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'F' 2010 Johannes Roberts, United Kingdom, 2010F tells the story of Robert Anderson, a burned-out alcoholic world-weary English teacher, a man who has to face his most terrifying demons. F is set in a huge sprawling U.K. comprehensive school,... |
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A Swedish Love Story Roy Andersson, Sweden, 1970A 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... |
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A Taste of History on Film: Lunchtime Archive Show UK, 2000'Bon Appétit' is an appetising menu of amateur and professional archive films drawn from Upper Normandy and the East of England. On the menu, French bread and traditional butter, Cambridgeshire... |
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A Town Called Panic Vincent Patar, Stephane Aubiert, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, 2010Animated 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.... |
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Animals are my favourite.... United Kingdom, 2010A 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... |
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Babies (Bébés) Thomas Balmes, France, 2010In 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... |
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Beggars of Life with acc. from The Dodge Brothers William A Wellman, United States, 1928In this special live performance by the Dodge Brothers, we combine their exuberant skiffle sound with William Wellman's 1928 melodrama BEGGARS OF LIFE, an early sound film featuring Louise Brooks... |
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Behind the Scenes of Today's Film and Television Industry 2000An 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... |
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Beijing Punk Shaun M. Jefford, USA, China, Australia, UK, 2010What 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... |
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Beijing Punk (85m)/Kiss Bill (28m) Emelie Wallgren, Sweden, 2010Beijing Punk With the passionate kind of crush that only 14-year-olds can muster, Angela and Arina dream themselves out of their Stockholm suburb to Berlin. Their goal: to see and touch their... |
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Bob the Builder: Race to the Finish United Kingdom, 2009It'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... |
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Brilliantlove Ashley Horner, United Kingdom, 2010From 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... |
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Cambridge Film Maker's Workshop (Apple) 2000 |
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Cambridge/ East Anglia Shorts (77m)/Common Ground (33m) Peter Harmer, United Kingdom, 2009Three 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... |
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Countdown to Zero Lucy Walker, United States, 2010During the Cold War, nothing loomed as large in the public mind as the bomb. When the Soviet Empire collapsed, the bomb became a symbol of another era. Naively we felt the danger had passed. In... |
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Cronos Guillermo Del Toro, Mexico, 1993Winner 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... |
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Cross-Channel (105m)/Discrepancy (10m) Ron Peck, United Kingdom, 2010An Englishman travelling by ferry to meet his lover in France becomes increasingly suspicious of two of his fellow-passengers, two brothers, who he suspects are criminals on their way to a... |
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Dancing Dreams Rainer Hoffmann, Anne Linsel, Germany, 2010Revel 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... |
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Dark Souls (Mørke Sjeler) Paul Gordon, César Ducasse, Norway, France, 2010The 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... |
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Destino: A Contemporary Dance Story (56m)/The Art of doing Nothing UK, 2010DESTINO: 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... |
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Dirt Daniel Fawcett, United Kingdom, 2010A new world of freedom and adventure opens up to Miles when he meets the somewhat eccentric Francis who inspires him to stop working and spend the last few weeks of the summer with him on his... |
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Empire of Silver Christina Yao, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, 2009EMPIRE 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... |
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Empire State Ron Peck, United Kingdom, 1987EMPIRE 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... |
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Enter the Void Gasper Noe, France, Germany, Italy, 2009Relentlessly 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... |
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Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) Christian Carion, France, 2009Director Carion brings together a magnificent cast (including Palme d'Or and Golden Bear winner Emir Kusturica) for this nuanced thriller, based on a true story. In Cold War Moscow, two years after... |
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Fresher's Week Screening 2000 |
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From Here to Eternity Fred Zinnemann, United States, 1953This 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... |
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Garbage Dreams Mai Iskander, United States, 2009GARBAGE 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... |
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould Michèle Hozer, Peter Raymont, Canada, 2009A 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... |
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Grandpa in my Pocket United Kingdom, 2009 |
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GravyTrain April Mullen, Canada, 2010Climb aboard the GRAVYTRAIN for the next comedy from the team behind 2007 Festival hit ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: THE WAY OF THE TOSSER. Until now Gypsy Creek’s #1 cop Charles GravyTrain (Doiron) has... |
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Harvest Marc Meyers, United States, 2010Asking important questions about life, death and dysfunction, HARVEST is a work of tremendous candour and compassion. As three generations come together around Siv (Loggia), the dynamic patriarch... |
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Henry of Navarre (Henri 4) Jo Baier, Germany, France, Spain, 2010France, 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... |
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History of Cinema Part 1 (Magic Lantern/Silent/70mm/Cinerama) 2000 |
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History of Cinema Part 2 2000 |
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Hoi Polloi Present HUGH HUGHES: HOW I GOT HERE Hugh Hughes, United Kingdom, 2010Artist, 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... |
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Human Terrain James Der Derian, David Udris, United States, 2010In 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... |
