Belgium
Fri. 10th May @ 17:30
Sat. 18th May @ 17:30
Fri. 24th May @ 19:30

RUNDSKOP (Bullhead)
Drama – 2011 - 129 min (Above 18yrs)
Director: Michaël R. Roskam
Starrring: Mathias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy

Bullhead is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate. Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions.
Shortlisted as Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards 2012

Belgium
Wed. 15th May @ 19:30
Tue. 21st May @ 17:30

AU CUL DU LOUP (At the end of the World)
Comedy drama - 2012 - 82 min (Above 16yrs)
Director: Pierre Duculot
Starring: Christelle Cornil, François Vincentelli, Jean-Jacques Rausi

The film tells the story of a young woman who decides to start a new life when she inherits a house n Corsica on the death of her grandmother. Leaving the monotony of her life, she travels to Corsica on a voyage of discovery.

PROBUDIM SE VČERA (Waking up Yesterday)
Comedy – 2012 – 120 min (General Exhibition)
Director: Miloslav Smídjmajer
Starrring: Jirí Mádl, Simona Stašová, Miroslav Táborsky

This a romantic time travel comedy in which a high school teacher returns to his student days to win the heart of his high school sweetheart. Physically he is seventeen again but his mind remains that of a modern "forty-something".

AMBASSADØREN (The Ambassador)
Documentary – 2011 – 93 min (Parental Guidance)
Director: Mads Brűgger
Starring: Mads Brűgger

What happens when a very white European man buys a diplomatic title which turns him into an African diplomat overnight? A tragic comedy about the hidden world of African diplomacy.

2012 Feature Film Jury Prize at the Forum on Human Rights in Geneva Robert, Best Documentary, 2012, Danish Film Academy

HVIDSTEN GRUPPEN - NOGLE MÅ DØ FOR AT ANDRE KAN LEVE (This Life)
Historical drama – 2012 – 123 min (Above 16 yrs)
Director: Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
Starring: Jens Jørn Spottag, bodil Jørgensen, Thomas Ernst

"The Hvidsten Group" is a true story of the spirit of one family who revolts and insists on individual freedom during World War II. It is the story of how just a few people can make a huge difference - but not without serious consequences.

France
Sat. 11th May @ 17:30
Mon. 20th May @ 19:30

L’ARBRE (The Tree)
Drama/romance – 2010 – 120 min (Parental Guidance)
Director: Julie Bertuccelli
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Morgana Davies, Marton Csokas

Dawn and Peter live happily with their four children in the shadows of a gigantic fig tree. When Peter suddenly dies of a heart attack, their lives are shattered. Their daughter Simone believes that their father’s soul now resides in the enormous fig tree.

GOETHE!
Biopic - 2010 – 104 min (General Exhibition)
Director: Philipp Stölzl
Starring: Alexlander Fehling, Miriam Stein, Moritz Belibtreu

The screening of this film is dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Goethe-Institut Kenya. Goethe, who dreams of a career as a poet, falls in love with Charlotte Buff but she has been betrothed to another man. Goethe reacts to his misfortune by writing “The Sorrows of Young Werther” and overnight, the novel makes him the new star of German literature.

BERLIN CALLING
Comedy drama - 2008 – 100 min
Director: Hannes Stöhr
Starring: Paul Kalkbrenner, Rita Lengyel

While touring techno-clubs all over the world, Berlin based techno DJ Ickarus is also working on a new studio album. In order keep up with hectic schedule, he resorts to drugs and ends up in a psychiatric ward.

ARTE Film Festival Audience Award 2010

TERRAFERMA
Drama – 2011 – 88 min (General Exhibition)
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Starring: Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Beppe Fiorello

This powerful feature is set against the background of the influx of African boat people on an uncontaminated Sicilian island inhabited mainly by fishermen. Terraferma is also the story of a family composed of a stubborn old fisherman, a young woman striving for a better life and a young man seeking his moral compass. All of them will have to make difficult decisions that will affect their lives forever as they seek to realize the economic potential of tourism and the dilemma of dealing with illegal aliens.

