CANNES WAtCh

A tissue of family lies and a young woman in search of the truth.

Through her own voice, Asmae, daughter and filmmaker, oscillates between national history and personal history to tell the story of the bread riots in 1981 and show how this event is connected to contemporary Moroccan society.

Directed by: Asmae EL MOUDIR

Year of production: 2023

Countries: Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Egypt

Duration: 96 minutes

International Sales: AUTLOOK FILMSALES salma@autlookfilms.com

TJ Ballantyne is the owner of the “Old Oak”, a pub located in a small town in the north of England. He serves daily the same idle regulars for whom the place has become the last place to meet. The arrival of Syrian refugees will create tensions in the village. TJ will, however, become friends with Yara, a young migrant passionate about photography. Together, they will try to revive the local community by developing a canteen for the poorest, whatever their origins.

Directed by: Ken LOACH

Year of production: 2023

Country: United Kingdom, France, Belgium

Duration: 113 minutes

International Sales: GOODFELLAS ecastro@goodfellas.film

Tierra del Fuego, Republic of Chile, 1901. An immense, fertile territory that the white aristocracy seeks to “civilize”. Three horsemen are hired by a wealthy landowner, José Menendez, to dispossess the indigenous populations of their lands and open a route to the Atlantic. Under the orders of Lieutenant MacLennan, a British soldier, and an American mercenary, the young Chilean mestizo, Segundo, discovers the price of building a young nation, that of blood and lies.

Directed by: Felipe GALVEZ

Year of production: 2023

Countries: Chile, Argentina, France, Denmark, United Kingdom

Duration: 97 minutes

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