16^th THE ANGEL FILM AWARDS - Monaco International Film Festival

ART NOVO THEATRE - NOVOTEL - MONTE-CARLO

Tuesday 4th December - Day 2 Official Selection Screenings

Festival – Official Line-Up – Daytime & Evening Screenings - Question and Answer session with the Filmmaker & Crew or Cast members

15:00 'Monaco Premiere' "RUN THROUGH RAINBOW BRIDGES" Drama/Romance (Japan) (56:10)

Written, Directed & Editing by Eri Tsukimoto; DB/Cinematographer: Eri Tsukimoto; Original Music by Eri Tsukimoto

Starring: Masakazu Nishimura (Yukiharu ); Kaoru Fujiki (Sayaka) ; Eri Tsukimoto (Mika); Hikari Aoi (Yumi); Gao Ogawa ( Mysterious Old Man)

Storyline: 26 years Yukiharu lost his fiancée Mika by a traffic accident 9 months ago. A woman Sayaka who secretly likes Yukiharu since their high school encourages him by imitating Mika. On Christmas Eve, unexpected things happen to Yukiharu in Odaiba where he promised something to Mica. (Director, Producer attending)

16:00 'World Premiere' "SOLDIERS WITH NO NAME" Drama (UK) (10:36 min)

‘Based on a true story of the life's of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore’

Directed & Produced by Daya Doods; Written by Zoe Carroll; DP/Cinematographer: Adrien Brauge; Original Music: Stratis Steele; Editing: Robert Delaney

Starring: Zoe Carroll; Rayanna Dibs; Philip Andrew; Chris Bearne

Storyline: Two step sisters/lovers distributed anti-Nazi propaganda while living on the island of Jersey during the occupation in WW2. (Director & Cast attending)

16:15 'European Premiere' "SU - WATER" (Drama) (Kazakhstan) (19:17 min)

Written & Directed by Aizhan Kassymbek; Producer: Diana Ashimova; DP/Cinematographer: Alibek Amerzhanov, Aigul Nurbulatova, Kuanysh Kurmanbayev, Rafael Abuzarov, Zhanbolat Adilbayev; Editor: Alibek Amerzhanov, Timur Nurdaulet; Original Music: Robert Ziganshin, Gali-Jean Dosmagambet

Starring: Yerbolat Yerzhanov, Zere Gusman, Alexandr Medvedev, Yerbolat Toguzakov, Alexandr Kolovertnykh

Storyline: The past has to remain in the past and the page has to be turned. The old man Yerbolat couldn’t do this. His past follows him as a shadow and becomes a life source. His first love still forces his heart to beat. He returns to a remote village of his childhood were he had the best moments of his life. (Director attending)

16:40 'European Premiere' "THE DEVOTED" Historic Drama (Hungary) (70 min)

Written & Directed by Zsolt Pozsgai; Cinematography: Claudia Kovács; Edited by Réka Pálfalvi; Produced by: Zsolt Pozsgai; Production & Costume Design : Annamária Húros; Music: Béla Novák

Starring: Máté Szabó as (John Calvin); Ádám Lux as (Ignaz Loyola)

Storyline: Lausanne, Switzerland, 1536: one of the most famous religious debates of history. The young Calvin one of the founder of the Protestant church, next to Luther. And the Spanish soldier Ignatius of Loyola, who became after his death a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Calvin wants to fight for the new religion with fire and sword. Ignatius of Loyola wants to renew his church from inside. Who is right? Their journey is accompanied by love, treason, horror and wars. In the end they realize Christian faith cannot be forced, it can only be a conviction, coming from inside. (Director, Cast & Crew attending)

18:00 'US WORLD PREMIERE - OUT OF COMPETITION SCREENING' "FIDO" (19:09)

Directed by Anna Golin; Written by Jacob Stock; Produced by Ruby Mateo; DP/Cinematographer: David Carlo Mendoza; Editor: Alexandros Tsagamilis; Production Designer: David Lawrence

Starring: Lisa Richards (Annette Barrett); Phil Abrams (Sal); Michael Bofshever (Walter Barrett)

Storyline: In the near future, an elderly woman ventures into an unfamiliar world in order to save the life of her beloved pet— a robotic dog named FIDO.

18:20 INTERVAL – time to get dressed up and ready for the evening screening

THE OFFICIAL EVENING MOVIE SCREENINGS

21:00 'World Premiere' "MEA CULPA" Suspense/Drama (UK) (23:00 min)

Written & Directed by Jason Fite; Produced by Barbara Toschi; DP/Cinematographer: Hugo Tickler; Production Design: May Jennifer Davies; Costume Design: Eileen Von Skopnik; Editor: Lachlan Smith; Music Composer: Billy Jupp

Starring: Mary Sean Young (Miss Sylvian); Paul Dewdney (Mr. Castlin); Leonie Zeumer (Concierge)

Storyline: Awaking in a strange hotel, a powerful crime Lord finds himself bargaining with the Devil for the fate of his soul. (Director, Cast & Crew attending)

21:30 'World Premiere' "TOKYO 24" Drama/Love/Suspense (Japan) (90 min)

Directed by Kazuhiro Teranishi; DP/Cinematographer: Shu Okada; Editor: Shinichi Karube; Original Music by Yuma Teranishi

Starring: Yuma Teranishi as (Koichi Aoshima); Kim KwangSoo as (Ren Kaneshiro); Mai Hakase as (Yuki Oda); Naomi Hase as (Machiko Tojyo); Takayuki Godai (Professor); Tomoya Shiraishi (Branch Manager); Seijiro Nakamura (Tajima); Masakazu Nemoto (Yanagisawa)

Storyline: ‘A.I. Android and humans coexist in 2030? Tokyo Authorities who try to dominate Tokyo with an android human like robot policeman together with two other human police force and special investigation team "T24"to catch the terrorist. Will the android have the ability in turning to become a caring human being? (Director, Cast & Crew attending)