Archives - Films 2017 Edition

6x9: An immersive experience of solitary confinement

Francesca Panetta / Lindsay Poulton / The Guardian
Virtual Reality Pavilion

United Kingdom, 2016 / 10 min / English OV / VR Documentary

“6x9” is an innovative virtual reality experience about solitary confinement created by The Guardian. 6x9 places viewers in a virtual cell, telling a story of the psychological...

818

Claude Lahr
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2016 / 20 min / English OV with French subtitles / Fantasy

The film is based on the screenplay by Mathieu Caboche, winner of the 2016 “Crème Fraîche” scriptwriting contest for young people.

The IT engineer Jack...

A Real Vermeer (Een echte Vermeer)

Rudolf van den Berg
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium , 2016 / 105 min / In Dutch with French and English subt. / Historical drama

Inspired by the true story of the greatest art forger of all time

Talented young artist, Han van Meegeren, is a rebel in the early 1920’s Amsterdam art...

A Town Called Panic: Double Fun (Panique tous courts)

Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Young Audiences

Belgium, 2016 / 70 min / French OV / Animation

The new stories of "A Town Called Panic’s" heroes. 

Indian and Cowboy, the two famous heroes of “A Town Called Panic”, are back! At the moment of...

Across the line

Nonny de la Peña / Brad Lichtenstein / Jeff Fitzsimmons
Virtual Reality Pavilion

USA, 2017 / 10 min / English / VR Documentary

“Across the Line” is an immersive virtual reality experience that puts the audience on scene as anti-abortion activists try to prevent patients from obtaining sexual and...

Aftershock - Nepal's Untold Water Story

Catherine Feltham (https://twitter.com/catfeltham) / WaterAid film Team
Virtual Reality Pavilion

Nepal, 2016 / 9 min / English Voice Over / VR Documentary

Health consequences of the major earthquakes in Nepal.

On 25 April 2015, Nepal experienced the country’s worst earthquake in 80 years, followed on 12...

As I Open My Eyes (À peine j'ouvre les yeux)

Leyla Bouzid
Schools
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years

France, Tunisia, Belgium, United Arab Emirates, 2015 / 102 min / Tunisian Arabic OV with French and German subtitles / Social Drama

Youth Revolt in a country in revolution.

Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Arab Spring: Farah, 18 years old, has just graduated and her family...

At Eye Level (Auf Augenhöhe)

Evi Goldbrunner, Joachim Dollhopf
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Germany, 2016 / 100 min / German OV / Drama

A passionate appeal for accepting those who are different. 

10-year-old Michi lives in a children's home, every day fighting to win the respect of the...

Barrage

Laura Schroeder
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Luxembourg, France, Belgium, 2017 / 110 min / French OV / Drama

An unsettling journey into the puzzling world of motherly love.

After ten years abroad, Catherine returns to Luxembourg to catch up with her daughter...

Bye bye Germany (Es war einmal in Deutschland...)

Sam Gabarski
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, 2017 / 100 min / German version with English and French subtitles / Comedy

„Hitler is dead, but we are still alive!“ – David Bermann

1946. Frankfurt. A deportation camp. David Bermann and his six friends, all Holocaust...

Ce qu'il reste de toi

Kévin Dresse
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

France, 2016 / 19 min / French OV with English subt. / Drama

Two lovers whom fate catches up with.

Michel and Sophie are two lovers. They don’t dare to think about the future yet. And then fate catches up with...

Chernobyl

Franco Dipietro
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Italy, Luxembourg, 2016 / 19 min / Italian OV with English subtitles / Drama

Winner of the European Short Pitch by Nisi Masa, Luxembourg 2016. 

Cristiano is living with Anna and he's in love with her, but he is afraid of losing...

CHRIS MARKER, NEVER EXPLAIN, NEVER COMPLAIN

Jean-Marie Barbe, Arnaud Lambert

France , 2016 / 146 min / French OV with English subt. / Documentary

A documentary by Jean-Marie Barbe, Arnaud Lambert followed by a cinemix by Christophe Hanesse. In collaboration with MUDAM.

 

Writer, filmmaker,...

