ABSOLUTION 
by Petri Kotwica (Finland, Ireland 2015; Drama)
MARKET SCREENING: Monday 18th - 10:00H (Riviera 3)

- From the Director of “Black Ice” (Berlinale Competition 2008). Starring Laura Birn (“A Walk Among the Tombstones” by Scott Frank, Winner of Berlinale ERP Shooting Star)

Kiia hits something driving on her way the hospital, where she gives birth to a baby.  There she meets Hanna, a woman whose husband just arrived to emergency, victim of a hit-and-run. When the truth finally dawns… How to bear the guilt? How to forgive?

THE PARADISE SUITE
by Joost van Ginkel (The Netherlands, Sweden & Bulgaria, 2015; Drama)

– From the Director of “Sand” (short film selected in Venice Film Festival and winner of several international awards). Starring Magnus Krepper (The Girl Who Played With Fire).

Amsterdam is a mosaic of intertwine destinies. Jenya wanted to be a model, but finds herself in the red light district, forced by Ivica. He is a loving father, although he was a war criminal. Seka follows him out of revenge. Illegal African Yaya is trying to stay away from crime. While the famous conductor, Stig, is neglecting his son under the pressure of the premiere of a famous suite.

TALION
by Martín Tuta (Chile 2015; Thriller)
MARKET SCEENING: Tuesday 19th 10:00H (Riviera 1)

– The Director worked on over 70 TV shows in Latin America.

“Mirubin” is an avenger punishing pedophiles and making an example of them, no matter who they are. Police, Government and Journalists are close to his heels, eager to uncover the truth behind the mask. In a ride to determine who is on the right side and who is not.

I WAS THERE
by Jorge Valdés-Iga (USA, Mexico & Hungary, 2015; Drama)
MARKET SCREENING: Monday 18th 12:00H (Riviera 3)

Gus, a firefighter who escaped out of fear from the collapse of the World Trade Center on 9/11, survived and instantly became a hero. Guilt haunted Gus until a photographer confronts him with a compromising photo forcing him into a journey of self-discovery and understanding of what a hero really is.

GUARANI
by Luis Zorraquín (Argentina, Paraguay, 2015; Drama)
MARKET SCREENING: Monday 18th 16:00H (Lerins 2)

– Winner of the European Vision Award at Ventana Sur (Work in Progress)

Atilio is a man with traditional believes. He is eager to have a grandson to heritage his Guarani culture. However, life gives him only female descendants. When he finds out his daughter will give birth to the awaited grandson in Buenos Aires, he will go with his teenager granddaughter to a long, unusual, road trip to bring the baby-boy to Paraguay.

THE SNAKE BROTHERS
by Jan Prušinovský  (Czech Republic, 2015; Drama)
MARKET SCREENING: Monday 18th 13:30H (Riviera 4)

– Box Office hit in Czech Republic! Kryštof Hádek (Wiiner of Czech Lion and Berlinale ERP Shooting Star) and Matěj Hádek are leading member of the youngest generation of actors from Czech Republic. Director Jan Prušinovský won Audience Award in Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Viper, unemployed and lonely, does not know how to escape from the shadow of his junkie and troublemaker brother, Cobra. Until one day, he decides to teach him a life lesson he should never forget… A lesson that will change their lives forever.

THE DUEL OF WINE
by Nicolas Carreras (Italy, France, Spain, USA 2015; Comedy)

– Same director from the prequel “The Ways of Wine” (won Fipreci award in Mar del Plata)

Charlie fell from grace as a famous sommelier when he lost his palate. Now his senses are back but not his reputation. Accidently, he finds a way to come back in the first league of wine connoisseurs. Using his friend Lino as the front face of a charade that will question himself. How far can he go to gain his reputation back, without losing the love of his life?

JULIET AND ALFA ROMEO

by Blaz Zavrsnik (Slovenia, 2015; Romance, Comedy)

Tilen (18) swears to be faithful forever in the hope that his girlfriend will let him sleep with her. This seemingly harmless oath is followed by a sequence of tragic events. He starts to believe he is under a spell, which could put his life in jeopardy and prevents him from having a relationship with his one true love, Sara.

FLOCKING
by Beata Gårdeler (Sweden 2015; Drama/Thriller)
– Based on true stories. Winner of the Crystal Bear at Berlinale 2015
MARKET SCREENING: Sunday 17th 13:30H (Lerins 1)

The small village community is convinced that the young Jennifer is lying, when she claims to have been raped by classmate Alexander. Evidence and court decisions mean nothing, where grown-up people lay down their own rules and laws to stick with the flock.

TWO WOMEN
by Vera Glagoleva (Russia, France, Latvia 2014; Drama)
---- Starring Ralph Fiennes and Sylvie Testud. Based on the Ivan Turgenev’s classic play A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY.
MARKET SCREENING:  Sunday 17th 11:30H (Riviera 4)

Natalya is married to a land baron. Her feelings for her son’s attractive new tutor will confront her with her own daughter and turn her devoted life into a complex web of unreturned love, lust and jealousy.

THE MUD WOMAN
by Sergio Castro San Martín (Chile & Argentina 2015; Drama)
– Starring Catalina Saavedra (Best actress award for “The Maid” at Sundance Film Festival)
MARKET SCREENING: Tuesday 19th 15:00H (Riviera 1)

Ten years have passed since the last time Maria worked as a seasonal worker. This season, she decided to do this job again in order to save enough money and go to live with her brother in the capital. Not knowing that she will face her unresolved past.

3 BEAUTIES
by Carlos Caridad Montero (Venezuela 2014; Dark Comedy)
– Miss Venezuela. When obsession for beauty and cosmetic surgery is taken too far.
MARKET SCREENING: Sunday 17th 15:30H (Palais F)

Perla is obsessed with having a beauty queen in the family and she is willing to do whatever it takes to make her dream come true. Including destroying her own family.

SWEET GIRLS
by Jean-Paul Cardinaux & Xavier Ruiz (Switzerland 2015; Dark Comedy)
– Generational clash, when a hopeless young generation meet an aged population.
MARKET SCREENING: Tuesday 19th 15:30H (Lerins 1)

Elodie and Marie are two teenagers that face the lack of opportunities offered by the housing crisis. They come up to an extreme solution: empty the apartments unjustly occupied by “the old people” who, at her eyes, are responsible of the current social imbalance. In this journey, they will discover that there are human beings, just as lost and forgotten by society as they are.

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Official Selection in Cannes Écrans Juniors:

COMPETITION
MARINA
by Stijn Coninx (Belgium, Italy 2013; Feel-Good Drama, Romance)

Italy, 1948. Young Rocco is growing up in Calabria, until one day his father Salvatore decides to leave to Belgium, where he strives to earn a lot of money by working in coal mines. Very soon he sends for his family. Rocco becomes a migrant overnight, with all the consequences this entails. Rocco wants to be like other youngsters, become someone and have a purpose in life. Against his father’s wish and better judgment he seeks an escape through music and love. The amazing story is based on the childhood memories of the Italian-Belgian singer, Rocco Granata.