What you should watch at MAMI

The Fifth Estate by Bill Condon Producer: Steve Golin, Michael Sugar Screenplay: Based on the book Inside Wikileaks and the Guardian book Wikileaks Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Anthony Mackie, David Thewlis A dramatic thriller based on real events, The Fifth Estate reveals the quest to expose the deceptions and corruptions of power that turned an Internet upstart into the 21st century's most fiercely debated organisation. Drawing on Domscheit-Berg's memoir Inside WikiLeaks as well as a 2011 exposé by British journalists David Leigh and Luke Harding, screenwriter Josh Singer chronicles the friendship that underpinned the whistleblower organisation's formative feats of information activism (targeting entities including Swiss private bank Julius Baer, the Church of Scientology, and the British National Party) that would end in acrimonious estrangement following WikiLeaks' publication of nearly 750,000 United States military logs and diplomatic cables — the largest leak of official secrets in American history.

The Butler by Lee Daniels Producer: Lee Daniels, CassianElwes, Buddy Patrick, LauraZiskin Screenplay: Will Haygood (article), Danny Strong Director of Photography: Andrew Dunn Editor: Joe KlotzMusic: Rodrigo Leão Cast: Forest Whitaker, David Banner, Michael Rainer Jr., LaJessie Smith, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave The American historical drama is loosely based on the life of Eugene Allen. African-American Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the WhiteHouse, witnessing the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events that affect this man's life, family, and American society.

Inside Lelwyn Davis by Ethan and Joel Coen Producer: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, ScottRudin Screenplay: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Director of Photography: Bruno Delbonnel Editor: Roderick Jaynes Music: T Bone Burnett Cast: Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Oscar Isaac A week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, some of them of his own making.

Blue is the Warmest colour by Abdellatif Kechiche Producer: Vincent Maraval, Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua Screenplay: Julie Maroh (graphic novel), AbdellatifKechiche and GhaliaLacroix Director of Photography: Sofian El Fani Editor: Camille Toubkis, Albertine Lastera, Ghalia Lacroix, Jean-Marie Lengelle, Sophie Brunet Cast: LéaSeydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos Adèle is a sensitive fifteen-year-old student when we first meet her. She is, essentially, an ordinary kid, until she realizes that her sexual desires turn more towards her own gender than the boys who ask her out. After meeting a blue-haired stranger, the confident and assertive Emma, Adèle soon finds herself tentatively visiting gay bars, and, shortly thereafter, wrapped in the arms and legs of her new lover, enjoying the delights of first love. As Adèle and Emma move beyond their high-school years and move in together, they discover the complications of a more mature relationship.

Gloria by Sebastián Lelio Producer: Juande Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Luis Collar, Jorge Moreno Screenplay: SebastiánLelio, Gonzalo Maza Director of Photography: BenjamínEchazaretta Editor: Soledad Salfate, SebastiánLelio Cast: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Coca Guazzini, Antonia Santa María After her children leave her, 58-year- old Gloria has no desire to spend her days and nights alone. To make up for this emptiness, she rushes head- long into a series of singles’ night parties. Her futile attempts end when she meets Rodolfo,a 65 year- old divorcee, who is obsessed with her. His dependence on his ex-wife and children force Gloria to engage with her age and reality.

The Selfish Giant by Clio Barnard Producer: Tracy O ́Riordan Screenplay: Clio BarnardDirector of Photography: Mike Eley Editor: Nick Fenton Music: Harry EscottCast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder Young Arbor and his best friend Swifty are excluded by the children in their school and treated as outsiders in their own neighbourhood. When the two boys meet Kitten, a local scrap dealer, they begin working for him as scrap collectors using a horse and cart. However, Kitten begins to favor Swifty over Arbor, driving a wedge between the boys.

The Rocket by Kim Mordaunt Producer: Sylvia WilczynskiStory: Kim Mordaunt Screenplay: Kim Mordaunt Director of Photography: Andrew Commis Editor: Nick Meyers Music: Caitlin YeoCast: SitthiphonDisamoe, LoungnamKoisainam, ThepPhongam, BunsriYindi, SumritWarin, Alice Keohavang Laos: A boy (Ahlo, 10), who is believed to bring bad luck, is blamed for a string of disasters. When his family loses their home and are forced to move, Ahlo meets the spirited orphan Kia (9) and her eccentric uncle Purple: an ex- soldier with a purple suit, a rice-wine habit and a fetish for James Brown. Struggling to hang on to his father's trust, Ahlo leads his family, Purple and Kia through a land scarred by war in search of a new home. But bad luck seems to follow Ahlo, and in a last plea to prove he's not cursed, Ahlo builds a giant explosive rocket to enter the most lucrative but dangerous competition of the year: The Rocket Festival. As the most bombed country in the world shoots back at the sky, a boy reaches out to the heavens for forgiveness.

Don Jon by Joseph Gordon-Levitt Producer: Ram Bergman, Nicolas Chartier Screenplay: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Director of Photography: Thomas Kloss Editor: Lauren Zuckerman Music: Nathan Johnson Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore Jon Martello Jr., is a bartender in New Jersey. The phantasmatic pleasure he derives from internet porn far surpasses his encounters with real women. That is, until he meets sassy Barbara Sugarman who proves a rare challenge to his powers of seduction.

Le Passe (The Past) by Asghar Farhadi Producer: Alexandre Mallet-Guy Screenplay: AsgharFarhadi, MasoumehLahidji (adaptation) Director of Photography: Mahmoud Kalari Editor: Juliette WelflingMusic: YouliGalperine, EvgueniGalperine Cast: BereniceBejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet, ElyesAguis, Jeanne Jestin Ahmad deserts his French wife Marie and two children to return to his homeland. After four years he returns to Paris from Tehran to finalise his divorce. During his brief stay, Ahmad discovers the conflicting nature of Marie’s relationship with her daughter Lucie. Ahmad’s efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.

Qissa by Anup Singh Producer: Johannes Rexin, Bettina Brokemper Screenplay: Anup Singh Director of Photography: Sebastian Edschmid editor: Bernd Euscher Music: BéatriceThiriet Co-Producer: Nina Lath Gupta, Bero Beyer, Thierry Lenouvel Cast: Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome Set in post-colonial India, Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh, who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of Partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate, he builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; where individual ambition and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.