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Industry braces for consolidation

BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

The glut of scripted drama and European film consolidation were among the topics highlighted at this year’s Zurich Summit.

Film and TV executives touched on the growing likelihood of consolidation, both in the US scripted TV market and the European film distribution space.

Antony Root, EVP of original programming and production for HBO Europe, said: “There are 400 scripted shows on US TV this year. There can’t possibly be the amount of writing, directing and acting talent in Hollywood to sustain that… As happened with the dot-com boom, there will likely be consolidation.”

Anonymous Content CEO Steve Golin said of the excess of content on US TV: “There is a glut. There will be a shakeout in the middle. High-end shows will

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survive. Reality [TV] is suffering.

With that many broadcasters, you need content that will differentiate itself.”

True Detective exec Golin said he was initially “completely shocked” that his hit USA Network series, Mr. Robot, was not picked up by HBO or another established scripted player, but that the acquisition was a sign of the times and 60-70 US TV buyers actually provided great opportunity.

“Initially I didn’t think USA

Network was the right demographic but the marketplace is changing so quickly,” he added.

“Networks like USA Network are now saying a show like Mr. Robot or Suits can rebrand their network and inform their buying strategy going forward. From a seller’s point of view, we’re excited.”

The surplus is affecting the film sector, which has its own challenges cutting through to audiences despite producing more films than ever.

“There are too many films being made,” said Black Bear Pictures COO Daniel Steinman.

“The hardest thing remains sniffing out the good material,” admitted Birdman producer John Lesher.

Film-maker relationships and early ownership of IP are key steps to incubating film businesses in a challenging market

where release strategies are more difficult to predict, agreed a panel of indie financiers.

“With the exception of Fox Searchlight and Sony Classics, you never know what kind of release you’ll get, even when it’s contractual,” said Thorsten Schumacher, managing director of HanWay Films.

The executive predicted further consolidation in the European distribution sector. “There is some structural change going on,” added Schumacher. “Some European markets are still relying on free TV, which is eroding.

“The UK is becoming quite consolidated but due to marketing shifts and changing viewing habits there will be further consolidation in markets like France, Germany and Italy, where many film companies are still smaller family-run businesses.”

Waltz gave up Hollywood ‘fantasy’

BY ANDREAS WISEMAN

Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz had given up on the “fantasy” of a Hollywood career before getting the call to audition for Inglourious Basterds.

Austria’s Waltz told industry during a Zurich Summit talk that the “fantasy” of a Hollywood film career had “evaporated” long before he met Quentin Tarantino.

The actor, who had a prolific theatre and TV career in Germanspeaking Europe, had not made a film in three years prior to 2009

hit Inglourious Basterds and had not made an English-language film in five years.

“When it did happen, it was really out of leftfield,” said the actor, who spoke of his previous disappointments when auditioning for US productions.

“I went to a few castings on US films in my career and it was very frustrating because you could smell it was about the production looking for soft money in Europe,” said Waltz.

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Zurich bestows Golden Eyes Zurich Film Festival awarded its highest honours last night to US producer Steve Golin and German actor Armin Mueller-Stahl.

Golin received the career achievement award at the gala screening of his most recent production, Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight. The Anonymous Content CEO has spent more than

four decades in film. Next up is The Revenant, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Veteran actor Mueller-Stahl received the lifetime achievement award from the festival, which screened Jim Jarmusch’s Night On Earth, in which he plays taxi driver Helmut Grokenberger.

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Mr. Robot star Christian Slater here in Zurich, where the show features in the festival’s TVision strand. See page 3 for full report.

Filmmaker Awards pick winners

BY MICHAEL ROSSER

Swiss directors Michael Steiner and Jan Gassmann have won the inaugural Filmmaker Awards.

The prize, set up by the Association For The Promotion Of Film In Switzerland to support promising films, was open to Swiss film-makers whose projects are currently in the late production or post-production phase.

Steiner’s project, Und Morgen

Seid Ihr Tot, received $77,000 (CHF75,000) and Gassmann’s project, Europe, She Loves, received $26,000 (CHF25,000).

The two winners were chosen from a total of four nominated projects.

The presentation took place at an IWC gala dinner For The Love Of Cinema, held as part of ZFF, and the jury was headed by actor Christoph Waltz.

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Dutch execs raise Periscope

BY GEOFFREY MACNAB

Dutch industry veteran San Fu Maltha of Fu Works has partnered with Bruno Felix and Femke Wolting of Amsterdambased Submarine Films to launch a new distribution company.

Details of the company, named Periscope, were revealed during the Holland Film Meeting in Utrecht. The new outfit has already made several acquisitions, the first of which is Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack, which plays here in the International Documentary Film Competition and was acquired from Magnolia.

Other acquisitions include animation Long Way North, sold by Urban Distribution; Amy Berg’s Janis Joplin documentary, Janis: Little Girl Blue, sold by Content; and French animation Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy, from Michel Gondry and Noam Chomsky.

Both Fu Works and Submarine are among the most active production companies in the Netherlands and recently partnered to produce Peter Greenaway’s Eisenstein In Guanajuato.

Felix confirmed Periscope is likely to distribute some of the films that Fu Works and Submarine produces and the company may also look to expand beyond the Netherlands and release its titles in Belgium as well.

Periscope surfaces in the Netherlands at a time when long-established Dutch company A-Film, co-founded by Maltha, is on the verge of closure. But Maltha emphasised Periscope will not be “another A-Film”, and he will be hunting “little gems” other Benelux distributors have overlooked.

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NEWS

Mr. Robot programmed as ‘long film’

By Wendy Mitchell

Film needs long-term approach to gaming

Mr. Robot creator and showrunner Sam Esmail has said he does not distinguish between film and TV when approaching the series.

Speaking here in Zurich, where Mr. Robot is playing in the festival’s TVision strand, Esmail recounted how he first thought of the project as a film, before turning it into USA Network’s summer hit.

“As far as I’m concerned we are making the movie version, it just happens to be on streaming and television,” he said.

“I don’t see the difference.

Films are two-hours long, and TV shows can go on for 20 or 30 hours or more, that affects your storytelling. But if [either format] is right for your story, I don’t see any difference.”

The story follows a paranoid young man, Elliot Alderson (Rami Malek), who works as an engineer at a cybersecurity company. Christian Slater plays an anarchist hacker-activist named Mr. Robot.

True Romance star Slater added: “The fact film festivals are starting to introduce TV into their world, the marriage is working very nicely… It’s been harder to make indie films and people are finding this great outlet in TV. The cable networks are providing that freedom.”

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Christoph Waltz

Spectre but told the audience his next ambition is to direct.

“I have directed once in the theatre, one opera and one movie but many years apart,” said Waltz, who will star in and direct US feature drama The Worst Marriage In Georgetown, based on the true story of the murder of socialite Viola Drath.

With reference to the title of a book by John Boorman, Waltz described the film-making process as “money into light”.

“Despite all the exuberance and marketing there’s no guarantee financiers will see their money back — not to mention a profit — and that can’t be overlooked.

Movie-making is a balancing act between money and light.”

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“So when my agent called saying Tarantino wants you to audition, I said, ‘No, no, no. I’ll go, they’ll get the money and then they’ll cast a US actor instead.’”

Waltz would go on to win best supporting actor Oscars for Inglourious Basterds and Tarantino’s Django Unchained (2012).

Waltz will appear as a villain in upcoming James Bond film

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The film industry needs to look at the games industry as a longterm prospect, not a short-term money-spinner. That was the message from Hendrik Lesser, MD of Munich-based Remote Control Productions and president of the European Games Developer Federation, speaking at the gaming keynote session at the Zurich Summit.

“Warner Bros is one prime example of how to invest long term in games. They took it seriously and still do,” he said of the studio, which founded its Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment division in 1993.

Games now represent 22% of

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Warner Bros’ revenue and its 2011 hit Batman: Arkham City has sold 10.5 million copies to date.

Lesser advised film executives to be open to working with the gaming world in strategic ways.

“It only makes sense if it’s eye to eye and everybody is trusting each other. It’s about long-term collaboration,” he added.

Gaming global revenue will

Weinstein’s ZFF visit cancelled

hit $91.5bn in 2015 and is predicted to rise to $113bn in 2018.

On a later panel, Wanda’s Jack Q Gao pointed out the games business is “four times bigger than the box office in China”.

The record for a single game’s installations is 1 billion, a figure that will inspire envy from the film industry. And it can be an ongoing relationship with consumers. “If you can reach that number of people with updates, that’s very interesting,” Lesser added. Mobile/tablet games is the fastest-growing segment, showing 24% year-on-year growth from 2014 to 2015 so far. “That’s a big opportunity for anyone developing content,” Lesser said.

Liam Hemsworth meets his fans in Zurich on Saturday

Harvey Weinstein has cancelled his visit to ZFF “due to an unforeseen production emergency”.

The Weinstein Company cochair was due to deliver a masterclass and attend a gala screening of Carol.

In a statement, Weinstein said: “I can honestly tell you how truly disappointed I am not to be there… If invited, I will happily join the festival next year.”

ZFF’s Karl Spoerri in action

Summit courts tennis winners Top executives went head-tohead at the Zurich Summit’s annual tennis tournament.

This year’s winners were jewellery executive Bo Marburger (repeating his 2014 glory) and local legal eagle Urs Isenegger. Christoph Daniel of DCM won the sportsmanship award while the elegance awards went to Peter Kuhn of Germany’s Media Content Factory and Lotus Entertainment’s Bill Johnson.

Diaphana picks up Young Marx

By Martin Blaney

Hemsworth brothers to unite Liam Hemsworth has revealed plans to co-star alongside his brother and Thor star Chris Hemsworth in an upcoming feature.

The Hunger Games actor told a press conference here in Zurich: “We have talked about it for a long time… we are just waiting for the stars to align.

