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WEDNESDAY 13 NOVEMBER
Ireland 2019
88 mins
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 4 — A PLACE IN THE WORLD
12:45 | GATE
As It Is On Earth (Cosi in terra) Pier Lorenzo Pisano Au Revoir Paris Coralie Majouga
Hard, Cracked the Wind Mark Jenkin
Lauretta Máté Brauner
The Midsummer’s Voice (Dao Cang) Yudi Zhang I’m No Holiday Rick Gomez
For full details, see p. 94
IRISH SHORTS 3 —
FRIENDS, FAMILIES & OTHER STRANGERS
15:30 | GATE
Evergreen Dominic Curran
In the Narrow Shade of a Pen Taro Madden Just Fine Ciarán Hickey
The Owl Neil Winterlich
Limbo Matthew McGuigan
The Space Between Us Elaine Kennedy
For full details, see p. 91
ABOU LEILA
Amin Sidi-Boumédiène
17:45 | GATE
SHORTS
Various 2019
107 mins
SHORTS
Algeria, France, Qatar 2019
Photo: © Djamel Kadi
140 mins Subtitled
Civil war consumes Algeria in 1994. Lofti (Lyès Salem) and S (Slimane Benouari), two friends from childhood, hit the road out of Algiers
on the trail of Abou Leila, a terrorist on the run. Yet the further they get from the city, the more apparent the fragility of S’s mental state becomes, as does Lofti’s ulterior motive of protecting his friend from witnessing further bloodshed. As their quest brings them deep into the Sahara, the duo’s nightmares become more surreal, their grip on reality ever more tenuous. Amin Sidi-Boumédiène’s stunning debut feature is a vivid cinematic vision boldly exploring the impact of violence on the human psyche. MH
Official Selection, Cannes Critics’ Week, 2019
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