MONDAY 8/5 FREE ENTRANCE
My Big Night
Mi gran noche
Álex de la Iglesia (SPAIN 2015,96’)
Raphael, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto
LANGUAGE:SPANISH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
José has been sent by the employment agency as an extra for the
tapings of a New Year's Eve television special (four months in
advance) in an industrial pavilion just outside Madrid. Hundreds of
people like him have been locked in there for weeks, applauding for
musical performances they don't actually see and celebrating the false
arrival of the new year. As he's starting to fall for his dinner
companion Paloma, he doesn't know two major clashes of egos are
unfolding backstage.
WEDNESDAY 10/5 FREE ENTRANCE
Blue and no so pink
Azul y no tan rosa
Miguel Ferrari(Venezuela, Spain 2012,109’)
Guillermo Garcia, Ignacio Montes, Hilda Abrahamz
LANGUAGE:SPANISH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
The story of Diego, a young and successful photographer that lives in
the glamorous world of fashion, shallowness and excess. A tragic
accident turns his world around; his partner is now in a coma.
Unexpectedly, and right at this terrible time, Diego must take care of
his son, Armando. Now, both of them have to adapt to each other;
Armando to the unknown, homosexual world of his father, and Diego
to the closed attitude of his teenage son.
FRIDAY 12/5 FREE ENTRANCE
Flowers
Loreak
Jon Garaño, Jose Mari Goenaga (SPAIN 2014, 96΄)
Itziar Ituño, Nagore Aranburu, Itziar Aizpuru
LANGUAGE:BASQUE,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
Ane's life turns around when, week after week, she receives a bunch of flowers at
home. Always at the same time and always without a senders note.
SUNDAY 14/5 FREE ENTRANCE
Sidetracked
Las ovejas no pierden el tren
Álvaro Fernández Armero (SPAIN 2014, 99΄)
Raúl Arévalo, Inma Cuesta, Alberto San Juan
LANGUAGE:SPANISH,SUBTITLES:GREEK
A rural couple in crisis, who have a brother and sister with urban problems, and
all of them trying to find a solution.
MONDAY 15/5 FREE ENTRANCE
Happy 140 Felices 140
Gracia Querejeta (SPAIN 2015, 94΄)
Maribel Verdú, Antonio de la Torre, Eduard Fernández
LANGUAGE:SPANISH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
A group of friends and family reunite at the fancy new holiday home
of a woman who is about to turn 40.
WEDNESDAY 17/5 FREE ENTRANCE
A Man and a Woman
Un homme et une femme
Claude Lelouch (FRANCE 1966, 102΄)
Anouk Aimée, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Pierre Barouh
LANGUAGE:FRENCH,SUBTITLES:GREEK
A man and a woman meet by accident on a Sunday evening at their childrens'
boarding school. Slowly they reveal themselves to each other, finding that each is
a widow/widower. Each is slow to reveal anything personal so that each
revelation is hidden by a misperception. They become friends, then close friends,
and then she reveals that she can't have a lover because, for her, her husband's
memory is still too strong. Much of the film is told wordlessly in action, or
through hearing one of their thoughts as they go about their day.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival
FRIDAY 19/5,SUNDAY 21/5
I, Daniel Blake
Ken Loach UK 2016, 96΄)
Dave Johns, Hayley Squires, Sharon Percy
LANGUAGE:ENGLISH,SUBTITLES:GREEK
A 59 year old carpenter recovering from a heart attack befriends a
single mother and her two kids as they navigate their way through the
impersonal, Kafkaesque benefits system. With equal amounts of
humor, warmth and despair, the journey is heartfelt and emotional
until the end.
The film won the Palme d'Or at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival
MONDAY 22/5 FREE ENTRANCE
The Measure of a Man
La loi du marché
Stéphane Brizé (FRANCE 2015, 91΄)
Vincent Lindon, Karine de Mirbeck, Matthieu Schaller
LANGUAGE:FRENCH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
An unemployed factory worker is trying to make ends meet in working-class
France.
Vincent Lindon won the award for Best Actor at the 2015 Cannes Film
Festival
WEDNESDAY 24/5 FREE ENTRANCE
The Eighth Day Le huitième jour
Jaco Van Dormael (Belgium,France 1996, 118΄)
Daniel Auteuil, Pascal Duquenne, Miou-Miou
LANGUAGE:FRENCH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
An unusual and wonderful friendship develops between a busy but unhappy
salesman and a resident of a mental asylum.
