Film programme 2018

Elsewhere (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Samuel Matteau

Canada, 2017, 98 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

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The disarming story of a young man, from the night he agrees to run away from his affluent suburban home in Quebec City to save his best friend Samu. The two fifteen-year-old runaways are soon frantically evading police and adults. When they meet a group of young orphans living in an inner-city cave, their friendship is sorely tested. The journey from adolescence to adulthood, the discovery of love, freedom and the experience of resilience will not be smooth sailing.

Village Rockstars (2017)

Section: Panorama

Directed by: Rima Das

India, 2017, 78 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 5

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Ten year-old Dhunu lives in a remote village in Assam, India, amidst raging deprivation. She is a free spirit, while her widowed mother struggles daily to put food on the table and raise her children. But this doesn't prevent her from having dreams, like owning a guitar for the tiny band she wants to put together with some local boys, the 'Village Rockstars'. Dhunu considers herself to be as capable as guys her age. When the boys eventually relinquish their dream, Dhunu refuses to give up on her ambition to own a guitar.