TITUS

by Charlie Cattrall
7:00pm
Running Time: 95min
Country: UK
“You may have travelled an awfully long way to find me, but maybe I’ve travelled an awfully long way not to be found.” TITUS is a modern-day story of a displaced African American jazz musician trying to come to terms with his troubled past. A shadow of his former self, TITUS is grasping for one last chance to play. Marina, his patron, has tried all she can. Now his fate rests in the hands of a distant stranger.
2013 Best UK Feature at Raindance Film Festival & Audience Award at Dinard Film Festival.
“A stunning directorial debut. A true discovery marking major new talents” Rob Mitchell (Screen International, Variety)
Q&A featuring director Charlie Cattrall and lead actors Ron and Jasmine Cephas Jones.

CHARLES BRADLEY, SOUL OF AMERICA

by Poull Brien
6:00pm
Running Time: 74min
Country: USA
Charles Bradley: Soul of America charts the extraordinary late-in-life rise of 62 year old aspiring soul singer Charles Bradley, whose debut album rocketed him from a life of abandonment, homelessness, tragedy and abuse to Rolling Stone magazine’s top 50 albums of 2011. Spanning the exciting, painful and uncertain months between his 62nd birthday and his unprecedented debut and subsequent world tour, this documentary follows Charles through his incredible transformation and ultimate triumph over an impossible dream 48 years in the making.

A COOL DARK PLACE

by Tiffany Frances
Playing With: Charles Bradley, Soul of America
Running Time: 15min
Country: USA
New York City, 1935. Booze, big bands, and beautiful bombshells populate
this grand city during a great depression. Vivienne St. Germain leads a glamorous life of a former showgirl thanks to her powerful husband, a former politician named Walter Perry and due to the success of their supper club, Metropolis. Unwilling to reconcile the secrets of her past,she longs for a lost love and to be the performer she once was. With the heightened success of Metropolis, Walters ego is growing. His appetite for wealth, power and other women are not sitting well with those who know him- including the neighborhood mob bosses. Vido Vecchio, a powerful gangster, negates on an agreement with Walter with an unwelcome appearance to the nightclub. Also on this particular Saturday night there are other unexpected developments that could alter things indefinitely for Vivienne.

MY DESTINY

by Peter Marcias
8:00pm
Running Time: 80min
Country: Italy
Alina is a girl of Gypsy origins, who lives and works in Paris since years. Once returned in her native village in Sardinia, nearby Cagliari, she establishes a friendly relationship with Giampaolo Esposito, a fifty years old police chief. In this new dimension, Alina will be forced to face herself and her more intimate emotions, through “a trip” who will take her to reconsider all her past life, her aspirations and, most of all, her real identity. This changeover will mark the end of her youth and the starting point of a maturity that will make her more conscious of her weaknesses. Her past will breakthrough on the future of a young lady who is about to become a woman.

BROKEN

by Ilay Ron
Playing With: My Destiny
Running Time: 22min
Country: USA

Jason is a typical teenage kid. When hes not on his skateboard, he spends his time with his honors student girlfriend Amy, or best friend Billy, taking advantage of his empty house while his moms away on one of her many business trips. But when Eric and Darren, the unconventional couple move in next door, Jason becomes fascinated with his new neighbors and turns his attention away from his usual routine, forcing himself to face some hard hitting truths. At the surface a coming-of-age story about a young boy discovering his true sexual identity, at its core a sweet, subtextual romance piece. Through internal conflicts affecting many of todays youth Broken tackles issues we struggle with in modern society.

HALIMA’S PATH

by Arsen A. Ostojic
6:00pm
Running Time: 93min
Country: Croatia, Bosnia
Halima’s Path tells the tragic but inspiring story of a grieving, but strong-willed Muslim woman Halima who tries, without success, to find the remains of her son who was killed in the Bosnian War and buried in one of the many mass graves. She realizes that she must track down her estranged niece, who we find carries a mysterious connection to him. After finding her, Halima discovers a horrifying fact from her worst nightmares. With this discovery, the spiral of tragic events from the past would continue in the present, disrupting once again the troubled lives of the characters.