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I Made This 2010 2000 |
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Ian Christie: (Not) Coming Soon United Kingdom, 2000Exploring 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... |
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If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle Florin Şerban, Romania, 2010Raw acting talent pulses through this latest addition to the Romanian new wave. Adapted from a stage play by author Andreea Vălean, non-professional actor George Piştereanu crackles with energy... |
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In Conversation with Stephen Frears 2000Renowned 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... |
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International Animation Programme 2010This year we have received a particularly interesting bunch of animated shorts which deserve a special programme. An hour of colourful creatures in motion, the films feature inimitable techniques... |
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International Shorts I: Turning Points 2000A 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? |
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International Shorts II: Wishful Thinking 2010This 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... |
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Kubrick's Napoleon 2010The 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... |
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Ladies & Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones Rollin Binzer, United States, 1973Recorded at the zenith of the Rolling Stones’ fame and creative potency, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN... shows one of rock and roll’s most iconic bands at their very best. Using footage taken from two... |
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Made in Dagenham Nigel Cole, England, 2010Once more British workplace politics forms the stuff of international movie hits! After what BILLY ELLIOT did for County Durham and THE FULL MONTY did for Sheffield, now Dagenham earns its time to... |
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Masks of Mer UK, 2010When 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... |
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Monsters Gareth Edwards, United Kingdom, 2010Almost indescribably director Gareth Edwards has managed to merge the indie road movie with tentacled abominations! After a space probe breaks up upon re-entry, Mexico has become a quarantine zone.... |
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Monty Python: Almost the Truth United States, 2009 |
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Mr. Nice Bernard Rose, United Kingdom, 2010It takes one pirate to play another in Bernard Rose’s adaptation of Howard Marks’ autobiography. Rhys Ifans skins up admirably depicting the Welshman’s progress from humble origins to global... |
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My Afternoons With Margueritte (La Tete en Friche) Jean Becker, France, 2010This is the uplifting story of one of those chance encounters that can radically change the course of your life. Germain (Depardieu) is a large, unmarried and almost illiterate man in his fifties.... |
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Nenette Nicolas Philibert, France, 2009Nenètte 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... |
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Neukölln Unlimited Agostino Imondi; Dietmar Ratsch, Germany, 2010The 3 siblings Hassan, Lial and Maradona are successfull dancers and musicians. But their family is in danger of being deported out of Germany |
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O Lucky Man Lindsay Anderson, United Kingdom, 1973This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe. Many actors play multiple roles, giving... |
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Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo Del Toro, Mexico, Spain, USA, 2006A 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... |
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Plug and Pray Jens Schanze, Germany, 2009Computer 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... |
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Police, Adjective Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania, 2009The playful POLICE, ADJECTIVE presents a slow and steady story of surveillance and sesquipedalias* set in the Romanian town of Vaslui. A martyr to the bureaucratic pettiness of low-level police... |
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Promise and Unrest Ireland, 2010A 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. |
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Rainbow Magic: Return to Rainspell Island United Kingdom, 2010Based 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... |
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Rock and Roll Fuck'n'Lovely Josh Bagnall, United Kingdom, 2010A twisted and sometimes surreal tale, following the rock band The Fuckin Lovelies through drugs, drinking, music and finally a mythical music festival. The making of the film required the forming... |
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Round Ireland with a Fridge Ed Bye, United Kingdom, 2010Based on the biographical book from comedian Tony Hawks, ROUND IRELAND WITH A FRIDGE sees television director Ed Bye (MY FAMILY) continue his journey into the world of feature filmmaking. It tells... |
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Screen East 2009 2000Digital Shorts is a UK wide scheme which partners the UK Film Council to find and develop new and upcoming filmmaking talent and enable them to make innovative short films using digital technology.... |
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Slade in Flame Richard Loncraine, United Kingdom, 1975Light the Rock n' Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies... |
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Small Films for Small People United Kingdom, 2000Oliver 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... |
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Soul Boy Hawa Essuman, Germany, 2010Nairobi, 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... |
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Stephen Fry Live: The Fry Chronicles United Kingdom, 2010Live from the Royal Festival Hall, this special event marks the publication of Stephen Fry's new volume of autobiography The Fry Chronicles. Stephen will be beamed, direct via satellite, into your... |
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Stephen Fry: Wagner and Me Patrick McGrady, United Kingdom, 2010Follow 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... |
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Student Showcase (ARU) 2010 2000The Department of English, Communication, Film and Media at Anglia Ruskin University proudly presents a screening of outstanding work by student filmmakers 2009-2010 exploring narrative,... |
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Superhero Me Steve Sale, United Kingdom, 2010A documentary feature film about superheroes that could possibly save the world...or at least try. |
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Surprise Film Somewhere, 2010The Surprise Film. It's a surprise... |
