Satoshi Kon. Side 7

Skal Paprika Steen smide tøjet på Times Square, eller får hun den Oscarnominering? Side 12

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 27. januar 2011

www.politiken.dk

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

til Mike Leigh Klip – til en katastrofe I ’Another Year’ er stjernerne Hans far kørte sin bil mod gamle. Eller modne til efterløn. et træ og blev dræbt. Thor De drikker rødvin, spiller golf, Ochsner sad på bagsædet. og nusser under madlavninDet har han tegnet en film gen. Og alle bør se den. Side 3 om. Side 14-15

Torsdag 3. februar 2011 www.politiken.dk

Én på Clinten

Fra Albertslund til L.A.

På film bliver Cécile de France ramt af en flodbølge.

I virkeligheden blev hun ramt af Clint Eastwood.

Side 6

Danske Jakob Hjort Jensen er chef-animator hos DreamWorks i USA. Og prisvinder ... snart ... måske.

Side 13

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 10. februar 2011 www.politiken.dk

En bjørn til kæmpebjørnen?

De ukendte western

I dag starter Berlinalen, hvor Danmark er repræsenteret af animationen ’Den kæmpestore bjørn’. Interview med instruktør Esben Toft Jacobsen. Side 6

Der var engang for længe siden, hvor cowboys var kommunister, og solen altid var rød. I hvert fald i Sovjet. Side 12

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 17. februar 2011

FILM

www.politiken.dk

Klogt, men dumt Flmmagasinet Ekko nr. 52 er fyldt med stærkt, kyndigt filmstof – og én kæmpe brøler. Anmeldelse s. 7

Ny sherif i byen Først sagde han nej til at medvirke i Coen-brødrenes nyfortolkning af western-klassikeren ’True Grit’. Han ville ikke gå i den højreorienterede John Waynes fodspor. Men så sagde Jeff Bridges alligevel ja, og nu er ’True Grit’ den bedst sælgende Coen-film nogensinde.

Og buddhisten Bridges gider ikke tale mere om, hvorfor han har klappen for højre øje, når Wayne havde den for venstre.

Interview med Jeff Bridges side 8 Interview med Coen-brødrene side 6 Fem hjerter til ’True Grit’ side 3

Foto: Fox

Dydens sorte svanesang Foto: Nordisk Film

Natalie Portman danser, slås og onanerer i rollen som skizofren, paranoid ballerina. Men er det nok til, at ’Black Swan’ kan leve op til de enorme forventninger, den er oppe mod? Og hvorfor vil instruktør Darren Aronofsky altid vise os menneskets ondeste og mørkeste sider, når han selv bare er en flink dreng fra en meget lykkelig familie?

Anmeldelse side 6 og interview med instruktøren side 10-11 Foto: Twentieth Century Fox

Kvinde midt i konflikten

Foto: Chris Pizzero

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 24. februar 2011

www.politiken.dk

Fantastiske Huppert

Horror i huleland

Isabel Huppert er altid god.

Men i ’White Material’ er hun fremragende.

DVD- anmeldelse side 10

Filmen ’Sanctum’ om huleforskere er dårlig. Men historierne fra en ægte huleforsker er til at få åndenød af. Interview side 6

Hippier og købmænd på Sundance

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Den premiereaktuelle film ’Miral’ er – mildest talt – ikke helt almindelig. Den beskriver konflikten mellem Israel og Palæstina gennem én kvindes skæbne, pigen Miral, spillet af den indiske skuespiller Freida Pinto (billedet) – og så er den noget så sjældent som en jødisk film – instrueret af en amerikaner – med en palæstinensisk synsvinkel.

Anmeldelse af filmen side 3 og interview med instruktøren side 8-9

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POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 3. marts 2011

FILM

www.politiken.dk

Stram spænding.

Vilde jagter. Velbegavet vid.

Animationsfilmen ’Rango’ sætter nye standarder.

Anmeldelse side 4

’Let Me In’ er bare en dum overfladisk amerikansk kopi af den svenske kunstfilm ’Lad den rette komme ind’. Tjek dine fordomme på side 12

Robert Redford startede sin Sundance Film Festival for 30 år siden som et frirum midt i USA’s kommercielle filmkultur. Men så fik folk som Quentin Tarantino sit gennembrud der, og i dag flokkes alverdens filmkøbmænd mellem hippier og talenter i snevejret.

Reportage s. 10-11

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Remakes i Hollywood

Så slap dog af

Philip K. Dicks romaner er – som han selv var – proppet med paranoia. Nu er endnu en af hans bøger blevet filmatiseret. Side 6-7

»Instruktører behandles med en helt absurd grad af respekt«. Citat: Stephen Frears, instruktør – og premiereaktuel. Side 8-9

Mark Wahlberg leverer en lige højre i et brag af en boksekamp i den premiereaktuelle ’The Fighter’. Men det er filmens familiedrama, der sender publikum til tælling. Og det skyldes først og fremmest den uforlignelige Christian Bale, der spiller Wahlbergs storebror og træner – og radmager junkie. Bale er berygtet for at misbruge sin krop til det yderste for at ligne sine roller. Og så er han også kendt for at overfuse journalister ved enhver given lejlighed. Derfor bliver Politikens udsendte stum, da han møder ham og Wahlberg i en elevator.

Anmeldelse side 4 og interview med Mark Wahlberg og Christian Bale side 8-9

Men inden da sidder han fastklemt under et klippestykke, alene ude i ødemarken, i dagevis.

Dét – og ikke saveriet i armen – handler den biografaktuelle film ’127 Hours’ om, og derfor er den speciel.

For hvordan laver man et hæsblæsende drama om nogen, der ikke rører sig ud af stedet?

Anmeldelse side 3. Interview med instruktør og skuespiller side 8-9

Foto: UIP

Torsdag 10. marts 2011 www.politiken.dk

Hvem der ...??!!!

Et knockout til fem hjerter

Til sidst skærer denne mand sin arm over med en sløv hobbykniv

Foto: Scanbox

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 17. marts 2011

www.politiken.dk

Do It Yourself!

’Monsters’ ligner en dyr Hollywoodfilm, men Gareth Edwards har lavet den på en helt almindelig hjemmecomputer.

Anmeldelse og interview side 6-7

Fundet af filmruller med de forsvundne 30 minutter gør ’Metropolis’ til et mirakel.

Anmeldelse side 12

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 24. marts 2011 www.politiken.dk

Ja, original er den jo ikke

18 tunge slag på 3 sek.

... siger den danske instruktør Christian E. Christiansen om sin Hollywoodfilm, ’Roommate’. Men den har indtjent 60 mio. dollar. Interview side 4

Han havde kaldt ham bøsse. Så bokseren Emile Griffith tævede sin modstander til døde. Et liv, en kamp, en film. Side 10-11

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 31. marts 2011

FILM

www.politiken.dk

Lidt for fantastisk

I filmtossens arkiver

Historien bag Peter Weirs autentiske drama ’The Way Back’ er fuldstændig vild.

Men hvad siger han til, at den ikke er sand? Interview side 6

Når de store instruktører har brug for verdens særeste filmklip, besøger de Stephen Parr i San Francisco. Reportage side 12

In this grave ... (fuck) hour

Interview side 8-9

Foto: Finn Frandsen

POLITIKEN 3

www.politiken.dk

Citizen Chang

Den var faktisk ... god?!

– eller King Kong med en japansk pige i næven.

Asiatisk film har kastet sig over Hollywoods klassikere. Side 13

Decideret fan efter at have set den nye Justin Bieber-film? Nej. Men noget er alligevel forandret, skriver Politikens anmelder.

Og giver filmen 4 hjerter. Side 6

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 14. april 2011

Og han bør vel vide det ...

Der skal en mand til en tango

6 millioner seere på YouTube kan ikke tage fejl. Den svenske instruktør Johannes Nyholm er pludselig blevet kult med kortfilmen ’Las Palmas’, hvor hans etårige datter spiller en midaldrende, plørefuld bøllehat-turist. Nu bliver filmen sendt til Cannes.

Og hjemme i Göteborg er Hollywood-producenterne begyndt at ringe. Side 12-13

Altså en rigtig mand. Ikke sådan en bleg dansker med stive knæ og kvælertag på livsglæden.

Derfor længes danske kvinder efter latinoer, mens deres mænd leder efter humøret i sydlandsk vin, fodbold og tangolektioner. Ole Christian Madsen kender selv problemet, og det har han lavet en film om. ’Superclásico’ skulle have været en komedie, men det synes Kim Skotte ikke, den er. Heldigvis.

Må jeg tænke over det?

»Hvis nogen jager dig, er det da Hvordan siger man nej mere skræmmende, hvis han til en rolle, når ham, der er klogere end dig – frem for en, spørger, hedder Goebbels? der er dum som en dør«. Siger Nyt drama om propagandamanden bag ’Scream 4’. Side 6 filmen ’Jud Süss’. Side 11

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 21. april 2011 www.politiken.dk

Ein. Zwei. Die!

Hongkong-kønsdele i 3D

Film skal sælges på plakaten.

Helst med en enkelt sætning. Se, hvordan man laver nogle af verdens bedste filmsloganer. Side 10-11

Tredimensionale pornofilm hitter i Hongkong.

Og budskabet ... Det er, at man sagtens kan leve uden sex ...!? Side 13

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 28. april 2011

Anthony Dod Mantle Verdens dygtigste filmfotograf

Han har stået bag kameraet under den danske dogmebølge og har fået en Oscar for ’Slumdog Millionaire’. Han er premiereaktuel med ’The Eagle’ og arbejder lige nu på en 3D-actionfilm. Anthony Dod Mantle kan selv vælge mellem de store tilbud fra Hollywood, men måske vælger han at bruge mere tid med familien i Kartoffelrækkerne.

På arbejde med cheffotografen. Reportage side 7-9

Interview med Ole Christian Madsen side 8-9 og anmeldelse side 3

www.politiken.dk

Originalfoto: Jakob Jørgensen

www.politiken.dk

Gensyn med dansk sci-fi

By opkaldt efter film

Jens Ravn fortæller om sin scifi-film fra 60’erne og om John Prices raserianfald, da den polske kameramand ville have røven pudret i talkum. Side 8-9

Altoonas byråd kunne ikke sige nej til instruktørens penge, så nu hedder byen ’POM The Greatest Movie Ever Sold’. Side 12

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 5. maj 2011

www.politiken.dk

Og jeg mener det!

Den er bedre, end du tror

Unge piger elsker ham. Men han vil hellere elskes af dig.

Hvis du altså er seriøs filmfan.

Teenidolet Robert Pattinson vil være voksen. Side 10

Tror du, at Vin Diesel er for dum til dig? Og føler du dig for fin til biljagter? Så er det synd for dig. For ’Fast & Furious 5’ er en fed film. Side 5

Foto: AP

Robert Duvall ser døden i øjnene ... ... med arbejdshandskerne på. For selv om han er over 80 år og kan føle rulleteksterne nærme sig, har han flere projekter for fremtiden. Snart skal han spille Don Quijote i en ny storfilm, og i dag er der premiere på ’Get Low’, hvor hans hovedrolle sikrer filmen fem hjerter. Interview og anmeldelse side 8-9

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 12. maj 2011

FILM

www.politiken.dk

Plat og plattere Den gådefulde street artstjerne Banksy har måske, måske ikke instrueret ny dokumentar om sig selv.

Anmeldelse side 4

Kan man stadig grine af prutter og tissemænd? Farrellybrødrene vil generobre tronen som komikkens konger med ’Alt tilladt’. Interview side 10

Foto: Thomas Sjørup

Foto fra filmen

FILM

Torsdag 7. april 2011

Resten i håret – og så til festival i Cannes

Kong George VI holdt sit livs vigtigste tale, da Storbritannien gik i krig mod Tyskland. Det gik godt, og folket kom til at elske ham som en klippe i kampen mod nazisterne. Men uden de streger, hans talepædagog havde sat i talen, kunne det være gået helt galt. Og passer det, at kongen bandede for sig selv for ikke at stamme?

Læs den sande historie bag ’Kongens store tale’ side 7-9

Foto: Ditte Valente

Jesper Christensen får masser af ros for sin præstation som den døende patriark i den aktuelle ’En familie’.

Men ros, det giver han ikke meget for. Og skuespillere, hvad særligt er der ved dem?

Foto fra filmen

Skulle det være noget særligt?

Foto: SF Film

Kom med! Ind i den brutale afpillede virkelighed En højt betalt sopran blev sat til at synge i en kold, støvet lejlighed kl. 4 om natten. To andre operastjerner måtte aflevere deres duet under konstant silende vand fra nogle brandhaner. Instruktøren, opera-altmuligmanden Kasper Holten fortæller om arbejdet med sin første spillefilm, ’Juan’ – og mænds lyst til at flyve til Månen. Side 8-9

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 19. maj 2011

www.politiken.dk

Hollywoods yndlings-ø

Mere end et mesterværk

Alle veje fører til Hawaii. I hvert fald på film fra Hollywood. I seks årtier er flere af de storfilm, du har set, blevet optaget på der. Side 8-9

’The Tree of Life’ er ikke bare god. Den er simpelthen så mageløs, at den skriver sig ind i filmhistorien ved siden af ’Rumrejse 2001’. S. 3

Pernillas rejse til den bitre ende Pernilla Augusts instruktørdebut, ’Beyond’ – der har premiere i danske biografer i dag – handler om ubærlige barndomsminder, alkohol-gennemblødte forældre og blytungt ansvar.

Modet til at gå hele vejen har Pernilla August i høj grad fra den danske instruktør Per Fly, siger hun: »At turde tage rejsen til den bitre ende er noget, jeg har lært meget om ved at arbejde med ham«.

Anmeldelse side 3 og interview side 8-9

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Knep dig selv!

Lav dine film på din måde, så laver jeg mine på min måde I filmen ’Possession’ lader han Isabelle Adjani gå amok i en rus af ulykkelig kærlighed. Lige indtil blod, bræk og pis flyder ud af samtlige kropsåbninger på hende. Andrzej Zulawski blev forvist fra Polen. To gange.

På grund af sine film. Nu kan 14 af dem ses i København. Interview side 8-9

Torsdag 26. maj 2011

www.politiken.dk

Stjerner i knæstrømper

Dyrefilmens Spielberg

Forestil dig Struensee spise pomfritter med en pluskæbe som Mads Mikkelsen. FILM tog til Tjekkiet under optagelserne af ny dansk storfilm. Side 6-7

Adam Schmedes’ film bliver set af millioner over hele verden. Han vinder priser. Og bor i Tisvilde. Og så elsker han dyr. Side 10-11

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Torsdag 2. juni 2011 www.politiken.dk

Stor frø at snappe over

Dvd til fem hjerter

Kan man overhovedet tillade sig at overføre Ole Lund Kirkegaards hellige streger til 3D? Ja for dælen! Anmeldelse side 3 og interview side 8-9

Koreanske ’The Man From Nowhere’ er noget nær den perfekte thriller. Hæsblæsende action med kunstnerisk finesse. Side 12

PR-foto

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

POLITIKEN 3

FILM

Foto: AP og PR-foto

Von Triers tyske forbindelse Bliver man nazist af at dele smag med Hitler? Førte Wagner til Hitler? Og førte Det Tredje Riges arkitekt Albert Speer, via Hitler, til von Trier? Selvfølgelig ikke. FILM kigger nærmere på Lars von Triers æstetiske omgang med det tyske tankegods i premiereaktuelle ’Melancholia’. Side 8-9

Torsdag 11. august 2011 www.politiken.dk

Historisk malplaceret

Er du forvirret? Godt!

Rutger Hauer er tilbage som vagabond på hævntogt. Men efter tragedien i Norge er en splatterfilm om massemord umulig at nyde. DVD side 11

Olivier Assayas er så fransk, som de kommer. Hans film skal ikke underholde. Non! De skal vække dig fra døsen. Portræt side 12-13

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 18. august 2011 www.politiken.dk

FILM

En bølge af Godard To nye dvd’er – om, med og af Jean-Luc Goddard: hans liv og uvenskab med Truffaut. Og hans testamente. Side 10-11

Foster i kampstilling Efter at USA og Hollywood har vendt ryggen til Mel Gibson pga. hans voldelige og antisemitiske udfald, har Jodie Foster taget ham til nåde og givet ham hovedrollen i sin film ’The Beaver’. Dermed går hun endnu en gang stik imod den amerikanske meningsstorm, som hun kalder hyklerisk. Og griner ad med en overraskende sans for humor.

Interview og anmeldelse side 6-7

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 25. august 2011

www.politiken.dk

FILM

»De venstreorienterede kaldte mig et fascistisk røvhul, og de højreorienterede kaldte mig at anarkistisk røvhul, så røvhullet må have gjort noget rigtigt«, siger instruktør Romain Gavras, der har skabt skandale med sine brutale musikvideoer. Nu lader han de rødhårede gå amok i hævntørst i ’Vores tid kommer’ Interview side 8-9

Torsdag 9. juni 2011 www.politiken.dk

Formel 1 og mytestof

You gotta love her!

Dagen før han kørte ind i en mur med 217 km/t., overvejede Ayrton Senna et karrierestop. Ny dokumentar får brasilianske mænd til at græde. Reportage side 10-11

Jane Lynch er med i tre minutter af dagens premiere ’Paul’. Men som altid er hun uforglemmelig. Side 6

FILM

Torsdag 1. september 2011

www.politiken.dk

Ny musicalfilm til unge

Tragisk dokumentar

Hvordan laver man en god ungdomsfilm, de unge rent faktisk gider se? Hans Fabian Wullenweber blev forpustet af at forsøge. Interview side 8

Amerikansk voldsoffer med hukommelsestab har skabt sig en fiktiv plastikverden.

Her lever han trygt – i nazitidens Belgien. Dvd side 10

Torsdag 8. september 2011

FILM

www.politiken.dk

Gakkede grækere Krisen i Grækenland har skabt en bølge af film om unge, der går gakket, laver dyrelyde og udforsker seksualiteten incestuøst. Side 6

avis

Hvordan finder man på et nyt ord for det mandlige lem? Og hvorfor blev det ’skinkelyn’?

Mød undertekstforfatter Henrik Thøgersen. Side 12-13

Da 12-årige piger blev voldtaget i Bosnien, fik de ingen hjælp af FN’s folk. For det var dem, der voldtog og solgte pigerne. Ny film og interview. Side 8-9

500 whisky-shots, ecstasypiller i posevis – og en fandenivoldsk kampånd.

Rå dokumentarfilm om Creation Records. Side 14-15

Oprør i candyfloss

POLITIKEN 3

Torsdag 15. september 2011 www.politiken.dk

FILM

Udkantsdrømmeren

Som en evigsur teenager

Rune Schjøtts spillefilmsdebut handler om forskruede forældre, fejlbarlighed og skyld i et mørkt hjørne af Danmark. Interview side 6

Japans provoinstruktør Sion Sono laver film, som Shakespeare ville have gjort det.

Fyldt med blod og familiedrama. Interview side 12-13

de leven

Torsdag 22. september 2011 www.politiken.dk

Fordansket Hollywood

www.politiken.dk

Mandeklub med FN-mandat Halløj på pladeselskabet

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FILM

Torsdag 23. juni 2011

FILM

»Jeg har set Munchs ’Skriget’ og Francis Bacons ’Skriget’ så mange gange, men hvad ligger der efter skriget?

Når der kommer en ny morgen? Og hvorfor er det pinligt og smagløst at spørge sådan?«. Simon Staho har fået nok af død og ødelæggelse på film og springer ud som håbets mand i den premiereaktuelle musical ’Magi i luften’.

FILM går på sommerferie med et interview i pangfarver. Side 10-11

POLITIKEN 3

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POLITIKEN 3

POLITIKEN 3

Foto: Mie Brinkmann

Foto: Scanbox

’Potiche’ er en slags fransk sengekantskomedie om 70’erne.

Men med Catherine Deneuve i hovedrollen er den bedre, end genren tillader. Interview med instruktør Ozon side 10-11

POLITIKEN 3

www.politiken.dk

Det ligner en løgnehistorie, men dokumentaren om heavybandet Anvil er såre sand. Og rørende god.

Dvd-anmeldelse side 14

Selv i rollen som skruk bøsse i Brasilien minder Anders W. Berthelsen om sig selv. Som den konfirmand, der fik permanentkrøller for at kompensere for sin lave højde. For usikkerheden er blevet hængende som en krusning over de milde ansigtstræk. Og den er der stadig. Nu har han bare luret den og gjort rollen som den lille usikre, men retskafne mand til sin signatur. Interview side 8-9 og anmeldelse af ’Rosa Morena’ side 3

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Woody er ikke sur. Han er bare tvær. Og lidt modløs. Igen. Altid. Men nu er han i det mindste tilbage med en film, som de fleste kalder hans bedste i mange år. Det gør ham dog ikke mildere stemt over for skæbnen. For han har netop fundet ud af, at han lugter langt væk af middelmådighed, og at rygtet om hans talent altid har været stærkt overdrevet. Interview side 8-9

En titel som ’Transmorphers’ lyder som blockbuster. Men det er en mockbuster, der tjener godt på at blive forvekslet med ’Transformers. Side 12-13

Halløj på sengekanten

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Spurlock. Den levende avis

Foto: AP

Harrison Ford er aldrig glad for interview.

Godt, han ikke havde set vores anmeldelse af biografaktuelle ’Cowboys & Aliens’.

Interview og anmeldelse side 4-6

PR-foto

Torsdag 16. juni 2011

Skamløs discount hitter

De skal skrive stjernerne frem

Hvem kalder du gammel, knægt?

Ryan Reynolds render rundt med et sæt mavemuskler, der går for at være Hollywoods mest veltrænede.

Og så er han for pretty til at spille mørkeklog. Men inde bag drengedejen gemmer sig en kløgtig mand med en nøgtern karrierestrategi.

Interview med den grønne muskel i bioaktuelle ’Green Lantern’ side 8-9

Hornbriller & hængemule

POLITIKEN 3

Det er ikke dem, du kommer til at lægge mærke til. Manuskriptforfatterne. Men det er dem, der bygger fundamentet for instruktørernes og skuespillernes vej mod spotlyset. Og det er deres dialog, der får dig til at grine eller græde. FILM har mødt årets afgangshold fra Filmskolens manuskriptlinje. Interview side 8-9

FILM

For blank og for bøffet?

Et rasende røvhul

Foto: Mie Brinkmann

Brad Pitt og hustruen, Angelina Jolie, er så meget superstjerner, at de nærmer sig royal status i USA. Men i premiereaktuelle ’The Tree of Life’ er han blot en brik i en mesterinstruktørs mystiske spil. Og hvad laver ekskonen, Jennifer Aniston, uden for døren, da FILM interviewer The Brad? Interview side 12-13

Den evige danske Jens

Foto: Peter Hove Olesen

Hvad laver mr. Shakespeare i et filmland befolket af superhelte, tegneseriehumor og computereffekter?

Kenneth Branagh har smidt de fine versefødder for at trampe ind i Marvels muskuløse actionunivers. Med sin premiereaktuelle ’Thor’ vil han ophæve skellet mellem lavkultur og højkultur. Interview og anmeldelse side 6-7

Foto: Simon Hayter/Toronto Star

Foto: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Møde med mr. Nice Guy

Foto: Mie Brinkmann

Turist i Blockbuster

Foto: AP

Kan Morgan Spurlocks dokumentar om skjult reklame i film være kritisk, når den selv er finansieret ved hjælp af produktplacering? Reklamerer Politiken for Spurlocks sponsorer, når han hele tiden nævner dem i vores interview?

Eller reklamerer Spurlock for Politiken ved at optræde i vores avis? Interview side 8-9 og anmeldelse side 3

»I mit hjerte er jeg newyorker« Nicolas Winding Refn har genfundet selvtilliden efter at have begejstret den hele filmverden med ’Drive’. Og nu er han ikke bange for at sammenligne sig selv med H.C. Andersen, et andet geni, der var for stort til sin danske samtid.

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International kærlighed

Avisens mulige død

Med ’Samme dag næste år’ bevæger Lone Scherfig sig op i den helt store liga. Selv er hun aldrig helt tilfreds.

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Skal The New York Times skrive sin egen nekrolog?

Instruktøren Andrew Rossi kæmper for de seriøse nyheder. Interview side 8

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Tegning: Philip Ytournel

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Norwegian Wood

Blødende knoer

Den ukendte vietnamesiske instruktør Tran Anh Hung har som den første fået lov til at filmatisere en roman af Haruki Murakami. Interview side 6-7

Irske lovløse klaner har gennem århundreder bokset uden handsker og helbredshensyn.

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Tjek ind på ’Værelse 304’

Nypuritanisme

Birgitte Stærmose har lavet en thriller, der foregår på et hotel.

For der er gået for meget dagligstue i dansk film, siger hun.

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Hvorfor skal skuespillere vise nøgen hud, når sexscener kan laves med computerpatter og animerede pikke? Side 11

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Tillykke Imperial

Steven Soderberghs epidemi-thriller ’Contagion’ er over os med et hav af Hollywoodstjerner.

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3. november 1961 viste biografen Imperial sin første film. Vi siger i dag tillykke med de 50 år.

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Justins svendeprøve

Justin Timberlake har ikke fået filmroller, fordi han er popstjerne. Med hovedrollen i premiereaktuelle ’Bollevenner’ kulminerer 20 års kamp for at lære skuespillerfaget. Og en dag kan han ende med en Oscar i hånden.

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En genoplivet Banderas Antonio Banderas har i årevis været reduceret til liderlige latinlæber og Zorro-kostumer. Men nu er han tilbage hos instruktør Pedro Almodóvar i ’Huden jeg bor i’, hvor han spiller en slags moderne dr. Frankenstein. Og i rollen som sindssyg hudkirurg genopstår han som en skuespiller, man bør have respekt for. Interview side 10-11

Just another dane ...

Den danske videokunstner Jesper Just er en af landets mest succesrige kunstnere. Han udstiller på Guggenheim i New York og Tate Modern i London og har flere assistenter for at følge med den internationale efterspørgsel.

Men i Thailand kom han på udebane, da han sammen med en lokal instruktør skulle lave en dokumentarfilm om landets tykkeste kvinde. FILM fulgte ham i heden, bilosen og alle frustrationerne. Reportage side 8-11

Foden er løs i Hollywood

Premiereaktuelle ’Footloose’ er seneste bud på en dansefilm, der viser ungdommen hvordan man gør oprør med sved, tårer og hoftevrid. FILM kigger nærmere på en tradition hvor snurretoppe som Gene Kelly, John Travolta, og Patrick Swayze har vist vejen til frigørelse med forbudte trin.

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Når man i Sydkorea skider på genrekonventioner og god og dårlig smag, ender det ofte med film, der på en gang gør ondt i hjertet som en Bergman-film og får det til at rumle i maven som en blodig splatterfilm. Det ville aldrig gå i Hollywood. Men måske derfor minder de koreanske film så meget mere om livet. Fordi de tør gå fra koncepterne.

Reportage fra den største filmfestival for asiatiske film, side 8-10

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Werner Herzogs blik

Verdens bedste dokumentarfilminstruktør? Den modige tyske instruktør er i hvert fald ikke i tvivl om sit eget værd. »Vi må alle se i øjnene, at det blev nødt til at være mig, der lavede den«, siger han om sin 3D-film ’Cave of Forgotten Dreams’. Selv kalder han filmen for et blik ind i menneskets sjæl. Interview side 8-12

Februar 2011, Tahir Pladsen i Cario, Yusuf Badawi, 22 år: ”For første gang føler jeg, at jeg gør noget for mit land.

Hvis jeg dør, vil det ikke være forgæves, men for friheden”.

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Premiere i biograferne den 1. marts 2012 Maj 1944, Horserød lejren, Niels Fiil, 23 år: ”Kun med livet som indsats kan vi fordre den fulde frihed.

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Historically speaking, comedy is one of the most important and popular film genres, and ever since the birth of film, several artists have demonstrated that it can also be more than just brain-dead entertainment for the masses. With a heightened focus on timing, situations and the sharp retort, the great comedians of our time, from Max Linder, Laurel and Hardy, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton via Howard Hawks, Jacques Tati and Preston Sturges to Takeshi Kitano, Roy Andersson and Ricky Gervais, have proven that comedy can also be art.

But where is the modern film comedy, which is willing to take itself and its genre seriously? Have the comic talents changed strategy since then? These are among the questions we have asked ourselves, in our endeavour to find out what comedy looks like right now.

The Japanese stand-up comedian, Hitoshi Matsumoto, is most certainly central to film

comedy at present, having made the cultfavoured, crazy comedies ’Big Man Japan’ and ’Symbol’. In his third film as director, ’Scabbard Samurai’, Matsumoto has dived into a story about a sulking, disillusioned samurai, who must get a little prince to laugh. The result is a sword- and kimonoswishing drama and a subversive, adroit comedy about how difficult it is to be funny.

Our film selection also presents, for the first time on Danish screens, the American comic duo Tim & Eric, who with their low-key, anarchic internet-sketches have secured themselves a full-blown cult following back home, which can also be felt here in Denmark. We are showing their first feature film, ’Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’. Brand new and self-directed.

Both of them also act in Rick Alverson’s ’The Comedy’, which seeks a very alternative approach to comedy, by positioning it in an absolutely non-jovial

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setting. ’The Comedy’ maintains its balance between sudden, absurd gags and an empathic severity, and is a rare example of an intelligent comedy about humour as a defence against the tough times in life.

The comedic revolution right now is, however, to be found not so much in feature films, but in short and often internet-oriented formats. We have therefore - in two programmes respectively (’Art as Comedy’, ’Stand up, Sit Down, and Visual Art Comedy Today’) - assembled film and video artists, who have employed deadpan humour in their works and we have also put together a very special programme, which consists of some of the most obvious new talents, from Tim & Eric and Sacha Baron Cohen to Alex Bag and Zach Galifianakis.

A whole evening is dedicated to who in our minds is one of the great comedic talents right now: the American underground director Mike Stoklasa, who took the

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world by storm with his YouTube-based and cult-worshipped mock reviews of blockbuster films. We present his major piece, ’The Phantom Menace Review’, together with a series of specially chosen surprises. These will be introduced by Mike Stoklasa himself, who is here to meet the Danish audience and talk about his unique brand of humour.

We have also found room for a look at the past. See the legendary performer and stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce in his penultimate performance, which clearly operates in the grey zone between art and satire. Scathingly aggressive as his signature style always was. Bruce became a ”role model” for many later American as well as Danish comedians, but among the best known are Albert Brooks and Andy Kaufman. We have found a series of rarities and ”greatest hits” from their creative minds.

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Art As Comedy While it is true that the history of art is strewn with elements of humour (and smiles!), nevertheless very few of the movements of the 20th century can be vaguely associated with any sense of amusement or self-ironic tonality. PIX has chosen three distinct artistic voices to illustrate some of the diversity and sensibilities, which artists have brought to humour, and comedy has brought to art: Owen Land, a legendary, American, conceptual film-maker is presented here with his probably best known work, ‘On The Marriage Broker Joke…’, where he plays a clever and witty game with images and language, which the American critic, J. Hoberman considered a modern equivalent of Buñuel’s ‘Un chien andalou’.

John Smith, an English, conceptual film/video artist, and contemporary of Land, whose works frequently use and dissect parameters of language, comedy and even one-liners with a disarming, deadpan formalism, not entirely dissimilar to that of Peter Greenaway.

We present five works, representative of his style, including the legendary, and much imitated ‘The Girl Chewing Gum’, from 1976. Kim Noble, a young English artist, who allows his personal psychological history to inform the content of his extremely dry, deadpan and occasionally almost cynical video shorts. Here an artist, who has embraced the new social media fully, with his deceptively simple gags and artistic terrorism.

And who ever heard of slapstick involving a spider!

Th 26. April 17:30 Husets Biograf Fr 27. April 16:45 Husets Biograf Sa 28. April 17:00 Husets Biograf

Art As Comedy USA, UK 1975-2011, 97 min.

Director: Owen Land, John Smith, Kim Noble

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The Comedy With a dying father and an everyday life without any major highlights, existence is far from fulfilling for the apathetic Swanson (Tim Heidecker from ‘Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!’). He spends his days drifting around aimlessly in Brooklyn together with his steady gang of hipster friends, who are equally tired of life (played by, among other, Eric Wareheim - also from ‘Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!’ and James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem). Nothing seems to be able to get their blood boiling, and there is not much joy to be seen in the trivialities of everyday life - except when they are broken by absurd exchanges of words or insane ideas in everything from taxis to churches. The humour is both black and sizzling in the director Rick Alverson’s (who could last year be seen at PIX with the film ‘New Jerusalem’) intelligent portrait of a generation that is permeated by boredom, but which desperately tries to give life a meaning through explosive moments.

‘The Comedy’ was one of the films that was discussed most after the premiere at Sundance last year, and apart from being a welcome and intelligent comedy of the rare kind, about humour as a defence against life’s harder moments, it elegantly balances absurd ideas and serious empathy.

Tu 17. April 20:00 Empire Bio Fr 20. April 17:30 Husets Biograf We 25. April 17:00 Grand Teatret

The Comedy USA 2012, 90 min.

Director: Rick Alverson Script: Robert Donne, Colm O’Leary, Rick Alverson Camera: Mark Schwartzbard Editor: Michael Taylor Sound: Gene Park Production: Glass Eye Pix, Greyshack Films, Rough House Pictures Producer: Brent Kunkle, Mike S. Ryan Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, James Murphy, Kate Lyn-Sheil, Alexia Rassmusen, Liza Kate Walter

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Comics on the Edge in the 1970’s Inspired by Lenny Bruce’s incendiary attitude toward censors and middle-class values in the 1970s, some comedians brought the performance of jokes to a whole new level. Albert Brooks pioneered a kind of anti-comedy in which the joke was frequently how bad the jokes were. In ‘Audience Research’, for example, he investigates why no one thinks his films are funny. And through a series of brilliant conceptual acts, which toyed with character and expectation, Andy Kaufman pushed the audience to extreme new levels, paving the way for the “put-on” comedy style of Sacha Baron Cohen and others. The programme is presented together with Performa and is curated by Lana Wilson.

Fr 20. April 19:15 Cinemateket Sa 28. April 14:15 Cinemateket

Comics on the Edge in the 1970’s USA 1972-1982, 82 min.

Director: Albert Brooks, Andy Kaufman

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Dark Horse With “Happiness”, dark satire got its new American godfather and the director Todd Solondz got a well-deserved breakthrough. With “Dark Horse”, he is back to his point of departure, and once again he is drawing a self ironic, stinging portrait of the despondent malaise of the middle class. We are following Abe, a sad softie of a thirty-something man, who is fine with still living with his mum and dad, still in his old room, where action men and The Simpsons memorabilia are the main decoration. On a trial and error basis, he works in his father’s company (the father is played by a superb, very taciturn Christopher Walken), but most of his time is spent scanning eBay for overpriced collector’s items toys. His only alliances are his overprotective mother (Mia Farrow) and his father’s secretary (Mary Joe), who is happy to help him with all the things he cannot handle. After a cringe-inducing first date with the young suicidal Miranda (Selma Blair), Abe is obsessed by the thought of winning her - in spite of the fact that they have absolutely nothing in common. In contrast to many of Solondz’s previous films, Dark Horse contains no repetition of characters, and behind the stinging humor one may find his most heart-warming film to date.

Th 12. April 20:00 Empire Bio Mo 23. April 17:00 Gloria Sa 28. April 21:30 Grand Teatret

Dark Horse USA 2011, 84 min.

Director: Todd Solondz Script: Todd Solondz Camera: Andrij Parekh Editor: Kevin Messman Music: Michael Hill Sound: Eric Offin Production: Double Hope Films Producer: Ted Hope, Derrick Tseng Cast: Justin Bartha, Selma Blair, Zachary Booth Distr.: Goldcrest Films

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The Lenny Bruce Performance Film In the late 1960’s, the one-liner style of conventional Borscht belt stand-up began to be supplanted by a radical new group of comics-performers who wrote their own material, often laced with daring social and political commentary, which pushed the audience into uncharted territory, shaking up traditional ideas about what was funny, and about where entertainment ended and life began. The most important trail-blazer in this arena, Lenny Bruce, left a lasting impact not only in the comedy world, but on freedom of speech issues for all artists. After numerous arrests for obscenity, in 1965, Bruce, by then America’s most controversial comedian, could only get bookings in San Francisco.

The Lenny Bruce Performance Film consists of rare performance documentation capturing Bruce’s secondto-last live concert, in which he rails against the charges filed against him in his most recent court case, using the judge’s docket as a framing device for presenting some of his most famously provocative bits, and directly addressing the hypocrisy of dividing comedy from high art. In a performance that often feels less like stand-up, and more like “a long-form conceptual art piece about a zonked out free-speech lawyer,” (The Village Voice) Bruce is seen at his most feisty and scathing.

Sa 28. April 19:30 Husets Biograf

The Lenny Bruce Performance Film USA 1967, 60 min.

Director: John Magnuson Script: Lenny Bruce Editor: John Magnuson Production: John Magnuson Associates Producer: John Magnuson Cast: Lenny Bruce

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The Phantom Menace Review A serial killer passes time creating vicious film reviews. This is the simple premise for the American film director Mike Stoklasa’s brilliantly funny YouTube sensations, where the latest beacons of popular culture, from ‘Avatar’ to the latest versions of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’, are brought down with razor-sharp humour, which is anchored just as strongly in fan culture as it is in the most distinguished virtues of classical film comedy. Since 2009, Mike Stoklasa’s films have spread across the Internet like wildfire, and they have not just been seen by several million people, they also earned the director a spot on Filmmaker Magazine’s prestigious list of upcoming names in the American indie scene. We have invited Mike Stoklasa to Denmark, and are showing a collection of his best works, including surprises and the feature-length review of ‘The Phantom Menace’.

We promise an evening that is both wise, anarchic an funny as hell.

Th 1. January Fr 27. April 22:00 Cinemateket

The Phantom Menace Review USA, 120 min.

Director: Mike Stoklasa Producer: Mike Stoklasa Distr.: Red Letter Media

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Scabbard Samurai Hitoshi Matsumoto could not restrain himself any more. Having turned the comedy genre upside down, and taken the piss out of his audience with the mockumentary, ‘Dai Nippojin’, and the existentialist slapstick, ‘Symbol’, Japan’s wildest director has thrown himself upon the holiest of all holies in his home country: the samurai film. Nomi is a desillusioned and deserted samurai who, with his young daughter in tow, falls into the clutches of a clan leader and is sentenced to commit ritual suicide. Unless, of course, he can make the leader’s depressed son smile within 30 days, with one attempt per day. In contrast to all the traditions of the samurai film, Matsumoto creates a moving drama about the poor samurai, who so desperately tries to be funny. But at the same time, he undermines cinematic language as usual, draws out his points, and misses his timing and chooses repetition, until we think we know where we have him, just to see him fool our expectations again.

‘Scabbard Samurai’ thus becomes a comedy about creating comedy. And about what we think is funny, and about how we would like to be pleased. But whether we really end up being pleased is not something we can disclose, of course. In the spirit of the film: it has to be put to the test.

Th 19. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Th 26. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

Saya-zamurai Japan 2011, 103 min.

Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto Script: Hitoshi Matsumoto Camera: Ryûto Kondô Editor: Yoshitaka Honda Music: Yasuaki Shimizu Production: Kyoraku Sangyo, Phantom Film, Shochiku Company Producer: Akihiko Okamoto Cast: Takaaki Nomi, Sea Kumada, Itsuji Itao, Tokio Emoto Distr.: Urban Distribution INT.

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Stand-Up, Sit Down, and Visual Art Comedy Today Here now, in a time when the internet has led to an explosion of stand-up comedy websites and video channels, this cross-over between the art world and mainstream entertainment is more relevant than ever.

This programme will feature a wide variety of short works by some of the artists and stand-up comedians working in the area between these disciplines today, including Dodge and Kahn, a pair of video artists who draw inspiration from the performance style of Lenny Bruce; comedy duo Tim and Eric, whose wild aesthetic excess recalls the work of visual artists; artists Alex Bag and Kalup Linzy, who create their own very different comedic takes on the art world they inhabit; and standups Jon Dore and Rory Scovel, whose recent appearance on Conan was about as conceptual as comedy can get.

The programme is presented together with Performa and is curated by Lana Wilson.

Fr 20. April 21:30 Cinemateket Sa 28. April 16:45 Cinemateket

Stand-Up, Sit Down, and Visual Art Comedy Today USA 1995-2010, 75 min.

Director: Tim & Eric, Sacha Baron-Cohen, Zach Galifinakis, Alex Bag, m.fl.

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Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have by now achieved a cult status in the United States with their surreal sketch show ‘Tim and Eric’s Awesome show, Great Job!’, where bizarre musical numbers and adverts in true lo-tech style have been the form for the most incongruous and absurd humour seen for a long time on American TV. ‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ continues, thank God, in the same vein and also has some of the show’s biggest guest stars such as John C. Rilley, Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis and Jeff Goldblum in the cast. Tim and Eric get 1 billion dollars to make a film, but waste all their money on a bad Johnny Depp look-alike, a suit made of diamonds as well as plastic surgery and spiritual guidance. The film’s sponsor ‘Schlaaang Corporation’ wants to have its billion dollars back, so with their lives at stake, Tim and Eric create the company Dobis PR (short for doing business) and seize the opportunity to earn an easy billion by taking over a bankrupt shopping center in Swallow Valley.

Small perverse segments, corny TV shopping aesthetics and a man-eating wolf create the breeding ground for a politically incorrect comedy filled with anti-humour at its best. One thing is sure, ‘Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ breaks conventions and challenges both its audience and its genre in every possible way.

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20:00 Empire Bio 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie USA 2012, 93 min.

Director: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim Script: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim Camera: Rachel Morrison Editor: Daniel Haworth , Doug Lussenhop Music: Davin Wood Sound: Trip Brock Production: 2929 Productions, Absolutely, Funny or Die Producer: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Will Ferrell Cast: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim, Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly Distr.: Magnolia Pictures

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John Cooper Clarke Live Poet. Punk musician. Or just punk poet. You can recognise John Cooper Clarke from far away. Shiny boots, tight black jeans, 60’s jacket, Ray Bans and constantly messy hair. Cooper Clarke is not someone who likes to compromise his style. Nor is he a man who minces his words, when he is on stage. With his verse, the 63-year-old poet has both provoked and entertained several generations, who have all had to surrender to Cooper Clarke’s charm and intellect. Now, the British word artist is visiting PIX with a new show, which reveals a more amusing side of the punk poet from Manchester. Cooper Clarke serves strong film references, which show that the seasoned performer has lost none of his curiosity. The result is provocative, funny and possibly even educational. This is one of the shows you shouldn’t miss out on, and we can hardly wait ourselves. The show is presented in collaboration with artFREQ. at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The doors open at 8 PM.

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John Cooper Clarke - Live , 60 min.

Denmark.

The epicentre of free-mindedness.

The citadel of free speech.

We are extremely proud of being a nation, where we can say, do, show and see whatever we want. But is this really true in reality?

We here focus on those films, which for various reasons have been forbidden in this country of ours.

We have researched our way through history, and made a selection of material which, for different reasons, has been forbidden, hidden or suppressed in Denmark. From those earlier 8mm porno films, produced on the sly, before the legitimisation of pictorial pornography, to films which today are regarded as

timeless classics (the film noir adventure film ’Night of the Hunter’, the Hammer film ’Horror of Dracula’ and the Swedish rocker film ’Det händer i natt’) yet which, when they were to be released, were considered too provocative for a Danish audience. This also includes films which were forbidden even before they were produced (’Jesus vender tilbage’) or were under pressure to be phased out of Danish film production, such as the collectively directed ’Rockerfilmen’, a film most worthy of re-discovery.

The films in this series can hardly be regarded today as morally depraved, but seen in the light of total censure, they bear

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witness to how the boundaries for what is considered reprehensible are constantly shifting. Seen with today’s eyes, the set of forbidden pornographic short films (’Hudforbud’ = Forbidden Flesh) that we have selected possess a naive charm and almost surreal beauty.

Similarly entertaining is the result of our thorough research in the TV archives, to find a suitable selection of those productions (’(D)DR’) which, for various reasons, were shelved. Censorship or selfcensorship? Judge for yourselves.

Yet the jewel of our series is, without a doubt, the censorship film rolls, which we

have dug out from a Danish archive. For many years, offensive scenes were eagerly censored out of films, anything from whips, nudity and shootings to violence, vulgarity and politically volatile agendas. But instead of ending on the cutting room floor or being destroyed, anonymous persons edited these cuts together on evergrowing 35mm spools. We are screening them, just as they are. Without interference and in their full length. We dare to promise an evening out of the ordinary, with this invitation to a symphonic roller coaster ride through forbidden territory.

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(D)DR There are many possible reasons why a TV production never reaches the screens. But when TV films and series with a critical approach to politics, religion and other sensitive issues suddenly get shelved, one should start asking questions, as to whether this is entirely due to questions regarding quality, or whether entirely different factors are at play. PIX shows a number of examples of controversial TV productions, which never got the chance to be shown. Censorship or just self-censorship? You be the judge.

Tu 17. April 18:30 Husets Biograf Mo 23. April 19:00 Husets Biograf

(D)DR Denmark, 120 min.

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CensOred reels Over time, quite a bit has been cut out of films shown in Danish cinemas. Luckily, the censored extracts have been preserved for posterity. Whips, bare legs, shootings, violence, vulgarities and politically inflamed messages; the censorship reels from the Danish archives are a true gem. Consisting of scenes, which the Danish film censors found too offensive or too violent for the audience, the reels are a tour de force through all the forbidden things in Danish cinema history. As an entirely unique event, we are showing them in their full length, just the way they were assembled. It is not known who edited together the censored footage onto the two reels and kept them for posterity, but they are unparalleled and totally unique. The way in which the reels present themselves today, they are a surreal, absurd experience, and at the same time each extract bears witness to how the limits of what is seen as being morally objectionable are constantly shifting. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t miss out on this unique opportunity to delve into the forbidden.

Th 1. January Fr 20. April 19:00 Cinemateket

Censur-spolerne , 120 min.

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Babes and Hoodlums Bergman’s beautiful muse, Ingrid Thulin, can be seen as the young Lilly, who ends up in the bad company of the leather jacket-clad yobs, Svampen and Gunnar.

Gunnar has spotted an opportunity to earn easy cash, and convinces the others to take part in a heist at a local business. When the heist goes wrong, the youths have to flee head over heels, and they are soon befriending liquor and drugs in Sweden’s mean streets. When ‘Babes and Hoodlums’ came to Denmark in 1956, the Danish censorship board was shaken so hard by indignation, that it gave the film the rare white censorship card; a direct and total ban. The ban sparked countless angry write-ups in the press, and several appeals to the Justice Minister, yet none of it helped. Only one year later, the film was premiered in Denmark under a new title. But to the audience’s dismay, the controversial gangster thriller had now been re-edited into an easily palatable comedy, which had little in common with the original film. We give you the opportunity to be outraged, or pleased, about seeing the original version of ‘Babes and Hoodlums’.

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Det händer i natt Sweden 1956, 76 min.

Director: Arne Ragneborn Script: Ivar Segle Camera: Bengt Lindström Editor: Carl-Olov Skeppstedt Music: Harry Arnold, Carl-Gösta Ahrné, Ulf Carlén, Frederick G. Charrosin, Anders Burman Sound: Nils Grening Production: Metronome Studios AB, Iris-Film, Nyve Film Producer: Lars Burman Cast: Arne Ragneborn, Ingrid Thulin, Lars Ekborg, Sven-Eric Gamble Distr.: Det Danske Filminstitut

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Horror of Dracula This version of Bram Stoker’s tale of Count Dracula is the best film made by the Hammer studio, which specialised in making English horror films. Not only is the acting good, and Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee set the standards here, but the screenplay sticks to the literary source, without resorting to too many blood-stained and bared bosoms. Count Dracula is not portrayed as a semi-psychotic madman, but as a charming, pale aristocrat, whose unforgettable eyes sweep London’s night life for victims. You can, amongst other things, look forward to the beautiful opening sequence, where the Count appears as a moving shadow at the top of a staircase. The Hammer studios’ ‘Dracula’, which uses dazzling technicolor to revive the myth of the blood-thirsty Count, led to a crackdown from the Danish censorship board, which banned all vampire films for several years afterwards. We are showing the “forbidden” classic in an uncut, newly restored version.

Tu 17. April

21:45 Cinemateket

Dracula UK 1958, 82 min.

Director: Terence Fisher Script: Jimmy Sangster Camera: Jack Asher Editor: Bill Lenny Music: James Bernard Sound: Jock May Production: Hammer Film Productions Producer: Anthony Hinds Cast: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling Distr.: Hollywood Classics Ltd.

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Forbidden Flesh (Pre-1969 Porn) If you say censorship, you also have to say porn. As is widely known, Denmark was the first country in the world to liberalise picture pornography in 1969. But this didn’t mean that erotic films weren’t produced before the ban was lifted. One of the pioneers of erotic filmmaking was the photographer and filmmaker, Ole Ege. Ege’s films were shot on 8mm, and they were usually small, merry, witty, almost innocent, striptease films, where unrestrained women played up to the camera.

The films were in a legal grey area, and Ege was often harassed by the police. Seen from today’s point of view, the films bear witness to both the stricter sexual morals of the past, but also, to how our boundaries are constantly changing, and that our relationship to sexuality is constantly challenged and transformed over time. CPH PIX is holding a very special screening by showing Ole Ege’s first shorts, as well as other short gems from the infancy of Danish porn.

We 18. April 19:30 Husets Biograf Mo 23. April 21:30 Husets Biograf

Hud-Forbud (porno pre ‘69) Denmark 1968, 120 min.

Director: Ole Ege mfl.

Producer: Ole Ege m.fl.

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The Reutrn The world is about to go under. Jesus is sent down to save the world. He lands in Paris, on the ChampsElysées, and quickly discovers that Paris is better than Paradise. He is seduced and discovers that Earth is a magnificent place. He falls in love with the terrorist girl, Marianne, who seduces him. They flee, get caught, and the world discovers his true identity. Jesus returns to Paradise with his new lover. Few films have encountered as much resistance as Jens Jørgen Thorsen’s Jesus film.

The film received funding in 1973 from the Danish Film Institute, but already from the beginning, it was met with accusations of blasphemy and a breach of copyright (the Bible!). The resistance culminated in 1975, when ca. 5000 people took to the streets of Copenhagen, in protest against the film. The massive public outcry resulted in the production being stopped but, in 1989, it once again received support from the Film Institute, and was completed in 1992. Thorsen’s film was not censured by any government authority, but it was subject to an extreme form of censorship of the masses.

Tu 24. April 16:45 Cinemateket

Jesus vender tilbage Denmark 1992, 107 min.

Director: Jens Jørgen Thorsen Script: Jens Jørgen Thorsen Camera: Jesper Høm Editor: Jesper Osmund Music: Jimmy Dawkins and his Chicago Bluesmen Sound: Hans Møller Production: Superfilm Productions Producer: Jens Jørgen Thorsen Cast: Marco Di Stefano, Johnny Melville, Jed Curtis Distr.: Det Danske Filminstitut

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Night of the Hunter The relatively unknown actor Charles Laughton directed only this one film, but it has achieved a cult status.

A sombre and expressionistic thriller in the ‘Southern Gothic’ tradition, but set around the muddy banks of the Ohio river in West Virginia. Two small children are visited by a psychotic priest, who is convinced that they know where their father hid the spoils from a robbery before he was executed in prison. The brother and sister escape up along the river with death at their heels, until they think they have found refuge with a nice old lady (played by the silent film star Lillian Gish). But in the shadows outside, the unknown still looms. ‘Night of the Hunter’ is a strange and inscrutable film, which has fascinated directors from David Lynch to the Coen brothers during their formative years. Robert Mitchum is terrifying in the role of the priest, who has the words ‘Love’ and ‘Hate’ respectively tattooed on his knuckles. With its unique and inventive mix of psychological thriller, expressionism and adventure, Charles Laughton’s only film as a director stands out in a film-historical context, and ‘Night of the Hunter’ is therefore a typical example of how paternalist film censorship in the name of moralism prevented Danish audiences from seeing great film art. A similar fate had previously befallen better known Hollywood classics such as ‘Scarface’ (1932), ‘The Big Sleep’ (1946) and ‘White Heat’ (1949). It took four whole years, before the film made it past the censors in 1959, and made it to the Danish cinema screens.

Fr 20. April

16:45 Cinemateket

The Night of the Hunter USA 1955, 93 min.

Director: Charles Laughton Producer: Paul Gregory

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The Rocker Film On their way home from a motorcycle meeting, two bikers from the motorcycle gang, Red Hawks, run into a group of striking workers. The incident gives rise to sensational headlines in the local newspaper. A girl from the motorcycle gang works at the factory, where a group of workers on strike want to make a protest action. The factory owner gets the idea, to use the Red Hawks to split up the activists. The collectively directed and produced ‘Rocker Film’ is a political work. The context of the film is also, mildly put, political. Produced with funding from the Danish Film Workshop (Det Danske Filmværksted), the national film centre, Statens Filmcentral (SFC), tried to phase out the film, by not including it in its distribution catalogue. ‘The Rocker Film’ therefore an example of a film, which was not subjected to public censorship, but which nonetheless got to feel the power of the state. The film therefore began pointing the way for alternative channels of distribution, and it is therefore still relevant today. The film itself is obviously marked by the spirit of the times, and is highly worthy of re-discovery.

We 25. April 16:30 Cinemateket

Rockerfilmen Denmark 1979, 53 min.

Director: Hornsherred Film Script: Hornsherred Film Camera: Hornsherred Film Editor: Hornsherred Film Sound: Hornsherred Film Production: Hornsherred Film, Det Danske Filmværksted Producer: Hornsherred Film Distr.: Det Danske Filminstitut

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Banned cinema During the occupation, the Nazis banned all films which were produced in those countries at war with Germany. Only German and strictly censored Danish films could be screened legally in Denmark’s cinemas.

In order to screen films from allied countries, defiant Danish film lovers set up secret cinemas, where one could see the banned films from among other countries France, USA and Russia. CPH PIX is reviving the banned cinema and is showing the anti-Nazi propaganda film ‘Confessions of a Nazi Spy’ from 1939, which made Hitler himself foam at the mouth and promise a step-up in Nazi propaganda.

In the spirit of dissent we are keeping the secret cinema’s unusual location a secret, but expect patriotic gettogether and a raw setting. Meeting point: Nordhavn Station.

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21:00 Hemmeligt

Confessions of a Nazi Spy USA 1939, 104 min.

Director: Anatole Livtak Script: Milton Krims, John Wexley Camera: Sol Polito Editor: Owen Marks Music: Max Steiner Sound: Robert B. Lee Production: First National Pictures Producer: Robert Lord

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Carmelo Bene Italian retro-star explores Hamlet and Oscar Wilde This year’s retro-star at CPH PIX, the Italian master director Carmelo Bene, has almost become forgotten, in spite of his fans numbering such intellectual giants as Dario Fo, Gilles Deleuze and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

PIX is presenting his fascinating back catalogue of creative clinches with classic texts, such as Shakespeare’s ’Hamlet’, Oscar Wilde’s ’Salomé’ and the famous legend of the womanizer Don Giovanni.

This year’s retro-star at PIX had an unbelievably fearless approach to his art.

After the completion of his second film, ’Capricci’ (1969), he said to the film journal Cahiers du cinéma: - It was very easy! I hope that all cinemagoers will one day realize that they can just grab a camera, and begin making a film.

One could almost believe that he had already then predicted our contemporary film revolution. Now, PIX has unearthed his feature films. Films which challenge art history, and which seem just as dynamic and refreshing, borne by their unique film language, as when they were created.

Italian von Trier The director Pier Paolo Pasolini loved him, the comedian Roberto Benigni praised him,

the philosopher Gilles Deleuze analysed his films and the Italian theatre legend Dario Fo considered Carmelo Bene to be an outsider genius, and the only truly interesting figure in the Italian theatre world of the 1970s. Not unlike our own Lars von Trier, he was often regarded purely as a provocateur. A number of his projects were even halted for political or religious reasons. Yet, Bene was no simple, oppositional ideologist. Rather, he was deeply involved in investigating rigid, established concepts and aesthetic conventionality.

All his films, in their respective ways, lock horns with major works in the history of art. ’Un Amleto di Meno’ (’One Hamlet Less’, 1973) uses elements from Shakespeare’s classic text, and Salomé (1972) borrows from Oscar Wilde’s play of the same name. However, the works are as far from filmed theatre as one can get. With a unique, personal editing style, as well as his composition and sound techniques, Bene constantly attempted to re-invent his language through a bombastic use of classic paintings and operas.

Contradicting the whole world Like a Peter Greenaway ten years before his time, Bene constantly and strenuously questions naturalism and cinematic

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conventions. Frequently with a huge, baroque glint in his eye, as when we see the corpses in ’Capricci’ adjust their own positions, in order to look ’more’ dead.

This often meant a tough struggle for the actors, or ’acting machines’, as Bene preferred to call them, as they were not allowed to be resolved in their roles. To see them struggling with their characters was what interested Bene. But even the director himself was not permitted to settle into his vision.

- ”When shooting, I contradict myself, I contradict my projects and the production of them, and thus I contradict everything, I contradict the whole world”, Bene has said of his work method.

An undeserved genius Bene struggled his whole life with poor health, and died already in 2002 at the age of 64, yet his illness seems to have given him - apart from an unwavering contempt for death - an extraordinarily hectic presence of mind. His art seemingly poured out of him, and he directed five feature films in just six years, playing the lead roles in all of them, as well as writing books and directing theatre.

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All of his feature films were praised at the prestigious festivals in Cannes and Venice.

When he received a special jury prize for his debut, ’Nostra Signora dei Turchi’ (Our Lady of the Turks) in 1968, an Italian film critic asked: - We have a genius in Italy. Do we really deserve him?

For the first time on Danish soil One thing is certain: the film world has deserved him. We are therefore extremely proud to be able to present one of the great revolutionaries in the history of film to the Danish cinema audience. A man whose visionary works we are now perhaps ready to recognise for what they are: unique strokes of genius. Or, in other words, film as film ought to be.

CPH PIX 2012 presents: Carmelo Bene Retrospective

NOSTRA SIGNORA DEI TURCHI (1968) CAPRICCI (1969) DON GIOVANNI (1971) SALOMÉ (1972) UN AMLETO DI MENO (1973)

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Retro: Carmelo Bene

Our Lady of The Turks When Bene received the Special Jury Prize in Cannes, for his visually powerful ‘Nostra Signora Dei Turchi’, one Italian film critic asked the rhetorical question: “We have a genius in Italy, but have we really deserved him?” With his first film, which is based on Bene’s semi-autobiographic novel of the same name, it quickly became clear that his talent reached far beyond the confines of the theatre. Bene himself plays a handful of roles, including both the protagonist and the gangster who is chasing him. He meets both bizarre monks and a saint, who smokes and reads women’s magazines. The backdrop for the fragmented plot is the Catholic faith and the Turkish invasion of Italy in the 15th Century. But historical accuracy has to give way constantly to Bene’s crazy ideas and challenges to the naturalistic tendencies of the film medium. The film is a complex cascade of burlesque scenes, filled with the kind of grotesque exaggeration and black humour, which has caused the comedian Roberto Benigni to praise his works.

Th 12. April

18:30 Cinemateket

Nostra Signora dei Turchi Italy 1968, 142 min.

Director: Carmelo Bene Script: Carmelo Bene Camera: Mario Masini Editor: Mauro Contini Production: Nexus Film Producer: Carmelo Bene Cast: Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Ornella Ferrari, Anita Masini Distr.: Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

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Capricci When the film journal Cahiers du cinéma asked Carmelo Bene whether he had any technical problems when making films, as opposed to in the theatre, he simply answered: “No, that was easy. I hope that all the spectators one day realise that they can just pick up a camera and start filming.” His fearless approach to the medium has not been shaped by film schools or production systems, and he worked completely independently and outside the established film world.

Therefore, his films don’t resemble anything one can find elsewhere. The visually flamboyant ‘Capricci’ starts with the introduction of a painter who paints still-lifes, not on canvas, but directly onto apples, peaches and chairs.

Later, we are told that he is the greatest painter in the Christian world, and if you see anything he has painted, you die. Each scene serves as a kind of deconstruction of what came before, challenging the spectator and instead inviting him into the film’s expressive universe, where it is the things we see and hear that mostly mean something. Bene himself thought that if one didn’t like ‘Capricci’, one didn’t understand anything about either himself or about art.

Fr 13. April 19:00 Cinemateket Su 29. April 19:00 Cinemateket

Capricci Italy 1969, 95 min.

Director: Carmelo Bene Script: Carmelo Bene Camera: Maurizio Centini Editor: Mauro Contini Music: Carmelo Bene Sound: Carlo Marotti Production: Barcelloni, Bene, Brunet Producer: Carmelo Bene, Gianni Barcelloni Cast: Carmelo Bene, Tonino Caputo, Anne Wiazemsky, Giovanni Davoli, Ornella Ferrari Distr.: Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

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Don Giovanni In his radical version of the myth about Don Juan, Carmelo Bene reduces the insatiable womaniser’s 1003 conquests to one single, unattainable woman with a child, which isn’t even his own. Don Juan tries in vain to win the woman’s attention by entertaining the child with puppet shows, and through Catholic symbols and objects. He is not only inept in his attempts to woo the woman, he is totally incapable of completing even the smallest tasks. Not even tea drinking is something the virile legend is capable of in Bene’s version. All the scenes were shot in Bene’s own apartment in Rome, which lends a unique, dark and slightly claustrophobic mood to this fascinating examination of the mythology of heterosexuality, religious purity and the male subject’s dependency on wilful action. The film is also a good example of Bene’s anti-naturalistic use of the soundtrack, with a strong and sudden use of opera, or as in the tea scene, of loud and asynchronous sound effects.

Sa 14. April 16:30 Cinemateket We 25. April 21:30 Cinemateket

Don Giovanni Italy 1971, 70 min.

Director: Carmelo Bene Script: Carmelo Bene Camera: Salvatore Vendittelli Editor: Mauro Contini Music: Carmelo Bene Producer: Carmelo Bene Cast: Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Gea Marotta Distr.: Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

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Salomé Carmelo Bene’s favourite among his own films, is also his best-known one, and a good place to start, if you want to get acquainted with his visually subtle universes. At the same time, ‘Salomé’ is also one of film history’s most powerful images of the inadequacy of the individual: Christ, who crucifies himself, but who can’t complete the task, because he can’t hammer his last hand onto the cross. The film tackles Oscar Wilde’s tragedy about King Herod’s stepdaughter Salomé, who wants John the Baptist’s head on a silver plate, as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils. Bene, however, interprets the text as freely as he respects the Christian tradition. In a reproduction of the Last Supper, Christ declares that one of his disciples will betray him, which makes them all shout “me, me!” in chorus, and reach for the bag with the bribes. On the whole, we are as far away from filmed theatre as one can get. The visuals make the film a true cornucopia, with its wild angles, strange zooms and impressive 4,500 cuts in under an hour.

Su 15. April 17:00 Cinemateket Su 29. April 16:45 Cinemateket

Salomé Italy 1972, 80 min.

Director: Carmelo Bene Script: Carmelo Bene Camera: Mario Masini Editor: Mauro Contini Music: Carmelo Bene Producer: Carmelo Bene Cast: Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Alfiero Vincenti, Donyale Luna, Veruschka Distr.: Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

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One Hamlet Less After completing his last film, Bene returned to the theatre, just as suddenly as he had abandoned it, in favour of film. Why? “To relax. The way I make films is extremely strenuous,” he said in that context.

He probably alluded to the fact that his films were made outside the established system, but it was also impossible for him to be patently pleased with his work.

‘One Hamlet Less’ is nonetheless a testimony to his immense cinematic punch. This time a rough adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The film contains a number of classic characters from the original text, about the Danish prince, but Bene’s mission is far from making a straightforward adaptation. He turns his characters and dialogues upside down, and adds parts of other plays and historical texts, such as Freud’s ‘Interpretation of Dreams’. If Bene had been less busy challenging himself and his works, he might have been able to make more films, but instead the world has been given incomparably insane and wonderfully unclassifiable films, such as this phantasmagoria of Shakespeare, which only seems to follow the logic of dreams.

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Un Amleto di meno Italy 1973, 70 min.

Director: Carmelo Bene Script: Carmelo Bene Camera: Mario Masini Editor: Mauro Contini Music: Carmelo Bene Production: Donatello Cinematografica Producer: Carmelo Bene Cast: Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Alfiero Vincenti Distr.: Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia

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MIX

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LesbianGayBiTrans Film Festival www.mixcopenhagen.dk

Lo-fi sci-fi

Five brilliant sci-fi pearls which are perhaps low on budget, yet rich in humor, narrative energy and a love of the genre. A tribute to the small sci-fi films with big hearts.

The science fiction genre is often associated with huge technological scenarios and enormous budgets. Yet, think about how long it has actually been, since you last saw a really good sci-fi film.

Not just one, where you thought ”Wow, that was flashy and expensive”, but one which had an original idea, was amusing or simply wanted to tell a human story.

As fate would have it, this year we came

across a number of small, ingenious scifi gems, which may have been poor in terms of budget, yet were rich in humor, story dynamics and passion for the genre. We have therefore programmed this little series of the best of those films.

And we travel far in this series, not just geographically, but also into the hidden recesses of the mind.

There is a very moving human story in the beautiful, Mexican film, ’By Day and

By Night’, an Italian Twilight Zone story, including a friendly alien, in ’The Last Man on Earth’, and the stylized, French psycho-

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dystopia of ’Carré blanc’. And then there is ’Beyond the Black Rainbow’, out there in its very own category, which must be seen to be believed, let alone described.

Far out in an ultra-acid pop art universe of psychokinetic experiments and interdimensional travels.

Lo-fi Sci-fi is our PIX tribute to small scifi films with big hearts. Five films which passionately insist on using the sci-fi genre in a new and interesting way. Or perhaps simply bring the genre back to the time when it was driven more by good ideas than by gigantic budgets.

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The Arrival of Wang In an obscure space in a secret building, which is guarded by rogue intelligence officers, sits Mr. Wang.

He speaks only Chinese, as this is the most widely spoken language on earth. But what does Mr. Wang want, where does he come from, and why has he come to Rome? These questions are filtered through the young interpreter Gaia, who is torn out of his everyday routine and placed between the aggressive agent Curti and the quietly mysterious Mr. Wang. What subsequently unfolds in the Manetti brothers’ ‘The Arrival of Want’ is a blackhumoured sci-fi chamber piece, which revolves around a highly odd trio of characters. As the experienced Curti becomes increasingly desperate to find a truth that seems absurd, the slightly naive Gaia’s sympathy grows for the mysterious stranger, and the situations slowly become more comically grotesque and quietly thoughtprovoking. Like an understated counterpart to Kubrick’s ‘Dr. Strangelove’, seen in the light of Guantanamo Bay, the directing duo’s irony lurks just beneath the surface, while they tell Mr. Wang’s story in a compact and stylish film, which is possibly about (much more than) the survival of the planet.

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L’arrivo di Wang Italy 2011, 82 min.

Director: Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti Script: Antonio Manetti, Marco Manetti Camera: Alessandro Chiodo Editor: Federico Maneschi Music: Aldo De Scalzi, Pivio Sound: Sandro Rossi, Luigi Marani, Gianluca Basili Production: Dania Film, Pepito Produzioni, Surf Film, Manetti Bros. Film Production Producer: Laura Contarino, Antonio Manetti,Marco Manetti Cast: Ennio Fantastichini,Francesca Cuttica,Juliet Esey Joseph, Antonello Morroni, Max Li Yong, Jader Giraldi Distr.: Rai Trade

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Beyond the Black Rainbow Watch your head. These words ought to introduce this self-confidently psychedelic sci-fi film, which goes back to the roots and shows how visually superior scifi can be. ‘Beyond the Black Rainbow’ is directed by Panos Cosmatos, the son of a Greek-Italian film director and a Swedish experimental artist. The cryptic plot, which is beautifully embedded in the film’s images, is about a murderous doctor in a Reaganesque paranoid society. A girl in a glass cage, medical and psycho-kinetic experiments and an astral journey between dimensions once in a while. Visually, we are in a timeless pop art sci-fi universe. The film is retro and futuristic at the same time, and even if it is easy to point at inspirations such as ‘THX 1138’, ‘A Clockword Orange’, ‘Mario Bava’ and ‘Scanners’, it is nonetheless unique. It is often shot in monochrome images with the colours changing from scene to scene, and has a sound design and a soundtrack which lifts the film straight out of the screen and into your head.

All special effects are mostly made in an old-fashioned way with optical tricks, smoke and wax, which gives them an experimental, almost sculptural expression.

‘Beyond the Black Rainbow’ does for the sci-fi genre what ‘Amer’ (PIX 2010) did for the horror genre. It is a film that is hard to read, slow and hypnotically alluring, but it is also a film that cries to be seen again the second the end credits roll over the screen. A true 35mm film that has to be seen on the big screen.

Mo 16. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Fr 20. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Th 26. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Beyond the Black Rainbow Canada 2010, 110 min.

Director: Panos Cosmatos Script: Panos Cosmatos Camera: Norm Li Editor: Nicholas T. Shepard Music: Jeremy Schmidt Sound: Eric J. Paul Production: Chromewood Productions Producer: Oliver Linsley, Christya Nordstokke Cast: Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands Distr.: Elephant Eye Films

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By Day and By Night The Earth is overpopulated, and to make space for everyone, it has been split up into a night and a day shift. To better manage who sleeps when, everyone is given a special enzyme injection, so that they go into a kind of hibernation when it is not their half of the day.

The young woman Aurora loses her little daughter, as she inexplicably changes from the day to the night shift.

They are both alive, but she is unable to communicate with her while she’s hibernating - so close and yet so far away. The idea of this Mexican future dystopia is, of course, reminiscent of sci-fi classics such as ‘THX 1138’ and ‘1984’, and the topics of overpopulation and people that are victims of totalitarian technology are not new either. But ‘By Day and By Night’ gives the idea a very human and touching twist. For even if the presented technology is a bit silly, outdated and naive, one forgives the film for it, as it puts the human being in the centre, and not technology. And in contrast to far too many other sci-fi films, which could thematically have just as easily taken place in the Middle Ages, and where the technology is simply a gimmick, this film uses the premise as the driving force for a human story.

Visually, it makes optimal use of its low budget by using Mexico’s beautiful nature as its backdrop, as opposed to using expensive scenery and effects.

Mo 16. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Fr 27. April 17:00 Empire Bio

DE DÍA Y DE NOCHE Mexico 2010, 90 min.

Director: Alejandro Molina Script: Alejandro Molina Roberto Garza Camera: Germán Lammers Editor: Pedro G. García , Roberto Garza, Alejandro Molina Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson Sound: Juan Antonio Gomez Production: Imcine, Foprocine, Cadereyta Films, Arte 7 Producer: Roberto Garza Angulo, Jaime Romandía Cast: Sandra Echeverría, Fernando Becerril, Juan Carlos Colombo, Manuel Balbi, Ari Brickman, Gala Montes de Oca

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Carré Blanc Twenty years after a young girl has rescued a boy from committing suicide, the two of them have become a couple, and they now share a life in a futuristic society, where childlessness and suicide epidemics are less of a threat to humanity than man himself. The now grownup man is conducting absurd psychological experiments on his colleagues in a cynical giant corporation. She, on the other hand, is plagued by not being able to have children, while a distant voice coming from a loudspeaker system is encouraging 12-year-olds to let themselves be artificially inseminated. Only the likes of Aldous Huxley, George Orwell and Franz Kafka would find things to laugh at in the French director JeanBaptiste Léonetti’s dystopian universe. Nonetheless, ‘Carré Blanc’ is a strong critique of post-human society, which has its very own sense of absurd humour. A humour that requires the ability to think for oneself, and this is ultimately what the film is appealing to safeguard.

The film is as stylish and consistent as a graphic novel, but one that is translated into moving images by a filmmaker with a rare ability to create his own universe out of the one that already exists.

Su 22. April 19:00 Palads Biograferne Mo 23. April 19:00 Palads Biograferne Th 26. April 22:30 Empire Bio

Carré Blanc France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Russia 2011, 80 min.

Director: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Script: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti Camera: David Nissen Editor: Alex Rodriguez, Eric Jacquemin Music: Evgueni Galperine Sound: Edgar Vidal, Alain Sironval, Gabriel Hafner Production: Solair Films, Tarantula Luxembourg Producer: Benjamin Mamou, Jean-Baptiste Léonetti, Donato Rotunno Cast: Sami Bouajila, Julie Gayet, JeanPierre Andreani, Fejria Deliba, Valerie Bodson Distr.: Coach 14

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The Last Man On Earth Even the radio is talking about it: the invasion from outer space is imminent, but like everyone else, the introverted Luca is busy with his own life or lack of it. Luca works as a waiter in a seedy bingo parlour and is secretly in love with his beautiful neighbour. His relationship to women, however, is pretty awkward, his only friend is the transsexual Roberta, and his father’s sad and lonely life is a good prediction of his own future. But when a dead cat brings him together with his neighbour, has happiness finally found its way to Luca? Right from the opening scene’s shot of a starstudded night sky, which lasts several minutes, there is no doubt about the fact that the comic artist Gianni Pacinotti’s first film ‘The Last Man on Earth’ is something very special. With an impressive determination, he weaves together Science Fiction, Keaton-esque slapstick and genuine feelings into a whole, where each image is conceived with such a precision, that it is a sheer pleasure to see it. And for a film that takes alienation literally, this is maybe the biggest compliment. An absurd and visually inventive Italian rom-com from outer space.

Mo 16. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret

L’ultimo terrestre Italy 2011, 100 min.

Director: Gianni Alfonso Pacinotti Script: Gian Alfonso Pacinotti Camera: Vladan Radovic Editor: Clelio Benevento Music: Valerio Vigliar Sound: Alessandro Bianchi Production: Fandango Producer: Domenico Procacci Cast: Anna Bellato, Teco Celio, Ugo De Cesare, Roberto Herlitzka Distr.: Fandango Portobello Sales

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3X3 3 directors worth noticing - presented with 3 films each

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3X3 MIA HANSEN LØVE Young star director rejuvenates French film with impressive psychological depth Born 1981 in Paris. When she was 18 years old, Mia Hansen-Løve acted in two films by the legendary director Olivier Assayas, and subsequently wrote film reviews for ’Cahiers du Cinéma’. To date, she has directed three feature films, which make up this series at PIX. Regardless of her very Danish-sounding name, the young, highly talented Mia Hansen-Løve is completely French.

She was born and raised in Paris by her parents, both of them philosophy professors, though she is a descendant of Danish-German grandparents. Despite

her young age, it is not just the three films that are already on her CV that make her remarkable. It is also her psychological insight and her ability to breathe ’real life’ into her characters and situations that have made her one of French cinema’s most admired directors today. Mia Hansen-Løve has regenerated talkative, French realism with a refreshing and contemporary sensibility, and her films’ effortless psychological depth towers over most other films. Put another way, thinking and speaking are equal partners in these films, which typically revolve around people, who live creative, though not always free lives.

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All Is Forgiven Without at any moment cutting to the bone of the captivating story, the director creates a series of small episodes which together make up an uniquely realistic film. ‘All Is Forgiven’ is about the charming Frenchman Victor, a failed author who lives in Vienna with his Austrian wife Annette and their 6-year-old daughter, Pamela. On the surface, everyone seems to be happy, but Victor, who is addicted to both alcohol and cocaine, is finding it increasingly hard to hide his addiction. The family moves to Paris in an attempt to give Victor’s career the necessary push, but this has almost the opposite effect. As his addiction worsens and is further deteriorated by heroin, Victor starts to be even more despicable towards Annette, who finally must give up and travels back to Vienna with Pamela.

Eleven years later, Victor is free of his addiction and goes to visit his daughter, whom he has not seen in the meantime. Mia Hansen-Løve is an outstanding character director and she courageously lets the many small scenes talk for themselves, rather than tying them up in a forced plot.

Mo 23. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Sa 28. April 14:15 Dagmar Teatret

Tout est pardonné France 2007, 105 min.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Script: Mia Hansen-Løve Camera: Pascal Auffray Editor: Marion Monnier Sound: Vincent Vatoux Production: Les Films Pelléas Producer: David Thion, Philippe Martin Cast: Paul Blain, Marie-Christine Friedrich, Victoire Rousseau, Constance Rousseau, Carole Franck, Olivia Ross, Alice Langlois Distr.: Pyramide International

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Father of My Children The Parisian film producer Grégoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) apparently has it all: a beautiful wife, three adorable daughters and a respected film production company with a handsome back catalogue of quality European films. The everyday pace and level of commitment is high, while he uses his relaxed charm to give the impression that he has the chaos under control, even when it comes to difficult Swedish film directors! Behind the facade, however, he is suffering from both personal and financial problems, which he keeps concealed from everyone until the story suddenly places them at the centre of everything. The delicate family drama subtly portrays the shock when people, who seem to steer their careers with tons of excess energy, start crumbling, and the film also paints a loving portrait of the importance of passionate people for the existence of films outside the mainstream. There are no easy solutions in Mia Hansen-Løve’s second feature, which won the prestigious Jury Award in the section Un Certain Régard at Cannes in 2009. The film is inspired by the French producer Humbert Balsan, who among many others was involved in films by Claire Denis, Béla Tarr and Lars von Trier.

Fr 13. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 12:15 Dagmar Teatret

Le Pere de mes enfants France 2009, 110 min.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Script: Mia Hansen-Løve Camera: Pascal Auffray Editor: Marion Monnier Music: Pascal Mayer Sound: Vincent Vatoux Production: Les Films Pelléas Producer: Oliver Damian, Philippe Martin, David Thion Cast: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing, Alice Gautier, Manelle Driss, Eric Elmosnino Distr.: Les Films du Losange

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Goodbye, First Love Like only few of her colleagues, Mia Hansen-Løve knows how to create situations and characters that feel alive and convincing. She demonstrates this once again in her third and latest film, ‘Goodbye, First Love’, where the director tackles one of the most universal topics of fiction, and life: the first great love. She endows it with a level of emotional power which makes our emotions sparkle. Camille is 15 years old and madly in love with the somewhat older Sullivan, but he has decided to break up with her and travel to South America. Camille is inconsolable and winds up in a depression, having seen what life has to offer, just to see it all being torn away from her again. The strong emotions of the young woman, which are aroused by her love and then left without direction, are the core of the story, where Camille grows up and becomes a passionate architect with a new romantic relationship, until her and Sullivan’s paths cross once again. Her experience is sculpted with impressionistic and light-sensitive images, and HansenLøve defies her own young age with a perceptive, warm and recognisable film, the plot of which even swings

by Copenhagen and Louisiana.

