Into the Ice – Lars Henrik OSTENFELD – approved for all audiences – 12:01 (Denmark)
Playtime
Salle Bernard Taillefer
INTO THE ICE follows groundbreaking and dangerous research expeditions over the Greenland Inland Ice. Ostenfeld accompanies glaciologists as they search for data to help answer an urgent question of our time: how fast is the ice melting and how much time do we have to make a new plan for the world?
Saules aveugles, femme endormie – Pierre FÖLDES – 13:00 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official CompetitionSummit
Salle des festivals
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!
The screening will be preceded by the short film in Competition Pentolaby Leo Černic.
3:45 PM
L'Homme le plus heureux du monde – Teona STRUGAR MITEVSKA – approved for all audiences – 17:45 (Republic of Macedonia) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
Salle Bernard Taillefer
Asja, a 40-year-old single woman, lives in Sarajevo. In order to meet new people, she ends up spending her Saturday in a speed dating event. She’s matched with Zoran, a 43-year-old banker. However, Zoran is not looking for love but forgiveness.
The screening will be preceded by the short film in Competition Son by Marta Nieto.
6:00 PM
Un petit frère Booking possible – Léonor SERRAILLE – 20:26 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Official Competition
Salle Bernard Taillefer
In the late 1980s, Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to the Paris suburbs with her two young sons, Ernest and Jean. Spanning 20 years from their arrival in France to the present day, the film is the moving chronicle of the construction and deconstruction of a family.
Ce qui nous lie Booking possible – Cédric KLAPISCH – 19:58 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Special screening
Le Coeur d'Or 2
The screening will be followed by a wine tasting in the presence of Cédric Klapisch.
Jean left his hometown ten years ago. When his father falls ill, he comes back and reunites with his sister Juliette and his brother Jérémie. As seasons go by around their vineyard, they’ll have to trust each other again.
Pink Moon Booking possible – Floor VAN DER MEULEN – 19:55 (Netherlands)
Official Competition
Le Coeur d'Or 3
When completely out of the blue Iris (29) is told by her father Jan (74) that he has had enough of life and wants to die, she is forced to face the total absurdity of the situation. As his unsettling deadline approaches, Iris decides to ignore her brother’s watertight action plan. She strong-arms her father into answering the one question that matters to her: why? Without ever getting a satisfactory answer, she eventually tries to find herself a way to deal with her father’s very last wish.
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.
La Montagne Booking possible – Thomas SALVADOR – 22:50 (France) Filmmaker in Attendance
Focus
Le Coeur d'Or 2
Pierre, a Parisian engineer, goes up in the Alps for his work. Irresistibly attracted by what surrounds him, he camps out alone high in the mountains and leaves behind his everyday life. Up there he meets Léa, a chef of an alpine restaurant, while mysterious glows glitter in the deep mountains…
Saules aveugles, femme endormie Booking possible – Pierre FÖLDES – 22:15 (France)
Official CompetitionSummit
Le Coeur d'Or 3
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.