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The Art Of The Mid-Length 2010Size is not an issue for Cambridge film festival as we do appreciate works that dare to break the ?15 minute rule?- in other words - festivals? favourite (maximum) length. Liberated from those... |
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The Battle of the Rails (La Bataille du Rail) Rene Clement, France, 1946 |
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The Best of the Festival 2010 2000 |
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The Butcher's Son (La Soga) Josh Crook, Dominican Republic, 2010Shot on the very meanest streets of the Dominican Republic, THE BUTCHER?S SON follows an inexorable arc from innocence to damnation, based on events from the writer's own life in Santiago. The... |
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The Desert of Forbidden Art Amanda Pope, Tchavdar Georgiev, USSR, 2010Like 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... |
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The Devil's Backbone Guillermo Del Toro, Spain, 2001As 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... |
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The Dispensibles (Die Entbehrlichen) Andreas Arnstedt, Germany, 2009Childhood 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... |
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec Luc Besson, France, 2010Who else could unleash a pterodactyl swooping above the boulevards of pre-First World War Paris! Set your imaginations to soar with French director Luc Besson?s return to the big screen with his... |
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The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest Daniel Alfredson, Sweden, 2009The 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... |
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The Girl Who Played with Fire Daniel Alfredson, Germany, 2009Hot 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... |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Niels Arden Oplev, Sweden, 2009Based 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... |
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The Gruffalo Max Lang, United Kingdom, 2009Recently 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... |
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The Happy Poet (85m)/Toxic Oranges*: A Wall Street Fairytale (10m) United States, 2000THE HAPPY POET An organic snack stand is the setting for Paul Gordon’s mumblecore slice of life THE HAPPY POET. This gentle and philosophical story sandwiches itself between romantic comedy and... |
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The Hillside Crowd (Ceux de la Colline) Berni Goldblat, Switzerland, 2009A 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... |
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The Hunter (2010) Rafi Pitts, Germany, 2010Iranian director Rafi Pitts cements his reputation from IT’S WINTER with this drama-cum-thriller targeted squarely at Iran’s rulers. Recently released from prison, Ali (Pitts) works the night... |
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The Lido Picture Show United Kingdom, 2010Join 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... |
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The Messenger Oren Moverman, United States, 2010A powerful exploration of the effects of war on its casualties, and on those who are left behind. Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a US Army Staff Sergeant re-assigned after injury to the Casualty... |
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The Miracle of Leipzig(Das Wunder von Leipzig-Wir sind das Volk) Sebastian Dehnhardt, Matthias Schmidt, Germany, 2009Leipzig, 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... |
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The Passing of the Third Floor Back Carl Theodor Dreyer, United Kingdom, 1935Book into this fascinating blend of magical parable and documentary realism adapted from the stage play by Jerome K Jerome. The mood changes when a mysterious stranger (Veidt) rents a room in a... |
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The Secret of Kells Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey, Belgium, 2009The animated story of the boy behind the famed Book of Kells |
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The Weird World of Blowfly Jonathan Furmanski, United States, 2010Singer-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... |
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The Wildest Dream Anthony Geffen, United States, 2010George Mallory was obsessed with becoming the first person to conquer the untouched Mount Everest. Last seen 800 feet below the summit in 1924, the clouds rolled in and he disappeared into legend.... |
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Thomas and Friends - Hero of the Rails Greg Tiernan, United Kingdom, 2009During 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... |
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Thorn in my Heart (L'épine dans le coeur) Michel Gondry, France, 2010Visionary director Michel Gondry (THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND) returns to his roots in France for perhaps his most personal film thus far, a documentary about his... |
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Trident Fest 2010 2010Back with a vengeance after last year?s slot the staff of the Cambridge Arts Picturehouse bring lots of unsettling surprises for audiences lucky/unlucky enough to witness them for themselves! This... |
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True Legend (Su Qi-Er) Yuen Woo Ping, China, 2010An important milestone for Chinese language film, with TRUE LEGEND Woo-Ping Yuen takes a step into the world of 3D. Beggar Su has retired from his life as a renowned general in order to pursue his... |
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Two in the Wave (Deux de la Vague) Emmanuel Laurent, France, 2010Documentary 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... |
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UK Shorts II - Relationships: The Eternal Riddle 2010Who 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... |
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Voices Unbound: The Story of the Freedom Writers Daniel Anker, United States, 2009VOICES 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... |
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We Are What We Are (Somos lo que hey) Jorge Michel Grau, Mexico, 2010The horror genre continues to be redefined in this new film about a poverty-stricken family with unusual dietary requirements. When a middle-aged man dies in the street, his widow and three... |
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Winter's Bone Debra Granik, United States, 2010Hailed as one of the first Oscar contenders of the year, and emerging from Sundance with the Grand Jury Prize, WINTER?S BONE is set in the rural American Ozark country, and tells the tale of Ree... |
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World's Greatest Dad Bobcat Goldthwait, United States, 2009A thoughtful but outrageous comedy from Bobcat Goldthwait, WORLD’S GREATEST DAD is a story about a man that learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy, and... |
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Writer's Workshop (Kids) 2000 |
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You, The Living Roy Andersson, Sweden, 2008YOU, 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... |
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