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The Hillside Crowd (Ceux de la Colline) Berni Goldblat, Switzerland, 2009

A makeshift gold mine on the remote Diosso hillside in Burkina Faso has attracted a swarm of gold-diggers and dynamite blasters, healers and dealers, vendors and prostitutes, children, holy men and...

Garbage Dreams Mai Iskander, United States, 2009

GARBAGE DREAMS tells the story of three young boys living on the outskirts of Cairo in the world’s largest ‘garbage village’, the home of some 60,000 Zaballeen or ‘garbage people’. The...

Soul Boy Hawa Essuman, Germany, 2010

Nairobi, Kenya. 14 year-old Abila lives with his parents in Kibera, one of the largest slums in East Africa. One morning the teenager discovers his father ill and delirious. Someone has stolen his...

The Gruffalo Max Lang, United Kingdom, 2009

Recently voted the nation's favourite bedtime story, the magical tale of a plucky mouse who takes a walk through the woods in search of a nut is brought to enchanting life in an all-star adaptation...

Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish United Kingdom, 2009

It's the first ever Sunflower Valley Games and Bob and the team have a big job to do: building a huge sports stadium! For such a big project, Bob brings in some very special help from the big city...

Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island United Kingdom, 2010

Based on the best-selling books by Daisy Meadows, this exciting all-new Rainbow Magic animation is sure to cast a sparkly spell on all fairy fans! Best friends Kirsty and Rachel are reunited on...

Small Films for Small People United Kingdom, 2000

Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin?s Smallfilms production company was responsible for creating many enchanting children?s television programmes including CAMBERWICK GREEN, THE CLANGERS, IVOR THE...

Thomas and Friends - Hero of the Rails Greg Tiernan, United Kingdom, 2009

During a daring race with boastful Spencer, Thomas discovers an abandoned engine from a far off place. Fearing ?Hiro? will be sent to the Smelters Yard, Thomas enlists his trusty engine friends to...

Grandpa in my Pocket United Kingdom, 2009

Animals are my favourite.... United Kingdom, 2010

A special programme of three beautifully-crafted, animal-themed tales from celebrated children's television production company Tiger Aspect. "I have this little sister Lola. She is small, and very...

The Secret of Kells Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, Belgium, 2009

The animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells

Fresher's Week Screening 2000

I Made This 2010 2000

Masks of Mer UK, 2010

When Alfred Haddon, historically associated with Cambridge University's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, led the 1898 Cambridge University Expedition to the Torres Strait islands, he shot a...

Behind the Scenes of Today's Film and Television Industry 2000

An opportunity to hear professionals discuss working in the current film and television industry: finding an agent, working to commission, composing music, the work of the art and set designer and...

Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Del Toro, Mexico, Spain, USA, 2006

A fairy tale for adults inspired by the paintings of Francisco Goya and rooted, like THE DEVIL?S BACKBONE, in the context of war, this is del Toro?s most accomplished work in his own opinion. In...

Cronos Guillermo Del Toro, Mexico, 1993

Winner of the Critics' Week Prize at Cannes in 1993, CRONOS is an original, stylish and sophisticated reworking of the vampire themes of dread and desire. More than four centuries after it was...

The Devil's Backbone Guillermo Del Toro, Spain, 2001

As the Spanish Civil War draws to its close, ten-year-old Carlos (Fernando Tielve) is abandoned at a remote orphanage. Harassed by the boys there, Carlos starts to uncover the orphanage?s murky...

The Desert of Forbidden Art Amanda Pope, Tchavdar Georgiev, USSR, 2010

Like a modern Robin Hood of the arts, penniless artist Igor Savitksy made an audacious decision during the Soviet Regime. He courageously saved 40,000 illicit art works, which would have otherwise...

Hoi Polloi Present HUGH HUGHES: HOW I GOT HERE Hugh Hughes, United Kingdom, 2010

Artist, comedian and story-teller Hugh Hughes (the energetic alter ego of Shon Dale-Jones) has captivated audiences the world over with his stage shows, Floating, Story of a Rabbit and 360. Now, in...

