Skin Deep – Alex SCHAAD – forbidden under 16 – 12:18 (Germany)
Official Competition
Salle Bernard Taillefer
At first glance, Leyla and Tristan seem like a happy young couple. But when they travel to a mysterious, remote island, a game of identities begins, which changes everything.
This screening will be followed by a fundraiser for the Kiev Perinatal Centre in the form of a tasting of borshch, a traditional Ukrainian dish listed as a UNESCO intangible heritage.
Yevhen Klopotenko, a renowned chef, embarks on a journey across Ukraine to discover the most fascinating borscht recipes and find the secret ingredients that make this dish unique.
The screening will be preceded by the Nikon Film Festival winning short film Feed the Swans by Christophe Idéal.
1:00 PM
Vera – Tizza COVI – Rainer FRIMMEL – 15:20 (Austria) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
Salle Bernard Taillefer
Vera lives in the shadow of her famous father. Tired of her superficial life and relationships, she drifts through Roman high society. When she injures a child in a traffic accident in the suburbs, she forms an intense relationship with an eight- year-old boy and his father. But soon she must realise that also in this world she is only an instrument for others.
J'ai des rêves électriques – Valentina MAUREL – 15:47 (Belgium)
Hauteur
Salle des festivals
Eva is a strong-willed, restless 16-year-old girl who lives with her mother, her sister and their cat, but desperately wants to move in with her father. Clinging onto him as he goes through a second adolescence, she balances between the sensitivity of teenage life and the ruthlessness of the adult world.
Les Survivants – Guillaume RENUSSON – 17:48 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Salle Bernard Taillefer
Samuel goes into seclusion in his chalet in the heart of the Italian Alps. One night, a woman takes refuge in his house. She is Afghan and wants to cross the mountain to France. Samuel decides to help her but beyond the hostility of nature, it is the hostility of men that they will have to face...
Christmas 1877, Sissi celebrates her 40th birthday. As First Lady of Austria, she is not allowed to express herself and must remain forever the beautiful young empress. Stifled by convention, hungry for knowledge and life, Elisabeth increasingly rebels against this image.
De grandes espérances Booking possible – Sylvain DESCLOUS – 20:15 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Le Coeur d'Or 2
A graduate of Sciences-Po, Madeleine leaves to prepare for the ENA orals in Corsica with her lover, Antoine. At the bend in a deserted road, the couple gets involved in an altercation that turns into a tragedy. The secret that now binds them will weigh heavily on their future political careers…
Girl Picture Booking possible – Alli HAAPASALO – 22:11 (Finland) Filmmaker in Attendance
Oscar on skis
Le Coeur d'Or 3
Mimmi, Emma and Rönkkö are girls at the cusp of womanhood, trying to draw their own contours. Over three consecutive Fridays, two of them experience the earth moving effects of falling in love, while the third goes on a quest to find something she’s never experienced before… pleasure.
Les Cyclades Booking possible – Marc FITOUSSI – 22:50 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Preview
Salle Bernard Taillefer
Grâce à l'application TWAVOX, cette séance est également disponible en audio-description et renforcement sonore.
After years of losing touch with each other, Blandine and Magalie decide to take the trip they have always dreamed of. They head for Greece, its sun, its islands, but also its problems, because the former best friends now have a very different approach to holidays... and to life!
Arrête avec tes mensonges Booking possible – Olivier PEYON – approved for all audiences – 22:38 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Preview
Le Coeur d'Or 2
Stéphane, a novelist, returns for the first time to the town where he grew up. There, he meets Lucas, the son of his first love. Memories come flooding in: irrepressible desire, bodies coming together, a passion that must be kept silent...
