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TODAY

American Honey

NEWS Comic timing Why Alexander Skarsgard embraced War On Everyone » Page 3

REVIEW American Honey Andrea Arnold’s lyrical road-trip » Page 5

SCREENINGS

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Woody Harrelson

London calling Harrelson for directorial debut

Zoology scores US, UK deals

BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

LBJ star Woody Harrelson is to make his directorial debut on feature Lost In London, which he has also written. Harrelson revealed the project during an interview with Screen (see page 4) although the two-time Oscar nominee kept coy on plot and production details.

Harrelson said he plans to make the feature after he has shot LBJ director Rob Reiner’s next film Shock And Awe, which will follow a group of myth-busting US journalists who struggle to get their work published during George W Bush’s presidency. “We’re playing journalists who wrote important articles about the absurdity of associating Saddam Hussein with Osama Bin Laden or trying to connect him to 9/11,” said Harrelson. The actor disclosed that his commitment to that project would make it impossible for him to take part in George Clooney’s Suburbicon.

Harrelson arrives in Zurich this week to promote biopic LBJ and a for a ZFF Master talk on Saturday (Oct 1).

Jennifer Connelly and Ewan McGregor in Zurich for American Pastoral

McGregor buzzing on T2, Pastoral reception

BY WENDY MITCHELL & KALEEM AFTAB

Ewan McGregor expressed regret over falling out with director Danny Boyle and said that shooting Trainspotting 2 together over the summer has healed old wounds. McGregor and Boyle fell out after Boyle cast Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach in 2000.

Speaking at the Zurich Film Festival, where McGregor’s directorial debut American Pastoral is screening and the actor will take part in a ZFF Master talk on Tues-

day (Sept 27), McGregor said, “Danny and I didn’t have any interaction for years. I do regret the years we didn’t work together because I love working with him.”

The actor has reprised his iconic role as Renton in Trainspotting 2, citing the quality of the screenplay as the main reason he agreed to return. “It was fun, it was good to be back with Danny,” said McGregor.

Having made his directing debut on Philip Roth adaptation American Pastoral, McGregor said

he is eager to return to the director’s chair. “It took me 15 years to find the right story to tell, I hope it doesn’t take another 15 years to find the next one,” he said. “I’d like to do something entirely different.

I’d like to do something contemporary and with young people, and maybe not be in it.”

Pulitzer winner Roth is a fan of the finished film, McGregor revealed. “When I found out that he liked it, it was a great relief to me. I think if he had not liked it, I would have felt a sense of failure.”

Zurich Film Festival connects with social media influencers Organisers of the Zurich Film Festival know the value of star power, and not only the type that are used to treading the red carpet.

This year the festival has invited a host of social media ‘influencers’ to Zurich in a bid to connect the event with a wider global audience.

The festival has invited more than 20 social stars from US, Canada, Colombia and Mexico,

including YouTuber Sebastian Arango who has more than 1 million followers on both Instagram and YouTube, Viner and film-maker Wes Armstrong, aka Wuz Good, who has 1.6 million likes on Facebook and YouTuber Juana Martinez, who has 974,000 followers on Twitter.

Positive posts about the festival from the online stars have already garnered thousands of interac-

tions. “These influencers have large audiences who trust them,” says Zurich Film Festival artistic director Karl Spoerri.

He added: “It might not be the type of coverage you would usually get but it’s an addition to more traditional coverage, which can bring the festival to more people.

We don’t yet know the impact but we will evaluate it afterwards.”

The move is a potential boon for local distributors with the social media stars likely to spread the word about ZFF films they enjoy to their followers. Studios and independent distributors have enlisted social media celebrities during campaigns before but this might be the first time a festival has enlisted international social stars on such a scale.

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Arrow Films has picked up North American and UK rights to Ivan Tverdovsky’s supernatural drama Zoology from New Europe Film Sales. The deal was concluded shortly after the film’s North American premiere screening in Toronto and ahead of its screening at this week’s Zurich Film Festival.

Zoology follows a middle-aged zoo worker who undergoes a supernatural transformation.

Producers are New People Film Company, Arizona Productions and MovieBrats.

Arrow plans to release the film theatrically in all three territories as part of a theatrical push into the North American market. Tom Stewart, acquisitions director for Arrow Films, said: “We’re thrilled to be taking such a delightful original film to audiences across North America, Canada and the UK.”

ZFF juries fly into action Zurich Film Festival’s juries are in action all week judging the International Feature Film and International Documentary sections, and the Switzerland, Germany and Austria Focus.

Danish film-maker Lone Scherfig is jury chief for international features, alongside UK producer Graham Broadbent, UK writer-director David Farr and German-Turkish actress Sibel Kekilli. The award ceremony takes place on Saturday (Oct 1) at the Zurich Opera House.

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NEWS

Skarsgard finds catharsis and eyes Swedish return

BY WENDY MITCHELL

Alexander Skarsgard relished the chance to make his first comedy in a decade, with his role as crooked cop Terry in writerdirector John Michael McDonagh’s War On Everyone. “I was in London shooting Tarzan when I got this script,” the actor said at the film’s Zurich press conference. “It was very refreshing. On page one, Terry hits a mime and steals cocaine, and he’s drunk throughout the movie. It was almost a cathartic experience; I’ve been trying to find a comedy for years.”

War On Everyone marks the third feature from McDonagh following 2011’s The Guard and 2014’s Calvary, and the Londonborn director is known for his black humour. “I don’t think I’ll ever do a film that doesn’t have humour in it,” he said. “I like straightforward dramas but I end up finding them too pompous.

Why can’t you have jokes and still have it be a serious movie?”

Up next, Skarsgard will shoot Duncan Jones’ Mute in Berlin.

Alexander Skarsgard and director John Michael McDonagh at Zurich for the gala premiere of War On Everyone

‘[The film] was almost a cathartic experience; I’ve been trying to find a comedy for years’ Alexander Skarsgard

The thriller, set in a dark, dystopian future, is about a mute bartender whose girlfriend goes missing. The True Blood veteran also expressed his desire to do another film in Sweden. “I would love to work in Swedish again, it’s been a while,” said Skarsgard, whose last appearance in a Swedish-language feature came in the 2007 drama Iron Angels.

“There are some really interesting film-makers there now.”

McDonagh is currently working on an eight-episode HBO miniseries and has two USbased feature projects “percolating”. He also intends to complete the trilogy started with The Guard and Calvary with a new London-set script, which he plans to write in summer 2017.

Filmmaker Awards go to Roaux, Huber

BY MATT MUELLER

Swiss directors Germinal Roaux and Sophie Huber won the second Filmmaker Awards. The prize, offered by the Association for the Promotion of Film in Switzerland, offers support to Swiss film projects in the production and post-production stages.

Roaux received $77, 500 ( chf 75,000) for his feature Fortuna, while Huber received $26,000 (chf25,000) for her documentary The Blue Note Project. The presentation took place at the IWC gala dinner For The Love Of Cinema, with Uma Thurman presenting the prizes.

Produced by Ruth Waldburger of Vega Film, Fortuna depicts the plight of a 14-year-old teenage girl from Eritrea as she arrives in Switzerland.

Produced by Hercil Bundi and Susanne Guggenberger of Mira Film, Huber’s documentary tells the story of the legendary American jazz record label. This year’s jury was made up of director Marc Forster, ZFF artistic director Karl Spoerri and IWC CEO Georges Kern.

Oliver Stone laments studio caution for Snowden biopic

BY WENDY MITCHELL

Director Oliver Stone laid bare the financial challenge of getting biopic Snowden made. During his Zurich Summit keynote, held on Saturday, Stone and longtime producer Moritz Borman said that the film was passed on by all major US studios for distribution and production.

“It’s so difficult to make any movie unless you have a studio up front,” Stone said. “This was a desperate, nail-clinging venture.

There’s as much drama in [making Snowden] as there is in a film itself.” Backers on the $40m feature include Open Road Films (which will release in the US), Endgame, Borman/Kopeloff Productions, Vendian Entertainment, TG Media and KrautPack.

Stone declared that many big US companies would self-censor

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Summit ends with an ace Oliver Stone at ZFF

rather than join a project like Snowden, which screened in Zurich this weekend. “Everyone is scared, there is a McCarthyism in a way. They say you are antiAmerican rather than critical of America. Artists should criticise the system when it needs reform.”

With a biopic of former US president George W Bush under his belt, Stone was asked whether he’d take on Trump. “Why not Hillary, the ‘evil’ Hillary? They say I don’t do women characters; she deserves the full treatment”

Shailene Woodley made a splash on the green carpet on Saturday night for the Zurich Film Festival’s gala premiere of Snowden.

CAA’s Roeg Sutherland, producer Scott Franklin and Bankside Films’ Phil Hunt were among execs competing at the Zurich Summit’s annual charity tennis tournament. Eventual victors were Peter and Patrick Schaumlechner (pictured centre, above), joint CEOs of Swiss film marketing company Impuls Media Group. The Summit concluded with a dinner and after-party at the Terrasse restaurant, with Ewan McGregor and Oliver Stone attending.

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INTERVIEW WOODY HARRELSON

Follow the leader Arriving in Zurich this week for his ZFF Masters talk (Oct 1), Woody Harrelson discusses latest film LBJ, Donald Trump and the prospect of spandex. Andreas Wiseman reports

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oody Harrelson arrives in Zurich this week following strong notices for his portrayal of former US president Lyndon Baines Johnson in Rob Reiner’s biopic LBJ, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The two-time Oscar nominee (for The People Vs Larry Flynt in 1997 and The Messenger in 2010) was in typically refreshing form when Screen caught up with him to talk about the film’s resonance with current political events in the US, interacting with fellow LBJ-er Bryan Cranston and the actor’s plans to direct.

(Above) LBJ; (below) Woody Harrelson at the film’s premiere during this year’s Toronto International Film Festival

) You wear substantial facial prosthetics in the film. What kind of challenge did that present?

I wanted to get make-up artist Ve Neill. She worked on The Hunger Games. I know she’d get the best prosthetics guy and she did in Arjen Tuiten who is a young guy but a perfectionist.

I’ve seen it too many times on big-budget movies when terrible prosthetics take you out of the moment. ) Did you speak to Bryan Cranston seeing as he had recently portrayed LBJ on stage and for HBO? We shot at the same time. It was daunting. On the other hand, I called him up and asked him for advice. He was so gracious. He would take an hour on a Sunday

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and give me so much great information and insight. He said: “It’s a big tent, let’s fill it.” ) This film arrives at a key moment in US politics. What’s your take on the current race for the White House?

We’re in such an ecological crisis but we’re in a perpetual state of war. Global warming should be our biggest consideration. What we don’t need is someone who will build walls and talk about division. We need unity in this country and around the world.

Someone who is a complete narcissist, that is not the leader we need right now. ) Are there any people you would like to play in particular?

I did get a script to play Vaclav Havel [Czech writer-dissident who later became the country’s president]. He was extraordinary.

I was lucky enough to meet him a couple of times, actually. I played chess with him once. I’m not doing that script but he’s a fascinating guy. I’d like to play someone of that calibre, someone who really stands for something.

‘Someone who is a complete narcissist, that is not the leader we need right now’ Woody Harrelson

) Would you do a superhero movie?