Nenette Nicolas Philibert, France, 2009

Nenètte is the senior orangutan kept in the Jardin des Plantes, one of the oldest zoos in Paris. We see her daily routine: interacting with her co-inmates, taking her afternoon tea, and moving...

Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me Patrick McGrady, United Kingdom, 2010

Follow Stephen Fry across Europe in this documentary as he explores his love for the music of composer Richard Wagner. But this is not just a journey of appreciation. Being of Jewish descent, with...

Beijing Punk Shaun M. Jefford, USA, China, Australia, UK, 2010

What happens when 1.3 billion Chinese discover punk? Close to four decades on from the British musical movement of the early 70s, punk is exploding in the most unlikely of places—the underground...

The Weird World of Blowfly Jonathan Furmanski, United States, 2010

Singer-songwriter Clarence ?Blowfly? Reid has been rapping dirty since 1965, when he released what is widely believed to be the world?s first rap song. THE WEIRD WORLD OF BLOWFLY follows the...

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont, Canada, 2009

A fascinating cinematic portrait of one of the most renowned Canadian classical pianists of the 20th century. This documentary opens up the eccentric world of Glenn Gould using much never-before...

Voices Unbound: The Story of the Freedom Writers Daniel Anker, United States, 2009

VOICES UNBOUND recounts the journey of a group of 150 at-risk youths from Long Beach California, who, in the mid-1990's, inspired by the Diary of Anne Frank, learned to rise above their...

Promise and Unrest Ireland, 2010

A portrayal of maternal sacrifice by a migrant woman performing global care work and long-distance motherhood in her role as sole provider for an extended family back in the Philippines.

Monty Python: Almost the Truth United States, 2009

Babies (Bébés) Thomas Balmes, France, 2010

In this touching documentary, Thomas Balmès (THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO THE PAPUANS, WAITING FOR JESUS) follows the lives of four babies for 400 days, tracking their journeys from birth to...

Two in the Wave (Deux de la Vague) Emmanuel Laurent, France, 2010

Documentary TWO IN THE WAVE focuses on the volatile relationship between the two men at the forefront of the highly influential French New Wave, Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut. United by...

Plug and Pray Jens Schanze, Germany, 2009

Computer experts around the world strive towards the development of intelligent robots. Pioneers like Raymond Kurzweil and Hiroshi Ishiguro dream of fashioning intelligent machines that will equal...

Destino: A Contemporary Dance Story (56m)/The Art of doing Nothing UK, 2010

DESTINO: A Contemporary Dance Story is a film that celebrates the potency of the arts to bring people together across generations and across ethnic divides; a power to challenge fate, to change...

Neukölln Unlimited Agostino Imondi; Dietmar Ratsch, Germany, 2010

The 3 siblings Hassan, Lial and Maradona are successfull dancers and musicians. But their family is in danger of being deported out of Germany

Human Terrain James Der Derian, David Udris, United States, 2010

In 2005, the US army formulated a controversial counterinsurgency plan which marked a radical shift in policy regarding the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. The Human Terrain initiative enlists experts...

Dancing Dreams Rainer Hoffmann, Anne Linsel, Germany, 2010

Revel to the power of dance as the world-class choreographer Pina Bausch prepares a group of youngsters for a performance of her work Kontakthof. Bausch was one of the leading figures in German...

The Miracle of Leipzig(Das Wunder von Leipzig-Wir sind das Volk) Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt, Germany, 2009

Leipzig, autumn 1989. What began in St Nicholas? church as prayers for peace develops within just a few weeks into the immensely powerful Monday demonstrations with thousands of East Germans taking...

Henry of Navarre (Henri 4) Jo Baier, Germany, France, Spain, 2010

France, 1563. Protestants and Catholics are fighting for land and power, invoking their religion as justification. At the head of the Protestants stands Henry of Navarre, leading his men against...

The Dispensibles (Die Entbehrlichen) Andreas Arnstedt, Germany, 2009

Childhood days are history for 10-year-old Jakob. His father Juergen and mother Silke are out of work and have long since surrendered to their alcohol problems. Violence and heated arguments...

Brilliantlove Ashley Horner, United Kingdom, 2010

From its opening shot Ashley Horner's second feature exposes all. Love on screen is rarely this physical, or poetic, or intense. Manchester (Brown) and Noon (Landry) live out of a garage happily...