Daniel Auteuil won the award for Best Actor at the 1996 Cannes Film
Festival
THURSDAY 25/5 FREE ENTRANCE
Coming Home
Gui Lai
Zhang Yimou (CHINA 2014,109’)
Gong Li , Daoming Chen, Huiwen Zhang
LANGUAGE:MANDARIN,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
Lu and Feng are a devoted couple forced to separate when Lu is arrested and sent
to a labor camp as a political prisoner during the Cultural Revolution. He finally
returns home only to find that his beloved wife no longer remembers him.
FRIDAY 26/5 FREE ENTRANCE
The Artist
Michel Hazanavicius (France,USA 2011, 100΄)
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
LANGUAGE:ENGLISH,SUBTITLES:GREEK
Outside a movie premiere, enthusiastic fan Peppy Miller literally bumps into the
swashbuckling hero of the silent film, George Valentin. The star reacts graciously
and Peppy plants a kiss on his cheek as they are surrounded by photographers.
The headlines demand: "Who's That Girl?" and Peppy is inspired to audition for a
dancing bit-part at the studio. However as Peppy slowly rises through the
industry, the introduction of talking-pictures turns Valentin's world upsidedown.
Jean Dujardin won the award for Best Actor at the 2011 Cannes Film
Festival
MONDAY29/5 FREE ENTRANCE
Young Sophie Bell( Unga Sophie Bell)
Amanda Adolfsson(SWEDEN 2015 80‘)
Felice Jankell, Hedda Stiernstedt, Iggy Malmborg
LANGUAGE:SWEDISH,ENGLISH,GERMAN,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
After highschool graduation, life is finally going to begin for real.
At least that’s how best friends Sophie and Alice feel about the
upcoming move to Berlin. But their plans are crushed when Alice
disappears in Berlin under unclear conditions. Sophie ends up on
a life-changing journey that will bring her a taste of the
exuberant parts of life.
WEDNESDAY 31/5 FREE ENTRANCE
In Order of Disappearance( Kraftidioten )
Hans Petter Moland (NORWAY,SWEDEN 2014, 116΄)
Stellan Skarsgård, Bruno Ganz, Pål Sverre Hagen
LANGUAGE:NORWEGIAN,SWEDISH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
Nils ploughs snow in the wild winter mountains of Norway, and is recently
awarded a Citizen of the Year Award. When his son is murdered for something
he did not do, Nils wants revenge. And justice. His actions ignite a war
between the vegan gangster "the Count" and the Serbian mafia boss "Papa".
Winning a blood feud isn't easy, especially not in a welfare state. But Nils has
something going for him: Heavy machinery and beginners luck.
FRIDAY 2/6 FREE ENTRANCE
Concrete Night (Betoniyö)
Pirjo Honkasalo(FINLAND 2013,96’)
Johannes Brotherus, Jari Virman, Anneli Karppinen
LANGUAGE:FINNISH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
A fourteen-year-old boy in a stifling Helsinki slum takes some
unwise life lessons from his soon-to-be-incarcerated older
brother.
WEDNESDAY 7/6 FREE ENTRANCE
Staying Alive
Charlotte Blom (NORWAY 2015, 00΄)
Agnes Kittelsen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Linn Skåber
LANGUAGE:NORWEGIAN,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
The comedy Staying Alive is about Marianne (34) who discovers out of
the blue that her boyfriend Haakon is having an affair with Frida, a
young colleague who makes waffles at work every Friday. Supported
by her best friend's revenge tips and wisdom, Marianne stumbles into
her new life where she eventually discovers that coziness is overrated,
having funs is what matters.
FRIDAY 9/6 FREE ENTRANCE
Call Girl
Mikael Marcimain(SWEDEN 2012 133‘)
Sofia Karemyr, Simon J. Berger, Josefin Asplund, Pernilla August
LANGUAGE:SWEDISH,ENGLISH,SUBTITLES:ENGLISH
Call Girl is set in the late 1970s - a time time of women's liberation,
sexual revolution, Swedish neutrality, nuclear power and social
security. The film takes us on a trip from the very bottom of society,
along dark back streets, through glitz and glamour, to the corridors of
power which are a labyrinth of secrets. The story is inspired by a
Swedish political scandal known as Bordellhärvan which linked
underage prostitution with powerful customers believed to come from
the highest levels of society.