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MCDistribution
Aims to promote and distribute Arab and Internationalindependent cinema in the Middle East and North
Africa. Working closely with the Metropolis Association,MC DISTRIBUTION releases most of its films at the
Metropolis Cinema in Lebanon and othertheaters in the region.
Contacts:
Sarah Hindireleases@mcdistribution.me
MC DISTRIBUTION
GHADA EL EID HEAVEN WITHOUT PEOPLE By Lucien Bourjeily
With Farah Shaer, Wissam Boutrous, Toni Habib, Jenny Gebara, Hussein Hijazi, Ghassan Chemali, Etafar Aweke, Nancy Karam, Jean El Hage, Laeticia Semaan, Nadim Abou Samra, Samira Sarkis, Mohamad Abbas
Lebanon | Fiction | 2017 | 91’
Josephine, the matriarch of a sprawling family is delighted to gather everyone for Easter lunch for the first time in two years. While they all share a joyful meal, an incident ignites underlying tensions between the family members and leads them gradually into chaos.
BEAUTY AND THE DOGS ALAA KAF IFRITBy Kaouther Ben Hania
With Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrilli, Mohamed Akkari
Tunisia, France, Sweden, Lebanon | Fiction | 2017 | 100’| Arabic
Mariam just wanted to enjoy the night, whena tragic event occurs. Despite the trauma, the pretty Tunisian student is determined to go to the police. But what can be done when your perpetrator is your only chance?
Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival 2017
WAJIBBy Annemarie Jacir
With Saleh Bakri, Mouhammad Bakri
France, Palestine | Fiction | 2017 | 97’ | Arabic
Shadi has returned to his hometown of Nazareth after years abroad to help his father hand-deliver his sister’s wedding invitations, as per local Palestinian custom. As the estranged pair spend the day together going house-to-house to deliver the invitations, the tense details of their relationship come to a head challenging their fragile and very different lives.
ONE OF THESE DAYSBy Nadim Tabet
With Manal lssa, Yumna Marwan, Panos Aprahamian, Nicolas Cardahi
Lebanon, Qatar I Fiction I 2017 I 80’ I Arabic
Beirut, on an autumn day. The city is on the edge of chaos, but for Maya, Tarek, Yasmina and Rami, aged between 17 and22 years old, it is just an ordinary day during which they question themselves about sex, love and night time hanging out.
THE TRAVELLERBy Hadi Ghandour
With Rodrigue Sleiman, Donia Eden, Aïda Sabra
France, Lebanon I 1h40 I Fiction
Adnan, a travel agent in a small Lebanese village, has always dreamed of travelling the world, but never had to chance to leave his country. Married, with a child, he lives with this fantasy until the day his boss sends him to Paris for business. And so Adnan’s dream begins.
LOOKING FOR OUM KOULTHOUMBy Shirin Neshat
With Neda Rahmanian, Yasmin Roes, Kais Nashef, Me-hdi Moinzadeh, Nour Gmar
German, Austrian,Moroccan,Italian I Fiction I 2017 I length I Arabic, Farsi, English
Iranian born director Mitra›s new project is about the iconic Egyptian singer Oum Koulthoum. In the course of the production in Morocco,she faces many difficulties, and understands that she overreached by trying to make the grande dame her role model as a woman who made it in a men›s world. When her son disappears back in Teheran, she has to make a choice between art and life- or can she reconcile them both? A source of solace is the beauty of Oum Koulthoum›s music.
FÉLICITÉBy Alain Gomis
With Gaetan Claudia, Papi Mpaka
France | Belgium | Senegal | Germany | Lebanon | 2h09 | Fiction
Félicité sings in a bar in Kinshasa. When her -14year-old son has a motorcycle accident, she goes on a frantic search through the streets of Kinshasa, a world of music and dreams. And her path crosses that of Tabu.
