7th Armidale International Film Festival (IFF)

The 7th Armidale International Film Festival will be held from 6th - 8th August 2010 at the Belgrave Cinema in Armidale. Details of the festival films are available in the menu on the left. The lead-up programme can be found below.

Festival trailers as they appear on the programme (Click play button to start and side buttons to skip forward and back)

Films are subject to change without notice, please check cinema program to confirm.

Pranzo di Ferragosto (Mid-August Lunch)
Festival Programme - Opening Night

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Italy, 72 mins.

This delicious Italian comedy about four feisty Roman women of advanced years has a brilliant script and a terrific tango-infused score.  A smash hit in Europe, it is richly deserving of its many awards at several major film festivals.

Opening Night - SOLD OUT
 
Secret in their eyes (El secreto de sus ojos)
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


 
Noodle
Festival Programme - 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


 
The World is Big and Salvation Lurks around the Corner (Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otsyakade)
Festival Programme - 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


 
Soul Kitchen
Festival Programme - 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


 
Blindsight
Festival Programme - 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


 
Three Monkeys (Uc Maymun)
Festival Programme - 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


 
White Ribbon (Das weisse Band)
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


 
Worlds Apart
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


 
Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos)
Festival Programme - 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