cinémoi's 55th bfi london film festival essential guide
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Cinémoi will be bringing you an essential guide to the upcoming 55th London Film Festival from the 12th - 27th October. Including reactions to all the latest new films, interviews with filmmakers and film critics, news from the red carpet, screenings and Galas, as well as our own selection on what to look out for at this year's festival, our guide will give you everything you'll need to make sure you don't miss out on what will be another excellent Festival.TRANSCRIPT
Cinémoi’s Guide to the 55th BFI London Film Festival - 12 to 27 October, 2011
Sandra Hebron, Artistic Director of the BFI London Film Fstival
How important has the contribution of French Cinema been to the London Film Festival?
“ I think it has been really important to us. Probably since the festival start-ed and the reason the festival began was to give audiences a number of
world. Of course Cannes has a tradition of programming French Cinema, so some of the great French ‘auteurs’ were premiered here from very early on. For us, we’ve always had a dedicated French strand within the Festival. We’ve sometimes been criticised for that because quite often the British
important to us and it is important to recognise that there is a good audi-ence for French Cinema in London.”
So we can expect a broad range of !lms from France at this year’s festival?
countries in the foreign language market, we only get to see a tiny fraction.
distribution in the UK.”
How vital is it that the London Film Festival continues to thrive?
“Of course I would say it is vital because the festival is very precious to me, but I think that festivals are really very important. Particularly now, they’re important in a number of ways; they’re a way of audiences and
--
-rience with the Festival has in fact demonstrated that people still have a
Considering that this is your last Festival as Artistic Director, what have been your personal highlights over the years?
-val for so many years and in a sense every day of the Festival is a highlight.
really happy doing The Wrestler a few years ago with Mickey Rourke and Darren Aronofsky. But there are loads and loads of highlights”
And !nally, do you hope this year’s Festival will send you out with a bang?
hopefully be regarded as a good year. I think the programme is strong, I think it’s very varied, so hopefully people will react positively.”
The 55th BFI London Film Festival starts the 12th October and runs until the 27th October
“I never lose my faith in French Cinema” – Jonathan Romney, Film Critic
How important has the contribution of French Cinema been to the London Film Festival?
Are there any new French !lmmakers included in this year’s programme that have impressed you that we might not currently be aware of?
How vital are festivals such as the London Film Festival to critics?
The Art of Love
The Fairy
Guilty
The Monk
Nobody Else But You
Jonathan Romney’s Top 5 Films in the ‘French Revolutions’ Programme
Cinémoi’s Top 5 Films from the French Revolutions Programme
Americano
Screening Fri 14th & Sat 15th at the Ciné Lumiere
The Fairy
Screening Sat 15th & Sun 16th at the Ciné Lumiere
Guilty
Screening Fri 21st & Sat 22nd at VUE
Nobody Else But You
Screenings Mon 17th & Thu 20th at VUE
The Screen Illusion
Screenings Wed 19th, Thu 20th & Sat 22nd at NFT1 and Mayfair
Cinémoi’s Top 10 Films to see at the 55th London Film Festival Part 1
The Artist
C
Junkhearts
The Ides of March
Shame
Into The Abyss: A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life
Cinémoi’s Top 10 Films to see at the 55th London Film Festival Part 2
The Kid With A Bike
We Have A Pope
A Dangerous Method
Carnage
Faust
Spotlight: David Cronenberg To Receive a BFI Fellowship
The Jameson Apartment: A Pop-Up Cinematic Speakeasy
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ryly
hila
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ubt
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wh
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al s
tory
of f
rien
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ove
and
surv
ival
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fin
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mou
r in
th
e m
ost
un
like
ly p
lace
s.
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he
Forg
iven
ess
of B
lood
An
abs
orbi
ng
and
susp
ense
ful d
ram
a ab
out
an A
lban
ian
fa
mily
cau
ght
in a
blo
od fe
ud.
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0 Li
ke C
razy
A f
resh
an
d or
igin
al s
tory
of y
oun
g lo
ve, w
hen
a c
oupl
e fi
nd
them
selv
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tuck
on
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des
of t
he
Atl
anti
c.
20:3
0 50
/50
An
ori
gin
al s
tory
of f
rien
dsh
ip, l
ove
and
surv
ival
– a
nd
fin
din
g hu
mou
r in
th
e m
ost
un
like
ly p
lace
s.
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15:1
5 Sh
e M
onke
ysPo
wer
ful d
esir
es a
re a
wok
en b
etw
een
tw
o yo
un
g ri
ders
w
ho
com
pete
bot
h in
side
an
d ou
t of
th
e ar
ena.
18:1
5 H
ard
Labo
ur
Hor
ror
mee
ts s
ocia
l obs
erva
tion
in t
his
un
ders
tate
d de
but
feat
ure
fro
m B
razi
lian
fil
mm
aker
s Ju
lian
a R
ojas
an
d M
arco
Du
tra.
20:4
5 T
erra
ferm
aPo
wer
ful d
ram
a of
a S
icil
ian
fis
hin
g fa
mily
on
th
e is
lan
d of
Lin
osa,
wh
ose
lives
are
dis
rupt
ed b
y th
e ar
riva
l of
Afr
ican
ref
uge
es, w
ho
they
sav
e fr
om d
row
nin
g.
VU
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13:0
0 A
nD
a U
nio
n: F
rom
th
e St
eppe
s to
th
e C
ity
A r
are
glim
pse
into
th
e fo
rgot
ten
lan
d of
Inn
er M
ongo
lia
and
its
un
iqu
e so
un
ds r
evit
alis
ed b
y th
e ba
nd
An
Da
Un
ion
, wh
ose
glob
al c
once
rts
and
even
tual
hom
ecom
ing
we
follo
w.
15:3
0 A
ssh
ole
A y
oun
g, B
enga
li, w
ann
abe
rapp
er s
lides
into
dru
gs a
nd
porn
to
esca
pe r
ealit
y an
d d
isco
ver
his
dre
am.
18:3
0 A
lmay
er’s
Fol
lyC
han
tal A
kerm
an h
eads
eas
t, w
ith
a v
ery
dis
tin
ctiv
e ta
ke
on t
he
Jose
ph C
onra
d n
ovel
abo
ut
two
men
fig
htin
g ov
er
the
futu
re o
f a h
alf-
Mal
aysi
an w
oman
.
21:0
0 V
olca
no
A f
resh
an
d po
ign
ant
view
of t
he
pass
ion
s,
dis
appo
intm
ents
an
d ch
alle
nge
s of
old
age
.
NFT
1
12:4
5 17
Gir
lsIn
th
e Fr
ench
sea
port
of L
orie
nt, t
her
e’s
a tr
end
at s
choo
l fo
r th
e gi
rls
to g
et p
regn
ant.
15:1
5 St
atel
ess
Th
ings
Kim
Kyu
ng-
Moo
k’s
spar
ky in
die
feat
ure
cro
sscu
ts
betw
een
th
e liv
es o
f tw
o yo
un
g m
en, o
ne
an il
lega
l im
mig
rant
fro
m N
orth
Kor
ea s
tuck
in d
ead-
end
jobs
, th
e ot
her
th
e ke
pt b
oy o
f a m
arri
ed b
usi
nes
sman
sti
flin
g in
a
swan
ky a
part
men
t.
18:1
5 T
he
Goo
se W
oman
Red
isco
vere
d si
lent
mel
odra
ma
base
d on
a n
otor
iou
s co
ntem
pora
ry m
urd
er c
ase,
dir
ecte
d by
rel
iabl
e H
olly
woo
d ve
tera
n C
lare
nce
Bro
wn
an
d st
arri
ng
Lo
uis
e D
ress
er.
21:0
0 A
Bit
ter
Tas
te o
f Fre
edom
Mar
ina
Gol
dovs
kaya
’s h
igh
ly a
ffec
tin
g tr
ibu
te t
o R
uss
ian
jo
urn
alis
t, A
nn
a Po
litko
vska
ya, w
ho
was
mu
rder
ed in
20
06 a
fter
her
dis
turb
ing
repo
rts
from
Ch
ech
nya
.
NFT
2
13:0
0 T
he
Wav
esA
mag
net
ic c
entr
al p
erfo
rman
ce b
y C
arlo
s Á
lvar
ez-N
óvoa
(S
olas
) gro
un
ds t
his
rem
arka
ble
film
abo
ut
loss
an
d m
emor
y by
Spa
nis
h d
irec
tor
Alb
erto
Mor
ais.
15:3
0 Ru
ral L
ife
Seve
n s
hor
t st
orie
s co
nce
rnin
g ru
ral l
ivin
g: f
rom
th
e ra
in-
soak
ed S
cott
ish
isla
nds
to
the
farm
lan
ds o
f th
e re
mot
e H
un
gari
an G
reat
Pla
ins,
fro
m t
he
har
sh h
eat
of t
he
Iran
ian
des
ert
to t
he
cut-
off b
ackw
oods
of r
ura
l Am
eric
a.
18:3
0 N
ew A
fric
an C
inem
aA
tri
o of
con
tras
tin
g sh
ort
film
s m
ade
thro
ugh
th
e A
fric
a Fi
rst
men
tori
ng
sch
eme:
an
impo
rtan
t in
itia
tive
th
at
seek
s to
iden
tify
em
ergi
ng
tale
nt f
rom
Afr
ica.
20:4
5 Y
atas
toA
com
pell
ing
docu
men
tary
ch
arti
ng
the
adve
ntu
res
of a
tr
io o
f tee
nag
e ca
rdbo
ard
colle
ctor
s on
th
e ou
tski
rts
of
the
Arg
enti
ne
city
of C
órdo
ba.
NFT
3
13:3
0 In
tern
atio
nal
An
imat
ion
Pan
oram
a Pr
ogra
mm
e 1
A s
elec
tion
of i
nter
nat
ion
al fe
stiv
al p
icks
, an
d so
me
bran
d-n
ew B
riti
sh p
rodu
ctio
ns.
16:0
0 D
arw
inEv
ocat
ive
docu
men
tary
abo
ut
a gh
ost
tow
n in
Dea
th
Val
ley,
Cal
ifor
nia
, wit
h a
sca
nt p
opu
lati
on o
f ju
st 3
5.
18:3
0 G
ypsy
Mar
tin
!u
lík’
s gr
oun
dbre
akin
g po
rtra
it o
f Rom
a li
fe in
pr
esen
t-da
y Sl
ovak
ia fo
cuse
s on
a y
oun
g bo
y w
hos
e fa
ther
has
su
ffer
ed a
vio
lent
dea
th.
21:0
0 A
bu, S
on o
f Ada
mA
n a
ged
Ind
ian
cou
ple
deci
de t
o sa
crif
ice
ever
yth
ing
to
mak
e a
once
in a
life
-tim
e H
ajj (
pilg
rim
age)
to
Mec
ca.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 W
omen
wit
h C
ows
Two
sist
ers
are
div
ided
an
d u
nit
ed b
y th
e ol
d fa
mily
farm
. O
ne
has
giv
en h
er li
fe t
o th
e co
ws,
th
e ot
her
on
ly w
ish
ed
she
cou
ld e
scap
e th
em.
FRI 1
4 O
CT
VU
E5
12:1
5 50
/50
An
ori
gin
al s
tory
of f
rien
dsh
ip, l
ove
and
surv
ival
– a
nd
fin
din
g hu
mou
r in
th
e m
ost
un
like
ly p
lace
s.