MAHBAS SOLITAIREBy Sophie Boutros
With Julia Kassar- Ali El Khalil- Bassam Kousso Betly Taoutel- Jaber Jokhadar
Lebanon,Jordan, Egypt I Fiction I 2016 I 92 ’I Arabic
20 years past the Lebanese-Syrian war, still Therese didn’t get over her brother›s death by a Syrian bomb.Today her only daughter is getting engaged. Only when the suitor and his parents are ather doorstep, she discovers they are from Syria.
Selected, in Arabian nights section,2016 Dubai International Film Festival
MIMOSASBy Oliver Laxe
With Ahmed Hammoud,Shakib Ben Omar, AbdelatifHwidar
Qatar,Spain,Morocco, France I Fiction I 2016 I 93’I Arabic
A caravan escorts an elderly and dying Sheikh through the Moroccan Atlas. His last wish is to be buried with his dosed ones. But death does not wait. SaÏd and Ahmed, two rogues travelling with the caravan, say they know the way and promise to take the corpse to its destiny.
Winner,Grand prix Nespresso, 2016 Cannes Film Festival
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY RAED ANDONI IN COPRODUCTION WITH RTS SUPPORTED BY THE DOHA FILM INSTITUTE WITH RAMZI MAQDISI MOHAMMED KHATTAB AND
RAED ANDONI DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY CAMILLE COTTAGNOUD ANIMATION LUC PEREZ EDITOR GLADYS JOUJOU SOUND DESIGNER NICOLAS BECKER
SOUND MIXER FRANÇOIS MUSY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER PALMYRE BADINIER PRODUCED BY NICOLAS WADIMOFF PHILIPPE COEYTAUX AND RAED ANDONI
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«A DARING AND SHOCKING FILM, MADE WITH FINE CINEMATIC JUDGEMENT.»
KEN LOACH
A FILM BY RAED ANDONIGHOST HUNTINGBy Raed Andoni
With Ramzi Maqdisi, Mohammad “Abu Atta” Khattab, Raed Andoni
Palestine I France I Switzerl and Qatar I 2017 I 94 min I Color I Arabic with English subtitles I DCP
As a result of being jailed in the Shin Bet’s Al-Moskobiya investigation centre at the age of 18, vvhe cannot determine as real or imagined. In order to confront the ghosts that haunt him, he decides to try to rebuild that mysterious place. Responding to a job announcement that seeks ex-inmates of Al-Moskobiya, a large group gathers in an empty yard. Together, they start a journey in which they rediscover the shape of their old prison and attempt to re-enact their story.
JUSTE LA FIN DU MONDEBy Xavier Dolan
With Gaspard Ulliel, Vincent Cassel, Nathalie Baye, LéaSeydoux, Marion Cotillard
Canada, France|Fiction|2016 |97’| French
Louis, a terminally ill writer, returns home after a long absence to tell his family that he is dying.
Winner, Grand Jury Prize and Ecumenical Jury Prize, 2016 Cannes Film Festival.
TONI ERDMANNBy Maren Ade
With Peter Simonischek, Sandra Hüller
Germany, Austria | Fiction | 2016 | 162’ | German,English, Romanian
Practical joker Winfried disguises himself as flashy “Toni Erdmann” to get busy Ines’ attention and change her corporate lifestyle. The father-daughter challenge reaches absurd proportions until Ines begins to see that her eccentric father deserves a place in her life…
Winner, FIPRESCI Prize, 2016 Cannes Film Festival 2016Germany’s official submission for the 89th Oscars edition for Best Foreign Language Film
RABIH TRAMONTANEBy Vatche Boulghourjian
With Barakat Jabbour, Julia Kassar, Toufic Barakat
Lebanon|Fiction|2016|105’|Arabic
Rabih, a blind musician searches for his origins in a land where people cannot retell their own past.
Winner, Grand Rail d’Or, 2016 Cannes Film FestivalOfficial selection, Muhr Awards, 2016 Dubai International Film Festival
ALBüMBy Mehmet Can Mertoglu
With Sebnem Bozoklu,Murat Kili<;,Muttalip Mujdeci
Turkey, France, Romania I Fiction I 2016 I 105’ I Turkish A couple in their late 30’s sets out to prepare a fake photo album of a pseudo pregnancy period in order to prove their biological tie to the baby they’re planning to adopt.
