Le Marchand de sable – Steve ACHIEPO – 19:21 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
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En présence du réalisateur Steve Achiepo et des interprètes Moussa Mansaly et Ophélie Bau
Djo is a delivery driver in the city of Cergy. As the crisis erupts in Côte d’Ivoire, he finds himself having to clandestinely house members of his family. The prospect of offering a better life to his daughter is gradually tipping him into a spiral where he will lose control.
Normale – Olivier BABINET – approved for all audiences – 21:47 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
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En présence du réalisateur Olivier Babinet, des scénaristes Juliette Sales et Fabien Suarez et de la productrice Barbara Letellier
Lucie is 15 years old and has a vivid imagination. She lives alone with William, her father, who, underneath his retarded teenage looks, is fighting multiple sclerosis. Between school, a small job and the burden of daily life, Lucie manages as best she can, and escapes into the writing of a whimsical autobiographical novel, which navigates between dream and reality... The announcement of the visit of a social worker will upset this precarious balance. Lucie and her father will have to redouble their inventiveness to give the illusion of a normal life.
Saules aveugles, femme endormie – Pierre FÖLDES – 13:00 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
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En présence du réalisateur Pierre Földes et du producteur Tom Dercourt
A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
Ramona has just moved to Madrid with her boyfriend Nico, and wants to start from scratch: she wants to be an actress. The day before her first audition she meets Bruno, with whom she has an instant and strong connection. The next day she discovers that Bruno is the director she was supposed to meet!
France, the 1920s. In a hotel by the sea, a magic show distracts the idle guests. Marta, a young woman unhappy with her jealous husband, agrees to take part in a disappearing act and uses the opportunity to disappear once and for all.
Saules aveugles, femme endormie Booking possible – Pierre FÖLDES – 22:15 (France)
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A giant talkative frog, a lost cat, and a tsunami help a bank employee, his wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.
Summertime in a small village in southeastern Spain. A storm threatens to cause the river crossing it to overflow again. Throughout the village, an old popular belief is repeated like a litany, claiming that some women are predestined to disappear with each new flood, because they were born with «the water inside».
Local teenagers try to survive the weariness of a summer in the village, smoking cigarettes, dancing and drinking. In this electric atmosphere that precedes the storm, Ana, who dreams of fleeing this village that stinks of death, and José will live a story of summer love.
Empire of Light – Sam MENDES – 21:19 (United Kingdom)
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Hilary is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.
Polaris – Ainara VERA – approved for all audiences – 13:06 (France)
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Hayat, an expert sailor in the Arctic, navigates far from humans and her family’s past in France. But when her little sister Leila gives birth to a baby girl Inaya, their worlds are turned upside down; we witness their journey, guided by the polar star, to overcome the family’s fate.
Empire of Light – Sam MENDES – 15:48 (United Kingdom)
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Hilary is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community.
Habib, la grande aventure – Benoît MARIAGE – approved for all audiences – 16:57 (Belgium)
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Habib is an actor from Brussels whose parents come from Morocco. Torn in his aspirations to satisfy the demands of the different milieus that define him, will he be able to preserve his integrity?