14:4
5 Pa
riah
A d
isti
nct
ive
and
real
isti
c co
min
g-of
-age
an
d co
min
g-ou
t st
ory
abou
t a
you
ng
Afr
ican
-Am
eric
an w
oman
’s s
earc
h
for
iden
tity
.
17:4
5 Sa
rah
Pal
in –
You
Bet
cha!
Nic
k Br
oom
fiel
d an
d Jo
an C
hurc
hil
l tra
vel t
o W
asil
la,
Ala
ska,
on
th
e tr
ail o
f Sar
ah P
alin
.
20:1
5 Sh
ame
Mic
hae
l Fas
sben
der
and
Car
ey M
ull
igan
sta
r in
Ste
ve
McQ
uee
n’s
fran
k st
udy
of a
New
Yor
k m
an’s
sex
ual
co
mpu
lsio
n.
VU
E7
12:3
0 A
mad
orFr
om S
pain
’s F
ern
ando
Leó
n d
e A
ran
oa c
omes
a s
ocia
lly
inci
sive
an
d be
auti
full
y pe
rfor
med
tal
e of
an
un
like
ly
frie
nds
hip
.
15:0
0 D
ark
Hor
seTo
dd S
olon
dz d
raw
s da
rk c
omed
y fr
om t
he
stor
y of
tw
o dy
sfu
nct
ion
al t
hir
tyso
met
hin
gs p
lan
nin
g to
mar
ry.
18:0
0 St
oppe
d on
Tra
ckA
raw
, com
pell
ing
stud
y of
wh
at h
appe
ns
to a
n or
din
ary
fam
ily w
hen
a hu
sban
d an
d fa
ther
bec
omes
ter
min
ally
ill.
20:3
0 Sh
ame
Mic
hae
l Fas
sben
der
and
Car
ey M
ull
igan
sta
r in
Ste
ve
McQ
uee
n’s
fran
k st
udy
of a
New
Yor
k m
an’s
sex
ual
co
mpu
lsio
n.
VU
E6
12:4
5 T
erra
ferm
aPo
wer
ful d
ram
a of
a S
icil
ian
fis
hin
g fa
mily
on
th
e is
lan
d of
Lin
osa,
wh
ose
lives
are
dis
rupt
ed b
y th
e ar
riva
l of
Afr
ican
ref
uge
es, w
ho
they
sav
e fr
om d
row
nin
g.
15:1
5 T
he
Gia
nts
A w
ryly
hila
riou
s, s
ubt
ly s
ubv
ersi
ve c
omin
g-of
-age
yar
n
wh
ich
tak
es a
cu
e fr
om M
ark
Twai
n a
nd
Adv
entu
res
of
Huc
kleb
erry
Fin
n.
18:1
5 Sh
e M
onke
ysPo
wer
ful d
esir
es a
re a
wok
en b
etw
een
tw
o yo
un
g ri
ders
w
ho
com
pete
bot
h in
side
an
d ou
t of
th
e ar
ena.
20:4
5 O
n t
he
Ice
An
Ala
skan
-set
sto
ry o
f tw
o yo
un
g m
en c
augh
t u
p in
su
bter
fuge
follo
win
g th
e ac
cide
ntal
kil
lin
g of
on
e of
th
eir
frie
nds
.
VU
E3
13:0
0 V
olca
no
A f
resh
an
d po
ign
ant
view
of t
he
pass
ion
s,
dis
appo
intm
ents
an
d ch
alle
nge
s of
old
age
.
15:3
0 H
ard
Labo
ur
Hor
ror
mee
ts s
ocia
l obs
erva
tion
in t
his
un
ders
tate
d de
but
feat
ure
fro
m B
razi
lian
fil
mm
aker
s Ju
lian
a R
ojas
an
d M
arco
Du
tra.
18:3
0 A
ssh
ole
A y
oun
g, B
enga
li, w
ann
abe
rapp
er s
lides
into
dru
gs a
nd
porn
to
esca
pe r
ealit
y an
d d
isco
ver
his
dre
am.
21:0
0 T
he
Som
nam
bulis
tsR
ich
ard
Jobs
on’s
com
mit
ted,
imag
inat
ive
resp
onse
to
our
colle
ctiv
e ap
ath
y to
th
e w
ar in
Iraq
.
NFT
1
13:0
0 A
Bit
ter
Tas
te o
f Fre
edom
Mar
ina
Gol
dovs
kaya
’s h
igh
ly a
ffec
tin
g tr
ibu
te t
o R
uss
ian
jo
urn
alis
t, A
nn
a Po
litko
vska
ya, w
ho
was
mu
rder
ed in
20
06 a
fter
her
dis
turb
ing
repo
rts
from
Ch
ech
nya
.
15:3
0 T
he
Mac
hin
e T
hat
Kill
s Ba
d Pe
ople
Ros
sell
ini’s
rar
ely-
seen
sat
iric
al fa
ntas
y, n
ow r
esto
red,
ab
out
a ph
otog
raph
er w
hos
e m
agic
cam
era
has
th
e po
wer
to
kil
l th
e gr
eedy
an
d th
e co
rru
pt.
18:3
0 Se
th R
ogen
an
d W
ill R
eise
r (E
ven
t)In
col
labo
rati
on w
ith
You
Tube
, a u
niq
ue
on-s
tage
in
terv
iew
wit
h t
he
50/5
0 w
rite
r W
ill R
eise
r an
d st
ar
Seth
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be u
sers
can
pos
t qu
esti
ons
onli
ne
–
wit
h t
hei
r pe
ers
voti
ng
for
the
fin
al s
elec
tion
.
21:0
0 T
he
Blac
k Po
wer
Mix
tape
196
7-19
75St
riki
ng
foot
age
from
th
e st
rugg
le fo
r ci
vil r
ight
s in
th
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SA, r
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rrec
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ult
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2
13:30 Gypsy
Martin
!ulík’s grou
ndbreakin
g portrait of Rom
a life in
present-day Slovakia focuses on
a youn
g boy wh
ose fath
er has su
ffered a violent death.
16:00 New
African
Cin
ema
A trio of contrastin
g short film
s made th
rough
the A
frica First m
entoring sch
eme: an
important in
itiative that
seeks to identify emergin
g talent from A
frica.
18:15 Th
e Waves
A m
agnetic central perform
ance by C
arlos Álvarez-N
óvoa (Solas) grou
nds th
is remarkable film
about loss an
d m
emory by Span
ish d
irector Alberto M
orais.
20:45 Th
e Day H
e Arrives
Hon
g Sangsoo’s latest bu
lletin from
the sex-w
ar is a typically w
ry and d
roll account of a m
an visitin
g Seoul to
look up old frien
ds and ru
nn
ing into n
ew on
es. But is th
is h
is version of G
roundhog Day?
NFT
3
13:15 Tw
enty C
igarettesJam
es Benn
ing brin
gs his form
al precision to th
is study of
twenty people en
gaged in th
e act of smokin
g.
15:45 Th
e School of Life
Th
e characters in
these seven
diverse sh
ort films abou
t th
e complexities of person
al relationsh
ips have to deal
with m
any different pressures, such as fam
ily duty, battling their ow
n consciences or coping w
ith social media.
18:30 Darw
inEvocative docu
mentary abou
t a ghost tow
n in
Death
V
alley, Californ
ia, with
a scant population
of just 35.
21:00 With
outA
youn
g wom
an battles w
ith a recent tragedy
wh
ilst caring for an
elderly man
in th
is hau
nting,
claustroph
obic dram
a.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 Yatasto
A com
pelling docu
mentary ch
arting th
e adventures of a
trio of teenage cardboard collectors on
the ou
tskirts of th
e Argentin
e city of Córdoba.
ICA
13:00 Th
e Lord Worked W
onders in
Me
A figu
re in th
e grass with
a gun
, a nam
e called out in
the
distan
ce, a woodcu
tter and a m
an w
ho h
as lost a dog are w
oven togeth
er by Lisand
ro Alon
so in a m
editation
on
the past w
e inh
erit and th
e futu
re we con
struct.
16:15 Flying Fish
Th
ree stories from th
e Sri Lankan
civil war (all w
ith
violent end
ings) are interw
oven in
Sanjeewa
Push
pakum
ara’s coolly modern
ist, non
-partisan debu
t. W
inn
er of Best Director prize, St Petersbu
rg Internation
al Film
Festival.
19:00 Cru
lic – Th
e Path to Beyon
dA
nca D
amian’s poetic an
d inn
ovative anim
ated feature
recounts th
e life and fin
al days of a Rom
anian
imm
igrant w
rongly im
prisoned in
a Polish prison
.
20:45 Futures M
arketA
hau
nting docu
mentary on
objects, mem
ory and th
e politics of com
merce by prize-w
inn
ing film
maker
Mercedes Á
lvarez.
CIN
É LUM
IÈRE
13:30 Louise W
imm
erC
orinn
e Masiero tu
rns in
an aston
ishin
g lead perform
ance in
this Fren
ch d
rama abou
t a wom
an on
the
skids fighting for d
ignity an
d survival.
15:45 Am
ericano
An
L.A.-M
exican qu
est movie w
ith a palpably person
al edge, as d
irector Math
ieu D
emy revisits th
e Californ
ia he
knew
as a child actor for m
other A
gnès V
arda.
18:15 17 Girls
In th
e French
seaport of Lorient, there’s a tren
d at school
for the girls to get pregn
ant.
20:30 Alm
ayer’s FollyC
hantal A
kerman
heads east, w
ith a very d
istinctive take
on th
e Joseph C
onrad n
ovel about tw
o men
fighting over
the fu
ture of a h
alf-Malaysian
wom
an.
SAT
15 OC
T
VU
E5
12:15 Sham
eM
ichael Fassben
der and C
arey Mu
lligan star in
Steve M
cQu
een’s frank stu
dy of a New
York man’s sexu
al com
pulsion
.
14:45 360A
dynam
ic and m
oving stu
dy of love in th
e 21st century
from th
e director of The C
onstant Gardener.
17:45 PariahA
distin
ctive and realistic com
ing-of-age an
d comin
g-out
story about a you
ng A
frican-A
merican
wom
an’s search
for identity.
20:15 Restless
An
affecting an
d delicate teen rom
ance w
hich
confirm
s G
us V
an Sant as on
e of Hollyw
ood’s m
ost astute an
d sen
sitive chron
iclers of Am
erican you
th.
VU
E7
12:30 50/50A
n origin
al story of friendsh
ip, love and su
rvival – and
find
ing hu
mou
r in th
e most u
nlikely places.
15:00 Like Crazy
A fresh
and origin
al story of youn
g love, wh
en a cou
ple fin
d them
selves stuck on
opposite sides of the A
tlantic.
18:00 I Wish
Two you
ng broth
ers at opposite ends of K
yushu
devise a m
agical plan to reu
nite th
eir separated parents in
Hirokazu
Kore-eda’s ben
ign an
d superbly acted pictu
re of fam
ily life.
20:30 Ram
partT
he best crim
e movie of recent tim
es; Woody H
arrelson
delivers a performan
ce guaranteed to be on
e of the m
ost talked abou
t of the year.
VU
E6
12:45 On
the Ice
An
Alaskan
-set story of two you
ng m
en cau
ght up in
su
bterfuge follow
ing th
e accidental killing of on
e of th
eir friends.
15:15 Dreileben
– Beats Being D
eadA
youn
g couple’s passion
ate relationsh
ip plays out again
st th
e backdrop of a m
anhu
nt.
18:15 Dreileben
– Don’t Follow
Me A
roun
dA
police psychologist ren
ews old acqu
aintances w
hen
she
is drafted in
to help sm
all town
police find an
escaped con
vict.