Mo 23. April 19:00 Grand Teatret Th 26. April 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis Sa 28. April 21:30 Gloria

Un amour de jeunesse France, Germany 2011, 110 min.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve Script: Mia Hansen-Løve Camera: Stéphane Fontaine Editor: Marion Monnier Music: Pascal Mayer Sound: Vincent Vatoux Production: Les Films Producer: David Thion, Philippe Martin Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky Distr.: Films Distribution

3x3 Fred Kelemen Dark and powerful nightmarish visions from an uncompromising outsider Born in West Berlin, Fred Kelemen studied art, music, philosophy, religion and drama, before he trained as a director and cinematographer at film school, and subsequently filmed for Béla Tarr on ’The Turin Horse’ amongst others. He has directed five films which, aside from the trilogy in this series, include ’Kalyi’ (1993) and ’Fallen’ (2005). ’Hope is not a concept, I work with’, Fred Keleman has said. His vision is dystopian and nihilist right down to the aesthetics of composition, which characterize his unique and exclusive production - one of the reasons why the Hungarian master director Béla Tarr has used him as cinematographer.

Even in his work with the fundamental filmic elements of time and space, Kelemen ties his almost actionless situations around the vulnerable human figure. Kelemen also insists on the cinema theatre as a sacred room in a world without hope, and the only place where ecstatic and romantic enlightenment is still possible. This is why Susan Sontag has paid tribute to him in her famous essay, ’The Decay of Cinema’ (1995), where she proclaims the young German rebel, together with visionary masters such as Sokurov and Tarr, as the last stand against the obliteration of film art. The three films in this series, ’Fate’, ’Frost’ and ’Nightfall’, form a loose trilogy on contemporary Europe.

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Fate Kelemen’s graduation film ‘Fate’ is a dark, European, apocalyptic vision, which takes place at the turn of the millennium, where the paths of a number of lost souls cross each other, during one night in a haunted Berlin. The Russian accordion player Valery and his lover Ljuba are the two central figures in an infernal relay of despair and human disintegration, which takes them through the city and towards the end of the night, but hardly towards a new day. The pitchblack nihilism of the images nevertheless glows with its own, gracious defiance, and Kelemen’s background as a painter is evident. ‘Fate’ is shot on trashy Hi-8 video and transferred to 16mm, in a gesture, which predates the Dogma wave by several years, and his long and almost dialogue-free takes led Susan Sontag to compare him to visionary originals such as Béla Tarr and Aleksandr Sokurov, with whom the German director shares a singular and uncompromising approach to the cinematic situation.

Fr 20. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 16:30 Cinemateket

Verhängnis Germany 1994, 80 min.

Director: Fred Kelemen Script: Fred Kelemen Camera: Fred Kelemen Editor: Fred Kelemen Sound: Alejandra Carmona Production: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin Cast: Sanja Spengler, Valerij Fedorenko, Marc Ottiker Distr.: Kino Kombat Filmmanufactur

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Frost A monumental and unforgettable film, which stands as a masterpiece, not just in Fred Kelemen’s exclusive output, but also amidst European auteur films of the 90’s in general. A woman and her 7-yearold son escape, on Christmas Eve, from her drunk husband and their squalid basement home, and set off on a long journey towards her childhood home, somewhere in Germany. A hopeless journey through deserted villages and frozen landscapes, and through a world of ice, fog and darkness. Humiliation, violence, ecstasy and a stubborn will to survive are the primary human qualities in Kelemen’s bleak status report from a Europe in decay, centred around the mother-son motif as the symbol of a unity which holds its own against all odds. ‘Frost’ is a cinematographic masterpiece with its ascetic compositions, where a tracking shot actually turns into a question about morality. See it, now you have the chance.

Su 15. April 18:30 Husets Biograf Su 29. April 18:00 Husets Biograf

Frost Germany 1997, 201 min.

Director: Fred Kelemen Script: Fred Kelemen Camera: Fred Kelemen Editor: Klaus Bieberthaler Music: Charles Mori Sound: Amy Öström Production: Poco Films, ZDF Producer: Fred Kelemen, Björn Koll Cast: Paul Blumberg, Anna Schmidt, Mario Gericke, Harry Baer, Isolde Barth Distr.: ZDF Enterprises GmbH

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Nightfall A ghostly Portuguese Fado settles over ‘Nightfall’, Fred Kelemen’s film about two impoverished romantics and their futile battle against the rest of the world, in an imaginary, post-industrial German town on the Polish border. A film which is intended as a piece of music. Leni works in a steam laundry and her boyfriend, Anton, is an unemployed rebel, trapped in an inner battle against both external and internal enemies. Just as in ‘Fate’, the sparse plot takes place in the space of one day and one night, starting here with an argument and a break-up.

Sleazy bars and urban wastelands are the subsequent settings, for a desperate love story without illusions of redemption. Kelemen interrupts his characteristic, long takes (shot on 35mm) with hectic close-ups, shot on lo-fi video, in a style, which introduces experimental film practice to the film’s psychological space.

Th 26. April 16:45 Dagmar Teatret Fr 27. April 19:15 Cinemateket

Abendland Germany, Portugal 1999, 140 min.

Director: Fred Kelemen Script: Fred Kelemen Camera: Fred Kelemen Editor: Fred Kelemen, Anja Neraal, Nicola Undritz Cope Music: Rainer Kirchmann Sound: Jörg Theil Production: Mediopolis Berlin Producer: Alexander Ris Cast: Adolfo Assor, Thomas Baumann, Isa Hochgerner, Verena Jasch, Wolfgang Michael, Urs Remond, Daniela Roque-Magalhaes Distr.: StudioCanal GmbH

3x3 Yorgos Lanthimos Absurdist tragic comedies with frightening relevance

Born 1973 in Athens. Lanthimos was educated as a film and TV director, and has since worked with both experimental theatre projects, music videos, advertising and short films, before he co-directed ’My Best Friend’ with Lakis Lazopoulus in 2001.

He has since solo-directed three feature films, all of which can be seen here at PIX 2012.

That Greek film has made its mark on the international festival scene over the last couple of years with a singularly phenomenal originality is, to no small extent, due to Yorgos Lanthimos. Together with Athina Rachel Tsangari (’Attenberg’, 2010), he has explored new directions at a critical time, not only for film art, but also for an ailing Greece. Lanthimos is

highly engaged in crises, and how modern people relate to them. The majority’s dependencies on involuntary habits and ritualistic behavior which, with ever increasing absurdity, threaten to disengage or deflate all sense and meaning around them, can be seen in the Oscar-nominated cult hit, ’Dogtooth’, or his latest, ’Alps’.

Somewhat disquieting, however, is that a common defining theme for Lanthimos and his Greek colleagues is an atavistic return to an almost animalistic universe, beneath the highly polished varnish of civilisation. A director of his time, you could say. We are proud to be able to present Lanthimos’s breathtaking debut, ’Kinetta’, which has only been screened a handful of times, since its premiere in 2005.

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Kinetta When you see Lanthimos’ feature debut today, it is remarkable how rigourous and consistent he has been, from the very outset, in his descriptions of the roles we all play every day. At a Greek holiday resort in the off-season, a police detective, with a passion for tape recorders and Russian women, tries to solve a series of murders, which maybe never happened. He hires a young, beautiful woman and a lonely amateur photographer to stage the macabre murders in set-ups, which suspiciously resemble a venomous comment to the director’s own work. ‘Kinetta’ could not have been made by this, one of today’s most distinctive auteurs, if the generic plot had not been wrapped well up in a cryptical and labyrinthine form, which resembles a game, just as much as a film. Lanthimos exposes the relativity of truth, and anticipates the themes of ‘Dogtooth’ and ‘Alps’. A true auteur unfolds in this beautiful, yet quirky ‘whodunnit’ thriller filled with cryptic game-rules and a morbid, black sense of humour.

Th 1. January Th 26. April 21:45 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 14:30 Dagmar Teatret

Kinetta Greece 2005, 95 min.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Script: Yorgos Lanthimos, Yiorgos Kakanakis Camera: Thimios Bakatakis Editor: Yiorgos Mavropsaridis Sound: Stephanos Efthimiou Production: Haos Films, Baby Films, Modiano S.A., Top Cut, Stefi Productions Producer: Athina Rachel Tsangari Cast: Evangelia Randou, Aris Servetalis, Costas Xikominos Distr.: Haos Films

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Dogtooth There are dysfunctional families, and then there is Lanthimos’ Cannes winner, ‘Dogtooth’, which gave Greek cinema a true boost. Even here in Denmark, the film struck a strong chord with the audiences, and it can definitely tolerate a re-screening. Somewhere outside Athens lives a father, a mother and their three adult children in an impersonal, functional villa. Their house is surrounded by a high wall, and none of the children have ever left the grounds, convinced that they would die for lack of oxygen. In their own little family kennel, the parents entertain and train them according to their own perverted rules, and shield them completely from the outside world. The children therefore believe that cats are lethal, that aeroplanes crossing the sky are toys, and that promiscuity is a kind of flooring. Only one stranger has access to the family: the shy Christina, who under the guidance of the parents, liberates the son from his sexual frustrations. But when Christina begins a friendship with one of the girls, an unacknowledged desire to venture out begins to grow in her. Lanthimos’ film has been called ‘Big Brother as conceived by Lars von Trier’. David Lynch is another obvious reference, but ‘Dogtooth’ has its very own style, half-way between pitch-black comedy and psychological horror, which causes laughter to stick in the throat.

Th 12. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Su 22. April 12:00 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 21:45 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Kynodontas Greece 2009, 94 min.

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Yorgos Lanthimos Giorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou Thimios Bakatakis Yorgos Mavropsaridis Leandros Ntounis Boo Productions Yorgos Tsourgiannis Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis, Anna Kalaitzidou Øst for Paradis

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Alps The Alps are a mysterious quartet of four people who can be rented as stand-ins for recently deceased relatives by the bereaved. For a couple of hours each week, they meet up in the home of the deceased, dress in the person’s clothes, and assume the characteristic habits and ways of speaking, until the family has become accustomed to the idea of death. In spite of their code of discretion, one of the four gradually embarks on a relationship with one of the clients, thereby putting everything at risk. As the spectator, however, you are left to fill in the blanks yourself in this elliptical plot which, just like ‘Dogtooth’, is presented in a passive and hypnotic, yet eerily precise style. Alps is an allegory on the morbid consequences of losing control, and an absurd tragicomedy with a deep level of emotional resonance, which underlines the fact that Yorgos Lanthimos is one of the most unique film-makers around today.

Tu 17. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret We 25. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Fr 27. April 21:45 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Alpeis Greece, France 2011, 93 min.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos Script: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou Camera: Christos Voudouris Editor: Yorgos Mavropsaridis Sound: Leandros Ntounis Production: Haos Films, Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT), Faliro House Productions Producer: Yorgos Lanthimos, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Thanos Papastergiou Cast: Aggeliki Papoulia, Aris Servetalis, Ariane Labed, Johnny Vekris Distr.: Øst for Paradis

Michael Gira’s Twisted Fairytales

Michael Gira, the wild and energetic artist and front man of the legendary post-punk band, Swans, is the signature behind a specially curated film series. He is also giving a concert in the PIX festival.

When performing live, Gira is frequently to be found on the edge of the stage in a frontal attack on his audience, with an almost preaching vocal. Those who venture to Loppen for his solo concert, can except the same. Gira is one of the most important artists and, not least, curators of our time, with a constantly focused selection of collaborators in his own record company, Young God. Throughout the years, he has made his mark as a musician, writer, producer, record label manager… and artist with a big, brutal ’A’!

The three films which he has chosen, include Werner Herzog’s ’Even Dwarfs Started Small’, an especially alienating attempt at minimalist cinema, and one of the starkest visions of chaos since Hieronymus Bosch. Jean Cocteau’s legendary fantasy, ’The Beauty and the Beast’, which is capable of dizzying the spectator with its soft, sensual textures and perfumed style. The night is as velvet, and the castle of the beast, a pandora’s box of dark and erotically charged secrets.

The third film in Michael Gira’s aggressively celluloid choice is the universally famous director, Akira Kurosawa’s ’Dersu Uzala’, a masterpiece in its own right, about an unlikely friendship and the endless space of the Siberian tundra.

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Michael Gira - Live Michael Gira demonstrates new sides of his talent for spotting art by singling out three filmhistorically important features. The choices fell promptly on Jean Cocteau’s visually visionary ‘Beauty and the Beast’ from 1946, Werner Herzog’s ‘Even Dwars Started Small’ (1970) and Akira Kurosawa’s rarely screened ‘Derzu Uzala’. The films all reflect a progressive and oblique view of art, and they balance neatly between the naively adventurous and the agressively messianic.

Live, Gira is most often at the front of the stage frontally attacking the audience with his almost preaching vocals, and we can expect the same when he performs solo at Loppen during PIX. Michael Gira is one of today’s most important artists and, not least, curators, and his often sharp choice of collaborators has helped him make a name for himself with his record label Young God. Over the years, he has distinguished himself as a musician, writer, producer, label manager and artist with a big, brutal A. The evening’s opening act will be Kristof Hahn (US, Swans).

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Dersu Uzala In a period of relaxed inspiration, while he was recharging to complete his career with an explosion of opulent samurai masterpieces, Akira Kurosawa made ‘Dersu Uzala’, his most overlooked film. A calm, progressing epic from the Siberian tundra during the first years of the 20th century, where a young Russian captain and engineer is helped by a little old hunter, wearing fur shoes and a fur coat to survive the elements.

The two of them enter into a friendship, which is the heart of the film, together with a magnificent depiction of the infinite plains and the magnificent nature. ‘Dersu Uzala’ won the Oscar for best foreign language film, but even though Kurosawa’s non-samurai film from the 40’s and 50’s have been rediscovered, this one has been unfairly left in oblivion. The film literally saved Kurosawa’s life, since he, before he was given the offer to make the film by the Soviet Union, had attempted to commit suicide, in desperation over the fact that he would never be able to get another film financed.

Th 26. April 18:30 Cinemateket

Dersu Uzala USSR, Japan 1975, 144 min.

Director: Akira Kurosawa Script: Akira Kurosawa, Yuri Nagibin Camera: Fyodor Dobronravov, Yuri Gantman, Asakazu Nakai Editor: Akira Kurosawa, Lyudmila Feiginova Music: Isaak Shvarts Sound: Olga Burkova Production: Atelier 41, Daiei Studios, Mosfilm Producer: Yôichi Matsue, Nikolai Sizov Cast: Maksim Munzuk, Yuri Solomin Distr.: Det Danske Filminstitut

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Even Dwarfs Started Small Chaos rules! The German master director, Werner Herzog’s early film is a grotesque and taboo-breaking report from a desolate mental hospital, where the inmates have taken over, and where all the roles are played by dwarves. When the hospital’s director manages to take one of the rebels hostage, the inmates go totally berserk and destroy everything. Everything is wrecked and a poor monkey is crucified, in a film whose connecting motif is a driverless truck that is circling around in the courtyard. ‘Even Dwarfs Started Small’ is an ultimately alienating attempt at filmic ‘minimalism’ and one of the clearest visions of chaos since Hieronymus Bosch. But it is also a film, which several years ahead, anticipates the institutional critique, which was subsequently launched by the political films of the 70’s, and which has had a decisive influence on filmmakers such as Crispin Glover and Harmony Korine.

Sa 28. April 21:15 Husets Biograf Su 29. April 16:00 Husets Biograf

Auch Zwerge haben klein angefangen Western Germany 1970, 93 min.

Director: Werner Herzog Script: Werner Herzog Camera: Thomas Mauch Editor: Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Music: Florian Fricke Sound: Herbert Prasch Production: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Producer: Werner Herzog Cast: Helmut Döring, Erna Gschwendtner, Paul Glauer, Gisela Hertwig, Hertel Minkner, Gertrud Piccini, Marianne Saar Distr.: Det Danske Filminstitut

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beauty and the beast Jean Cocteau’s legendary classic from 1946 is the most extravagantly set film in history. Nothing less. You can become dizzy from the sensual textures, the perfumed style and the extraordinary gothic construction. It is the old story of the chaste and pure hearted Belle, who lives in a pitch black, bewitched forest in the castle of the beast, trying to resist his hairy temptations. The claws of the beast are almost steaming from suppressed passion to tear off the Beauty’s shining Marie Antoinette-style ball gowns, throw her tiara in the corner and let her diamond tears flow. The Beast himself is of course dressed in black, rhinestone studded frills all over the place.

Sa 28. April 21:30 Cinemateket

La belle et la bête France 1946, 93 min.

Director: Jean Cocteau Script: Jean Cocteau Camera: Henri Alekan Editor: Claude Ibéria Music: Georges Auric Sound: Jacques Lebreton, Jacques Carrère Production: DisCina Producer: André Paulvé Cast: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Marcel André Distr.: British Film Institute (BFI)

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Bo Ningen + Noble & Webster - HAIR + Pepe & Galás - SCHREI 27 What happens when artists create an abstract visual work based on hair? And what if the hair sits on a group of long-haired Japanese rock musicians?

The answer is the work ‘Hair’, which is performed live exclusively tonight. Through the interaction between the artist duo Noble & Webster and the psychedelic band Bo Ningen, ‘Hair’ has come into being as a work that has literally grown out of the scalp of the four Japanese.

Tonight, the audience can experience at first hand, what it is that has inspired the visual artists, when Bo Ningen takes to the stage with a massive performance. The British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster, who were awarded the Arken Prize from the renowned Danish art gallery Arken in 2007, have created ‘Hair’ for the Venice Biennale and they will themselves be present and produce the live visuals, which will bathe the band and the audience in a sea of hair. They are known for their punk rock inspirations - a central tenet of their collaboration with Bo Ningen - and the work oozes wild live noise aesthetics. Even more massive noise can be heard in Davide Pepe and Diamanda Galás’s joint audiovisual and shockingly visceral work ‘Schrei 27’. PIX, artFREQ. and SNYK are extremely pleased to be able to present this program in the setting of Charlottenborg.

Th 26. April 21:00 Charlottenborg

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Kría Brekkan & The Fall of the House of Usher Live music and silent films are a well-known cocktail. But PIX has a tradition of bringing together film and music in constellations which are surprising and add something new to both art forms. This year, we are presenting the Icelandic artist and composer Kría Brekkan, who will play his original score live to Jean Epstein’s work of genius from 1928, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’. Kristín Anna Valtysdóttir has been a crucial voice in the Icelandic arts and underground scene throughout the past decade, and she is possible best known as the front woman of the Icelandic band múm, which defined an entirely new sound with its electronicacoustic click’n’cut compositions. After leaving múm, she has mostly performed solo under the name Kría Brekkan, but she has also worked together with bands such as Animal Collective. At LiteraturHaus, she is accompanied by the Icelandic musician iAi, and together they shroud Epstein’s mesmerising, impressionistic images in an experimental track for vocals and prepared grand piano. This rarely shown film is Jean Epstein’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story about a man who can’t let go of his lover. The film is borne by haunting, misty landscapes and abstractions, and is projected tonight in a beautifully crackling 16mm print.

Su 15. April

21:00 Literaturhaus

Kría Brekkan & The Fall of the House of Usher , 90 min.

Director: Jean Epstein Script: Edgar Allan Poe, Luis Bunuel, Jean Epstein Camera: Georges Lucas, Jean Lucas Producer: Jean Epstein Cast: Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance

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Lola and Yukao Meet Lola and Yukao Meet is the result of a chance encounter in Berlin between a visual artist and a sound artist. The bass player and composer Lola Ajima was seeking musical inspiration, and the computer scientist and graphic designer Yukao Nagemi was in Berlin to illustrate music. The two started talking, and the creative collaboration was soon created. Lola and Yukao Meet provide an intimate, personal and experimental live performance, where they open up a completely new and unknown world of living, digital drawings, which are created before the eyes of the audience and wrapped in ambient soundscapes. The concert is presented in collaboration with Huset KBH.

Su 15. April

19:00 Planeten

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Manorexia & Seeking the Monkey King Since the 1950s, Ken Jacobs has renewed film art, and his latest work is the stroboscopic bombardment ‘Seeking the Monkey King’. The original score for the film was composed by the forever groundbreaking JG Thirlwell, under the alias of Manorexia. The instrumental live music is performed by a septet, which challenges regular genre conventions. Thirlwell’s talents as a composer are manifold - from post-punk via noise rock and abstract electronic music to compositions for the Kronos Quartet and Bang On A Can. Jacobs’s ‘Seeking the Monkey King’ and Manorexia are presented live this evening. But first, Fish & Fowl takes the stage.

Composers Niels Rønsholdt and Juliana Hodkinson together with the ensemble Scenatet, poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen, and photographer Anka Bardeleben created an elaborate audiovisual remix piece. The piece has been supported by DMFF and KODA’s Nationale Midler, and the evening is presented by PIX, artFREQ., SNYK og Pumpehuset.

We 25. April 20:00 Pumpehuset

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Messer Chups & Tremolo Beer Gut It isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t every day that Copenhagen is visited by Russian bands, and definitely not bands with secondrate output from film history on their minds. But the Russian Messer Chups give B-movies all the attention they deserve, as they for one evening visit PIX and Loppen. Messer Chups consists of the film buff Gitarcula on the guitar and the female bassist Zombierella, who likes to appear in Bettie Page-like costumes. They have previously released an album on Mike Pattonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s renowned company Ipecac, and they always work with auditory traces from obscure film scores and with film history fresh in their memories. Messer Chups are known for their breathtaking shows, where the musical and visual audacity is in full bloom. At the concert, the music is flanked by visual collages of old cult, sci-fi, horror, zombie and vampire films from the 1950s and 1960s, which Gitarcula himself has spliced together.

The Russians have invited their favourite Danish band and like-minded brethren Tremolo Beer Gut to get the evening going, and TBG will warm up the audience with relaxed surf and smoke.

Th 19. April

21:00 Loppen

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SPIDSNØGENHAT & Young Flowers & Elevatorfører - Live PIX is proud to be able to present three generations of Denmark’s best acid bands - SPIDSNØGENHAT, Young Flowers and Elevatorfører - to define a night that is all about acid - accompanied by mind-expanding live-visuals and peyote trip films. The legendary Young Flowers, fronted by Peter Ingemann, will reunite for the occasion. With its acid-melted rock melodies and loony progressive arrangements, the 60s band has been a defining part of the acid rock scene, which more recently has come out from the underground and opened the ears of younger audiences. Among them the members of SPIDSNØGENHAT, whose concerts are few and far between, but who have nonetheless built up a solid fan base with a taste for mind-expanding (musical) experiences. As an added bonus in the mushroom basket, the heirs of the acid scene, the people’s orchestra Elevatorfører, will take to the stage, and this might well end up being an historic night with three generations of acid bands. Before the concert, we will screen the Mexican film ‘Wadley’ from 2008

by Matias Meyer, which is set in Mexico’s wilderness and takes the audience on a cinematic trip of peyote cactus hallucinations. The film is shown at Beta (right next to Amager Bio) and is free of charge, but note that there is a limited number of seats. Join us this night on a mushroom trip to the deep forests of analog rock, with a triple concert and visual mindblows.

Tu 12. april

19:30 Amager Bio

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Underwater Love & Stereo Total There is no shortage of happy ballads, dance and love in Shinji Imaoka’s pinku musical ‘Underwater Love’.

A cheerful and touching film about old acquaintances and what one does when they return in the shape of a Japanese mythological creature which is part human and part turtle - a Kappa! ‘Underwater Love’ is followed tonight by a concert with the composers of the film’s soundtrack - the only band that can produce as hyperhappy a sound as the film requires. For almost 20 years, Stereo Total have explored a myriad of genres, and a happy-go-lucky mix of naive art, musical and soft porn are probably almost an everyday thing for the FrenchGerman duo. They themselves call their style something as idiomatic as chanson-electro-nonelectro-garagerock’n’roll-french-pop-rock-a-billy-disco-underground.

You are hereby invited to an evening that is defined by letting ones hair down and where both the film and the music invite you to dance.

Fr 20. April

21:30 Empire Bio

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On Location

Epidemic AT Medicinsk Museion In keeping with tradition, PIX is screening a specially selected film in unique surroundings. The location is once again the protagonist when the Medical Museion opens its doors for an evening dedicated to all things epidemic, and what better way to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Lars von Trier’s second feature, ‘Epidemic’? In true meta-fashion, the film tells two parallel stories. One is about the budding film talent Lars von Trier and the screenwriter Niels Vørsel, who together and in an unconventional way churn out the brilliant screenplay about a Europe that has been hit by an epidemic. The other story portrays the film that Trier and Vørsel write about the idealistic Doctor Mesmer (played tenderly but ironically by Trier himself), who travels around to help disease-ridden Europeans. But while the screenplay is being written, the story starts to make itself felt to the authors, and suddenly fiction and reality become one. Apart from (re)experiencing the highly entertaining act of genius that is ‘Epidemic’, the audience is given an illustrated introduction to the history of Danish epidemics by the Museion’s knowledgeable historian Adam Bencard - in the same auditorium where generations of medical students have enjoyed anatomy lessons and dissected corpses.

Th 12. April

19:00 Medicinsk Museion

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On Location

Running PIX - IN LOVE WITH COPENHAGEN Copenhagen is full of films, and now everyone can don their trainers and take a run through Danish film history and do some location spotting in the process. A knowledgeable guide from Running Tours Copenhagen takes the participants past sites that all feature in better or less known films - films that have allowed the city to rub off on their plots and moods, just like the films have subsequently left their mark on the city and the consciousness of its inhabitants. Most Danes will remember Kim Bodnia’s sprint in ‘Pusher’ or Reptilicus’s devastating walk across Langebro bridge, and Running PIX will give the participants the opportunity to relive the classic film scenes. So drop the popcorn, soda and 3D glasses, put on those running shoes and suck up the city’s cinematic references while doing your body some good in the process. The route is 7.5 km long and there will be breaks en route, so that both running enthusiasts and average film audiences can keep up. We start at Søpavillonen and end in Vesterbro.

Su 15. April 19:00 Mødested: Søpavillonen Mo 16. April 19:00 Mødested: Søpavillonen

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On Location

Gys i de glemte tunneller An Australian TV crew of investigative journalists dig into Sydney’s underground to find the facts about the story of a local politician’s plans with the city’s water reservoir. But the journey ends up uncovering terrible secrets, which threaten to cost the life of the entire crew.

In the best ‘Blair Witch Project’ and ‘REC’ found footage horror style, the camera is incorporated in the film’s plot, and as a spectator one ends up feeling each stone on the ground and feeling each drip in the neck from the dank tunnels. ‘The Tunnel’ was made possible thanks to massive support from fans all over the world through crowd funding. Now, PIX gives the audience a unique opportunity to travel “down under” to see the film the only right place: deep underneath the city streets in dark, echoing tunnels. The screening is a collaboration with the area sponsor Carlsberg Byen. Note: there are only limited tickets available, and remember to dress warmly, as the venue is cold and damp.

Mo 23. April 21:30 Mødested: Ved Elefanterne, Carlsberg

Gys i de glemte tunneller (180 min.)

The Tunnel Australien 2011, 90 min.

English version Director: Carlo Ledesma Cast.: Bel Deliá, Andy Rodoreda, Steve Davis, Luke Arnold, James Caitlin .

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On Location

Zombies in the Province ‘Dawn of the Dead’ in the mall and ‘Day of the Dead’ at the fort. This is how PIX has presented zombie films in the recent years. The time has now come to take a trip to the countryside with a detour back in time to George A. Romero’s cult classic ‘Night of the Living Dead’. Zombie films should be seen on location, and to round off PIX’s Romero trilogy, the festival, in collaboration with Vallekilde Høsjkole and Vig Bio, will take the fast and lucky ones who secured a ticket on a trip to the deserted roads of the countryside. In ‘Night of the Living Dead’, a group of survivors seek refuge in a barricaded house, when the dead are resurrected from the grave, hungry for fresh blood. Here, they try with all means to keep the wobbling corpses outside, and thereby survive the night of the living dead. Jump on the bus out of town and relive the scenes from Romero’s film in the right setting.

Sa 21. April

20:00 Mødested: DGI Byen

Night of the living dead 96 min.

Director: George A. Romero

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Film + Theatre

Mike Sheridan og Hamlet på Kronborg Come and enjoy an unparalleled total experience, when PIX together with Hamletscenen and Cinemateket show the legendary silent film version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Danish prince’s own castle, Kronborg in Elsinore. The music is delivered by one of today’s greatest young composers, the DJ comet Mike Sheridan, who is accompanying the great diva of silent film, Asta Nielsen, in her main role as the breath-takingly androgynous Hamlet. Sheridan is a genuine hypermusical wunderkind, who released his first EP as a 13-year-old, and in 2008 he released the critically acclaimed album ‘I Syv Sind’, which is filled with complex, electronic soundscapes, which you can easily see being played together with the classic, high-tension existentialist drama. The minimalist version of Hamlet is from 1920, directed by Sven Gade and told in a gothic-dramatic style in the vein of Carl Th. Dreyer. When darkness falls on the castle’s courtyard, the torches are lit along the moat and the film lights up the castle walls, it will interact provocatively and unpredictably with Mike Sheridan’s dreamy sounds.

Fr 10. August 20:00 Kronborg

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Film + Theatre

Dreyer - The danish tyranT The British-Australian theatre director Stuart Lynch has fallen for the greatest Danish film director, Carl Th. Dreyer. The result is a totally unique hybrid work: the film/theatre performance ‘Dreyer - The Danish Tyrant’, which has been written and adapted especially for performance at PIX and, not least, in Dagmar Teater.

Dreyer himself was the cinema director of Dagmar for 16 years before his death in 1968, and here Baard Owe met Dreyer for the first time for his audition for ‘Gertrud’ (1964), Dreyer’s last film. Almost 50 years later, 76-yearold Baard Owe steps onto the stage of the cinema’s big theatre, as he plays the role of Dreyer. Stuart Lynch is an internationally renowned theatre director and a performance artist best known for his visual and physical theatre. Lynch also has a background as a visual artist, and particularly Dreyer’s lighting and pictorial compositions have fascinated him and inspired him for this production. Employing a minimalist approach, he uses light, sound, live performance and film, and thereby aims to recreate the tone of Dreyer’s cinematic universes while attempting to find an answer to the mystery of Dreyer’s drive and passion. PIX, Lynch Company and Nordisk Film Cinemas are proud to present the world premiere of ‘Dreyer - the Danish Tyrant’, which plays throughout the entire PIX period. Cast, Baard Owe, Charlotte Munck, Bo Madvig, Minna Weurlander.

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Dreyer - Den danske tyran 60 min.

Director: Stuart Lynch Script: Thomas Markmann Camera: Anders Malmberg Music: Minna Weurlander & Jakob BrandtPedersen Production: Eva Ulvan Handberg, Finn M. Olsen Producer: Paw Petersen Cast: Baard Owe, Charlotte Munck, Bo Madvig, Minna Weurlander

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For Fans Only

PIX Film Fair This Saturday, we are turning Cinemateket into a paradise for film geeks. We are showing films about and for fans and will fill Cinemateket with figures, DVDs, posters, books, autographs and other film-related goodies. In connection with the event we are showing two appropriate films. First, we are showing the heartwarming everyday hero film ‘Lloyd the Conquerer’, which is based on the noble discipline of LARP (Live Action Role Playing). The indie comedy offers absurd events and a touch of adventure in true ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ style. Later in the day, ‘Corman’s World’ will take a look at the most colourful brain of American B-movies, Roger Corman. The film fair is an excellent opportunity to extend or downsize your collections.

Sa 21. April

12:00 Cinemateket

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For Fans Only

Kill Your Darlings III For the third year running, PIX is hosting the great film exchange day. The day, which has meanwhile turned into a strong PIX tradition, will provide plenty of opportunities to give your DVD collection fresh blood.

You can hand in your used DVDs, and for each film you receive a ticket, which allows you to select a new film among all the other submitted titles. The great sale and film exchange day will take place on Saturday 28 April in Musikcaféen on the 4th floor of Huset from 12.00 to 15.00 hrs. The films can be handed in at PIX’s festival centre in Husets Biograf. The films can be handed in between 12 and 27 April. Only DVDs are accepted.

Burned DVDs and pirate copies are not accepted! A maximum of 10 films is allowed per person.

Sa 28. April 12:00 Husets Café

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For Fans Only

PIX film quiz The film quiz is for the far-sighted and for the nostalgics among us. Come to Husets Café and compete for the title of PIX expert no. 1. The competition will cover 3 rounds, where plenty of extracts will illustrate the questions and help your memory along the way, and the participants will obviously need to dig deep in their cinematic memory, but we’ll make sure that it doesn’t get too difficult. The competition will take place between teams of 2 to 5 people, and if you don’t have your own team, you are put together with others when you turn up. There will, of course, be great prizes for those who do best, including DVDs, merchandise and tickets and film passes for the festival. The quiz takes place at Huset KBH and the seats aren’t numbered, so make sure you turn up in good time. Free entrance.

Tu 10. April

19:00 Husets Café

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Exhibitions

Guy Maddin’s Hauntings I Join us, when PIX and Overgaden present an exclusive exhibition about the Canadian surrealist, video artist and film maestro Guy Maddin. In ‘Hauntings’, Maddin has made 11 video works, which all have as their starting point the ghosts of film history - films, which for widely different reasons don’t exist any more.

So join us at Overgaden, where Maddin will daily - and like a shaman with visual courage - awaken the great figures of film history to life. From Jean Vigo and Ernst Lubitsch to Mizoguchi, Hitchcock, von Stroheim and Naruse.

PIX and Overgaden present ‘Hauntings I’ with support from the Danish Arts Council.

Overgaden Neden Vandet 17 Open 13 April to 6 May Tuesday to Sunday, 13.00 to 17.00, Thursday 13.00 to 20.00 Free entry.

The inauguration will take place on Friday, 13 April, from 17.00 to 20.00 and is open to everyone.

The exhibition was commissioned by TIFF in 2010.

13-29. april

13-20 OVERGADEN

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MY Name is Jørgen Leth / ART MOVES #2 In addition to GL Strand’s major retrospective exhibition ‘My Name is Jørgen Leth’, PIX will pay homage to Jørgen Leth’s long lasting productivity and celebrate his 75th birthday by showing his three fiction films ‘Traberg’, ‘Haiti Express’ and ‘A Midsummer’s Play’ in Husets Biograf, free of charge. The exhibition for the first time shows Jørgen Leth’s varied work in a larger presentation. At the same time, it focuses on both the artist and the man Jørgen Leth - two identities that seem inseperable. As a film director, poet and journalist, Leth has spent a lifetime of dynamic creativity and an open mind breaking down the boundary between life and art, media and people. On Saturday 28 April at 14.00 hrs the audience will have the chance to meet Jørgen Leth in a discussion with Steve Gravestock from Toronto International Film Festival, which will focus on Leth as an international filmmaker. The interview will be conducted in English!

Sa 28. april

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Music + Video

Douglas Hart Music Videos Douglas Hart started his career as a musician in the legendary shoegaze band The Jesus and Mary Chain. But Hart also started making music videos, and it quickly became apparent that the man also had a distinctive visual talent. He has made over 80 music videos, and especially that greatest names of alternative rock music have benefited from his artistry. My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream, The Stone Roses, Paul Weller, Babyshambles and several others have invited Hart to work for them, leading to an abundance of music videos.

Douglas Hart is primarily known for his rattling video aesthetics, which leaves plenty of space for the band and gives them a raw, visual identity that is specific to the times. A broad selection of videos can be seen at PIX, including an artist talk, and the evening comes to its climax when Hart steps behind the mixer and presents a mix tape from his own past.

Fr 27. April

21:30 Cinemateket

Douglas Hart Music Videos UK 2012, 68 min.

Director: Douglas Hart Production: Douglas Hart Distr.: Glasgow short film festival

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Music + Video

Musikvideoaften - Dig & Mig + Far Away From Fiji + The New Spring Some intensely creative things are happening on the music video scene, and without support from the establishment, new Danish music video directors are throwing themselves into narrative productions which deserve to be seen on the big screen. PIX supports and welcomes this trend and will provide a platform for one night - while at the same time giving the directors the chance to meet like-minded people from the film and music industry. We have therefore invited people to send in their own Danish music video productions, which have a flair for storytelling and narrative structure. The best selection will be screened tonight, and the festival is urging budding directors, young bands looking for a visual identity and the music industry to come and meet to the sounds of three up-and-coming bands.

The pop punk trio Dig og Mig are moving at lightning speed towards their big breakthrough with an album in the pipelines and a home-brewed music video. Far Away From Fiji plays captivating dream pop, and the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third member is also its music video director, so the visual side is naturally integrated in the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s style. The music videos of the singer-songwriter The New Springs integrate different situations and locations in Copenhagen, and his second album is up for release in May. The evening is presented in collaboration with Huset KBH, and the concerts will begin a 9 PM.

Tu 17. April

18:00 Planeten

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Debatter + Talks

Musik og film i sociale medier PIX, Rytmisk Center and YourWaves will take a close look at digital media and are tonight holding a panel discussion at Husets CafĂŠ to examine the opportunities and challenges that artists and cultural producers are facing today. How does digital communication differ from older forms of communication? How does one get going with social media and navigate the huge selection of possibilities - and what works best? The promotion of music and films should take place on the platforms that the fans themselves use most. And if the communication is well thought through, there is plenty to be gained by using the internet consistently - especially if the budget is not big enough for traditional marketing techniques.

The digital communication agency YourWaves will sketch out the new media landscape. The aim is to inspire you and give you an overview of the chaotic new digital world you enter into, when film and music is to be marketed, promoted and disseminated. Subsequently, a panel of frontrunners will take the audience on a tour through their own experiences and case studies.

Free admission.

Mo 16. April 19:00 Planeten

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Debatter + Talks

Musiksupervision - musik vs. film Film can embody exactly the right expression by having a progressive soundtrack. In the same way, composers and bands can have a proper breakthrough as a result of placing their music in a film. PIX, Rytmisk Center and Musikzonen present an afternoon dedicated to music supervision, and we will here facilitate constructive meetings between the music and the film industries, while allowing festival audiences to gain an insight into the processes behind the selection of music for films. The programme begins with an international case study centered on the experienced American supervisor Liz Gallacher (‘Project Nim’, ‘Fish Tank’, ‘24 Hour Party People’ etc). Following this, there will be an industry debate among local music supervision experts. Is the creative dialogue good enough, and is music thought into a film early enough? To conclude, we will focus on a number of selected Danish films, which contain both the artistic and economic aspect.

The Danish examples will open up for a debate with the audience about the collaboration structures, as well as about the challenges faced by Danish music supervision.