I was approached about that once. It wasn’t quite right. I’m not against it, though. The other day I put on Deadpool and I was really impressed. I’m open to it. ) You’re due to tackle George W Bush in Rob Reiner’s Shock And Awe next. And is George Clooney’s Suburbicon still on?

We’re playing journalists [in Shock And Awe] who wrote about the absurdity of associating Saddam Hussein with Osama Bin Laden or trying to connect him to 9/11. They were writing important articles and they couldn’t get them published. I won’t be able to do George’s movie because the timing clashes with that one. After Shock And Awe, I’ll shoot a movie based in London called Lost In s London, which I wrote and will direct. n

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) What attracted you to playing LBJ? The main thing was that I wanted to work with Rob. I think he’s one of our great filmmakers. It was Joey Hartstone’s script, too.

I wasn’t really a big fan of LBJ because of Vietnam, like a lot of people. But the more I looked into it, I saw many sides to him.

If it wasn’t for Vietnam, he’d probably be considered one of the great presidents.

We’re certainly very different. I’m a hippy and an anarchist. But I kind of got into his head-space. He was a go-getter and he worked his ass off. I know he was anguished about Vietnam after the fact. I’ve listened to conversations he had with Robert McNamara [the US Secretary of State who drove the escalation of the war] about that. I’m not sure that is enough but he was anguished about it.

REVIEWS

» American Honey p5 » I Am Not Madame Bovary p6

» Safari p6 » Paterson p7 » Little Men p7

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American Honey Reviewed by Jonathan Romney America’s wide open spaces have rarely felt as claustrophobic as in American Honey, a road trip undertaken largely in a box-like white van and shot in tight Academy ratio format. This story of a young woman looking for escape, only to find herself on the proverbial Road to Nowhere, has an appropriately enclosed, tense feel in Andrea Arnold’s ambitious, assertively experimental travelogue, shot over 56 days in several US states.

Visually the film is terrific, Robbie Ryan’s restlessly shifting, often sun-soaked photography vividly snapping up moments of industrial drabness and bucolic bliss.

As a story about a young woman trying to find a better life, the film is of a piece with Arnold’s UK working-class tale, the appropriately named Fish Tank (2009). But American Honey represents a significant departure from her earlier work in being so open-ended, seemingly improvisatory and in overall ambition. But while it exudes ample energy, this episodic piece does not muster much narrative drive over its daunting running time of two-and-three-quarter hours.

There is probably a stronger, tighter film in here, but Arnold should be applauded for her commitment to following the winding back-roads of filmic experiment rather than the well-mapped highway of storytelling.

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GALA PREMIERE UK-US. 2016. 162mins Director/screenplay Andrea Arnold Production companies Parts & Labor, Pulse Films, Mandown, Maven Pictures, Film4, BFI International sales Protagonist Pictures, vanessa@ protagonistpictures.com Producers Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg, Thomas Benski, Lucas Ochoa Cinematography Robbie Ryan Editor Joe Bini Production design Kelly McGehee Main cast Sasha Lane, Riley Keough, Shia LaBeouf, Arielle Holmes

The story begins in a small US town where we see dreadlocked 19-year-old Star (Sasha Lane) foraging for jettisoned foodstuffs in a supermarket skip. When a white van of rowdy youths passes through, Star finds herself flirting with their charismatic older leader Jake (Shia LaBeouf ), who offers her a job. Before long, she has joined his crew, who travel round the Midwest selling magazine subscriptions. There is clearly a great sense of camaraderie to be had with this motley bunch, crammed together in the van to a permanent soundtrack of hip-hop and R’n’B. But Star soon comes to realise the terms of engagement are tough.

The show is really run by the hard-bitten Krystal (Riley Keough), who is suspicious of Star as a youthful sexual rival, and who has Jake completely in her thrall. Then there is the fact the selling is done by lying outrageously to gullible customers, whom Jake meanwhile robs. And Krystal makes it clear that rich and dirt poor alike are fair game for ruthless milking. The use of rootless innocents to do the work suggests the hippie dream, of which this generation bears the faintest traces, is long dead: freedom and rebellion have become just masks for the profit motive at its most merciless.

American Honey has a certain quasi-documentary dimension, insofar as the action — shot in sequence in as informal a manner as possible,

road-trip style — appears to represent the process of the film being improvised from location to location. The story is based on a 2007 article in The New York Times by Ian Urbina, about just such sales crews, but there is little sense that Arnold wants to give us a journalistic exposé. We never see any of the other kids do their selling work — indeed, they seem so raucously anarchic that it is hard to imagine what their methods might be. And Arnold is not really interested in the other characters.

Instead, the film very much focuses on Star, played by bright discovery Lane as wide-eyed but hardly innocent, open to all the possibilities of life on the road — existential and sexual — but sufficiently sharp and initiative-filled to stand out from the crowd. LaBeouf ’s Jake never quite comes into focus as an ambivalent bad boy, but Keough (from TV’s The Girlfriend Experiment) gives Krystal a steely, cynical edge and it is unfortunate she does not get more time in the spotlight.

The film’s disabused take on American culture sometimes comes into sharp focus, notably near the end, in a contrast between Star’s sad features and the exuberant romance of Lady Antebellum’s titular country song. This would have made a good point to turn off the track, but a campfire coda, leaving Star’s fate undecided, suggests the road could go on forever, or just that Arnold has not quite found her ending.

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REVIEWS

I Am Not Madame Bovary Reviewed by David D’Arcy A woman’s campaign to restore her honour after a fake divorce and charges of sexual misdeeds fuels Feng Xiaogang’s relentless satire of Chinese corruption and hypocrisy. With Fan Bingbing as the intrepid plaintiff, I Am Not Madame Bovary is also a j’accuse on the plight of women who dare question authority in that country.

This moral tale with no promise of a happy ending should ride on Fan’s stardom to reach Chinese audiences globally. The comedy of Chinese bureaucracy may seem arcane to a nonlocal public, yet the story of a woman wronged will help pave the way. Cinephiles from the other end of the spectrum will also be drawn to the refinement of Feng’s aesthetic experiment —the use of a circular frame — that needs to be seen on a big screen.

I Am Not Madame Bovary is Feng’s adaptation of Liu Zhenyun’s 2012 novel I Am Not Pan Jinlian — the Chinese term for a promiscuous woman.

Here, she is Li Xuelian (Fan), a villager accused of being an adulteress. She also petitions a local court to void her divorce from her husband, which she claims was a fake contrived to get a second residence. As the court rejects her claim, her remarried ex-husband, Qin Yule (Li Zonghan), repeats the charge of adultery, and Li aims up the judicial ladder toward Beijing.

The film is part Scarlet Letter, part Keystone

GALA PREMIERE China. 2016. 128mins Director Feng Xiaogang Production companies Beijing Sparkles Roll Media Corporation, Huayi Brothers Media Corporation, Beijing Skywheel Entertainment Co Ltd, Huayi Brothers Pictures Ltd, Zhejiang Dongyang Mayla Media Co Ltd International sales Wild Bunch, obarbier@ wildbunch.eu Producer Hu Xiaofeng Screenwriter Liu Zhenyun Cinematography Luo Pan Main cast Fan Bingbing, Guo Tao, Da Peng, Zhang Jiayi, Yu Hewei, Li Zonghan

Cops, part miniature landscape painting — all with plot twists worthy of Thomas Hardy.

Chinese audiences are likely to recognise their government here as layers of careerists and opportunists in dark suits. Others will see the story as a fable about an ordinary person who pays for overstepping her position.

As Li, Fan is a tempest on a mission here, humourless as she threatens to shame any official in her way. The film’s look is as striking as Fan’s performance. The circular frame puts action and its setting in sharp focus, like a minia-

ture Chinese painting, suggesting that corruption is as rooted in the culture as art. Besides having the splendour of stage designs, these stunning and serene tableaux provide breathing room in a lurching pursuit of the powerful that can be exhausting.

At times, English subtitles were difficult to read against these backgrounds, a problem given Liu’s script twists the plot in a matter of seconds. Feng may have sacrificed part of his frame, but he has expanded the political vocabulary of mainstream Chinese films.

slather themselves in suntan lotion before discussing the prices of animal pelts.

Familiar to viewers of In The Basement, the Ellingers have returned to bag more trophies, although Manfred’s creaky, overweight, beer-guzzling ways don’t lead to much action from his hide. The main focus, though, is on the distinctly middle-class hunting family led by Gerard, Eva and their teenage children who are on a big-game safari in the Leopard Lodge.

Seidl’s shots are precision-engineered for distanced formality; he returns time and again to

majestic animal heads mounted on the wall, with his subjects placed silently among them. African workers are tellingly given no voice as Gerard and Eva shoot “pieces” from what seems like very close distance, giving each other “hunter’s hails”.

Their nerves are barely under control, despite the loaded advantage they maintain over their prey, and they cry tears of joy at each success.

When a tower of giraffes moves elegantly into sight in the distance, the viewer is aghast. Seidl then hammers home an excruciating abattoir scene where the local butchers — hunters nowhere to be seen at this point — skin, disembowel, exsanguinate and dismember the corpse.

Enough said, really. But it’s all difficult: from the game dog Ruby licking the wounds of a dying beast to a zebra collapsing like a broken doll to the final desperate lunges of the twisted neck of a felled giraffe, these images don’t lend themselves to Seidl’s usual detachment.

Working again so effectively with the Paradise trilogy’s director of photography Wolfgang Thaler and editor Christof Schertenleib, Seidl’s camera gives much food for thought. It seems as if much less of Safari is staged — or recreated — than, say, In The Basement, and the characters are allowed spontaneity within his tight frames. The result is as agreeably complex as it is horribly provocative.

Safari Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan Intentionally, of course, Ulrich Seidl’s Safari is a very difficult watch. All the Austrian auteur’s trademarks are there — the formal, deliberate compositions, the distanced tone, the offbeat dance with an ugly partner. The taboo subject of big-game hunting lends the expectation of an explicitly verbalised homily as the viewer is confronted with painfully upsetting images of dead animals being skinned and butchered. Yet these images do the only real talking in Seidl’s masterful art documentary; the walls of stuffed heads of felled majestic game, the carcasses of dying beasts which crumple in on themselves. His Austrian hunters talk passionately about their “sport”, but words ultimately mean little here.

Seidl’s documentary will struggle to reach a wide audience due to the graphic nature of its images and detached aspect. Those it reaches, however, should be profoundly affected by what they have seen. Less ironically distanced than the Austrian auteur’s Paradise trilogy or 2014’s In The Basement, Safari is a difficult film to leave behind.

Safari opens with a static shot of a hunter sounding a bugle in an anonymous — presumably European — forest before moving to Namibia, where the potbellied Manfred and Inge Ellinger

GALA PREMIERE Aust-Den. 2016. 91mins Dir Ulrich Seidl Production company Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion International sales Coproduction Office, info@ coproductionoffice.eu Producer Ulrich Seidl Executive producers Eva Mulvad, Pernille Rose Gonkjaer, Mikaela Krogh, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjaer Cinematography Wolfgang Thaler Editor Christof Schertenleib Featuring Gerald Eichinger, Eva Hofmann, Manuel Eichinger, Tina Hofmann, Manfred and Inge Ellinger, Marita and Volker Neemann, Markolf Schmidt, Eric Müller

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Little Men Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan

Paterson Reviewed by Tim Grierson Writer-director Jim Jarmusch often explores existential themes, but they have perhaps never been so beautifully unadorned as they are in Paterson, a deceptively modest character piece that is profound and moving while remaining grounded in the everyday. Observing a bus driver (played with incredible grace by Adam Driver) over eight days, the movie turns the tiny details of its protagonist’s life into a deeply felt consideration of partnership, love, compromise and the casual oddities inherent in being alive.