20:45 Dreileben
– On
e Min
ute of Darkn
essA
suspen
seful cat-an
d-mou
se search betw
een police an
d an
escaped convict.
VU
E3
13:00 Assh
oleA
youn
g, Bengali, w
ann
abe rapper slides into dru
gs and
porn to escape reality an
d discover h
is dream
.
15:30 Th
e Somn
ambu
listsR
ichard Jobson’s com
mitted, im
aginative respon
se to our
collective apathy to th
e war in
Iraq.
18:30 Th
e Forgiveness of Blood
An
absorbing an
d suspen
seful d
rama abou
t an A
lbanian
fam
ily caught in
a blood feud.
21:00 Th
e Loneliest Plan
etA
youn
g couple are taken
by surprise on
a trek deep into th
e Cau
casus M
ountain
s.
NFT
1
12:00 Rain
bow over T
exas / Un
der Western
StarsT
imely centen
ary tribute to popu
lar singin
g cowboy, R
oy R
ogers, with
new
ly-restored revivals of two of h
is best sagebru
sh sagas.
15:15 Shin
-Heike M
onogatari
A su
mptu
ous sam
urai period d
rama in
colour from
Japan
ese master stylist M
izoguch
i, new
ly restored by Tokyo’s M
useu
m of M
odern A
rt.
18:30 Weeken
dA
one-n
ight stand tu
rns into som
ethin
g altogether m
ore u
nexpected in
An
drew
Haigh
’s heartfelt love story.
21:00 Dragon
slayerW
inn
er of the best docu
mentary at SX
SW th
is year, a stu
nn
ing verité portrait of skater Josh
‘Skreech’ San
doval.
NFT
2
14:00 An
imated Sh
orts for You
nger A
udien
ces A
selection of sh
ort anim
ated films from
aroun
d th
e world.
16:00 A C
at in Paris
A cat w
ith a dou
ble life becomes em
broiled in a tale
of anim
ated adventure on
the rooftops of Paris.
18:15 Bernadette: N
otes on a Political Jou
rney
Th
e remarkable political life of Bern
adette D
evlin M
cAliskey.
20:45 Cru
lic – Th
e Path to Beyon
dA
nca D
amian’s poetic an
d inn
ovative anim
ated feature
recounts th
e life and fin
al days of a Rom
anian
imm
igrant w
rongly im
prisoned in
a Polish prison
.
NFT
3
13:15 With
outA
youn
g wom
an battles w
ith a recent tragedy
wh
ilst caring for an
elderly man
in th
is hau
nting,
claustroph
obic dram
a.
15:45 Abi M
organ (M
asterclass)T
he w
riter responsible for BA
FTA
-win
nin
g TV
dram
as Sex Traffic an
d White G
irl, as well as th
e screen adaptation
of M
onica A
li’s Brick Lane joins u
s to discu
ss Shame, h
er collaboration
with
director Steve M
cQu
een.
18:30 Tw
enty C
igarettesJam
es Benn
ing brin
gs his form
al precision to th
is study
of twenty people en
gaged in th
e act of smokin
g.
21:00 Back to StayA
triple prizewin
ner at Locarn
o, Milagros
Mu
menth
aler’s story of three sisters copin
g with
th
e death of th
eir grand
moth
er offers an origin
al take on
the com
ing-of-age tale.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 New
African
Cin
ema
A trio of contrastin
g short film
s made th
rough
the A
frica First m
entoring sch
eme: an
important in
itiative that
seeks to identify emergin
g talent from A
frica.
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ICA
13:0
0 A
bu, S
on o
f Ada
mA
n a
ged
Ind
ian
cou
ple
deci
de t
o sa
crif
ice
ever
yth
ing
to
mak
e a
once
in a
life
-tim
e H
ajj (
pilg
rim
age)
to
Mec
ca.
15:1
5 T
he
Lord
Wor
ked
Won
ders
in M
eA
fig
ure
in t
he
gras
s w
ith
a g
un
, a n
ame
calle
d ou
t in
th
e d
ista
nce
, a w
oodc
utt
er a
nd
a m
an w
ho
has
lost
a d
og a
re
wov
en t
oget
her
by
Lisa
nd
ro A
lon
so in
a m
edit
atio
n o
n
the
past
we
inh
erit
an
d th
e fu
ture
we
con
stru
ct.
18:3
0 M
ourn
ing
An
Iran
ian
boy
goe
s on
a r
oad
trip
wit
h h
is d
eaf r
elat
ives
af
ter
his
ow
n p
aren
ts m
yste
riou
sly
leav
e in
th
e m
idd
le
of t
he
nig
ht a
nd
are
kille
d in
an
acc
iden
t.
20:3
0 St
atel
ess
Th
ings
Kim
Kyu
ng-
Moo
k’s
spar
ky in
die
feat
ure
cro
sscu
ts
betw
een
th
e liv
es o
f tw
o yo
un
g m
en, o
ne
an il
lega
l im
mig
rant
fro
m N
orth
Kor
ea s
tuck
in d
ead-
end
jobs
, th
e ot
her
th
e ke
pt b
oy o
f a m
arri
ed b
usi
nes
sman
st
ifli
ng
in a
sw
anky
apa
rtm
ent.
CIN
É LU
MIÈ
RE
13:1
5 A
lmay
er’s
Fol
lyC
han
tal A
kerm
an h
eads
eas
t, w
ith
a v
ery
dis
tin
ctiv
e ta
ke
on t
he
Jose
ph C
onra
d n
ovel
abo
ut
two
men
fig
htin
g ov
er
the
futu
re o
f a h
alf-
Mal
aysi
an w
oman
.
16:1
5 T
he
Fair
yA
n a
nar
chic
yet
sop
his
tica
ted
com
edy
invo
lvin
g a
fair
y an
d a
rece
ptio
nis
t at
a s
easi
de h
otel
.
18:3
0 Ea
rly
On
e M
orn
ing
Th
e su
perb
Jean
-Pie
rre
Dar
rou
ssin
pla
ys a
ban
kin
g ex
ecu
tive
dri
ven
off
th
e ra
ils
in Je
an-M
arc
Mou
tou
t’s
inci
sive
an
d an
gry
ind
ictm
ent
of t
he
fin
anci
al w
orld
.
21:0
0 A
mer
ican
oA
n L
.A.-M
exic
an q
ues
t m
ovie
wit
h a
pal
pabl
y pe
rson
al
edge
, as
dir
ecto
r M
ath
ieu
Dem
y re
visi
ts t
he
Cal
ifor
nia
h
e kn
ew a
s a
child
act
or fo
r m
oth
er A
gnès
Var
da.
SUN
16
OC
T
VU
E5
12:1
5 Sa
rah
Pal
in –
You
Bet
cha!
Nic
k Br
oom
fiel
d an
d Jo
an C
hurc
hil
l tra
vel t
o W
asil
la,
Ala
ska,
on
th
e tr
ail o
f Sar
ah P
alin
.
14:4
5 T
ales
of t
he
Nig
ht
En
chan
tin
g, m
agic
al t
ales
tol
d u
sin
g si
lhou
ette
an
imat
ion
an
d sc
reen
ed in
3D
.
17:4
5 A
mad
orFr
om S
pain
’s F
ern
ando
Leó
n d
e A
ran
oa c
omes
a
soci
ally
inci
sive
an
d be
auti
fully
per
form
ed t
ale
of
an u
nli
kely
fri
ends
hip
.
20:1
5 H
ara-
Kir
i: D
eath
of a
Sam
ura
i Ta
kash
i Miik
e fo
llow
s 13
Ass
assi
ns w
ith
a n
eo-c
lass
ical
re
mak
e of
th
e Y
asu
hik
o Ta
kigu
chi s
tory
abo
ut
desp
erat
e,
impo
veri
shed
ron
in a
nd
impl
acab
ly c
ruel
feu
dal l
ords
. D
espi
te t
he
viol
ent
clim
ax, i
t’s p
ossi
bly
the
mos
t re
stra
ined
3D
mov
ie e
ver
mad
e.
VU
E7
12:3
0 R
ampa
rtT
he
best
cri
me
mov
ie o
f rec
ent
tim
es; W
oody
Har
rels
on
deliv
ers
a pe
rfor
man
ce g
uar
ante
ed t
o be
on
e of
th
e m
ost
talk
ed a
bou
t of
th
e ye
ar.
15:0
0 T
he
Lon
elie
st P
lan
etA
you
ng
cou
ple
are
take
n b
y su
rpri
se o
n a
tre
k de
ep in
to
the
Cau
casu
s M
ount
ain
s..
18:1
5 A
lps
Th
e ea
gerl
y an
tici
pate
d fo
llow
-up
to D
ogto
oth
from
Yo
rgos
Lan
thim
os.
20:3
0 D
ark
Hor
seTo
dd S
olon
dz d
raw
s da
rk c
omed
y fr
om t
he
stor
y of
tw
o dy
sfu
nct
ion
al t
hir
tyso
met
hin
gs p
lan
nin
g to
mar
ry.
VU
E6
12:4
5 R
estl
ess
A
n a
ffec
tin
g an
d de
licat
e te
en r
oman
ce w
hic
h c
onfi
rms
Gu
s V
an S
ant
as o
ne
of H
olly
woo
d’s
mos
t as
tute
an
d se
nsi
tive
ch
ron
icle
rs o
f Am
eric
an y
outh
.
15:1
5 W
her
e D
o W
e G
o N
ow?
An
upl
ifti
ng
stor
y of
fem
ale
solid
arit
y an
d go
od
sen
se c
ross
ing
the
relig
iou
s d
ivid
e be
twee
n C
hri
stia
ns
and
Mu
slim
s.
18:0
0 C
razy
Hor
seA
fasc
inat
ing
beh
ind-
the-
scen
es g
lim
pse
of P
aris
’ le
gen
dary
nu
de r
evie
w, d
irec
ted
by r
enow
ned
do
cum
enta
rian
Fre
deri
ck W
isem
an.
20:4
5 H
ut in
th
e W
oods
A y
oun
g m
an b
efri
ends
an
orp
han
ed b
oy, a
nd
they
try
to
esc
ape
the
wor
ld b
y bu
ildin
g a
cabi
n in
th
e w
oods
.
VU
E3
13:0
0 St
oppe
d on
Tra
ckA
raw
, com
pell
ing
stu
dy o
f wh
at h
appe
ns
to a
n
ord
inar
y fa
mily
wh
en a
hu
sban
d an
d fa
ther
bec
omes
te
rmin
ally
ill.
15:3
0 T
he
Forg
iven
ess
of B
lood
An
abs
orbi
ng
and
susp
ense
ful d
ram
a ab
out
an A
lban
ian
fa
mily
cau
ght
in a
blo
od fe
ud.
18:3
0 W
reck
ers
Th
e de
but
feat
ure
fro
m D
icty
nn
a H
ood
is a
hau
ntin
g ta
le
of s
ecre
ts a
nd
lies
in t
he
Engl
ish
cou
ntry
side
.
21:0
0 A
nD
a U
nio
n: F
rom
th
e St
eppe
s to
th
e C
ity
A r
are
glim
pse
into
th
e fo
rgot
ten
lan
d of
Inn
er M
ongo
lia
and
its
un
iqu
e so
un
ds r
evit
alis
ed b
y th
e ba
nd
An
Da
Un
ion
, wh
ose
glob
al c
once
rts
and
even
tual
hom
ecom
ing
we
follo
w.