Fr 20. April

13:00 Cinemateket

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CPH PIX and The National museum (Nationalmuseet) invite you to political debatE

CPH PIX and The National Museum (Nationalmuseet) invite you to political debate.

With this year’s ‘World Views’ series as starting point, CPH PIX and The National Museum present eight powerful films, each of which, from their respective artistic perspectives, takes the pulse of the European dream and Europe’s political climate. After the films, there will be debates with Danish experts some of the people behind the films, where the political and social issues brought up in the films, will be discussed.

The films and debates are arranged in connection with the special exhibition at The National Museum entitled, ‘Europe Meets The World”, which looks at the interactions, both good and bad, between Europe and the rest of the world. In this connection, we have chosen eight films, which we are presenting in The National Museum’s cinema, followed debates, which relate to both the films and the exhibition. From youth activism, and police violence to the new proletariat and issues, such as immigration and the roles of ideology and the modern politician in Europe now.

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The films will be screened throughout the festival period, The exhibition, ‘Europe Meets The World’, runs until June 12th, 2012.

Read more about the debates at cphpix.dk

Film screenings followed by debates:

Read more about the exhibition at natmus.dk

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4:44 Last Day On Earth The cult director Abel Ferrara is back in New York with an apocalyptic chamber piece set in an apartment on the Lower East Side the night before the end of the world. Here, two new lovers (played

by Willem Dafoe and the debutant Shanyn Leigh) spend the last hours together watching the news on TV, painting, screwing and philosophizing about the imminent end of existence. For what else would you do?

And what does it all mean when you know that it’s all over tomorrow? The romantic Ferrara gives us his own version of ‘Melancholia’, made with almost no budget, but with an urban and unsentimental coolness, which resembles a personal memento mori. But as long as we have him among us, fans of one of American cinema’s most distinctive personalities can be grateful that he is also one of the most productive filmmakers around.

And that he is back on home turf after over ten years in cinematic exile.

Sa 21. April 21:30 Palads Biograferne We 25. April 21:30 Gloria Fr 27. April 19:00 Grand Teatret

4:44 Last Day On Earth USA, Switzerland, France 2011, 82 min.

Director: Abel Ferrara Script: Abel Ferrara Camera: Ken Kelsch Editor: Anthony Redman Music: Francis Kuipers Sound: Neil Benezra Production: Fabula, Funny Balloons, Wild Bunch Producer: Brahim Chioua, Peter Danner, Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Vincent Maraval Cast: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Paz de la Huerta, Natasha Lyonne Distr.: Wild Bunch

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Almayer’s Folly Since making her first film as an 18-year-old, the Belgian director Chantal Akerman has consolidated her status as one of the most consistently personal filmmakers of her time, never hesitating to take risks.

‘Almayer’s Folly’ is a loose adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel of the same name, updated from 1895 to 1950’s Malaysia. A man is murdered in a bar in the opening scene, and from there the film travels backwards through the story towards a possible explanation for the inevitable tragedy. A Dutch businessman finds himself in a bitter relationship with a Malaysian woman, whom he married in the hope of getting a large inheritance.

Their daughter is his only ray of light, but when his assistant falls in love with her, a destructively jealous energy is released. Akerman once again keeps to a consistently theatrical style in this postcolonial, feverish dream of a film, where inner and outer demons step out from the wings.

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La Folie Almayer Belgium, France 2011, 130 min.

Director: Chantal Akerman Script: Chantal Akerman Camera: Raymond Fromont Editor: Claire Atherton Music: Lucas Vidal Sound: Claire Atherton Production: Artémis Productions, Liaison Cinématographique, Paradise Film Producer: Chantal Akerman, Patrick Quinet Cast: Stanislas Merhar, Marc Barbé, Aurora Marion Distr.: Doc & Film International

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The Deep Blue Sea The British director Terence Davies, who with his many films has proved masterful in his depictions of postwar England, has adapted Terence Rattigan’s classic play ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ about a woman’s passionate love affair. We are in 1950s London. Hester Collier lives a privileged but boring life as the wife of a Supreme Court judge until she falls in love head over heels with the young pilot and war veteran, Freddie.

But love by no means conquers all in cold and hard times. Davies elegantly takes the story away from the stage with yearning imagery, while also cutting out a handful of minor characters, focusing instead on Hester Collier’s increasing pain and isolation. Rachel Weisz is excellent in the lead role, and Davies focuses tirelessly on her face, and lets the entire melodrama unfold in long, masterfully composed scenes, which really let us feel Hester’s desperation. A desperation which is also England’s desperation; the wounded Empire, which fights to get back on its feet again after an all-devouring and devastating war.

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The Deep Blue Sea UK 2011, 98 min.

Director: Terence Davies Script: Terence Davies Camera: Florian Hoffmeister Editor: David Charap Music: Samuel Barber Sound: Tim Barker Production: Camberwell, Fly Films Producer: Sean O’Connor, Kate Ogborn Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Karl Johnson Distr.: Atlantic Film AB

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THE KID WITH A BIKE The Dardenne brothers have won the Palme d’Or no less than twice before, but they had to “make do” with the Grand Prize of the Jury for ‘The Kid with a Bike’ about the young Cyril, who only has one plan: He wants to find his father, who abandoned him temporarily at an orphanage. Cyril is restless, always on the go, and looking to be loved without really realizing it. Entirely by accident, he meets Samantha, who runs a hairdressing salon and allows him to live with her for the weekend.

Cyril can’t see that Samantha cares for him deeply. A care which he desperately needs to soothe his anger, and to save him from the problems that are the result of his encounter with an ingratiating, young criminal.

Mo 26. March 17:00 Grand Teatret Fr 13. April 17:00 Grand Teatret

Le gamin au vélo Belgium, France, Italy 2011, 87 min.

Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Script: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Camera: Alain Marcoen Editor: Marie-Hélène Dozo Sound: Benoit De Clerck Production: Les Films du Fleuve, Archipel 35, Lucky Red, France 2 Cinéma, RTBF, Belgacom Producer: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd Cast: Thomas Doret, Cécile De France, Jérémie Renier Distr.: Øst for Paradis

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Faust One of last year’s most anticipated films is also possibly the most ambitious, far-reaching and picturesque. In the hands of Sokurov, the tragic Faust, who was immortalized by Goethe, has become a thinker, alchemist and dreamer, who in the 19th century, strives for a wisdom, which is greater than humanly possible.

He falls fatally in love with a young woman, and is tempted by the satanic Mephistopheles to sell his soul in return for having his wish fulfilled. Power, seduction and blind self-adoration are equally central themes in the last part of Sokurov’s power tetralogy, as they were in ‘Moloch’, ‘Taurus’ and ‘The Sun’, about Hitler, Lenin and the Japanese emperor Hirohito, respectively.

However, with a fictional protagonist Sokurov can give himself freer rein, and he stages the ever-relevant story in pictorial compositions, which are borrowed from Dutch and Flemish masters, using a sweeping dialogue, the likes of which has never been heard before in modern cinema. A unique tour de force by the master Sokurov, who may himself have entered into a pact or two with the devil in his quest for perfection. On the other hand, ‘Faust’ did win the Golden Lion at last year’s Venice Film Festival.

Su 15. April 17:00 Empire Bio Su 29. April 19:00 Grand Teatret

Faust Russia 2011, 134 min.

Director: Alexander Sokurov Script: Alexander Sokurov, Marina Koreneva Camera: Bruno Delbonnel Editor: Jorg Hauschild Music: Alexander Zlamal Production: Proline Film, Mass Media Development and Support Foundation, The Russian Cinema Fund Producer: Andrey Sigle Cast: Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinskiy, Isolda Dychauk, Georg Friedrich, Hanna Schygulla, Antje Lewald, Florian Bruckner, Sigurdur Skulasson, Maxim Mehmet Distr.: Miracle Film

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I Wish With the enchanting and childishly charming ‘I Wish’, the Japanese master director, Hirokazu KoreEda, returns to the fractured family portrayals which he, among other films, proved he could master so convincingly, with the Cannes hit ‘Nobody Knows’ (2004). Koichi is a damned inquisitive 12-year-old boy, who lives together with his mother and grandparents in the volcano city Kagoshima. His little brother lives together with his father, who plays the guitar in a rock band, and like most other children, the boys dream that their parents’ divorce will be forgotten, if only the family finds the right way of being reunited. When they hear about the construction of a ultra-high-speed train between their two locations, the two brothers figure out that exactly the miraculous halfway point between their cities, could be the place where they can meet and be together forever. Kore-Eda remains loyal to his wonderful youngsters’ unrealistic flight of fancy, in a film where energetic editing and an effervescent soundtrack contribute to a tale about childlike innocence and the right to dream.

Fr 20. April 16:30 Grand Teatret Tu 24. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 16:45 Dagmar Teatret

Kiseki Japan 2011, 128 min.

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Script: Hirokazu Kore-eda Camera: Yutaka Yamazaki Editor: Hirokazu Kore-eda Music: Quruli Sound: Yutaka Tsurumaki Production: Shirogumi Inc. Producer: Kentaro Koike, Hijiri Taguchi Cast: Koki Maeda, Ohshirô Maeda, Joe Odagiri, Nene Ohtsuka, Kirin Kiki, Isao Hashizume Distr.: Wild Bunch

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Keyhole When Guy Maddin embarks on an adaptation of the ‘Ulysses’, it is not a quiet affair. The Canadian iconoclast deftly mixes melodrama and gangster film in his typically eccentric and deeply baroque style. Ulysses Pick (Jason Patrick) is a mafia boss, who returns home with a dead girl and a captured young man in tow. While he was gone, a mutiny has broken out among his henchmen, and he has to fight his way through his own house, room by room, to reach his wife (played by Maddin’s eternal muse, Isabella Rosselini) in their bedroom in the attic. Homer’s myth provides enough fuel for Maddin’s notorious runaway fantasy which, in ‘Keyhole’, dictates the story according to its own inscrutable logic. Maddin is definitely a unique visual magician, who uses magical tableaux, music, narration, mystery and melodrama to play with all the senses, and he creates works, which exceed the normal abilities of the silver screen. Fans know what we are talking about, but nobody should deny themselves the opportunity, to peep through the keyhole into Maddin’s world.

Fr 13. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Tu 17. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 12:15 Dagmar Teatret

Keyhole Canada 2011, 105 min.

Director: Guy Maddin Script: George Toles, Guy Maddin Camera: Ben Kasulke Editor: John Gurdebeke Music: Jason Staczek Sound: John Gurdebeke Production: Buffalo Gal Pictures Producer: Jody Shapiro, Jean du Toit Cast: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Louis Negin, Brooke Palsson Distr.: E1 Entertainment

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Outside Satan Bruno Dumont (‘L’Humanité’, ‘Flandres’) has a penchant for rubbing his audiences the wrong way, and with ‘Outside Satan’, he gives us what Variety’s film critic succinctly put as ‘another ‘WTF?’ film.’ This time round, the ‘story’ is about a poacher and a country girl. The two meet on a deserted beach close to Boulogne sur Mer, where he moves around unchallenged, with a gun over his shoulder and with a temperament fuse, which is so short that it, among other things, claims the life of the girl’s stepfather... In the process, the unnamed man assumes a praying position, and if you sense religious undercurrents in the film, you are definitely on the right track. The film is a rediscovery, more than it is a remake of Maurice Pialat’s provocative Cannes winner, ‘Under the Sun of Satan’ (1987). In any case, you have to look far to find a similarly artistic ‘rigueur’, complete with miraculous deeds and events, which don’t normally happen in such realistic settings, which Dumont also manages to create.

Mo 16. April 19:00 Grand Teatret We 18. April 21:45 Cinemateket

Hors Satan France 2011, 110 min.

Director: Bruno Dumont Script: Bruno Dumont Camera: Yves Cape Editor: Bruno Dumont, Basile Belkhiri Sound: Emmanuel Croset, Philippe Lecoeur, Olivier Walczak Production: 3B Productions, CRRAV Nord-Pas de Callais, Le Fresnoy, Cinemage 5 Producer: Jean Bréhat, Rachid Bouchareb, Muriel Merlin Cast: David Dewaele, Alexandre Lematre, Valerie Mestdagh, Sonia Barthelemy, Juliette Bacquet, Christophe Bon Distr.: Pyramide International

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That Summer The auteur icon Philippe Garrel is one of the most radically personal film directors, and he always includes autobiographical experiences from his own tumultuous life as a (film) artist, and uncompromisingly examines the close relationships between friends and lovers.

This is also the case in his latest film, where his son, Louis Garrel, plays a painter who, together with his Italian wife Angele (Monica Bellucci), invites another couple along to Rome, where they all share a large apartment and spend their time discussing art and love, and practicing both in an increasingly stormy and toxic ménage à quatre. Garrel usually works in ascetic black-and-white, but here he resorts to the entire palette to create his colourful widescreen images, and he is sauntering and philosophical as only French filmmakers allow themselves to be. The sinister romanticism, which has been his signature trademark for four decades, even casts its shadows over the title’s summer.

Th 1. January We 18. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Sa 28. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Un été brûlant France, Italy, Switzerland 2011, 95 min.

Director: Philippe Garrel Script: Philippe Garrel, Marc Cholodenko, Caroline Deruas-Garrel Camera: Willy Kurant Editor: Yann Dedet Music: John Cale Sound: François Musy Production: Rectangle Productions, Wild Bunch, Faro Film, Prince Film SA Producer: Edouard Weil Cast: Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart Distr.: Wild Bunch

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Twixt (3D) It’s no more than three years ago that the veteran director Francis Ford Coppola opened one of the side series at the Cannes festival with the personal, blackand-white family drama ‘Tetro’ and at the same time proclaimed that he, in future, would cut his budgets to have the freedom to make films the way he himself would like to see them. With his latest film, the director of ‘Apocalypse Now’ and ‘The Godfather’ is returning to his roots and, not least, to the memories of the times when he was first learning to direct under the legendary B-movie producer and director Roger Corman. Here, he and an entire generation of directors learnt how to make films quickly, for no money, and full of love. And ‘Twixt’ is a film entirely in Corman’s spirit. Starring Val Kilmer as a failed and alcoholic horror writer who, during a visit to Edgar Allen Poe’s home town, is haunted by a story, which he is forced to explore further, the film promises plenty of gothic horror homage. With ‘Twixt’, which exudes a genuine low-budget spirit and kitsch 3D effects, it is obvious that Coppola has found back to his cinematic heart, which, pulsating and bleeding, led him onto the career path that he has followed ever since. The rest of us can take comfort in the fact that after years of going down the wrong track, he has finally re-discovered his narrative zeal and playful spirit again.

Tu 17. April 21:30 Imperial We 25. April 19:00 Palads Biograferne

Twixt USA 2011, 90 min.

Director: Francis Ford Coppola Script: Francis Ford Coppola Camera: Mihai Malaimare Jr. Editor: Kevin Bailey, Glen Scantlebury, Robert Schafer Music: Dan Deacon, Osvaldo Golijov Sound: Richard Beggs Production: American Zoetrope Producer: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Ben Chaplin Distr.: Atlantic Film AB

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Clip Even though she lives in a desolate Serbian concrete hell with a cancer-stricken father and a burnt out mother, every day is one big party for Jasna and her gang. Sex, drugs, booze and brawls, and then more sex. In a nihilistic revolt against the world, which their parents’ generation has created and long abandoned, Jana throws herself headlong into every opportunity to misbehave. The film’s tone is already set emphatically in the opening scene and from then on voyeurism is balanced between distance and intimacy. The everpresent cell phones turn even the most private moments into performances, and the tender-aged actress Isidora Simijonovic is fearless in the role of the sexually taboobreaking and hedonistic Jasna. Maja Milos’s forthright and controversial debut film is also an in-your-face generational portrait with a will to create a debate, not least among the spectators of the same gender as the director.

Th 19. April 20:00 Empire Bio Mo 23. April 17:00 Empire Bio Fr 27. April 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Klip Serbia 2012, 100 min.

Director: Maja Milos Script: Maja Milos Camera: Vladimir Simic Editor: Stevan Filipovic Sound: Ognjen Popic, Zoran Maksimovic Production: Film House Bas Celik Producer: Jelena Mitrovic, Srdan Golubovic Cast: Isidora Simijonovic, Vukasin Jasnic, Nikola Dragutinovic Distr.: Wide Management

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Code Blue There are feel-bad films, and then there is Urzula Antoniak’s radical ‘Code Blue’, which chillingly, full of details and ruthlessly dissects an older woman’s selfdestructive tendencies. The film caused a huge debate after its premiere in Cannes last year. This is maybe not so surprising, as the graphic use of taboo topics such as euthanasia, rape and suicide are not for the fainthearted. We follow Marian, a woman who is past her peak, and who is living a lonely and isolated life without either family or friends. The only thing she has is a job as a nurse in the ward where old and dying people are parked until they permanently check out to the other side. Something Marian is not afraid to help them with. She protects herself from advances and curious questions with invented stories about a daughter and non-existing obligations. Nonetheless, Marian is longing for some kind of contact, and she develops a strange obsession with a single, young man who lives in her building. She follows him into stores and observes him secretly. But when they finally meet, the events take an unexpected turn. The director Urszula Antoniak (who had her debut with the beautiful ‘Nothing Personal’, which was shown at PIX 2010), is not afraid to go straight to the core of the darkest corners of human existence, and comparisons with Michael Haneke are legitimate.

She has herself expressed that one of the goals with ‘Code Blue’ was to make the audience uncomfortable something she fully lives up to. Watch it at your own risk.

Tu 24. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Th 26. April 16:40 Grand Teatret Su 29. April 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Code Blue Netherlands, Denmark 2011, 80 min.

Director: Urszula Antoniak Script: Urszula Antoniak Camera: Jaspet Wolf Editor: Nathalie Alonso Casale Music: Ethan Rose Sound: Kristian Eidnes Andersen Production: IDTV Film, Family Affair Films, VPRO, Zentropa Producer: Frans Van Gestel, Arnold Heslenfeld, Floor Onrust Cast: Bien de Moor, Lars Eidinger, Annemarie Prins, Sophie Van Winden, Christine Byvanck, Hans Kesting Distr.: Bavaria Film

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Elena The Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev is well on his way to achieving the status of master director, which ‘Elena’ ought to confirm. His latest film is an intense and unsentimental class war drama in more than one sense of the word about the proletarian Elena who, at a ripe age and with a modest degree of passion, has married her former employer, Vladimir, but who now feels like a stranger in her own home. Both have grown-up children, but while Elena protects her lazy and alcoholic son who can’t look after his own family, Vladimir has lost touch with his own daughter. Elena sets out to get them reunited, but when this succeeds, she is faced with a dilemma of enormous consequences. ‘Elena’ is both brilliant in its moral complexity and touching in its simplicity.

Zvyagintsev has evolved into a brilliant character director, who with few means lets his characters struggle quietly with substantial existential paradoxes. And on top of that, Philip Glass has delivered his best score in several years.

Fr 13. April 19:00 Grand Teatret Su 22. April 17:00 Gloria

Elena Russia 2011, 109 min.

Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev Script: Oleg Negin, Andrei Zvyagintsev Camera: Mikhail Krichman Editor: Anna Mass Music: Philip Glass Sound: Andrey Dergachev, Stas Krechkov Production: Non Stop Productions Producer: Sergey Melkumov, Alexander Rodnyansky Cast: Nadezhda Markina, Andrey Smirnov, Elena Lyadova, Evgenia Konushkina, Alexey Rozin, Igor Ogurtsov Distr.: Pyramide International

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A Fish (3D) Hmm, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start with the bait: A logic professor finds out that his wife has appeared on a small island, where she is training as a shaman, and he sets off to find her together with a private detective. It might sound like a good little crime story, but Park Hong-min has other plans for us with his wonderfully imaginative, frustratingly mysterious and quite stagnant road movie. And in 3D. As soon as professor Lee and his detective have reached the shore, their journey comes to a standstill as they miss the ferry. Instead, a series of absurd everyday situations are played out with an understated deadpan humour, as only the Asians know how, while the debut director slowly reels his catch ashore and gradually lets us suspect, that there are several dimensions in reality and greater meanings than those that we immediately see and understand.

The film becomes playful, provocative, strange and weirdly fascinating, once you let yourself drift into the evocative symbolism and the almost metaphysical 3D images. But what is meant by it all? Beats us.

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Mulgogi South Korea 2011, 105 min.

Director: Park Hong-min Script: Hong-min Park Camera: Sung-won Choi Editor: Gang-hee Lee Music: Su-jin Oh Sound: Bong-sung Kang Production: Dima Entertainment Producer: Sung-won Choi Cast: Jang-hoon Lee, Sun-bin Kim, Soeun Choi Distr.: Mirovision

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House of Tolerance A Parisian brothel at the turn of the century, is the opulent and opium-hazed setting for a collective drama, revolving around an eerily ‘smiling’ prostitute and her graceful colleagues. The male clients come and go, and so do the years, while the Madame of the establishment tries to keep the changes of the modern world away from her doorstep. Bertrand Bonello’s most mature film to date explains his fascination with both eroticism and hermetically sealed inner spaces. The images are composed as living paintings, but the elegant fin-desiècle melancholy is imbued with dark undertones, which are exposed like in an old-fashioned striptease.

Bonello draws historical parallels across time and place, with his sensitive yet apparently eternal topics. And anyone with a taste for French cinema, might notice the odd film director or two, appearing in several small cameo roles. ‘House of Tolerance’ was nominated for the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year.

Th 12. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Mo 23. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 14:30 Dagmar Teatret

L’Apollonide - Souvenirs de la maison close France 2011, 125 min.

Director: Bertrand Bonello Script: Bertrand Bonello Camera: Josée Deshaies Editor: Fabrice Rouaud Music: Bertrand Bonello Production: Les Films du Lendemain, My New Picture, Arte France Cinema Producer: Kristina Larsen, Bertrand Bonello Cast: Hafsia Herzi, Céline Sallette, Jasmine Trinca Distr.: Films Distribution

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The Legend of Kaspar Hauser The mysterious story about the ‘savage’ boy, Kaspar Hauser, who appeared in Nuremberg in 1828, and claimed to have grown up in total isolation, is treated to more than just a small twist in Davide Manuli’s topmodern and visually excessive remake. An androgynous Kaspar Hauser floats ashore on an almost deserted island, where Vincent Gallo, who leads a double life as a dope pusher and a sheriff (and part-time DJ), takes him in, and thereby kicks off an onslaught of surreal events, including miracles and flying saucers.

However, a malicious countess has other plans for the enigmatic Kaspar, whose biggest desire is to be able to engross himself in the techno, which pours out of his headphones, but who ends up becoming a fatal mirror, which reflects the ideas, that the people around him, have of themselves. The black-and-white cinematography situates the absurd plot in a place beyond space and time. Like a blend of Werner Herzog and Alejandro Jodorowsky, ‘The Legend of Kaspar Hauser’ is a true, Italian ‘midnight movie’ for coke casualties, club kids and everyone with a sense of style.

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La leggenda di Kaspar Hauser Italy 2011, 95 min.

Director: Davide Manuli Script: Davide Manuli Camera: Tarek Ben Abdallah Editor: Rosella Mocci Music: Vitalic Sound: Francesco Liotard Production: Blue Film Producer: Alessandro Bonifazi, Davide Manuli, Bruno Tribbioli Cast: Vincent Gallo, Claudia Gerini, Elisa Sednaoui, Fabrizio Gifuni, Silvia Calderoni, Marco Lampis Distr.: Intramovies

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Low Life A bizarre but highly poetic hymn to the immortal revolutionary urge of youth. The film takes place in a heavily stylised Lyon, where a number of young Frenchmen are struggling to hang on to their squat, which is exposed to increasingly aggressive police surveillance. Carmen is getting tired of her melancholy lover and falls for an Afghan poet, who is an illegal immigrant. ‘Low Life’ doesn’t look like many other films, but there is a certain inspiration from Gus Van Sant’s ‘My Private Idaho’, in the dreamlike dialogue and the presentation of the squatter community as a charismatic, sublimely beautifully lit universe, inhabited by beautiful, idealistic people, who talk like characters in prose poems. A bit like a Benetton advert with texts

by Verlaine. There are not many contemporary conflict hot spots, which the film forgets to mention, and not many references to French history, which it leaves by the wayside, but one is kept in a state of constant fascination, as the film is so determined and has such a great energy.

Su 22. April 14:00 Nationalmuseet Th 26. April 20:00 Husets Biograf

Low Life France 2011, 129 min.

Director: Nicolas Klotz Script: Elisabeth Perceval Camera: Hélène Louvart Editor: Rose-Marie Lausson Music: Ulysse Klotz, Romain Turzi Sound: Erwan Kerzanet Production: Agora Films, Maïa Cinéma Producer: Alain Guesnier, Gilles Sandoz Cast: Arash Naimian, Camille Rutherford, Michaël Evans, Maud Wyler, Luc Chessel Distr.: Les Films du Losange

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Nana It demands plenty of courage, to place a 4-year-old girl at the centre of your story, and perhaps even more talent to actually succeed. Last year’s Locarno debut winner, Valérie Massadian, demonstrates that she has a high degree of both, in her entirely unsentimental depiction of the instinctive world of childhood. The 4-year-old Nana lives alone with her mother in a remote house on the outskirts of a forest. One day, Nana comes home from school to find the house empty.

There is no explanation as to where her mother is, or why she has left, but Nana is doing fine. She calmly continues their common routines. The French artist and photographer, and now director, Valérie Massadian has, for a number of years, worked together with the American photographer, Nan Goldin, and her relation to photography can clearly be seen in ‘Nana’. Each frame is composed with delicate precision, wherein the plot is allowed to unfold without as much as a single camera movement.

Fr 20. April 21:30 Gloria Su 22. April 17:00 Empire Bio Sa 28. April 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Nana France 2011, 68 min.

Director: Valérie Massadian Script: Valérie Massadian Camera: Léo Hinstin, Valérie Massadian Editor: Dominique Auvray, Valérie Massadian Sound: Oliver Dandré, Jonathan Laurent Production: Gaïjin Producer: Sophie Erbs Cast: Kelyna Lecomte, Marie Delmas, Alain Sabras

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Porfirio Reality and fiction meet halfway in the Colombian filmmaker, Alejandro Landres’ sober and perceptive film about (and with) the real millionaire Porfirio who, in 1991, lost the use of his limbs, after being shot by the police. Nonetheless, he managed to take part in a failed hijacking in 2005, and today he leads a simple existence in a small house, where he survives by renting out his cell phone by the minute. Porfirio’s dramatic life is not painted in detail by Landres, who instead concentrates on observing the details in his small world and, not least, his enormous body. The cinematic combination of time, space and fearless corporeality places Landres in the same league as Carlos Reygadas (‘Japón’, ‘Silent Light’), but the sensibiity of the study of the raw materials of reality, is his own unique trademark. ‘Porfirio’ is contemporary in its drama-documentary hybrid, but timeless in its humanism.

Sa 21. April 14:15 Dagmar Teatret Tu 24. April 20:00 Empire Bio

Porfirio Columbia, Spain, Uruguay, Argentina 2011, 101 min.

Director: Alejandro Landes Script: Alejandro Landes Camera: Thimios Bakatakis Editor: Eliane D. Katz Sound: Raúl Locatelli Production: Franja Nomo, Carmelita Films, Campo Cine Producer: Francisco Aljure, Alejandro Landes Cast: Porfirio Ramirez Aldana, Jarlinsson, Ramirez Reinoso, Yor Jasbleidy, Santos Torre Distr.: ARRI Media Worldsales

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Wuthering Heights Andrea Arnold joins an illustrious line-up of directors with her film adaptation of Emily Brontë’s ‘Wuthering Heights’. Great directors such as William Wyler, Luis Buñuel, Jacques Rivette and Kiju Yoshida have previously tackled Brontë’s magnum opus. But few have managed like Arnold (who previously impressed audiences with her haunting social realism, in both her feature debut, ‘Red Road’, and the sequel, ‘Fish Tank’) to reinvent the story by paring it down to its innermost core; the passionate love story between Catherine and Heathcliff, even drawing out the sadomasochistic undercurrent of the novel. Violins and romance are sacrificed in favour of a far more realistic and visually intense vision of the classic, which has been compared to both Gus van Sant (‘Gerry’) and Bela Tarr (‘Sátántango’, ‘The Turin Horse’), about the flaming, but forbidden love between two adopted siblings. Arnold is not known for beating around the bush with her uncompromising portraits of women, and just as in ‘Fish Tank’, her Catherine becomes a hard but fragile acquaintance. New readers can start here.

Th 26. April 18:30 Grand Teatret

Wuthering Heights UK 2011, 130 min.

Director: Andrea Arnold Script: Andrea Arnold, Olivia Hetreed Camera: Robbie Ryan Editor: Nicolas Chaudeurge Sound: Nicholas Becker Production: Ecosse Films, Film 4 Producer: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin Loader Cast: Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer, Nichola Burley Distr.: Miracle Film

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Swan ‘Swan’ is a penetrating drama centered around Vera, a renowned musician. During her tour to Lisbon, she hires the young orphan Pablo to keep her company at night, as she can never sleep. Not sexual company, just company. Someone to talk to, someone to dance with, to eat with. And as not just the nights, but also the days go by, Vera takes on an increasingly active role in the life of the affection-seeking Pablo, and thereby gets closer to her own life. Vera, too, is far away from the man she loves, Sam. He lives in Vera’s house, but he has thrown her out, as they understand each other best from a distance. At least that is what Sam thinks.

Teresa Villaverde, who is a major figure in Portuguese arthouse cinema, has always been known for writing great roles for women but, with ‘Swan’, she has created her strongest, most complex and possibly also her most personal portrait of a woman to date. A serious and tender tale about saving oneself, told without easy interpretations, and bursting with unresolved love.

Su 15. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret We 25. April 19:00 Grand Teatret Sa 28. April 12:00 Dagmar Teatret

Cisne Portugal 2011, 103 min.

Director: Teresa Villaverde Script: Teresa Villaverde Camera: Acácio de Almeida Editor: Andrée Davanture Sound: Vasco Pimentel Production: Alce Filmes Producer: Teresa Villaverde Cast: Beatriz Batarda, Miguel Nunes, Israel Pimenta, Sérgio Fernandes, Rita Loureiro Distr.: Alce Filmes

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Tabu ‘Tabu’ begins in Lisbon with the elderly Portuguese lady Aurora, and her kind-hearted neighbour Pilar. When Aurora lands in hospital, she gives Pilar the name and address of a man, whom she asks her to find. Change of scene and style to Africa, and to a dialogue-free form with a truely poetic narrator’s voice, which turns out to belong to Aurora’s former lover. From here on, a fatal romance is unravelled in 1950s colonial Mozambique, which will grab your heart like few other films. For Miguel Gomes is a filmmaker who, just as his inspirators, Robert Flaherty, Murnau and Jacques Tourneur, lets the contradictions between the artificial and the real battle head-on in his films. While he departed from his fictional narrative frameworks for a documentary excursion in ‘Our Beloved Month of August’, ‘Tabu’ instead stands out as possibly the most overtly cinematic work this year. Or in other words, a romantic synthesis of sounds and images, which must be experienced in a cinema.

We 18. April 19:00 Grand Teatret Mo 23. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Tabu Portugal, Germany, Brazil, France 2012, 111 min.

Director: Script: Camera: Editor: Sound: Production: Producer: Cast: Distr.:

Miguel Gomes Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo Rui Poças Telmo Churro, Miguel Gomes Vasco Pimentel O Som e a Fúria, Komplizen Film, Gullane Filmes, Shellac Sud Luís Urbano, Sandro Aguilar Teresa Madruga, Laura Soveral, Ana Moreira Match Factory

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AFI Triple Feature 3 films

Danish talent is also being nurtured outside Denmark. This gives rise to contrasts and nuances, which you can get to know in three films from the American Film Institute that have all been made with Danish involvement. The films are shown free of charge.

Nani USA 2011, 21 min. English version Director: Justin Tipping Cast: Oscar: Johnny Ortiz Isabel: Tsai Chin

Stuck USA 2011, 20 min. English version Director: Martin Wichmann Cast: Andrew Lauer: Donald Paul McCarthyBoyington: Jack Treva Tegtmeier: Ellen

Clear Blue USA 2010, 21 min. English version Director: Lindsay Mackay

Mo 16. april 16:00 Husets Biograf Mo 23. april 16:00 Husets Biograf Th 26. april 16:00 Husets Biograf

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Film/kunst art moves #1 In a series of shorts produced for Gl. Strand, the four original young directors Martin de Thurah, Christoffer Boe, Janus Metz and Pernille Rose Grønkjær pair up with the visual artists John Kørner, Ingvar Cronhammer, Christina Hamre and Astrid Kruse Jensen. The films are shown together - and completely free of charge.

Mo 16. april 15:00 Husets Biograf Mo 23. april 15:00 Husets Biograf Th 26. april 15:00 Husets Biograf

Kill Denmark 2011, 9 min.

No Dialogue Director: Christoffer Boe, Ingvar Cronhammar

The House Inside Her Denmark 2011, 8 min.

No Dialogue Director: Pernille Rose Grønkjær & Astrid Kruse Jensen Cast: Tilde Maja Frederiksen Mads Riisom

Rainbow Monkeys Denmark 2011, 12 min.

English version Director: Martin De Thurah, John Kørner Cast: Lisa Carlehed, Peter Christoffersen

Rupture Denmark 2011, 6 min.

No Dialogue Director: Janus Metz, Christina Hamre

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Out of Bounds At the risk of giving the audience a serious attack of Oedipal desert island claustrophobia, we are showing the Danish director, Frederikke Aspöck’s first feature.

This intense chamber piece takes place outdoors on an unnamed island, where the pregnant Stella visits her distanced father, so she can introduce him to her boyfriend, Oskar. Nathan, the father, lives alone in the deserted and windy landscape, with his black Labrador and the island’s many foreboding crows to keep him company. Nathan’s fierce attitude sits perfectly with the island’s unfriendly and impenetrable nature, and he transgresses one social convention after another. The film unfolds as a tense, Freudian crime story, where the inquisitive journalist, Oskar, slowly unravels far more about the relationship between father and daughter, than he was prepared for. The pictures of the derelict landscape are highly mesmerising, and the mood is so thick, you could cut it with a knife. The expectations in Aspöck have been huge, after a string of exquisite short films, and the well-balanced psychology in ‘Labrador’ was awarded the main prize at this year’s film festival in Marrakech.

Th 1. January Mo 1. December Mo 16. April 21:30 Su 22. April 19:30 We 25. April 21:45

Dagmar Teatret Vig Bio Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Labrador Denmark 2011, 72 min.

Director: Frederikke Aspöck Script: Daniel Dencik Camera: Magnus Nordenhof Jønck Editor: Martin Schade Music: Rasmus Bille Bäncke, Mikkel Hess Sound: Morten Groth Brandt, Nicolai Linck Production: Nordisk Film Producer: Thomas Heinesen Distr.: TrustNordisk

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Loops Steen Schapiro has by now spent several decades documenting Danish sexual subcultures in neo-classic underground films such as ‘Mistress of the Rings’ and ‘Fetish Generation’. Even his latest film ‘Loops’ gives both gender stereotypes and porn conventions a solid kick in the backside. Not so much because it examines a (for most people) taboo-breaking form of sexuality, but because the participants are totally common, uncommon people - who in contrast to the majority live out their fantasies, and who are not afraid to share their experiences. ‘Loops’ combines its documentary portraits with performative hardcore sex scenes and simultaneous interviews. The result is shocking, but only because it confronts its extroverted lust with the framework of normality, which defines what one may and may not do. The title refers to 1970s slang for onescene porn films, which just like Schapiro’s films usually lasted the length of a single film reel.

Su 22. April 16:30 Cinemateket We 25. April 19:00 Husets Biograf Fr 27. April 19:00 Husets Biograf

Loops Denmark 2012, 31 min.

Director: Steen Schapiro Script: Steen Schapiro Camera: Stephen Monaghan Editor: Steen Schapiro Sound: Kenneth Raun Production: Steen Schapiro Producer: Stephen Monaghan Distr.: Steen Schapiro

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Movie Battle Disgusting little girls, Russian zombies and the Grim Reaper are among the crowds of supernatural beings that occupy the main hall of Palads as PIX for the first time presents the film competition Movie Battle. Eight selected shorts are competing to attract the favour of the jury and the audience in the great hall of Palads, under this year’s theme ‘Supernatural Horror’. We dare to promise both true shock-value, intense splat and hearty laughs with some of the very best output of Danish film right now. Movie Battle was started in 2004 by the film director Shaky Gonzalez in Hvidovre, in order to boost the underground. Since then, the event has grown bigger every year, and it has now become a part of the PIX programme. We had high expectations, but the quality level is actually surprisingly high, and it was a hard task to pick from among the many outstanding contributions. We have therefore also put together another event at Huset i Magstræde, where you will have the opportunity to see a full programme with all the submitted short films.

THE COMPETITION We 18. april 19:00 Palads Biograferne

Emma (29 min., Philip Th. Pedersen) Iblis: Prometheus (17 min., The Sun King) Kissing The Bride (25 min., Martin Andersen) Outpost (17 min., Esben Halfdan Blaakilde) Rex Inferno (22 min., Kasper Juhl) Succubus (17 min., Martin Vrede Nielsen) Ansigtet (12 min., Svend Ploug Johansen) Den Gyldne Regel (15 min., Jack Hansen) The Man Who Died (14 min., Rune Vistisen og Niels Christian Sixhøj)

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THE FULL PROGRAMME 3 Sa 21. april 19:30 Husets Biograf

Den lille engel (5 min., Hector Mauricio Vega) Blodrus (10 min.)

318 (11 min., Nicklas Thoft Jensen) Kissing The Bride (25 min., Martin Andersen) Iblis: Prometheus (17 min., The Sun King) THE FACE (12 min., Svend Ploug Johansen)

No Good Deed (24 min., Sohail A. Hassan) Succubus(18 min., Kim Sønderholm) Mors Dag (13 min., Jonas Kvist Jensen) Rex Inferno (22 min., Kasper Juhl) Outpost(17 min., Esben Halfdan Blaakilde) Den Gyldne Regel (15 min., Jack Hansen)

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THE FULL PROGRAMME 1 Th 19. april 19:30 Husets Biograf

Translucent (28 min., Casper Gätke) The Man Who Died (14 min., Rune Vistisen og Niels Christian Sixhøj) Succubus (17 min., Martin Vrede Nielsen) Emma (29 min., Philip Th. Pedersen)

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New Danish Screen 2012 The latest crop from the talent support initiative of the Danish Film Institute, New Danish Screen.

Th 26. april

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Nogle gange kommer vinteren om natten Denmark 2011, 29 min.

Director: LĂŚrke Lauta

Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto Denmark 2012, 7 min. No Dialogue Director: Johan Oettinger

Dyret Denmark 2011, 12 min. No Dialogue Director: Malene Choi

tabu Denmark 2011, 28 min.

Director: Bo Mikkelsen

BRAINY Denmark, New Zealand 2011, 25 min.

Director: Daniel Joseph Borgman

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The Secret Society of Fine Arts This is not entertainment, this is not politics, this is not the news - this is Art! These are the both cautionary and enticing words, in the opening scene of Anders Rønnow Klarlund’s highly experimental ‘The Secret Society of Fine Arts’, and it is a fitting characteristic, as the versatile director’s latest film is definitely in a league of its own. It unfolds as a featurelength visual and narrative experiment, with its diffuse story about quivering eroticism and artistic terrorism.