Clouds over Sidra

Gabo Arora / Chris Milk / United Nations / Barry Pousman
Virtual Reality Pavilion

USA, 2015 / 10 min / OV + Engish voice over / VR Documentary

The Zaatari Refugee Camp in Jordan is home to over 80,000 Syrians fleeing war. Half of these are children. Clouds Over Sidra is the story of a 12-year-old girl who has lived...

Crazy Cinématographe for Kids - Crazy Comedy Show

Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences

, 2017 / 45 min / LU / FR / Special screening

By: Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg

With: Fränz Hausemer, Hughes Maréchal

Language: Luxembourgish or...

Critics award

Official Competition

, 2017 / min / / long métrage

Dark Night

Tim Sutton
Official Competition

United States, 2016 / 98 min / English OV with English subt / Drama

A bored suburban America obsessed with and plagued by gun violence.

A sultry summer's day in an American suburb. A handful of people are following their...

Dem Dem

Pape Bouname Lopy, Marc Recchia, Christophe Rolin
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, Belgium, Senegal, 2017 / 30 min / OV / Drama, Fantasy

A young Senegalese fisher finds a Belgian passport.

 

On a regular fishing day, Matar discovers a mysterious bag on a beach of Dakar. Inside he...

Denial

Mick Jackson
Official selection - Non Competition

United Kingdom, USA, 2016 / 110 min / English OV with English and Dutch subtitles / Biography, Historical Drama

The whole world knows the Holocaust happened. Now she needs to prove it.

→ Opening Ceremony

Based on the acclaimed book...

Django

Etienne Comar
Official selection - Non Competition

France, 2017 / 117 min / French OV / Biopic

Opening film and in Official Competition. Berlin Film Festival 2017.

→ Awards Night

1943, in Nazi-occupied France:...

Documentary award - by BGL BNP Paribas

Documentary competition

, 2017 / min / / Documentary

DOUBLE INDEMNITY

Billy Wilder
Special Screening

USA, 1944 / 110 min / English OV with French subtitles / Thriller, Film Noir

In the context of Douglas Kennedy’s literary session.

Insurance broker Walter Neff gets seduced by another man’s wife: a bored, sex-starved Phyllis...

Ethel & Ernest

Roger Mainwood
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

United Kingdom, Luxembourg, 2016 / 94 min / English OV with FR subtitles / Animation, Comed, Drama

The life and times of two ordinary people living through extraordinary events and immense social change. 

Entertaining and heart-warming, “Ethel and...

Fanny's Journey (Le voyage de Fanny)

Lola Doillon
Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

France, Belgium, 2016 / 94 min / French OV / Drama

Inspired by the true story of Fanny Ben-Ami.

It’s 1943, and France is under German occupation. Thirteen-year-old Fanny and her sisters are sent by their...

Fils (Son)

Cyrus Neshvad
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2016 / 15 min / French OV with English subt. / Drama, Thriller

A father can’t accept his son has fallen into a coma.

Sébastien, who cannot come to terms with his son being in a coma, begins to question his reality...

Forever Pure (Tehora La'ad)

Maya Zinshtein
Schools
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years
Documentary competition

Israel, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, 2016 / 85 min / Hebrew, Russian and Chechen OV with English and French subtitles / Documentary

A provoking documentary about racism, religion, fanaticism and the cost of remaining silent.

Founded in 1936, Beitar Jerusalem is the most popular and...

Fortune Favors the Brave (Ente Gut! Mädchen allein zu Haus)

Norbert Lechner
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Germany, 2016 / 96 min / German OV / Family

A story of friendship, family ties and the magical power of fortune cookies ! 

Eleven-year-old Linh shows great grace under pressure. When her mother,...

Free Fire

Ben Wheatley
Official selection - Non Competition

France, United Kingdom, 2016 / 90 min / English OV with FR & NL subtitles / Action, Thriller, Drama

The most epic shootout ever. 

In a colourful yet gritty 1970s Boston, a mysterious American businesswoman, Justine, and her wise-cracking associate Ord...

