The Quinzaine kicks off on 14 May and runs until 24 May. Peace to Us in Our Dreams produced by Studija Kinema is the eighth feature from Bartas. The film follows a family weekend that goes badly wrong. Bartas is no stranger in Cannes with his 1996 the film Few of Us screening in Un Certain Regard and his drama The House screening in the same programme in 1997. In 2005 his film Seven Invisible Men also produced by Studija Kinema screened in Quinzaine des Realisateurs.
The Here After, which is a feature directorial debut for the Swedish writer and director von Horn, is a story of a man’s torment after serving time for the murder of his girlfriend starring Ulrik Munther. Von Horn was born in Göteborg, Sweden and finished the Polish National Film School in Lodz and has an MA in film directing. He lives in Warsaw and The Here After is his first feature film. The film is coproduced in Poland by Lava Films.
Quinzaine des Réalisateurs programme line-up
Opening Film
In the Shadow of Women (France)
Directed by Philippe Garrel
Allende, mi abuelo Allende (Chile, Mexico)
Directed by Marcia Tambutti
Arabian Nights (Portugal)
Directed by Miguel Gomes
The Brand New Testament ( Luxembourg, France, Belgium)
Directed by Jaco Van Dormael
The Cowboys (France)
Thomas Bidegain
Embrace of the Serpent (Colombia,Venezuela,Argentina)
Directed by Ciro Guerra
Fatima (France)
Directed by Philippe Faucon
My Golden Years (France)
Directed by Arnaud Desplechin
Green Room (USA.)
Directed by Jeremy Saulnier
The Here After (France, Poland, Sweden)
Directed by Magnus von Horn
Coproduced by Lavafilms
Supported by the Polish Film Institute
Much Loved (Morocco, France)
Directed by Nabil Ayouch
Mustang (France)
Directed by Deniz Gamze Erguven
Peace to Us in Our Dreams (Lithuania, France, Russia)
Directed by Sharunas Bartas
Produced by Studija Kinema (Lithuania)
Coproduced by KinoElektron (France) and Lookfilm (Russia)
Sales: NDM Ventas Internacionales
Supported by the Lithuanian Film Centre
A Perfect Day (Spain)
Directed by Fernanda Leon de Aranoa
Songs My Brothers Taught Me (USA)
Directed by Chloe Zhao
Special Screening
Yakuza Apocalypse: The Great War of the Underworld (Japan)
Directed by Takashi Miike
Closing Film
Dope (USA).
Directed by Rich Famuyiwa
Short Films
Blue Thunder
Directed by Jean-Marc E. Roy and Philippe David Gagné
Calme ta joie
Directed by Emmanuel Laskar
The Broken Past
Directed by Martín Morgenfeld and Sebastián Schjaer
Kung Fury
Directed by David Sandberg
Pitchoune
Directed by Reda Kateb
Trials, Exorcisms
Directed by Susana Nobre
Pueblo
Directed by Elena Lopez Riera
A Few Secondes
Directed by Nora El Hourch
Backyard
Directed by André Novais Oliveira
Rate Me
Directed by Fyzal Boulifa
The Exquisite Corpus
Directed by Peter Tscherkassky