Paterson caters to the same crowds that have supported this independent film-maker over the past 30 years. Driver, who saw his profile rise thanks to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, might help shine a brighter spotlight on the movie, but word-of-mouth and positive reviews will be just as important to stoke interest.

Driver plays Paterson, a bus driver who writes poetry during his downtime. Living with his wife Laura (Golshifteh Farahani), a cupcake chef who dreams of becoming a country music star, Paterson — who happens to live in Paterson, New Jersey — goes through his daily routine, which includes jotting down poetry and stopping by his favourite bar every night.

Jarmusch often utilises distinct genres, such as the western (Dead Man) or the vampire film (Only Lovers Left Alive), as accessible delivery devices to express troubling questions about the mysteries of existence. But with Paterson, his only camouflage is the story’s unassuming day-in-the-life structure, which studies the similarities and slight differences in Paterson’s routine.

It is natural it will invite comparisons to Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, that masterpiece of minutiae. But Paterson is far looser, funnier and more contemplative.

The film’s life-affirming tone is offset smartly by Driver’s reserved, faintly melancholy performance, hinting at the emotional undercurrents flowing beneath the character’s placid surface as he listens to his passengers’ conversations or writes about his marriage through his poems. In Paterson, Jarmusch examines what makes a life worth living, encouraging his protagonist (and maybe the audience) to do the same.

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GALA PREMIERE US. 2016. 118mins Director/screenplay Jim Jarmusch Production companies K5 International, Amazon Studios, Le Pacte, Inkjet International sales K5 International, carl@ k5mediagroup.com Producers Joshua Astrachan, Carter Logan Cinematography Frederick Elmes Editor Affonso Goncalves Production design Mark Friedberg Music SQÜRL Main cast Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, Clifford Smith aka Method Man, Chasten Harmon, William Jackson Harper, Masatoshi Nagase

Small and intimate it may be — and Ira Sachs’ Little Men is more compact than his last slow-burn hit Love Is Strange — but there’s no end to the discreet pleasures on screen here. Viewing the gentrification of Brooklyn through the innocent friendship of two mismatched 13-year-old boys, this is a deftly handled, sparkly little jewel that will find its audience, whatever the mode of delivery.

Parallels could be drawn to 2007’s The Visitor, but Little Men deals instead with the very current issue of gentrification — the poorer, mostly immigrant families being forced out of inner-city neighbourhoods which have now become fashionable, particularly Brooklyn. Performances are strong across the board, in roles that are subtly introduced and empathetically played out. The two 13-year-old leads, both superbly cast and played by newcomers Theo Taplitz and Michael Barbieri, are the most touching.

Jake (Taplitz), an awkward soul, discovers through a misguided phone conversation that the reason his parents aren’t at home is that his grandfather has just died.

We then move from Manhattan to Brooklyn where Jake’s family — dad Greg Kinnear and mother Jennifer Ehle — is met stiffly by the grandfather’s tenant Leonor (Paulina Garcia, from Gloria), who runs a small dress shop beneath the house, which has now been bequeathed to them.

Leonor’s son, the outgoing Tony, bonds immediately with Jake over Percy Jackson — a little young for the 13-year-olds, but they’re on the cusp of growing up. Jake finally has a friend. They rollerblade and skate, have sleepovers and go to a disco.

But class and money are lurking behind these youthful hopes. Egged on by his sister, Brian would like to get market — or close to market — rent from Leonor, despite her close relationship with his dad. And Leonor, who hails from Chile and is a single mother to Tony, is proud and prickly. She’s no pushover and she’s not always nice.

Sachs is even-handed here as the story plays out.

There are no particular look-at-me money shots of Brooklyn, but there’s always a strong sense of place throughout as the boys rollerblade and scoot around the hood. Sachs keeps his colour palette bright and natural.

The remarkable, magical thing about this film is that, at 85 minutes, it’s so whole. With its fully formed people and changing places, Little Men is a film a viewer can live in, and think about while they’re there.

GALA PREMIERE US. 2016. 85mins Director Ira Sachs Production companies Faliro House, Parts & Labor, Race Point Films, Raptor Films, RT Features, Water’s End Productions International sales Mongrel International, charlotte@ mongrelmedia.com Producers Lucas Joaquin, Ira Sachs, Christos V Konstantakopoulos, Jim Landé, L A Teodosio Executive producers Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen Screenwriters Mauricio Zacharias, Ira Sachs Cinematographer Oscar Duran Editors Mollie Goldstein, Affonso Gonçalves Music Dickon Hinchliffe Main Cast Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle, Paulina Garcia, Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri

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FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

(UK) 2016, 111 mins.

English. Dir: Stephen Frears. Cast: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg.

The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite her terrible singing voice.

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11:30 FUTURE BABY

(Austria) 2016, 91 mins.

German, English, Hebrew, Spanish.

Dir: Maria Arlamovsky.

A young Mexican woman gives birth to a baby in an operating theatre — and her job is done. The newborn is given to its new American parents.

When many couples’ biggest wish won’t come true, modern reproduction methods are on hand to help — the baby business is booming, it seems.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 3 press

12:00

FESTIVAL: TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 27 15:30 THOSE WHO JUMP

(Denmark) 2016, 80 mins. French, Bambara. Dir: Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibe.

Hope and fear live hand in hand in the forests of the Gurugu Mountains in northern Morocco, where there is a clear view of the Spanish enclave Melilla.

Images taken by a hidden surveillance

camera, belonging to the Spanish border police, show a group of people trying to scale a high-security boundary fence in vain.

The fence separates the African continent from Europe. Like many others, Abou has lived in the clandestine camp for more than a year, ceaselessly attempting to jump the fence. One day, he is given a camera.

SKETCHES OF LOU

Border Lines Corso 4

MRS B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN

WE USED TO BE COOL

(Austria) 2016, 96 mins. German.

Dir: Marie Kreutzer.

Cast: Vicky Krieps, Marcel Mohab, Livia Teppan, Pia Hierzegger, Manuel Rubey.

Three friendly couples decide simultaneously to become parents.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 7 press

PROWL

(Germany) 2016, 75 mins. Romanian.

Dir: Alexandra Balteanu. Cast: Corina Moise, Iulia Lumanare.

The women who work as prostitutes share a workplace under a highway exit close to Bucharest. They share a problem, too: the police,

who are not afraid to help themselves to the women’s hard-earned cash.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

12:30 PATERSON

(US) 2016, 113 mins.

English. Dir: Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Adam Driver, Golshifteh Farahani, Barry Shabaka Henley, Cliff Smith.

Bus driver/poet Paterson’s life appears uneventful but this ode to the simple life and the daily routine shows the magic of the ordinary.

Gala Premieres Arena 4 press

14:00

13:00 THE PACT

(Poland) 2015, 50 mins. Polish. Dir: Marek Lechki. Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Magdalena Cielecka.

Piotr knows what he wants and how to get it, making a name for himself in investigative journalism. The trail of his latest case — a wide-reaching probe into financial fraud — leads to the unexpected: his own brother. Set in Warsaw, ZFF is screening all six episodes of HBO-Europe’s mini series.

TVision and Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections Corso 3

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(Switzerland) 2016, 82 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Lisa Blatter. Cast: Liliane Amuat, Dashmir Ristemi, Noemi Steffen.

A couple navigate the dilemmas and selfdiscoveries of adult commitment.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

14:15

(Russia, France, Germany) 2016, 87 mins. Russian.

Dir: Ivan I Tverdovsky.

Cast: Natalia Pavlenkova, Dmitry Groshev, Irina Chipizhenko.

Middle-aged zoo worker Natasha still lives with her mother in a small coastal town. She is stuck and it seems that life has no surprises — until she grows a tail.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 3 press

SIMPLY LIVING

(Switzerland) 2016, 99 mins. German, Swiss German.

Dir: Hans Haldimann.

Is it possible to live free of social and economic constraints, at one with nature? In the mountains of Val Lavizzara in Ticino, some people have come to live such a life.

The Sonora Desert in Arizona. A high steel fence stretches over several miles separating the US and Mexico into two territories. Every year, the remains of hundreds of migrants are retrieved from the area.

Will the latest bordercontrol technology bring peace to the area, or increase the death toll?

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 7

16:30 THE PLEASURE IS MINE

(Mexico) 2015, 93 mins. Spanish. Dir: Elisa Miller. Cast: Flor Edwarda Gurrola, Fausto Alzati, Camila Sodi.

Rita, an academic, and Mateo, a car mechanic, love each other. The two urbanites set out to build a new life for themselves at the hacienda of Mateo’s father but their love is put to the test.

New World View: Mexico Arthouse Piccadilly

17:45 MRS B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN

(France, South Korea) 2016, 71 mins. Korean, Chinese. Dir: Jero Yun. International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

(France, South Korea) 2016, 71 mins. Korean, Chinese. Dir: Jero Yun. Madame B sets off on the arduous journey from North Korea to China — where her smugglers sell her to a Chinese farmer. Keen to survive, Madame B not only adjusts to life with her new husband and family, she also learns to love them. While in China, she sets up her own smuggling ring to help North Korean families flee to South Korea. Torn between her simple but secure life in China and the desire to see her sons again, Madame B decides to set off on a second adventurous journey.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Corso 3

BORDERLAND BLUES

SWISS ARMY MAN

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 3 press

(Germany, US) 2016, 73 mins. English, Spanish.

Dir: Gudrun Gruber.

(US) 2016, 95 mins.

English. Dir: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel

16:15 ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

(Poland, UK) 2016, 100 mins. Polish. Dir: Michal Marczak. Cast: Krzysztof Baginski, Michal Huszcza, Eva Lebeuf.

Driven by the search for the perfect moment, art students Kris and Michal dance their way through a string of techno parties in Warsaw.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 2

16:30

18:00 BON APPETIT

(Spain, Switzerland, Germany) 2010, 91 mins. German.

Dir: David Pinillos.

Cast: Unax Ugalde, Nora Tschirner, Giulio Berruti.

Love begins in a restaurant in Zurich.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

PATERSON

(US) 2016, 113 mins.

English.

Dir: Jim Jarmusch.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

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Kwan. Cast: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Stranded on a remote island, Hank is just about to take his own life when a body washes up on the beach.

Special Screenings Arena 3

18:15 FUTURE BABY

(Austria) 2016, 91 mins.

German, English, Hebrew, Spanish.

Dir: Maria Arlamovsky.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Filmpodium

18:30 CHRONIC

(Mexico, France) 2015, 92 mins. English.

Dir: Michel Franco.

Cast: Tim Roth, Sarah Sutherland, Robin Bartlett.

As a nurse, David accompanies those who find themselves in the last phase of their life.

Efficient and dedicated, he develops strong relationships with each person he cares for.