Fukushima : Vidas contaminadas

Noemí Ramírez / Daniel Verdú
Virtual Reality Pavilion

Spain, 2016 / 10 min / Spanish, English / VR Documentary

Fukushima: 5 years later. During the documentary shooting, 70 000 people were still living far from home because of the persistent radiation risk. During one week, the shooting...

Glory (Slava)

Kristina Grozeva, Petar Valchanov
Official Competition

Bulgaria, Greece, 2016 / 101 min / Bulgarian OV with English subtitles / Drama

When a railroad worker uncovers a corruption scandal, a struggle for his dignity and an old wristwatch ensues

Tsanko Petrov, a railroad worker finds...

Going to School (Villads fra Valby)

Frederik Meldal Nørgaard
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Denmark, 2015 / 76 min / Danish OV with Luxembourgish dubbing / Family Comedy

A plea against growing up too fast.

6-year-old Villads is an ordinary boy preparing for his next big childhood step – his first day at school. Everyday...

Gold

Stephen Gaghan
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2017 / 121 min / English original version with FR & NL subtitles / Drama

A prospector and a geologist team up to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.

Kenny Wells, a small-time mining executive raised in the...

Goodfellas

Martin Scorsese
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2017 / 146 min / English OV with French subtitles / Biography, Crime, Drama

Since he was a little kid, Henry Hill had one ambition: become a GoodFella, a gangster and be part of the mob. But as he becomes a drug kingpin, his career begins to take a...

Grand Prix - by Orange

Official Competition

, 2017 / min / / Long métrage

Heaven will wait (Le ciel attendra)

Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Schools
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years

France, 2016 / 100 min / French OV / Drama

Two young French women drawn to Jihadism.

Seventeen-year-old Sonia, is arrested by the authorities as she is about to leave France for Syria. Her tale...

Homo Sapiens

Nikolaus Geyrhalter
Official selection - Non Competition

Switzerland, Germany, Austria, 2016 / 94 min / Without words / Documentary

What will remain of our lives after we’re gone? 

The images could be taken from a science fiction film set on planet Earth after it’s become...

Hounds of Love

Ben Young
Official selection - Non Competition

Australia, 2016 / 108 min / English OV with English subtitles / Thriller

There’s lost and then there’s loss.

Perth, 1987. Rebellious 17-year-old Vicki Maloney is still reeling from her parents’ recent breakup, lashing out...

House of Others (Skhvisi Sakhli)

Rusudan Glurjidze
Official Competition

Georgia, Spain, Russia, Croatia, 2016 / 103 min / Georgian and Russia OV with EN subtitles / Drama, Anti-War

Families uprooted and disoriented by war.

Just after the Georgian civil war in the 1990s, a young family is taken to a forcibly abandoned mountain...

I am not Madame Bovary (Wo bu shi pan jinlian)

Feng Xiaogang
Official Competition

China, 2016 / 139 min / Mandarin OV with English subt. / Dramatic Comedy

A woman takes on the Chinese legal system. A relentless satire of Chinese corruption and hypocrisy.

Li Xuelian and her husband Qin Yuhe stage a fake...

I Am Not Your Negro

Raoul Peck
Documentary competition

France - United States, 2016 / 95 min / English OV with French subtitles / Documentary

The Civil Rights Movement and the reality of African Americans in the US.

Told entirely in the words of James Baldwin (one of the leaders and  most...

iAnimal - Chicken

Animal Equality
Virtual Reality Pavilion

United Kingdom, 2017 / 10 min / English, Spanish, German, Italian / VR Documentary

What’s like to be a chicken in a factory farm? Now you know.  

The animals we eat suffer from the time they are born to the time they reach our plates...

iAnimal - Pig

Animal Equality
Virtual Reality Pavilion

United Kingdom, 2017 / 10 min / English, Spanish, German, Italian / VR Documentary

What’s it like to be a pig in a factory farm?

The animals we eat suffer from the time they are born to the time they reach our plates. “iAnimal” allows...

Indefinite

Darren Emerson
Virtual Reality Pavilion

United Kingdom, 2016 / 14 min / English / VR Documentary

Guided by the powerful voices of survivors, “Indefinite” takes the audience on an immersive journey into the uncertainty and despair of the UK’s immigration detention system....