DECIMATION

by Wade Jackson
Playing With: HALIMA’S PATH
Running Time: 30min
Country: USA, Russia
Set in 1942, DECIMATION finds ten Russian soldiers who have been accused of cowardice on the Eastern Front and are being temporarily imprisoned. A Red Army General decides to utilize the ancient Roman punishment of decimation, where one soldier is drawn at random and the other nine serve as his executioner. The men are notified of their punishment at dusk, and by dawn, they will either meet their maker or be forced to take a friend’s life before returning to the front line. The film chronicles the men’s last traumatic hours before the execution, revealing the horrors of war, their collective experiences, and their dreams for a normal post-war life.

LICKS

by Jonathan Singer-Vine
8:30pm
Running Time: 97min
Country: USA
‘LICKS’ follows the story of a young man, D, as he returns to his Oakland neighborhood after two years served in prison for a botched robbery. In the days after his release.

BLACK GIRLS CODE

by Shanice Johnson
Playing With: Licks
Running Time: 16min
Country: USA
Black Girls Code will change the world. Spearheaded by Kimberly Bryant, this is an organization based towards pushing forth the notion that little girls of color ( Black, Latino, Native American, Asian- American) can too move a nation, they will change the world . By building robots, creating websites and participating in science experiments – these girls are going headfirst into the fields of technology. These young girls are our future pioneers.

POKOU

by Kan Souffle
12:00pm
Running Time: 65min
Country: Ivory Coast
In the eighteenth century, in the kingdom of Ashanti which covers two-thirds of the current Ghana, lived the Princess Abla Poku. As a very influential advisor of the king Opokou Ware Advisor, she is opposed to war. Poku is a serious obstacle on the path of the old warrior Kongouê Bian, a follower of witchcraft. Power-hungry, he attempts a putsch against the king, his best friend, and gets rid of the legitimate heir to the throne. Poku, thanks to her charisma and her mystical powers, manages to avoid a war between pro Ashanti and those opposed to the regime imposed by Kongouê Bian. She prefers exile to confrontation. Kongouê Bian dashes in her pursuit. He is determined to prevent the prophecy that someday a woman will lead a new kingdom as powerful as the Ashantiʼs to come true.

LES PETITS PRINCES

by Vianney Lebasque
1:45pm
Running Time: 90min
Country: France
JB prodigy 16 years, is the latest to join the training center where the highest hopes football evolve. Between friendship, competition, rivalry and his attraction to Lila, a passionate girl street art, JB will have to fight despite the dark secret that could prevent it from achieving his dream.

NARCISSUS

by Dovile Gasiunaite
4:30pm
Running Time: 95min
Country: Lithuania
Narcissus (from Greek Narkissos) shares the root nark- with narcosis and narcotic. All these words have the same origin in the verb narkaō – to intoxicate through a strong smell. In the modern interpretation of the antique myth Teodore is a handsome and multiply gifted string quartet cello player, who knows his own value. He draws people in, but ends up hurting them, yet he is impossible to resist. Teodore abandons his family, career, and friends in his quest for a true challenge. He has yet to find out that his greatest confrontation will be with himself.
(Featuring Q&A)

ICARUS DOWN

by Paul Nicoletos
Playing With: Narcissus
Running Time: 11min
Country: USA
In the distant future, Defense Space Craft ICARUS must escort a stranger named Draynar, carrying a mysterious case to a space station in the dangerous Epsilon 13 galaxy. All hell breaks loose when Icarus is shot down and forced to crash in an unknown planet. Captain Althenia Torla faces the destruction of Icarus, the death of her husband the fatally wounded Lieutenant Orrin and the danger Draynar poses. Thus unfolds a poignant, riveting story about survival, space and love.

NAIROBI HALF LIFE

by Tosh Gitonga
7:15pm
Running Time: 96min
Country: Kenya
A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming a success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi: the city of opportunity.
Featuring Q&A/Out of Competition

A COEUR OUVERT

by Ayekoro Kossou
Running Time: 16min
Country: France
Aissa and Georges, a bi-racial couple must face the realities of their immediate social environment. Martha, Georges’ mother has difficulty accepting his relationship and tries by all means to discourage him. Against all odds, an event is going to change their destinies.

BLACK WITH SUGAR

by Vincent Konings
Running Time: 11min
Country: The Netherlands
Friendships are spiralling into a dangerous fall when Arthur’s girlfriend, Emma, cheats with Arthur’s best friend Yves. Arthur seeks revenge and confronts them during an intimate night at a highway hotel. Will Arthur overcome his pride and retain his love and friendship?

ABIRA

by Lena Zimmer
Running Time: 42 min
Country: Germany, Thailand
A teenager tries to survive in the streets of Abira, Thailand.