“I don’t know what it will be but we will only likely get one chance to do it,” said Hemsworth.

“But it would take a lot longer than usual as it would be difficult to be serious on set.”

He joked that when his other actor brother Luke previously

visited him on set “it was the hardest day of my career”.

Hemsworth is here in Zurich with Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker, in which he co-stars with Kate Winslet. Set in his native Australia, the actor said: “I’ve been doing an American accent for the past six years so I was surprised at how comfortable I felt in this role. It was because the character reminded me of my grandfather and my father.”

Hemsworth also received ZFF’s Golden Eye award recognising ‘The New A-Lister’.

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France’s Diaphana Distribution has picked up Haiti-born Raoul Peck’s long-gestating project The Young Karl Marx.

The film centres on the budding friendship between Marx and Friedrich Engels in the mid19th century.

The title character is played

by August Diehl, while Stefan Konarske — one of the stars of Philip Koch’s Outside The Box, screening here at ZFF — plays Engels.

Konarske replaces Alexander Fehling, who is a member of the German-language Focus jury here this year and left the role of Engels to play the boyfriend of Claire Danes’ character in US TV drama Homeland.

The France - GermanyBelgium co-production between Agat Films & Cie and Peck’s own company Velvet Film, with Berlin and Leipzig-based Rohfilm and Belgian producer Patrick Quinet’s Artemis Film began shooting at the beginning of September and continues to November 7.

Sales agent Films Distribution pre-sold the feature to Germany’s Neue Visionen Filmverleih at this year’s Berlinale.

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BEN WHEATLEY INTERVIEW

Ben Wheatley (centre) and producer Jeremy Thomas (seated) on the set of High-Rise; (inset) Elisabeth Moss and Tom Hiddleston

The higher power Ben Wheatley had his biggest budget to date to create the dystopian world portrayed in JG Ballard’s novel High-Rise. Michael Rosser speaks to the UK film-maker about his vision for the film’s funky world

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t has taken nearly four decades for the dystopian satire of JG Ballard’s High-Rise to make it to the big screen. The 1975 novel, about life in a modern tower block spiralling out of control, was first developed by producer Jeremy Thomas in the late 1970s with Nicolas Roeg set to direct. But despite never realising that vision, the project remained close to Thomas’s heart and has now been channelled through the dark prism of Ben Wheatley, the director behind twisted cult favourites Kill List, Sightseers and A Field In England.

The film, which screens here in Gala Premieres on Saturday, October 3, stars Tom Hiddleston as young doctor Robert Laing alongside Luke Evans, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller and Elisabeth Moss. Produced by Thomas’s Recorded Picture Company, backing comes from the BFI and Film4, with HanWay Films handling sales.

How did you come to High-Rise?

I saw it on my bookshelf and wondered why it hadn’t been made into a film. A bit of exploring led me to Jeremy Thomas’s door and the stars aligned. That week he’d seen Sightseers so a day or

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two’s difference and it could have been a different story altogether.

How was the script developed?

There had been scripts written and developed but we didn’t look at any of those. Myself and Amy [Jump, Wheatley’s writing partner and wife] told Jeremy we wanted to set it in the ’70s and make it a period piece. Everyone else had tried to make it futuristic. We wanted to start with a clean sheet so we went back to the book. Mainly it was about compression, because there are so many characters and scope and we had a modest budget.

How did Tom Hiddleston get involved?

Amy and I had a list of people we wanted and Hiddleston was at the top.

It sounds like ‘making of ’ puffery but it’s true. We loved him in Joanna Hogg’s films and the Marvel films so it was a no-brainer. Tom’s a super-smart guy and had read tons of Ballard and interviews with him so he understood it inside and out. He’s also a guy in the classic mould of a British film star — reserved, good-looking and intelligent.

There’s a lot of emotion going on but it’s all held back. He’s emotionally smart

and intellectually smart. That, for us, was the most exciting thing about him.

The thing that was different with this film was that a lot of the actors knew the work I’d done so the appetite was there.

And the things Tom, Luke Evans, Sienna Miller and Elisabeth Moss do in the film are extraordinary. Movie charisma is a thing to behold when you see it in the rushes.

What did you expect to be the biggest challenges going into High-Rise?

Dealing with that many characters and that much art design and sets. We had £6m [$9.4m], the biggest budget I’ve been in charge of but still a tiny budget in the world of film-making. We laughed that we’d finally graduated to lowbudget film-making. But we had a brilliant art department under Mark Tildesley and the design was cleverly done to maximise that cash.

How did you approach the set-building?

You try to make an environment where you’re shooting on location in the past.

It’s just easier that way. When I work with Laurie Rose, the director of photography, you’re trying to light in the round.

I want that flexibility and it’s to guard

against it looking like a set. The apartments in High-Rise look like real places.

There’s a lot of original design within the film, including every item in the tower block’s supermarket.

We wanted to make a period piece but not a greatest hits of the ’70s. It’s an alternative reality. It was a real treat to have control of a whole world. I was involved in the designing of the book covers of the books in people’s houses.

We didn’t want to get into that world of nostalgic packaging because, first of all, it’s a fucking nightmare to clear that stuff and secondly it’s distracting.

Depending how old you are, you’re off on some nostalgia trip. We also wanted to have complete control of the colours.

Speaking ahead of the film’s Toronto world premiere, are you nervous about it?

Yeah, but not especially. You never really know which way it will go or take things for granted. That’s when it bites you on the ass. But I always look forward to showing the film to lots of people at once and this has it all. It’s a rollercoaster ride of emotions [laughs]. s Drama, laughter, dancing, everything. ■ » See review, page 7

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Carol Reviewed by Tim Grierson An exquisite sadness envelops Carol, a delicate romantic drama guided and dominated by a wonderfully nuanced performance from Cate Blanchett, who plays the titular 1950s woman anxiously facing a crossroads. The first film from director Todd Haynes since 2007’s I’m Not There, this love story between Carol and a younger, more impressionable woman (Rooney Mara) aches with the quiet longing of both its characters, whose attraction needs to be kept behind closed doors. It’s such stately, evocative, confident filmmaking, the only reservation being that it’s also a bit chilly.

Carol will be released in the US through The Weinstein Company, which is surely planning a major awards push, especially for two-time Oscar winner Blanchett. Her star power — aided by Haynes’ arthouse following and Mara’s rising profile — will ensure must-see status for this wellreviewed beauty. As for the material’s lesbian subject matter, it’s depicted in such a tasteful, lovely way that it’s hard to imagine much controversy on that front.

In the winter of 1952, New York City housewife Carol (Blanchett) meets department-store employee Therese (Mara), an immediate spark noticeable between them. Soon, they conspire to meet for lunch, their coy conversation barely hid-

Gala Premieres UK-US. 2014. 118mins Director Todd Haynes Production companies Film4, StudioCanal, HanWay Films, Goldcrest, Dirty Films, InFilm, Number 9 Films, Killer Films, Larkhark Films International sales HanWay Films, jls@hanwayfilms.com Producers Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Christine Vachon Screenplay Phyllis Nagy Cinematography Ed Lachman Editor Affonso Goncalves Production design Judy Becker Costume design Sandy Powell Music Carter Burwell Main cast Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler

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ing their attraction. With her divorce from stuffy businessman Harge (Kyle Chandler) imminent, Carol — who has had previous lesbian relationships — wants to take Therese away for the holidays while her husband insists on going with their young daughter to his family’s house for Christmas. A bit directionless, the early-20s Therese sees in Carol not just a seductive, assured woman but also a mentor and lover.

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price Of Salt, Carol finds Haynes somewhat returning to the 1950s milieu of Far From Heaven, although his new movie doesn’t go so far as to deconstruct the period’s rigid conformity through the prism of a Douglas Sirk aesthetic. Instead, Carol is far more subtle, and perhaps more resigned, about the harmful effects mid-century US conservatism had on those who couldn’t fit into narrow societal perceptions of what was ‘normal’ behaviour.

Carol’s tale is a quietly heartbreaking one, but it’s a testament to Blanchett’s deeply intelligent portrayal that we don’t realise it for quite some time. In Blanchett’s hands, Carol always comes across as a well-coiffed, elegantly made-up, dryly witty sophisticate. Her courtship of the less-confident Therese is a collection of precise, unassuming, just vaguely haughty comments that make her romantic intentions clear without being overt.

In the past, Blanchett has sometimes amped

up the acting pyrotechnics but she understands that Carol can’t afford to be flashy. Consequently, this is among Blanchett’s most muted work, and she deftly and slowly teases out the cracks in this proud woman’s gorgeous exterior.

Haynes and Blanchett build the film around Carol’s wistful, possibly fleeting romance with Therese, and as a result the other half of this love affair doesn’t get fully developed. Unlike Blanchett, Mara can’t quite articulate a world of secret thoughts and buried needs in the simplest of expressions.

Considering that Haynes has often preferred a slightly detached, intellectual approach, Carol is probably his most plainly emotional film, although it remains an icy construction. To be sure, such an effect produces a rich, endless melancholy, but it can also leave the movie feeling too restrained for its own good.

That said, the movie’s most palpably expressive element is longtime Coen brothers composer Carter Burwell’s score, which is devastatingly spare and sad. Shot on film in Super 16 by frequent collaborator Ed Lachman, Carol recalls effortlessly a bygone era with a tart mixture of nostalgia and self-awareness: Haynes acknowledges the stylishness of the period (accentuated

by Sandy Powell’s excellent costumes) but also recognises the silent bigotry that constantly threatens Carol’s hopes for love and happiness.

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High-Rise Reviewed by Fionnuala Halligan

Spotlight Reviewed by Tim Grierson A polished, engrossing procedural, Spotlight offers plenty of old-fashioned pleasures — chiefly, the sight of smart, scrappy muckraking journalists stopping at nothing to uncover systematic corruption. With strands of All The President’s Men embedded in its DNA, this real-life drama chronicles how, in 2001, a handful of reporters for The Boston Globe exposed a widespread cover-up of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Although director and co-writer Tom McCarthy can fall victim to prestige-picture preciousness and narrative conventionality, Spotlight goes a long way on the strength of superior acting and a crackling tale.