But outside David is ineffectual, awkward and reserved. It is clear he needs each patient as much as they need him.

New World View: Mexico Arena 7

DANCER

(UK) 2016, 85 mins.

English, Russian, Ukrainian.

Dir: Steven Cantor.

Cast: Sergei Polunin.

Sergei Polunin had just turned 19 when he became the primo ballerino at London’s Royal Ballet. Film-maker Steven Cantor paints an intoxicating portrait of a world-class dancer.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

18:45 LITTLE MEN

(US) 2016, 85 mins.

English. Dir: Ira Sachs.

Cast: Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle.

A new pair of best friends have their bond tested by

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Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly

WELCOME TO NORWAY

to find the culprit.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 4

20:15

(Norway) 2016, 95 mins.

English, Norwegian. Dir: Rune Denstad Langlo.

Cast: Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Olivier Mukuta, Slimane Dazi.

A couple decide to open a home for refugees in the mountains of Norway.

SHORTS FROM MEXICO

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

(UK) 2016, 111 mins.

English. Dir: Stephen Frears.

YOU’RE KILLING ME SUSANA

(Mexico) 2016, 102 mins. English, Spanish. Dir: Roberto Sneider. Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Veronica Echegui.

Eligio wakes one morning to find his wife, Susana has disappeared. When he discovers she has travelled to the US to participate in a workshop for emerging writers, he boards a plane in pursuit.

Gala Premieres Arena 4

19:30 SOMETHING IN THE AIR

(France) 2012, 122 mins. English, French, Italian.

Dir: Olivier Assayas.

Cast: Lola Creton, Dolores Chaplin, Clement Metayer.

In the months after the heady weeks of May ’68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.

Retro: Olivier Assayas Corso 3

20:00 MISERICORDE

(Switzerland, Canada) 2016, 90 mins. French.

Dir: Fulvio Bernasconi.

Cast: Jonathan Zaccai, Evelyne Brochu.

A Swiss policeman lives within the Native Indian community in Northern Canada. When a child from the reserve is hit by a reckless driver, he promises

(Mexico) 2016, 89 mins.

Spanish.

New World View: Mexico Arena 3

20:30 FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

Gala Premieres Corso 1

SNOW WHITE

(Switzerland, Austria) 2005, 113 mins. French, Swiss German. Dir: Samir. Cast: Julie Fournier, Carlos Leal, Zoe Miku.

Parties, sex and drugs rule the life of 21-yearold Nico, who lives on Zurich’s Gold Coast — until she meets the rapper Paco.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

20:45 FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS

(UK) 2016, 111 mins.

English.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

ZOOLOGY

(Russia, France, Germany) 2016, 87 mins. Russian.

International Feature Film/ Competition Filmpodium

21:00 AFTER SPRING

(US) 2016, 101 mins.

Arabic, English, Korean.

Dir: Ellen Martinez, Steph Ching.

Focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis.

Border Lines Arthouse Piccadilly

TAMARA AND THE LADYBUG

(Mexico, Spain) 2016, 107 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Lucia Carreras.

Cast: Angeles Cruz, Angelina Pelaez, Mercedes Pascual.

Tamara lives a solitary life — until she comes across an abandoned child on the streets.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 7

21:15 BERESINA OR THE LAST DAYS OF SWITZERLAND

(Switzerland, Germany, Austria) 1999, 108 mins. German.

Dir: Daniel Schmid.

Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Elena Panova, Ulrich Noethen.

A Russian call girl’s life takes an unexpected turn.

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Arena 4

WE USED TO BE COOL

(Austria) 2016, 96 mins.

German. Dir: Marie Kreutzer. Cast: Vicky Krieps, Marcel Mohab, Livia Teppan.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/ Competition Corso 2

09:30 DEEPWATER HORIZON

(US) 2016, 107 mins.

English. Dir: Peter Berg.

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, John Malkovich.

A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which created the worst oil spill in US history.

Gala Premieres Metropol 1 press

12:00 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(Peru, US, UK) 2016, 103 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel. Cast: Alberto Pizango, Alan Garcia, Simon Huipio.

An environmental activist takes on the large businesses destroying the Amazon.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 3 press

13:00 THE PACT

22:00 DISORDER

(France) 1986, 91 mins.

French. Dir: Olivier Assayas. Cast: Wadeck Stanczak, Ann-Gisel Glass, Lucas Belvaux.

Three members of a rock ’n’ roll band accidentally kill the owner of a music shop during a raid.

Retro: Olivier Assayas Corso 3

(Poland) 2015, 50 mins. Polish.

Dir: Marek Lechki.

Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Marta Nieradkiewicz.

TVision Corso 3 and Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

13:15 FUTURE BABY

22:15 OFFICE

(Hong Kong, China) 2015, 119 mins.

Cantonese, Mandarin.

Dir: Johnnie To. Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Wang Ziyi, Lang Yueting.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, chairman Ho Chung-Ping and CEO Winnie Chang prepare to save their billion-dollar company.

A musical takedown of capitalist corruption.

Window: Hong Kong Arena 3

WEDS SEPT 28

(Austria) 2016, 91 mins. German, English, Hebrew, Spanish.

Dir: Maria Arlamovsky.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Corso 4

13:30 THE WINTER

(Argentina, France) 2016, 97 mins. Guarani, Spanish. Dir: Emiliano Torres. Cast: Alejandro Sieveking, Cristian Salguero, Adrian Fondari, Pablo Cedron, Eva Jarriau.

Evans has lived almost his entire life in the deep

south of Patagonia on a remote sheep station.

However, it is time to hand the job over to someone younger.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 4 press

X500

(Canada, Columbia, Mexico) 2016, 108 mins. Dir: Juan Andres Arango. Cast: Jembie Almazan, Jonathan Diaz Angulo, Bernardo Garnica Cruz.

Columbia, Mexico, Canada. The death of a loved one changes the lives of three people living on the American continent.

Window: San Sebastian Corso 2

14:00 A FAMILY AFFAIR

(Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark) 2015, 115 mins. Dutch.

Dir: Tom Fassaert.

Film-maker Tom Fassaert’s receives a mysterious invitation from his 95-year-old grandmother to visit her in South Africa.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

SAFARI

(Austria, Denmark) 2016, 91 mins. German.

Dir: Ulrich Seidl.

Cast: Gerald Eichinger, Manuel Eichinger, Inge Ellinger.

Impalas, zebras and giraffes are only a few of the creatures that can be found in the wild African bush. A perfect place for German and Austrian tourists to reawaken their potential primordial hunting instincts.

Gala Premieres Arena 3 press

15:00 RICO, OSKAR AND THE MYSTERIOUS STONE

(Germany) 2016, 94 mins. German.

Dir: Neele Leana Vollmar. Cast: Anton Petzold, Juri Winkler, Karoline Herfurth.

Rico and Oskar live

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next door to each other in Berlin. Everything seems fine until their grumpy neighbour Fitzke dies of a heart attack, leaving Rico to inherit a collection of stones.

Weiner, Huma Abedin.

An examination of disgraced New York congressman Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign and today’s political landscape.

ZFF for Kids Corso 3

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Le Paris

15:30 HAPPY NEW YEAR

(Switzerland) 2008, 94 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Christoph Schaub.

Cast: Jorg Schneider, Irene Fritschi, Denise Virieux.

New Year’s Eve. A mansion without parental supervision, a taxi ride through Zurich, a lost dog, a late shift at the police station and an acute babysitter problem give nine souls the chance to change their lives.

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Filmpodium

15:45 THE SOUL OF THE TIGER

(Switzerland, Belgium) 2016, 91 mins. French, Mandarin. Dir: Francois Yang. Cast: Frederic Siuen, Audrey Bastien, Xin Wang, Bing Yin. Alex tries to unravel the mystery of his brother’s death while taking on a family secret.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Filmpodium

16:00 PERIPHERIE

(Switzerland) 2016, 82 mins. German, English, Russian, Spanish, Swiss German.

Dir: Lisa Bruhlmann, Yasmin Joerg, Jan-Eric Mack, Luca Ribler, Wendy Pillonel.

Cast: Jaap Achterberg, Jose Barros, Pema Shitsetsang.

It’s a sweltering August 1 — a Swiss national holiday — in Zurich.

Five individual fates take their course. An elegantly interwoven anthology.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 3 press

WEINER

(US) 2016, 96 mins.

English. Dir: Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg. Cast: Anthony

16:15 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

(Israel, Palestine) 2016, 90 mins. Arabic. Dir: Maha Haj. Cast: Sanaa Shawahdeh, Mahmoud Shawahdeh, Doraid Liddawi, Hanan Hillo.

In Nazareth, an old couple lives wearily to the rhythm of routine.

On the other side of the border, their son wishes to remain a bachelor, their daughter is about to give birth while her husband lands a movie role and the grandmother loses her head.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

16:30 THE CHARRO OF TOLUQUILLA

(Mexico) 2016, 90 mins. Spanish. Dir: Jose Villalobos Romero. Cast: Agustin Jaime Garcia Dominguez, Analia Garcia Hernandez, Rocio Hernandez Gonzalez.

Horses, sombreros and guitars: everyday items for the mariachi Jaime Garcia. The full-time charro — a Mexican cowboy of sorts — exhausts himself with jokes and banter during his evening performances and surrounds himself with beautiful women.

His daughter and her mother crave fatherly attention and an HIV diagnosis gradually saps the last of his energy.

New World View: Mexico Arthouse Piccadilly

17:30 HECATE

(Switzerland, France) 1982, 104 mins. French.

Dir: Daniel Schmid.

Cast: Lauren Hutton, Bernard Giraudeau, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean Bouise.

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Corso 3

18:00 AFTER SPRING

(US) 2016, 101 mins.

Arabic, English, Korean.

Dir: Ellen Martinez, Steph Ching.

Border Lines Filmpodium

LATE SHIFT

(Switzerland, UK) 2016, 90 mins. English. Dir: Tobias Weber. Cast: Joe Sowerbutts, Richard Durden, Joel Basman, Haruka Abe. Night porter Matt dances to the viewer’s tune in the world’s first interactive feature film.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

LION

(Australia, UK, US) 2016, 129 mins.

Bengali, English, Hindi.

Dir: Garth Davis. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenham.

A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of miles from home. Years later, he sets out to find his family.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

WAR ON EVERYONE

(UK) 2016, 98 mins.

English. Dir: John Michael McDonagh.

Cast: Michael Pena, Alexander Skarsgard, Theo James.

Two corrupt cops in New Mexico set out to blackmail and frame every criminal unfortunate enough to cross their path. But there’s one force they did not reckon with.

Gala Premieres Arena 4

18:15

When her parents contemplate sending her to a school for the visually impaired she hatches a plan.

Special Screenings Arena 3

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(Peru, US, UK) 2016, 103 mins. Spanish. Dir: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel. Cast: Alberto Pizango, Alan Garcia, Simon Huipio, Yehude Simon.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 314:15

18:30 HIDDEN RESERVES

(Austria, Germany, Switzerland) 2016, 96 mins. German.

Dir: Valentin Hitz.

Cast: Clemens Schick, Lena Lauzemis, Daniel Olbrychski.

Vienna in the not too distant future. Ruthless business people have created a totalitarian system in which the customer no longer has the right to die naturally.

