Films listing
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Horses
28 Jan - 2 , 4 - 11 Feb 2010
★★★★ The Independent
A beautifully detailed documentary following a year in the lives of three champion racehorses at an Irish stable. Plus directors Q&A screening on Thursday 28 January.
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How to Become Myself
9, 14 Feb 2010
Two schoolfriends struggle with notions of identity and selfhood in this drama from the late Jun Icikawa.
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio
15 Jan - 11 Feb 2010
The latest release from ICA Films sees Hubert Bonisseur de la Bath return for another secret mission, as ridiculous as ever.
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Breathless (Ddongpari)
29 Jan - 13 , 15 - 18 Feb 2010
★★★★ Time Out
A brutal debut feature from South Korea, about a violent loan shark on a zigzag path to redemption.
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Kamome Diner
10, 13 Feb 2010
A heart-warming human drama that portrays the interaction between a restaurant owner and the eccentric people who gather there day after day.
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German Plus Rain
11 February 2010
Yokohama Satoko’s exuberant movie centres on a young misfit living in a small town.
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Beyond the Pole
12 - 18, 20 - 21, 27 - 28 Feb 2010
“exceptional...a consistently enjoyable romp” Empire
Stephen Mangan and Rhys Thomas star as carbon-neutral, vegetarian numpties heading for the North Pole in this funny and subversive new British comedy.
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Anonyma: A Woman in Berlin
12 - 28 Feb, 2 - 4 Mar 2010
An insightful, formidable drama based on the diary of a Berlin woman surviving the final days of WWII.
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Fourteen
13 February 2010
An atmospheric and subtle drama in which two different generations mirror each other in the most vulnerable period of their lives.
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Screening Conditions: Barton Fink
14 February 2010
Part of the Institute of Psychoanalysis: Screening Conditions series, a screening of the Coen Brothers’ 1991 gem, plus discussion.
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Valentine's Special: Casablanca
14 Feb 2010
A romantic classic that we all know and love, and one that becomes more moving every time you see it.
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Valentine's Special: The Grocer's Son
14 February 2010
The unshowy, elegant story of a thirty-something son coming back from the city to help his elderly parents with the family business in Provence.
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Non-Ko
16 February 2010
Maki Sakai is excellent as the thirtysomething woman struggling with life’s failures and disappointments in this distinctive, stylish film.
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Asyle
17 February 2010
Tsuyako runs a dilapidated ‘love hotel’ seeing through the loneliness of each visitor providing them with unassuming support.
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The Unloved
19 Feb - 4 Mar 2010
Samantha Morton's directorial debut is a powerful single drama about growing up in a children's home, starring extraordinary young talents Molly Windsor and Lauren Socha.
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Under the Skin
20 - 21 Feb 2010
A rare presentation of Samantha Morton’s extraordinary big-screen debut.
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Artists' Film Club: Wendelien van Oldenborgh
22 February 2010
February’s Artists’ Film Club features the work of Dutch artist Wendelien van Oldenborgh.
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An Evening of Poetry and Film with Billy Childish
25 February 2010
Childish gives a reading of poetry from his dozens of collections, and we screen some of the shorts he’s made with the Chatham Super-8 Cinema.
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She, A Chinese
26 Feb - 4 , 6 - 7, 11 - 18 Mar 2010
The debut feature of novelist Xiaolu Guo is an intense and emotional story told with real style and sincerity.
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La Ciénaga
27 - 28 Feb 2010
A Chekhovian tragicomedy, this is a matchless exercise in claustrophobia as it captures provincial life in the high plains of north-west Argentina.
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Content & Q&A
1 March 2010
With a young son in the backseat, Petit's motorway musings take in middle age, mortality and the landscape through which he passes in this semi-sequel to Radio On.
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The Hurt Locker
2 - 4 Mar 2010
Kathryn Bigelow directs this unique portrait of the war zone In Iraq and those who choose to work in it.
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Meet the Film-makers with Tea & Cake
5 March 2010
Meet with inspirational film-makers over a nice cup of tea and some delicious cake!
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Short Docs
5 March 2010
Birds Eye View presents a selection of award-winning documentaries from across the globe.
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She is the Matador
5 - 6 Mar 2010
A documentary covering the history of female matadors and Spain's enduring passion for the game.
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New Technologies: Who, What & Why?
5 March 2010
The New Technologies event looks at what this new content is, what it’s accomplishing and who it’s reaching.
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Entre Nos & director Q&A
5 - 6 Mar 2010
The UK premier of Entre Nos is a tender drama of a Columbian family thrown out onto the streets of New York
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International Shorts
5 March 2010
Birds Eye View presents documentaries from emerging women directors from around the world.
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Bafta: How Shooting on HD is Changing Hair & Make-Up
6 March 2010
Led by industry professionals, this event considers the effect of HD is changing hair and make-up industries.
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Members' Preview: The Ape
6 March 2010
A free Members' preview screening of this enigmatic and ferocious piece of Nordic noir.
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Music Loves Video
6 March 2010
Birds Eye View presents a selection of dazzling pop videos from across the globe.
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LFA presents: Post-production Reinvented
6 March 2010
A professional editor sheds light into how film-makers have adapted to the digital revolution.
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Junior & Q&A
6, 8 Mar 2010
Director Jenna Rosher tells a moving story of an extraordinary domestic scene when a 75-year-old son moves in with his 98-year-old mother.
Q&A after 6 March screening only
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Amreeka
6, 10 Mar 2010
Homesick yet optimistic, Palestinian mother and son start a new life in America.