At the beginning of the film, a zoological museum is blown up, and destroyed mammoth bones and a whale skeleton are among the things found in the rubble.

A group of underground artists claim responsibility for the incident, in the name of art. Rønnow Klarlund doesn’t make it easy for his audience to follow the sometimes dizzying tangents that the film moves off on, but one’s patience is rewarded with a most special film experience. Mikkel Østergaard’s fragmented, beautiful cinematography is sharply contrasted by the manifesto nature of the soundtrack, where the story itself unfolds.

And in the middle of it all, art is created. The film will have its premiere at PIX - and in the days running up to the premiere, photostats from the film’s universe will be on display in the basement of Cinemateket.

Th 26. April 21:30 Cinemateket Sa 28. April 14:30 Husets Biograf

The Secret Society of Fine Arts Denmark 2012, 75 min.

Director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund Script: Anders Rønnow Klarlund Camera: Mikkel Østergaard Editor: Leif Axel Kjeldsen Music: Sanne Graulund Sound: Rasmus Winther Jensen Production: Zentropa Entertainments10 ApS Producer: Louise Vesth, Katja Adomeit, Ida Marie Harder Jeppesen Cast: Jana Klinge, Christian Blümel, Susanne Wuest, Daniel Zillmann Distr.: Zentropa

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Black Coffee & Vinyl + Vessel - Live ‘Sort Kaffe & Vinyl’ is a black humour drama about the 39-year-old, up-coming musician, Jacob, who has locked himself, with his music and Nescafé, in his tworoom apartment in Copenhagen’s trendy Vesterbro district. One day, Jacob’s best friend, Søren moves in, as Søren and his girlfriend have decided to ‘take a break’.

Søren’s arrival pushes Jacob away from his loner-life, and forces him to take his eyes off the computer screen, put down the coffee cup and re-assess his life, and possibly even open up to the girl from the local coffee bar. ‘Sort Kaffe & Vinyl’ is written and directed by Jesper Bernt, who previously wrote the novels, ‘Westend’, and, ‘Checkpoint Charlie’. Bernt was also the main writer on the controversial puppet TV series, ‘H*A*S*H’, which was censored by the Danish broadcaster, DR. The original soundtrack is composed by Anders Mathiasen, who is one half of the critically acclaimed Danish band, Murder.

His latest project is named Vessel, and the band has just released its critically acclaimed debut album, ‘Enlettered Species’, and after the screening, they will take to the stage and perform an exclusive live set. PIX is happy to be able to present Vessel live in collaboration with Playground Music.

Sa 21. April

21:30 Grand Teatret

Sort Kaffe & Vinyl + Vessel - Live Denmark 2011, 120 min.

Director: Jesper Bernt Script: Jesper Bernt Camera: Martin Top Jacobsen Editor: Mikael K. Ebbesen Music: Anders Mathiasen Production: Eye Candy Film Producer: Richard Georg Engström Cast: Jens Andersen, Frank Thiel, Mia Jexen, Torben Zeller, Signe Vaupel, Patricia Schumann, Karin Rørbech, Katinka M.G. Enselmann

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Super 16 We present another impressive series of firstyear films from the alternative vocational training programme Super 16.

Super 16 - 1 We 25. april 12:30 Empire Bio We 25. april 15:30 Empire Bio We 25. april 18:30 Empire Bio

SUPER 16 - 2 We 25. april 14:00 Empire Bio We 25. april 17:00 Empire Bio We 25. april 21:00 Empire Bio

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Happy New Years Denmark 11, 19 min.

Director: Emil Falke

Daimi Denmark 2012, 18 min.

Director: Marie Grahtø Sørensen

Angels belong in heaven Denmark 2012, 15 min.

Director: Charlotte Madsen

Thy som tilstand Denmark 2012, 20 min. Dansk version Director: Emil Næsby Hansen

Touch of Magic Denmark 2012, 18 min.

Director: Tobias Gundorff Boesen

A Hipstory Denmark 2012, 21 min. English version Director: Heidrik á Heygum

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CALF Animation + The Great Rabbit In this short film programme, we are presenting a lineup of the latest productions from five exciting entities in Japanese animation. It is a colourful selection with a shared sense of quirky details, an alternative approach and a slanted angle. And it is far from classical anime.

Like the films of Keita Kurosaka demonstrated at last year’s festival, Japanese animation is so much more than just anime. The company CALF is another excellent example for this. By bringing together some of the most eminent animators of the Japanese underground, CALF has managed to raise the awareness about a number of talents who would typically disappear in an international perspective that is bent on focusing on the most breathtaking and well-known Japanese animations. In this short film programme, we are presenting a series of the latest productions by five exciting entities in Japanese animation. From the collective TOCHKA, which animates with the help of so-called light painting, via Mirai Mizue’s detailed and abstract, dancing hand drawings to Shin Hashimoto, Kei Oyama and Atsushi Wada’s less abstract, but no less spaced out and witty universes. It’s a colourful selection, but all the films share a sense of quirky details, an alternative approach and a slanted angle. CALF is the voice of the small eccentrics who live in the shadow of a mastodontic industry, but which are nonetheless just as interesting.

Th 12. april Sa 21. april Tu 24. april

19:30 Husets Biograf 17:30 Husets Biograf 21:30 Husets Biograf

CALF Animation Japan 2011, 81 min.

Director: TOCHKA, Mirai Mizue, Atsushi Wada, Shin Hashimoto, Kei Oyama

Gurehto Rabitto Japan 2011, 7 min. No Dialogue Director: Atsushi Wada

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Tales and tails of animation From a man who climbs out of a cat’s anus, via spastically dancing figures made out of yarn balls, to a small story about a peculiar beetle’s significance told in shades of pure white - these thirteen short films are guaranteed to be the most varied contribution to PIX this year. The market for international animated short films is more varied and nuanced than ever before, and here we try to bring together a small selection of films that have made themselves known within the last year. From the Italian filmmaker Alessandro Bavari’s violent and overwhelming horror universe to Sun Xun’s Chinese social commentary, animated with several thousand individual woodcuts. The young Eamonn O’Neill, who with ‘I’m Fine Thanks’ presents a colourful, imaginative and satirically witty story, is a nice extension of the more established David O’Reilly - whose latest film can also be found in this programme. And finally, there is Robert Morgan’s vulgar and repulsive stop motion story about ‘Bobby Yeah’, while the longer films are spiced up in between

by Cyriak Harris’s unusually imaginative animal animations.

We 18. april 16:45 Cinemateket Su 29. april 14:30 Cinemateket

All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat) UK 2011, 9 min. English version Director: Louis Hudson

Baaa UK 2011, 1 min. No Dialogue Director: Cyriak Harris

Bobby Yeah UK 2011, 23 min. No Dialogue Director: Robert Morgan

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Body Memory Estonia 2011, 10 min. No Dialogue Director: Ülo Pikkov

Cows & Cows & Cows UK 2010, 2 min. No Dialogue Director: Cyriak Harris

Cycles UK 2010, 3 min. No Dialogue Director: Cyriak Harris

I’m fine thanks Ireland, UK 2011, 5 min. English version Director: Eamonn O’Neill

Meow Mix UK 2009, 2 min. No Dialogue Director: Cyriak Harris

Metachaos Italy 2010, 9 min. No Dialogue Director: Alessandro Bavari

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Some actions which haven’t been defined yet in the revolution China 2011, 12 min. No Dialogue Director: Sun Xun

The Eagleman Stag UK 2011, 9 min. English version Director: Mikey Please

Welcome to Kitty City UK 2011, 2 min. No Dialogue Director: Cyriak Harris

The External World Ireland, USA 2011, 17 min. English version Director: David O’Reilly

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Where The Dead Go To Die Are there limits to what one can allow oneself to show on film? And in case there are, can these limits be pushed if the film is animated? With its starting point in the morbidly repugnant and the explicitly vulgar, the American multi-artist Jimmy Screamerclauz has plunged into a home-made feature film project, which pushes the boundaries of where boundaries can be pushed.

In an insane and ominous universe, which revolves around a diabolical dog named Labby, Screamerclauz lets his surprising narrative threads and philosophical observations come together in the no-mans-land between dream, reality and biblical purgatory. The film was made single-handedly by the director using cheap 3D software and it is not pretty. But if you can turn a blind eye towards the fact that it looks like a 15 year old computer game on the surface, you can look forward to a wonderland of splat, sex and mayhem, an eerie atmosphere and a, mildly put, unique film.

Screamerclauz breaks all the taboos you can imagine, but does so by raising some questions about and to the spectator, society and the film medium. ‘Where The Dead Go To Die’ is an ugly film, which would be easy to dismiss if it didn’t leave behind such a thorough impression.

Tu 17. April 21:00 Husets Biograf Su 22. April 17:30 Husets Biograf We 25. April 21:00 Husets Biograf

Where The Dead Go To Die USA 2012, 95 min.

Director: Jimmy Screamerclauz Script: Jimmy ScreamerClauz Editor: Jimmy ScreamerClauz Animation: Jimmy ScreamerClauz Music: ScreamerClauz, Flyface, Carlos Bonilla Sound: Jimmy ScreamerClauz Production: Draconian Films Producer: Jimmy ScreamerClauz Cast: Ruby LaRocca, Brandon Slagle, Joey Smack, Victor Bonacore, Distr.: Jimmy ScreamerClauz/Unearthed Films

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Gantz It wouldn’t be entirely wrong to call the manga series Gantz Japan’s answer to Harry Potter. The comic alone has sold millions of copies, and the animated series is enormously popular - even if it has been criticise for being far too sexually explicit, violent and sadistic. So when the first and long-awaited live action film that was built upon its universe was premiered in Japan, it unsurprisingly became a blockbuster. But this is where the comparison with Potter ends. The ‘Gantz’ universe is half fantasy, half sci-fi, where people, just before they are about to die, are teleported to a space where a huge black ball gives them orders to carry out missions.

Dressed in kinky latex catsuits and potent weapons, they now have to defeat bizarre aliens and demons. And if the accomplish the mission, they are given points, which they can then use to acquire advantages for themselves and to ultimately bring dead Gantz warriors back to life.

But what starts out as an innocent game develops into bloody seriousness. Why are they called out to these missions, who controls them, and who is the mysterious person in a coma, who is locked into the ball? The film ends with a cliff-hanger, which will keep you awake at night until you get to see the second and final part (which we of course will also be showing at the festival).

Su 15. April Fr 27. April

20:00 Empire Bio 19:00 Dagmar Teatret

Gantz Japan 2011, 134 min.

Director: Shinsuke Sato Script: Yûsuke Watanabe Camera: Taro Kawazu Editor: Tsuyoshi Imai Music: Kenji Kawai Production: Gantz Film Partners, NTV, CBC Producer: Takahiro Sato Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kanata Hongo, Tomorowo Taguchi Distr.: Nippon Television Network Corporation

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Gantz: Perfect Answer ‘Gantz: Perfect Answer’ picks up the thread exactly where the first film ended. Kei (played by Kazunari Ninommiya, one of Japan’s big boy band stars) is still a Gantz warrior, who has to protect the world against aliens - and now also Gantz clones. Where the first film was far more action-packed, ‘Perfect Answer’ develops quickly into more complex, melodramatic and scheming directions. Old friends are played off against each other and end up in deep moral dilemmas, and nobody can generally feel safe, as something is pointing at the fact that the Gantz world is not quite what they thought it was. And while the universe on the surface consists of hot Japanese dressed in latex and brandishing big guns (and there’s nothing wrong with that), the film also touches upon some basic human questions, such as our tendency to fight and die for things we don’t ourselves understand, and what happens when a minority is sacrificed to help the majority? Add to this a crazy, half-hour-long fight and action scene and a completely unforgettable sword and machine gun duel in Tokyo’s subway, and you have this year’s manga adrenaline rush for latex and arms fetishists of all races and ages.

Su 15. April Fr 27. April

22:30 Empire Bio 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

Gantz: Kôhen Japan 2011, 143 min.

Director: Shinsuke Sato Script: Yusuke Watanabe Camera: Taro Kawazu Editor: Tsuyoshi Imai Music: Kenji Kawai Production: Nikkatsu, NTV, Shueisha, Toho Company Producer: Takahiro Sato Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Kanata Hongo, Tomorowo Taguchi Distr.: Nippon Television Network Corporation

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Juan of the Dead The fact that ‘Juan of the Dead’ has even made it to our part of the world is in itself a small miracle, as all state-funded films from Cuba have to make it through a political eye of the needle, and if there is one thing a Cuban zombie comedy is, then it’s political, but maybe the film’s final message helped it along the way? Juan is a middle-aged slacker, who lives from hand to mouth, but years of laziness and a fear of taking responsibility have alienated the people closest to him. An attempt to make contact with his adult daughter is ruined when hordes of zombies destroy the idyll of the small island.

But Juan for the first time sees a chance to show some entrepreneurial spirit and assembles a group of dubious characters, who accept payment to get rid of people’s zombie-infected family members. “We kill your loved ones” is their motto. ‘Juan of the Dead’ is above all a zombie comedy, and a damned successful one at that, with plenty of witty dialogues, pitch-black humour and wacky murders. Of course, it refers to plenty of role models, not least ‘Shaun of the Dead’ and, above all, Lucio Fulci’s ‘Zombie’, but its characteristic Cuban tone gives it a beating heart and turns it into a loving and original contribution to an otherwise somewhat dead genre.

Sa 14. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Mo 16. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret

Juan de los Muertos Spain, Cuba 2011, 96 min.

Director: Alejandro Brugués Script: Alejandro Brugués Camera: Carles Gusi Editor: Mercedes Cantero Sound: Jose A. Manovel Production: La Zanfoña Producciones, Producciones de la 5ta Avenida Producer: Claudia Calviño, Inti Herrera, Gervasio Iglesias Cast: Blanca Rosa Blanco, Elsa Camp, Alexis Díaz de Villegas Distr.: LATINOFUSION

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Livid In 2007, the two writers Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury from the legendary French horror magazine Mad Movies got together and made the film ‘Inside’.

A film which still stands as one of the highlights of the so-called “extreme French wave”, in other words a horror film, which stood out as being particularly sadistic, bestial and violent. It has been quiet around them ever since, but now they are back with a gothic haunted house thriller, which takes its inspiration from supernatural 1970s horror, above all the Italian masters such as Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava and, not least, Dario Argento. The young girl Lucie is a home carer, and on her first day at work she has to look after a mildly put creepy old lady who lies in a coma in a no less creepy house. Here, she lies all alone connected to a strange device, which keeps her alive. Lucie finds out that the old woman hides a priceless treasure in the house, and tempted by the thought of getting away from her trivial life, she lets herself into the house with two friends at night. But the house turns out to hide a secret that is so horrible, that Lucie’s life will truly change, but far from in the way that she had imagined. Instead of being tempted to play the safe card and make an ‘Inside II’, Maury and Bustillo try to go down an entirely new route with a far more classic ghost story, a kind of demonic adventure, which might start with innocuous creaking doors, but which ends up in a delirious nightmare.

Fr 13. April 20:15 Gloria Sa 21. April 22:30 Empire Bio Mo 23. April 21:30 Palads Biograferne

Livide France 2011, 88 min.

Director: Julien Maury, Alexandre Bustillo Script: Alexandre Bustillo, Julien Maury Camera: Laurent Barès Editor: Baxter Music: Raphael Gesqua Sound: Emmanuel Augeard Production: La Fabrique 2, SND Producer: Vérane Frédiani, Franck Ribière Cast: Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone Distr.: SND - Groupe M6

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Lovely Molly Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick took the film world by storm in 1999 with their found footage horror film ‘The Blair Witch Project’. Many filmmakers have since tried to match their feat, but with varying degrees of success, but now one half of the dynamic duo is back in groundbreaking form with ‘Lovely Molly’, which is not a mockumentary like its predecessor, but something as rare as a good old scary and well-told horror movie. The film follows the young Molly, who finds it hard to get over the death of her parents. Both her boyfriend and her sister are worried that she will rediscover her old love of heroin and take to the syringe again. But as it turns out, Molly is haunted by far more concrete and familiar ghosts from her past. The film is sober and realistic in its portrayal of the characters, but uses a diabolic patience to build up the creeping horror towards the film’s grim climax. Sánchez still rules!

Th 1. January Th 12. April 21:45 Cinemateket We 25. April 19:15 Cinemateket

Lovely Molly USA 2011, 99 min.

Director: Eduardo Sánchez Script: Eduardo Sánchez, Jamie Nash Camera: John W. Rutland Editor: Eduardo Sánchez, Andrew Vona Sound: Matt Davies Production: Amber Entertainment, Haxan films Producer: Robin Cowie,Gregg Hale, Jane Fleming, Mark Ordesky Cast: Gretchen Lodge, Johnny Lewis, Alexandra Holden Distr.: Content Media Corporation plc

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The Preening Swan Retro horror of the best kind. ‘The Preening Swan’ takes us back to the 1960s and to what you might call psychedelic, occult horror - think Ray Dennis Steckler, early Herschell Gordon Lewis and Ted V Mikels with a twist of Charles Manson, ‘The House of the Devil’ and ‘Black Devil Doll’. It is a cold and stormy Halloween, and Barbara, a dance-happy 1960s girl with bopped hair, visits her great high school crush Howard. But the timing is bad, as a murderer dressed in a jester’s costume is wreaking havoc in the area, and when Barbara finds a piece of torn-off hair in Howard’s kitchen, one begins to suspect the worst. But Howard knows better. Namely that there is a monster in a small box in the living room, and that the monster steps out every Halloween to murder people. ‘The Preening Swan’ is a wonderfully nostalgic trip back to when the horror genre had not yet lost its innocence. At the same time, it’s true to its style, and hits the 1960s look convincingly, while not taking itself too seriously. And behind the low budget, the deliberately camp overacting and the hysterical colours, you can find a good and highly original occult horror movie.

Fr 13. April 22:00 Gloria Mo 23. April 22:30 Empire Bio Fr 27. April 21:00 Husets Biograf

The Preening Swan Germany, USA 2011, 107 min.

Director: Thomy Kessler Script: Thomy Kessler Camera: Tim Otholt Editor: Tim Beblo Music: Michael J. Rother, Steven Toeteberg Sound: Jochen Fenzl Production: Cold Season Production, Hailstorm Entertainment Producer: Thomy Kessler Cast: Jordana Oberman, Joshua Bevier, Missy Hairston, Victor Dante, Brian Jeffrey Hall, Thomy Kessler, Betty Marie Flora Distr.: Thomy Kessler

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The Presence While one half of the duo behind ‘The Blair Witch Project’, Eduardo Sánchez, returns in great form to this year’s PIX with his horror story ‘Lovely Molly’, the other half is also active in the wings. For Daniel Myrick has produced ‘The Presence’, and this film too is a solid and captivating film about spirits. There must be more between heaven and earth... A young woman (Mira Sorvino) moves to a small hut in the forest to write a book. Slowly and without words, we are lulled into her everyday life in the hut, while we become disturbingly aware of the fact that something else is also present. When the girl’s boyfriend (Justin Kirk) turns up unexpectedly, the drama gets more intense, as unresolved feelings are the kind of thing that ghosts and other spirits feed on. The stage is set in a classic way for a ghost story, but right from the start ‘The Presence’ surprises us by introducing us to its ghost as a tangible and indispensable part of reality. The result is an intimate and claustrophobically eerie drama, which emphasises narrative and mood over empty shock effects, while it chillingly slowly creeps into the audience.

Fr 20. April Fr 27. April

21:45 Cinemateket 19:00 Cinemateket

The Presence USA 2011, 90 min.

Director: Tom Provost Script: Tom Provost Camera: Collin Brink Editor: Cecily Rhett Music: Conrad Pope Sound: Brandon Loulias Production: Khartoum, Flatland Pictures, Saturn Harvest Films Producer: Tom Rice,Dan Myrick,Brandon Blake Cast: Mira Sorvino, Shane West, Justin Kirk, Tony Curran, Muse Watson, Deobia Oparei Distr.: Vision Films, Inc.

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The Raid: Redemption This is as close as you can get to making the perfect action film. A team of special police force officers are sent on a top-secret mission to Jakarta’s most notorious tower block to catch a known gangster. The building is a true criminal fortress, so naturally they are armed to their teeth when they move in, but something goes wrong, terribly wrong, as their arrival is expected, and before long all of them are slaughtered. Apart from one, who is the last man standing, and locked in with Indonesia’s biggest psychopath criminal, and, to make things even worse, he has also run out of ammunition. ‘The Raid’ is like a rabid pit bull on steroids, pure adrenaline distilled on celluloid, an ultra-bloody action film, the likes of which has not been seen since directors such as John Woo and Ringo Lam took the Hong Kong film scene by storm in the 1980s and 1990s, and lifted the action genre to new heights. ‘The Raid’ is both sinister and brutal, but at the same time so stylishly beautiful that one ends up gasping for breath.

We 18. April 22:30 Empire Bio Tu 24. April 19:00 Palads Biograferne We 25. April 16:30 Palads Biograferne

Serbuan maut Indonesia 2011, 100 min.

Director: Gareth Huw Evans Script: Gareth Huw Evans Camera: Matt Flannery Editor: Gareth Huw Evans Music: Aria Prayogi, Fajar Yuskemai Sound: Fajar Yuskemal, Aria Prayogi, Bonar Abraham, Sandika Widjaja Production: Pt. Merantau Films, XYZ Films Producer: Ario Sagantoro, Nathaniel Bolotin, Todd Brown Cast: Iko Uwais, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Ray Sahetapy, Joe Taslim Distr.: Mis. Label / Midget Entertainment

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Sleep Tight Imagine that while you were sleeping safely at night, a stranger has crept into your apartment, roamed around, lived your life, maybe even lay in your bed and slept next to you. Totally unnoticed. This is the premise of the ‘[REC]’ director’s insanely well-made take on the psychological thriller. ‘Sleep Tight’ is a genuine paranoia thriller about the sanctity of the home - and about what happens if one is exploited when one is most vulnerable. César is a caretaker. He is a bit odd and reserved, and apparently completely harmless. But he has a problem, as he can’t feel any joy. Unless he makes other people’s lives as miserable as his own. Like a happiness vampire, it might soothe ones misery a bit if one can feed on other people’s misery. The director Jauma Balaguero put Spain on the terror map with his and Paco Plaza’s two ‘[REC]’ films, but he here shows that he also masters the psychological thriller. ‘Sleep Tight’ takes its time, builds up the atmosphere, and the despairing soul César is here played brilliantly by Luis Tosar in one of the best genre film parts in a long time. It might not keep you up at night, but when you wake up again, you will no doubt wonder if the milk in your fridge already was open when you went to bed.

Mo 16. April 20:00 Empire Bio Mo 23. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret

Mientras duermes Spain 2011, 102 min.

Director: Jaume Balagueró Script: Alberto Marini Camera: Pablo Rosso Editor: Guillermo De La Cal Music: Lucas Vidal Sound: Oriol Tarragó Production: Filmmax Entertainent Producer: Julio Fernández Cast: Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan Distr.: Filmax

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Smuggler A plush post-Tarantinoesque orgy, constructed upon a cult Japanese manga: ultra-violence served in an electrifyingly self-igniting style, which is impossible not to surrender to. An unemployed actor, who works as a clean-up guy for a Yakuza, is given the task of keeping an eye on Japan’s most notorious - and definitely most bizarrely dressed - serial killer on his way to the Mafia boss. By mistake, the assassin escapes, and the actor heroically offers to impersonate him to save the day.

But this could, to put it mildly, turn out to be quite dangerous. ‘Smuggler’ oozes humour and energy, but we should also warn you about a central torture scene, which transgresses most people’s boundaries.

It is doubtful whether the current cinema season will see another equally virtuously made action film. Seeing the film is like being in a state of hyper-attention, as one walks through a nightmare, awake.

Tu 17. April 22:30 Empire Bio Sa 28. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

Sumagurâ: Omae no mirai o erabe Japan 2011, 114 min.

Director: Katsuhito Ishii Script: Katsuhito Ishii, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Kensuke Yamamoto Camera: Hiroshi Machida Editor: Katsuhito Ishii Music: Toshio Nakagawa Sound: Kohichi Mori Production: Grasshoppa!, Django Film Producer: Hideaki Endo, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Kazuto Takida, Akira Yamamoto Cast: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masatoshi Nagase, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Hikari Mitsushima, Masanobu Ando Distr.: SDP Inc.

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Dad Made Dirty Movies + Orgy of the Dead “The cheapest special effect is when the girl takes her top off”, så enkelt forklarer filmhistoriker Greg Goodsell hemmeligheden bag Stephen Apostolofs succes. ‘Dad Made Dirty Movies’ er historien om instruktøren og levemanden Stephen Apostolofs storhed og fald kærligt fortalt gennem hans fem børn og mange ekskoner.

Det stod ikke ligefrem skrevet i stjernerne, at en søn af en rig bulgarsk dåsefabrikant skulle gå hen og bliver en af Hollywoods pionerer inden for sexploitation, en genre lidt mere uartig end nudistfilm, men meget mere uskyldig end hardcore. Han kom til USA i 50’erne efter at være flygtet fra Bulgariens kommuniststyre og en 15 års fængselsdom. Efter at have arbejdet som revisor for 20th Century Fox blev han involveret i den lumre del af filmbranchen, og skabte sig en kometkarriere ved at lave nul-budgetfilm med manisk æggende, letpåklædte damer og production value som en reklame på lokal-tv.

Men så kom 70’erne, og med dem pornoindustrien, og han måtte vælge mellem karrieren og familien. Som bonus viser vi den herostratisk berømte film ‘Orgy of the Dead’, hans første samarbejde med b-filmslegenden og transvestitten Ed Wood, og en film som nærmest udelukkende har strippere i rollerne.

Sa 14. april Su 22. april

19:00 Husets Biograf 19:30 Husets Biograf

Dad Made Dirty Movies Tyskland, Bulgarien 2011, 57 min. English version Director: Jordan Todorov

Orgy of the Dead Bulgarien 1965, 92 min.

Director: A.C. Stephen

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Human Centipede 2 Two years ago, the Dutch director Tom Six shocked the horror world with his extremely bizarre and sadistic film ‘The Human Centipede (First Sequence)’, a film about a mad scientist, who sews three human beings together anus to mouth, so they make up one long organism. But what does one do after making a film with such a revolting principle? Well, one makes a sequel that is several times more repulsive. In the bizarre follow-up, we follow Martin, an ugly, small, asthmatic man with bulging eyes and a nasty cough. He is a security guard, and he is also a huge fan of ‘The Human Centipede’, which he watches with an almost religious degree of fascination - if he isn’t masturbating with sandpaper.

But Martin has greater ambitions: he wants to recreate the centipede of his favourite film, but simply bigger and wilder. It shouldn’t be necessary, but we can’t warn you enough about the nature of this film. If you have friends you’d like to get rid of, invite them to see this midnight movie, and they are guaranteed to never contact you again.

Sa 14. April 22:30 Empire Bio Th 19. April 21:30 Husets Biograf Sa 28. April 21:45 Cinemateket

Human Centipede 2 Netherlands 2011, 88 min.

Director: Tom Six Script: Tom Six Camera: David Meadows Editor: Nigel de Hond Music: James Edward Barker Sound: Eilam Hoffman Production: Six Entertainment Company Producer: Ilona Six, Tom Six Cast: Laurence R. Harvey, Ashlynn Yennie, Maddi Black Distr.: Koch Media Limited (UK) Sverige Filial

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Invasion of Alien Bikini South Korea does not have a huge tradition of sci-fi B movies, but ‘Invasion of Alien Bikini’ is the energetic exception that proves the rule, with its ultra-low budget genre mix of everything from superheroes to sultry bedside movies and torture porn. Young Gun is a kind of self-appointed superhero and the city’s protector, even if he is a bit hard to take seriously, as his costume primarily consists of a yellow parka and an artificial moustache.

To maximise his mental and physical stamina, he has made a vow of chastity, but this vow is put to the test when he one night saves a young girl from a bunch of thugs. She turns out to be from an alien planet, and she must use his sperm to survive. At first, she tries to go down the romantic route, but she doesn’t get far, and therefore decides to adopt harder methods. ‘Invasion of Alien Bikini’ is a kamikaze-like mixture of ‘Save the Green Planet’ (which it has basically taken the story from), ‘Defendor’ and ‘Audition’. With a budget of just over 4,000 Dollars, the film raises the bar extremely high for what you can achieve with just a camcorder, a woman in a bikini and moustache from the joke shop.

Mo 16. April 18:30 Husets Biograf Fr 20. April 21:30 Husets Biograf

Alien Bikini South Korea 2011, 75 min.

Director: Oh Young-doo Camera: Gu Chu-mo Editor: Oh Young-doo Music: Kim Jeong-yeon Sound: Jihwan Kim, Sunmyoung Yoon Producer: Jang Yoon-jung Cast: Hong Youngguen, Ha Eunjung, Choi Youngjo, Jo Hoonyoung, Seo Byoungchul, Hyun Tae, Kim Sungmin Distr.: Indiestory

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Killer Joe Meet Chris, Ansel, Dottie and Sharla - Texas’s most dysfunctional redneck family since the ‘Chainsaw Massacre’. Raving mad, thieves, liars, unfaithful, without honour and on their way to being cheated by the Southern States’ most evil policeman, chillingly well played by Matthew McConaughey in a fetishlike cowboy costume. The son Chris has ended up in serious financial trouble because of his drug debts to a motorbike gang, and in a moment of enlightened hillbilly brilliance, the family hatches a plan to murder Ansel’s ex-wife to receive her insurance money. To do this, they hire a corrupt policeman named Killer Joe. And this is the beginning of a nightmare, because as things tend to go in these kinds of moral tales, crime does not pay, and the film’s jovial tone slowly changes into a tour de force of psychological terror, kinky sex and ultra-violence. The director William Friedkin had his heyday in the 1970s with films such as ‘The Exorcist’, ‘The French Connection’ and ‘To Live and Die in LA’, but with ‘Killer Joe’, the now 76-year-old director not only has a kind of comeback that only few dare dream of, he has possibly also made his best film to date. An almost perfect blend of social slapstick, witty dialogue, a great cast and completely devoid of morality and political correct good taste. ‘Killer Joe’ is the film that Tarantino wishes he had made.

Fr 13. April Mo 23. April We 25. April Fr 27. April

24:00 Gloria 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis 21:30 Palads Biograferne 22:30 Empire Bio

Killer Joe USA 2011, 103 min.

Director: William Friedkin Script: Tracy Letts Camera: Caleb Deschanel Editor: Darrin Navarro Music: Tyler Bates Sound: Steve Boeddeker Production: Voltage Pictures, Worldview Entertainment, ANA Media Producer: Nicolas Chartier, Scott Einbinder Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple Distr.: Mis. Label / Midget Entertainment

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Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy 3D The grand old man of film reviews, Roger Ebert, said that he could only become reconciled with 3D if a director like Werner Herzog used it. But at the time he probably hadn’t seen this Chinese kung fu film, which has taken the film world by storm over the past year.

The protagonist is an educated young man during the Ming Dynasty. He loves his new wife, but he has erectile dysfunction and is therefore seeking help in the “Pavillion of Ultimate Bliss”, those days’ answer to The Playboy Mansion. Here, he is lured into a world of eroticism and deceit (read: a damned good excuse for the director Christopher Sun to put Asia’s biggest erotic stars in the same room), where promiscuous women really shine in 3D. But he quickly has megalomania, and in desperation he gets a penis transplant from a horse, and he becomes the prince for a day. But this does not please the real prince, and the revenge is horrible.

A surprisingly moral film about the size of love. We admit that this is not great art, but it is definitely the best Chinese 3D kung fu penis transplant comedy for years, so get ready to duck in the cinema when ‘Sex and Zen’ gives flying daggers a whole new meaning.

Th 19. April 22:30 Empire Bio Mo 23. April 21:30 Imperial

3D rou pu tuan zhi ji le bao jian Hong Kong 2011, 113 min.

Director: Christopher Sun Script: Stephen Shiu, Mark Wu Camera: Jimmy Wong Editor: Wai Chiu Chung Production: Local Production, One Dollar Production Limited Producer: Stephen Shiu Jr., Shiu Yeuk-yuen Cast: Saori Hara, Vonnie Lui, Yukiko Suô, Leni Lan, Irene Chen Distr.: Pegasus Motion Pictures Distribution

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Underwater Love People meet and sweet music is played. In this case, a Japanese soft core porn director, an international star photographer and a Franco-German synth-pop band.

Shinji Imaoka is something of a veteran of pinku film, Japan’s often very artistic response to soft porn, among other things thanks to imaginatively titled ‘Bottled Vulva: Bank Teller Noriko’. The film’s cinematographer is Christopher Doyle, possibly one of the best-known in the world (not least thanks to his yearlong collaboration with Wong Kar-wai), and the band is Stereo Total, already known for singing in a myriad of languages, and which now expands its repertoire with Japanese. Asuka works at a fish processing plant and is soon to marry her dead-boring boss. One day, she meets a kappa, halfman half-tortoise, but it turns out that he is not quite what he claims to be. She starts a romantic affair with him, but there comes a time in the life of a woman when she has to decide between a man and a kappa, and where she has to obtain an anal bead, because the god of death has cast a spell over her. Romance, silly synth pop and daft porn humour go hand in hand in Shinji Imaoka’s potential cult hit, and it is probably the closest you’ll ever get to seeing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle getting a blowjob.

Fr 27. April

23:30 Gloria

Onna No Kappa Japan 2011, 87 min.

Director: Script: Camera: Editor: Music: Sound: Production: Producer: Cast: Distr.:

Shinji Imaoka Shinji Imaoka, Fumio Moriya Christopher Doyle Olivier Fontenay Stereo Total Tilo Busch Inter Film, Kokuei Company, Rapid Eye Movies Stephan Holl, Daisuke Asakura, Yukihisa Higami Sawa Masaki, Yoshirô Umezawa, Ai Narita, Mutsuo Yoshioka Films Boutique

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11 Flowers One year before the death of Mao and the Cultural Revolution, a young boy is growing up in a village in southwestern China. He stands in front of the daily militaristic workout at school wearing a new white shirt that his mother has bought for him with an entire year’s worth of ration coupons. And on the whole he perceives this repressive era in Chinese history like a child who has never experienced anything else, and for whom life is still just an adventure, no matter if he lives under political oppression or not. During a journey through the forest, he meets a desperate and badly injured young man, who has killed someone else in the village. Now the police is on his heels: is it political or banal and personal?

‘11 Flowers’ is a brilliantly made film with a fascinating view of the era. It quite memorably uses children as its vantage point, but it is not a children’s film. The film is entertaining, moving and focuses closely on its story and on how rich, full of promises and varied life seems when it isn’t seen through the dogmatic eyes of an adult.

Su 22. April 22:30 Empire Bio Fr 27. April 16:45 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

Wo 11 China, France 2011, 110 min.

Director: Wang Xiaoshuai Script: Wang Xiaoshuai, Lao Ni Camera: Dong Jinsong Editor: Nelly Quettier Music: Marc Perrone Sound: Fu Kang Production: WXS Productions, Chinese Shadows, Full House Producer: Wang Xiaoshuai, Isabelle Glachant, Didar Domehri Cast: Liu Wenqing, Wang Jinchun, Yen Ni Distr.: Films Distribution

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Arirang The self-taught Korean director and (former) festival darling Kim Ki-duk had a both surprising and controversial comeback in Cannes last year with his literally home-made film ‘Arirang’. The film didn’t exactly win him many new friends, but it did earn him a much-discussed award - and gave many critics grey hair. ‘Arirang’ is indefinable like few other films. It is an incredibly bizarre and highly amusing video diary, filmed in a small mountain hut, where the previously so successful and prolific director makes his confessions to the camera, and explores his creative and personal crisis through conversations with his own shadow. And that’s just the beginning. Kim spares neither himself nor his former colleagues, but the border between fantasy and raw reality is just as slim as in the films that earned him his international auteur status: ‘Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring’ (2003) and ‘3-Iron’ (2004), among many others. Distant memories, which he today reexamines in the cool glow from the laptop, while tears roll down his face as he downs one glass of soju (Korean vodka) after another and a plan for a savage revenge is taking shape. Seeing ‘Arirang’ is like looking straight into the brain of a discredited genius with a devilish sense of humour. You have been warned.

Tu 17. April 19:15 Cinemateket Tu 24. April 16:30 Cinemateket

Arirang South Korea 2011, 100 min.

Director: Kim Ki-duk Script: Kim Ki-duk Camera: Kim Ki-duk Editor: Kim Ki-duk Sound: Kim Ki-duk Production: Kim Ki-duk Film Producer: Kim Ki-duk Cast: Kim Ki-duk Distr.: Finecut / Cineclick Asia

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Choked A moving Korean film about a young man whose mother is going in and out of prison for committing fraud and creating pyramid schemes. That is, when she hasn’t gone underground. The creditors are queuing outside the door, police reports are an everyday occurrence, and it is up to the son to take care of things. Slowly, the small family is coming apart at the seams, but the film describes the unavoidable collapse with warmth and compassion, and even a subtle sense of humour.

There is a tender blue-eyed innocence and a strong immediate appeal about the young son in the lead role, who makes sure that Kim Joon-hyun’s film is neither sentimental nor easy. He vastly overcompensates for his mother’s carelessness at work and vis-à-vis his girlfriend and mother-in-law, while the world is about to implode around him. And the portrait of the mother is just as exciting. She looks like a new creation in Korean film and is painted in three dimensions, both as a woman in her own right and as a product of her culture. ‘Choked’ is a striking debut film, which is nowhere near being as depressing as the title might make you think.

Su 22. April 21:30 Cinemateket Su 29. April 14:00 Cinemateket

Ga-si South Korea 2011, 110 min.

Director: Kim Joong-hyun Script: Kim Joong-hyun Camera: Lee Jin-Keun Editor: Park Young-sam Music: Kim Mok-in Sound: Sei-ung On, Young-june Seo Production: KAFA Films (Korean Academy of Film Arts) Producer: Park Eun-ji Distr.: CJ Entertainment

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Cut The 65-year old Iranian director Amir Naderi has directed films for over 40 years, but this doesn’t prevent his latest Japanese film ‘Cut’ from having the same freshness and ferocity as a debut. Naderi primarily wants to talk about the conditions of art, of FILM art, in a world of cultural illiterates, and he is not afraid of being extremely symbolic in the process. Naderi has put together a tremendously beautiful and brutal drama. A hopeful young director, Shuji, is told by the Yakuza to pay back the debt that his brother took on to finance Shuji’s debut film. Because the production dragged on, the brother was killed. Shuji shows up every day to let himself be beaten up by professional Yakuza thugs, who deduct a sum from his debts for each punch and every broken bone. It isn’t a symbolism that makes sublime sense, but the film is inspired by a hopeless love to the medium, not least in the last act, where Shuji endures the punches by listing his 100 films from top to bottom.

And the scenes where he shows films to a handful of Japanese aficionados on his rooftop will captivate anyone who sees film as an art form.