A dangerous game of cat-and-mouse ensues.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

18:45 THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI

(Finland, Germany, Sweden) 2016, 92 mins.

English, Finnish.

Dir: Juho Kuosmanen.

Cast: Jarkko Lahti, Eero Milonoff, Oona Airola.

The true story of Olli Maki, the Finnish boxer who had a shot at a world title in 1962.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

LE COEUR EN BRAILLE

(France) 2016, 90 mins.

French. Dir: Michel Boujenah. Cast: Alix Vaillot-Szwarc, Jean-Stan Du Pac, Charles Berling.

Marie, 12, is an great cellist who dreams of studying at a renowned music school.

10 Screen International at Zurich September 27-October 2, 2016

WELCOME TO NORWAY

(Norway) 2016, 95 mins.

English, Norwegian. Dir: Rune Denstad Langlo.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 7

The Happiest Day In the Life of Olli Maki

WORLDS APART

TWO LOTTERY TICKETS

(Greece) 2016, 103 mins. Greek, English.

Dir: Christoforos Papakaliatis. Cast: JK Simmons, Maria Kavoyianni, Christoforos Papakaliatis.

Present-day Greece — while the number of stranded refugees rises and work places dwindle, love blossoms in Athens.

(Romania) 2016, 86 mins. Romanian.

Dir: Paul Negoescu.

Cast: Dorian Boguta, Dragos Bucur, Alexandru Papadopol, Serban Pavlu.

A down-on-his-luck man must track down his winning lottery ticket.

Special Screenings Arthouse Le Paris

20:00 STARLESS DREAMS

(Iran) 2016, 76 mins.

Persian. Dir: Mehrdad Oskouei.

In the Iranian correction and rehabilitation centre located on the outskirts of Tehran, director Mehrdad Oskouei gives these female inmates a voice.

Border Lines Corso 3

20:15 SNOWDEN

(US, Germany, France) 2016, 135 mins. English.

Dir: Oliver Stone.

Cast: Joseph GordonLevitt, Melissa Leo. Gala Premieres Arena 4

20:30 POLIZISCHT WACKERLI

(Switzerland) 1955, 104 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Kurt Fruh.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

20:45 DEEPWATER HORIZON

(US) 2016, 107 mins.

English. Dir: Peter Berg.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

SAFARI

(Austria, Denmark) 2016, 91 mins. German.

Dir: Ulrich Seidl.

Filmpodium Gala Premieres

21:00 EUROPE, SHE LOVES

(Switzerland, Germany) 2016, 100 mins. Greek, English, Estonian, Spanish. Dir: Jan Gassmann.

The realities of life faced by four couples.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 7

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

21:15 PERIPHERIE

(Switzerland) 2016, 82 mins. German, English, Russian, Spanish, Swiss German.

Dir: Lisa Bruhlmann, Yasmin Joerg, Jan-Eric Mack, Luca Ribler, Wendy Pillonel.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 3

THE WINTER

(Argentina, France) 2016, 97 mins.

Guarani, Spanish.

Dir: Emiliano Torre.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

ZERO DAYS

(US) 2016, 114 mins.

English. Dir: Alex Gibney.

A documentary about a piece of self-replicating computer malware that threatened to shut down industrial control systems.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

21:30 THE ISLANDS AND THE WHALES

(UK, Denmark) 2016, 83 mins. Danisch, English, Faroese.

Dir: Mike Day. The environmental changes threatening the way of life of whale hunters in the Faroe Islands.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

22:15 600 MILES

(Mexico) 2015, 85 mins. English, Spanish. Dir: Gabriel Ripstein. Cast: Tim Roth.

New World View: Mexico Corso 3

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09:30

(US) 2016, 98 mins.

English. Dir: Rob Reiner. Cast: Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Jeffrey Donovan.

A moving biopic of the 36th president.

THE ODYSSEY

(France) 2016, 122 mins. French.

Dir: Jerome Salle.

Cast: Lambert Wilson, Audrey Tautou, Pierre Niney, Laurent Lucas.

The long-awaited biopic of a world-renowned scientist and film-maker.

Gala Premieres Arena 4 press

16:00

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly press

WE USED TO BE SO COOL

10:45 GRADUATION

(Romania, France) 2016, 128 mins.

Romanian. Dir: Cristian Mungiu. Cast: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus, Lia Bugnar, Malina Manovici, Vlad Ivanov.

A film about compromises and the implications of the parent’s role.

Gala Premieres Arena 4 press

11:30 HELL OR HIGH WATER

(US) 2016, 102 mins.

English. Dir: David Mackenzie. Cast: Jeff Bridges, Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Marin Ireland.

A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s ranch in west Texas.

Gala Premieres Arena 7 press

13:00 THE PACT

(Poland) 2015, 50 mins. Polish. Dir: Marek Lechki. Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Magdalena Cielecka, Jacek Poniedzialek.

TVision Corso 3 and Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

13:15 IMPERIUM

(US) 2016, 109 mins.

English. Dir: Daniel Ragussis. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts.

FBI Agent Nate Foster is young, idealistic, highly intelligent and bored in his job. He is promptly sent on an risky mission: infiltrate a radical white

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(Norway) 2016, 76 mins.

English, Norwegian.

Dir: Benjamin Ree. Cast: Magnus Carlsen, Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand.

At 22 years old the exceptionally talented Norwegian chess supremacy group that, according to sources, is planning a bomb attack.

Gala Premieres Arena 4 press

13:30 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(Peru, US, UK) 2016, 103 mins. Spanish. Dir: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel. Cast: Alberto Pizango, Alan Garcia, Simon Huipio, Yehude Simon.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 314:15

13:45 PERIPHERIE

(Switzerland) 2016, 82 mins.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 7

14:00 TAMARA AND THE LADYBUG

(Mexico, Spain) 2016, 107 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Lucia Carreras.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

player Magnus Carlsen achieved his goal in 2013 by beating India’s national hero Visvanathan Anand.

An insight into the maturation of a genius.

International Documentary Film/ Competition Corso 4

14:15 BORDERLAND BLUES

(Germany, US) 2016, 73 mins. English, Spanish.

Dir: Gudrun Gruber.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

14:30 LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER

(France) 1998, 112 mins.

French. Dir: Olivier Assayas. Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Virginie Ledoyen, Francois Cluzet, Jeanne Balibar.

Writer Adrien finds himself at the centre of a group of friends in their mid-30s, all of whom are going through a tough time.

Retro: Olivier Assayas Filmpodium

14:45 CLUB SANDWICH

(Mexico) 2013, 82 mins.

Spanish. Dir: Fernando Eimbcke. Cast: Maria Renee Prudencio, Lucio Gimenez Cacho, Danae Reynaud Romero.

Single mother Paloma and her 16-year-old son Hector spend a week at

a hotel complex on the Mexican coast during off peak season. Nothing, it seems, may disturb their idyll, until one day Jazmin, a girl the same age as Hector, appears and turns the mother-son microcosm upside down.

New World View: Mexico Corso 3

(Austria) 2016, 103 mins. German.

Dir: Marie Kreutzer They are professionally successful, idealistic, keen consumers and used to participate in demos.

And suddenly the time to have children has arrived. A generation trying to hold on tightly to being laid back.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria / Competition Arena 7

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15:15

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NOWHERE

(Germany) 2016, 105 mins. German.

Dir: Matthias Starte.

Cast: Ludwig Trepte, Saskia Rosendahl, Amelie Kiefer.

Danny has not yet arrived in the world of adulthood. Returning from Berlin to his hometown he finds a forgotten paradise and his teenage love.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arthouse Le Paris

15:30 FOREVER PURE

(UK, Israel) 2016, 85 mins. Hebrew, Russian, Chechen.

Dir: Maya Zinshtein.

Cast: Eli Cohen, Arcadi Gaydamak, Ariel Harush.

Beitar Jerusalem is the most popular and controversial football club in Israel, known for not tolerating Arabs in its team. But in the middle of the 2012/13 season, the club’s Russian-Israeli owner engages two Chechen Muslims.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 3

(Canada, Columbia, Mexico) 2016, 108 mins. Dir: Juan Andres Arango. Cast: Jembie Almazan, Jonathan Diaz Angulo, Bernardo Garnica Cruz.

Window: San Sebastian Arena 3

THE WINTER

(Argentina, France) 2016, 97 mins.

Guarani, Spanish. Dir: Emiliano Torres.Cast: Alejandro Sieveking.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

16:30 CAMERAPERSON

(US) 2016, 102 mins.

Arabic, Bosnian, English, Haussa, Dari, Fur. Dir: Kirsten Johnson.

Kirsten Johnson has been travelling the world as a camerawoman for the past 25 years. What does it mean to film, or to be filmed? A deeply moving essay about film-making and the absurdity that is called life.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

16:45 A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS

(Mexico) 2015, 75 mins.

Spanish. Dir: Rodrigo Pla. Cast: Jana Raluy, Sebastian Aguirre Boeda, Hugo Albores.

Sonia Bonet desperately requires access to medical care for her ill husband.

The insurance company remains indifferent to her needs. She takes matters into her own hands and kidnaps the doctor responsible, catapulting both herself and her son into a spiral of violence.

New World View: Mexico Filmpodium

17:00 HOOLIGAN SPARROW

(China, US) 2016, 84 mins. English, Mandarin. Dir: Nanfu Wang. Cast: Ye Haiyan, Wang Yu, Nanfu Wang.

Following the rape of six girls by their headmaster in the Hainan Province, women’s rights activist Ye Haiyan (alias Hooligan Sparrow) and her friends take to the streets in a noisy protest. Filmmaker Nanfu Wang accompanies Hooligan Sparrow wherever she goes — and soon appears herself on the radar of the Chinese authorities.

Border Lines Corso 3

18:00 THE ODYSSEY

(France) 2016, 122 mins. French.

Dir: Jerome Salle.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

18:15 MAGNUS See box, above

THE CONFESSIONS

(Italy, France) 2016, 108 mins. English, French, Italian. Dir: Roberto Ando. Cast: Toni Servillo, Daniel Auteuil, Connie Nielsen, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marie-Josee Croze.

Behind the walls of a luxurious hotel complex on Germany’s North Sea coast, the finance ministers of the most powerful industrial »

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nations have been invited

by France’s Daniel Roche, head of the IMF, to hold a secret summit.

To everyone’s surprise, Italian monk Roberto Salus has also been invited: Roche would like him to take his confession the night before the final, decisive meeting. The next morning, Roche is found dead.

21:15 A FAMILY AFFAIR

(Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark) 2015, 115 mins. Dutch.

Dir: Tom Fassaert.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

ROCCO

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

LADY MACBETH

(UK) 2016, 89 mins.

English. Dir: William Oldroyd. Cast: Florence Pugh, Christopher Fairbank, Cosmo Jarvis.

A 19th-century set tale of a young bride sold into marriage to a middleaged man.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 4

18:30 A TASTE OF INK

(France) 2016, 80 mins.

French. Dir: Morgan Simon. Cast: Kevin Azais, Monia Chokri, Nathan Willcocks.

An angry punk’s strained relationship with his father is complicated when his dad finds a new girlfriend. A passionate battle for love and recognition.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 3

18:45 AQUARIUS

(Brazil, France) 2016, 145 mins. Portugese.

Dir: Kleber Mendonca Filho. Cast: Sonia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irandhir Santos.

Clara, a proud 60-yearold widow, lives in a sophisticated district of the Brazilian coastal town of Recife. Suddenly her home is earmarked for demolition. Clara, however, refuses to leave a place full of precious memories — even if this means having to deal with her family, coldblooded investors and her city’s political corruption.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

FESTIVAL: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 29 20:30 THE THIN YELLOW LINE

(Mexico) 2015, 95mins. Spanish.

Dir: Celso Garcia.

Cast: Damian Alcazar, Joaquin Cosio, Silverio Palacios, Gustavo Sanchez Parra.

Five men who were dealt a dud hand by

THE LAST CHANCE

(Switzerland) 1945, 113 mins. German, English, French, Italian, Yiddish, Swiss German.

Dir: Leopold Lindtberg.

Cast: Ewart G Morrison, John Hoy, Ray Reagan.

1943 in Northern Italy.

Two soldiers escape from a German prison truck. While in a remote mountain village, they meet a priest hiding Jewish refugees who convinces them to take a number of these desperate souls on the dangerous journey across the snow-capped mountains into neutral Switzerland.

Special Screenings Arena 7

THE SOUL OF THE TIGER

(Switzerland, Belgium) 2016, 91 mins. French, Mandarin. Dir: Francois Yang. Cast: Frederic Siuen, Audrey Bastien, Xin Wang, Bing Yin. Alex tries to unravel the mystery of his brother’s death while taking on a family secret.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Filmpodium

life have been given the task of remarking the central lines on a 217km stretch of highway. None of them could guess that this apparently tedious task will change their lives forever.

New World View: Mexico Arena 4

19:00 PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD

(Mexico) 2016, 84 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Maya Goded.

The area around the Plaza de la Soledad in Mexico City is the hotspot district of La Merced, known for its prostitution and crime.

Renowned photographer and film-maker Maya Goded accompanied four women from this milieu over many years.

New World View: Mexico Corso 3

19:15 THE VIOLIN PLAYER

(India) 2015, 72 mins.

Hindi. Dir: Bauddhayan Mukherji. Cast: Ritwick Chakraborty, Adil Hussain.

A day in the life of a Bollywood session violinist who finds expression in an unlikely place.

Special Screenings Arthouse Piccadilly

20:30 HIDDEN RESERVES

(Austria, Germany, Switzerland) 2016, 96 mins. German.

Dir: Valentin Hitz.

12 Screen International at Zurich September 27-October 2, 2016

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Corso 4

THE THIN YELLOW LINE See box, above

20:45 GRADUATION

(Romania, France) 2016, 128 mins.

Romanian.

Dir: Cristian Mungiu.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

NOCTURAMA

(France, Germany, Belgium) 2016, 130 mins. French.

Dir: Bertrand Bonello.

Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Vincent Rottiers, Hamza Meziani, Manal Issa.

On an ordinary morning in Paris, a number of adolescents with different backgrounds set out individually, yet somehow connected, and begin a strange dance through the labyrinth of the metro and the streets of the French capital.

(France) 2016, 107 mins. English, French, Hungarian, Italian.

Dir: Thierry Demaiziere, Alban Teurlai. Cast: Rocco Siffredi, Rozsa Tano, Gabriele Galetta.

Rocco Siffredi is to the porn industry what Mick Jagger is to rock ’n’ roll. Raised in a small town on Italy’s Adriatic coast, his mamma had envisaged him being a priest. But Rocco was guided by a different power – lust.

Special Screenings Arena 7

21:30 TEN YEARS

(Hong Kong) 2015, 103 mins. English, Cantonese. Dir: Kwok Zune, Wong Fei-pang, Jevons Au, Chow Kwunwai, Ng Ka-leung.

Hong Kong 10 years from now. Five young directors take a look at the future of their city.

Window: Hong Kong Corso 3

21:45 JEAN OF THE JONESES

Russia, France, (Germany) 2016, 87 mins. Russian.

Dir: Ivan I Tverdovsky.

(Canada, US) 2016, 86 mins. English.

Dir: Stella Meghie.

Cast: Taylour Paige, Erica Ash, Sherri Shepherd, Gloria Reuben, Michelle Hurst, Francois Arnaud, Mamoudou Athie.

When Jean, a promising author stuck in a creative rut, is thrown out of her long-term on/off boyfriend’s apartment, the stylishly dressed twentysomething is left roaming around Brooklyn aimlessly and at the mercy of her welloff, female, middle-class Jamaican-American relative’s hospitality.

International Feature Film/ Competition Filmpodium

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

Gala Premieres Arena 3

21:00 HELL OR HIGH WATER

(US) 2016, 102 mins.

English. Dir: David Mackenzie.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

ZOOLOGY

FRIDAY SEPT 30 12:00 SEVEN DAYS

(Switzerland, Italy) 2016, 100 mins. French, Italian. Dir: Rolando Colla. Cast: Bruno Todeschini, Alessia Barela, Marc Barbe.

Ivan and Chiara meet on a small Sicilian island. They have seven days to prepare a wedding for Ivan’s brother and Chiara’s best friend.

Gala Premieres Arena 7 press

13:00 NOWHERE

(Germany) 2016, 105 mins. German.

Dir: Matthias Starte.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

13:30 THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI

(Finland, Germany, Sweden) 2016, 92 mins.

English, Finnish.

Dir: Juho Kuosmanen.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

14:00 ORIGINAL BLISS

(Germany) 2016, 102 mins. German.

Dir: Sven Taddicken.

Cast: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Tukur, Johannes Krisch.

Helene has lost both her bond with God and the love for her husband.

When she comes across the theory of happiness by neuroscientist Eduard Gluck she is fascinated.

Soon the two sit together in a restaurant. Helene, however, does not know that behind the facade of the successful professor there are hidden depths.

Gala Premieres Arena 7 press

14:30 STATELESS — KLAUS ROZSA, PHOTOGRAPHER

(Switzerland) 2016, 96 mins. German, Hungarian, Swiss German. Dir: Erich Schmid. Cast: Klaus Rozsa, Olga Majumder

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Rozsa, Egon Rozsa Jurinkovits.

Erich Schmid draws a portrait of photographer and political activist Klaus Rozsa.

Special Screenings Corso 3

SUMMER HOURS

(France) 2008, 103 mins. English, French.

Dir: Olivier Assayas.

Cast: Juliette Binoche, Charles Berling, Jeremie Renier.

After the death of their mother, three siblings must decide what to do with the family’s country house and pieces of art.

Retro: Olivier Assayas Filmpodium

15:00 EGON SCHIELE – DEATH AND THE MAIDEN

(Austria, Luxemburg) 2016, 109 mins.

German. Dir: Dieter Berner. Cast: Noah Saavedra, Maresi Riegner.

Biopic of a radical expressionist of the Viennese modern age.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

15:15 THE PLEASURE IS MINE

(Mexico) 2015, 93 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Elisa Miller.

New World View: Mexico Corso 4

15:30 TWO LOTTERY TICKETS

(Romania) 2016, 86 mins. Romanian.

Dir: Paul Negoescu.

Cast: Dorian Boguta.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

15:45 FUTURE BABY

(Austria) 2016, 91 mins. German, English, Hebrew, Spanish.

Dir: Maria Arlamovsky.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Corso 2

16:15 THE VIOLIN PLAYER

(India) 2015, 72 mins.

Hindi. Dir: Bauddhayan Mukherji.

Special Screenings Arena 7

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16:45

18:00

19:30

20:45

DEMONLOVER

LBJ

JEAN OF THE JONESES

IMPERIUM

(France) 2002, 121 mins. English, French, Japanese. Dir: Olivier Assayas. Cast: Connie Nielsen, Charles Berling, Chloe Sevigny.

Manipulation and blackmail — the unscrupulous media entrepreneur Diane knows no bounds.

(US) 2016, 98 mins.

English. Dir: Rob Reiner.

Cast: Woody Harrelson.

(Canada, US) 2016, 86 mins. English.

Dir: Stella Meghie.

Cast: Taylour Paige

(US) 2016, 109 mins.

English. Dir: Daniel Ragussis.

Retro: Olivier Assayas Filmpodium

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

HELI

SALT AND FIRE

(Mexico, France, Germany, Netherlands) 2013, 105 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Amat Escalante.

Cast: Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara.

Heli must protect his young family when his 12-year-old sister inadvertently involves them in the drug world.

(Germany, US, France, Mexico) 2016, 93 mins.

English. Dir: Werner Herzog. Cast: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael Garcia Bernal, Lawrence Kraus.

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. When a volcano shows signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.

New World View: Mexico Arena 3

17:15 SIXTY SIX

(US) 2015, 90 mins.

English. Dir: Lewis Klahr.

Californian artist Lewis Klahr poetically fuses the contents of comics, pop art, music and other ephemera from the 1960s into a mosaic of Greek mythological magic.

Special Screenings Corso 3

17:30 A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS

(Mexico) 2015, 75 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Rodrigo Pla. New World View: Mexico Corso 4

PROWL

(Germany) 2016, 75 mins. Romanian.

Dir: Alexandra Balteanu. Cast: Corina Moise, Iulia Lumanare, Iulia Ciochina, Sergiu Costache, Dragos Olaru.

The women who work as prostitutes share a workplace under a highway exit close to Bucharest. They share a problem, too: the police, who are not afraid to take their hard-earned cash.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

Gala Premieres Corso 1

PATERSON

(US) 2016, 113 mins.

English. Dir: Jim Jarmusch. Cast: Adam Driver.

Special Screenings Arena 4

18:30 THE THIN YELLOW LINE

(Mexico) 2015, 95 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Celso Garcia.

New World View: Mexico Corso 2

WORLDS APART

(Greece) 2016, 103 mins. Greek, English.

Dir: Christoforos Papakaliatis.

Special Screenings Arena 7

19:15 CLASH

Egypt, France, Germany) 2016, 97 mins. Arabic.

Dir: Mohamed Diab.

Cast: Nelly Karim, Hany Adel, Tarek Abdel Aziz.

A number of detainees are brought together during the turmoil that followed the ousting of former president Morsi from power.

Border Lines Filmpodium

MRS B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN

(France, South Korea) 2016, 71 mins. Korean, Chinese. Dir: Jero Yun. International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 3

Gala Premieres Corso 1

21:00

MISERICORDE

(Switzerland, Canada) 2016, 90 mins. French.

Dir: Fulvio Bernasconi.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 3

21:45

IMPERIUM

DO NOT RESIST

MAGNUS

(US) 2016, 109 mins.

Norway 2016, 76 mins.

English, Norwegian.

Dir: Benjamin Ree.

Gala Premieres Corso 2

WE USED TO BE COOL

(US) 2016, 72 mins.

English. Dir: Craig Atkinson.

An exploration of the rapid militarisation of the police in the US.

(Austria) 2016, 96 mins.

German. Dir: Marie Kreutzer.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

20:15 STARLESS DREAMS

(Iran) 2016, 76 mins.

Persian. Dir: Mehrdad Oskouei.

21:15

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 7

20:30 DEEPWATER HORIZON

(US) 2016, 107 mins.

English. Dir: Peter Berg.

Arena 4 Gala Premieres

(Peru, US, UK) 2016, 103 mins. Spanish. Dir: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orzel.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

21:30

NIGHT RUSH

(Switzerland, Germany) 2009, 86 mins. Swiss German. Dir: Markus Welter. Cast: Nils Althaus, Lena Dorrie.

A suicidal man becomes embroiled in a night of violence when he joins forces with two bank robbers.

THE EREMITES

(Norway) 2016, 95 mins.

English, Norwegian. Dir: Rune Denstad Langlo.

(Germany, Austria) 2016, 110 mins.

German. Dir: Ronny Trocker. Cast: Ingrid Burkhard, Andreas Lust, Orsi Toth, Hannes Perkmann, Peter Mitterrutzner.

Wanting to spare Albert the hard farming life, his overbearing mother gets him a job at a stone quarry. When Albert’s father dies in an accident one day, mother and son are once again forced together.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Filmpodium

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

WELCOME TO NORWAY

UNDER THE SHADOW See box, below

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

Border Lines Corso 3

22:30

FESTIVAL: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30

22:45 AFFENKONIG

(Germany, Switzerland) 2016, 98 mins. German.

Dir: Oliver Rihs. Cast: Hans-Jochen Wagner, Samuel Finzi, Oliver Korittke.

For his 45th birthday, Wolfgang invites three former school friends to his estate in Provence to paint the town red like they did in the old days.

Special Screenings Arthouse Le Paris

SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS

(Germany) 2016, 101 mins. German.

Dir: Andreas Arnstedt.

Cast: Veronica Ferres, Oliver Stokowski, Matthias Brenner.

Former boxer Ronald has lost his short-term memory after an accident, making things hard.

Special Screenings Arena 4

22:30 UNDER THE SHADOW

(Iran, UK, Jordan, Qatar) 2016, 84 mins. Persian. Dir: Babak Anvari. Cast: Narges Rashidi, Avin Manshadi.

As a mother and daughter struggle to cope with the terrors of the post-revolution, war-torn Tehran of the 1980s, a mysterious evil begins to haunt their home. »

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SATURDAY OCT 1 10:00 HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY

(India) 2015, 108 mins.

Hindi. Dir: Anjuli Shukla. Cast: Farzan Sheikh Nasir, Prapti Kedar Jani.

When two siblings hear about Mother’s Day at school for the first time, they decide to gift their mother something extraordinary.

11:15

THE THIN YELLOW LINE FESTIVAL: SATURDAY OCTOBER 1 10:15

OUR TIME IS NOW

PERSONAL SHOPPER

(Germany) 2016, 115 mins. German. Dir: Martin Schreier. Cast: Cro, David Schutter, Peri Baumeister.

A trans-genre film about Cro: a rap phenomenon.

(France) 2016, 105mins. English.

Dir: Olivier Assayas.

Cast: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz.

Maureen has landed herself the job of personal shopper for a celebrity. However, this is not Maureen’s main interest — the young American is a

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly press

11:30 JEUNE HOMME

(Switzerland) 2006, 98 mins. French, Swiss German. Dir: Christoph Schaub. Cast: Matthias Schoch, Alexandra Vandernoot.

Sebastian can no longer stand living at his parents’ bourgeois house in Switzerland.

On his 18th birthday, he announces he is off to work as an au pair in Geneva for a year.

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Filmpodium

13:00 AT EYE LEVEL

(Germany) 2016, 98 mins. German.

Dir: Evi Goldbrunner, Joachim Dollhopf. Cast: Luis Vorbach, Jordan Prentice, Ella Frey.

Ten-year-old Michi lives in a children’s home. He can hardly believe his luck when he discovers the address of his previously unknown father. His anticipation is crushed by the fact that his father is a vertically challenged person.

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

(Germany, Switzerland, Austria) 2001, 106 mins.

German. Dir: Sandra Nettelbeck. Cast: Martina Gedeck, Maxime Foerste, Sergio Castellitto.

When a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn niece, the tensions between them mount… until an Italian sous-chef arrives to lighten the mood.

15:45

10:15 See box, right

MOSTLY MARTHA

(South Korea) 2016, 95 mins. Korean.

Dir: Yoon Ga-eun. Cast: Choi Soo-in, Seol Hyein, Lee Seo-yeon.

Sun is the outsider in her class and is delighted when newcomer Jia befriends her. The two girls spend the summer holidays together but when the new school year begins, everyday reality tests their relationship.

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

PERSONAL SHOPPER

THE WORLD OF US

13:15 MAMA’S ANGEL

(Israel) 2016, 41 mins.

Amharic, Hebrew. Dir: Eyal Sella. Cast: Sharon Stark, Vered Feldman, Yehezkel Lazarov, Eyal Rozales, Tom Hagi.

A poignant analysis of the latent racism and social tension rife in present-day Israel.

Pilot episode of muchanticipated Israeli series.

TVision Corso 3

13:30 DANCER

(UK) 2016, 85 mins.

English, Russian, Ukrainian.

Dir: Steven Cantor.

medium. Since losing her twin brother to heart disease, she has waited in his empty house for a sign from him. One day, text messages from a mysterious stranger appear on her mobile phone and Maureen is exposed to a psychic charge she has never experienced before.

Gala Premieres Arena 3 press

WAREHOUSED

(Mexico) 2015, 90 mins. Spanish. Dir: Jack Zagha. Cast: Jose Carlos Ruiz, Hoze Melendez.

An employee about to retire and the young man who is to take over, share five journeys in the workplace, an enormous empty warehouse where apparently nothing ever happens.

New World View: Mexico Arthouse Piccadilly

14:15 CLASH

(Egypt, France, Germany) 2016, 97 mins. Arabic.

Dir: Mohamed Diab.

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM!

(Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Czech Republic, Qatar) 2016, 88 mins. English, Croatian, Slovenian, Serbisch. Dir: Ziga Virc.

Cast: Slavoj Zizek.

Explores the myth of the secret multibillion-dollar deal behind America’s purchase of Yugoslavia’s space programme in the early 1960s.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

15:15 DIE LEHRER

(Switzerland) 2016, 25 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Eric Andreae, Adrian Aeschbacher.

Cast: Anna-Katharina Muller, Peter Zgraggen, Sebastian Krahenbuhl, Catriona Guggenbuhl,.

Tragicomic TV series set in a teacher’s lounge.

First episode of an eightpart Swiss sitcom.

TVision Corso 3

15:30 THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY

SALT AND FIRE

A FAMILY AFFAIR

(Germany, US, France, Mexico) 2016, 93 mins.

English. Dir: Werner Herzog. Cast: Michael Shannon.

Netherlands, Belgium, (Denmark) 2015, 115 mins. Dutch.

Dir: Tom Fassaert.

(Switzerland) 2016, 80 mins. English, Chinese, Mandarin.

Dir: Patrik Soergel.

Cast: Zhang Lan, Zhou Yi, Dong Mingzhu.

They are four of the most successful businesswomen in China. How were these careers built?

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 3

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

Gala Premieres Corso 2

Special Screenings Arena 4

Border Lines Arthouse Le Paris

14:30

14 Screen International at Zurich September 27-October 2, 2016

(Mexico) 2015, 95 mins.

Spanish. Dir: Celso Garcia.

New World View: Mexico Corso 2

16:00 SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU

(US) 2016, 84 mins.

English. Dir: Richard Tanne. Cast: Tika Sumpter, Parker Sawyers, Vanessa Bell Calloway.

Chronicles the summer afternoon in 1989 when the future president of the US wooed his future First Lady.

Special Screenings Arena 4

16:15 A MONSTER CALLS

(US, Spain) 2016, 108 mins. English. Dir: Juan Antonio Bayona. Cast: Lewis MacDougall, Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones.

A boy seeks the help of a tree monster to cope with his mother’s illness.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

16:30 THE WINTER

(Argentina, France) 2016, 97 mins. Guarani, Spanish. Dir: Emiliano Torres.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris

16:45 AFTER SPRING

(US) 2016, 101 mins.

Arabic, English, Korean.

Dir: Ellen Martinez, Steph Ching.

Border Lines Corso 4

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Filmpodium

17:00 FOREVER PURE

(UK, Israel) 2016, 85 mins. Hebrew, Russian, Chechen.

Dir: Maya Zinshtein.

Cast: Eli Cohen, Arcadi Gaydamak, Ariel Harush.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 3

17:00 PLAZA DE LA SOLEDAD

(Mexico) 2016, 84 mins.

Spanish. Dir: Maya Goded.

New World View: Mexico Corso 3

17:45 THE TENTH MAN

(Argentina) 2016, 80 mins. Spanish. Dir: Daniel Burman. Cast: Alan Sabbagh, Julieta Zylberberg, Usher Barilka.

A fascinating journey into Jewish life in Buenos Aires.

Window: San Sebastian Arthouse Piccadilly

18:00 IMPERIUM

(US) 2016, 109 mins.

English. Dir: Daniel Ragussis.

Arena 4 Gala Premieres

STRAHL

(Switzerland) 2004, 83 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Manuel Flurin Hendry. Cast: Roeland Wiesnekker, Johanna Bantzer, Manuel Loewensberg, Nderim Hajrullahu.

Cult thriller about the drug squad officer Herbert Strahl.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

www.screendaily.com

18:30 A TASTE OF INK

(France) 2016, 80 mins.

French. Dir: Morgan Simon. Cast: Kevin Azais, Monia Chokri, .

An angry punk’s strained relationship with his father is complicated when his dad finds a new girlfriend.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

18:45 ORIGINAL BLISS

(Germany) 2016, 102 mins. German.

Dir: Sven Taddicken.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

OUR TIME IS NOW

(Germany) 2016, 115 mins. German.

Dir: Martin Schreier.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

PERIPHERIE

(Switzerland) 2016, 82 mins.

An elegantly interwoven anthology.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 7

19:15 NOWHERE

(Germany) 2016, 105 mins. German.

Dir: Matthias Starte.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arena 3

PROWL

ways of his outlaw family.

(Germany) 2016, 75 mins. Romanian.

Dir: Alexandra Balteanu.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 7

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Filmpodium

19:45 TAMARA AND THE LADYBUG

(Mexico, Spain) 2016, 107 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Lucia Carreras.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

20:30

21:15 SEVEN DAYS

(Switzerland, Italy) 2016, 100 mins.

French, Italian.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

21:30 HELL OR HIGH WATER

(US) 2016, 102 mins.

English.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

SWISS ARMY MAN

(US) 2016, 95 mins.

English. Dir: Daniel Scheinert, Daniel Kwan.

Special Screenings Arena 4

20:30 THE CIRCLE

(Switzerland) 2014, 101 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Stefan Haupt. Cast: Matthias Hungerbuhler, Sven Schelker.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

20:45 PERSONAL AFFAIRS

(Israel, Palastine) 2016, 90 mins. Arabic.

Dir: Maha Haj. International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

21:00

YOU WILL KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH ME

(Mexico) 2015, 87 mins.

Spanish. Dir: Katina Medina Mora. Cast: Ilse Salas, Pablo Derqui, Rosa Maria Bianchi.

Photographer Nicolas and student Isabel’s eyes meet across a hospital corridor and a passionate love affair ensues. But both have their own demons to fight.

