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EFM MARKET
A YOUNG POET
CARMIN TROPICAL
TOGETHER ALONE
LATE SEASON
LONELY STARS
by Damien MANIVEL
France, 2014, 71’
Produced by MLD Films
CAST: Rémi TAFFANEL, Enzo
VASSALLO, Léonore FERNANDES
GENRE:FIRST FILM, DRAMA, YOUTH
WORLD PREMIERE: LOCARNO 2014
SYNOPSIS: Barely out of his teens,
Rémi dreams of becoming a poet
and thrilling the world with his
powerful and unforgettable
verse. Seeking inspiration in the
oppressively hot city of Sète, pen
and notebook in hand, Rémi is
determined to write his poem…
But where to begin?
by Rigoberto PEREZCANO
Mexico, 2014, 80’
Produced by Cinepantera,
FOPROCINE, Tiburón Filmes
CAST: Luis ALBERT, Juan Carlos
MEDELLIN, José PESCINA, Marco
PETRIZ, Everardo TREJO
GENRE: DRAMA, THRILLER, ROMANCE
WORLD PREMIERE: MORELIA
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
SYNOPSIS: This is a story about
coming back. Mabel returns to her
hometown to find the murderer of
her friend Daniela and finds herself
on a journey that takes her through
nostalgia, love, and betrayal in
a town where transvestism takes
on an unusual dimension in its day.
by Mateo GUEZ
Canada, 2014, 78’
Produced by Théo Films,
Boomerang Films
CAST: Jon RHYS, Toni EVANGELISTA,
Lucas CHAN
GENRE: DRAMA, ROMANCE,
AVANTGARDE
WORLD PREMIERE: TBA
SYNOPSIS: Not able to hide the
true nature of their feelings for
each others, Will, William and Crystal
engage in a dangerous game.
As a result, each of them ends up
being destroyed emotionally and
physically and realize that
there is no way back culminating
in a violent, seductive and modern
meditation on the fine line between
love, lust and companionship.
by Danilo CAPUTO
Italy, Romania, Greece, 2014, 80’
Produced by Taratata Film,
Steppenwolf Film, GRAAL S.A
CAST: Espedito CHIONNA,
Michela DI NAPOLI,
Francesco GIANNICO
GENRE: FIRST FILM, DRAMA
WORLD PREMIERE KARLOVY VARY
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
SYNOPSIS: A small village where
all change seems impossible.
Three stories spelled out by sounds
and noises. Cesare, a wanna-be
electronic musician, Giovanni works
night shifts at the local hotel but
cannot get any sleep during the day,
Carosina, oppressed by the harsh
voice of her dead father.
by Fernando URDAPILLETA
Mexico, 2014, 90’
Produced by Centro de Capacitación
Cinematográfica, A.C., FOPROCINE
CAST:Dana KARVELAS,
Jorge ARRIAGA, Mauricio ISAAC,
Paty GARZA, Inés DE TAVIRA,
Emilio GUERRERO
GENRE: FIRST FILM, ROMANCE,
DRAMA
WORLD PREMIERE: GUADALAJARA
FICG 2015
SYNOPSIS: To the beat of punk
& pop, Valentina & Joana pursue
their most intimate and deepest
dreams. On the road to success,
they will find obstacles that will
test their friendship. The harshness
and absurdity of their lives, fuses
with the sweet and sour story of
a world where the party seems
to go on forever.
EFM MARKET
un film di Simone
Cangelosi
una nobile rivoluzione
con Marcella
Di Folco
Una película de
Gregorio Rocha
A NOBLE REVOLUTION
ANA’S JOURNEY
RAUL
STAND
WALLS
by Simone CANGELOSI
Italy, 2014, 83’
Produced by Kiné, Pierrot e la rosa,
with the contribution of Regione
Emilia-Romagna, in association with
Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna,
Liliana Di Folco and Roberto
Gramaccioni, Fausto Tomei and
Murielle Moise
GENRE: DOCUMENTARY,
BIOGRAPHICAL, POLITICAL
WORLD PREMIERE: TORINO
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
SYNOPSIS: A Noble Revolution aims
to decipher the historical dimension
of one of the most prominent
personality of the Italian political
movement for civil rights of the last
forty years, Marcella Di Folco, leader
of the MIT (Transsexual Identity
Movement).
by Pamela VARELA
Chile/France, 2014, 90’
Produced by Tentativa Films, Les
Films du Poisson
CAST: Astrid ADVERBE, Gabriela
MURIEL, Maritza GONZALEZ, Jaime
VARGAS, Hector ESCALANTE Silvio
CANIHUANTE, Luis CONTRERAS JARA
GENRE: ROMANCE,
BIOGRAPHICAL, ART
WORLD PREMIERE: FIDMARSEILLE
2014
SYNOPSIS: An implicit portrait of
Francisco Contreras, a poet once
forgotten in his own country, Chile,
and of his wife, Andrea, seen
through the eyes of Ana, a young
photographer who prepares a film
about the gathering of the two exiled
lovers’ ashes. Always confronting
fiction and reality, the film slowly
weaves a framework of mysterious
connections between Ana and Andrea.
by Matias VENABLES B.
Chile, 2014, 72’
Produced by Escuela de Cine
de Chile, Bisagra Cine
CAST: Óscar HERNANDEZ, Paula
ZUNIGA, Alejandro SIEVEKING, Teresa
MUNCHMEYER, Ramón GONZALEZ
GENRE: FIRST FILM, DRAMA
WORLD PREMIERE: FESTIVAL CINE //
B SANTIAGO DEL CHILE 2014
SYNOPSIS: About to turn 30 years
working in the barber shop he
inherited from his parents, Raúl
starts to change his daily routine,
in order to have something new to
tell to his customers. He tries to get
closer to his neighbors, visits a bar
near his home, and spends some
time in the neighborhood square,
where he meets a lady with whom
he establishes a strange relationship.
by Jonathan TAIEB
France, 2014, 87’
Produced by Grizouille Production
CAST: Renat SHUTEEV, Andrey
KURGANOV, Andrey KOSHMAN,
Veronika MERKOULOVA, Ekaterina
RUSNAK
GENRE: DRAMA, ROMANCE, POLITICAL
WORLD PREMIERE FRAMELINE
SAN FRANCISCO 2014
SYNOPSIS: After taking a wrong
turn in their car, a young gay
Russian couple witnesses what they
believe is a vicious gay bashing.
The slow-burning film is highly
topical, given the intense worldwide
outrage over Russia’s mistreatment
of gays and the country’s 2013
federal law prohibiting homosexual
“propaganda.”
by Gregorio ROCHA
Mexico, 2014, 97’
Produced by: Gregorio Carlos
Rocha Valverde, FOPROCINE,
Estudios Churubusco-Azteca, S.A.
With the support of The John
Simon Guggenheim Foundation
and Programa Ibermedia, Sistema
Nacional de Creadores de Arte, 20122014 FONCA/ CONACULTA
GENRE: DOCUMENTARY,
HISTORICAL, POLITICAL
WORLD PREMIERE: DELHI
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2014
SYNOPSIS: A wall separates,
segregates, isolates; it is a non-image.
Walls is a film which narrates the
reality of some disputed terrirories
all around the world. From Sonora,
in the north of Mexico, to Palestina,
from Western Sahara to Belfast,
going through Berlin. A man runs
through its labyrinth and chronicles
his adventures to his young son.
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