Ivan Tsarevitch and the Changing Princess (Ivan Tsarévitch et la Princesse Changeante)

Michel Ocelot
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

France, 2016 / 53 min / French OV / Animated tales

A beautiful trip to the land of fairyhood and elegance.

Every night, a girl, a boy and an old projectionist meet in a cinema which seems abandoned, but...

KIWI & STRIT (KIWI OG STRIT)

Esben Toft Jacobsen
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Denmark, 2016 / 45 min / Without words / Animation

Furry and funny!

Kiwi and Strit live in a clearing, deep in the woods. Kiwi is yellow, meticulous and caring whereas Strit is purple, dirty and wild. In...

LENALOVE

Florian Gaag
Schools
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years

Germany, 2016 / 95 min / German OV / Drama

Cyberbullying, love and betrayal.

16-year-old Lena lives with her mother on a suburban estate. The area’s limited, bourgeois atmosphere is a real trial...

Les sauteurs - Those Who Jump

Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner, Abou Bakar Sidibé
Official selection - Non Competition

Denmark, 2016 / 82 min / French and Bambara OV with French subtitles / Documentary

A film about the empowerment of a man armed only with his camera and his aspirations.

In northern Morocco lies the Spanish enclave of Melilla: Europe on...

Machines

Rahul Jain
Documentary competition

India, Germany, Finland, 2016 / 75 min / Hindi OV with English subtitles / Documentary

Journey through the nightmarish bowels of the textile industry.

Rahul Jain presents an immersive, observant portrayal of the rhythm of life and work in...

Made in/with Lux - Shorts Evening

Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

, 2017 / 120 min / / Drama

Experience 6 short films with varied subjects and meet their directors at this cinematic evening at Utopolis Kirchberg.

For further information on each film, click on...

MappaMundi

Bady Minck
Made In / With Luxembourg
Documentaries

Luxembourg, Austria, 2017 / 45 min / English OV / Science-Docu-Fiction

An accelerated voyage through the history of Earth’s development.

Through the eyes of cosmic cartographers, "MappaMundi" takes its viewer on a greatly...

Maurizio Cattelan: Be right back

Maura Axelrod

USA, 2016 / 95 min / English OV with EN subtitles / Documentary

The art world's most celebrated prankster has his way with the big screen.

One of the most provocative and elusive figures in contemporary art finds...

Miss Sloane

John Madden
Official selection - Non Competition
Special Screening

France, USA, 2016 / 132 min / English OV with French and Dutch subtitles / Drama, Political Thriller

Washington DC’s most formidable lobbyist faces her toughest adversary yet.

In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane is the...

Monsieur & Madame Adelman

Nicolas Bedos
Official selection - Non Competition

France, 2016 / 120 min / French OV / Dramatic Comedy

A couple’s journey. - Carte Blanche Orange Luxembourg

The funeral of a famous writer. Amid all the tributes pouring in, some of the mourners question...

NELLY

Anné Émond
Official Competition

Canada, 2016 / 101 min / French OV with English subt. / Drama

A celebrated and hotly discussed writer, Nelly scandalizes the French literary scene with her semi-autobiographical novel based on her experiences as a sex worker. But she has...

NIGHT OF A 1000 HOURS (DIE NACHT DER 1000 STUNDEN)

Virgil Widrich
Made In / With Luxembourg
Fiction Features

Luxembourg, Austria, Netherlands , 2016 / 92 min / German OV with French subt. / Drama

One night, one murder - A forbidden passion and a big family secret.

When the Ullichs gather at their Vienna palace to determine who will inherit the...

No Land's Song

Ayat Najafi

France, Germany, Iran, 2017 / 93 min / English, Farsi and French OV with French subtitles / Documentary

A battle for freedom of speech and music in Iran. 

In Iran, since the revolution of 1979, women are no longer allowed to sing in public as soloists – at...

Not without us! (Nicht ohne uns!)

Sigrid Klausmann-Sittler
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Germany, 2017 / 87 min / German voice-over with French subt. / Documentary

Young heroes from around the world on their journey to school.