Th 12. April 21:30 Gloria We 18. April 16:45 Gloria

Cut Japan 2011, 132 min.

Director: Amir Naderi Script: Amir Naderi Camera: Keiji Hashimoto Editor: Amir Naderi Sound: Takeshi Ogawa Production: Tokyo Story, Bitters End Producer: Eric Nyari, Engin Yenidunya, Regis Arnaud, Yuji Sadai, Shohreh Golparian Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Takako Tokiwa,Takashi Sasano, Shun Sugata, Denden Distr.: Match Factory

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Headshot A conscientious policeman is lured into an ambush by the Mafia, and in prison he is recruited as an assassin by powerful politicians and businessmen, who are beyond the reach of the law. While he is whirled around between fatal women and murderous criminals - with his life constantly on the line - he is drawn more and more towards Buddhism and its answers to life’s existential questions. It could be both pretentious and pompous, but it is actually extremely exciting, also in a crime story kind of way. ‘Headshot’ is a Thai film noir by the director of ‘Last Days’, who here returns with underexposed, enigmatic scenes which ooze eeriness and uncertainty. In its own way, the film is just as cool as ‘Drive’, and it brilliantly switches between the mean streets of Bangkok and the deeply mysterious forests, where death - but also salvation - lures behind every tree.

It is easy to see how the driven Penek Ratanaruang is related to Apichatpong Weerasethakul (‘Uncle Bonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’), but ‘Headshot’ mixes artistic ambition with the genre film.

Fr 20. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Tu 24. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Su 29. April 21:45 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Fon Tok Kuen Fah Thailand, France 2011, 105 min.

Director: Pen-ek Ratanaruang Script: Pen-ek Ratanaruang Camera: Chankit Chamnivikaipong Editor: Patamanadda Yukol Music: Vichaya Vatanasapt Sound: Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr Production: Local Color Films Co., Ltd. Producer: Pawas Sawatchaiyamet, Raymond Phathanavirangoon Cast: Nopachai Jayanama, Celine Horwang, Chanokporn Sayoungkul, Apisit Opasaimlikit, Krerkkiat Punpiputt Distr.: Memento Films

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Himizu Originally, ‘Himizu’ was conceived as a direct adaptation of a manga, but then Japan was hit by the earthquake in March 2011, and the director was so marked by the event that he changed the film’s subject. Himizu is the name of a Japanese mole, and the title alludes to the shabby residents of the mudcovered makeshift villages that were set up after the earthquake. ‘Don’t give up,’ was the message that was constantly transmitted on the Radio and TV, but the words seem even more empty on the piece of paper, which the 15-year-old Sumida’s mother has left with him before running off with her lover. Now, Sumida has to keep the family’s ailing boat rental business alive and try to tackle his drunk and violent father, while he sees his quiet dream of an uncomplicated future and a normal life disappear before his eyes. With his own entirely unorthodox and anarchistic take on the Japanese horror film and family drama, the punk poet and director Sion Sono has long been a festival darling at genre festivals all over the world. But with his latest films, and not least with ‘Himizu’ participating in the main competition at Venice, he has come in from the cold for good. On the one hand, ‘Himizu’ is Sono’s most mature film to date, but it also screams out youthful frustration and rebellion.

We 18. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret

Himizu Japan 2011, 129 min.

Director: Sion Sono Script: Shion Sono Camera: Sôhei Tanikawa Editor: Jun’ichi Itô Music: Tomohide Harada Sound: Akira Fukada, Masatoshi Saito Production: GAGA, Kodansha, Studio Three Co. Ltd. Producer: Haruo Umekawa, Masashi Yamazaki Distr.: Gaga Corporation

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Jump Ashin!

An eminently directed and appealing Taiwanese film about a young elite gymnast, whose mother can’t afford to do without his help in the shop, forcing him to give up the one thing in life he loves most. He becomes easy prey for temptations of the underworld, and after committing a murder, he and his borderline psychotic childhood friend have to seek refute in Taipei. ‘Jump Ashin!’ has the kind of energy that made Hong Kong films popular in the 1990s, and the same sense of big, spectacular setups. But unlike the action dramas from Hong Kong, this film is so sincere and honest that one ends up hoping strongly that Ashin will make it. Great classic drama unfolds behind the film’s colourful plot, and it dares to be tender and moving as it tells of Ashin’s love for a girl who looks after his phone calls at a switchboard, and whom he doesn’t meet for years.

Su 15. April Sa 21. April

21:30 Dagmar Teatret 16:30 Dagmar Teatret

Fan gun ba A-xin!

Taiwan 2011, 126 min.

Director: Lin Yu-hsien Script: Kuo-Kuang Wang Camera: Shao-Yu Hsia Editor: Hsiao-tong Chen Music: Owen Wang Sound: Frank Cheng Production: One Attitude Film Producer: Roger Huang, Lieh Lee Cast: Han Dian Chen, Lawrence Ko, Eddie Peng Distr.: Central Motion Picture Corporation

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Poongsan The legendary director Kim Ki-duk has written this high-tension political drama and left the directing to Juhn Jaihong, who made his debut with another Ki-duk screenplay: ‘Beautiful’ in 2008. This is a team that makes sense, as Jaihong knows his stuff, and while one can sense his role model in the broad brushstrokes of the story, the smaller details reveal the director’s unique ideas. From beginning to end, ‘Poongsan’ is nail-bitingly good entertainment. The story is about a young unnamed man, who lives off smuggling North Koreans across the extremely dangerous demilitarised zone - possibly one of the most dangerous areas of the world to be in - to their families in South Korea. Heavily pursued by the South Korean police and North Korean army. He asks no questions, and doesn’t answer them either. In fact, he is completely silent throughout most of the film, and refuses as much as he can to choose sides politically. In the end, this turns out to be impossible: a woman, whom he is smuggling to a millionaire with a highly sinister past, causes chaos in his strictly apolitical world, and now things really start getting dangerous.

We 18. April 20:00 Empire Bio Tu 24. April 21:30 Gloria

Poongsan South Korea 2011, 121 min.

Director: Juhn Jaihong Script: Kim Ki Duk Camera: Lee Jung-In Editor: Shin Cheol Music: Park In-young Production: Kim Ki-duk Film Production Producer: Jeon Youn-chan Cast: Yoon Kye-sang, Kim Gyu-ri, Kim Jong-soo Distr.: Finecut / Cineclick Asia

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Postcards From The Zoo When Jana was small, her father left her in Jakarta’s zoo, where the zookeepers looked after her, and where she grew up among rhinos, giraffes and elephants. As a young woman, she is a dreamy creature, who herself works as a zookeeper together with a bunch of casually employed layabouts, and who can now talk to the zoo’s animals. But one day, a magician in a cowboy costume makes his entry, and introduces the young Jana to life on the other side of the zoo’s walls. An urban world populated by prostitutes and pickpockets, but also a transition from childlike innocence to an adult life full of choices. The question is, what is real and what is imagination? The headstrong Indonesian director, who just calls himself Edwin, has created a zebra-striped and imaginative fable with dark shadows under the palm trees, and he softly changes between magic realism and melancholia. A film for anyone who once was a child.

We 18. April 17:00 Empire Bio We 25. April 21:45 Cinemateket

Kebun binatang Indonesia, Germany, Hong Kong, China 2012, 95 min.

Director: Edwin Script: Edwin, Daud Sumolang, Titien Wattimena Camera: Sidi Saleh Editor: Herman Kumala Panca Music: Dave Lumenta Sound: Wahyu Tri Purnomo Production: Babibutafilm, Pallas Film Producer: Meiske Taurisia Cast: Ladya Cheryl, Nicholas Saputra, Adjie Nur Ahmad, Klarysa Aurelia Raditya Distr.: Match Factory

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Recreation Two boys and their girlfriends in a Japanese country village play truant, hang out, smoke cigarettes, play games and shoplift. The parents are totally absent, just like all other authority figures. They keep an eye on another boy, who is young and somewhat mentally retarded, who is pursuing women and unsuccessfully trying to steal their bags. One day, they catch him doing it and keep him hostage. Sort of. What, after all, do they want to do with him? This is an outstanding, loosely told film that is reminiscent of Wong Kar-wai’s ‘Happy Together’ and this year’s popular festival films by the Filipino director Brillante Mendoza (whose latest film, ‘Captive’, can also be seen at this year’s festival), and it is the kind of film where the audience can’t decide if it is scary for real - or just a game one can leave again.

The tone is minimalist with long, seemingly improvised dialogues, and Yoshihiro Nagata, who here makes his debut as a director, is great at keeping the strings so tight that you never know if you are bought or sold.

Fr 13. April 17:15 Husets Biograf We 25. April 17:00 Husets Biograf

Recreation Japan 2011, 78 min.

Director: Yoshihiro Nagano Script: Yoshihiro Nagata Camera: Yoshihiro Nagata Editor: Yoshihiro Nagata Music: Yoshihiro Nagata Producer: Yoshihiro Nagata Cast: Kazushi Hashimoto, Kosuke Koga, Kana Yasutake, Mina Yasutake , Yohei Shindo Distr.: Pia Film Festival, Pia Corporation

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The Sorcerer and the White Snake Are you into action-packed Hong Kong fantasy along the lines of ‘The Bride with White Hair’ and other classics, then ‘The Sorcerer and the White Snake’ is probably the best take on an update of the genre. The film is based on an ancient legend about two demon snakes, which take on a human form to explore the world, but naturally the thing that shouldn’t happen happens, as one of them falls in love with a man, who is also a demon hunter - and in those days marriages across magic spheres were not viewed kindly. With films such as the Wu Xia classic ‘Duel To Death’, ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ and ‘The Swordsman’, the director SiuTung Ching is definitely no newcomer when it comes to kung-fu filled fantasy. And even if it is only in a minor role, the film also offers a happy reunion with the genre veteran Jet Li as the abbot Fahai. Nostalgics and fundamentalists might argue that all the CGI does not belong to movies of this kind, but in this respect they have nonetheless come so far, and it’s nowhere near as embarrassing as it was just a few years ago.

In short, the film has everything one could ask for in terms of demons, kung fu, magic antics, romance and beautiful Chinese women.

Mo 16. April 22:30 Empire Bio Tu 24. April 21:30 Palads Biograferne

Bai she chuan shuo China, Hong Kong 2011, 99 min.

Director: Tony Ching Siu-tung Script: Tan Zhang, Kan-Cheong Tsang, Cheuk-Hon Szeto Camera: Kwok-Man Keung Editor: Angie Lam Music: Mark Lui Production: Juli Entertainment Media Producer: Po Chu Chui Cast: Jet Li, Eva Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi, Wen Zhang, Vivian Hsu Distr.: Distribution Workshop

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Tominaga Park There is plenty of black humour and charm, almost like in a Japanese remake of Fellini’s ‘Amarcord’, in this tattered film about three lost yobs in a small Japanese town, where a man runs around at night and paints random things white. The three friends hang out together peacefully in a small paved park by a big housing estate, and all three of them are quite enamoured by a woman, whom they have named the park after. She is being followed by a stalker, and they decide to find him. Suddenly, they have a purpose in life, and, as expected, they become a touch too enthusiastic about it. But in an endearing and non-violent way. And even if one sometimes finds it hard to see how the three will ever rise above the ghetto, there is no morbid teenspleen about this film. It’s a bit along the lines of ‘Dude Where’s My Car’, but with heart and soul.

Th 12. April 17:15 Husets Biograf We 18. April 17:30 Husets Biograf

Nyû taun no seishun Japan 2011, 95 min.

Director: Morioka Ryu Script: Ryû Morioka Camera: Kôichi Furuya Editor: Ryû Morioka Music: Chieko Sports Sound: Asuka Nemoto Cast: Kazuhide Shimamura, Kaori Iida, Gôichi Mine Distr.: Pia Film Festival, Pia Corporation

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Captive The PIX darling Brillante Mendoza has the film medium in the palm of his hand, and he is not afraid of venturing in wild new directions, as we witnessed in 2010, when both ‘Lola’ and ‘Chinatay’ were shown at the CPH PIX festival. But there is no trickery in ‘Captive’. Instead, the audience is dragged through the story like the film’s protagonist is dragged through the jungle. ‘Captive’ is based on the true story about a group of Westerners, who were kidnapped in 2001 from their island resort by the Muslim terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. As always, Isabelle Huppert delivers an intense performance, this time in the role of the Christian aid worker Thérèse, who together with her older colleague is kidnapped late one night and hauled through the jungle. The uncertainty about the time perspective makes the experience almost unbearable for them, but something resembling a daily routine sets in under the terrorists’ regime and the dismal conditions, which they must endure for more than a year in the jungle. Nature competes with Huppert for the strongest role in the film, and Mendoza’s eye for details and threats in the jungle provides a rejuvenating magic, which unleashes sparks as it collides with the harsh reality.

We 18. April 21:30 Gloria Tu 24. April 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis Su 29. April 20:00 Empire Bio

Captive France, Philippines, Germany, UK 2011, 120 min.

Director: Brilliante Mendoza Script: Brillante Mendoza, Arlyn dela Cruz, Patrick Bancarel, Boots Agbayani Pastor Camera: Odyssey Flores Editor: Yves Deschamps, Kats Serraon Music: Teresa Barrozo Sound: Laurent Chassaigne, Albert Michael Idioma Production: Swift Production, Arte France Cinéma, Center Stage Productions Producer: Didier Costet Cast: Isabelle Hubert, Katherine Mulville, Marc Zanetta, Maria Isabel Lopez Distr.: Øst for Paradis

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Diaz - Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Clean Up This Blood Daniele Vicari doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mince his words in his depiction of the events, which took place during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001, where anti-capitalist demonstrators clashed with the police. During the violent battles the young Italian Carlo Giuliani lost his life and the tension between the police and the demonstrators hung heavily in the air. In the wake of the clashes, the Italian police launched an operation against the Diaz school, where volunteering coordinators, demonstrators and journalists were spending the night.

Under the pretext of seizing weapons from the so-called Black Bloc, the police stormed the school and in a brutal act of revenge started beating the people who were unfortunate enough to be present. The scandal was later revealed, and has since been regarded as a huge disgrace to the Italian police force. Throughout the film, Vicari uses footage from the real events, and thereby creates a close link between fictional re-telling and the brutal events as they occurred in reality. The result ensures that these frightening and bloody events crawl deep under your skin and stay there.

Sa 14. April 14:00 Nationalmuseet Su 22. April 19:00 Grand Teatret

Diaz Italy 2012, 127 min.

Director: Daniele Vicari Script: Daniele Vicari, Laura Paolucci Camera: Gherardo Gossi Editor: Benni Atria Music: Teho Teardo Sound: Remo Ugolinelli Production: Fandango, Le Pacte, Mandragora Movies Producer: Domenico Procacci, Bobby Paunescu Cast: Elio Germano, Claudio Santamaria, Rolando Ravello, Aylin Prandi, Alessandro Roja, Monica Birladeanu, Jennifer Ulrich, Renato Scarpa, Davide Iacopini, Paolo Calabresi, Fabrizio Rongione, Ignazio Oliva Distr.: Fandango Portobello Sales

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Gypsy In Martin Sulík’s beautiful and courageously forthright depiction of life in a Slovenian gypsy camp, the environment seems more authentic than anything, one has seen since the modern French gypsy classic ‘Gadjo Dilo’. The inhabitants love and fight each other, and they are harrassed by the police, as well as the local community. The film does not shy away from the criminality which is endemic to the camp. The central characters are two teenage brothers, whose father has been murdered by unknown persons, for unknown reasons. Their mother marries, for security, a man who soon shows himself to be a brutal, though never caricatured, stepfather. ‘Gypsy’ addresses all the prejudices about gypsies without blinking, at times making the film an uncomfortable experience, but it also avoids sentimentality or ethnic empathy.

The surroundings are racist, but then again, so are the gypsies. The village is described with documentary accuracy, but also with vigour, warmth and solidarity.

Particularly with the young Adam, who has contacts out in ordinary society, which would like to help him on his way. But when can you make such a fundamental break, not only with your social, but also your ethnic and cultural roots?

Th 19. April 16:00 Nationalmuseet Sa 28. April 21:45 Dagmar Teatret

Cigán Slovakia 2011, 107 min.

Director: Martin Sulík Script: Marek Lescak, Martin Sulík Camera: Martin Sec Editor: Jirí Brozek Music: Vladimir Godar Sound: Vladimir Godar Production: In Film Praha Producer: Rudolf Biermann Cast: Ján Mizigár, Martin Hangurbadzo, Martina Kotlárová, Attila Mokos Distr.: MK 2

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World Views

Indignados The African immigrant, Betty, washes up on a beach in Greece. Like many other Africans, she has taken the journey to the promised Europe in hope of getting work, financial security and a better life in general. But once in Europe, she finds out the hard way, that it isn’t a life of happiness awaiting her, but one as a wandering illegal immigrant living in the slums. Betty embarks on a journey through a Europe in transformation. Here, she meets the poverty-ridden, paperless immigrants, disenchanted youths and the 99-percenters from the Occupy movement. The encounters are depicted in a semi-documentary style with a mixture of fictional and real-life footage, which captures the revolutionary tendencies of the times. ‘Indignados’ is a lyrical tribute to protest and resistance with, as the starting point of the film, the best-selling pamphlet ‘Time for Outrage!’, which is the 94-year-old French freedom fighter, Stéphane Hessel’s call to today’s youth, to take up the battle against inequality and injustice. The activist agenda of the film is clear and explicit.

We 18. April 16:00 Nationalmuseet Sa 21. April 12:00 Dagmar Teatret

Indignados France 2012, 84 min.

Director: Tony Gatlif Camera: Colin Houben, Sabastien Saadoun Editor: Stéphanie Pedelacq Music: Delphine Mantoulet, Valentin Dahmani Sound: Philippe Welsh, Pierre Bompy Production: Princes Production Producer: Delphine Mantoulet Cast: Mamebetty Honoré Diallo Distr.: Les Films du Losange

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Just The Wind Just the Wind is a political film of the most powerful kind. A direct punch in the solar plexus of the decision makers in European politics, who chose not to deal with the racist violence and humiliation, which the Roma are subjected to. A mother and her two children live in a secluded house in the woods. We follow one day in their lives, in the company of the mute teenage girl and her angry little brother, who is portrayed in a completely impressionistic manner, without a word being said about how they feel. Yet the fact that the neighbouring family has been butchered, just a week earlier, in the middle of the night and by unknown perpetrators, puts their actions into perspective. The mother works hard as a cleaning lady at the local school, at the very bottom of the social ladder, where one is consistently trampled upon. The children experience the same kind of treatment, and the girl’s budding sexuality makes her obvious prey for the men around her. The family needs to cross through the forest to get anywhere, and with the neighbouring family’s fate in mind, we follow them in their insecurity and uncertainty, about whether it will happen to them too. Leaves shaking in the wind echo the sense of danger, and the film aspires to be one of this year’s scariest films, because to the unspoken horror, which lurks in the forest.

Su 15. April Fr 27. April

21:00 Grand Teatret 16:40 Grand Teatret

Csak a szél Hungary, Germany, France 2012, 91 min.

Director: Bence Fliegauf Script: Bence Fliegauf Camera: Zoltán Lovasi Editor: Xavier Box Sound: Tamás Beke Production: Inforg-M&M Film Kft, The Post Republic Halle, Paprika Films SARL Producer: Mónika Mécs, András Muhi, Ernö Mesterházy Cast: Lajos Sárkány, Katalin Toldi, Gyöngyi Lendvai, György Toldi Distr.: Match Factory

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Land of Oblivion A beautiful revelation of a film about a highly toxic issue, namely Chernobyl in 1986 and again ten years later, told through rich and varied human stories, which we feel and understand in all their complexity.

Anya gets married in 1986, but during the party her husband, who is a fireman, is called away to assist in extinguishing a forest fire, which he never returns home from. The nuclear power station around the corner in Chernobyl is on fire, and the entire Ukraine and the Soviet Union are poisoned by the black rain, which continues to fall. Ten years later, Anya is a tour guide in the forbidden area and she wavers between a Parisian man, who lures her with the chance to forget the past, and a man who has settled in the midst of all the poison.

At the same time, a 16-year-old boy is looking for his father, who was a technician at Chernobyl and who disappeared, after sending his wife and child away from the zone. Few films are so visually evocative and full of texture as ‘Land of Oblivion’, which neither loses focus, nor is afraid to entertain.

Su 22. April 16:45 Cinemateket We 25. April 16:45 Cinemateket

La terre outragée France, Germany, Poland, Ukraine 2011, 115 min.

Director: Michale Boganim Script: Michale Boganim Camera: Antoine Héberlé Editor: Hervé de Luze, Thierry Derocles, Anne Weil Music: Leszek Mozdzer Sound: Frédéric de Ravignan, François Waledisch Production: Les Films du Poisson, Vandertastic Films, Apple Films Producer: Yael Fogiel, Laetitia Gonzalez, Cast: Olga Kurylenko, Illya Iosivof, Andrzej Chyra, Vyacheslav Slanko Distr.: Le Pacte

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World Views

Omar Killed Me The Moroccan gardener and family father, Omar Raddad, lives in Southern France, where he works for the French millionaire widow, Ghislaine Marchal. One day, the police ring on the doorbell of the Raddad family.

Omar is suspected of having murdered his wealthy employer, and is charged with murder. The trial against him develops into a legal farce, where racial prejudices outweigh the factual evidence. At the same time, the film cross-cuts to the journalist, Pierre-Emmanuel Vaugrenard, who is convinced of Omar’s innocence, and tries to uncover and prove the obvious discrepancies in the murder case. Roschdy Zem’s heartbreaking judicial tragedy is based on one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in modern French history, where a bigoted and dysfunctional legal system chose to ignore the inconsistent evidence and standard legal procedures, and sentenced Omar Raddad to 18 years in prison.

Fr 20. April 16:00 Nationalmuseet Th 26. April 17:00 Empire Bio Su 29. April 19:15 Dagmar Teatret

Omar M’a Tuer France 2011, 85 min.

Director: Roschdy Zem Script: Olivier Gorce, Roschdy Zem Camera: Jérôme Alméras Editor: Monica Coleman Sound: Edouard Morin Production: Tessalit Productions Producer: Jean Brehat, Rachid Bouchareb Cast: Sami Bouajila, Denis Podalydes Distr.: Elle Driver

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World Views

Terraferma An Italian fishing family on the small island of Linosa faces a fateful choice, when it encounters a raft with African boat people in distress. It reports the raft’s position to the coastguard, but as some of refugees are in the water, the family chooses to follow the law of the seas, saves them and sails to land. This choice puts the family in a conflict between the island’s police and its own compassionate morality. ‘Terraferma’ is a film, which takes the pulse of some of the problems which Italy, and the rest of the continent, is facing as a result of the massive immigration from Africa. But most of all, the film is about what happens, when strict immigration rules come into conflict with what feels right to do when you are faced with another human in distress. The film is told in beautiful images, where the island’s magnificent scenery and the carefree, dancing bathers stand in sharp contrast to the horrific scenes at night, when African refugees are struggling for their survival at sea.

Sa 21. April

19:00 Grand Teatret

Terraferma Italy 2011, 88 min.

Director: Emanuele Crialese Script: Emanuele Crialese, Vittorio Moroni Camera: Fabio Cianchetti Editor: Simona Paggi Music: Franco Piersanti Sound: Pierre-Yves Lavoué Production: Cattleya, Rai Cinema Producer: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz Cast: Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Mimmo Cuticcho, Giuseppe Fiorello, Timnit T. Distr.: Camera Film

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Where Do We Go Now? How to move on from decades of sectarian violence?

How to live side by side with previous enemies? And most importantly, how to prevent old conflicts from returning? These are the questions, which a Lebanese village is faced with, when two boys set up a television set, and give the isolated community a look at a troubled world. Christians and Muslims live close together in the small community, but the tensions are increasing between the men of both groups, after a series of misunderstandings and mutual provocations. When the women from the mountain village get enough of the men’s quarrels, they assume the task of restoring peace.

This turns out to be more difficult than first assumed, and the women have to find less traditional means to achieve their goals. East European strippers and drug-laced pastries are used to turn the conservative community, a mini-version of both Lebanon and the Middle East in general, upside down. ‘Where Do We Go Now?’ is comedy, drama, romance and musical all in one, and it is only Nadine Labaki’s second feature, since her debut with ‘Caramel’ in 2007.

Su 15. April

14:00 Nationalmuseet

Et maintenant on va où ?

Lebanon, France 2011, 100 min.

Director: Nadine Labaki Script: Nadine Labaki, Jihad Hojeily, Rodney Al Haddad Camera: Christophe Offenstein Editor: Véronique Lange Music: Khaled Mouzanar Sound: Michel Casang, Gwennolé Le Borgne Production: Les Films des Tournelles, Pathé Producer: Romain Le Grand Cast: Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Layla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Antoinette Noufaily, Yvonne Maalouf Distr.: Scanbox Denmark

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American Indies

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel B-movies should really be called C-movies.

‘C’ for Corman, Roger Corman - director, producer, author, businessman and a true force of nature in Hollywood’s early B-movie era. Corman started his career as a screenplay analyst, but decided that he could do things better himself and started to produce and direct his own films, which were geared towards the young drive-in and midnight audiences. 60 years and 400 films later, he is still active, and here we meet him on the set of ‘Dinoshark’. ‘Corman’s World’ is a tribute that is dedicated to one of the industry’s most original figures, and it is also a cornucopia of extracts from Corman’s impressive back catalogue, spiced up with interviews with the man himself and a string of celebrities. Throughout all these years, Corman has been known as a generous person, who has always helped people up the career ladder when conventional Hollywood had closed its doors. People like Martin Scorsese, Peter Fonda and none less than an unusually enthusiastic Jack Nicholson can thank Corman for their careers, and they get to tell us some wonderful cockand-bull stories in the process.

Fr 13. April Sa 21. April

16:45 Cinemateket 14:00 Cinemateket

Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel USA 2011, 95 min.

Director: Alex Stapleton Script: Alex Stapleton, Gregory Locklear Camera: Patrick Simpson Editor: Anders Bramsen, Philip Owens Music: Air Sound: Kyle Schember Production: A&E IndieFilms, Far Hills Pictures, Stick ‘N’ Stone Productions Producer: Mickey Barold, Stone Douglass, Izabela Fran, Jeff Frey, Alex Stapleton Cast: Roger Corman Distr.: Fortissimo Film Sales

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American Indies

For Ellen Joby Taylor (Paul Dano) is a rock musician on the verge of a breakthrough. But the flipside of success can be seen and felt, and it has resulted in his consistent absence from the lives of his girlfriend and their common daughter. Now, he’s coming back to Upstate New York to officially divorce the mother - but she is determined not to share custody with him. The decision is a rude awakening for the otherwise so self-satisfied and successful musician, and we follow him as he fights with the loss of the daughter he has never really known.

The expectation of yet another “quirky mumblecore” is justified, but ‘For Ellen’ rises above the genre with its penetrating, dark view of life and understated elements of surprise in the plot. The director is restrained in her use of cinematic effect, and her directing is concise.

The portrait of Joby’s self-love and bad mood, and how it rubs off on those around him - from the clumsy lawyer (John Heder) to the scenes between him and his daughter - is priceless. It is not the first time that So Yong Kim flexes her directorial muscles with close personal portrayals. Even in her debut ‘In Between Days’ and in her partner Bradley Rust Gray’s ‘Exploding Girl’ (PIX ‘09), the environment gets to define the characters, and the result is American indie at its best.

Tu 24. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 17:00 Empire Bio

For Ellen USA 2012, 93 min.

Director: So Yong Kim Script: So Yong Kim Camera: Reed Morano Editor: So Yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson Sound: Ian Stynes Production: Deerjen Films, Soandbrad Producer: Jen Gatien, Bradley Rust Gray, So Yong Kim Cast: Paul Dano, Jena Malone, Jon Heder, Shaylena Mandigo, Margarita Levieva Distr.: Memento Films

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American Indies

Francine Francine is a minimalist, image-driven character study, which is both painfully fragile and so emotionally robust that it hits you like a punch in the midriff. The middle-aged Francine is freed after spending half her life behind bars, with her life being reduced to the routines of solitude and the lack of an own will.

Placed in a small house outside the city, she struggles to get the days to connect and to have even just the smallest inkling of emotional meaning, but she almost thinks herself that it is a lost cause. Melissa Leo gives a tremendous performance in the title role - unrefined, unsentimental and totally naked. Using a minimum of words, she manages to show with painful precision how Francine tries to accept all the help that her environment is offering her, but only really manages to create ties to the stray animals, which she takes in. The two married directors have a background as stills photographers, and they above all tell their debut feature with pictures, accompanied by a delicate sound design, which is also made by the couple. Using a minimal budget, they have created a uniquely simple, raw and intimate film with a piercing sense of precision.

Fr 13. April 19:30 Husets Biograf Mo 23. April 17:30 Husets Biograf

Francine USA, Canada 2012, 74 min.

Director: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky Script: Brian M. Cassidy, Melanie Shatzky Camera: Brian M. Cassidy Editor: Brian M. Cassidy, Benjamin Gray, Melanie Shatzky Sound: Nikola Chapelle Production: Washington Square Films, Pigeon Projects Producer: Joshua Blum, Katie Stern Cast: Melissa Leo, Victoria Charkut, Keith Leonard Distr.: The Film Sales Company

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The Future Sophie and Jason are a couple, albeit a slightly crisis-hit of the kind. In their attempt to repair their relationship, they adopt the cat Paw Paw from the local animal shelter. But Paw Paw is not an ordinary cat - Paw Paw can talk, and his rusty, mournful voice and sad deliberations accompany the film’s plot. Both Sophie (Miranda July) and Jason hate their jobs and spend most of their time on the Internet. One day, they ditch their work and start on their respective new projects: she creates a dedicated dance project for YouTube and he sells trees to save the environment.

‘The Future’ is a partly autobiographical film by Miranda July herself, who also played the lead role in her debut ‘Me and You and Everyone We Know’. She works with art on the border between film, video, performance and web-based projects, just like the film’s main character Sophie, and this puts the film’s otherwise twisted plot and humour in perspective and makes it more than just a touch personal. July excels with her idiosyncratic universes, crystal-clear eyes and her voice, so if you are into indie mixtapes and, not least, talking cats, this might just be the best fix you can get at PIX this year.

Tu 17. April Fr 20. April

21:30 Gloria 19:00 Empire Bio

The Future USA, Germany 2011, 91 min.

Director: Miranda July Script: Miranda July Camera: Nikolai von Graevenitz Editor: Andrew Bird Music: Jon Brion Sound: Rainer Heesch Production: Razor Films, GNK Producer: Gina Kwon, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul Cast: Miranda July, Hamish Linklater, David Warshofsky Distr.: NonStop Entertainment

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American Indies

Leave It On The Floor Somewhere between ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’, John Waters and the TV phenomenon ‘Glee’ we find Sheldon Larry’s unorthodox and graceful musical about the drag-centred ballroom scene in Los Angeles. And thank heaven that such places still exist. The young Brad is thrown out of his home the instant his mother finds out that he’s homosexual. By accident, he is whirled into the vibrant, bizarre and insanely colourful ballroom dance world, inhabited by drag queens and transsexual misfits, and thanks to his good looks he is quickly spotted by his two rivals, Princess Eminence and Carter. In spite of its genre, the film is not afraid to confront many serious issues with its depiction of the fascinating subculture, but it is equally the 11 exuberant songs (from vaudeville to techno) that drives the narrative about love and acceptance. ‘Leave It On The Floor’ is an enchanting manifesto for diversity and an enamoured homage to L.A.’s unique ballroom scene. But first and foremost, it’s a party - of the kind you won’t want to miss.

Th 1. January Sa 21. April 21:45 Cinemateket Su 29. April 19:15 Cinemateket

Leave It On The Floor Canada, USA 2011, 105 min.

Director: Sheldon Larry Script: Sheldon Larry, Glenn Gaylord Camera: Tom Camarda Editor: Charles Bornstein Music: Kimberly Burse Sound: Chris Johnston Production: Sheldon Larry Productions Inc. Producer: Glenn Gaylord, Gabriel Blanco Cast: Ephraim Sykes, Miss Barbie-Q, Phillip Evelyn, Andre Myers, James Alsop, Cameron Koa, Metra Dee Distr.: The Film Collaborative

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American Indies

Lloyd the Conqueror The nerd movie has reached new heights of lunacy in Michael Peterson’s extremely cheerful indie comedy ‘Lloyd the Conqueror’. The high school boy Lloyd and his two daft sidekicks, Patrick and Oswald, spend their time slacking in the sofa, drinking coke and eating yoghurt. One day, however, they make such a miserable presentation at school that their grade average falls below the cut-off figure, and to make sure they don’t loose their student grant, they have to go on their knees and kiss the backside of their teacher, Derek the Unholy, like never before. It looks bleak for them, but there is a way out: their role playing club are lacking a few human punchbags to beat up in a good round of ‘Demons and Dwarves’. And thus the stage is set for a far from classic adventure and a completely eccentric geek show, where the absurdities grow constantly bigger.

With ‘Lloyd the Conqueror’, Peterson sends a spotty nod to related films such as ‘Gentlemen Broncos’ and ‘Napoleon Dynamite’, and he suffuses his soundtrack with a heavy metal score, which fits perfectly with the medieval mythology.

Sa 21. April 16:30 Cinemateket Tu 24. April 22:30 Empire Bio

Lloyd the Conqueror Canada 2011, 95 min.

Director: Michael Peterson Script: Michael Peterson, Andrew Herman Camera: Josh Whitford Editor: Dave Backe Music: Dave Pierce, Donovan Seidle Sound: Justan Ross Production: Fresh Dog Productions Producer: Brendan Hunter, Matt Kelly Cast: Brian Posehn, Mike Smith, Evan Williams Distr.: Fresh dog productions

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American Indies

Magic Valley On a sleepy late summer day in the small town of Buhl, Idaho, two young boys find the body of a teenage girl on a sunlit meadow. At the same time, a young lad is restlessly driving around the town’s streets on his skateboard, burdened by a dark and painful secret, while the local fish breeder sees his little fish farm being hit by an ominous disaster. The town’s teenagers are suffering hardcore small-town boredom, and spend their time trying to provoke fainting spells. With their blasé attitudes, the two small boys find themselves a somewhat odd playmate, who like another Laura Palmer from Twin Peaks unites all the characters in ‘Magic Valley’. The director Jaffe Zinn lets his stylish debut unfold like a fresh memory, imbued with bright blue and yellow colours, while the soundtrack buzzes like a calm but sinister undercurrent. Like a silent version of the indie classic ‘Gummo’, Zinn uses a becoming sense of aloofness to show an evocative snapshot of the time just before life takes an unexpected turn, and how a small community that is paralysed with boredom is on the verge of a tragic awakening.

Mo 16. April 21:30 Gloria Sa 21. April 19:15 Cinemateket

Magic Valley USA 2010, 85 min.

Director: Jaffe Zinn Script: Jaffe Zinn Camera: Sean Kirby Editor: Andrew Dickler, Jaffe Zinn Music: Steve Damstra II, Mads Heldtberg Sound: Peter Albrechtsen Production: Besito Films Producer: Heather Rae, Laura Mehlhaff, Philip Larmon Cast: Scott Glenn, Kyle Gallner, Allison Elliot, Brad William Henke Distr.: Rezo Films International

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American Indies

Martha Marcy May Marlene Sean Durkin shows that there is new hope for the American indie film with his debut, the impressively well-orchestrated psychological thriller ‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’, which took the critics by storm at the premiere at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. Elisabeth Olsen, who is the younger sister of the twin child stars Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, plays the role of Martha, who throughout the film takes on all the names of the title as a thin metaphor for her schizophrenia. She has run away from home and lived with a hippie cult, which among other things demands that all members make themselves sexually available to the charismatic leader (eminently played by John Hawkes). After finally gathering the courage to flee, she seeks refuge with her older sister, Lucy, who long ago - on the surface at least - has freed herself from the past and now subscribes to a strict view of what’s normal, and doesn’t like being challenged in her rigid views. Martha’s sudden arrival therefore puts a spanner in the works for her, and as Martha is neither capable or willing to acknowledge what has happened, the tension mounts between the sisters. The story is stylishly told in a series of more or less chronological flashbacks, which gradually unfold Martha’s tormented past, and where the boundaries between reality and aberration slowly fade.

Sa 14. April Fr 20. April

21:30 Grand Teatret 21:30 Grand Teatret

Martha Marcy May Marlene USA 2010, 103 min.

Director: Sean Durkin Script: Sean Durkin Camera: Jody Lee Lipes Editor: Zac Stuart-Pontier Music: Saunder Jurriaans, Danny Bensi Sound: Coll Anderson Production: Borderline Films Producer: Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach, Patrick Cunningham Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy Distr.: Twentieth Century Fox

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American Indies

Restive Somewhere out in the middle of American nowhere, a mother tries to escape with her child from her violent and dominating husband - and ends up being pursued through the surrounding forest by her husband’s two hillbilly buddies. That’s how easily ‘Restive’ can be described. There are no unnecessary explanations, no names and almost no dialogue. It all boils down to the bare bones, told in fragmented, impressionist pieces.

A dark and dreamlike hunt and a mother’s desperate struggle to survive and be free. ‘Restive’ is the director Jeremiah Jones’s first film, and with it he has made an intense and sombre white trash thriller, which draws upon hillbilly classics such as ‘Deliverance’ and ‘Straw Dogs’, while following the vein of later products of the same genre, like last year’s ‘Winter’s Bone’. But this is in no way meant to belittle ‘Restive’, which is an entirely unique work: a bizarre story that resorts to mythic minimalism, smart flashbacks and elliptic elegance to both challenge disorient the spectator, and forces us to constantly piece together the story from scratch.

Mo 16. April 20:30 Husets Biograf Sa 21. April 22:00 Husets Biograf Tu 24. April 17:30 Husets Biograf

Restive USA 2011, 95 min.

Director: Jeremiah Jones Script: Jeremiah Jones Camera: John W. Rutland Editor: Jeremiah Jones Music: Ben Lukas Boysen Sound: Lyman Hardy Production: Enemyhouse Producer: Jeremiah Jones, Lindy Jones Cast: Michael Mosley, Marianna Palka, Christopher Denham, Ivan Sandomire, Connor Hill Distr.: Enemyhouse

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American Indies

Take Shelter The combination of an actor playing the role of his life and a director with a masterful control of his cinematic devices has deservedly made ‘Take Shelter’ one of the most talked-about films to come out of last year’s Sundance film festival. Michael Shannon is brilliant as the good family father with a stable job, who is plagued by very vivid and intense dreams of a mysterious storm. The visions stand in sharp contrast to the quiet, rural Ohio, where he lives with his wife and 6-year-old daughter. But as his dreams increase in strength, his behaviour changes, and the people around him also start changing the way they react to him. He builds a shelter in the garden, but what can he see that others can’t? Can he really see the end of the world, and not just his own end? Jeff Nichols slowly but effectively builds up to the storm that is on its way.

Those who were disappointed that Ryan Gosling wasn’t nominated for an Oscar for ‘Drive’ will have yet another overlooked actor to talk about after seeing Shannon unfold in ‘Take Shelter’.

Su 15. April 14:45 Cinemateket Th 26. April 21:45 Cinemateket

Take Shelter USA 2011, 120 min.