NFT
1
12:0
0 Le
s En
fan
ts d
u p
arad
isC
arn
é’s
epic
rom
ance
, new
ly r
esto
red
– a
spec
tacu
lar
recr
eati
on o
f th
e Pa
risi
an t
hea
tre
wor
ld o
f th
e 18
30s,
st
arri
ng
Arl
etty
as
the
enig
mat
ic o
bjec
t of
men
’s d
esir
e.
16:1
5 W
oody
Har
rels
on (S
cree
n T
alk)
Sin
ce h
is C
hee
rs d
ays
Woo
dy H
arre
lson
has
car
ved
out
an in
cred
ibly
div
erse
, an
d hu
gely
impr
essi
ve c
aree
r as
a
scre
en a
ctor
. We
are
thri
lled
to w
elco
me
him
to
dis
cuss
h
is d
iver
se c
aree
r to
dat
e.
18:4
5 U
nde
rcu
rren
t
Hau
nted
by
a pr
evio
us
trag
edy,
th
e cr
ew o
f an
old
tra
wle
r tr
y to
mak
e se
nse
of t
he
past
. Moo
dy d
ram
a fr
om
Icel
and
’s in
tern
atio
nal
ly a
ccla
imed
Ves
turp
ort
grou
p.
21:0
0 D
ream
s of
a L
ife
Th
e in
trig
uin
g st
ory
of a
you
ng
wom
an d
isco
vere
d in
a
Lon
don
fla
t th
ree
year
s af
ter
her
dea
th.
NFT
2
12:3
0 Fu
chsi
a, t
he
Min
i-Wit
ch
A s
mal
l wit
ch c
reat
es m
ayh
em a
t W
itch
Sch
ool b
ut
trie
s to
mak
e am
ends
wh
en s
he
dis
cove
rs a
plo
t th
at t
hre
aten
s th
e fo
rest
wh
ere
she
and
her
fri
ends
live
.
15:3
0 Ru
ral L
ife
Seve
n s
hor
t st
orie
s co
nce
rnin
g ru
ral l
ivin
g: f
rom
th
e ra
in-
soak
ed S
cott
ish
isla
nds
to
the
farm
lan
ds o
f th
e re
mot
e H
un
gari
an G
reat
Pla
ins,
fro
m t
he
har
sh h
eat
of t
he
Iran
ian
des
ert
to t
he
cut-
off b
ackw
oods
of r
ura
l Am
eric
a.
18:1
5 In
tern
atio
nal
An
imat
ion
Pan
oram
a Pr
ogra
mm
e 1
A s
elec
tion
of i
nter
nat
ion
al fe
stiv
al p
icks
, an
d so
me
bran
d-n
ew B
riti
sh p
rodu
ctio
ns.
20:4
5 N
obel
Th
ief
A p
oor
and
naï
ve v
illa
ger
dis
cove
rs t
he
stol
en N
obel
Pri
ze
gold
med
al o
f Ben
gali
her
o R
abin
dra
nat
h T
agor
e an
d h
eads
to
Kol
kata
in t
he
hop
e of
ret
urn
ing
it.
NFT
3
14:0
0 C
rulic
– T
he
Path
to
Beyo
nd
An
ca D
amia
n’s
poet
ic a
nd
inn
ovat
ive
anim
ated
feat
ure
re
cou
nts
the
life
an
d fi
nal
day
s of
a R
oman
ian
imm
igra
nt
wro
ngl
y im
pris
oned
in a
Pol
ish
pri
son
.
15:4
5 Fu
ture
s M
arke
tA
hau
ntin
g do
cum
enta
ry o
n o
bjec
ts, m
emor
y an
d th
e po
litic
s of
com
mer
ce b
y pr
ize-
win
nin
g fi
lmm
aker
M
erce
des
Álv
arez
.
18:3
0 T
he
Mac
hin
e T
hat
Kill
s Ba
d Pe
ople
Ros
sell
ini’s
rar
ely-
seen
sat
iric
al fa
ntas
y, n
ow r
esto
red,
ab
out
a ph
otog
raph
er w
hos
e m
agic
cam
era
has
th
e po
wer
to
kil
l th
e gr
eedy
an
d th
e co
rru
pt.
21:0
0 W
omen
wit
h C
ows
Two
sist
ers
are
div
ided
an
d u
nit
ed b
y th
e ol
d fa
mily
farm
. O
ne
has
giv
en h
er li
fe t
o th
e co
ws,
th
e ot
her
on
ly w
ish
ed
she
cou
ld e
scap
e th
em.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 Be
rnad
ette
: Not
es o
n a
Pol
itic
al Jo
urn
eyT
he
rem
arka
ble
polit
ical
life
of B
ern
adet
te
Dev
lin
McA
lisk
ey.
ICA
13:1
5 St
atel
ess
Th
ings
Kim
Kyu
ng-
Moo
k’s
spar
ky in
die
feat
ure
cro
sscu
ts
betw
een
th
e liv
es o
f tw
o yo
un
g m
en, o
ne
an il
lega
l im
mig
rant
fro
m N
orth
Kor
ea s
tuck
in d
ead-
end
jobs
, th
e ot
her
th
e ke
pt b
oy o
f a m
arri
ed b
usi
nes
sman
st
ifli
ng
in a
sw
anky
apa
rtm
ent.
16:1
5 Y
atas
toA
com
pell
ing
docu
men
tary
ch
arti
ng
the
adve
ntu
res
of
a t
rio
of t
een
age
card
boar
d co
llect
ors
on t
he
outs
kirt
s of
th
e A
rgen
tin
e ci
ty o
f Cór
doba
.
18:4
5 T
he
Day
He
Arr
ives
Hon
g Sa
ngs
oo’s
late
st b
ulle
tin
fro
m t
he
sex-
war
is a
ty
pica
lly w
ry a
nd
dro
ll ac
cou
nt o
f a m
an v
isit
ing
Seou
l to
look
up
old
frie
nds
an
d ru
nn
ing
into
new
on
es. B
ut
is
this
his
ver
sion
of G
roun
dhog
Day
?
21:0
0 D
arw
inEv
ocat
ive
docu
men
tary
abo
ut
a gh
ost
tow
n in
Dea
th
Val
ley,
Cal
ifor
nia
, wit
h a
sca
nt p
opu
lati
on o
f ju
st 3
5.
CIN
É LU
MIÈ
RE
13:3
0 T
he
Gia
nts
A w
ryly
hila
riou
s, s
ubt
ly s
ubv
ersi
ve c
omin
g-of
-age
yar
n
wh
ich
tak
es a
cu
e fr
om M
ark
Twai
n a
nd
Adv
entu
res
of
Huc
kleb
erry
Fin
n.
16:0
0 17
Gir
lsIn
th
e Fr
ench
sea
port
of L
orie
nt, t
her
e’s
a tr
end
at
sch
ool f
or t
he
girl
s to
get
pre
gnan
t.
18:3
0 Lo
uis
e W
imm
erC
orin
ne
Mas
iero
tu
rns
in a
n a
ston
ish
ing
lead
pe
rfor
man
ce in
th
is F
ren
ch d
ram
a ab
out
a w
oman
on
th
e sk
ids
figh
tin
g fo
r d
ign
ity
and
surv
ival
.
20:3
0 T
he
Fair
yA
n a
nar
chic
yet
sop
his
tica
ted
com
edy
invo
lvin
g a
fair
y an
d a
rece
ptio
nis
t at
a s
easi
de h
otel
.
OD
EON
WES
T E
ND
19:3
0 C
orio
lan
us
A c
leve
r co
ntem
pora
ry a
dapt
atio
n o
f Sh
akes
pear
e’s
play
of
pol
itic
al p
ower
an
d in
trig
ue,
dir
ecte
d by
an
d st
arri
ng
Ral
ph F
ien
nes
.
PRO
JEC
T S
PAC
E, B
FI S
OU
TH
BAN
K(I
N F
OC
US
WIT
H T
IME
OU
T)
20:3
0 Fi
lm in
Foc
us
– W
e N
eed
to T
alk
Abo
ut K
evin
(E
ven
t)W
rite
r-d
irec
tor
Lyn
ne
Ram
say,
co-
wri
ter
Ror
y K
inn
ear,
pr
odu
cer
Luc
Roe
g an
d D
OP
Seam
us
McG
arve
y jo
in u
s
to d
iscu
ss t
he
deve
lopm
ent,
fin
anci
ng
and
crea
tive
ev
olu
tion
of t
his
Fes
tiva
l fil
m.
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CT
VU
E5
12:15 Hara-K
iri: Death
of a Samu
rai Takash
i Miike follow
s 13 Assassins w
ith a n
eo-classical rem
ake of the Y
asuh
iko Takiguch
i story about desperate,
impoverish
ed ronin
and im
placably cruel feu
dal lords. D
espite the violent clim
ax, it’s possibly the m
ost restrain
ed 3D m
ovie ever made.
14:45 Am
adorFrom
Spain’s Fernan
do León de A
ranoa com
es a socially in
cisive and beau
tifully perform
ed tale of an u
nlikely
friendsh
ip.
17:45 I’m C
arolyn Parker
Jonath
an D
emm
e presents a compellin
g study of a N
ew
Orlean
s wom
an’s five-year struggle to retu
rn to h
er hom
e follow
ing th
e post Katrin
a floods.
20:15 Snow
town
Th
e shockin
g dram
atisation of A
ustralia’s m
ost notoriou
s serial killin
gs.
VU
E7
12:30 Coriolan
us
A clever contem
porary adaptation of Sh
akespeare’s play of political pow
er and intrigu
e, directed by an
d starring
Ralph
Fienn
es.
15:15 Restless
An
affecting an
d delicate teen rom
ance w
hich
confirm
s G
us V
an Sant as on
e of Hollyw
ood’s m
ost astute an
d sen
sitive chron
iclers of Am
erican you
th.
18:15 Wh
ere Do W
e Go N
ow?
An
upliftin
g story of female solidarity an
d good sen
se crossing th
e religious d
ivide between
Ch
ristians
and M
uslim
s.
20:30 On
ce upon
a Tim
e in A
natolia
Ceylan’s m
ost audaciou
s film yet is a m
easured, m
asterly accou
nt of a police investigation
, Ch
ekhovian
in its
piercing in
sights, subtle w
it and th
ematic rich
ness.
VU
E6
12:45 Crazy H
orseA
fascinatin
g behin
d-the-scen
es glimpse of Paris’
legendary nu
de review, d
irected by renow
ned
docum
entarian Frederick W
iseman
.
15:00 I Wish
Two you
ng broth
ers at opposite ends of K
yushu
devise a m
agical plan to reu
nite th
eir separated parents in
Hirokazu
Kore-eda’s ben
ign an
d superbly acted pictu
re of fam
ily life.
18:00 Las Acacias
Pablo Giorgelli’s h
ypnotically paced road m
ovie tells a begu
iling love story an
d won
the A
rgentine d
irector a top prize in
Can
nes.
20:45 Karen
Cries on
the Bu
sK
aren leaves h
er husban
d and fin
ds herself in
this
smart, con
fident debut-featu
re from a n
ew voice in
C
olombian
filmm
aking.
VU
E3
13:00 Th
e Somn
ambu
listsR
ichard Jobson’s com
mitted, im
aginative respon
se to our
collective apathy to th
e war in
Iraq.
15:30 Dark H
orseTodd Solon
dz draw
s dark comedy from
the story of tw
o dysfu
nction
al thirtysom
ethin
gs plann
ing to m
arry.