Special Jury prize – Venice Film Festival 2011

DE EETCLUB (The Dinner Club)
Thriller – 2010 – 90 min (Above 16yrs)
Director: Robert van Westdijk & Marjan Lammers
Starring: Bracha van Doesburgh, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn

Karen and Michel move to an exclusive residential neighbourhood. Soon Karen joins the Dinner Club, an inner circle of lady friends and their spouses. But when two of the Club members commit suicide under suspicious circumstances, Karen starts to have second thoughts about her new friends. She has to choose: will she reveal the truth and dish out the dirt, or will she protect the interests of the Dinner Club?

MÓJ ROWER (My Father’s Bike)
Comedy/drama - 2012 – 90 min (Parental Guidance)
Director: Piotr Trzaskalski
Starring: Artur Żmijewski, Michał Urbaniak, Krzysztof Chodorowski

The film portrays three generations of men who are trying to explore their relationships as a grandfather, father and grandson. It follows the unusual journey of seventy-year-old Włodek, whose wife suddenly leaves him for another man. He sets off to find her, accompanied by his estranged son, a celebrated pianist, who also has a difficult relationship with his own son, living in England. The three men end up renting a small lake house, where their relationships are put to test over a period of a few days. Award for Screenplay and Golden Kangaroo at the Gdynia Film Festival

LÓVE
Romantic drama – 2011 – 90 min (Above 16yrs)
Director: Jakub Kroner
Starring: Michael Nemtuda, Kristina Svarinská, Jakub Gogál

In Slovak the word Love has two meanings – it is slang for money and also means love. Aptly, this romantic action drama intermingles both. Maťo lives a carefree life stealing cars. His life changes radically when he meets Veronika, a university student living a respectable life. Maťo wants to break free from his current way of life but gets caught up in a murder…

Spain
Mon. 13th May @ 19:30
Sat. 18th May @ 19:30
Sat. 25th May @ 17:30

ARRUGAS (Wrinkles)
Animated drama - 2011 – 89 min (General Exhibition)
Director: Ignacio Ferreras

Based on Paco Roca’s comic of the same title, Wrinkles portrays the friendship between Emilio and Miguel, two old gentlemen shut away in a care home. In the early stages of Alzheimer, Emilio is helped by Miguel to avoid ending up on the feared top floor of the care home, also known as the "assisted" floor.

Winner of the 2012 Goya Award for the Best Animated Film and Best Screenplay – adapted
Nominated for the 2012 European Film Award for Best Animated Film

Spain
Fri. 17th May @ 17:30
Wed. 22nd May @ 19:30

MIENTRAS DUERMES (Sleep Tight)
Thriller – 2011 – 102 min (Above 18yrs)
Directed by: Jaume Balguero
Starring: Luis Tosar, Mart Etura; Alberto San Juan

An embittered concierge at a Barcelona apartment building plots to make one happy-go-lucky resident miserable in this psychological thriller. Clara’s cheerful nature torments the increasingly despairing doorman and he resolves to make her suffer.

SNABBA CASH (Easy Money)
Thriller – 2009 – 102 min (Above 18yrs)
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic

A three-tiered story centred on drugs and organized crime. It focuses on a young man, JW, who becomes a runner for a coke dealer in order to maintain his double life. His fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.

DIE HERBSTZEITLOSEN (Late Bloomers)
Comedy drama -2006 – 86 min (General Exhibiton)
Director: Bettina Oberli
Starring: Stephanie Glaser, Annemarie Düringer, Heidi Marie Glössner

Since the death of her husband, 80-year-old Martha has lost her zest for life. Her friends decide to help her realize a long-held dream: to open a lingerie boutique. This creates a scandal in a small Swiss village but proves that it is still possible realize your dreams at a mature age.
Swissperform Award for the Best Female Performance, Festival Tous Ecrans, Geneva 2006
Walo Prize for Best Film Production, Zürich 2006

THE IMPOSTER
Thriller - 2012 – 95 min (Above 16yrs)
Director: Dimitri Doganis
Starring: Adam O’Brian, Anna Ruben, Cathy Dresbach

In 1994, a 13-year-old boy vanished from his Texas home. Three years later he is found in Spain, divulging terrible stories of kidnap and torture. His family, overjoyed at his reappearance, whisks him back home. But all is not quite as it seems as appears oddly different and speaks with a strange new accent.

Winner of the 2013 Bafta Film Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer