Sur la route de la grande vadrouille (2016)

Gunpowder

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldiers transported a large supply of gunpowder through enemy lines to Leningrad.

PorNO

Max films his friends having lecherous fun at his own birthday party; unaware of how it will change his life. Just out of high school, by haphazard, he becomes a big porno producer. His father, a principled police major, chases porno makers, not suspecting that one of them lives in his own apartment. Hoodlums and girls from good families, corrupted policemen, petty dealers find themselves in a luring and scary world of porno.

Happy Birthday!

An unlucky Birthday boy must fight for his life against a masked psychopath.

Johan Falk: The Outlaws

Johan is a two-fisted Gothenburg cop who finds himself in a shoot-out with jewel robbers. After the smoke has cleared, one robber, shot by his accomplice, and an innocent bystander, are dead. Three witnesses, including Helen, identify thug extraordinaire Leo Gaut as being the dead crook's trigger-happy colleague. Gaut soon threatens the three witnesses, and only Johan, the badge-wearing hero, can save them.

Muxˣ

Mux spent many years in a coma in a clinic with a constant stream of television. But at least he survived a serious car accident! Now he has woken up, and he has a plan: during his time in hospital, he came up with the idea of a fairer society. From now on, Mux sees it as his task to save the world from neoliberalism and goes to France, the motherland of revolutions, with his long-term nurse Karsten and a self-written manifesto.

Hornblower - Rane e gamberi

Lieutenant Hornblower and his shipmates are sent to accompany a doomed royalist invasion of revolutionary France.

Bring Me the Head of Lance Henriksen

When '80s B-movie icon Tim Thomerson wakes up one day to realize the acting roles are not coming his way any more, he sets out on a quest to find his former co-star Lance Henriksen to discover his secret of Hollywood longevity and gets more than he bargained for in the process.

1: Life on the limit

Un eccezionale documentario ambientato negli anni d'oro della "Formula 1", racconta la storia di una generazione di carismatici piloti che alla ricerca della gloria hanno rischiato la vita durante il sanguinoso periodo di questo sport. Le gare di "Formula 1" non sono mai state per deboli di cuore ma per uomini sempre alla ricerca del limite. Negli anni '60 i motori delle auto da corsa iniziano a raddoppiare la propria potenza fino a raggiungere velocità incredbili. Con un nuovo pubblico televisivo, l'arrivo di denaro e sponsorizzazioni i piloti inziano a diventare delle vere e proprie superstar, gladiatori moderni gettati nell'arena spettacolare della "Formula 1". Filmati d'archivio e interviste esclusive dei protagonisti nel periodo della nascita del più incredibile e adrenalinico sport al mondo.

Re-Births

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of freedom where they can fully experience their sexuality and their sexual identity: Giovanna, woman transgender of Colombian origin, Roman, Russian transgender man, Cate, Ugandan lesbian mother, Yi Chen, young Chinese gay man…

Más allá de lo común

Pili, a 51-year-old widow, unexpectedly leaves her home when, on her way, she is interrupted by the presence of an alien. After trying to tell her children about the extraterrestrial encounter and being ignored by them, she must investigate how to deal with this being. Meanwhile, she grapples with new desires to abandon the traditional life she has always known. In the end, she will have to confront and accept her deepest fears in order to fight this alien.

Partisan

Gregori (Vincent Cassel) è il leader carismatico di un gruppo di donne e bambini maltrattati, il loro protettore e il loro mentore. Tra le attività ordinarie e quotidiane che insegna ai bambini, c'è anche l'omicidio. I problemi sorgono quando Alexander (Jeremy Chabriel), figlio adottivo prediletto di Gregori, mette in discussione la sua autorità. Il piccolo Alexander è come ogni altro bambino: ingenuo, curioso, sveglio. Ma è anche un assassino perfettamente addestrato. Con ritmo incalzante, PARTISAN cattura lo spettatore dentro un mondo claustrofobico, governato da un codice morale deformato, dove lo sguardo si apre su visuali sconcertanti e il respiro viene a mancare.

Garden of the Dead

Convicts on a chain gang sniff formaldehyde fumes to get high. They attempt a prison break and are shot down by the guards. After being buried, they rise from the dead, killing all in their path with shovels and hoes.

The Overcoat

An animated adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's classic short story about an office worker who saves all his money to buy a new coat in time for Christmas, only to have fate take a ghostly hand.

Let Them Die Like Lovers

Fantastic Shorts award-winner Jesse Atlas (RECORD/PLAY) returns to the section with an arresting sci-fi character study about a body-hopping assassin.

Corto Maltese: Corte Sconta detta Arcana

Dicembre 1918, Venezia, i giorni si lasciano andare come foglie al vento, ma per Corto Maltese è giunto il momento di rimettersi in viaggio. Lo aspettano gli intrighi di Hong Kong, la guerra in Manciuria, le nevi dell'inverno siberiano e... l'oro dello zar, sfuggito alla rivoluzione e finito nelle mani dell'ammiraglio Kolchak. A volerlo sono in tanti, primi tra tutti Corto e il pirata Rasputin, alleati della setta rivoluzionaria cinese delle Lanterne Rosse, capitanata dalla misteriosa Shangai-Li. Poi, la duchessa lealista Marina Seminova e alcuni crudeli signori della guerra, come i generali Semenoff e Chang, e il barone von Ungern. Inevitabile la battaglia di tutti contro tutti, ma a cavallo di treni blindati armati di cannoni.

Cut: Exposing FGM Worldwide

Taking more than six years to complete, The Cut is a feature-length documentary that conclusively proves that female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM) can be found as a native practice on all inhabitable continents. From war zones in the Middle-East to bucolic Middle America, the film visits 14 countries and features key interviews with FGM survivors, activists, cutters, doctors and researchers to uncover an often secret practice shrouded in centuries of traditions, mysticisms and irrationalities.

Paths of the Soul

Eleven Tibetans prostrate themselves every few steps during a 1,200-mile pilgrimage that lasts for seven months.

200

A psychedelic animated short celebrating America's bicentennial. The film " provides a short, impressionistic history of the U.S. through famous American symbols, including the Statue of Liberty; the Woodstock logo; the Liberty Bell; and Mt. Rushmore. The symbols are layered on top of each other, as can be seen from a bald eagle hatching from a red, white, and blue egg and flying past the American Gothic farmers, the U.S. Capitol building, the Golden Gate Bridge, Abraham Lincoln’s cabin, and an American bison. The film was directed by Vince Collins" (US National Archives).

I Grass, I Love

Can a custom-crafted script pave the path to stardom? A model truck driver and a fame-hungry rapper become an unlikely mentor-protege duo by chance. After accidentally boarding Old Zhao’s cargo truck, they embark on a 5,000-kilometer "sheep delivery mission" from Inner Mongolia to Hunan—a quest filled with wild twists. Along the way, they encounter an eye-opening adventure. But just as he thinks he’s about to reach the pinnacle of his life, the story takes an earth-shattering turn…

Fighter

Aïcha, a high-school student, is a passionate kung fu fighter. Her Turkish parents expect her to get good grades so she can get into medical school, like her brother Ali. But school doesn´t inspire her. Defying her family, Aïcha starts secretly training at a professional, co-ed kung fu club. A boy, Emil, helps Aïcha train for the club championship and they fall in love. But the rules of life are not as simple as the rules of kung fu, and Aïcha is forced to decide who she is and what she wants.

Stay Awake

Kamel Shehata is an accountant with simple dreams. He tries to forget his problems by resorting to drugs with his friends. Until a spirit that was watching him appeared disguised as a human to help him face life.

Vita per vita - Maximilian Kolbe

Nel giugno del 1941, un prigioniero riesce a fuggire dal lager di Auschwitz. Per punizione vengono condannati a morire di fame, dieci detenuti scelti a caso. Un giovane padre, tra le vittime, si dispera e un francescano si offre di sostituirlo. E' padre Massimiliano Kolbe che viene ucciso il 14 agosto, beatificato da Paolo VI nell'ottobre del '71 e canonizzato da Giovanni Paolo II nell'ottobre '82.

Waste

6 girls living together. The one who has the pencil can control the others

Twisted Devotion

R&B star Skye Williams' comeback is threatened when an obsessed fan’s admiration turns into a dangerous fixation. As she and her boyfriend vanish without a trace, Skye must fight to escape before his obsession turns deadly.

Amon - Apocalypse of Devilman

La paura si diffonde a Tokyo con la rivelazione che i demoni vivono tra noi. La paranoia e il lato oscuro dell'umanità infiammano le strade e tutti si guardano con sospetto, perchè chiunque potrebbe essere un demone sotto fattezze umane. La tragedia che si abbatte sulla famiglia di Akira/Devilman lo rende pazzo di dolore e il demone in lui racchiuso può spezzare le catene che lo imprigionano nel corpo del ragazzo...

Madagascar 3D

Conditioned by its long lasting geographical isolation Madagascar is home to unique Fauna and Flora, with a high percentage of endemic species. Due to the lack of predators, monkeys and poisonous snakes on the island, extraordinary animal species like the funny lemurs were able to develop in a unique way.