Thursday December 2^nd

'FESTIVAL OPENING' SHORT AND FEATURE FILMS

All Afternoon film screenings include Q & A on stage with director and film cast.

1:30 (13H30) 'OPEN PRESS CALL' AT THE ART NOVO PRESS LOUNGE!

'CINEMA ANGELS GIVE A TOY' Announced by Festival Director - ROSANA GOLDEN, tied in with French Actress - CELYNE DURAND - French Artist-Painter - SYLVANA GAINIER.

2:30 PM (14H30) 'World Premiere' 'DOINA' short film (Romania), drama, 16 min.
Doina is a teenager from a small Romanian Village, whose big passion is music. She has a great talent and supported by her teacher she trains for a very important international piano selection, which could be fundamental for her future.
Writer/Director - Nikolas Grasso, Producer- Dan Lupu, Cinematographer- Daniel Serbanica, Music - Gheorghe Zamfir, Actors - (Doina) Mariana Preda, (Ana) Maria Dinulescu, cast & director attending.

2:50 PM (14H50) '‘Monaco Premiere' 'ATROZ' short animated film (Spain), 10 min
Atroz (Awful) is a worn out teddy bear whose owner is Luna, a little girl who has taken him as her best and most loyal friend.
Director - Francisco Álvarez,, Executive Producer - F. Álvarez & Álvaro Ibáñez, Sound - Samuel Peñas - Sergio Varona, Script - Alberto J.J. Ramos, Original Idea - Celia Arroyo, Crew attending.

3:00PM (15H00) 'European Premiere' 'SOUNDS OF BEIRUT' feature documentary film (USA, Lebanon), 62 min.
Multi award winner, filmed in Lebanon weeks after a major armed conflict that nearly cast the country back into civil war as militias battled on the streets of Beirut. The film explores the upbeat atmosphere in Beirut and it’s music scene, which is vibrant and diverse in spite of the city's troubled past and uncertain future.
“Thesis of the Year”California State University, Northridge. Writer/Director/Producer and Cinematographer - Seth Koury, director attending.

4.00 PM (16H00) 'MC Premiere' 'I WISH' short film (Spain), drama, 3 min.
Moses, a homeless man who lives in the streets of San Francisco, tries unsuccessfully to convince people to give him some spare coins. In spite of everything, Moses does not lose his optimism and determination.
Director - Martin Rosete, Writer - Francisco Guijarro, Producers - Francisco Guijarro - Jose Martin - Jose Mateo, Cinematographer - Pedro Ávila, Music - Jordi Cirbian, Cast - Moses Corbins Homeless! Producers attending.

4:10 PM (16H10) 'World Premiere 'THE HAPPY LIFE' short animation film (Greece), 7 min.
Α cartoonist - His wife - His cartoon - The happy life!
Writer/Director/Producer - Minos Nikolakakis, Music - Marios Strofalis, Art director - Nikos Politis, Director attending.

4.30 PM (16H30) 'World Premiere' 'SO WHAT DOES YOUR MP DO?' feature documentary film (UK), 62 min.
MPs, love them or hate them, sometimes they’re all we’ve got.
In this strictly non partisan film we observe the work of a British Member of Parliament from September 2009 to May 2010 when he becomes a Minister in the new Coalition Government. The film gives a real flavour of the extraordinary range of problems and issues MPs have to grapple with, as "representatives of the people".
Writer/Director/producer - Claude Green. And Special Thanks to Member of Parliament Ed Davey.

5.40 PM - AFTERNOON BREAK – Time to get a bite and change for RED CARPET GALA EVENING EVENTS AND GALA EVENING PARTY!

RED CARPET EVENING FILM SCREENING

Director /Cast attending Q & A (question & answer on stage), at the end of each film shown.

8:00 PM (20H00) 'European Premiere' 'SIMON SEZ - The Making of The European Championships' short film (UK), 15 min.
In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympics, Her Majesty The Queen graciously has agreed to host The European Championships in Show-jumping and Dressage, on the private grounds of her favourite Castle Balmoral. And the man to whom she has entrusted this responsibility must deliver a great display of tradition, pageantry, and grandeur, all under the weight of his father's memory, his Country, and his Queen.
Director - Paul Petersen, Executive Producer - Patricia Applegate, Camera - Tamara Sumner Petersen, Cast: Simon & Nicholas Brooks Ward - Michael Tucker - Colonel David Luck - Major Malcolm Wallace. With Very Special Thanks To: Her Majesty The Queen.

8:20 PM (20H20) 'Monaco/France Premiere' 'ALL THE WAY UP' short film (UK), drama, 17 min.
One lift, one man, one life changing decision.
Charlie Norton is a successful businessman living in his perfect world. On entering the lift of the prestigious Queens hotel, he is confronted by the bellboy and a life changing decision!
Director - Sir David Jason, Writer/Producer - Ben Sweet, Producer - Shane Hamill, Cinematographer - Tony Coldwel, Music Composer - Ray Russell, Cast-Actors: Charlie Norton - Adrian Dunbar, Bellboy - Lee Ingelby, Charlie's Wife - Lucy Chalkley Flower Seller - Tony Mooney, Hotel Manager - Chris Chittell, Mistress - Iona Thonger, Kate Norton – Kids- Isabella & Bene-Hamill. Cast/Crew attending.

GALA 'EUROPEAN PREMIERE' SCREENING

8.45 PM (20H45) 'IMMIGRATION TANGO' feature film (USA) comedy, 90 min. "An American couple and a foreign couple test the limits of friendship and love when they switch partners and get married for green cards." Starring Carlos Leon, Elika Portnoy. Award Winning Director - David Burton Morris, Cinematography - Angel Barroeta - Taylor Gentry, Original Music - Pray for Rain (as Dan Wool) & Dean Bentley in (Call it Love). Main Actors: Carlos Leon - McCaleb Burnett - Ashley Wolfe - Elika Portnoy - Avery Sommers - Steven DuMouchel - Beth Glover. Cast/Crew attending.

...PARTY - PARTY - PARTY...

10:40 PM (22H40) 'OPENING GALA EVENING'