EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC by TARIK SALEH at 08:45 (runtime 2h07)

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME by WES ANDERSON at 08:45 (runtime 1h45)

The story of a family and a family business.

PILLION by HARRY LIGHTON at 09:15 (runtime 1h46)

A timid man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

SPLITSVILLE by MICHAEL ANGELO COVINO at 09:15(runtime 1h40)

Splitsville picks up with Ashley (Adria Arjona) asking for a divorce, watching as the good-natured Carey (Kyle Marvin) runs to his friends, Julie (Dakota Johnson) and Paul (Michael Covino), for support. He’s shocked to discover that the secret to their happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.

O AGENTE SECRETO by KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO at 11:00 (runtime 2h38)

Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. He arrives in Recife during carnival week, hoping to reunite with his son but soon realizes that the city is far from being the non-violent refuge he seeks.

ALPHA by JULIA DUCOURNAU at 11:30 (runtime 2h08)

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

NOUVELLE VAGUE by RICHARD LINKLATER at 11:30 (runtime 1h45)

This is the story of Godard making “Breathless”, told in the style and spirit in which Godard made “Breathless”.

MY FATHER’S SHADOW by AKINOLA DAVIES JR at 11:30 (runtime 1h34)

A semi-autobiographical tale set over the course of a single day in the Nigerian capital Lagos during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis. The story follows a father, estranged from his two young sons, as they travel through the massive city while political unrest threatens their journey home.

ONCE UPON A TIME IN GAZA by ARAB NASSER & TARZAN NASSER at 14:00 (runtime 1h30)

Gaza, 2007. Yahya, a young student, forges a friendship with Osama, a charismatic restaurant owner with a big heart. Together, they start peddling drugs while delivering falafel sandwiches, but they are soon forced to grapple with a corrupt cop and his oversized ego …

DIE MY LOVE by LYNNE RAMSAY at 14:00 (runtime 2h)

Love Madness Madness Love

RENOIR by HAYAKAWA CHIE at 14:00 (runtime 1h56)

Suburban Tokyo, 1987. 11-year-old Fuki’s father, Keiji, is battling a terminal illness, and in and out of hospital. Her mother, Utako, is constantly stressed out from caring for Keiji while holding down a full-time job. Left alone with her rich imagination, Fuki becomes fascinated by telepathy and falls ever deeper into her own fantasy world…

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST by SPIKE LEE at 14:30 (runtime 2h13)

When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business”, is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the 5th in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s crime thriller High and Low, now played out on the mean streets of modern day New York City.

DITES-LUI QUE JE L’AIME by ROMANE BOHRINGER at 16:00 (runtime 1h32)

Romane has directed a film adaptation of the book that Clémentine Autain wrote and dedicated to her mother, actress Dominique Laffin. Through this project, Romane is forced to confront her past and her own mother, who abandoned her when she was nine months old.

UN POETA by SIMÓN MESA SOTO at 16:30 (runtime 2h)

Oscar Restrepo’s obsession with poetry brought him no glory. Aging and erratic, he has succumbed to the cliché of the poet in the shadows. Meeting Yurlady, a teenage girl from humble roots, and helping her cultivate her talent brings some light to his days, but dragging her into the world of poets may not be the way.

SONS OF THE NEON NIGHT by JUNO MAK at 16:30  (runtime 2h12)

Set in a snow-struck and surreal Hongkong, the film opens with gunmen aimlessly shooting in the over-crowded neon-lit downtown area. A series of seeming accidents lead to with the chairman of a pharmaceutical group, and secretive god father of illegal drug trade, killed in an explosion of the hospital he was detained. The city is in chaos, the police paralysed and the family businesses in turmoil. The youngest son, determined to break from the family’s disreputable past, will be the natural successor only if his fugitive elder brother and his deceased father’s followers present no hurdles. The film’s Chinese title, Feng (Wind) Lin (Forrest) Huo (Fire) Shan (Mountain) originates from the military classic, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. In Sons of the Neon Night, family is the ultimate battlefield.

MÉTÉORS by HUBERT CHARUEL at 17:15  (runtime 1h51)

France’s rural wasteland. Three long-time friends, Tony has become the construction king, Mika and Daniel the kings of nothing. They have big dreams but little luck. Cornered after another blunder, they end up working for Tony at the nuclear dumping ground. So far, so bad…

LA FEMME LA PLUS RICHE DU MONDE by THIERRY KLIFA at 18:00 (runtime 2h010