18:30 Restless C
ityD
irector An
drew
Dosu
nm
u h
as a backgroun
d in
comm
ercials, photograph
y and m
usic video. T
his is a
superb featu
re debut, an
d a spectacle to be marveled at.
21:00 Nobody Else but Y
ouA
witty, sn
ow-steeped Fren
ch com
edy thriller th
at riffs on
the M
arilyn M
onroe legen
d, as a French
mystery
writer u
nravels th
e death of a sm
all-town
beauty.
NFT
1
13:15 Dragon
slayerW
inn
er of the best docu
mentary at SX
SW th
is year, a stu
nn
ing verité portrait of skater Josh
‘Skreech’ San
doval.
15:30 Th
e Black Power M
ixtape 1967-1975Strikin
g footage from th
e struggle for civil rights in
the
USA
, resurrected from
the vau
lts of Swed
ish T
V.
18:30 Won
derful Lon
donFrom
Hackn
ey to Ch
elsea in th
e compan
y of the great
1920s British travelogu
e.
21:00 Magic T
ripK
en K
esey and h
is Merry Ban
d of Pranksters trip
across Am
erica.
NFT
2
13:00 Nobel T
hief
A poor an
d naïve villager d
iscovers the stolen
Nobel Prize
gold medal of Ben
gali hero R
abind
ranath
Tagore and
heads to K
olkata in th
e hope of retu
rnin
g it.
15:30 Wom
en w
ith C
ows
Two sisters are d
ivided and u
nited by th
e old family farm
. O
ne h
as given h
er life to the cow
s, the oth
er only w
ished
she cou
ld escape them
.
18:15 Th
e School of Life
Th
e characters in
these seven
diverse sh
ort films abou
t th
e complexities of person
al relationsh
ips have to deal
with
man
y different pressu
res, such
as family du
ty, battlin
g their ow
n con
sciences or copin
g with
social m
edia.
20:45 Mou
rnin
gA
n Iran
ian boy goes on
a road trip with
his deaf relatives
after his ow
n parents m
ysteriously leave in
the m
iddle of
the n
ight and are killed in
an accident.
NFT
3
13:30 Bernadette: N
otes on a Political Jou
rney
Th
e remarkable political life of Bern
adette D
evlin M
cAliskey.
15:45 Weeken
dA
one-n
ight stand tu
rns into som
ethin
g altogether m
ore u
nexpected in
An
drew
Haigh
’s heartfelt love story.
18:30 Barry Ackroyd (M
asterclass)O
ne of th
e world
’s great cinem
atographers, ren
own
ed for h
is visceral han
d-held cam
erawork an
d docum
entary-style n
aturalism
in film
s like The Hurt Locker, U
nited 93 and
Ralph
Fienn
es’ Coriolanus.
20:45 Alm
s of the Blin
d Horse
Director G
urvin
der Singh
, supported by th
e late and
legendary M
ani K
aul as C
reative Producer, takes u
s into a little-seen
image of m
odern ru
ral Punjab.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 Futures M
arketA
hau
nting docu
mentary on
objects, mem
ory and th
e politics of com
merce by prize-w
inn
ing film
maker
Mercedes Á
lvarez.
ICA
14:00 Tw
enty C
igarettesJam
es Benn
ing brin
gs his form
al precision to th
is study of
twenty people en
gaged in th
e act of smokin
g.
16:15 With
outA
youn
g wom
an battles w
ith a recent tragedy w
hilst
caring for an
elderly man
in th
is hau
nting, clau
strophobic
dram
a.
18:30 Dreileben
– Beats Being D
eadA
youn
g couple’s passion
ate relationsh
ip plays out again
st th
e backdrop of a m
anhu
nt.
20:30 Flying Fish
Th
ree stories from th
e Sri Lankan
civil war (all w
ith
violent end
ings) are interw
oven in
Sanjeewa
Push
pakum
ara’s coolly modern
ist, non
-partisan debu
t. W
inn
er of Best Director prize, St Petersbu
rg Internation
al Film
Festival.
CU
RZ
ON
MA
YFA
IR
19:30 We N
eed to Talk A
bout Kevin
Th
e mu
ch-anticipated film
based on Lion
el Shriver’s
Oran
ge Prize-win
nin
g novel.
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E 18 OC
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VU
E5
12:15 Snow
town
Th
e shockin
g dram
atisation of A
ustralia’s m
ost notoriou
s serial killin
gs.
14:45 We N
eed to Talk about K
evinT
he m
uch
-anticipated film based on
Lionel Sh
river’s O
range Prize-w
inn
ing n
ovel.
17:45 Elena
An
drey Zvyagintsev’s aw
ard-win
nin
g account of a
struggle over in
heritan
ce is accompan
ied by an effective
score by Philip G
lass.
20:15 Carn
ageT
he Brooklyn
bourgeoisie u
nder th
e microscope in
Polan
ski’s beautifu
lly acted adaptation of The G
od of C
arnage.
VU
E7
12:30 Alps
Th
e eagerly anticipated follow-u
p to Dogtooth from
Yorgos Lanth
imos.
15:15 Wh
ere Do W
e Go N
ow?
An
upliftin
g story of female solidarity an
d good sense
crossing th
e religious d
ivide between
Ch
ristians an
d M
uslim
s.
18:00 Ch
icken w
ith Plu
ms
Th
e creators of Persepolis follow th
eir terrific debut w
ith
an in
spired adaptation of an
other of M
arjane Satrapi’s
award-w
inn
ing graph
ic novels.
20:30 Headh
un
tersA
stylish, pacy an
d sometim
es blackly fun
ny adaptation
of Jo N
esbø’s bestselling N
orwegian
thriller.
VU
E6
12:45 Karen
Cries on
the Bu
sK
aren leaves h
er husban
d and fin
ds herself in
this sm
art, con
fident debut-featu
re from a n
ew voice in
Colom
bian
filmm
aking.
15:00 Las Acacias
Pablo Giorgelli’s h
ypnotically paced road m
ovie tells a begu
iling love story an
d won
the A
rgentine d
irector a top prize in
Can
nes.
18:15 Tales of th
e Nigh
t
Ench
anting, m
agical tales told usin
g silhou
ette anim
ation
and screen
ed in 3D
.
20:45 Th
e Dish
and th
e SpoonA
lison Bagn
all’s witty an
d delightful featu
re depicts the
disarm
ingly affectin
g adventures of a tru
ly odd couple.
VU
E3
13:00 Restless C
ityD
irector An
drew
Dosu
nm
u h
as a backgroun
d in
comm
ercials, photograph
y and m
usic video. T
his is a
superb featu
re debut, an
d a spectacle to be marveled at.
15:30 Wreckers
Th
e debut featu
re from D
ictynn
a Hood is a h
auntin
g tale of secrets an
d lies in th
e English
countryside.
18:30 Strawberry Fields
An
inventive m
elodram
a referencin
g Tenn
essee William
s an
d A Streetcar N
amed D
esire, a complex story of lu
st, rivalry an
d liberation in
Kent cou
ntryside.
21:00 Sleepless Nigh
ts StoriesJon
as Mekas in
vites viewers on
a tour th
rough
his
nightlife, brin
ging togeth
er twenty-five stories of life,
love and frien
dship.
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NFT
1
13:0
0 U
nde
rcu
rren
tH
aunt
ed b
y a
prev
iou
s tr
aged
y, t
he
crew
of a
n o
ld t
raw
ler
try
to m
ake
sen
se o
f th
e pa
st. M
oody
dra
ma
from
Ic
elan
d’s
inte
rnat
ion
ally
acc
laim
ed V
estu
rpor
t gr
oup.
15:3
0 Ea
rly
On
e M
orn
ing
Th
e su
perb
Jean
-Pie
rre
Dar
rou
ssin
pla
ys a
ban
kin
g ex
ecu
tive
dri
ven
off
th
e ra
ils
in Je
an-M
arc
Mou
tou
t’s
inci
sive
an
d an
gry
ind
ictm
ent
of t
he
fin
anci
al w
orld
.
18:1
5 C
hild
ren
Wh
o C
has
e Lo
st V
oice
s…
Mak
oto
Shin
kai’s
an
ime
will
app
eal t
o G
hib
li fa
ns
as y
oung
A
sun
a ga
ins
entr
y to
the
und
ergr
ound
land
of A
gart
ha.
21:0
0 T
his
Is N
ot a
Film
Jafa
r Pa
nah
i’s p
ostc
ard
from
Iran
.
NFT
2
13:1
5 D
ream
s of
a L
ife
Th
e in
trig
uin
g st
ory
of a
you
ng
wom
an d
isco
vere
d in
a
Lon
don
fla
t th
ree
year
s af
ter
her
dea
th.
15:4
5 M
ourn
ing
An
Iran
ian
boy
goe
s on
a r
oad
trip
wit
h h
is d
eaf r
elat
ives
af
ter
his
ow
n p
aren
ts m
yste
riou
sly
leav
e in
th
e m
idd
le o
f th
e n
ight
an
d ar
e ki
lled
in a
n a
ccid
ent.
18:1
5 T
he
Subu
rbs
Eigh
t sh
ort
stor
ies
con
cern
ing
subu
rban
livi
ng
that
cou
ld
take
pla
ce o
n t
he
stre
ets
of a
ny
tow
n, a
s al
l dai
ly m
oder
n
life
pla
ys o
ut
in s
ubu
rbia
on
bot
h a
loca
l an
d gl
obal
sca
le.
20:4
5 Se
ven
Act
s of
Mer
cyG
ritt
y co
ntem
pora
ry c
rim
e d
ram
a ab
out
a M
oldo
vian
gir
l ca
ugh
t in
a p
lot
to s
teal
an
d se
ll a
baby
in r
etu
rn fo
r a
new
legi
tim
ate
iden
tity
in It
aly.
NFT
3
13:3
0 Ba
ck t
o St
ayA
tri
ple
priz
ewin
ner
at
Loca
rno,
Mila
gros
M
um
enth
aler
’s s
tory
of t
hre
e si
ster
s co
pin
g w
ith
th
e de
ath
of t
hei
r gr
and
mot
her
off
ers
an o
rigi
nal
ta
ke o
n t
he
com
ing-
of-a
ge t
ale.
16:0
0 In
tern
atio
nal
An
imat
ion
Pan
oram
a Pr
ogra
mm
e 2
A s
elec
tion
of i
nter
nat
ion
al fe
stiv
al p
icks
, an
d so
me
bran
d-n
ew B
riti
sh p
rodu
ctio
ns.
18:3
0 Su
perh
eroe
sO
rdin
ary
folk
by
day,
cap
ed c
rusa
ders
by
nig
ht…
th
e liv
es
of a
ctu
al s
upe
rher
oes.
20:4
5 T
he
Bird
San
dri
ne
Kib
erla
in g
ives
her
bes
t pe
rfor
man
ce y
et in
Y
ves
Cau
mon
’s s
ubt
le, i
ntel
ligen
t d
ram
a ab
out
a w
oman
w
ho
wal
ks a
lon
e.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 D
rago
nsl
ayer
Win
ner
of t
he
best
doc
um
enta
ry a
t SX
SW t
his
yea
r, a
st
un
nin
g ve
rité
por
trai
t of
ska
ter
Josh
‘Skr
eech
’ San
dova
l.
ICA
13:4
5 Fl
yin
g Fi
shT
hre
e st
orie
s fr
om t
he
Sri L
anka
n c
ivil
war
(all
wit
h
viol
ent
end
ings
) are
inte
rwov
en in
San
jeew
a Pu
shpa
kum
ara’
s co
olly
mod
ern
ist,
non
-par
tisa
n d
ebu
t.