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Shooting People Presents: Let’s Get Digital
7 March 2010
An event investigates the digital possibilities available to the independent film-maker.
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Rough Aunties & Q&A
7, 9 Mar 2010
A brilliant documentary that deals honestly with a charity for abused children Durban.
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Focus on Susanne Bier - After the Wedding
7 March 2010
Acclimated director Susanne Bier tells the story of Jacob, who is exposed to a shattering personal revelation.
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Warm Up for the Oscars with Marie Claire Secret Screening
7 March 2010
With fingers crossed and hopes high for Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) to become the first woman ever to win the Oscar for Best Director on March 7, we are running our own competition and planning a special celebration for the big night
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Focus on Susanne Bier - Brothers
7 March 2010
When a man is presumed dead in Afghanistan, his brother comforts his wife and children. Then the UN calls…
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Open Screen Shorts Challenge
8, 10 Mar 2010
Emerging women film-makers to meet each other to discuss and screen their new works.
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Focus on Susanne Bier - Masterclass & Retrospective
8 March 2010
An in-depth conversation with the adventurous Susanne Bier about her career and inspirations.
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Focus on Susanne Bier - Things We Lost in the Fire
8 March 2010
Halle Berry stars in a heart-rending drama with a heart-rending drama with an anguished family at its core.
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Lourdes
9 March 2010
A wheelchair-bound woman journeys to Lourdes in this award wining film of beguiling mystery.
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The Other Song
9 - 10 Mar 2010
Director Saba Dewan ultimately explores her family's personal history through a documentary about Rasoolan Bai, an Indian thumri singer of the 1950s and 60's.
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Maps of the Sounds of Tokyo & director Q&A
9 March 2010
This erotic thriller nominated for the Palme D’Or maps the tense narrative of a grieving father, his daughter’s ex-lover and a hired hitman.
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She Says: A Cross-disciplinary Networking Event
10 March 2010
Enjoy a night the brilliant She Says digital advertising network.
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From a Whisper & Q&A
10 - 11 Mar 2010
In this award-winning drama following a teenage girls search for her mother years after the1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi.
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Fashion Loves Film
10 March 2010
The latest and most brilliant work of artists, fashion designers and photographers and a Dazed Digital film with Lady Gaga
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Killer Necklace & Wangari Maathal: For Our Land & director Q&A
11 March 2010
The chasm between rich and poor in Kenya and the story of environmental activist Wangari Maathai.
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My Neighbor, My Killer
11 March 2010
Director Aghion explores Rwanda’s Gacaca Tribunals, exploring the consequences of this experiment in reconciliation and justice.
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Mugabe and the White African
8 - 21 Jan, 12 - 16 Mar 2010
★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ Empire
A disquieting documentary following the experiences of Michael Campbell, a white farmer who stood up to Robert Mugabe’s violent campaign of forced land reclamation.
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A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
12 - 14, 17 Mar 2010
Lucio Fulci's delirious giallo thriller returns with Brazilian genre queen Florinda Balkan who stars as a socialite in Swinging London.
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Screening Conditions: Il Postino
14 March 2010
The last in a series of films exploring the idea of 'the blank page'.
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My Last Five Girlfriends & Q&A
17 March 2010
British rom-com based loosely on Alain de Botton's Essays on Love, with a strong cast that includes Naomie Harris, Jane March and Michael Sheen.
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Sons of Cuba
18 - 31 Mar 2010
Award winning documentary captures three young boys contemplating their future in the world of Cuba's National boxing championships.
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The Red Chapel
19 March 2010
This audacious, mesmerising film accounts what happened when two comics recently got permission to put on a show in North Korea.
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Youth Producing Change: Shorts & Q&A
20 March 2010
The second edition of YPC shares 10 stories from young film-makers on the frontline of human rights crises around the world.
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Iran: Voices of the Unheard & director Q&A
20 March 2010
A film that challenges the inaction of the international community in the face of ongoing political repression in Iran
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Triage
20 March 2010
Colin Farrell stars as a war photographer back from Kurdistan struggling with survivor guilt in this visceral drama.
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Budrus & director Q&A
21 March 2010
This rousing documentary about one Palestinian village tells a much bigger story about what is possible in the Middle East.
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Good Fortune & director Q&A
21 March 2010
Good Fortune presents a unique perspective on the environmental destruction carried out in the name of progress in Kenya
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Nero's Guests
22 March 2010
In this fluid documentary, journalist P Sainath follows the fate of the poor and how the world colludes to hide their stories.
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Artists' Film Club: Haris Epaminonda
22 March 2010
This month's Artists' Film Club presents the work of Haris Epaminonda.
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Enemies of the People & director Q&A
23 March 2010
Director Thet Sambath elicits groundbreaking confessions from those who perpetrated the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields.
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Honeymoons & Q&A
24 March 2010
In hopes of a better life, two young couples leave their respective countries, to realise their dreams in Europe.
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No One Knows About Persian Cats
24 March 2010
Bahman Ghobadi’s drama portrays Tehran with a vibrant indie rock scene and an emerging generation of Iranian artists.
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War Don Don & director Q&A
25 March 2010
The story of the sensational trial of rebel commander Issa Sesay at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Nightwatching
26 - 31 Mar 2010
Peter Greenaway's lush tale about the painter Rembrandt's great work.
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Kakera (A Piece of Our Life)
27 March 2010
A special gala screening of Kakera, an adaptation of the popular manga series Love Vibes, from first-time director Momoko Ando.
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