18:30
A creatively made docu-drama by Keith Maitland that details through eye-witness accounts of the University of Texas at Austin mass shooting in August 1966. One of the first events of its kind in the United States, a sniper killed 16 people and injured two dozen and held the campus hostage for some 96 minutes. Maitland uses archive footage which he has animated, and actors to give voice to the witness accounts, to create a film packed with tension and emotional punch.
In English
Venue: Cinémathèque, Luxembourg Centre
19:00
The latest film by acclaimed British director Ben Wheatley is “bold, breathless and wickedly fun”. Set entirely in a Boston warehouse in the 1970s during black-market weapons deal, the film unfolds into a free for all gun fight. Comparisons to Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs” are inevitable. Brie Larson and Cillian Murphy are among the cast.
In English
Venue: Utopia, Luxembourg-Limpertsberg
20:30
Bulgarian film makers Tzanko Petrov in Kristina Grozeva won the Grand Prix at the festival two years ago with their film “The Lesson”. They return with “Glory”, a political drama that again focuses on the tragedy of the everyday as ordinary people struggle to do the right thing and find dignity in adversity. It stars Stefan Denolyubov as a railway worker who find a large sum of money and hands it in to the authorities. He is portrayed for political purposes as a hero by manipulative ministry PR chief, played by Margita Gosheva (the star of “The Lesson”) and then things get out of hand..
In Bulgarian (English subtitles)
Venue: Cinémathèque, Luxembourg Centre
21:00
Tutti a casa – Power to the People?
Lise Birk Pedersen’s documentary follows the rise of comedian Beppe Grillo’s protest movement “Movimento 5 Stelle” in 2013 as he challenges the Berlusconi government. An intimate portrait of four senators and Movimento's first years in politics, the film has an immediate feel to it, and is relevant today as populist movements continue to challenge the role of traditional politics.
In Italian (English subtitles)
Venue: Utopia, Luxembourg-Limpertsberg