Winner, France 4 Visionary Award, 2016 Cannes Film FestivalNominated, Critics Week Grand prize ond Golden Camera, 2016
PLANETARIUMBy Rebecca Zlotowski
With Natalie Portman, Lily-Rose Depp, Emmanuel Salinger
France|Fiction|2015|108’|French, English
Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.
FIRE AT SEABy Gianfranco Rosi
With Pietro Bartolo, Samuele Pucillo, Samuele Caruana
Italy, France|2016 |1h54|Documentary | Italian
An island halfway between Sicily and Libya has become the vortex of Europe’s immigration struggles, as observed in this documentary on Lampedusa, where more than 150,000 Africanseach year make their first contact with European soil.
Golden Bear winner , Berlin Festival 2016
AS I OPEN MY EYES - À PEINE J’OUVRE LES YEUXBy Leyla Bouzid
With Baya Medhaffer, Ghalia Benali, Montassar Ayari
France, Tunisia, Belgium|Fiction|2015|106’|Arabic
Tunis, summer 2010, a few months before the Revolution: Farah has just graduated and her family already sees her as a future doctor. But she discovers love and her city by night against the will of her mother Hayet, who knows Tunisia and its dangers too well.
Winner, Best Fiction Feature, 2015 Dubai International Film FestivalWinner, Label Europa cinemas, 2015 Venice Film Festival
REVENGEANCEBy Bill Plympton and Jim Lujan
With Robert Lujan, Charley Rossman, John Holderried
A low-rent bounty hunter named Rod Rosse “The One Man Posse” gets entangled in a web of danger when he is hired by U.S. Senator “Deathface” to find the girl who stole a package.
Selected, 2016 London International Animation FestivalNominated, Best Animated Feature Film, 2016 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
MUSTANGBy Deniz Gamze Ergüven
With Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Tugba Sun-gurogluTurkey, France, Germany| Fiction|2015|97’| TurkishEarly summer. In a village in northern Turkey, Lale and her four sisters are walking home from school, playing innocently with some boys. The immorality of their play sets off a scandal that has unexpected consequences. The family home is progressively transformed into a prison; instruction in homemaking replaces school and marriages start being arranged. The five sisters, who share a common passion for freedom, find ways of getting around the constraints imposed on them.
Nominated, Best Foreign Language Film of the Year, 2016 Academy Awards Winner of 5 Cesar Awards 2016
DOFUSBy Anthony Roux, Jean-Jacques Denis
With Sauvane Delanoe, Emmanuel Gradi, LaetitiaLefebvre
France|Animation|2015|107’|French
Joris, age 10 lives in Bonta with his adoptive father. Along with his friends and new allies, he will discover his link to the Dofus and attempt to save the city from an evil witch.
Annecy Animation Film Festival 2015
MARGUERITEBy Xavier Giannoli
With Catherine Frot, André Marcon, Michel Fau
France|Fiction|2015|129’|French
Paris, 1920s. Marguerite Dumont, a wealthy lover of the opera, likes to sing for her friends even though she’s a terrible singer.To shield her from this truth, her husband and entourage have kept her fantasy for many years. But what happens when she decides to perform in front of a real audience…
Winner of 4 Cesar Awards 2016Winner, Grand Prize of the Jury, 2016 Cannes Film Festival
YALLAH! UNDERGROUNDBy Farid Eslam
Featured artists: Zeid Hamdan, Tamer Abou Ghazaleh,Marc Codsi, Mayaline Hage, Maii Waleed Yassin
Lebanon|Documentary|2015|85’|Arabic
Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab underground culture from 2009 to 2013 and documents their work, dreams and fears in a time of great change for Arab societies.
Winner, Best Documentary Feature, 2016 Chicago International Movies and Music FestivalWinner, Hessian Film Award, 2015 Hessian Film Award
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