june 25 | 17:00h
2016: Academy Awards: Nominated for Best Sound Mixing & Visual Effects
2016: BAFTA Awards: 2 nominations, including Best Visual Effects
Synopsis
Jyn Erso, a Rebellion soldier and criminal, is about to experience her biggest challenge yet when Mon Mothma sets her out on a mission to steal the plans for the Death Star. With the aid of the Rebels, a master swordsman, and non-allied forces, Jyn will be in for something bigger than she thinks.
june 25 | 22:15h
2016: Golden Globes: Best Supp. Actor (Taylor-Johnson).
2016: Venice Film Festival: Official Selection
Synopsis
A “story inside a story,” in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called “Nocturnal Animals,” which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.
june 26 | 18:00h
Synopsis
A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family’s farm in West Texas. In a story where the Old West meets the New West, two brothers – Toby (Chris Pine), a straight-laced and divorced father trying to provide for his son, and Tanner (Ben Foster), a short-tempered ex-con – rob branch after branch of the bank that’s foreclosing their family land. The pair seem to be getting away with their calculated crimes until they reach the radar of a foul-mouthed Texas Ranger (Jeff Bridges), who’s determined to crack one last case before he retires.
june 26 | 22:00h
2016: César Awards: Best Foreign Film
2016: Cannes Film Festival: Palme d’Or – Best Film
Synopsis
A middle aged carpenter who requires state welfare after injuring himself, and is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
june 27 | 22:00h
2016: Sitges Film Festival: Best Actress (Sennia Nanua)
Synopsis
A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
june 28 | 22:00h
2016: Academy Awards: 3 Nominations including Best Picture & Supp. Actress (Spencer)
2016: BAFTA Awards: Nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay
Synopsis
Hidden Figures tells the incredible untold story of Katherine G. Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monáe), three brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanized the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.
june 29 | 22:00h
2016: Academy Awards: 6 Nominations including Best Picture & Supp Actor (Patel)
2016: Golden Globes: 4 Nominations including Best Picture-Drama
2016: BAFTA Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay & Supporting Actor (Patel).
Synopsis
Based on the true story of five-year-old Indian boy Saroo, who gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
june 30 | 17:30h
2016: Venice Film Festival: Best Actor (Oscar Martínez); Nominated for Best Film
2016: Goya Awards: Best Spanish-American Film
Synopsis
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worse idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels!
june 30 | 22:00h
Sitges Film Festival: Audience Award
Synopsis
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to elope with him, rob her of her fortune, and lock her up in a madhouse. The plan seems to proceed according to plan until Sookee and Hideko discover some unexpected emotions.