This documentary follows children from all over the world to school, a universal...

Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness

Peter Middleton & James Spinney
Virtual Reality Pavilion

France - USA, 2017 / 7 min / English, French, German / VR Documentary

After losing sight, John Hull, an American writer, knew that if he did not try to understand blindness it would destroy him. In 1983 he began keeping an audio diary. Over three...

November (Novembre)

Marjolaine Perreten
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

France, 2015 / 4 min / Without words / Animation

Small animals facing winter.

Autumn has set in by the banks of a stream. A hedgehog, a stoat and other animals are getting ready for hibernation when...

Orphan (Orpheline)

Arnaud des Pallières
Official selection - Non Competition

France, 2016 / 111 min / French OV with French and Dutch subtitles / Drama

A portrait of a woman, orphaned in her mind but not in reality.

Four moments in the lives of four female characters. A little girl from the countryside...

Pat and Mat - The Film (Pat a Mat ve filmu)

Marek Beneš
Schools
5-12 years
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Czech Republic, 2016 / 57 min / Without words / Stop Motion, Comedy

Best friends for 40 years! 

Hapless handymen Pat and Mat are setting out on a series of home improvement adventures! Working together, the duo seeks...

Pik Pik Pik

Dmitriy Vysotskiy
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Russia, 2014 / 4 min / Without words / Animation

Union is strength!

A brightly coloured woodpecker pecks away at columns of ants marching through tree branches in a symphony of syncopated rhythms,...

Porto

Gabe Klinger
Official selection - Non Competition

Portugal, France, USA, Poland, 2016 / 75 min / English, French and Portuguese OV with FR & NL subtitles / Drame, Romance

Two lovers haunted by the memories of a night frozen in time.

Jake and Mati are two outsiders in the Portuguese city of Porto who once experienced a...

Rat Film

Theo Anthony
Documentary competition

United States , 2016 / 84 min / English OV with FR sub. / Documentary

Across walls, fences and alleys, rats do not only expose our boundaries of separation, but make homes in them. What can we learn about a society from the way it treats its...

RAUF

Bariş Kaya, Soner Caner
Schools
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years

Turkey, 2016 / 94 min / Turkish and Kurdish OV with German and French subtitiles / Drama

When the 9-year-old Kurdish boy Rauf wants to quit school, his father sends him to a carpenter to become an apprentice. The carpenter mainly earns a living by making coffins...

Raw (Grave)

Julia Ducournau
Official Competition

France, Belgium, 2016 / 98 min / French OV with English subt. / Drama,Horror

Love and cannibalism: carnal desires.

All the members of Justine’s family are veterinary surgeons, as well as vegetarians. At 16, she’s a brilliant and...

Richard The Stork

Tobias Genkel, Reza Memari
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany, Norway, United States , 2017 / 85 min / Luxembourgish OV / Animation, Adventure, 3D

Small birds, big clatter.

Orphaned at birth and raised by storks, the sparrow Richard believes he is one of them. But when the time comes to migrate,...

SÁMI BLOOD (SAMEBLOD)

Amanda Kernell
Official Competition

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 2016 / 110 min / Swedish and Sami OV with EN subtitles / Drama

1930s Sweden: Elle Marja, 14, a reindeer-herding Sámi girl, is sent away from her family to a state boarding school that is intended to raise its indigenous charges to a level...

Sergeant James

Alexandre Perez
Virtual Reality Pavilion

France, 2017 / 7 min / French / VR Experience

A new immersive experience combining fantasy with reality. 

“Sergeant James” stems from a new genre of immersive, 360° fiction. It draws the viewer into...

Snip, Snap, Snut (Snipp, Snapp, Snut)

Maria Hulterstam, Cecilia Actis
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Sweden, 2016 / 45 min / Without words / Clay animation

Three happy ingenious buddies living in a colourful adventurous world.

Follow Snip, Snap and Snut on their adventures in a colourful and imaginative...

Snowtime!

Jean-François Pouliot
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Schools
5-12 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
5-12 years

Canada, 2016 / 84 min / French OV / Animation

The story of an escalating snowball war.