Taking place over the course of about six months, the film illuminates the work of The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team — editor Walter ‘Robby’ Robinson (Michael Keaton) and his reporters Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Sacha Pfeiffer (Rachel McAdams) and Matt Carroll (Brian d’Arcy James) — who can take up to a year digging deep into investigative pieces for the paper.

When The Boston Globe’s new editor Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) becomes interested in allegations Cardinal Bernard Law, Boston’s archbishop, shielded priests who raped young parishioners, the Spotlight team starts tracking down victims and anyone else who has evidence of the decades-long wrongdoing.

The film derives much of its low-boil intensity from the stripped-down recounting of how these journalists went about revealing the cover-up. Though there is some attempt to fill in these characters’ personal lives, McCarthy adopts a just-the-facts-ma’am tone, mostly eschewing huge dramatic moments to let the reporters’ industrious, unglamorous work take centre stage.

McCarthy is aided by a cast topped by Ruffalo, who plays Rezendes with all the tenacity and charm of a pit bull. He isn’t much fun to be around — even his wife seems to have abandoned him — but Rezendes comes across as Spotlight’s unapologetically hardnosed hero, a relentless investigative journalist who attacks his job with the avenging-angel fury of a man who cannot abide corruption and hypocrisy.

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Gala Premieres US. 2015. 128mins Director Tom McCarthy Production companies Entertainment One, Participant Media, First Look Media, Anonymous Content, Rocklin/Faust International sales Entertainment One, cvanweede@ entonegroup.com Producers Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust Screenplay Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy Cinematography Masanobu Takayanagi Editor Tom McArdle Production design Stephen Carter Music Howard Shore Main cast Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci

Entering JG Ballard’s High-Rise carries an apartmentblock’s worth of expectations for UK director Ben Wheatley, even with Crash producer Jeremy Thomas’s backing.

Working again with writer (and co-editor) Amy Jump, Wheatley wades into the prescient 1975 text, delivering a complex, fluid interpretation that is respectful and almostfaithful while still being its own beautiful, crazed beast.

Although it is wild and fearless, High-Rise is no queasily chilly Crash. In Tom Hiddleston, the director has found an actor who can deliver the central character’s essential distance with the right mix of sympathy, intelligence and raw carnality. The film sings and frequently dances; it’s long but it feels alive.

High-Rise is unusual and, despite the visual sheen, grubby enough to retain the director’s Sightseers fanbase while reaching out to new, mainly young audiences looking for a chaotic ride. Ballard fans should be satisfied; newcomers could find it difficult.

When the highly eligible Dr Laing (Hiddleston) moves into his apartment, it’s clear the block is seething with petty arguments, parties and sex. There’s a social pecking order in the High Rise; at the bottom, the middle classes (signified by flight attendants in a fabulous dance montage) and families; in the middle, upper-middle-class Laing and his orthodontist neighbour (Reece Shearsmith); in the penthouse, the block’s creator Royal (Jeremy Irons) and his aristocratic wife Anne (Keeley Hawes), who rides horses in the rooftop garden and organises masquerades.

It doesn’t take long for Laing to join the parties that are swinging throughout the block, although this protagonist always holds himself back. An electricity outage and a raid by the lower levels on the 10th-floor swimming pool is the spark for the seething frustrations to bubble over in an orgy of sex, murder and streams of filthy rubbish. Not to mention dance.

‘Ballardian’ entered the dictionary some time ago as a byword for dystopian modernity — usually blended with eroticism and death. It is a feat to be celebrated that, 40 years and countless dystopias later, Wheatley can still make the novelist’s work look modern and edgy in times when we think we’ve seen it all.

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Gala Premieres UK. 2015. 112mins Director Ben Wheatley Production company Recorded Picture Company International sales HanWay Films, info@hanwayfilms.com Producer Jeremy Thomas Screenplay Amy Jump, based on the novel by JG Ballard Cinematography Laurie Rose Production designer Mark Tildesley Music Clint Mansell Editors Amy Jump, Ben Wheatley Main cast Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Keeley Hawes, Reece Shearsmith

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Mountains May Depart Reviewed by Dan Fainaru

Rams Reviewed by Allan Hunter The reconciliation of long-estranged brothers is hard won and tenderly felt in Rams (Hrutar), an accomplished, original work from Summerland (2010) director Grimur Hakonarson. Filled with wintry melancholy and captivating charm, it is a smaller festival delight that should also have commercial legs. Recent titles Of Horses And Men, Life In A Fishbowl and Virgin Mountain have shown there is an appetite for Icelandic cinema, and the humour and humanity in Rams should ensure it reaches an international arthouse audience.

Hakonarson’s background in documentaries is felt in a pitch-perfect evocation of an isolated rural community largely populated by men in Santa Claus beards and baggy, well-worn woolly jumpers. Cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grovlen captures images of rugged, snow-covered landscapes and ferocious weather conditions to emphasise this is no country for the fainthearted. It is a lonely life for the stoical Gummi (Sigurdur Sigurjonsson) even though his brother Kiddi (Theodor Juliusson) shares their family land and lives in a neighbouring farmhouse. The two men have not spoken in 40 years and Gummi considers his flock of sheep more like members of his family than is his brother.

Rams may sound bleak and unforgiving but it has a generous spirit and wit that make it entirely accessible.

Gummi’s scheme to ensure the survival of the flock has elements of Ealing comedy, but it is the deadpan sensibility of a Kaurismaki or a Bent Hamer that percolates through the film in both visual gags and the general tone. When Kiddi is yet again found drunk in freezing conditions, the weary Gummi merely scoops him up in a tractor and drops him outside the hospital.

The film’s warmth comes in the affectionate, believable relationship Gummi has with his sheep and in scenes such as the solitary Christmas supper he prepares by candlelight in a spiffy Sunday-best jumper.

There is abundant skill in the performances, with Sigurjonsson bringing the lightest of touches to his portrayal of Gummi as a gentle soul whose inner life is revealed in a modest frown, the heartbreak in his eyes at the death of a sheep or the hug he bestows on a prize ram.

A lovely, lilting accordion score from Atli Orvarsson adds to the film’s lugubrious charm.

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93mins Director-screenplay Grimur Hakonarson Production companies Netop Films, Profile Pictures, Film Farm, Aeroplan Films International sales New Europe Film Sales, jan@ neweuropefilmsales.com Producer Grimar Jonsson Cinematography Sturla Brandth Grovlen Editor Kristjan Lodmfjord Production design Bjarni ‘Massi’ Sigurbjornsson Music Atli Orvarsson Main cast Sigurdur Sigurjonsson, Theodor Juliusson, Charlotte Boving, Gunnar Jonsson

Mountains May Depart is possibly one of Jia Zhangke’s most calculated and least affecting films. Dealing with the changing face of China, Jia’s picture is divided into three episodes that map the transition from budding capitalism to economic explosion. Using his characters as pawns on the chessboard of history, Mountains May Depart culminates in a nostalgic future where the Chinese look back for the identity they have lost.

The first section introduces a classic version of the romantic triangle set in the director’s home town of Fenyang in Shanxi province. Young, ebullient Tao (Zhao Tao, the director’s wife and the lead in many of his films) has to choose between the arrogant, cocky, businessoriented Jiusheng (Zhang Yi) and the rock-solid, hardworking miner Liangzi (Liang Jin Dong). Her choice is China’s choice: she goes with the money and Liangzi leaves town.

In the film’s second episode, Liangzi has developed lung cancer from working in the mines and moves back home with his wife and child. He finds that Tao is already divorced and her son, named Dollar as per his father’s request, has moved with her ex-husband to Shanghai.

The entire third episode takes place in a future Australia, where the older immigrant Chinese generation is alienated despite its accumulated wealth. The younger generation is adrift, trying to guess what and who they are.

The classic 1.33:1 Academy frame used for the 1999 episode could have been determined by Jia’s decision to use old digital footage he shot at the time with his cinematographer, Yu Lik-Wai. The film moves to 1.85:1 frame for the second episode and to full-size cinemascope for the third. In the same spirit, the sets, the costumes, the means of transportation and even the music, fit the period.

Jia’s plot can look like a series of arbitrary choices whose only purpose is to convey the director’s allegorical intentions. Zhao Tao carries the first and second part of the picture, with Hong Kong star Sylvia Chang and young Dong Zijian (playing the 18-year-old Dollar) playing out an awkward romance in the final sequence — but if neither leaves a lasting impression, it may be the fault of a script that was more interested in the characters as symbols than as individuals.

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Chi-Jap. 2015. 131mins Director-screenplay Jia Zhangke Production companies Shanghai Film Group Corporation, Xstream Pictures, MK Productions, Runjin Investment, Office Kitano International sales MK2, juliette.schrameck@ mk2.com Producers Ren Zhonglun, Jia Zhangke, Nathanel Karmitz, Liu Shiyu, Shozo Ichiyama Cinematography Yu Lik-Wai Editor Matthieu Laclau Production design Liu Qiang Music Yoshihiro Hanno Cast Zhao Tao, Zhang Yi, Liang Jin Dong, Dong Zijian, Sylvia Chang, Han Sanming

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small plot of land hidden deep in the forest.

Tuesday Sept 29 09:30

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2 Closed screening

Carol

UK, 2015, 118mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Todd Haynes. Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson.

Set in 1950s New York, a female department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

14:45 Killing Time: Entre deux fronts

Belgium, France, 2015, 88mins. English with German and French subtitles. Dir: Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel.

Californian military base Twentynine Palms is a transit point for young Marines after returning from Iraq or Afghanistan.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

The Walk (3D)

US, 2015, 100mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Robert Zemeckis.