Director: Jeff Nichols Script: Jeff Nichols Camera: Adam Stone Editor: Parke Gregg Music: David Wingo Sound: Joshua Chase Production: Grove Hill Productions, Hydraulx, Strange Matter Films Producer: Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham Distr.: Miracle Film

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American Indies

Terri Terri is a warm and subtle story, which sides with the outsiders - and does so with an edgy sense of humour and a sense of human empathy that one comes across all too rarely. Terri is a lonely teenager caught in an overweight body. He has long given up trying to achieve something that resembles a social life. It doesn’t help things either that he lives with his slightly senile uncle, likes to spend his time setting up mousetraps in the forest and comes to school dressed in his pyjamas.

Nonetheless, he manages to become odd friends with the beautiful Heather, who has fallen out of favour with everyone else after a sultry event during a lesson. At the same time, the friendly school inspector Mr. Fitzgerald (John C. Reilly) tries, in his own clumsy way, to guide Terri out into life. ‘One does the best one can,’ as he says, and this turns out to be a somewhat foolish piece of advice. Azazel Jacobs (the son of the experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs) elegantly balances between deadpan irony and genuine empathy, and keeps the melancholy tone alive with sun-bathed images, which make ‘Terri’ more timeless than retro. The debutant Jacob Wysocki is phenomenal in the title role.

Fr 20. April 19:30 Vig Bio Su 22. April 16:40 Grand Teatret Th 26. April 20:00 Empire Bio

Terri USA 2011, 101 min.

Director: Azazel Jacobs Script: Patrick deWitt Camera: Tobias Datum Editor: Darrin Navarro Music: Mandy Hoffman Sound: Julia Shirar Production: Verisimilitude, Silverwood Films, KnowMore Productions Producer: Alison Dickey, Hunter Gray, Lynette Howell; Alex Orlovsky Cast: Jacob Wysocki, Creed Bratton, Olivia Crocicchia, Bridger Zadina, John C. Reilly Distr.: Visit Films

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European Voices

Breathing 18-year-old Roman Kogler is behind bars in a youth penitentiary for negligent manslaughter of a minor. Having served half his sentence, his chances of being released are good, but Roman consistently misses every opportunity as he is incapable of adapting to even the most basic demands of society. He grapples with all jobs, has no family and confronts the world with timid defiance and indifference. It simply doesn’t seem like he wants to get out. But when one day he is given a job at a morgue in Vienna and accidentally encounters a woman with the same name as his mother, he nonetheless discovers a slight interest in his background. In his masterfully shot debut, ‘Breathing’, the former actor Karl Markovic keeps a tight rein on all the pent-up emotions.

Roman, who is played with depth and immense precision by the relatively new Thomas Schubert, is irritatingly nonchalant, and even if he doesn’t immediately allow us to identify ourselves with him, we nevertheless hold our breath in hope of a good outcome for Roman.

Markovic’s world is concrete grey, distanced and ice cold, but it’s not difficult to get sucked into it.

Tu 24. April 17:00 Gloria Sa 28. April 22:30 Empire Bio

Atmen Austria 2011, 98 min.

Director: Karl Markovics Script: Karl Markovics (screenplay) Camera: Martin Gschlacht Editor: Alarich Lenz Music: Herbert Tucmandl Sound: Philipp Mosser Production: EPO Filmproduktion Producer: Dieter Pochlatko, Nikolaus Wisiak Cast: Thomas Schubert, Karin Lischka, Georg Friedrich Distr.: Films Distribution

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European Voices

Café de Flore After the British period drama ‘The Young Victoria’ (2009), the Canadian Jean-Marc Vallée returns in full vigour to the French-speaking world with the unconventional love story ‘Café de Flore’. The director of ‘C.R.A.Z.Y.’ weaves two initially unconnected stories together and creates a film, which shows both visual and thematic breakthroughs. One plot line takes place in today’s Montreal, where Antoine, a successful DJ and the father of two girls, is going through a complicated divorce. In spite of being totally in awe of his gorgeous young girlfriend, it is obvious that he has not yet made peace with having broken up with the children’s mother, Carole, who constantly detects signals that Antoine is on his way back to her. The film’s other story sends us back to the Paris of the late 1960’s, where Jacqueline (Vanessa Paradis) is the single mother of Laurent, who has Down’s Syndrome; an illness which means, that he will probably only live to the age of 25. Determined to make the boy’s life as happy and safe as possible, Jacqueline creates an intimate symbiosis between mother and son, but when a girl, who also has Down’s Syndrome, joins Laurent’s class, their controlled unity is threatened. Vallée is courageous and uncompromising in his depiction of love’s many detours, in two odd tales of destiny, which slowly reveal a connection across time and geographic locations.

Fr 13. April 21:30 Grand Teatret Tu 24. April 16:40 Grand Teatret Su 29. April 16:45 Gloria

Café de Flore Canada, France 2011, 120 min.

Director: Jean-Marc Vallée Script: Jean-Marc Vallée Camera: Pierre Cottereau Editor: Jean-Marc Vallée Music: Lucie Bourgouin Sound: Blaise Blanchier Production: Item 7, Monkey Pack Films, Crazy Films Producer: Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Jean-Yves Robin, Nicolas Coppermann, Vanessa Fourgeaud, Jean-Marc Vallée Cast: Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier Distr.: Films Distribution

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Meteora The beauty is literally dazzling in Spiros Stathoulopoulos’s film, about an impossible love between a nun and a young monk. Their routine lives, the daily rituals and not least the vows of chastity are challenged strongly, as the two see their feelings awaken for each other. Through signals and fleeting encounters, they feed their kindling infatuation, and they are both forced to question their religious devotion, as their human passions start taking hold of them. The director complements the images of the scorched plains of Thessaly and the breathtakingly beautiful monastery of Meteora with animated sequences, which expand the traditional, orthodox iconography to tell a story about a love, which is suspended between heaven and earth, while hell and all its torments lurk under the surface.

Th 26. April 21:45 Aarhus Øst for Paradis Su 29. April 21:30 Gloria

Metéora Germany, Greece 2012, 82 min.

Director: Script: Camera: Editor: Animation: Music: Sound: Production: Producer: Cast: Distr.:

Spiros Stathoulopoulos Asimakis Alfa Pagidas, Spiros Stathoulopoulos Spiros Stathoulopoulos George Cragg Matthias Daenschel, Anna Jander Ullrich Scheideler Spiros Stathoulopoulos Essential Filmproduktion Phillippe Bober, Susanne Marian Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva Coproduction Office

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Michael As a casting agent, Markus Schleinzer has worked together with Austrian heavyweights such as Ulrich Seidl and Michael Haneke, and with them in mind, it is perhaps no surprise that Schleinzer’s own debut feature is so penetrating and painful. The title character, Michael, is a grey and shy insurance agent, who has meticulously organised his life along neurotic routines.

On the surface, Michael appears to be a lonely recluse, but we don’t have to get far down into the foam-padded basement to discover his ugly secret. In his Austrian cellar, Michael is keeping a 10-year-old boy imprisoned, whom he assaults routinely. A topic of this caliber could easily get suffused with psychological excuses and over-the-top sentimentality, but Schleinzer, who clearly has benefitted from his association with Haneke, guides the film safely around the obvious clichés, and makes ‘Michael’ a provocative portrait of a monster with both a suit and privet hedges. The film limits itself to a period of five months and, during this time, the defences, which Michael has painstakingly built around himself and his crime, begin to disintegrate. What he has done, is not a secret, but will it be discovered? ‘Michael’ is borne by a chilling style and a meticulous, almost perpendicular framing, which mimics the controlled reality of the protagonist. Truly a shocking debut.

Su 15. April 21:30 Gloria Sa 28. April 17:00 Gloria

Michael Austria 2011, 96 min.

Director: Markus Schleinzer Script: Markus Schleinzer Camera: Gerald Kerkletz Editor: Wolfgang Widerhofer Music: Lorenz Dangel Sound: Klaus Kellermann Production: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion Producer: Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Markus Glaser, Michael Kitzberger, Wolfgang Widerhofer Cast: Michael Fuith, David Rauchenberger, Christine Kain Distr.: Les Films du Losange

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My Brother The Devil 14-year-old Mo (Fady Elsayed) idolises his charismatic older brother, Rashid (James Floyd). They live together with their Egyptian parents in Hackney, London. Mo is good at school. Rashid knows the codes of the street and is a respected member of the local gang, but his goal is to keep his younger brother out of that world, even if Mo wants to be a part of it. Sally El Hosaini’s impressive feature debut paints a lively portrait of a multi-cultural London, filled with youths from different backgrounds, who are all dreaming of the same thing: to look good, earn some money and figure out what friendship, love and sex are all about.

She knows her ‘boyz n the hood’ formulas, but renews them and sends the story in an unexpected direction, when a kiss from a friend (the French Saïd Taghmaoui from ‘La Haine’) leads to a dramatic identity crisis. ‘My Brother the Devil’ is a film about masculinity, cultural roots and the struggle for a dignified life but, above all, it is a powerful portrayal of the struggle of two brothers to find themselves and each other. The film won an award for its evocative cinematography at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

Fr 20. April 17:00 Gloria Mo 23. April 20:00 Empire Bio

My Brother The Devil United Kingdom 2011, 112 min.

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Sally El Hosaini Sally El Hosani David Raedeker Iain Kitching Stuart Earl Jovan Ajder Wild Horses Film Company, Rooks Nest Entertainment Gayle Griffiths, Julia Godzinskaya, Michael Sackler Saïd Taghmaoui, James Floyd, Fady Elsayed, Aymen Hamdouchi, Ashley Thomas, Anthony Welsh Pacha Pictures

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Spain “Why are you dead set on going to Spain?”, a young foreigner, who thinks he has landed in Spain, is asked in Austria. After a short pause, he answers that this is the only place where people are still pious. Religion plays a central role in Anja Salomonwitz’s powerful ensemble film. But in spite of this, the film’s other focal points are undeniably secular. Four stories are woven loosely together, to form a tainted document about the hunt for happiness in a world where it is often well-concealed. Apart from the young traveller who has stranded at the wrong destination, we meet a policeman who sniffs around in private homes, in order to investigate pro forma marriages between different nationalities, an incurable compulsive gambler who places his trust in a dubious financial institution, and a woman who is tired of her ex-husband’s constant interference. Salomonovitz bathes her film in, depending on the eyes that are watching, a religious glow or a tone of social-realist yellow, which reminds us that happiness is fickle.

Su 22. April 21:30 Gloria Tu 24. April 21:45 Aarhus Øst for Paradis Su 29. April 14:20 Grand Teatret

Spanien Austria, Bulgaria 2012, 102 min.

Director: Anja Salomonowitz Script: Anja Salomonowitz, Dimitré Dinev Camera: Sebastian Pfaffenbichler Editor: Frédéric Fichefet Music: Max Richter Sound: Frédéric Fichefet Production: Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft Producer: Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker Cast: Tatjana Alexander, Cornelius Obonya, Lukas Miko, Gregoire Colin Distr.: Doc & Film International

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Las Acacias The middle-aged truck driver Ruben lives a lonely life on the motorways - he transports trees from Paraguay to Buenos Aires, and he has done so for years. Somewhat reluctantly, he one day gives the woman Jacinta a lift to Buenos Aires, and to his obvious irritation she brings along her little baby. Not much is said during the journey, but the further they travel, the more their relationship grows, and they approach each other modestly and with few words. There is an impressive clout to Pablo Giorgelli’s first feature, who elegantly avoids the classic clichés of the road movie genre in favour of a sparkling and moving psychological play between the two protagonists. The film deservedly won the award for the best feature debut, Le Caméra d’or, at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.

We 18. April 19:15 Cinemateket Su 22. April 14:30 Cinemateket

Las Acacias Argentina, Spain 2010, 85 min.

Director: Pablo Giorgelli Script: Pablo Giorgelli, Salvador Roselli Camera: Diego Poleri Editor: María Astrauskas Sound: Martin Litmanovich Production: AireCine, Utópica Cine, Armonika Entertainment Producer: Pablo Giorgelli, Ariel Rotter, Alex Zito Cast: Germán de Silva, Hebe Duarte, Nayra Calle Mamani Distr.: Urban Distribution INT.

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Back to Stay Three young sisters, Marina, Sofia and Violeta, live alone in a house in the suburbs of Buenos Aires.

They are orphans, and their grandmother, who was their guardian and owner of the house they live in, has just died. Now, the girls try each in their own way to get over their bereavement, and they confront their new situation with a lack of courage that at times seems desperate.

Life goes on, lopsided and out of synch, but they get to see some soap opera on TV, they bitch about each other and they feed a half-hearted sexual attraction to the boy next door. The oldest of the girls, Maria, tries to break free of the deadlock, but none of them are able to verbalise their pain or the emptiness they feel. And one day, Violeta is gone... This is a beautiful, quiet and modest little feature debut by Milagros Mumenthaler, who grew up in Switzerland, but returned to her native country to study filmmaking. A film with ‘real’ human beings, which is hard to not be touched by. And it is just as hard to think that ‘Back to Stay’ is not an entirely independent work in the tradition of Sofia Coppola - a kind of de-glamoured but doubly moving ‘Virgin Suicides’.

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Abrir puertas y ventanas Argentina, Switzerland, Netherlands 2011, 99 min.

Director: Milagros Mumenthaler Script: Milagros Mumenthaler Camera: Martín Frías Editor: Gion-Reto Killias Sound: Henri Maïkoff Production: Alina film, Ruda cine Producer: Violeta Bava, David Epiney, Eugenia Mumenthaler, Rosa Martínez Ribero Cast: María Canale, Martina Juncadella, Ailín Salas, Julián Tello Distr.: Match Factory

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The Delay Rodrigo Plá, who stormed onto the scene with the paranoia-critical ‘La Zona’, has probably become a bit milder, but no less indignant, in his latest film ‘The Delay’, which will screen at PIX fresh from the Berlin Film Festival. On the surface, it resembles a small everyday tragedy, where an exhausted and underpaid fortysomething-year-old single mother of three is forced to leave her old and half senile father on the street, as she can no longer manage to look after him. But what could have ended up being banal and sentimental has in the hands of Plá turned into a story which oozes both warmth and empathy - not just for the old father, but above all also for the mother, whose desperate situation is getting clearer and clearer. And just below it all, the director’s quiet but sharp-witted social critique gives the narration an unavoidable resonance. Plá has also revealed that she was inspired to make the film by a local newspaper article, which described how a growing number of elderly citizens are found abandoned by their families, who don’t have the means or the energy to look after them. ‘The Delay’ is a heart-wrenching report that provides plenty of food for thought.

Sa 14. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret We 18. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

La Demora Uruguay, Mexico, France 2012, 84 min.

Director: Rodrigo Plá Script: Laura Santullo Camera: María Secco Editor: Miguel Shverdfinger Music: Jacobo Lieberman, Leonardo Heiblum Sound: Fabián Oliver Production: Lulú Producciones, Malbicho Cine Producer: Christian Valdelièvre, Sandino Saravia Vinay, Rodrigo Plá Cast: Roxana Blanco, Carlos Vallarino Distr.: Memento Films

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The Double Steps In a fragmented and dreamlike version of today’s Mali, a singular biography unfolds of the French painter François Augiéras - a man who reportedly converted the inside of a bunker to a mini version of the Sistine Chapel. Twice. The Spanish director Isaki Lacuesta has previously shown that he is a director who knows how to tell a story in pictures, and his fifth feature, which won the main award at last year’s film festival in San Sebastian, is absolutely no exception. Nothing is entirely certain in Lacuesta’s universe, where atmosphere reigns supreme. We follow Augiéras - who has changed his skin colour and been converted into a deserting and revengeful Malian soldier - through a series of fascinating events, which all paint a partly fictional picture of the self-promoting visual artist and author. The film also cuts to parallel scenes with the contemporary Spanish artist Miguel Barceló, whose work and reflections form a colourful canvas for the film’s alluring atmosphere.

In a mixture of meta-film, biography and semi-spaced out fiction, Lacuesta weaves all the threads together to create an unconventional but oddly appealing and at times extremely funny film.

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Los pasos dobles Spain, Switzerland 2011, 87 min.

Director: Isaki Lacuesta Script: Isa Campo, Isabel Campo, Isaki Lacuesta Camera: Diego Dussuel Editor: Domi Parra Music: Gerard Gil Sound: Jürg von Allmen Production: Tusitala Producciones Cinematográficas S.L., Bord Cadre Films Producer: Luisa Matienzo, Dan Wechsler Cast: Miquel Barceló, Djenebou Keita Distr.: m-appeal

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Hard Labor It’s all the things you don’t see that make the H.P. Lovecraft-inspired ‘Hard Labor’ such a disturbing experience. The everyday setting itself could not be more realistic. The financial crisis is making itself felt for a small family, and when Otavio, the father, is fired at the same time as his wife Helena opens her own grocery store, the tension starts rising in the small home. Before long, subtle signs of disintegration start to make themselves known, and if you are well-versed in horror, you also know that things are about to go badly wrong. A bizarre damp patch starts to appear on the wall. A stinking, sticky liquid oozes out between the tiles. Menacing black dogs linger outside the shop at night. The directing duo Juliana Rojas and Marco Dutra keep their cards close to their chest in this minimalist and hesitant play with our expectations, right up to the very end - and then some. For the actual horror lies in the dog-eats-dog mentality, which is both a prerequisite for capitalist society, and a result of its collapse. ‘Hard Labor’ premiered at Cannes in the programme Un Certain Regard, and is a neo-thriller dressed in a cool laboratory look. A film of its time.

We 18. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Su 22. April 20:00 Empire Bio

Trabalhar cansa Brazil 2011, 99 min.

Director: Juliana Rojas, Marco Dutra Script: Marco Dutra, Juliana Rojas Camera: Matheus Rocha Editor: Caetano Gotardo Music: Patrícia Portaro Sound: Fernando Henna Production: Dezenove Som e Imagem, Filmes do Caixote Producer: Sara Silveira Cast: Helena Albergaria, Marat Descartes, Naloana Lima Distr.: Urban Distribution INT.

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Miss Bala After making a name for himself with powerful portrayals of social conditions such as ‘I’m Gonna Explode’, Gerardo Naranjo is back with his fifth feature, which is a highly relevant commentary on today’s corrupt Mexico. The young, beautiful Laura is dreaming innocently of being named Miss Baja California (the title ‘Miss Bala’ is a bold play of words, as ‘bala’ means bullet in Spanish). Together with her friend Suzu, she is absent from school to take part in the competition, but the glamorous aspirations are destroyed when Laura becomes the only living witness to a bloody nightclub massacre, which is the result of a drug war.

Laura’s presence has disastrous consequences, for as she tries to tell a policeman about the event, he takes her directly to the gang leader Lino. He is so taken by her beauty, that he lets her live, but she has to act as a courier for him instead. ‘Miss Bala’ portrays a ruthless society where organised crime is a part of the ruling order, and where Laura learns the hard way that in a country where law and morality are flexible concepts, one is best off not asking any questions.

Sa 14. April 20:00 Empire Bio Su 22. April 21:30 Grand Teatret

Miss Bala Mexico 2010, 113 min.

Director: Gerardo Naranjo Script: Mauricio Katz, Gerardo Naranjo Camera: Mátyás Erdély Editor: Gerardo Naranjo Music: Emilio Kauderer Production: Canana Films, Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Fondo de Inversión y Estímulos al Cine, Fox International Productions, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía Producer: Pablo Cruz Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernandez, Irene Azuela Distr.: Fox International Productions

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18 Years Old and Rising In Paris in 1981, where the socialist François Mitterand has just been elected as France’s new President, a young student is so ashamed of his florist family from the provinces, that he spends all of his mother’s money, and the cash he earns through various night-time jobs, to placate a clique of jet set youths, where he naturally falls in love with the most superficial and narcissistic girl.

One is happy to forgive the film its somewhat trendily leftish, social satire and a certain lack of sophistication in terms of political discourse, as it is so heart-warmingly charming. One million unemployed are roaming the streets, and right-wing extremist thugs are creating havoc in immigrant neighbourhoods, but the film is mostly in love with its young anti-hero, who comes from a centuries-old tradition of hopeful social mobility.

The young theatre actor Pierre Niney, who plays the main role, oozes charm, but also a certain lack of social responsibility, which gives the story its bite.

Su 15. April 19:15 Cinemateket Su 29. April 21:45 Cinemateket

J’aime regarder les filles France 2011, 92 min.

Director: Frédéric Louf Script: Régis Jaulin, Frédéric Louf Camera: Samuel Collardey Editor: Françoise Tourmen Music: Bo Van der Werf, Jozef Dumoulin Sound: Philippe Welsh, Fanny Martin, Christophe Vingtrinier Production: Les films de Pierre, Maïa Cinema Producer: Hugues Charbonneau, Marie Ange Luciani, Gilles Sandoz Cast: Pierre Niney, Audrey Bastien, Lou de Laâge, Ali Marhyar Distr.: Pascale Ramonda

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A HAPPY EVENT After the charming ‘The First Day of the Rest of Your Life’ (2008), the French director, Rémi Bezançon, is back with a sharp and well-made romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations of parenthood.

Based on the bestselling author, Eliette Abecassis’s autobiographical novel, ‘A Happy Event’ has plenty of effervescent energy in its condensation of the sweetest and most annoying moments of family life. The PhD student, Barbara, is head over heels in love with her boyfriend, Nicolas, the nerd from the local video store.

The two aren’t exactly taking a slow approach to things, and suddenly Barbara is pregnant. Alternating between hysterical happiness and total terror, the odd couple is now faced with a whole load of rough edges, which have to be smoothed out, before the baby announces its arrival. Naturally, they don’t manage this, and suddenly they are in the midst of an all too real adult life. Bezançon maintains a constant seriousness as the resonating theme in his energetic comedy, which presents an universal mirror for all new parents. The talented Louise Bourgoin is convincing as Barbara, whose unbridled emotions shift from exuberant happiness to fear and anger in a split second. Birth class starts here!

Tu 17. April 17:00 Grand Teatret Tu 24. April 19:30 Husets Biograf

Un Heureux Evenement France 2011, 107 min.

Director: Rémi Bezançon Script: Rémi Bezançon, Vanessa Portal Camera: Antoine Monod Editor: Sophie Reine Music: Sinclair Sound: Olivier Walczak Production: Mandarin Cinema, Gaumont Producer: Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer, Isabelle Grellat Cast: Louise Bourgoin, Pio Marmai, Josiane Balasko, Thierry Fremont, Gabrielle Lazure Distr.: Angel Films

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Kilimanjaros sne The title is borrowed from Hemingway, but the film takes place, as is almost always the case with the great film-humanist, Guédigan, in the harbour neighbourhood, L’Estaque, in Marseilles. Michel (JeanPierre Darroussin) is the shipyard manager, who has to fire twenty workers. To be democratic, he puts the names of all the employees into a hat, and draws the unlucky names, including his own. Michel thus has to prepare himself for a very early retirement, but he doesn’t show any signs that this bothers him, at least not on the outside. Shortly afterwards, he celebrates his golden wedding anniversary at the shipyard. He and his wife, Marie-Claire (Ariane Ascaride), are given a trip to Kilimanjaro but, before they get very far with the planning and the trip, both their money and tickets get stolen. The thieves must have been at the wedding, but does one really feel like punishing one’s own kind?

‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ won the Lux Prize from the European Parliament, for the best film of the year.

Mo 23. April 16:40 Grand Teatret

Les Neiges du Kilimanjaro France 2011, 107 min.

Director: Robert Guédiguian Script: Robert Guédiguian, Jean-Louis Milesi Camera: Pierre Milon Editor: Bernard Sasia Music: Pascal Mayer Sound: Bridget O’Driscoll Production: Agat Films, Cie Ex Nihilo, France 3 Cinéma, Les Films de la Belle de Mai Producer: Robert Guédiguian Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Gérard Meylan Distr.: Grand Teatret

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Last Screening Realism is the first thing that gets left behind, in Laurent Achard’s ascetic psycho-thriller. Sylvain works as a projectionist in a small arthouse cinema, which is three days away from closing. Meanwhile, during night-time, he tends to his other hobby, serial killing, and he roams around, killing random women, whose severed ears adorn his glamorous portrait photographs of actresses, in a macabre gallery in the secret basement of the cinema. But one day, the sweet and innocent Manon, steps into the cinema and falls in love with him, without knowing that she could be his next, and possibly last victim. Hitchcock, the classic ‘Peeping Tom’ and the German expressionists have all contributed their bit to ‘Last Screening’ and its pitch-black humour. The several references to film history are more than just gratuitous, however. Achard’s film is also an unmistakably French cinephile’s lament over the slow death of classic film culture.

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Dernière Séance France 2011, 81 min.

Director: Laurent Achard Script: Laurent Achard, Frédérique Moreau Camera: Sabine Lancelin Editor: Jean-Christophe Hym Sound: Mikaël Barre, Xavier Griette Production: Les Films du Worso, Dragon 8 Producer: Sylvie Pialat Distr.: Les Films du Losange

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The Minister The French transport minister, Bertrand SaintJean (the Dardenne star Olivier Gourmet), is awoken in the middle of the night by a phone call. A bus has been in an accident. He is flown by helicopter to the scene of the accident, to oversee the rescue effort and deal with the injured. But, above all, he has to meet the press, which is hungry for answers and action. With this, we are introduced to a fast-paced story about modern French politics. Through the charismatic and power-hungry minister and his ever-present entourage of political advisers and spin doctors, we are given a close look at political culture, where there is rarely much space for either ideology or idealism. Here, only the most cunning and cynical survive. While the editing, style and tone of the film are mostly reminiscent of adrenaline and action, ‘The Minister’ is a contemporary portrait, which takes the pulse of European politics today. With his film, Pierre Schoeller has created a highly relevant and fast-paced political thriller, which questions modern politicians: Is there such a thing as a political idealist?

Or is it all about power games and spin?

Tu 17. April 16:00 Nationalmuseet Fr 20. April 19:00 Grand Teatret We 25. April 17:00 Gloria

L’exercice de l’État France, Belgium 2011, 105 min.

Director: Pierre Schöller Script: André Bouvard Camera: Julien Hirsch Editor: Laurence Briaud Music: Philippe Schoeller Sound: Julie Brenta, Cécile Ranc Production: Archipel 35, Les Films du Fleuve, France 3 Cinéma,Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) Producer: Denis Freyd, André Bouvard Cast: Olivier Gourmet, Michel Blanc, Zabou Breitman Distr.: Doc & Film International

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Le Petit poucet An impoverished woodcutter and his wife can no longer feed their five children, and therefore lure them out into the forest to abandon them to their fate. Meanwhile, the children find their way to a small manor house, where a troll (brilliantly played by Denis Lavant) and his spoiled daughters live a life of perverse culinary luxury. The children are captured, but when the troll wants to eat them, the small and resourceful Tom Thumb steps into action and saves his brothers. Inspired

by Grimm’s adventures, above all ‘Tomb Thumb’ and ‘Hansel and Gretel’, the forever controversial Marina de Van has created a gruesome horror remake of the famous fairy tales. Perverted, morbid, nauseating and, at times, almost unbearable to watch, thanks to its socially indignant depiction of injustice and what poverty does to people. And yet, the film also pours a grain of black humour into the wounds. It reminds us of the original moral function of fairy tales, and gives them a boost of present-day relevance.

Fr 13. April 22:30 Empire Bio Th 26. April 17:00 Gloria

Le Petit poucet France 2010, 82 min.

Director: Marina de Van Script: Bertrand Santini Camera: Vincent Mathias Editor: Mike Fromentin Music: Aleksei Aigi Sound: Pierre Bariaud Production: Flach Film, arte France Cinéma Producer: Sylvette Frydman, Jean-François Lepetit Cast: Denis Lavant, Adrien de Van, Rachel Arditi Distr.: Pyramide International

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A Real Life Isabelle is a young and enthusiastic school teacher.

Bruno is a grubby, small-time crook. They live in the same city, but each in their own world. When Isabelle gets hit by a car, and Bruno is the first person to come to her rescue, they meet for the first time. This becomes the start of a stormy affair. Bruno is wanted by the police, and when he must flee, Isabelle decides to join him, as a Bonnie to his Clyde. They seek refuge in a forest, and here they find a sanctuary for a while, where the surrounding world can not touch them. But happiness is short-lived, and the noose is tightened around the tragic couple, which is soon on the run again. ‘A Real Life’ can best be described as a mix between American film noir (and not least ‘The Night of the Hunter’, which supplies the material for their adventurous journey, and which can also be seen at this year’s festival) and classic social realism. The whole film has a both lyrical and naturalistic elegance to it, which also makes it reminiscent of films, such as Terrence Malick’s ‘The Badlands’. The result is a dreamlike parallel universe, and the distinction between mythological Americana and present-day France becomes even more blurred by a soundtrack, which consists of old, clattering folk songs, oozing depression-hit America of the 1930’s.

Gérard Dépardieu’s son, Guillaume Dépardieu, who plays Bruno, died shortly after filming was completed, a mere 37 years old. But his performance in ‘A Real Life’ stands as a worthy testament to his unique talent. A beautiful, subtle and unpredictable film.

Th 1. January Th 12. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Mo 16. April 21:30 Grand Teatret

Au voleur France 2009, 100 min.

Director: Sarah Petit Script: Sarah Petit, Emmanuelle Jacob Camera: Laurent Desmet Editor: François Quiqueré Music: Olivier Bombarda Sound: Philippe Grivel Production: Les Films Hatari Producer: Laetitia Fèvre, Michel Klein Cast: Guillaume Dépardieu, Florence Loiret Caille, Jacques Nolot Distr.: Scandinavian Entertainment Group

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Unforgivable The latest film by André Téchiné (‘Wild Reeds’) and his best in, we are almost tempted to say, decades. A very enthusiastic, fast-moving and generous film about a French author (André Dusollier), who travels to Venice to conquer his writer’s block. Here, he meets the real estate agent (Carole Bouquet), whom he impulsively marries, but begins to have shadowed, as he loses trust in her. And the guy he hires to follow her, is an institution in himself. It turns out that the author’s wife has attracted lovers, both male and female, like flies, and on top of it all, his daughter disappears during a visit to the father’s deserted island, with its view of St Mark’s Basilica, and moves in with an aristocratic drug dealer in his palazzo. In general, the film’s plot is not made up of petty events, and if some things don’t make quite as much sense from a purely psychological perspective, it is all compensated by the fact that the film is so well-paced, -produced, -directed and -acted, that one must surrender to it. All the characters have something at stake, and Téchiné tells an enchanting tale about their temptations, and their helpless tendencies to be tempted... yet again.

Sa 14. April 19:00 Dagmar Teatret Mo 16. April 16:40 Grand Teatret

Impardonnables France, Italy 2011, 113 min.

Director: André Téchiné Script: André Téchiné, Mehdi Ben Attia Camera: Julien Hirsch Editor: Hervé de Luze Music: Max Richter Sound: Lucien Balibar Production: SBS Films, CRG International Films, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, France 3 Cinema Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd Distr.: SND - Groupe M6

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Avalon The 1980s are far from over in the Swedish director Axel Petersén’s delicate film about the ageing party organiser Janne, who after an extended period away from the game travels to the small town of Båstad, where he together with his old business partner Klas tries to set up a gilt-edged upper class nightclub. The name Avalon comes from Roxy Music’s classic track, but things are far from going according to plan, when Janne one day by accident runs down an illegal worker, who Klas has hired to help him. Instead of reporting it to the police, Klas looks after things and gets the body removed, and this makes Janne ask the greatest of all questions - what the meaning of it all is. The director Axel Petersén’s stylish debut takes a detailed and witty look at the fact that everything comes to an end.

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19:00 Grand Teatret 16:40 Grand Teatret

Avalon Sweden 2011, 79 min.

Director: Axel Petersén Script: Axel Petersén Camera: Måns Månsson Editor: Theis Schmidt Music: Julian Hruza Sound: Jason Luke Production: Idyll AB Producer: Erika Wasserman, Jesper Kurlandsky Cast: Johannes Brost, Peter Carlberg, Léonore Ekstrand Distr.: Det Svenske Filminstitut (SFI)

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Babycall Noomi Rapace plays the lead role as the single mother Anna, who flees together with her 8-year-old son Anders from a violent relationship, and hides at a secret address in an enormous tower block. Terrified of her husband, and wishing to ensure that Anders is safe, she buys a baby alarm to keep an eye on her son at night. But when the alarm starts picking up strange and eerie sounds from other parts of the house, she quite possibly overhears the murder of a small child. At the same time, Anders has a new friend, who comes and goes as he pleases, and says that he has keys to all the apartments. Bloody children’s drawings and other clues begin to come together to form a terrifying picture, but is it all a product of a lonely and exhausted woman’s fantasy? A simple and effective idea is driven all the way home in the chilling thriller, ‘Baby Call’, which evokes memories of Michael Haneke’s ‘Hidden’, and elegantly integrates the inspiration from modern Asian films into a Scandinavian “reality”.

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Babycall Norway, Germany, Sweden 2011, 96 min.

Director: Pål Sletaune Script: Pål Sletaune Camera: John Andreas Andersen Editor: Jon Endre Mørk Music: Fernando Velázquez Sound: Christian Schaanning Production: 4 1/2 Film, Pandora Filmproduktion, BOB Film Sweden AB Producer: Turid Øversveen Cast: Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring Distr.: Det Norske Filminstitut (NFI)

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Black’s Game ‘Black’s Game’ is a tense, fast-paced and highly entertaining crime story from Reykjavik’s underworld of drug dealers. Stebbi is a young, scrawny man, who lands in prison after being massively drunk. Here, he bumps into an old acquaintance, the pumped up and heavily tattooed Tóti, who offers him a lawyer deal, which Stebbi cannot refuse. But he thereby also says yes to a life of eternal debt to Tóti and his clique, who turn out to be the hardest gangsters in town. In no time, Stebbi is whirled into this world of crime, and he turns out to be an excellent fighter, who can floor even the biggest hulks in spite of his unimpressive biceps. Nicknamed Stebbi Psycho, he gains access to the inner circle, and the film gives us a close-up look at how Reykjavik’s underworld of small-time crooks and drug dealers develops into an organised crime network.

‘Black’s Game’ is based on the similarly titled novel

by Stefán Máni. It follows in the footsteps of ‘Sódóma Reykjavík’ from 1992, and re-captures this film’s style, mood and genre. And ‘Black’s Game’ hits home with its portrait of that time, without falling victim to the retro-trap of 90’s aesthetics and pretty hair.

Sa 21. April 19:00 Palads Biograferne Th 26. April 21:30 Grand Teatret

Svartur á leik Iceland 2012, 104 min.

Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson Script: Óskar Thór Axelsson Camera: Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson Editor: Kristján Lodmfjörd Music: Frank Hall Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Ingvar Lundberg Production: Filmus Productions, Zik Zak Kvikmyndir Producer: Arnar Knutsson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Thor Sigurjonsson Cast: Thor Kristjansson, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Damon Younger, María Birta Distr.: Icelandic Film Centre

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Happy End Five odd characters and a myriad of lies and half-truths are woven together, in Björn Runge’s crushing drama, ‘Happy End’. The middle-aged Jonna’s adult but fragile artist son, Peter, moves home after a failed love affair and subsequent suicide attempt.

Back home, however, he meets the cleaning helper, Katarina, whose unstable boyfriend, Asger, owes money to some people, he wouldn’t exactly want to fall out with. Without intention, these four constantly prevent each other from moving forward. Kim Fupz Aakeson’s screenplay and Björn Runge’s stylish directing, based on his work in the theatre, unite in a film, which creeps unnoticeably under your skin. The late Swedish summer is dazzlingly photographed in melancholy tones, which are reminiscent of the Norwegian director, Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo 31. August’. ‘Happy End’ is the third film in an independent trilogy, which also includes ‘Daybreak’ and ‘Mouth to Mouth’.

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Happy end Sweden 2011, 97 min.

Director: Björn Runge Script: Kim Fupz Aakeson Camera: Ulf Brantås Editor: Lena Runge Music: Ebba Forsberg Sound: Henric Andersson Production: Trollhättan Film AB, Zentropa International Sweden AB Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Madeleine Ekman, Martin Persson Cast: Ann Petrén, Malin Buska, Gustaf Skarsgård, Johan Widerberg Distr.: TrustNordisk

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Jægerne 2 It is once again smouldering in northern Sweden. Out there where everyone knows everyone else, and all are best off, taking care of their own potatoes. A young girl has disappeared, and Erik Bäckström has to reluctantly leave his more comfortable life in Stockholm, and return to his native region to help find her. But Erik is far from being welcomed by the locals. For in spite of the rural mystique, there is no desire for outside interference.

Life here is basically quite simple. The youngsters drive around on their motorbikes, while the adults go hunting.

Here, a spade is a spade and a problem is something you take care of yourself. Definitely not for so-called ‘experts’ from the capital to interfere in. But Erik is not put off, particularly when he slowly begins to find out, where the clues are pointing. What initially looked like a routine case, gradually develops into a worse nightmare than Erik ever could have imagined. It is now 15 years, since ‘The Hunters’ took the Danish audiences by storm, and now the same team is here with the sequel which, however, requires no knowledge of the first film. ‘False Trail’ is a gripping Swedish thriller in its own right, and is eminently set in the northern Swedish landscape.

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Jägarna 2 Sweden 2011, 129 min.

Director: Kjell Sundvall Script: Björn Carlström, Stefan Thunberg Camera: Jallo Faber Editor: Mattias Morheden Music: Johan Söderqvist Sound: Per Nyström Production: Sonet Film AB, Harmonica Films AB Producer: Peter Possne, Björn Carlström, Per Janérus Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Peter Stormare, Annika Nordin Distr.: Det Svenske Filminstitut (SFI)

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Norges sønner It is no small matter being a maladjusted rebel when your father, instead of complaining, decides to jump on the bandwagon. We are in Norway in the late 70’s. The hippie architect, Magnus, has just lost his wife, and he and his son, Nikolaj, try to find their feet, without the woman who had always been their anchor. For Nikolaj, the natural reaction is anarchy, so after a meeting with a handful of safety pins and a can of green paint, he is resurrected as a punk. But what does Magnus do?

He decides to hop on the same wagon, and in more ways than one. Jens Lien’s charming fuck finger of a Norwegian indie drama, is a film about rebelling in a boring suburban hell, that sacrifices everything on the altar of conformity. But most of all, it is the story of a father-son relationship which survives, in spite of all attempts to break it down.

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Sønner av Norge Norway 2011, 88 min.

Director: Jens Lien Script: Nikolaj Frobenius Camera: Morten Søborg Editor: Vidar Flataukan Music: Ginge Anvik Sound: Joakim Sundström Production: Friland Götafilm, Nimbus Film Productions, Les Films d’Antoine, Film i Väst Producer: Christian Fredrik Martin Cast: Sven Nordin, Åsmund Høeg, Sonja Richter, Tony Veitsle Skarpsno Distr.: Sunrise Film Distribution

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Spotlight: Iran

Death is My Profession With an accidental murder on their conscience, two men escape across Iran’s infinite, snow-clad mountains. One of them is carrying his young daughter on his shoulders, the other is chained to a weary and disheartened police officer. They are unemployed and unable to support their families and in desperation they have committed an act, which has ended in tragic consequences. The young Amir Hossein Saghafi delivers a surprisingly mature and stylish feature debut with ‘Death is My Profession’, a film which balances between tension-filled crime film and pessimistic, social-realist drama. Saghafi lets his characters wander in pain through an endless snowstorm towards an unattainable goal, while interweaving a series of stories about longing and loss. His portrayal of life in modern Iran becomes a nihilistic death dance, wrapped in a visually sumptuous film, which mixes an exciting story with a thinly veiled commentary of the society it’s portraying. Those of you who have been hesitating to get to know the new wave of Iranian film can safely start here.