A Town Called Panic Vincent Patar, Stephane Aubiert, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2010

Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems too. Cowboy and Indian's plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead....

Enter the Void Gasper Noe, France, Germany, Italy, 2009

Relentlessly challenging to the moral and physical sensibilities, ENTER THE VOID is a triumph of technological invention that appeals to the sensual, not to the intellectual. Noé recreates the...

Dark Souls (Mørke Sjeler) Paul Gordon, César Ducasse, Norway, France, 2010

The ruthless greed and ecological devastation of the oil industry form the backdrop to DARK SOULS, a stylish horror which uses homage as a springboard for its original take on the genre. Lazy...

Empire of Silver Christina Yao, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, 2009

EMPIRE OF SILVER offers us a detailed and often spectacular portrait of the world of a family of Chinese merchant bankers, set at the end of the 19th century. China is suffering a period of immense...

Empire State Ron Peck, United Kingdom, 1987

EMPIRE STATE follows the fortunes of twenty characters as they hustle the streets of late eighties London for hard cash... rent boys, City businessmen, yuppies, lonelyhearts, boxers, petty thieves...

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest Daniel Alfredson, Sweden, 2009

The final part of Stieg Larsson?s Millennium trilogy, based on the best-selling books, THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNETS? NEST continues the story of Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander, as the...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden, 2009

Based on the first instalment of Stieg Larsson's hugely successful Millennium Trilogy, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO introduces us to a world of buried secrets, family tragedy and simmering...

The Girl Who Played with Fire Daniel Alfredson, Germany, 2009

Hot on the heels of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO comes its sequel, which sees Lisbeth Salander (Rapace) and crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Nyqvist) once again caught up in a brutal...

The Battle of the Rails (La Bataille du Rail) Rene Clement, France, 1946

From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann, United States, 1953

This impressive digital restoration of Fred Zinnemann's acclaimed drama FROM HERE TO ETERNITY premiered at Cannes 2010. Based on James Jones' best-selling novel of the same name, the film...

You, The Living Roy Andersson, Sweden, 2008

YOU, THE LIVING follows a similar approach to Andersson's previous SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, but takes a slightly lighter tone in presenting a wry series of tragi-comic vignettes from modern...

A Swedish Love Story Roy Andersson, Sweden, 1970

A Swedish Love Story marked Roy Andersson's feature film debut and was an enormous international success, winning several awards at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1970. The film takes...

UK Shorts II - Relationships: The Eternal Riddle 2010

Who says love is easy? You have to be geared up to solve the mystery of why men and women seek each other. This second part of the very best of British shorts delves into the deep ends of what love...

International Shorts II: Wishful Thinking 2010

This compilation of shorts offers delightful moments, speaking straight into our deep desires that form decisions according to what is pleasing to imagine?Featuring diverse mixture of styles, it...

International Shorts I: Turning Points 2000

A fine selection of shorts from around the world, each one portraying with ingenious ways the whimsical moments in life when things appear never to be the same again?

Cambridge/ East Anglia Shorts (77m)/Common Ground (33m) Peter Harmer, United Kingdom, 2009

Three years in the making, Common Ground is Littleport?s Field theatre group?s most ambitious community project to date. Working alongside professional filmmaker Peter Harmer, Common Ground is an...

In Conversation with Stephen Frears 2000

Renowned British director Stephen Frears is our special guest for an on-stage conversation about his career and his latest film TAMARA DREWE. Graduating with a Law degree from Cambridge University...

Ian Christie: (Not) Coming Soon United Kingdom, 2000

Exploring Cinema's Unmade Projects with film historian Ian Christie Think of all the films that don't get made. On second thoughts, don't - many of them could have been even worse than much of...

The Lido Picture Show United Kingdom, 2010

Join us for our family film event at Cambridge's renowned open-air swimming pool. Situated a stone?s throw away from the river, the Jesus Green Outdoor Pool is not only a Cambridge institution, but...

Kubrick's Napoleon 2010

The Cambridge Film Festival invites you to explore Stanley Kubrick?s greatest ever achievement never to reach the big screen. Through photos from pre-production, primarily sketches, and talks from...