The story of French highwire artist Philippe Petit’s attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

FESTIVal Tuesday 15:45 Life

Canada, Australia, Germany, 2015, 110mins. English with German subtitles. Dir:

Anton Corbijn.

A photographer is assigned to shoot pictures of James Dean.

Gala Premieres Arena 5

Gala Premieres Abaton Press & Industry

09:45 Winnetous Sohn

Germany, 2015, 92mins.

German with subtitles.

Dir: Andre Erkau. Cast: Johannes Allmayer, Kathrin Angerer, Greta Bohacek.

Max’s greatest role model is the literary character Winnetou. When the Karl May festival begins a search for somebody to play Winnetou’s son, Max seizes his chance.

ZFF for Kids Arena 5 Closed screening

10:15

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

12:30 L’Astragale

Denmark, 2015, 116mins.

Danish with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Tobias Lindholm.

During a routine mission in Afghanistan, Claus makes a decision that has grave consequences.

France, 2015, 96mins.

French with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Brigitte Sy. Cast: Leïla Bekhti, Reda Kateb, Esther Garrel.

April 1957: 19-year-old Albertine scales the prison walls and breaks her ankle while dropping over the other side. Petty crook Julien picks up the escapee and an amour fou begins between the two anarchists.

12:00 The Weather Inside

Germany, 2015, 100mins.

Arabic, German, English, French, Italian with English subtitles. Dir:

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International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

13:00 When Winter Ends

Isabelle Stever. Cast: Maria Furtwangler, Mehmet Sozer, Barbara Bouchet.

Dorothea travels to a country on the verge of civil war to organise an aid campaign. While there, she discovers the luxury of her decadent lifestyle stands in stark contrast to the needs of the poor. Seized by the spirit of adventure, she tumbles head-on into an affair.

A War

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 4 Closed screening

Three Carpathian shepherds set off with the flock into the mountains.

Window: The New Female Wave Filmpodium

Shadows

Romania, 2015, 45mins.

Romanian with English subtitles. Dir: Igor Cobileanski, Bogdan Mirica. Cast: Serban Pavlu, Maria Obretin.

Relu is a taxi driver, father and money collector for the local mafia. He has everything under control, until he accidentally commits a murder.

TVision Arena 8

12:45 Coconut Hero

Germany, 2015, 100mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Florian Cossen. Cast: Alex Ozerov, Bea Santos.

In the middle of Nowheresville lives Mike, who wants out of his crappy life.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 5 Closed screening

Switzerland, 2015, 52mins. French with German subtitles. Dir: Bastien Bosiger, Adrien Bordone.

The road to independence and adulthood can be difficult but exciting.

13:15 Rams

Iceland, Denmark, 2015, 93mins. Icelandic with German and English and French subtitles. Dir: Grimur Hakonarson.

Cast: Theodor Juliusson, Charlotte Boving.

In a remote Icelandic farming valley, two brothers who haven’t spoken in 40 years must save what’s dearest to them — their sheep.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 3 Press & Industry

13:45

The Living Fire

The Survivalist

Ukraine, 2015, 77mins.

Ukrainian with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Ostap Kostyuk.

Cast: Ivan Mykhailyuk, Ivan Besashchuk, Vasyl Tonyuk.

UK, 2015, 105mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Stephen Fingleton. Cast: Martin McCann, Mia Goth, Andrew Simpson.

A survivalist lives off a

15:15 A Walk in the Woods

US, 2015, 104mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Ken Kwapis. Cast: Robert Redford, Nick Nolte, Emma Thompson.

After two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the US where he decides the best way to connect with his homeland is to hike the Appalachian Trail.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly Closed screening

Gala Premieres Corso 3 Press & Industry

One of us

See box, above

15:45 Life

Austria, 2015, 86mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Stephan Richter. Cast: Dominic Marcus Singer, Jack Hofer, Birgit Linauer.

Julian, a 14-year-old, dies surrounded by the colourful products of a huge supermarket.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 4 Press & Industry

Outside the Box

Arena 4 Special Screenings

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 4 Press & Industry

Germany, 2015, 85mins.

German, English, Italian with German subtitles.

Dir: Philip Koch. Cast: Volker Bruch, Samuel Finzi, Sascha Alexander Gersak.

A management consultant is invited to a special kind of team-building event.

Arena 8 Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Closed screening

15:00 I am Dublin

Sweden, 2015, 80mins.

English, Finnish, Somali, Swedish with German and English subtitles.

Dir: David Aronowitsch, Ahmed Abdullahi, Sharmarke Binyusuf, Anna Persson.

Ahmed has no documents but is given the lead role in a Stockholm-based short film. He plays a refugee caught up in the asylum system.

16:15 Couple in a Hole

UK, Belgium, France, 2015, 105mins. English, French with German and English subtitles. Dir: Tom Geens. Cast: Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jerome Kircher.

A British couple end up living like savages in a hole in a vast forest.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris Closed screening

16:30 Thirst

Bulgaria, 2015, 90mins.

Bulgarian with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Svetla Tsotsorkova.

White sheets flap around in the wind somewhere on a hilltop in Bulgaria. It’s the laundry of local hotels with which a married couple and their 16-yearold son eke out a living.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2 Press & Industry

16:45 Breaking a Monster

US, 2015, 93mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Luke Meyer. Cast: Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins, Alec Atkins.

Chronicles the breakout year of the band

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Unlocking The Truth.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

17:00 Chaebols and Chabolas — The Struggle for Work

Switzerland, 2015, 97mins. German, English, Korean, Spanish with German subtitles.

Dir: Christian Neu. How different cultures deal with unemployment.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8 Closed screening

17:15 Short Films from Iran

Iran, 2015, 81mins.

Dir: Maryam Tafakory, Keywan Karimi, Ali Asagari, Iman Behrouzi, Esmaeel Monsef.

Five short films.

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

18:00 Secrets & Lies

France, UK, 1996, 142mins. English with subtitles. Dir: Mike Leigh. Cast: Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Brenda Blethyn.

Hortense begins the search for her biological mother.

Retro: Mike Leigh Corso 3

18:15 The End of the Tour

US, 2015, 106mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: James Ponsoldt. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer.

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and novelist David Foster Wallace.

Gala Premieres Arena 5

18:30 One of us

Austria, 2015, 86mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Stephan Richter.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4

Thirst

Bulgaria, 2015, 90mins.

Bulgarian with German

and English subtitles.

Dir: Svetla Tsotsorkova.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

18:45 A Syrian Love Story

UK, 2015, 76mins. Arabic, English, French with German and English subtitles. Dir: Sean McAllister. Cast: Amer Daoud, Raghda Hassan.

Charts an incredible odyssey to political freedom.

Border Lines Filmpodium

Dir: David Aronowitsch, Ahmed Abdullahi, Sharmarke Binyusuf, Anna Persson.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 8

20:45 Rams

Iceland, Denmark, 2015, 93mins. Icelandic with German and English and French subtitles. Dir: Grimur Hakonarson.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

Verdacht The Weather Inside

Germany, 2015, 100mins.

Arabic, German, English, French, Italian with English subtitles. Dir: Isabelle Stever.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

19:00 45 Years See box, right

19:15 Beck’s last Summer

Germany, 2015, 98mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Frieder Wittich.

Robert Beck once stood on stage in front of thousands. Now he stands in front of a group of bored school children.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 4

Profession, Documentarist

Iran, 2014, 80mins.

Farsi with English subtitles. Dir: Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farahnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor, Nahid Rezaei.

Seven independent female Iranian documentarymakers take us into their personal and professional worlds.

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

19:30 I am Dublin

Sweden, 2015, 80mins.

English, Finnish, Somali, Swedish with German and English subtitles.

Switzerland, 2015, 90mins. Swiss German with English subtitles.

Dir: Sabine Boss. Cast: Manuel Humm, Mona Petri, Doris Schefer.

Eva and Max Gruber enjoy a healthy marriage.

While she works as a journalist in the cultural sector, he is an independent artist teaching at a local college.

The unconventional yet well-liked pedagogue can get his students to enjoy almost anything, even nude drawing. Until one day the police turn up — and accuse him of sexual misconduct.

Special Screenings Arena 5

21:00 Durrenmatt — A Love Story

Switzerland, 2015, 79mins. German, Swiss German with German and English and French subtitles. Dir: Sabine Gisiger.

Biopic of Friedrich Durrenmatt.

Gala Premieres Arena 4 Closed screening

Naked

UK, 1993, 126mins.

English with subtitles.

Dir: Mike Leigh. Cast: David Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge.

Parallel tales of two sexually obsessed men, one hurting and annoying women physically and mentally, one wandering around the city talking to strangers and experiencing dimensions of life.

Retro: Mike Leigh Corso 3

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FESTIVAL Tuesday 19:00 45 Years

UK, 2015, 93mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Andrew Haigh.

Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay.

In the week leading up to their 45th wedding anniversary, a couple receive an unexpected letter which contains potentially life-changing news.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

Farsi with English subtitles. Dir: Reza Dormishian. Cast: Baran Kosari, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Reza Behboudi, Misagh Zare.

A journey into the lively yet prospectless world of a generation of young Iranians.

New World View: Iran Arena 8

21:15 Carol

UK, 2015, 118mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Todd Haynes.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

Pawn Sacrifice

US, 2014, 114mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Edward Zwick.

Cast: Tobey Maguire, Liev Schreiber, Peter Sarsgaard.

Set during the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers and his own struggles as he challenges the Soviet Empire.

Special Screenings Arthouse Le Paris

What’s the Time in Your World?

Iran, 2014, 101mins.

Farsi with English subtitles. Dir: Safi Yazdanian. Cast: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa.

A woman comes back from Paris to her country after a long time. She meets a man that she hardly knows, but he

knows a lot about her life.