Win
ner
of B
est
Dir
ecto
r pr
ize,
St
Pete
rsbu
rg In
tern
atio
nal
Fi
lm F
esti
val.
16:1
5 O
n t
he
Ice
An
Ala
skan
-set
sto
ry o
f tw
o yo
un
g m
en c
augh
t u
p in
su
bter
fuge
follo
win
g th
e ac
cide
ntal
kil
lin
g of
on
e of
th
eir
frie
nds
.
18:4
5 D
reile
ben
– D
on’t
Follo
w M
e A
rou
nd
A p
olic
e ps
ych
olog
ist
ren
ews
old
acqu
aint
ance
s w
hen
sh
e is
dra
fted
in t
o h
elp
smal
l tow
n p
olic
e fi
nd
an
esca
ped
con
vict
.
21:0
0 Et
ern
ity
Win
ner
of a
Tig
er A
war
d in
Rot
terd
am, S
ivar
oj
Kon
gsak
ul’s
su
perb
ly b
eau
tifu
l deb
ut
chro
nic
les
a ru
ral
cou
rtsh
ip…
an
d fr
ames
it in
th
e co
ntex
t of
th
e hu
sban
d’s
ea
rly
deat
h.
OD
EON
WES
T E
ND
19:3
0 T
he
Art
ist
Th
ey d
on’t
mak
e ‘e
m li
ke t
hey
use
d to
, app
aren
tly.
W
ell,
‘th
ey’ d
o n
ow!
WED
19
OC
T
VU
E5
12:1
5 C
arn
age
Th
e Br
ookl
yn b
ourg
eois
ie u
nde
r th
e m
icro
scop
e in
Po
lan
ski’s
bea
uti
fully
act
ed a
dapt
atio
n o
f The
God
of
Car
nage
.
14:4
5 El
ena
An
dre
y Zv
yagi
ntse
v’s
awar
d-w
inn
ing
acco
unt
of a
st
rugg
le o
ver
inh
erit
ance
is a
ccom
pan
ied
by a
n e
ffec
tive
sc
ore
by P
hil
ip G
lass
.
17:4
5 R
etu
rnA
th
ough
tfu
l con
side
rati
on o
f Am
eric
an li
fe
duri
ng
war
tim
e th
at a
void
s po
lem
ical
an
alys
is in
fa
vou
r of
pre
sent
ing
a to
uch
ing
hum
an s
tory
wit
h
cred
ible
inte
grit
y.
20:1
5 T
erri
An
aff
ecti
onat
e an
d su
btly
dra
wn
stu
dy o
f a t
een
age
lon
er, w
ith
str
ong
perf
orm
ance
s an
d ly
rica
l vis
ual
s.
VU
E7
12:3
0 H
eadh
un
ters
A s
tyli
sh, p
acy
and
som
etim
es b
lack
ly f
un
ny
adap
tati
on
of Jo
Nes
bø’s
bes
tsel
lin
g N
orw
egia
n t
hri
ller.
15:0
0 C
hic
ken
wit
h P
lum
sT
he
crea
tors
of P
erse
polis
follo
w t
hei
r te
rrif
ic d
ebu
t w
ith
an
insp
ired
ada
ptat
ion
of a
not
her
of M
arja
ne
Satr
api’s
aw
ard-
win
nin
g gr
aph
ic n
ovel
s.
18:0
0 Le
t th
e Bu
llets
Fly
Jian
g W
en’s
ru
mbu
stio
us
com
edy-
adve
ntu
re, s
et in
th
e 19
20s,
is a
n E
aste
rn W
este
rn. C
how
Yu
n-F
at, G
e Yo
u a
nd
Jian
g h
imse
lf s
tar
as t
he
thre
e u
nsc
rupu
lou
s m
en v
yin
g fo
r co
ntro
l of G
oose
Tow
n: f
un
per
form
ance
s, a
nd
lots
of
flyi
ng
bulle
ts.
20:4
5 M
iss
Bala
A t
hri
llin
g, u
nre
lent
ing
acti
oner
th
at w
ears
sin
cere
so
cio-
polit
ical
con
cern
s ab
out
the
dru
g w
ars
in M
exic
o
on it
s sl
eeve
.
VU
E6
12:4
5 Su
perh
eroe
sO
rdin
ary
folk
by
day,
cap
ed c
rusa
ders
by
nig
ht…
th
e liv
es
of a
ctu
al s
upe
rher
oes.
15:1
5 T
he
Dis
h a
nd
the
Spoo
nA
liso
n B
agn
all’s
wit
ty a
nd
delig
htfu
l fea
ture
dep
icts
th
e d
isar
min
gly
affe
ctin
g ad
vent
ure
s of
a t
ruly
odd
cou
ple.
18:1
5 T
he
Exch
ange
Eran
Kol
irin
’s fo
llow
up
to T
he B
and’
s V
isit
is a
cu
riou
s vi
sion
fu
ll of
wit
an
d in
vent
ion
.
20:3
0 O
slo,
Au
gust
31s
tSt
ylis
h a
nd
cont
empl
ativ
e ta
le o
f a y
oun
g m
an’s
wis
tfu
l re
turn
to
the
city
he
love
s. A
stu
nn
ing
new
fil
m f
rom
th
e cr
eato
rs o
f Rep
rise
(LFF
200
6).
VU
E3
13:0
0 I’m
Car
olyn
Par
ker
Jon
ath
an D
emm
e pr
esen
ts a
com
pell
ing
stu
dy o
f a N
ew
Orl
ean
s w
oman
’s f
ive-
year
str
ugg
le t
o re
turn
to
her
hom
e fo
llow
ing
the
post
Kat
rin
a fl
oods
.
15:3
0 St
raw
berr
y Fi
elds
An
inve
ntiv
e m
elod
ram
a re
fere
nci
ng
Ten
nes
see
Wil
liam
s an
d A
Str
eetc
ar N
amed
Des
ire, a
com
plex
sto
ry o
f lu
st,
riva
lry
and
libe
rati
on in
Ken
t co
unt
rysi
de.
18:3
0 W
hor
es’ G
lory
A p
rofo
un
d in
sigh
t in
to t
he
wor
ld’s
old
est
prof
essi
on t
hat
re
veal
s va
st d
iffe
ren
ces
in a
ttit
ude
to
sex,
mon
ey, p
ower
an
d re
ligio
n in
th
ree
dif
fere
nt c
ount
ries
.
21:0
0 La
st S
cree
nin
gLa
ure
nt A
char
d’s
sty
lish
ly n
asty
hor
ror
set
in a
sm
all
tow
n c
inem
a th
at’s
see
n b
ette
r da
ys.
NFT
1
13:0
0 M
agic
Tri
pK
en K
esey
an
d h
is M
erry
Ban
d of
Pra
nks
ters
tri
p
acro
ss A
mer
ica.
15:3
0 H
ut in
th
e W
oods
A y
oun
g m
an b
efri
ends
an
orp
han
ed b
oy, a
nd
they
try
to
esca
pe t
he
wor
ld b
y bu
ildin
g a
cabi
n in
th
e w
oods
.
18:3
0 T
he
Scre
en Il
lusi
onM
ath
ieu
Am
alri
c gi
ves
clas
sic
Fren
ch t
hea
tre
a tw
ist
by
wit
tily
upd
atin
g C
orn
eille
’s p
lay
as a
mod
ern
intr
igu
e se
t in
th
e C
CT
V p
rese
nt.
20:4
5 Lo
tus
Eate
rsT
hey
are
you
ng,
ric
h, b
eau
tifu
l an
d da
mn
ed.
NFT
2
13:1
5 Se
ven
Act
s of
Mer
cyG
ritt
y co
ntem
pora
ry c
rim
e d
ram
a ab
out
a M
oldo
vian
gir
l ca
ugh
t in
a p
lot
to s
teal
an
d se
ll a
baby
in r
etu
rn fo
r a
new
legi
tim
ate
iden
tity
in It
aly.
16:0
0 T
his
Is N
ot a
Film
Jafa
r Pa
nah
i’s p
ostc
ard
from
Iran
.
18:1
5 W
anda
Bara
bara
Lod
en’s
bri
llia
nt o
ne-
off,
inde
pen
dent
, cla
ssic
ro
ad-m
ovie
, in
wh
ich
her
oin
e W
anda
em
bark
s on
an
od
ysse
y of
pet
ty c
rim
e ac
ross
see
dy m
idd
le A
mer
ica.
20:4
5 T
he
Boy
Wh
o W
as a
Kin
gA
nd
rey
Paou
nov
’s c
ompe
llin
g do
cum
enta
ry a
bou
t Si
meo
n II
of B
ulg
aria
’s u
npr
eced
ente
d jo
urn
ey f
rom
boy
ki
ng
to d
emoc
rati
c le
ader
.
NFT
3
13:1
5 A
lms
of t
he
Blin
d H
orse
Dir
ecto
r G
urv
inde
r Si
ngh
, su
ppor
ted
by t
he
late
an
d le
gen
dary
Man
i Kau
l as
Cre
ativ
e Pr
odu
cer,
tak
es u
s in
to a
lit
tle-
seen
imag
e of
mod
ern
ru
ral P
unj
ab.
15:4
5 T
he
Subu
rbs
Eigh
t sh
ort
stor
ies
con
cern
ing
subu
rban
livi
ng
that
cou
ld
take
pla
ce o
n t
he
stre
ets
of a
ny
tow
n, a
s al
l dai
ly m
oder
n
life
pla
ys o
ut
in s
ubu
rbia
on
bot
h a
loca
l an
d gl
obal
sca
le.
18:3
0 C
orre
spon
den
ce: J
onas
Mek
as –
JL G
uer
ínLe
tter
s fr
om t
wo
accl
aim
ed d
irec
tors
off
er a
rem
arka
ble
port
rait
of t
hei
r at
titu
des
to t
he
craf
t of
fil
mm
akin
g an
d th
e w
orld
aro
un
d th
em.
21:0
0 M
r T
ree
Prod
uce
d by
Jia
Zh
angk
e an
d a
dou
ble
priz
ewin
ner
in
Shan
ghai
, Han
Jie’
s st
riki
ngl
y or
igin
al f
ilm
follo
ws
a sm
all-
tow
n lo
ser
wh
o bo
tch
es h
is o
wn
mar
riag
e bu
t be
com
es a
sav
ant
to h
is m
inin
g vi
llag
e in
Nor
th-e
ast
Ch
ina.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 C
razy
Hor
seA
fasc
inat
ing
beh
ind-
the-
scen
es g
lim
pse
of P
aris
’ le
gen
dary
nu
de r
evie
w, d
irec
ted
by r
enow
ned
do
cum
enta
rian
Fre
deri
ck W
isem
an.
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WED
19 OC
T (C
ON
TD
.)
ICA
14:00 Eternity
Win
ner of a T
iger Aw
ard in R
otterdam, Sivaroj
Kon
gsakul’s su
perbly beautifu
l debut ch
ronicles a ru
ral cou
rtship…
and fram
es it in th
e context of the hu
sband
’s early death
.
16:15 Old D
ogPem
a Tseden’s quest to create a n
ew T
ibetan cin
ema
takes anoth
er leap forward w
ith th
is droll/tragic tale of
conflicts betw
een a sh
epherd an
d his h
eavy-drin
king
son…
particularly over th
eir pet Nom
ad Mastiff.
18:45 Dreileben
– On
e Min
ute of Darkn
essA
suspen
seful cat-an
d-mou
se search betw
een police
and an
escaped convict.