Tu 17. April 17:00 Empire Bio Mo 23. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

Marg kasb va kare man ast Iran 2011, 90 min.

Director: Amir Hossein Saghafi Script: Amir Hossein Saghafi Camera: Nader Masoumi Editor: Mastaneh Mohajer Music: Karen Homayoonfar Sound: Mohammad Habibi, Hossein Abolsedgh Production: Sheherazad Media Int. Producer: Aliakbar Saghafi Cast: Pejman Bazeghi, Amir Aghaei, Maryam Boobani, Sonia Espahram, Mahchehreh Khalili, Akbar Sangi, Ramin Rastad Distr.: Sheherazad Media International

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Goodbye It attracted much publicity when Isabella Rossellini read out a letter from the Iranian director Jafar Panahi at the Berlin Film Festival in 2011. Panahi was supposed to be a member of the jury, but he had been condemned to 20 years imprisonment because of critical remarks about the regime. A similar destiny has befallen another significant Iranian director, Mohammad Rasoulof, who is “only” under national house arrest and has therefore had the opportunity, as well as enormous courage, to make the regime-critical film ‘Goodbye’, about the pregnant lawyer Noura, who has seen her license revoked because of her political work. As her husband has fled into exile, Noura is left alone without any future prospects, in a country where women aren’t even allowed to drive cars on their own. ‘Goodbye’ is told at a leisurely pace, with impressively long and moving takes, which enhance the film’s cynical realism and reveal the impotence and frustration, which Rasoulof shares with his protagonist.

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Bé omid é didar Iran 2011, 100 min.

Director: Mohammad Rasoulof Script: Mohammad Rasoulof Camera: Arastoo Givi Editor: Mohammadreza Muini Music: Saeid Asadi Sound: Hussein Mahdavi Production: Shargh Tamasha Media Producer: Mohammad Rasoulof Cast: Leila Zare, Hassan Pourshirazi, Behname Tashakor, Sima Tirandaz, Roya Teymorian Distr.: Fortissimo Film Sales

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Spotlight: Italien

Corpo Celeste 13-year-old Marta is struggling to find her feet in the small southern Italian province Reggio after spending the last decade and, thus, most of her childhood in Switzerland. Marta, who is played with a striking degree of empathy and credibility by the young talent Yle Vianello, is both sharp and watchful as she observes her new life, which seems infinitely strange to her. Marta is preparing for confirmation at the local Sunday school - an important rite of passage in the Catholic church. She is about to enter puberty, but is heartbreakingly brushed aside by her older sister, who definitely doesn’t think that Marta resembles anything like an adult. The debut director Alice Rohrwacher portrays Marta’s maladjusted limbo between childhood and adulthood, between the consumer temptations of the modern world and the preaching doctrines of religion, and she uses few but effective means to create a smart and beautiful story about finding oneself.

The film’s naturalistic style almost makes it feel like a documentary, supporting the razor-sharp and brutally honest portrait of a girl.

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Corpo Celeste Italy, Swiss, France 2011, 100 min.

Director: Alice Rohrwacher Script: Alice Rohrwacher Camera: Hélène Louvart Editor: Marco Spoletini Music: Piero Crucitti Sound: Vito Martinelli Production: Amka Films Productions, JBA Production, Tempesta Producer: Carlo Cresto-Dina, Giorgio Gasparini Cast: Yle Vianello, Salvatore Cantalupo, Anita Caprioli, Renato Carpentieri, Paola Lavini, Pasqualina Scuncia Distr.: Rai Trade

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Habemus Papam Imagine being elected the new Pope! Even if you don’t feel like it and doubt profoundly that you can live up to the requirements of the demanding top job as God’s deputy. This is the situation in Nanni Moretti’s ‘Habemus Papam’. Here, the humble cardinal Melville, who is set up as an anonymous compromise candidate, suddenly sees himself elected Pope instead of several other, more obvious candidates. On St. Peter’s square, 100,000 expectant believers are waiting for him. 100 million Catholics are waiting impatiently in front of their TV screens to hear the name of the new Pope.

But the Vatican spokesman is silent and the balcony remains empty. For behind the scenes, the new Pope has suffered an acute panic attack. He should thank his Heavenly Father for the trust vested in him, but he only wants to yell at his Mamma Mia! First they pray to God to solve the problem. But as this doesn’t help, the Vatican’s spokesman has to sneak past the cross and call in, if not the devil himself, then at least a psychoanalyst. When this doesn’t help either, the Pope with the low ego runs away to find out who he is, and what he should do with such an unfamiliar challenge so late in life. Nanni Moretti, who himself plays the analyst, here celebrates half-hearted triumphs with his special variation of both gentle and clever satire.

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Habemus Papam Italy, France 2011, 104 min.

Director: Nanni Moretti Script: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli Camera: Alessandro Pesci Editor: Esmeralda Calabria Music: Franco Piersanti Sound: Alessandro Zanon Production: Fandango Portobello, Le Pacte Producer: Nanni Moretti, Domenico Procacci Cast: Michel Piccoli, Nanni Moretti, Jerzy Stuhr, Margherita Buy Distr.: Camera Film

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The Jewel The financial crisis drama ‘The Jewel’ reunites the director Andrea Molaioli with the impressively talented actor Toni Servillo, who also played in Molaioli’s debut ‘The Girl by the Lake’, which was shown at NatFilm Festival in 2008. As an assistant director, Molaioli has worked closely together with the Italian veteran Nanni Moretti, and the two share a strong socio-political interest. In ‘The Jewel’, Molaioli dives into the highly topical political reality and creates a true finance thriller about the rise and fall of a food company. Amanzio Rastelli has built her company Leda from scratch.

What started out as a humble family-owned deli has now become a huge financial success. But when the financial crises rears its ugly head and an impending ruin seems unavoidable, it becomes obvious that Leda’s Chief Financial Officer, Ernesto Botta (Servillo), who has dedicated his life to the business, is willing to do anything, even more than the law allows, to continue his success. ‘The Jewel’ takes a close look at the looming economic crisis with striking realism - and does so with a fine sense of cinematic perception.

Sa 21. April 14:00 Nationalmuseet Sa 28. April 12:00 Grand Teatret

Il gioiellino Italy 2011, 110 min.

Director: Andrea Molaioli Script: Andrea Molaioli, Gabriele Romagnoli Camera: Luca Bigazzi Editor: Giogiò Franchini Music: Teho Teardo Sound: Mario Iaquone Production: Indigo Film, Babe Film Producer: Stefano Bonfanti,Francesca Cima,Nicola Giuliano,Viola Prestieri Cast:

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Rust In an unspecified no-man’s-land in 1970s northern Italy, behind social housing estates, run down buildings and rusty junk, a small group of children live their own life, until their world collapses when a pedophile murderer one day disturbs their equilibrium.

Two little girls are raped and murdered, and the fear of the monster creates an ominous atmosphere of fear and mistrust. Three children, the dominant Carmine, the sensitive Sandro and the mature Cinzia decide to take things into their own hands and become stigmatised for life by the events, which they have never come to terms with. ‘Rust’ roams plausibly between the traumatic past and the present, which is so thoroughly marked by the childhood wounds of the three adults, who each in their own way are unable move on in life. Daniele Gaglianone, the director behind ‘Pietro’, which was shown at last year’s PIX, courageously balances the children’s dawning, innocent sexuality against the savage assaults. The film’s lurking, almost voyeuristic images provide a smouldering contrast to the atrocious act.

Sa 21. April 16:40 Grand Teatret Su 22. April 14:15 Dagmar Teatret

Ruggine Italy 2011, 109 min.

Director: Daniele Gaglianone Script: Daniele Gaglianone, Giaime Alonge, Alessandro Scippa Camera: Gherardo Gossi Editor: Enrico Giovannone Music: Evandro Fornasier, Walter Magri, Massimo Miride Sound: Vito Martinelli Production: Fandango, Zaroff Film S.r.l., Rai Cinema Producer: Domenico Procacci, Gianluca Arcopinto Cast: Filippo Timi, Stefano Accorsi, Valerio Mastandrea, Valeria Solarino Distr.: Fandango Portobello Sales

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Spotlight: Tyskland

4 Days in May The starting point for this German drama is fascinating: during the last days of the war, the Russians have entered the northeastern part of Germany. The Germans, who are already feeling their impending destiny and who can feel defeat breathing down their necks, desperately try to battle on. A small division of Soviet soldiers have turned a local orphanage into their base, but they are beleaguered by a small German army that is willing to fight to the last man. ‘4 Days in May’ is a magnificent war film, but without the genre’s traditional heroes - no Brits, no Americans. On the contrary, the roles are divided among the archetypal villains, the Germans and the Russians, and they cover the entire spectrum between good and evil, with a focus on all the nuances in between. A small German boy from the orphanage seems to be the born hero of the story, but as he thoughtlessly but increasingly skilfully becomes a double agent between the beleaguered Russians and the beleaguering Germans, he becomes a fairly complex character. You might complain that one thing or another has been borrowed from ‘Atonement’, but one can get ones inspiration from films that are far worse.

Sa 21. April 21:30 Gloria Tu 24. April 16:30 Palads Biograferne

4 Tage im Mai Germany 2011, 97 min.

Director: Achim von Borries Script: Achim von Borries Camera: Bernd Fischer Editor: Antje Zynga Music: Thomas Feiner Sound: Thomas Knop, Stephan Konken Production: X Filme Creative Pool, ZAO Studio F.A.F. Producer: Stefan Arndt, Aleksei Guskov Cast: Pavel Wenzel, Aleksei Guskov, Sergey Legostaev, Grigory Dobrygin, Angelina Häntsch, Alexander Held, Gertrud Roll Distr.: Match Factory

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Home For The Weekend The German director Hans Christian Schmid has made a name for himself as a true festival darling, who without much fuss is able to tell biting truths about the German middle class. This is particularly true for ‘Home for the Weekend’. Marko is in his early 30s and lives in Berlin, at a safe distance from his parents, and he has no problem with not seeing them every day. When he, like this weekend, finally visits them, it is primarily to give them the opportunity to be together with their grandson, Marko’s five-year-old son, Zowie. When Marko arrives together with his brother Jakob and his wife Ella, it becomes clear that the parents have news, which reach beyond the father wanting to retire. Their mother, Gitte, who has suffered from bipolar disorder all their lives, has decided to stop taking the medication that has kept the illness at bay, as she has improved noticeably thanks to a homeopathic panacea. This major decision becomes a narrative catalyst for ‘Home for the Weekend’, where the otherwise so secretive family opens up the closets to let the skeletons out.

Schmid uses surgical precision to guide us through the family reunion.

Su 22. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret Sa 28. April 19:00 Grand Teatret

Was bleibt Germany 2012, 84 min.

Director: Hans-Christian Schmid Script: Bernd Lange Camera: Bogumil Godfrejow Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich Music: The Notwist Sound: Dirk Jacob Production: 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH Producer: Britta Knöller, Hans-Christian Schmid Cast: Lars Eidinger, Corinna Harfouch, Sebastian Zimmler, Ernst Stötzner, Picco von Groote Distr.: Match Factory

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Hotel Lux A comedian in 1930s Berlin falls out of favour after performing a Hitler parody and wants to flee to the United States, but for logistical reasons he is taken to Moscow, where he ends up at a dilapidated hotel, a world in the middle of the world, inhabited by German communist refugees. Here, he becomes an astrologer for Stalin in a series of sessions that take place in full secrecy in the lavatory, but he is eventually pursued by both Nazis and communists, and has to find a way out.

Haußman’s latest effort is a large-scale film with great production values and a consistent tone, which like the great hit of the day ‘The Artist’ sends an affectionate nod way back to the great swashbuckler films of the 1920s with John Barrymore and Douglas Fairbanks, but also a crafty and creative nod to Lubitsch’s ‘To Be Or Not To Be’ and Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Basterds’. But ‘Hotel Lux’ is not a film for spotty nerds - for this it’s too cocky and infinitely entertaining, with a wonderful streak of gallows humour. This is not a way to academic enlightenment, but if you’re looking for fast-paced, irreverent and ultimately thought-provoking hullabaloo, you should definitely come and see this film.

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Hotel Lux Germany 2011, 110 min.

Director: Leander Haußman Script: Leander Haußmann Camera: Hagen Bogdanski Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich Music: Ralf Wengenmayr Sound: Frank Kruse Production: Bavaria Pictures, Colonia Media Filmproduktions GmbH, herbX film GmbH Producer: Corinna Eich, Günter Rohrbach, Cast: Michael Herbig, Jürgen Vogel, Thekla Reuten Distr.: Bavaria Film

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Hut in the Woods Should a mentally unstable German man and an orphaned Ukrainian boy be allowed to shape their own lives in a hut in the woods, or should they be forced to adapt to the society around them. Both the physical and psychological challenges are sketched out in Hans Weingartner’s thought-provoking and poignant new film. Martin is a promising mathematician, but his soul can’t keep up with his brain, which sends him on a downward path into madness. He loses the ability to lead a so-called normal life and ends up on the street.

But this turns out to be his salvation, as this is where he meets the young boy Viktor, and even if they don’t speak each other’s language, they find each other in a dream of living a life outside society. They discover freedom and joy, but reality doesn’t want to let go of them, and it threatens to pull them down again. Peter Schneider carries the film with his performance of the difficult role of Martin, but it is the chemistry between him and the boy which is the heart of the film. Already in his 2001 debut ‘The White Noise’, Hans Weingartner dealt with a mentally unstable protagonist, and in the same spirit he now tackles the disease with compassion and insight.

Su 22. April 16:30 Dagmar Teatret Tu 24. April 21:30 Dagmar Teatret

Die Summe Meiner Einzelnen Teile Germany 2011, 109 min.

Director: Hans Weingartner Script: Hans Weingartner, Cüneyt Kaya Camera: Henner Besuch Editor: Dirk Oetelshoven, Andreas Wodraschke Sound: Björn Wiese Production: Kahuuna Films Gmbh Producer: Hans Weingartner, Jonas Dornbach Cast: Peter Schneider, Timur Massold, Henrike von Kuick, Julia Jentsch Distr.: Elle Driver

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Mercy In the northernmost city in the world, Norway’s Hammerfest, the sun only just peaks over the horizon between November and January. During these bleak days, which seem to have neither a beginning nor an end, the German couple Niels and Maria have settled down here together with their son, and they seem to enjoy their new life in the North. But their bourgeois twilight existence is radically changed, when Maria one day hits something or someone with her car on her way home from work and, in panic, flees from the scene of the accident. The couple subsequently has to ask themselves and each other, what one is able to forgive.

Can one live life without grace? The German Matthias Glasner has paired up with the Danish screenwriter Kim Fupz Aakeson, and they here combine their respective penchants for existential drama. Two of Germany’s greatest actors today, Birgit Minichmayr and Jürgen Vogel, play the roles of the married couple. Vogel has been Glasner’s permanent playmate, and he surprised us in Denmark with his uncompromising and physical talent in Glasner’s ‘The Free Will’.

Tu 24. April 19:00 Cinemateket Sa 28. April 14:00 Cinemateket

Gnade Germany, Norway 2012, 132 min.

Director: Matthias Glasner Script: Kim Fupz Aakeson Camera: Jakub Bejnarowicz Editor: Heike Gnida Music: Home Sweet Home Sound: Stefan Soltau, Björn Wiese Production: Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion, Neofilm, Ophir Film Producer: Kristine Knudsen, Matthias Glasner, Andreas Born Cast: Jürgen Vogel, Birgit Minichmayr, Henry Stange, Ane Dahl Torp, Maria Bock Distr.: Beta Cinema

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PIX Opening PIX invites you to yet another film festival with a varied programme, packed with hand-picked films from around the world. The festival is officially kicked off with an opening party, which presents film theatre, the Nordisk Film Award and, not least, an after-party at Pumpehuset. Stuart Lynch’s new film theatre, ‘Dreyer, The Tyrannical Dane’, was made exclusively for PIX and its Dagmar Teatret-setting, and we are proud to be able to present the world premiere of this performance. And in Carl Th. Dreyer’s old cinema, of course. Nordisk Film Award is handed out, for the 17th time, to a new talent in Danish film, and is worth 106,000 DKR. After this, we move over to Pumpehuset, to enjoy a party with a cinematic edge. The space will come alive with visuals from the film programme of the next 18 days, while Dixone will deliver sounds and beats. Kronenbourg 1664 is providing the beer for the evening.

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PIX CLOSING PARTY When the last image has flashed over the screen, the last reel has been rewound, and the lights have gone up in the cinema theatres, all PIX cinema-goers and music fans will have a last chance to spend the night in the company of PIX. We present a thanks-forthis-year party, which includes an awards ceremony, a concert and a party. The evening kicks off with the presentation of the New Talent Grand PIX award to the latest new international film talent, which includes a check for 30,000 Euros. Over the course of the festival, the audience has also voted for its favourite film, and tonight we are handing out Politikenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Audience Award.

After the ceremony, PIX, in collaboration with Vega, will present a high-energy concert with Three Attacks in Lille Vega, with Shiny Darkly as support band. Sexy Lazy will follow suit with scrumptious, danceable sounds to laser rays, and Kronenbourg 1664 will serve the beer.

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Memories of My Melancholy Whores Immediately after the Danish release of Gabriel García Márquez’ magic-realist ‘Memories of My Melancholy Whores’ in 2005, Henning Carlsen decided to make a cinematic adaptation of the novel. In 1966, Carlsen had masterfully directed an adaptation of Knut Hamsun’s ‘Hunger’. His new adaptation concerns an intellectual, slightly mad journalist, who on his 90th birthday decides to celebrate his big day by employing the services of a young prostitute. There is nothing new in that, however, as the loner has spent his entire life having a good time with whores at almost every opportunity. This time though, the difference is, that the girl should be a virgin. He chooses a girl 70 years younger than him, who for the first time ever awakens feelings of romance in the author, which gives him a fresh creative boost, resulting in him becoming very famous.

Carlsen confidently turns Márquez’s already sparkling text into living images and adroitly avoids every cliché about old men and young women. ‘Memories of My Melancholy Whores’ is a beautiful and sensuous tale about unlikely love.

We 25. April 21:30 Grand Teatret

Memoria de mis putas tristes Denmark, Mexico, Spain 2011, 90 min.

Director: Henning Carlsen Script: Jean-Claude Carrière, Henning Carlsen Camera: Alejandro Martínez Editor: Anders Refn Sound: Fernando Cámara Production: Crone Film Produktion Producer: Nina Crone Distr.: SF Film

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Haywire American director, Steven Soderbergh, has now worked his way through the entire spectrum of genres, from small indie films, through Oscar-winning dramas, arthouse thrillers and science fiction, to pure comedies, star-studded heist films and everything in between. So it was only a matter of time, before he would try to tackle the action genre and, as usual, he delivers a knockout blow of a film! The elite-trained mercenary soldier, Mallory, is hired when the shit hits the fan and someone has to do the dirty work. But when her employer one day throws her to the lions, the stage is set for merciless revenge, for Mallory is not the kind of girl you fuck with! The mixed martial arts star, Gina Carano, proves to be highly capable actress, and she is phenomenally good at dishing out punches, as the filmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s male characters, played by the likes of Ewan McGregor and Michael Fassbender, soon experience.

Here is a woman who, without flinching an eyelid, could floor both Van Damme and Segal. Soderbergh shows that he knows his action thriller to the last detail, and he manages to replicate the effective form of the Bourne films without, at any time, succumbing to plagiarism.

Intelligent fist-driven action at its best!

Mo 2. April

21:30 Palads Biograferne

Haywire USA, Ireland 2011, 93 min.

Director: Steven Soderbergh Script: Lem Dobbs Camera: Peter Andrews Editor: Mary Ann Bernard Music: David Holmes Production: Irish Film Board, Relativity Media Producer: Gregory Jacobs Cast: Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas Distr.: Nordisk Film

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Iron Sky PIX presents the Danish premiere of the eagerly awaited ‘Iron Sky’ with its, not only mad, but also brilliant premise. After their defeat at the end of World War II, the Nazis escaped to outer space, and established a base on the dark side of the moon. Some 70 years later, they are back. Vengeful and full of surprises. ‘Iron Sky’ is a Finnish sci-fi comedy with a pitch-black sense of humour which, already before the film was completed, set new standards for crowd-funding and cult worship, and the audiences have flocked to the few exclusive screenings the film has had so far. Come and experience the perhaps most hyped film at present, which will be screened for the first time on Danish soil and, this evening only, it will be introduced by the Finnish director and producer.

We 11. April 21:30 Palads Biograferne

Iron Sky Finland, Germany, Australia 2012, 93 min.

Director: Timo Vuorensola Script: Michael Kalesniko, Johanna Sinisalo, Jarmo Puskala Camera: Mika Orasmaa Editor: Suresh Ayyar Music: Laibach Sound: Chris Rebay, Mario Hubert Production: Blind Spot Pictures Oy Producer: Tero Kaukomaa, Samuli Torssonen, Oliver Damian Cast: Christopher Kirby, Götz Otto, Julia Dietze, Udo Kier Distr.: Mis. Label / Midget Entertainment

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Keep the Lights On The much sought-after American indie director, Ira Sachs (‘Forty Shades of Blue’) takes, as his starting point, his own painful memories of life as a homosexual in late 1990’s New York, and he has made a sensitive and poetic drama, about a turbulent love affair which lasted 10 years. Thure Lindhardt bravely and brutally tackles the role as Sachs’ alter ego, Erik, a Danish documentary film director, who works on a film about the queer underground scene’s Avery Willard. His sister, played terrifically by Paprika Steen, has succeeded in marrying into money herself, but tries to get him to take his career more seriously. But it is only through the encounter with Paul (Zachary Booth), that Erik finds the motivation to change his lifestyle. But even if Erik still finds it hard to not be tempted by other men, it is Paul’s drug addiction that really tests the relationship. It is tough to follow their ups and downs, but one never doubts the love between the two. Thanks to the effective use of Arthur Russell’s music and the evocative cinematography of Thimios Bakatakis (‘Attenberg’), this film stays with you for a long time.

Sa 14. April 21:45 Cinemateket Tu 24. April 19:15 Cinemateket Su 29. April 21:30 Cinemateket

Keep the Lights On USA 2012, 101 min.

Director: Ira Sachs Script: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias Camera: Thimios Bakatakis Editor: Affonso Gonçalves Production: Alarum Pictures, Parts and Labor, Tiny Dancer Films Producer: Marie-Therese Guirgis, Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs Cast: Thure Lindhardt, Zachary Booth, Julianne Nicholson Distr.: Films Boutique

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen Lasse Hallström’s charming adaptation of Paul Torday’s bestseller stars Ewan McGregor as Fred Jones, the British government’s leading expert on fishing.

When he is contacted by the young Harriet (Emily Blunt), with the idea of introducing salmon fishing in Yemen, he can only laugh at the idea. Harriet, however, represents a generous sheikh with a weakness for salmon fishing, a hobby he cultivates at his castle in the Scottish Highlands. The sheikh is convinced that fishing creates a spiritual connection between man and nature, and if people could only fish for fun in his home country, it could increase stability and peace in the region. The rumour about this project also reaches the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman, Bridget Maxwell (played by the ever-phenomenal Kristin Scott Thomas), and she suddenly sees an opportunity to distract the attention of the press from other more embarrassing issues. In spite of protests, Fred is soon venturing around Yemen’s barren highlands, with a project which seems totally impossible, in a country where water is in short supply. ‘Salmon Fishing in the Yemen’ is a warm and wonderful comedy, which pays tribute to the belief in the most ridiculous ideas, and to the people who are willing to swim upstream, to achieve them.

Su 29. April 16:40 Grand Teatret

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen United Kingdom 2011, 112 min.

Director: Lasse Hallström Script: Simon Beaufoy Camera: Terry Stacey Editor: Lisa Gunning Music: Dario Marianelli Production: BBC Films, Kudos Film and Television, Lionsgate Producer: Paul Webster Cast: Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas, Amr Waked Distr.: AB Svensk Filmindustri

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Bullhead “One of the best films I have ever seen”, is what the American action director, Michael Mann, said about ‘Bullhead’, which was in the running for an Oscar earlier this year. ‘Bullhead’ is a dark, inescapable and totally original film, a mafia thriller, an intense character study and a disturbing tragedy. And there is even room for humour in the shape of two petty criminals, who are normally just mechanics. Matthias Schoenaert gives us a frighteningly good and savage performance in the title role, as the steroid-addicted Jacky, who works as an assistant at his family’s cattle farm. His brother-in-law breeds animals with illegal growth hormones, which are supplied by shady figures from the local mafia. Jacky has therefore easy access to testosterone drugs and anabolic steroids, which he downs in great quantities. It is only halfway through the film that we, in a flashback to a terrible event in his childhood, are given an explanation for Jacky’s addiction, solitude and pent-up anger. When a policeman, who is investigating the illegal market, is murdered, Jacky tries to get away from the criminal milieu. He is now forced to return to the childhood event, which destroyed him and the people who were present at the time. This also includes his childhood friend Lucia, whom he still has a heartbreaking crush on. The film is shown in collaboration with Cinemateket.

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19:15 Cinemateket 21:30 Cinemateket 19:15 Cinemateket 21:45 Cinemateket 19:15 Cinemateket

Rundskop Belgium 2011, 124 min.

Director: Michaël R. Roskam Script: Michael R. Roskam Camera: Nicolas Karakatsanis Editor: Alain Dessauvage Music: Raf Keunen Production: Savage Film Producer: Bart Van Langendonck Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian, Tibo Vandenborre, Frank Lammers Distr.: Celluloid Dreams

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Monsieur Lazhar With his charming liars’ and pyromaniacs’ fable ‘It’s Not Me, I Swear!’ (which won the audience award at CPH PIX 2009), Philippe Falardeau established himself as one of the best children’s directors. He once again demonstrates this skill with ‘Monsieur Lazhar’, which elegantly balances between humour and severity in its account of elementary school troubles out of the ordinary. Bachir Lazhar is a middle-aged Algerian immigrant, who seeks asylum in Quebec. He has several years of experience of teaching in his native country, and jumps at the opportunity, when a temporary job at a local elementary school is posted. But there is a small caveat, and this is that the job became available, because the previous teacher had recently hanged himself in the classroom. The school’s stressed inspector is relieved to see the lessons continuing again, but the pupils, not least Simon and Alice, who managed to get a glance of the teacher hanging from the ceiling, are struggling with their own interpretations of the unfortunate event. These are further nourished by the hypocritical adults’ white lies, which are meant to make everything easier, but which have the opposite effect.

‘Monsieur Lazhar’ was Canada’s fully deserved Oscar candidate.

Sa 14. April 19:00 Grand Teatret Su 22. April 12:00 Grand Teatret We 25. April 16:30 Aarhus Øst for Paradis

Monsieur Lazhar Canada 2011, 94 min.

Director: Philippe Falardeau Script: Philippe Falardeau Camera: Ronald Plante Editor: Stéphane Lafleur Music: Martin Léon Sound: Pierre Bertrand Production: micro_scope Producer: Luc Déry, Kim McCraw Cast: Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx Distr.: Øst for Paradis

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Neil Young Journeys Neil Young is one of the few world-famous rock musicians, who can be said to be just as lively and exuberant in his old days, as he was when he was young.

A restless, angry, but also sensitive super guitarist who, on average, has released one official album a year, since he started with his solo debut in 1969. ‘Neil Young Journeys’ is the last film in the Oscar-winning director, Jonathan Demme’s trilogy about Young. But where the two first films, ‘Heart of Gold’ (2006) and ‘Trunk Show’ (2009), showed the Canadian heavyweight in the concert arena, first time with total staging, and subsequently on the loose, the new film mixes footage from a 2011 show in Massey Hall in Neil Young’s native Toronto, with footage of Young on a tour through the province of his youth, Ontario. From the front seat of a ‘56 Ford Crown Victoria, we hear him talk about his neighbours (and their daughters), and we are told anecdotes about how one, as a child, can be tempted to eat tar, in the belief that it tastes like chocolate. The film is intimate and meaningful without being nostalgic, for as Young says, when he passes by some bulldozers, which are eating their way through the landscape: “It’s all disappearing. But it’s still in my head.”

Fr 13. April Fr 13. April

21:30 Cinemateket 21:30 Cinemateket

Neil Young Journeys USA 2011, 87 min.

Director: Jonathan Demme Camera: Declan Quinn Editor: Glenn Allen Music: Neil Young Sound: Rick Chefalas, Nicholas Verlaine Production: Clinica Estetico, Shakey Pictures Producer: Jonathan Demme, Elliot Rabinowitz Cast: Neil Young Distr.: Clinica Estetico

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Take This Waltz Love can be tough. A well-known theme, which the Canadian director Sarah Polley brings to life again with full justification in her exuberantly well-acted, realistic everyday drama about a young womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dilemma between her happy relationship and a new, tingling acquaintance. Michelle Williams can here be seen in one of the best roles of her career, as the slightly confused Margot, who lives in a happy relationship with the kind-hearted cookery book writer Lou. When she, on a business trip, meets Daniel, an artist type with Bambi eyes who simply embodies everything that is new and exciting, the mutual attraction becomes monumental.

Shortly after returning home, Margot finds out that Daniel has moved in on the other side of the street, and this becomes the beginning of the end of everything she thought she knew about life, love and herself. With her second feature, Sarah Polley delivers something as rare as an unsentimental, humorous story, which raises those questions about love, sex, duty and responsibility, which life rarely offers any definitive answers to.

Su 22. April 19:15 Cinemateket

Take This Waltz Canada 2011, 116 min.

Director: Sarah Polley Script: Sarah Polley Camera: Luc Montpellier Editor: Christopher Donaldson Music: Jonathan Goldsmith Production: Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter Producer: Susan Cavan, Sarah Polley Distr.: TF1 International

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Trishna The versatile and productive British director Michael Winterbottom moves effortlessly from genre to genre, and is happy to defy unwritten rules. Now, he has once again tackled a classic. This time, it is Thomas Hardy’s canonised Victorian novel ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’ which is the subject of his attention.

And once again, the historical setting of the original is not taken literally, as Winterbottom turns the Tess of the past into the present-day Trishna, who lives in India. Her role is played with fervour and conviction by the eminently watchable Freida Pinto (‘Slumdog Millionaire’). Trishna is quite young when she is seduced by a rich man’s son, but as the steamy romance starts to develop, the relationship becomes increasingly slippery and unstable. With his undeniable ability to make historical texts relevant for a modern audience, Winterbottom turns the film into a living, almost physical story about the fate of a woman who is torn between old money and modern ideas of equality. As always, the Danish cinematographer Marcel Zyskind is behind the camera, and his sumptuous visuals are so rousing, that one becomes painfully aware of the fact that tragedy lurks underneath all this beauty.

Mo 23. April 21:30 Gloria Tu 24. April 17:00 Empire Bio

Trishna UK 2011, 117 min.

Director: Michael Winterbottom Script: Michael Winterbottom Camera: Marcel Zyskind Editor: Mags Arnold Music: Shigeru Umebayashi, Amit Trivedi Sound: Will Whale Production: Revolution Films, Film i Väst Producer: Melissa Parmenter, Michael Winterbottom, Sunil Bohra Cast: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, Roshan Seth Distr.: Bankside Films

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Volcano Who says that coming of age stories should necessarily be about teenagers? Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut revolves around the grumpy, retired janitor, Hannes, who is brutally forced to reconsider the last chapter of his life. If he reckoned that he could continue his emotional isolation, silently smoking cigarettes and complaining about the food, he was deeply mistaken.

After a failed suicide attempt and a traumatising bolt from the blue, Hannes has to look himself in the eyes, and become grown-up again. Rúnarsson lets this captivating, existential drama unfold with a remarkably clear talent for highly believable and understated realism, which can be hard to find elsewhere in Denmark. The director trained at the Danish Film School, but moved back to his Icelandic roots to shoot ‘Volcano’, which has already gone from festival to festival all over the world.

‘Volcano’ challenges entrenched stereotypes about age and redundancy in refreshing ways, and finds a moving and harsh, metaphoric backdrop in the eversmouldering underground of the volcanic island.

Th 1. January Mo 23. April 21:45 Aarhus Øst for Paradis Fr 27. April 20:00 Empire Bio

Eldfjall Denmark, Iceland 2011, 98 min.

Director: Rúnar Rúnarsson Script: Runar Runarsson Camera: Sophia Maria Catarina Olsson Editor: Jacob Schulsinger Music: Kjartan Sveinsson Sound: Kjartan Kjartansson, Ingvar Lundberg Production: Fine & Mellow A/S, Zik Zak Filmworks Producer: Thor Sigurjonsson, Skuli Malmquist, Thomas Gammeltoft, Egil Dennerline Cast: Theódór Júlíusson, Margrét Helga Jóhannsdóttir, Elma Lisa Gunnarsdottir, Thorsteinn Bachmann Distr.: TrustNordisk

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Weekend Last Autumn’s British sensation was this surprising and intense little chamber piece about two very different men, who pick each other up at a gay bar for what might be a one night stand, but possibly also something more. One of them is employed at an art gallery and is deeply involved in the gay community, while the other is a lifeguard at a swimming pool, and who is living his life in the closet. We are with them all the way to the double bed, as they spend a weekend considering whether they should embark on a future together, and whether it is worth the effort. One of them is about to travel to the United States, to start a new job the following Monday. Unlike other films with a similar theme, ‘Weekend’ is not one long, swooning tribute to romance from the very first frame, but a sober depiction of a demand, a commitment they were not asking for, where the timing could not have been worse.

Yet which becomes more and more compelling, as the weekend passes. The two men dance around each other on eggshells for one and a half hours, and we soon forget that we are not watching a documentary.

That is how direct and authentic it is.

Fr 13. April

20:00 Empire Bio

Weekend UK 2011, 96 min.

Director: Andrew Haigh Script: Andrew Haigh Camera: Urzula Ponikos Editor: Andrew Haigh Music: James Edward Barker Production: The Bureau, Glendale Picture Media Producer: Tristan Goligher Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New, Laura Freeman, Vauxhall Jermaine Distr.: Reel Pictures Aps

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AB Svensk Filmindustri international@sf.se

Eamon O’neill eoneillanimation@gmail.com

Alce Filmes alcefilmes@gmail.com

Elephant Eye Films info@elephanteyefilms.com

Allessandro Bavari info@alessandrobavari.com

Elle Driver sales@elledriver.eu

Angel Films info@angelfilms.dk

Enemyhouse jeremy@enemyhouse.com

ARRI Media Worldsales aexacoustos@arri.de

Eye candy film richard@eyecandyfilm.dk

Atlantic Film AB je@atlanticfilm.se

Fandango Portobello Sales fandango@fandango.it

Autlook Filmsales welcome@autlookfilms.com

Filmax filmax@filmax.com

Bac Films c.gagliardo@bacfilms.fr

Films Boutique info@filmsboutique.com

Bankside Films films@bankside-films.com

Films Distribution info@filmsdistribution.com

Bavaria Film bavaria.international@bavaria-film.de

Finecut / Cineclick Asia cineinfo@finecut.co.kr

Beta Cinema beta@betacinema.com

Fondazione Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia anthony.ettorre@fondazionecsc.it

British Film Institute (BFI) sales.films@bfi.org.uk

Fortissimo Film Sales info@fortissimo.nl

CALF (Nobuaki Doi) info@calf.jp

Fox International Productions Shebnem.Askin-Schreger@fox.com

Camera Film mail@grandteatret.dk

Fresh dog productions freshdog@gmail.com

Celluloid Dreams pascale@celluloid-dreams.com

Fridthjof film nicolai@f-film.com

Central Motion Picture Corporation cmpc5a@ms32.hinet.net

Gaga Corporation intl@gaga.co.jp

Cinemascópio Produções cinemascopiofilmes@gmail.com

Glasgow short film festival matt.lloyd@glasgowfilm.org

CJ Entertainment infofilm@cj.net

Goldcrest Films sales@goldcrestfilms.com

Clinica Estetico bmcnamara@clinica.com

Haos Films haosfi lm@yahoo.com

Coach 14 sales@coach14.com

Hollywood Classics Ltd. hollywoodclassicsuk@compuserve.com

Content Media Corporation plc london@contentmediacorp.com

Icelandic Film Centre info@icelandicfilmcentre.is

Coproduction Office festivals@coproductionoffice.eu

IMCINE - Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografia difuinte@imcine.gob.mx

Cyriak info@cyriak.co.uk

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Indigo Film info@indigofilm.it

Dice productions louis@diceproductions.co.uk

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Distracted Media enzo@distractedmediaonline.com

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Junifilm GmbH mail@junifilm.de

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Rendez-vous Pictures contact@rendezvouspictures.com

Les Films du Losange l.zipci@filmsdulosange.fr

Rezo Films International festival@rezofilms.com

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Robert Morgan info@robertmorganfilms.com

Magnolia Pictures nfuruichi@magpictures.com

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Scandinavian Entertainment Group tore.erlandsen@seg.no

Martin Wichmann mail@sorenhiorth.com

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Match Factory info@matchfactory.de

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StudioCanal GmbH info@studiocanal.de

Miracle Film jes@miraclefilm.dk

Sunrise Film Distribution pb@sunrisefilmdistribution.dk

Mirovision sales@mirovision.com

Swedish Film Institute (SFI) gunnar.almer@sfi.se

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TF1 International sales@tf1.fr

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Keep the Lights On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Keyhole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 The Snows of Kilimanjaro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Kill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Killer Joe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Kinetta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Kissing The Bride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Kría Brekkan & The Fall of the House of Usher . 87 L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Land of Oblivion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 The Last Man On Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Last Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Leave It On The Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 The Legend of Kaspar Hauser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 The Lenny Bruce Performance Film . . . . . . . . . . 30 Livid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Lloyd the Conqueror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Lola and Yukao Meet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Lovely Molly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Low Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Magic Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 The Man Who Died . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Manorexia & Seeking the Monkey King . . . . . . . . 89 Martha Marcy May Marlene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Meow Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Mercy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Messer Chups & Tremolo Beer Gut . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Metachaos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Meteora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Michael Gira - Live . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Mike Sheridan and Hamlet at Kronborg . . . . . . 97 The Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Miss Bala . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Monkey Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Monsieur Lazhar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Mother’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Music + Film in Social Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Music Supervision - Music vs. Film . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Music Video Spot - Dig & Mig + Far Away From Fiji + The New Spring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 My Brother The Devil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 My Name Is Jørgen Leth / ART MOVES #2 . . . . 103 Nana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Nani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Neighbouring Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Neil Young Journeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 The Night of the Hunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Nightfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Sons of Norway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Even Dwarfs Started Small . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Omar Killed Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 One Hamlet Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Orgy of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Our Lady of The Turks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Out of Bounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Outpost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Outside Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Le Petit poucet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 The Phantom Menace Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

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