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

21:30 The Apostate

Uruguay, Spain, France, 2015, 80mins. Spanish with English subtitles.

Dir: Federico Veiroj. Cast: Alvaro Ogalla, Marta Larralde, Barbara Lennie.

An existential comedy of a Spanish man trying to apostate from the Catholic Church.

Window: San Sebastian Filmpodium

21:45 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

US, 2015, 98mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Marc Silver.

Florida, November 23, 2012. Two cars pull into a gas station. An argument about loud rap music breaks out. A gun is drawn. Three and a half minutes and 10 bullets later, 17-year-old African American Jordan Davis is dead.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

Wednesday Sept 30 09:30 Mon roi

France, 2015, 126mins.

French with German subtitles. Dir: Maiwenn Le Besco. Cast: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot, Louis Garrel.

Tony is admitted to a rehabilitation centre after a skiing accident.

Dependent on medical staff and painkillers, she takes the time to remember her tumultuous love story with Georgio.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

09:45 Jeremy

Mexico, 2015, 99mins.

Spanish with German live synchro subtitles.

Dir: Anwar Safa.

Cast: Martin Castro, Karem Momo Ruiz, Isela Vega.

Jeremias is an extremely clever young boy. But his extra portion of brains brings with it problems.

ZFF for Kids Arena 4 Closed screening

10:15

I’m not Angry!

Sleeping Giant

Iran, 2014, 105mins.

Canada, 2015, 90mins.

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English with German subtitles. Dir: Andrew Cividino.

Teenager Adam’s dull routine is shattered when he befriends Riley and Nate.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 8 Closed screening

11:45 Truman

Spain, Argentina, 2015, 110mins. Spanish with German and French subtitles. Dir: Cesc Gay. Ricardo Darín, Javier Camara, Dolores Fonzi.

Tomas returns to his hometown of Madrid in order to convince his childhood friend, whom he hasn’t spoken to in years, to continue his chemotherapy treatment.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

12:00 Catching Haider

Austria, Germany, 2015, 91mins. German, French with German subtitles.

Dir: Nathalie Borgers.

How can it be that, despite the corruption scandals he has been associated with, Jorg Haider is portrayed as a hero after his death?

Nathalie Borgers goes to investigate in Carinthia.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 5 Closed screening

12:30 A Syrian Love Story

UK, 2015, 76mins.

Arabic, English, French with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Sean McAllister.

Border Lines Filmpodium

Shadows

Romania, 2015, 45mins.

Romanian with English subtitles. Dir: Igor Cobileanski, Bogdan Mirica.

Arena 8 TVision

13:00 Containment

US, 2015, 82mins.

English, Japanese with German and English subtitles. Dir: Robb Moss, Peter Galison.

Every nuclear weapon

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made, every watt of electricity produced from a nuclear power plant, leaves a trail of nuclear waste that will last for the next 400 generations.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

Strangerland

Australia, Ireland, 2015, 112mins. English with German subtitles. Dir: Kim Farrant. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving.

A family finds their dull life in a rural outback town rocked after their two teenage children disappear into the desert.

Special Screenings Arena 4 Press & Industry

13:30 Bob and the Trees

US, France, 2015, 92mins. English with German subtitles. Dir: Diego Ongaro. Cast: Matt Gallagher, Polly MacIntyre, Bob Tarasuk.

A fifty-something logger struggles to make ends meet.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2 Closed screening

13:45 Beck’s last Summer

Germany, 2015, 98mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Frieder Wittich.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 5 Closed screening

Two men make the journey from Africa to Italy for a better life.

142mins. English with subtitles. Dir: Mike Leigh.

Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands, 2015, 101mins. Portuguese with German and English subtitles. Dir: Gabriel Mascaro. Cast: Juliano Cazarre, Maeve Jinkings, Alyne Santana.

Iremar dreams of creating exquisite gowns and jetting off around the world as a fashion designer. Now in his late 20s, he travels instead from one ‘vaquejada’ show to another.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris Closed screening

Retro: Mike Leigh Corso 3

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 5 Closed screening

14:30 Neon Bull

15:00 Deep Web

US, 2015, 90mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Alex Winter.

The rise of a new internet.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

15:30 Dear Prudence

France, 2010, 80mins.

French with English subtitles. Dir: Rebecca Zlotowski. Cast: Lea Seydoux, Anais Demoustier, Agathe Schlencker.

Two teenage girls bond over drugs, partying and music after being arrested.

Window: The New Female Wave Filmpodium

Catching Haider

Austria, Germany, 2015, 91mins. German, French with German subtitles.

Dir: Nathalie Borgers.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 3 Press & Industry

14:15 Suzanne

France, 2013, 94mins.

French with German subtitles. Dir: Katell Quillevere. Cast: Sara Forestier, François Damiens, Adele Haenel.

The story of a family and a love affair told through the journey of a young woman called Suzanne.

Window: The New Female Wave Arena 8

Democrats

Denmark, 2014, 99mins.

English, Shona with English subtitles. Dir: Camilla Nielsson.

In politically unstable Zimbabwe, a new constitution is being put together.

Border Lines Arena 4

17:30 Kings of Nowhere

16:00 Gruber is leaving

Austria, 2015, 105mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Marie Kreutzer. Cast: Manuel Rubey, Bernadette Heerwagen, Doris Schretzmayer.

Gruber lives his life exactly the way he wants to.

Mexico, 2015, 83mins.

Spanish with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Betzabe Garcia.

Three families live in a village partially submerged by water.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

18:00 What’s the Time in Your World?

Iran, 2014, 101mins.

Farsi with English subtitles. Dir: Safi Yazdanian. Cast: Leila Hatami, Ali Mosaffa.

16:15 Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

Vietnam, France, Germany, Netherlands, 2015, 102mins.

Vietnamese with English subtitles. Dir: Phan Dang Di. Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Le Cong Hoang, Truong The Vinh, Nguyen Ha Phong.

Vu arrives in the sprawling metropolis of Saigon and moves into a slum neighbourhood where he meets Thang, who convinces Vu to get a vasectomy in order to receive money from the government.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arthouse Le Paris

Special Screenings Corso 2

Truman

16:45 The Long Distance

Germany, 2015, 91mins.

German, English, Russian, Swahili, Kalenjin with German subtitles. Dir: Daniel Andreas Sager.

Portrays two athletes and their manager.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

17:00

Arena 4

18:15 Amateur Teens

Switzerland, 2015, 92mins. Swiss German with English subtitles.

Dir: Niklaus Hilber.

A modern tragedy about a group of 14-year-old schoolchildren whose daily life is shaped by the power of social media and ever increasing sexualisation through the internet.

Spain, Argentina, 2015, 110mins. Spanish with German and French subtitles. Dir: Cesc Gay. Gala Premieres Corso 1

18:45 Life

Canada, Australia, Germany, 2015, 110mins.

English with German subtitles.

Gala Premieres Arena 5

Atlan

Pikadero

Italy, France, US, Germany, Qatar, 2015, 110mins. Arabic, English, French, Italian with German and English subtitles. Dir: Jonas Carpignano. Cast: Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy, Francesco Papasergio.

Iran, 2014, 62mins. Farsi with English subtitles.

Dir: Moein Karimoddini.

Ali is a Turkman horse trainer. Horses are his life.

Spain, UK, 2015, 98mins. Basque, Spanish with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Ben Sharrock.

Cast: Barbara Goenaga, Lander Otaola, Joseba Usabiaga.

Unable to fly the nest due to the economic crisis that

Secrets & Lies

France, UK, 1996,

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

19:00 45 Years

UK, 2015, 93mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly

Beck’s last Summer

Germany, 2015, 98mins.

German with English subtitles.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

19:45 Mother’s Wish

Finland, Sweden, Denmark, 2015, 85mins.

English, Finnish, French, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Xhosa with German and English subtitles. Dir: Joonas Berghall.

Portrays 10 women from different backgrounds.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

20:00 Girlhood

France, 2014, 112mins.

French with English subtitles. Dir: Celine Sciamma. Cast: Karidja Toure, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh.

A girl with few real prospects joins a gang, reinventing herself and gaining a sense of selfconfidence. However, she soon finds that this new life does not necessarily make her any happier.

Window: The New Female Wave Corso 3

20:30 One of us

Mediterranea

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

grips Spain, a penniless young couple have trouble consummating their fledgling relationship in their parents’ homes.

Austria, 2015, 86mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Stephan Richter.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Filmpodium

20:45 Catching Haider

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91mins. German, French with German subtitles.

The Russian Woodpecker

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4

UK, US, 2015, 82mins.

Russian with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Chad Gracia.

A victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret.

Mon roi

France, 2015, 126mins.

French with German subtitles.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

21:00 Maggie

US, 2015, 98mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Henry Hobson. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, Joely Richardson.

A teenage girl in the Midwest becomes infected by an outbreak of a disease that slowly turns the infected into cannibalistic zombies.

Special Screenings Corso 1

21:15 Atomic Heart

Iran, 2015, 97mins. Farsi with English subtitles.

Dir: Ali Ahmadzadeh.

Cast: Mohammad Reza Golzar, Taraneh Alidoosti.

On their way back from a wild party, Arineh and Nobahar cause a car accident. A mysterious stranger by the name of Toofan offers to cover the costs.

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

21:30 Maggie

US, 2015, 98mins.

English with German subtitles.

Arena 5 Special Screenings

Neon Bull

Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands, 2015, 101mins. Portuguese with German and English subtitles.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

21:45

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

Thursday Oct 1 09:30 Kopek

Switzerland, 2015, 98mins. Turkish with German and French subtitles. Dir: Esen Isik.

Cast: Cemal Toktas, Salih Bademci, Baris Atay.

About love and death and Turkish society.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

09:45 Birds of Passage

Belgium, France, 2015, 84mins. French with German live synchro subtitles. Dir: Olivier Ringer. Cast: Clarisse Djuroski, Lea Warny, Alain Eloy.

Having a birthday on February 29 is a bit silly, even more so when you get an unhatched duck egg as a birthday present! But Cathy’s scepticism is soon replaced by curiosity.

ZFF for Kids Arena 4 Closed screening

12:00 The Diary of a Teenage Girl

US, 2015, 102mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Marielle Heller. Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Christopher Meloni, Kristen Wiig.

A teen artist living in 1970s San Francisco enters into an affair with her mother’s boyfriend.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly Closed screening

12:30

Maggie

Shadows

US, 2015, 98mins.

English with German subtitles.

Romania, 2015, 45mins.

Romanian with English subtitles.

Arena 8 Special Screenings

Arena 8 TVision

One of us

Austria, 2015, 86mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Stephan Richter.

Filmpodium Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Closed screening

13:00 Sara

Hong Kong, 2014, 95mins. Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles. Dir: Herman Yau. Cast: Charlene Choi, Simon Yam, Sunadcha Tadrabiab, Ryan Lau. Journalist Sara has just spent four months completing an in-depth investigation piece about sex tourism. Her editor-in-chief refuses to run it. Sara flees to Thailand. Here she meets the underage prostitute Dok-my.

Window: Hong Kong Corso 3

Sleeping Giant

Canada, 2015, 90mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Andrew Cividino.

Arena 4 International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 4

13:15 Wolf Totem

China, France, 2015, 119mins. Mongolian, Chinese with German subtitles. Dir: JeanJacques Annaud.

Cast: Shaofeng Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Yin Zhusheng.

During China’s Cultural Revolution, a young urban student is sent to live with Mongolian herders, where he adopts a wolf cub.

Special Screenings Corso 1 Press & Industry

13:30 The Russian Woodpecker

UK, US, 2015, 82mins.

Russian with German and English subtitles.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

14:15 Gruber is leaving

Austria, 2015, 105mins.

12 Screen International at Zurich September 29-October 4, 2015

German with English subtitles.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arthouse Piccadilly

14:30 Profession, Documentarist

Iran, 2014, 80mins.

English with subtitles.

Dir: Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farahnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor, Nahid Rezaei.

Arena 8 New World View: Iran

Thirst

Bulgaria, 2015, 90mins.

Bulgarian with German and English subtitles.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2 Closed screening

15:15 The Survivalist

UK, 2015, 105mins.

English with German subtitles.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 5

15:45 I am Dublin

Sweden, 2015, 80mins.

English, Finnish, Somali, Swedish with German and English subtitles.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4 Closed screening

I Want to Be a King

Iran, 2014, 72mins. Farsi with English subtitles.

Dir: Mehdi Ganji.

Abbas has turned his own home into a guest house.

New World View: Iran Filmpodium

16:00 Couple in a Hole

UK, Belgium, France, 2015, 105mins. English, French with German and English subtitles.

16:45 Thank You for Bombing

Austria, 2015, 103mins.

German, English, Pashto, Serbo-Croat, Dari with German subtitles. Dir: Barbara Eder.

Three reporters. Three episodes.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4 Closed screening

17:00 Drone

Norway, Denmark, 2014, 78mins. English, Pashto, Urdu with English subtitles. Dir: Tonje Hessen Schei.

A documentary about the covert CIA drone war.

Kopek

Switzerland, 2015, 98mins. Turkish with German and French subtitles. Dir: Esen Isik.

Rams

Wolf Totem

Iceland, Denmark, 2015, 93mins. Icelandic with German and English and French subtitles.

China, France, 2015, 119mins. Mongolian, Chinese with German subtitles.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2 Closed screening

Special Screenings Corso 1

18:00 Deep Web

US, 2015, 90mins.

English with German subtitles.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

19:00 The Living Fire

Ukraine, 2015, 77mins.

Ukrainian with German and English subtitles.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

Marie-Louise Under Electric Clouds

Russia, Ukraine, Poland, 2015, 137mins. Russian with English subtitles.

Dir: Alexey German Jr. Cast: Louis Franck, Merab Ninidze, Chulpan Khamatova.

An episodic, spiritual and existentialist look at the state of Russia in 2017.

Special Screenings Filmpodium

18:15 Goodbye First Love

Arena 8 Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria

Window: The New Female Wave Corso 3

Catching Haider

Gala Premieres Arena 5

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arthouse Le Paris

Austria, Germany, 2015, 91mins. German, French with German subtitles.

16:30

Miss You Already

UK, 2015, 112mins.

English with German and French subtitles. Dir: Catherine Hardwicke.

Cast: Toni Collette, Drew Barrymore, Dominic Cooper.

The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill.

Border Lines Arthouse Piccadilly

France, 2011, 111mins.

French with German subtitles. Dir: Mia Hansen-Love. Cast: Lola Creton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, MagneHavard Brekke.

A chronicle of the romance between Camille and Sullivan.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris

18:30

Switzerland, 1944, 100mins. French, Swiss German with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Leopold Lindtberg.

Cast: Josiane Hegg, Heinrich Gretler, AnneMarie Blanc, Margrit Winter, It’s 1943 and little MarieLouise has arrived with a group of other French children to spend three months convalescing in Switzerland. Red Cross worker Heidi Ruegg decides to take the child home herself.

Special Screenings Arena 8

19:15 Coconut Hero

Germany, 2015, 100mins.

English with German subtitles.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4

www.screendaily.com

19:30

13:00

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

US, 2015, 102mins.

English with German subtitles.

Amateur Teens

Switzerland, 2015, 92mins. Swiss German with English subtitles.

Mother’s Wish

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

20:45 Risk of Acid Rain

Iran, 2015, 105mins.

Farsi with English subtitles. Dir: Behtash Sanaeeha.

Sixty-year-old Manouchehr sets off for Tehran.

New World View: Iran Corso 3

21:00

Thursday 21:15 The Chosen Ones

Mexico, France, 2015, 105mins. Spanish with German and English subtitles. Dir: David Pablos. Cast: Nancy Talamantes, Oscar Torres, Leidi Gutierrez, English with German and French subtitles.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

Freeheld

Bob and the Trees

US, France, 2015, 92mins. English with German subtitles.

Mistress America

US, 2015, 84mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Noah Baumbach. Cast: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke, Matthew Shear, Jasmine Cephas-Jones, Heather Lind, Michael Chernus, Cindy Cheung, Kathryn Erbe, Dean Wareham.

A lonely college freshman’s life is turned upside down by her impetuous, adventurous soon-to-be stepsister.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

21:15 A Walk in the Woods

US, 2015, 104mins.

www.screendaily.com

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 4 Closed screening

FESTIVAL

US, 2015, 103mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Peter Sollett. Cast: Julianne Moore, Ellen Page.

New Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her partner, Stacie Andree, both battle to secure Hester’s pension benefits when she is diagnosed with cancer.

Gala Premieres Arena 5

Neon Bull

Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands, 2015, 101mins. Portuguese with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Gabriel Mascaro.

13:15

20:15

Finland, Sweden, Denmark, 2015, 85mins.

English, Finnish, French, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Xhosa with German and English subtitles.

Catching Haider

Austria, Germany, 2015, 91mins. German, French with German subtitles.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 5

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

Jose Santillan Cabuto, Alicia Quinonez, Edward Coward.

An organisation kidnaps girls and enslaves them in a life of prostitution.

International Feature Film/Competition Filmpodium

German with English subtitles. Dir: Micha Lewinsky.

Thomas Engel is always anxious to avoid conflict.

This compulsive striving for harmony proves to be his road to ruin.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

22:15

The Chosen Ones

Two Thumbs Up

See box, above

Hong Kong, 2015, 103mins. Cantonese with English and Chinese subtitles. Dir: Lau Ho-leung.

Following a 16-year stretch in a Malaysian prison, Big F returns home and gathers his old crew for one last big heist.

21:30 The Wolfpack

US, 2015, 89mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Crystal Moselle.

Locked away from society in an apartment, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through films.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 4

21:45 13

Iran, 2014, 90mins. Farsi with English subtitles.

Dir: Hooman Seyedi.

Coming-of-age drama.

New World View: Iran Arena 8

A Decent Man

Switzerland, 2015, 92mins. German, Swiss

Window: Hong Kong Corso 4

Friday Oct 2 09:30 Kill Your Friends

UK, 2015, 100mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Owen Harris. Cast: Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Georgia King, Rosanna Arquette.

An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extreme lengths in order to find his next hit.

Gala Premieres

Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

09:45 Pikadero

Spain, UK, 2015, 98mins. Basque, Spanish with German and English subtitles.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 8 Closed screening

10:45 Kopek

Switzerland, 2015, 98mins. Turkish with German and French subtitles. Dir: Esen Isik.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 5 Closed screening

11:30

14:15

13:30 Maryland

France, 2015, 100mins.

English, French with German and English subtitles. Dir: Alice Winocour. Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy, Zaid ErroughuiDemonsant, Percy Kemp.

Vincent is an ex-soldier with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he’s out of town. Despite the apparent tranquility, Vincent perceives an external threat.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly Press & Industry

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2 Closed screening

14:30 A Midsummer’s Fantasia

Korea, South, Japan, 2014, 96mins. Japanese, Korean with English subtitles. Dir: Jang Kunjae. Cast: Kim Sae-byuk, Lim Hyung-kook.

A story about the process of making a film.

Special Screenings Filmpodium

15:15 We are fine

Germany, 2015, 96mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Henri Steinmetz. Cast: Angela Winkler, Franz Rogowski.

About a small group of people who have lost their grip on reality.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 4

15:30

Welcome to Leith

Mother’s wish

The Miracle of Tekir

US, 2015, 86mins.

English with German subtitles.

Finland, Sweden, Denmark, 2015, 85mins.

Switzerland, Romania, 2015, 90mins. Romanian with German and English subtitles. Dir: Ruxandra Zenide. Cast: Dorotheea Petre, Elina Lowensohn, George Pistereanu.

The struggle of a young woman to protect her unborn child, which she believes is a miracle.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly Closed screening

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 3 Closed screening

13:45 Kings of nowhere

11:45 Eva Nova

Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2015, 106mins.

Slovak with German and English subtitles. Dir: Marko Skop.

Eva would do anything to regain the love of her son.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 4 Closed screening

Mexico, 2015, 83mins.

Spanish with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Betzabe Garcia.

Cast: Irineo Osuna Enciso, Cipriano Osuna Sanchez, Maria Aura Zazueta Lamphar, Paula Sanchez Osuna, Ramiro Osuna Moreno.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 8

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Le Paris

15:45 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Romania, 2015, 45mins.

Romanian with English subtitles. Dir: Igor Cobileanski, Bogdan Mirica.

Mexico, 2015, 99mins.

Spanish with German live synchro subtitles.

Dir: Anwar Safa.

US, 2004, 108mins.

English with subtitles.

Dir: Michel Gondry.

Cast: Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Elijah Wood.

Joel wants to forget his old flame Clementine who has become nothing but a headache.

Arena 8 TVision

ZFF for Kids Arena 4

Retro: Steve Golin Corso 3

12:30

14:00

Shadows

Jeremy

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SCREENINGS

16:15 Mother’s wish

Strangerland

Finland, Sweden, Denmark, 2015, 85mins.

Australia, Ireland, 2015, 112mins.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 8

Special Screenings Arthouse Le Paris

16:30 Birds of Passage

Belgium, France, 2015, 84mins.

ZFF for Kids Arena 4

18:30 Gruber is leaving

When Winter Ends

Switzerland, 2015, 52mins.

The Last Hammer Blow

16:45 A Perfect Day

Spain, 2015, 106mins.

Bosnian, English, French, Spanish with German subtitles. Dir: Fernando Leon de Aranoa. Cast: Benicio Del Toro, Tim Robbins, Melanie Thierry, Olga Kurylenko, Fedja Stukan, Sergi Lopez.

A group of aid workers try to resolve a crisis.

Border Lines Arena 5

Containment

US, 2015, 82mins.

English, Japanese with German and English subtitles. Dir: Robb Moss, Peter Galison.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 2

France, 2014, 83mins.

French with English subtitles. Dir: Alix Delaporte. Cast: Romain Paul, Clotilde Hesme, Gregory Gadebois, Farida Rahouadj.

A 13-year-old boy who lives with his single sick mom in a trailer near the beach, comes in contact with the father he never knew.

Window: The New Female Wave Corso 3

Maryland See box, above right

18:45 Kopek

Switzerland, 2015, 98mins.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

19:00 The Little Prince

Nahid

Iran, 2015, 105mins.

Farsi with German and French subtitles. Dir: Ida Panahandeh. Cast: Sareh Bayat, Pejman Bazeghi, Navid Mohammad Zadeh, Milad Hossein Pour, Pouria Rahimi, Nasrin Babaei.

A woman tries to mend the pieces of her life.

Filmpodium New World View: Iran

17:45 Welcome to Leith

Window: Hong Kong Corso 3

Austria, 2015, 105mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Marie Kreutzer.

Arthouse Piccadilly Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria

Arthouse Piccadilly Special Screenings

Ng, Alex Fong.

A police martial arts instructor is imprisoned after accidently killing a man. When a killer targets martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

18:15

France, 2015, 108mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Mark Osborne.

A pilot crashes in the desert and meets a little boy from a distant planet.

Special Screenings Arena 4

Pikadero

Spain, UK, 2015, 98mins. International Feature Film/Competition Corso 2

19:15

US, 2015, 86mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K Walker.

US, 2015, 102mins.

English with German subtitles.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

Arena 5 International Feature Film/ Competition

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Saturday Oct 3 11:00 Birds of Passage

Belgium, France, 2015, 84mins. French with German live synchro subtitles.

FESTIVAL Friday 18:30 Maryland

France, 2015, 100mins.

English, French with German and English subtitles. Dir: Alice Winocour. Cast: Matthias Schoenaerts, Diane Kruger, Paul Hamy.

Vincent is an ex-soldier

Who’s Afraid of Sibylle Berg

Germany, 2015, 84mins.

German, English with German and English subtitles. Dir: Wiltrud Baier, Sigrun Kohler.

Cast: Sibylle Berg, James Goldstein, Jonathan Pylypchuk.

The story of best-selling author Sibylle Berg’s life as a GDR refugee sounds almost as though she made it up.

Special Screenings Filmpodium

20:15 The Russian Woodpecker

UK, US, 2015, 82mins.

Russian with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Chad Gracia.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

20:30

with PTSD who is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he’s out of town.

Despite the apparent tranquility on Maryland, Vincent perceives an external threat.

Arena 5 Gala Premieres

21:45 Amateur Teens

Switzerland, 2015, 92mins.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4

the source of confusion.

Beck’s last Summer

New World View: Iran Corso 3

Germany, 2015, 98mins.

21:00

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 2

Pawn Sacrifice

US, 2014, 114mins.

Sleeping Giant

Special Screenings Arthouse Le Paris

Canada, 2015, 90mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Andrew Cividino.

21:15 Atomic Heart

Iran, 2015, 97mins.

New World View: Iran Arena 8

International Feature Film/ Competition Filmpodium

22:45

Kill Your Friends

Green Room

UK, 2015, 100mins.

English with German subtitles.

US, 2015, 94mins.

English with subtitles.

Dir: Jeremy Saulnier.

Cast: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Joe Cole, Patrick Stewart.

A young punk rock band find themselves trapped in a secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific act of violence.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

The Survivalist

UK, 2015, 105mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

21:30

Wednesday, May 9

Spotlight

Iran, 2015, 102mins.

Farsi with English subtitles. Dir: Vahid Jalilvand. Cast: Niki Karimi, Amir Aghaei, Shahrokh Forootanian, Vahid Jalilvand, Borzou Arjmand.

An advertisement printed in the morning paper is

US, 2015, 126mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Thomas McCarthy.

Cast: Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber.

How the ‘Boston Globe’ uncovered the scandal

14 Screen International at Zurich September 29-October 4, 2015

of child molestation and cover-up within the Catholic Archdiocese.

Special Screenings Corso 4

23:00 Kung Fu Killer

Hong Kong, 2014, 100mins. Cantonese, Mandarin with English subtitles. Dir: Teddy Chan. Cast: Donnie Yen, Charlie Yeung, Baoqiang Wang, Bing Bai, Deep

ZFF for Kids Arena 4

11:15 Paradise

Iran, Germany, 2015, 100mins. Farsi with German and English subtitles. Dir: Sina Ataeian Dena. Cast: Dorn Dibaj, Fateme Naghavi, Fariba Kamran.

A trenchant study of state education and control.

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

12:00 Bleak Moments

UK, 1971, 111mins.

English with subtitles.

Dir: Mike Leigh.

Cast: Anne Raitt, Sarah Stephenson, Eric Allan.

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neighbour and irritating workmate.

Retro: Mike Leigh Filmpodium

12:30 The Legacy

Denmark, 2014, 58mins.

Danish with English subtitles.

Dir: Pernilla August.

Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Jesper Christensen, Marie Bach Hansen.

The epicentre of the Gronnegaard family is the 68-year-old artist Veronika. When one day the chaotic eccentric dies of a stroke, the life of the entire family is thrown off balance.

TVision Arena 8

www.screendaily.com

13:00 Brothers

Kopek

Switzerland, 2015, 98mins.

Poland, 2015, 68mins.

Polish, Russian with English subtitles. Dir: Wojciech Staron. Cast: Mieczyslaw Kulakowski, Alfons Kulakowski.

The two brothers, Mieczyslaw and Alfons, both 90, have a moving and sorrowful life behind them.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

Special Screenings Corso 4

Black Mass

Democrats

Denmark, 2014, 99mins.

Border Lines Arena 5

13:15 Isla bonita

Spain, 2015, 90mins.

Catalan, English, Spanish with English subtitles. Dir: Fernando Colomo. Cast: Tim Bettermann, Lilian Caro, Fernando Colomo.

Summer on Menorca.

Young Olivia has lost all understanding for the world. She just ended an affair in order to begin a real relationship, but no sooner had it started than this also ends.

Window: San Sebastian Corso 3

13:45 Who’s Afraid of Sibylle Berg

Germany, 2015, 84mins.

Special Screenings Arthouse Piccadilly

Profession, Documentarist

Iran, 2014, 80mins.

New World View: Iran Corso 4

15:45

US, 2015, 122mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Scott Cooper. Cast: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson.

The true story of Whitey Bulger.

Gala Premieres Arena 5

US, Mexico, 2015, 98mins. English, Spanish with German subtitles. Dir: Matthew Heineman.

A physician in Michoacan, Mexico leads a citizen uprising against the drug cartel that has wrecked havoc on the region for years. Across the US border, a veteran heads a paramilitary group working to prevent Mexico’s drug wars from entering US territory.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

Gala Premieres Arena 5

Wild at Heart

The Man Who Knew Infinity

US, 1990, 125mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: David Lynch.

Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of oddballs Lula’s mom has hired to kill Sailor.

Corso 3 Retro: Steve Golin

18:30

20:45

L’Astragale

France, 2015, 96mins.

Louder Than Bombs

Window: The New Female Wave Arena 5

Kill Your Friends

High Hopes

UK, 2015, 100mins.

English with German subtitles.

UK, 1988, 116mins.

English with subtitles.

Dir: Mike Leigh. Cast: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore.

1988, a neighbourhood in King’s Cross, London: Cyril and Shirley are ‘alternatives’. Valerie’s seductive and culinary arts are all but ignored by her husband. Rupert and Laetitia Boothe-Braine prefer yuppie sex games.

