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Festival Programme -
Opening Night
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Argentina, 2009, 127 mins., (MA) This crime film will hold you in suspense as you follow a manhunt spanning 25 years and witness poignant love stories whilst doing so. A riveting Argentinian thriller which won numerous major awards, culminating in the 2010 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Opening Night: 9.15pm- SOLD OUT |
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Saturday
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Israel, 2007, 100 mins., PG An El Al flight attendant's life is suddenly turned upside down when a six-year-old Chinese boy is unexpectedly left in her care. The language barrier is the least of their problems. A touching, multi award-winning film and an audience favourite at major film festivals throughout the world. Saturday, 9.00am |
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Saturday
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Bulgaria, 2008, 105 mins Initially set in Bulgaria in the 1980s, this emotionally-charged and inspiring drama gives a realistic insight into life under a Communist regime and the importance of family. Multi award-winning at numerous IFFs, culminating in nomination for an Oscar 2010.
Saturday, 10.45am |
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Saturday
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Germany/Turkey, 2009, 99min, (MA) Fatih Akin's first comedy, centred on life in a Hamburg restaurant, has had enthusiastic audience reaction in many locations, culminating in the special Jury Prize at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival. A definite feel-good experience! Saturday, 1.15pm - SOLD OUT |
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Saturday
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Canada, 103 mins. Six blind Tibetan teenagers, shunned by their parents and rejected by their society, attempt to climb one of the peaks of Mount Everest led by a blind mountaineer and educator. An inspirational, award-winning documentary. Saturday, 3.10pm |
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Saturday
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Turkey, Germany, 2008, 109 mins. (M) This multi-awardwinning film depicts the consequences of a dysfunctional family choosing to cover up the truth so as to avoid unbearable hardship. Can the choice not to see, hear or talk about the truth work out for them, or is there a price to pay? Won Best Director at Cannes, 2008.
Saturday, 5.15pm |
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Festival Programme -
Saturday
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Austria, 2009, 144 mins., M
The latest from the thought-provoking and often disturbing director Michael Haneke is shot in black and white and explores life in a village in northern Germany before WWI, where rigid discipline prevails and evil ensues. Won the Palme d'Or at Cannes 2009 and nominated for an Oscar 2010. Haunting and mesmerising. Saturday, 7.50pm |
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Festival Programme -
Sunday
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 Denmark, 108 mins.
The Danish film industry has produced another gem with this provocative, multi-award-winning drama about love and infidelity in a religious (Jehovah's Witness) context, which raises universally-challenging questions about fundamentalist thinking. It is based on a true story. Sunday, 9.30am - SOLD OUT |
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Sunday
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Spain, 2009, 91 mins (M) One of Pedro Almodovar's favourite leading ladies, Penelope Cruz, stars in his latest film as Lena, who is by turns secretary, daughter, prostitute, actress, mistress, muse and victim. You will be hypnotised by the beauty and emotion pervading this moving and terrible series of events created by a distinctive stylist and dazzling film-maker.
Sunday, 7.45pm |
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