To have fun during the winter school break, the kids in a small village decide to have a massive snowball fight...

Song to song

Terrence Malick
Official selection - Non Competition

United States, 2017 / 120 min / English OV / Drama

A rock ‘n’ roll landscape of seduction and betrayal.

→ Closing Night

In this modern love story set against the Austin,...

SONITA

Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
Schools
12-18 years
Movies for Schools
12-18 years

Germany, Switzerland, Iran , 2015 / 90 min / English and Farsi OV with French and German subt. / Documentary

Sonita, the feminist Afghan rapper fighting against child marriage.

Sonita is an 18-year-old  undocumented Afghan illegal immigrant living in the poor...

Spring Jam

Ned Wenlock
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

New Zealand, 2016 / 6 min / Without words / Animation

A young buck suffers a major case of antler-envy.

Lone Stag lacks a certain something on the antlers front: antlers. Without them he has little chance...

Sticky Notes

Amanda Sharp
Official selection - Non Competition

USA, 2016 / 90 min / English OV / Comedy, Drama

A story about love and loss.

Athena, an emotionally detached backup dancer, returns home to Florida to help care for her estranged father, Jack, after...

Storm (Storm - Letters van vuur)

Dennis Bots
Young Audiences Movies
5-12 years
Young Audiences

Netherlands , 2017 / 97 min / German version / Historical Drama, Adventure

In a world set afire, one boy has the key to freedom.

Set in 1512, Letter of Fire tells the story of Storm, the twelve-year-old son of an Antwerp...

Sur le fil

Thierry Besseling, Loïc Tanson
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2017 / 15 min / French OV with English subt. / Drama

A boy gives up his dream of tightrope walking to take care of his lion taming father.

In the Bogaerts circus, Chal, 15, has to give up his dream of...

Telle Mère, telle fille

Noémie Saglio
Official selection - Non Competition

France, 2017 / 94 min / French OV / Comedy

A female twist on the "Buddy Movie" genre.

While inseparable, Avril and her mother Mado could not be more different. Thirty-year-old Avril is married,...

The age of Shadows (Mil-Jeong)

Kim Jee-Woon
Official selection - Non Competition

South Korea, 2016 / 140 min / Korean, Japanese, Mandarin and English OV with English subtitles / Drama, Thriller

A historical epic set in 1920’s in Korea portraying the political resistance against Japanese colonisation.

Set in the late 1920s, "The Age of Shadows"...

The Caterpillar and the Hen (Il bruco et la gallina)

Michela Donini, Katya Rinaldi
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

Italy, 2013 / 10 min / Without words / Animation

A hen‘s and a caterpillar’s friendship is put to the test.

A caterpillar and a hen are very close friends, until, one day, the  caterpillar becomes more...

The Challenge (Al tahaddi)

Yuri Ancarani

France, Italy, 2016 / 69 min / Arabic OV with French and English subtitles / Documentary

An extravagant weekend in the desert.

Falconry has a history that stretches back over 40 centuries. In the West, it was a prevailing passion of the...

The Crystal reef interactive

Lauren Knapp / Cody Karutz
Virtual Reality Pavilion

USA, 2016 / min / English OV / VR Experience

A rocky reef off the coast of Italy demonstrates the future of climate change. 

A rocky reef off the coast of Italy, “The Crystal Reef”, demonstrates...

The Good Postman

Tonislav Hristov
Documentary competition

Bulgaria, Finland, 2016 / 82 min / Bulgarian OV with EN subtitles / Documentary

When running for mayor, a postman learns that even minor deeds outweigh the best intentions. 

On Bulgaria’s southeastern border with Turkey sits a poor...

The Human Scale

Andreas Dalsgaard
Official selection - Non Competition

Denmark, 2012 / 83 min / English OV with English subtitles / Documentary

Making cities work for people.

Half of the world's population currently lives in urban areas – but how will life be if this figure drastically increases...

The lost city of Z

James Gray
Official Competition

USA, 2016 / 140 min / English OV with FR & NL subtitles / Adventure

“The Lost City of Z” tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a...