A melancholic, amusing observation of incompatible people and desires.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

16:15

Germany, 2015, 96mins.

German with English subtitles. Dir: Henri Steinmetz. Cast: Franz Rogowski, Maresi Riegner, Jonas Dassler, Emanuel Schiller, Jordan Elliot Dwyer, Angela Winkler, Denis Moschitto, Franziska Petri.

Corso 2 Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria

Border Lines Filmpodium

17:30 Containment

18:45

US, 2015, 82mins.

A Decent Man

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

Switzerland, 2015, 92mins.

18:00

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

I Want to Be a King

Retro: Mike Leigh Corso 3

High-Rise

UK, 2015, 112mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Ben Wheatley. Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller.

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

Hogg, Dustin Hoffman.

A sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances in the Tour de France are fuelled by banned substances.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 8

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

We are fine

www.screendaily.com

Cartel Land

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

ZFF for Kids Arena 4

Special Screenings Corso 3

16:45

Iran, 2015, 102mins.

Germany, 2015, 92mins.

Vietnam, France, Germany, Netherlands, 2015, 102mins.

Vietnamese with English subtitles. Dir: Phan Dang Di. Cast: Do Thi Hai Yen, Le Cong Hoang.

ZFF for Kids Arena 4

Arena 8 New World View: Iran

Arthouse Piccadilly International Documentary Film/Competition

Big Father, Small Father and Other Stories

Thirst

Bulgaria, 2015, 90mins.

Bulgarian with German and English subtitles.

Dir: Svetla Tsotsorkova.

Special Screenings Arthouse Le Paris

US, 2015, 86mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker.

15:15

Mississippi Grind

US, 2015, 108mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden. Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller.

Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player Curtis in an attempt to change his luck.

The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what’s been lost.

Wednesday, May 9

Romania, France, 2015, 89mins.

Romanian with English subtitles. Dir: Corneliu Porumboiu. Cast: Cuzin Toma, Adrian Purcarescu, Corneliu Cozmei.

The most bizarre treasure hunt ever seen.

Austria, 2015, 86mins.

Winnetous Sohn

Jeremy

Mexico, 2015, 99mins.

Iran, 2014, 72mins.

The Treasure

Welcome to Leith

14:00

20:30

18:15

Norway, France, US, 2015, 103mins. English with German and French subtitles. Dir: Joachim Trier. Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy Ryan.

The fractious family of a father and his two sons confront their different feelings and memories of their deceased wife and mother, a famed war photographer.

One of us Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Corso 2

16:30

21:15

UK, 2015, 109mins.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Piccadilly Closed screening

Pikadero

Spain, UK, 2015, 98mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

21:45 Couple in a Hole

UK, Belgium, France, 2015, 105mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Arena 4

Neon Bull

Brazil, Uruguay, Netherlands, 2015, 101mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 4

22:15 Bright Day

19:15

The Man Who Knew Infinity

Chaebols and Chabolas — The Struggle for Work

Switzerland, 2015, 97mins.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4

19:30 I am Dublin

Sweden, 2015, 80mins.

English, Finnish, Somali, Swedish with German and English subtitles.

Dir: David Aronowitsch, Ahmed Abdullahi, Sharmarke Binyusuf, Anna Persson.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

19:45 Mediterranea

Italy, France, US, Germany, Qatar, 2015, 110mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Filmpodium

UK, 2015, 109mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Matthew Brown.

Cast: Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Stephen Fry. Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during the Second World War, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, GH Hardy.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

21:00 The Program

UK, France, 2015, 103mins. English with German and French subtitles. Dir: Stephen Frears. Cast: Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Denis Menochet, Edward

Iran, 2013, 86mins. Farsi with English subtitles.

Dir: Hossein Shahabi.

The father of one of the children entrusted to Roshan’s care faces the death penalty, and the kindergarten teacher is determined to help.

New World View: Iran Filmpodium

23:00 The Hallow

UK, Ireland, 2015, 92mins. English with subtitles. Dir: Corin Hardy. Cast: Joseph Mawle, Michael McElhatton.

A family who move into a remote millhouse in Ireland find themselves in a fight for survival.

Special Screenings Arena 8

Kung Fu Killer

Hong Kong, 2014, 100mins.

Arthouse Le Paris Window: Hong Kong

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Birds of Passage

Welcome to Leith

US, 2015, 86mins.

Germany, 2015, 92mins.

Belgium, France, 2015, 84mins.

ZFF for Kids Arena 4

Arena 4 ZFF for Kids

Winnetous Sohn

12:00

Pikadero

A Syrian Love Story

Spain, UK, 2015, 98mins.

UK, 2015, 76mins. Border

International Feature Film/ Competition Filmpodium

Lines Filmpodium

Follow the Money

Denmark, 2015, 58mins.

Danish with English subtitles. Dir: Per Fly. Detective Mads’ nose for dirty business has seen him transferred to a special unit for whitecollar crime. The smell of his new case leads him to the shady dealings of one of the country’s fastest expanding companies.

14:15 The Russian Woodpecker

UK, US, 2015, 82mins.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

15:00 Z for Zachariah

US, Iceland, 2015, 95mins. English with German subtitles. Dir: Craig Zobel.

Ann Burden believes she is the last survivor of an atomic apocalypse.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arena 8

16:45 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets

US, 2015, 98mins.

International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

International Feature Film/ Competition Filmpodium

17:30 Mountains May Depart

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

13:00

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

13:15 Results

US, 2015, 105mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Andrew Bujalski. Cast: Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders.

Two mismatched personal trainers’ lives are upended by the actions of a wealthy client.

Special Screenings Arena 5

13:45

15:15 Durrenmatt — A Love Story

15:30

A Walk in the Woods

UK, 2015, 102mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Stevan Riley.

The screen legend’s story.

US, 2015, 104mins.

15:45 Mississippi Grind Gala Premieres Arena 5

18:00 Cartel Land

US, Mexico, 2015, 98mins.

Border Lines Arena 4

Fish & Cat

Spain, 2015, 90mins.

Window: San Sebastian Corso 3

New World View: Iran Arthouse Piccadilly

The Living Fire

Ukraine, 2015, 77mins.

Switzerland, 2015, 97mins.

Isla bonita

16:00

Norway, Denmark, 2014, 78mins.

Iran, 2014, 62mins.

Border Lines Corso 3

New World View: Iran Arena 4

Atlan

18:30

Gala Premieres Arena 5

19:00 Atomic Heart

Iran, 2015, 97mins.

New World View: Iran Filmpodium

The Miracle of Tekir

Switzerland, Romania, 2015, 90mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 4

Outside the Box

Port of Call

Hong Kong, 2015, 110mins. Cantonese with English subtitles. Dir: Philip Yung.

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Truman

Spain, Argentina, 2015, 110mins.

Gala Premieres Arthouse Le Paris

20:45 Declaration of War

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

20:15

US, 2015, 100mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Robert Zemeckis.

The story of French highwire artist Philippe Petit’s attempt to cross the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

Gala Premieres Corso 1

Editorial

Window: The New Female Wave Corso 3

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21:00 Sicario

US, 2015, 121mins.

English with German and French subtitles.

Dir: Denis Villeneuve.

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an elected government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs.

Gala Premieres Arena 5

Killing Time

Belgium, France, 2015, 88mins. English with German and French subtitles. Dir: Lydie Wisshaupt-Claudel.

After their deployment in Afghanistan, the soldiers of the US Marines return to Twentynine Palms in California.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

Rams

Iceland, Denmark, 2015, 93mins.

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

21:15 Catching Haider

Austria, Germany, 2015, 91mins.

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

Mexico, 2015, 83mins.

Amateur Teens

Switzerland, 2015, 92mins.

Short Films from Iran

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 4

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Kings of Nowhere International Documentary Film/Competition Corso 4

20:30

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France, 2011, 100mins.

French with German subtitles. Dir: Valerie Donzelli.

When Adam is diagnosed with a serious illness, young parents Romeo and Juliette unite.

Germany, 2015, 85mins.

The Walk (3D)

Iran, 2013, 134mins.

Farsi with German subtitles. Dir: Shahram Mokri.

A number of students have travelled to the Caspian region in order to participate in a kite-flying event during the winter solstice.

International Documentary Film/Competition Arthouse Piccadilly

Drone

Gala Premieres Corso 1

US, 2015, 108mins.

Chaebols and Chabolas — The Struggle for Work

Focus Switzerland, Germany, Austria Arena 8

17:45

Listen to Me Marlon

Special Screenings Corso 2

International Feature Film/ Competition Corso 2

Germany, Luxembourg, France, 2015, 110mins.

English with German subtitles. Dir: Florian Gallenberger. Cast: Emma Watson.

Chile, 1973. Entangled in the military coup against President Salvador Allende, Lena and her boyfriend, Daniel, become caught in the claws of Augusto Pinochet’s secret police.

Slovakia, Czech Republic, 2015, 106mins.

Special Screenings Arthouse Piccadilly

Special Screenings Corso 1

A War

Denmark, 2015, 116mins.

US, France, 2015, 92mins.

Switzerland, 2015, 79mins.

Under Electric Clouds

Russia, Ukraine, Poland, 2015, 137mins.

18:15

Colonia

Eva Nova

12:30

Window: Hong Kong Corso 3

Bob and the Trees

China, Japan, France, 2015, 131mins. Mandarin with German and English subtitles. Dir: Jia Zhang-ke. Cast: Tao Zhao, Yi Zhang, Jing Dong Liang.

Two dissimilar men — one a simple miner, the other his nouveau riche boss — fight for the affections of the young teacher Tao, who can’t decide between the two lovers.

TVision Arena 8

Detective Chong’s latest case has got a real kick to it: the offender is at hand — but where’s the body?

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Iran, 2015, 81mins.

New World View: Iran Filmpodium

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