UDI titles @Cannes 2017

3D Animation - France, Belgium - 2017 - 80min

Zombillenium is an amusement park like no other : only genuine werewolves, vampires, zombies are employed there… for eternity. One day, Hector, a young compliance officer, comes to control the park's safety and threatens to shut it down. Francis, the vampire who manages the park, has no choice but to bite him to protect his business. And so Hector is hired, and could well be Zombillenium’s last chance : attendance figures are down and he could become the new attraction the park needs to avoid bankruptcy. But deep down Hector longs for his young daughter, Lucy, who’s waiting for him back in the 'real' world... 

Budget: USD $15,000,000

Documentary - France, Palestine, Switzerland, Qatar - 2017 - 94min

 

'A DARING AND SHOCKING FILM,

MADE WITH FINE CINEMATIC JUDGEMENT'

Ken Loach



'A MAJOR CINEMATIC ACHIEVEMENT. BEAUTIFUL AND UGLY, POWERFUL AND COMPELLING' 

Mike Leigh

 

In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, Palestinian director Raed Andoni assembles an eclectic group of ex-prisoners to build a replicate of Al-Moskobiya, Israel's main interrogation centre, where he was himself jailed at age 18. From fragmentary memory, day after day, they give shape to the interrogation centre they all experienced, and re-enact its stories. As the walls of the cells rise, the tongues and the emotions loosen.

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Thriller - UK - 2017

 

Richard, a secondary school teacher in his 30’s, just moved from the countryside to East London. Quickly, he faces the violent gentrification occurring in the trendy areas of London. His unclear past combined with his growing psychiatric instability make him an easy target for all communities and he experiences rejection and humiliation. It doesn’t take long for his darkest impulses to unleash, turning him into an uncontrollable murderer...

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Fantastic - Brazil, France - 2017

 

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny of her unborn child. Against all odds, the two women develop a strong bond. But a fateful night changes their plans...

From the directors of

HARD LABOR - Cannes Un Certain Regard 2011

Comedy Drama - France - 2017 

The story revolves around Luisa Palmeira, born in France from Portuguese immigrants. In 1979, Luisa is eight years old. Almost a grown-up in the eyes of her illiterate mother, she remains just a little girl to her hard-drinking father. One day, he trusts her with a heavy secret: he suffers from a serious illness. But she refuses to believe him and thinks instead that he is hiding something else from her...

Thriller - Thailand, Germany, Norway - 2017 

 

Viyada, a soap opera actress in her mid-30s, finds herself increasingly pressured by her husband Jerome, a rich foreigner entirely devoted to a charismatic cult leader called The Holy One. Viyada has no other choice than to take the most drastic measures in order to escape once and for all from their influence.

From the director of

HEADSHOT - Berlin Panorama 2012

NANG MAI - Cannes Un Certain Regard 2009

PLOY - Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2007

Drama Thriller - Argentina - 2017 

Escaping from his criminal baptism, Reynaldo Galíndez, alias “Rey”, lands in the patio of the house inhabited by Carlos Vargas, a retired security guard. Vargas offers him a deal: the young boy will repair the damage caused to his home when falling - in return for not being handed over to the police. The lessons given to the teenager by the old guard will give rise to a relationship not unlike the old legends of educating a king (for the “Rey” of his name, meaning “king”). But the agreement will start to fall apart when the loose ends of the robbery Reynaldo had participated in start wrapping themselves round them…

Drama - France, Germany, The Netherlands, Chile - 2017

 

Somewhere in South America. Morgue-Man, 70, has an exceptional memory, except for names. About to retire, he’s in charge of a remote forgotten morgue in a huge cemetery. His routine life is disrupted when the militia raids his morgue to get rid of the corpses of civilians shot dead during demonstrations. When they leave, the Morgue-Man finds the body of an Unknown Young Girl left behind. He’ll get over the danger and bureaucracy to give her a proper burial before the militia comes back. 

Romance - India, Germany, Austria - 2017

 

Amar is an ageing film star. A famous and wealthy man, he lives alone in Mumbai, a city of 15 million souls, the city of dreams. Tara, a widow, runs a small restaurant with the help of her son, who delivers Amar's meals. Tara has never seen Amar - except on the big screen. What began by pure chance a year ago has now turned into a ritual: for hours on end they talk to each other on the phone. Until one day, when Amar sets out to meet Tara in the flesh...

Thriller - Australia - 2016 - 108min

In the mid 1980’s seventeen-year-old Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she wants to survive.

'HOUNDS OF LOVE follows in the footsteps of Justin Kurzel's internationally acclaimed SNOWTOWN, mainly in its masterfully discomforting aesthetics... marks Young as a filmmaker to watch.' SCREEN

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Drama - France, Tunisia - 2016 - 92min



Seeking refuge from her radical Islamist brother, Samia stays at her friend Imed's, but longs for her independence and freedom. She will find it in the form of Mrs Bertaud, a rich widow she starts working for. Their professional relationship soon turns into a sensual connection which troubles Imed, torn between his religious beliefs and his sexual desires. 

 

'Raja Amari weaves an uncompromising study of physical attraction and the contours of individuality... an astonishingly powerful film' CINEUROPA

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Comedy - France - 2016 - 80min

 

Serial (Bad) Weddings meets The Dinner Game. Christophe, a failing playwright, and his leading actress and partner Patricia, get invited for the weekend by a former classmate preparing to marry his naive girlfriend. During dinner, fed-up with Christophe’s attitude, Patricia pretends to be an immigrant from a made-up country, and the quid-pro-quo quickly spirals out of control… A pitiless comedy about conformism, selfishness and good humanitarian feelings. 

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