New World View: Mexico Filmpodium

21:45 ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS

(Poland, UK) 2016, 100 mins. Polish. Dir: Michal Marczak. Cast: Krzysztof Baginski, Eva Lebeuf.

(UK, Denmark) 2016, 83 mins. Danish, English, Faroese.

Dir: Mike Day. The way of life of whale hunters and the environmental changes affecting it.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

19:30 IL BACIO DI TOSCA

(Switzerland) 1984, 87 mins. Italian.

Dir: Daniel Schmid.

Meet the inhabitants of the Casa di Riposa in Milan, the world’s first nursing home for retired opera singers.

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Corso 3

www.screendaily.com

(UK) 2016, 98 mins.

English. Dir: Adam Smith. Cast: Michael Fassbender, Brendan Gleeson, Rory Kinnear.

A man looks to find a way to escape the criminal

SUNDAY OCT 2 10:00

(US) 2016, 72 mins.

English. Dir: Craig Atkinson.

CODE M

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

KIKI

(Sweden, US) 2016, 94 mins. English. Dir: Sara Jordeno. Cast: Chi Chi Mizrahi, Gia Marie Love, Divo Pink Lad. An insight into the world of today’s young black LGBT community in New York.

Border Lines Corso 3

23:00 LE VOYAGEUR

(Switzerland) 2016, 86 mins. Bulgarian, English, French. Dir: Timo von Gunten.

Cast: Julie Dray, Gilles Tschudi, Alec Cohen.

Triggered by a space probe returning to Earth, Virginie meets her dead father on a train one night. She sets off with him on a metaphysical journey where her longforgotten grief catches up with her.

Special Screenings Arena 4

Window: Hong Kong Corso 2

14:30 LBJ

(US) 2016, 98 mins.

English. Dir: Rob Reiner.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

SHORTS FROM MEXICO

(Germany) 2016, 102 mins. German.

Dir: Sven Taddicken.

Gala Premieres Arena 4

New World View: Mexico Arena 3

12:00 ORIGINAL BLISS

MRS B, A NORTH KOREAN WOMAN

(France, South Korea 2016, 71 mins. Korean, Chinese. Dir: Jero Yun. International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

WAREHOUSED

(Mexico) 2015, 90 mins. Spanish. Dir: Jack Zagha. Cast: Jose Carlos Ruiz, Hoze Melendez.

New World View: Mexico Arena 3

(Austria , Germany, Switzerland) 2016, 96 mins. German.

Dir: Valentin Hitz.

TEMPESTAD

(Mexico) 2016, 105 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Tatiana Huezo.

The emotional journeys of two women victimised by corruption and injustice in Mexico.

New World View: Mexico Arthouse Piccadilly

14:45 GRADUATION

(Romania, France) 2016, 128 mins.

Romanian.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

SHORT FILMS FISCHLI/ WEISS

(Switzerland) 114 mins.

German. Dir: Peter Fischli, David Weiss.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Corso 4

Retro: Marcel Hoehn Corso 3

RICO, OSKAR AND THE MYSTERIOUS STONE

CERTAIN WOMEN

(Germany) 2016, 94 mins. German.

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

21:30

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

(Mexico) 2016, 89 mins. Spanish. Dir: Juliana Orea, Estebean Arrangoiz, Tess Anastasia Fernandez, Emiliano Rocha Minter, Tatiana Huezo.

HIDDEN RESERVES ROBBERY

New World View: Mexico Arena 3

FESTIVAL: SATURDAY OCTOBER 1

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

13:00

(Mexico) 2013 82 mins.

Spanish. Dir: Fernando Eimbcke. Cast: Maria Renee Prudencio

CLUB SANDWICH

(Netherlands) 2015, 98 mins. German (dubbed).

Dir: Dennis Bots. Cast: Nina Wyss, Senna Borsato, Joes Brauers.

A quest for the sword of d’Artagnan.

12:30

(Hong Kong) 2015, 92 mins. Cantonese. Dir: Fire Lee. Cast: Derek Tsang, Lam Suet, J Arie, Ken Low, Philip Keung.

Luckless Ping has no idea what lies waiting around the corner when he accepts a checkout job at a 24-hour shop.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

TRESPASS AGAINST US THE ISLANDS AND THE WHALES

22:00 DO NOT RESIST

13:15

15:00

(US) 2016, 107 mins.

English. Dir: Kelly Reichardt. Cast: Laura Dern, Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams.

The lives of three women intersect in small-town USA.

HELL OR HIGH WATER

BEAU SEJOUR

Gala Premieres Corso 1

(Belgium) 2016, 52 mins. Flemish.

Dir: Nathalie Basteyns, Kaat Beels.

Belgian whodunnit pilot.

Gala Premieres Arena 4

TVision Corso 3

(Israel) 2015, 96 mins.

Hebrew. Dir: Jonathan Geva. Cast: Yoav Sadian Rosenberg, Bar Minali.

Ancient legends warn children about the Abulele, enormous, furry and sometimes dangerous monsters who make themselves invisible — »

13:30 THE HAPPIEST DAY IN THE LIFE OF OLLI MAKI

(Finland, Germany, Sweden) 2016, 92 mins.

English, Finnish.

Dir: Juho Kuosmanen.

15:15 ABULELE

September 27-October 2, 2016 Screen International at Zurich 15

SCREENINGS

except to special children in need of a friend.

FESTIVAL: SUNDAY OCTOBER 2

17:45 MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

(Switzerland, France) 2016, 66 mins. French.

Dir: Claude Barras.

After losing his mother in a tragic accident, Courgette ends up in an orphanage where he finds himself having a hard time settling in.

15:30 THE OTHER HALF OF THE SKY

(Switzerland) 2016, 80 mins. English, Chinese, Mandarin.

Dir: Patrik Soergel.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

ZFF for Kids Arena 5

15:45 ZOOLOGY

(Russia, France, Germany) 2016, 87 mins. Russian.

Corso 2 International Feature Film/ Competition

16:15 PARIS AWAKENS

(France, Italy) 1991, 95 mins. French. Dir: Olivier Assayas. Cast: Judith Godreche, JeanPierre Leaud, Thomas Langmann.

Louise, 19 and extremely unstable, lives with the much older Clement.

When Clement’s quiet son, Adrien, turns up out of the blue, Louise falls in love.

Retro: Olivier Assayas Filmpodium

16:45 MAGNUS

(Norway) 2016, 76 mins. English, Norwegian.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 3

17:00 AMERICAN HONEY

(US, UK) 2016, 162 mins. English.

Dir: Andrea Arnold.

Cast: Sasha Lane, Riley Keough, Shia LaBeouf.

A teenage girl joins a travelling magazine sales crew and gets caught up in a whirlwind of hard partying, law bending and young love.

Corso 1 Gala Premieres

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

17:15

MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE See box, above.

18:00 BACKEREI ZURRER

(Switzerland) 2016, 99 mins. German, Swiss German.

Dir: Hans Haldimann.

Is it possible to live free of social and economic constraints, at one with nature? In the mountains of Val Lavizzara, some people are trying.

(Switzerland) 1957, 104 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Kurt Fruh. Cast: Emil Hegetschweiler, Ettore Cella.

Emil Hegetschweiler as Zurrer the master baker.

Then it was Switzerland’s first urban film — now it’s a classic more beautiful than ever.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria/Competition Corso 3

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

SIMPLY LIVING

17:30

18:00

OUR TIME IS NOW

OPERATION AVALANCHE

(Germany) 2016, 115 mins. German.

Dir: Martin Schreier.

Cast: Cro, David Schutter, Peri Baumeister, Marc Benjamin, Til Schweiger.

(US) 2016, 94 mins.

English. Dir: Matt Johnson. Cast: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles.

In 1967, four undercover CIA agents were sent to NASA posing as a documentary film crew.

What they discovered led to one of the biggest conspiracies in US history.

Gala Premieres Arena 4

THE SALESMAN

(Iran, France) 2016, 125 mins. Persian.

Dir: Asghar Farhadi.

Cast: Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi.

The story of a couple whose relationship begins to turn sour during their performance of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman”.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

17:45

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

18:30 NATIONAL BIRD

(US) 2016, 92 mins.

English, Dari.

Dir: Sonia Kennebeck.

Drone whistleblowers are interviewed about the US government’s borderless information gathering.

Border Lines Arena 3

HOOLIGAN SPARROW SKETCHES OF LOU

(Switzerland) 2016, 82 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Lisa Blatter. Cast: Liliane Amuat, Dashmir Ristemi, Noemi Steffen.

(China, US) 2016, 84 mins. English, Mandarin.

Dir: Nanfu Wang.

Border Lines Corso 4

PORTO

(Portugal, France, US) 2016, 75 mins. English, French, Portugese.

Dir: Gabe Klinger. Cast: Anton Yelchin, Lucie

16 Screen International at Zurich September 27-October 2, 2016

Lucas, Chantal Akerman.

Jake and Mati are two outsiders in Porto who once experienced a brief connection.

Special Screenings Filmpodium

19:15 TWO LOTTERY TICKETS

20:15 THE ODYSSEY

(France) 2016, 122 mins.

French. Dir: Jerome Salle.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

20:30 CAFE ODEON

(Switzerland) 1959, 88 mins. Swiss German.

Dir: Kurt Fruh. Cast: Emil Hegetschweiler, Margrit Winter, Hans Gaugler, Erwin Kohlund, Ines Torelli.

Intellectuals and easy girls in the 1950s: a homage to Zurich’s meeting point for artists.

Bellevue Manifesta 11 Pavillon of Reflections

PERSONAL SHOPPER

(France) 2016, 105 mins. English.

Dir: Olivier Assayas.

(Romania) 2016, 86 mins. Romanian.

Dir: Paul Negoescu.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

SEVEN DAYS

19:45 CHRONIC

(Mexico, France) 2015, 92 mins. English.

Dir: Michel Franco.

New World View: Mexico Corso 3

20:00 CAMERAPERSON

(US) 2016, 102 mins.

Arabic, Bosnian, English, Haussa, Dari, Fur. Dir: Kirsten Johnson.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

20:15 LADY MACBETH

(UK) 2016, 89 mins.

English. Dir: William Oldroyd.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

NERUDA

(Chile, Argentina, France, Spain) 2016, 108 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Pablo Larrain.

Cast: Gael Garcia Bernal, Luis Gnecco.

An inspector hunts down Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.

Gala Premieres Arena 4

Editorial office: Alpha Sprachwelt 2nd floor Stadelhoferstrasse 10, 8001 Zurich

(Switzerland, Italy) 2016, 100 mins.

French, Italian.

Dir: Rolando Colla.

Gala Premieres Filmpodium

20:45 PANAMERICAN MACHINERY

(Mexico) 2016, 87 mins. Spanish.

Dir: Joaquin del Paso.

Telephones ring constantly at Maquinaria Panamericana, while nobody could care less – until the good life ends.

New World View: Mexico Arena 3

21:00 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE

(Peru, US, UK) 2016, 103 mins. Spanish. Dir: Heidi Brandenburg, Mathew Orze.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 7

21:15 THE ISLANDS AND THE WHALES

(UK, Denmark) 2016, 83 mins. Danisch, English, Faroese.

Dir: Mike Day.

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