The Other Side of Hope (Toivon Tuolla puolen)

Aki Kaurismäki
Official Competition

Finland, 2017 / 98 min / Finnish, English, Swedish and Arabic OV with FR and NL subtitles / Drama

Helsinki and Finland through the eyes of a Syrian refugee.

One day, a restaurateur with a poker addiction stumbles upon Khaled, a Syrian refugee who...

The past we live in

Jérôme Weber
Made In / With Luxembourg
Shorts

Luxembourg, 2016 / 15 min / Luxembourgish OV with English subtitles / Drama

A forcibly recruited Luxembourgish WWII soldier relives the memories of his past.

Félix celebrates his 92nd birthday with his family, as his past...

The Short Story of A Fox And A Mouse

Camille Chaix, Hugo Jean, Juliette Jourdan, Marie Pillier, Kévin Roger
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

France, 2015 / 7 min / Without words / Animation

An unlikely friendship between a fox and a mouse.

On a snow-covered plain, a lonesome hungry fox sets out for a morning hunt, hoping to find a tasty...

The Teeny-Weeny Fox (Le renard minuscule)

Sylwia Szkiladz, Aline Quertain
Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

France, Belgium, Switzerland, 2015 / 9 min / Without words / Animation

A teeny-weeny fox meets a daring little girl.

He is hardly any bigger than a June bug. In fact, he is way too small for a fox. No wonder he would love...

The Teeny-Weeny Fox - 6 Shorts for the Little Ones

Young Audiences Movies
3-5 years
Schools
3-5 years
Young Audiences
Movies for Schools
3-5 years

, 2016 / 43 min / Without words / Shorts

6 shorts for the little ones.

From the tender coming closer of a hen and a caterpillar, to a teeny-weeny fox and his dream of growing in size, the joint...

Tower

Keith Maitland
Documentary competition

USA, 2016 / 96 min / English OV with EN subtitles / Documentary, Animation, Crime

A sniper, an American University, an animated documentary

On 1st August 1966, a sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the University of Texas at...

TRANSPECOS

Greg Kwedar
Official Competition

United States, 2016 / 86 min / English OV with FR subt. / Thriller

On the border there is no clear line between right and wrong.

On a remote desert highway, a makeshift Border Patrol checkpoint is manned by three agents...

TROUBLE(RE)MAKER – A CINELIVE BY SH’NAPAN BASED ON ANDY BAUSCH'S "TROUBLEMAKER"

Andy Bausch

Luxembourg , 1988 / 98 min / Luxembourgish and German OV / Comedy

Cinema concert in partnership with the Rotondes and with the support of SACEM Luxembourg.

 

After a while in prison, Chuck runs into Jacques, a...

Tutti a casa - Power to the people?

Lise Birk Pedersen
Documentary competition

Denmark, Norway, Italy, 2017 / 90 min / Italian OV with EN subtitles / Documentary

The rise of populism in Italy.

In many Western democracies, the people’s trust in politicians is declining and populist movements are on the rise. In...

Una

Benedict Andrews
Official selection - Non Competition

United Kingdom, USA, Canada, 2016 / 94 min / English OV with French & Dutch subtitles / Drama

Fifteen years ago, Una ran away with Ray, an older man, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across a photo of him in a trade magazine, Una tracks...

Virtual Reality Pavilion

Virtual Reality Pavilion

, 2017 / min / / Virtual Reality

A bold programme from a narrative and aesthetic point of view, built around projects in 360° focusing on activism.

From 1st to 12th March 201...

Waves of Grace

Gabo Arora / Chris Milk
Virtual Reality Pavilion

USA, 2015 / 10 min / English OV / VR Documentary

Step into the virtual shoes of Decontee Davis, who recovered from Ebola.

In a Liberian hospital a young woman comforts a child infected with the Ebola...

Witness 360 7/7

Darren Emerson
Virtual Reality Pavilion

United Kingdom, 2016 / 13 min / English / VR Documentary

On the 7th July 2005 Jacqui Putnam stepped on to a Circle Line train in London on her way to work; a journey she had taken many times before. At 08:50am Mohammad Sidique Khan...