21:00 Osten
deR
ohm
er and H
itchcock prove tellin
g reference points
in th
is tale of a voyeurism
set in a sleepy A
rgentine
seaside town
.
OD
EON
LEICEST
ER SQU
AR
E
19:00 Th
e Ides of March
George C
looney d
irects and appears alon
gside Ryan
G
osling, Ph
ilip Seymou
r Hoffm
an, Pau
l Giam
atti and
Evan R
achel W
ood in th
is smart, in
cisive exploration of
dirty politics on
the cam
paign trail.
PROJEC
T SPA
CE, BFI SO
UT
HBA
NK
18:30 From Stage to Screen
Writers an
d filmm
akers discu
ss the creative ch
oices, an
d challen
ges, involved in
transferrin
g a play from
stage to screen.
20:30 Filmm
aker In Focu
sT
his in
formal con
versation, featu
ring on
e of Britain’s greatest film
makers Teren
ce Davies, w
ill examin
e the
films an
d filmm
akers that h
ave influ
enced h
is work.
TH
U 20 O
CT
VU
E5
12:15 Terri
An
affectionate an
d subtly d
rawn
study of a teen
age lon
er, with
strong perform
ances an
d lyrical visuals.
14:45 Retu
rnA
thou
ghtful con
sideration of A
merican
life du
ring w
artime th
at avoids polemical an
alysis in
favour of presentin
g a touch
ing hu
man
story w
ith cred
ible integrity.
17:45 Rebellion
Math
ieu K
assovitz’s auteur comeback com
bines th
e pleasu
res of a thriller w
ith seriou
s political heft.
21:00 Th
e Future
Th
e offbeat and fu
nn
y story of a couple w
hose
modern
roman
ce starts to chan
ge as they w
onder
about th
eir futu
re.
VU
E7
12:30 Miss Bala
A th
rilling, u
nrelentin
g actioner th
at wears sin
cere socio-political con
cerns abou
t the d
rug w
ars in M
exico on
its sleeve.
15:00 Let the Bu
llets FlyJian
g Wen’s ru
mbu
stious com
edy-adventure, set in
the
1920s, is an Eastern
Western
. Ch
ow Y
un
-Fat, Ge You
and
Jiang h
imself star as th
e three u
nscru
pulou
s men
vying
for control of Goose Tow
n: fu
n perform
ances, an
d lots of flyin
g bullets.
18:00 Sing Y
our Son
gA
celebratory docum
entary about H
arry Belafonte, focu
sing on
his lifelon
g political activism an
d hum
an
rights work.
20:15 Mich
aelA
distu
rbing film
show
ing th
e last few m
onths of th
e in
voluntary life togeth
er of a 35-year-old man
and a
ten-year-old boy.
VU
E6
12:45 Oslo, A
ugu
st 31stStylish
and contem
plative tale of a youn
g man’s w
istful
return
to the city h
e loves. A stu
nn
ing n
ew film
from th
e creators of Reprise (LFF 2006).
15:15 Th
e Exchan
geEran
Kolirin’s follow
up to The Band’s V
isit is a curiou
s vision
full of w
it and in
vention.
18:15 Li and th
e PoetO
riginal intrigu
ing tale of a C
hin
ese wom
an com
ing to
work in
a bar on V
enetian
island of C
hoggia w
ho form
s a frien
dship w
ith a retired fish
erman
.
20:30 Th
e Sleeping V
oiceA
sweepin
g historical d
rama set in
the afterm
ath of th
e Span
ish C
ivil War from
acclaimed d
irector Benito
Zam
brano.
VU
E3
13:00 Nobody Else but Y
ouA
witty, sn
ow-steeped Fren
ch com
edy thriller th
at riffs on
the M
arilyn M
onroe legen
d, as a French
mystery
writer u
nravels th
e death of a sm
all-town
beauty.
15:30 Wh
ores’ Glory
A profou
nd in
sight into the w
orld’s oldest profession
that
reveals vast differen
ces in attitu
des to sex, mon
ey, power
and religion
in th
ree different cou
ntries.
18:30 Natu
ral SelectionW
inn
er of a num
ber of key awards at SX
SW th
is year, R
obbie Pickering’s debu
t feature m
arks him
as a film
maker to w
atch, an
d his cast as stars in
the m
aking.
20:45 Sleeping Sickn
essA
bsorbing an
d boldly origin
al dram
a revolving arou
nd
Germ
an doctor in
present-day Cam
eroon.
NFT
1
13:00 Lotus Eaters
Th
ey are youn
g, rich, beau
tiful an
d damn
ed.
15:15 Th
e Screen Illu
sionM
athieu
Am
alric gives classic French
theatre a tw
ist by w
ittily updatin
g Corn
eille’s play as a modern
intrigue set
in th
e CC
TV
present.
18:30 Shock H
ead Soul
Docu
mentary, d
rama an
d anim
ation com
bine to tell th
e rem
arkable story of a successfu
l lawyer possessed by
psychotic vision
s.
20:45 Low Life
Th
e latest collaboration betw
een N
icolas Klotz an
d Elisabeth
Perceval is a politically engaged portrait of
youth
that avoids con
descension
and h
and-w
ringin
g, m
anagin
g to be intensely rom
antic and sin
cere.
NFT
2
13:15 Th
e BirdSan
drin
e Kiberlain
gives her best perform
ance yet in
Y
ves Cau
mon’s su
btle, intelligent dram
a about a w
oman
w
ho w
alks alone.
15:30 Wan
daBarabara Loden’s brilliant on
e-off, indepen
dent, classic road-m
ovie, in w
hich
heroin
e Wan
da embarks on
an
odyssey of petty crime across seedy m
iddle A
merica.
18:15 Policeman
A m
ember of an
elite Israeli anti-terrorist un
it finds h
is w
orld turn
ed upside dow
n w
hen
he en
counters an
act of sh
ocking violen
ce by an extrem
ist Jewish
group.
21:00 How
to Re-establish
a Vodka Em
pireA
dizzyin
g mesh
of stories and tech
niqu
es that
ambitiou
sly combin
es a docum
entary about enterin
g the
alcohol in
dustry, an
investigation
of one fam
ily’s history
and a recreation
of key historical events of th
e 20th
century.
NFT
3
13:15 Mr T
reeProdu
ced by Jia Zh
angke an
d a double prizew
inn
er in
Shan
ghai, H
an Jie’s strikin
gly original film
follows
a small-tow
n loser w
ho botch
es his ow
n m
arriage bu
t becomes a savant to h
is min
ing village in
N
orth-east C
hin
a.
15:45 Correspon
dence: Jon
as Mekas – Jl G
uerín
Letters from tw
o acclaimed d
irectors offer a remarkable
portrait of their attitu
des to the craft of film
makin
g and
the w
orld aroun
d them
.
18:30 Fact v Fiction (Even
t)C
arol Morley, M
ichael G
lawogger, Jon
athan
Dem
me,
Marc Evan
s and Braden
Kin
g discu
ss the creative ch
oices m
ade in both
fiction an
d non
-fiction film
makin
g and th
e sim
ilarities and d
ifferences in
storytelling tech
niqu
es.
21:00 Th
ere Was N
ever a Better Brother
Two broth
ers end u
p as rivals in M
urat Im
bragimbekov’s
poetic tale of life in A
zerbaijan in
the 1970s.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 Sleepless Nigh
ts StoriesJon
as Mekas in
vites viewers on
a tour th
rough
his
nightlife, brin
ging togeth
er twenty-five stories of life,
love and frien
dship.
ICA
11:00 Alexan
dre Desplat (M
asterclass)O
ne of cin
ema’s m
ost acclaimed com
posers, with
fou
r Oscar an
d BAFT
A n
omin
ations an
d a BAFT
A
win
since 2007.
13:30 Osten
deR
ohm
er and H
itchcock prove tellin
g reference points
in th
is tale of a voyeurism
set in a sleepy A
rgentine
seaside town
.
15:30 Th
e Natu
ral Phen
omen
on of M
adness
Ex-editor C
harliebebs G
ohetia offers a startlin
gly fresh
take on a broken
relationsh
ip, first from th
e wom
an’s point-of-view
, then
from th
e man’s. Sh
arp, visually
arresting an
d very grown
-up, it’s u
nlike an
y other
Filipino in
die.
18:15 Old D
ogPem
a Tseden’s quest to create a n
ew T
ibetan cin
ema
takes anoth
er leap forward w
ith th
is droll/tragic tale of
conflicts betw
een a sh
epherd an
d his h
eavy-drin
king
son…
particularly over th
eir pet Nom
ad Mastiff.
20:30 Th
e Natu
ral Phen
omen
on of M
adness
Ex-editor C
harliebebs G
ohetia offers a startlin
gly fresh
take on a broken
relationsh
ip, first from th
e wom
an’s point-of-view
, then
from th
e man’s. Sh
arp, visually
arresting an
d very grown
-up, it’s u
nlike an
y other
Filipino in
die.
QU
EEN ELIZ
ABET
H H
ALL
19:30 Th
e First BornT
he sex lives of th
e upper classes com
e un
der scrutin
y in
this tou
r de force of late silent British cin
ema.
OD
EON
LEICEST
ER SQU
AR
E
19:30 Th
e Descen
dants
Alexan
der Payne’s first featu
re since Sidew
ays stars G
eorge Cloon
ey as a father forced to re-exam
ine h
is past an
d embrace h
is futu
re.
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1 O
CT
VU
E5
12:1
5 T
he
Futu
reT
he
offb
eat
and
fun
ny
stor
y of
a c
oupl
e w
hos
e
mod
ern
rom
ance
sta
rts
to c
han
ge a
s th
ey w
onde
r
abou
t th
eir
futu
re.
14:3
0 R
ebel
lion
M
ath
ieu
Kas
sovi
tz’s
aut
eur
com
ebac
k co
mbi
nes
th
e pl
easu
res
of a
th
rille
r w
ith
ser
iou
s po
litic
al h
eft.
17:4
5 T
ake
Shel
ter
An
ext
raor
din
ary
tale
of o
rdin
ary
mad
nes
s.
20:1
5 T
he
Kid
wit
h a
Bik
eA
you
ng
boy
sear
ches
for
his
fath
er a
nd
his
bik
e in
an
oth
er e
xcel
lent
feat
ure
fro
m t
he
Dar
den
nes
.
VU
E7
12:3
0 M
ich
ael
A d
istu
rbin
g fi
lm s
how
ing
the
last
few
mon
ths
of t
he
invo
lunt
ary
life
tog
eth
er o
f a 3
5-ye
ar-o
ld m
an a
nd
a
ten
-yea
r-ol
d bo
y.
14:4
5 Si
ng
You
r So
ng
A c
eleb
rato
ry d
ocu
men
tary
abo
ut
Har
ry B
elaf
onte
, fo
cusi
ng
on h
is li
felo
ng
polit
ical
act
ivis
m a
nd
hum
an
righ
ts w
ork.
18:0
0 W
ild B
illD
exte
r Fl
etch
er’s
dir
ecto
rial
deb
ut
is a
hu
gely
impr
essi
ve
ach
ieve
men
t, w
ith
a w
hip
sm
art
scri
pt, a
uth
orit
ativ
e pe
rfor
man
ces
from
som
e of
Bri
tain
’s f
ines
t ac
tin
g ta
lent
.
20:3
0 M
arth
a M
arcy
May
Mar
len
eN
ewco
mer
Eli
zabe
th O
lsen
sta
rs in
th
is a
tmos
pher
ic
stor
y of
a y
oun
g w
oman
rec
entl
y es
cape
d fr
om a
cu
lt-li
ke c
omm
un
e.
VU
E6
12:4
5 T
he
Slee
pin
g V
oice
A s
wee
pin
g h
isto
rica
l dra
ma
set
in t
he
afte
rmat
h
of t
he
Span
ish
Civ
il W
ar f
rom
acc
laim
ed d
irec
tor
Be
nit
o Z
ambr
ano.
15:1
5 Li
an
d th
e Po
etO
rigi
nal
intr
igu
ing
tale
of a
Ch
ines
e w
oman
com
ing
to
wor
k in
a b
ar o
n V
enet
ian
isla
nd
of C
hog
gia
wh
o fo
rms
a
frie
nds
hip
wit
h a
ret
ired
fis
her
man
.
18:1
5 G
uilt
yPh
ilip
pe T
orre
ton
giv
es a
su
perb
per
form
ance
in V
ince
nt
Gar
enq’
s n
o-h
olds
-bar
red
docu
-dra
ma
abou
t a
man
u
nju
stly
acc
use
d in
a n
otor
iou
s pa
edop
hil
ia t
rial
.
20:4
5 La
st D
ays
Her
eT
he
tria
ls o
f Bob
by L
iebl
ing,
lead
sin
ger
wit
h d
oom
m
etal
mer
chan
ts P
enta
gram
.
VU
E3
13:0
0 La
st S
cree
nin
gLa
ure
nt A
char
d’s
sty
lish
ly n
asty
hor
ror
set
in a
sm
all
tow
n c
inem
a th
at’s
see
n b
ette
r da
ys.
15:3
0 Sl
eepi
ng
Sick
nes
sA
bsor
bin
g an
d bo
ldly
ori
gin
al d
ram
a re
volv
ing
arou
nd
a
Ger
man
doc
tor
in p
rese
nt-d
ay C
amer
oon
.
18:3
0 Br
eath
ing
Th
e d
irec
tori
al d
ebu
t of
Au
stri
an a
ctor
Kar
l Mar
kovi
cs,
Brea
thin
g is
an
ass
ure
d, in
tell
igen
t w
ork
that
has
de
serv
edly
pic
ked
up
a nu
mbe
r of
pri
zes
in E
uro
pe s
ince
it
pre
mie
red
at C
ann
es e
arlie
r th
is y
ear.
21:0
0 Ju
nkh
eart
sA
str
ikin
g ex
ampl
e of
Bri
tish
inde
pen
dent
fil
mm
akin
g;
a so
phis
tica
ted
soci
al d
ram
a th
at c
arri
es r
eal w
eigh
t
and
purp
ose.
NFT
1
13:0
0 Lo
w L
ife
Th
e la
test
col
labo
rati
on b
etw
een
Nic
olas
Klo
tz a
nd
Elis
abet
h P
erce
val i
s a
polit
ical
ly e
nga
ged
port
rait
of
you
th t
hat
avo
ids
con
desc
ensi
on a
nd
han
d-w
rin
gin
g,
man
agin
g to
be
inte
nse
ly r
oman
tic
and
sin
cere
.
15:4
5 Sh
ock
Hea
d So
ul
Doc
um
enta
ry, d
ram
a an
d an
imat
ion
com
bin
e to
tel
l th
e re
mar
kabl
e st
ory
of a
su
cces
sfu
l law
yer
poss
esse
d by
ps
ych
otic
vis
ion
s.
18:3
0 A
lexa
nde
r Pa
yne
(Scr
een
Tal
k)W
e ar
e de
light
ed t
o w
elco
me
the
dir
ecto
r of
Sid
eway
s,
Abo
ut S
chm
idt a
nd
this
yea
r’s
The
Dec
enda
nts
to t
alk
abou
t h
is c
aree
r to
dat
e.
21:0
0 T
wo
Yea
rs a
t Sea
A d
elic
ate
and
wit
ty p
ortr
ait
of Ja
ke, a
n o
uts
ider
wh
o liv
es
in t
he
wild
ern
ess
of h
is o
wn
cre
atio
n.
NFT
2
13:0
0 T
he
Boy
Wh
o W
as a
Kin
gA
nd
rey
Paou
nov
’s c
ompe
llin
g do
cum
enta
ry a
bou
t Si
meo
n II
of B
ulg
aria
’s u
npr
eced
ente
d jo
urn
ey f
rom
boy
ki
ng
to d
emoc
rati
c le
ader
.
15:3
0 Po
licem
anA
mem
ber
of a
n e
lite
Isra
eli a
nti-
terr
oris
t u
nit
fin
ds h
is
wor
ld t
urn
ed u
psid
e do
wn
wh
en h
e en
cou
nter
s an
act
of
shoc
kin
g vi
olen
ce b
y an
ext
rem
ist
Jew
ish
gro
up.
18:1
5 O
telo
Bu
rnin
gT
hre
e fr
ien
ds d
isco
ver
surf
ing
as a
n e
scap
e fr
om t
he
viol
ence
of l
ate-
apar
thei
d So
uth
Afr
ica.
20:4
5 M
edia
ner
asA
rom
anti
c co
med
y w
ith
a n
od t
o W
oody
Alle
n’s
Man
hatt
an w
her
e bo
y fa
ils
to m
eet
girl
acr
oss
the
crow
ded
city
scap
e of
21s
t ce
ntu
ry B
uen
os A
ires
.
NFT
3
13:1
5 Ju
st B
ecau
se Y
ou’r
e Pa
ran
oid…
Ran
gin
g fr
om m
ildly
con
fuse
d se
lf-d
oubt
, th
rou
gh fe
ar
and
para
noi
a to
fu
ll-on
sh
eer
terr
or, t
hes
e se
ven
d
isor
ient
atin
g sh
ort
film
s w
ill l
eave
you
won
deri
ng
wh
at
just
hap
pen
ed.
15:4
5 T
her
e W
as N
ever
a B
ette
r Br
oth
erTw
o br
oth
ers
end
up
as r
ival
s in
Mu
rat
Imbr
agim
beko
v’s
poet
ic t
ale
of li
fe in
Aze
rbai
jan
in t
he
1970
s.
18:3
0 Fr
ee R
adic
als:
A H
isto
ry o
f Exp
erim
enta
l Film
Pip
Ch
odor
ov’s
per
son
al jo
urn
ey t
hro
ugh
ava
nt-g
arde
fi
lm h
isto
ry fe
atu
res
appe
aran
ces
from
Jon
as M
ekas
, Pe
ter
Ku
belk
a, S
tan
Bra
khag
e an
d H
ans
Ric
hter
.
20:4
5 Po
int o
f Ord
er!
Sear
ing
expo
sé o
f th
e co
ntro
vers
ial 1
954
Arm
y-M
cCar
thy
hea
rin
gs in
a la
nd
mar
k po
litic
al d
ocu
men
tary
ed
ited
fr
om li
ve T
V r
ecor
din
gs.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 H
ow t
o R
e-es
tabl
ish
a V
odka
Em
pire
A d
izzy
ing
mes
h o
f sto
ries
an
d te
chn
iqu
es t
hat
am
biti
ousl
y co
mbi
nes
a d
ocu
men
tary
abo
ut
ente
rin
g
the
alco
hol
indu
stry
, an
inve
stig
atio
n o
f on
e fa
mily
’s
his
tory
an
d a
recr
eati
on o
f key
his
tori
cal e
vent
s of
th
e 20
th c
entu
ry.
RIT
ZY
14:1
5 St
raw
berr
y Fi
elds
An
inve
ntiv
e m
elod
ram
a re
fere
nci
ng
Ten
nes
see
Wil
liam
s an
d A
Str
eetc
ar N
amed
Des
ire, a
com
plex
sto
ry o
f lu
st,
riva
lry
and
libe
rati
on in
Ken
t co
unt
rysi
de.
16:3
0 R
estl
ess
Cit
yD
irec
tor
An
dre
w D
osu
nm
u h
as a
bac
kgro
un
d in
co
mm
erci
als,
ph
otog
raph
y an
d m
usi
c vi
deo.
Th
is is
his
su
perb
feat
ure
deb
ut,
an
d a
spec
tacl
e to
be
mar
vele
d at
.
18:3
0 Su
perh
eroe
sO
rdin
ary
folk
by
day,
cap
ed c
rusa
ders
by
nig
ht…
th
e liv
es
of a
ctu
al s
upe
rher
oes.
21:0
0 T
he
Dis
h a
nd
the
Spoo
nA
liso
n B
agn
all’s
wit
ty a
nd
delig
htfu
l fea
ture
dep
icts
th
e d
isar
min
gly
affe
ctin
g ad
vent
ure
s of
a t
ruly
odd
cou
ple.
CU
RZ
ON
MA
YFA
IR
13:3
0 M
agic
Tri
pK
en K
esey
an
d h
is M
erry
Ban
d of
Pra
nks
ters
tri
p ac
ross
A
mer
ica.
16:0
0 I’m
Car
olyn
Par
ker
Jon
ath
an D
emm
e pr
esen
ts a
com
pell
ing
stu
dy o
f a N
ew
Orl
ean
s w
oman
’s f
ive-
year
str
ugg
le t
o re
turn
to
her
hom
e fo
llow
ing
the
post
Kat
rin
a fl
oods
.
18:3
0 C
hic
ken
wit
h P
lum
sT
he
crea
tors
of P
erse
polis
follo
w t
hei
r te
rrif
ic d
ebu
t w
ith
an
insp
ired
ada
ptat
ion
of a
not
her
of M
arja
ne
Satr
api’s
aw
ard-
win
nin
g gr
aph
ic n
ovel
s.
21:0
0 W
reck
ers
Th
e de
but
feat
ure
fro
m D
icty
nn
a H
ood
is a
hau
ntin
g ta
le
of s
ecre
ts a
nd
lies
in t
he
Engl
ish
cou
ntry
side
.
PRO
JEC
T S
PAC
E, B
FI S
OU
TH
BAN
K(I
N F
OC
US
WIT
H T
IME
OU
T)
20:3
0 N
ew A
ust
rian
Cin
ema
(Eve
nt)
Th
e pr
ofile
of A
ust
rian
cin
ema
has
bee
n c
onsi
dera
ble
in
rece
nt y
ears
. Joi
n t
his
inti
mat
e d
iscu
ssio
n a
nd
expl
ore
the
sim
ilari
ties
an
d d
iffe
ren
ces.
SAT
22
OC
T
VU
E5
12:1
5 T
he
Ides
of M
arch
Geo
rge
Clo
oney
dir
ects
an
d ap
pear
s al
ongs
ide
Rya
n
Gos
lin
g, P
hil
ip S
eym
our
Hof
fman
, Pau
l Gia
mat
ti a
nd
Evan
Rac
hel
Woo
d in
th
is s
mar
t, in
cisi
ve e
xplo
rati
on o
f d
irty
pol
itic
s on
th
e ca
mpa
ign
tra
il.
14:4
5 T
he
Art
ist
Th
ey d
on’t
mak
e ‘e
m li
ke t
hey
use
d to
, app
aren
tly.
W
ell,
‘th
ey’ d
o n
ow!
17:4
5 H
ors
Sata
nT
he
late
st f
rom
Bru
no
Du
mon
t is
a s
tark
, en
igm
atic
d
ram
a ab
out
the
rela
tion
ship
bet
wee
n a
wom
an a
nd
a m
yste
riou
s ou
tsid
er o
n N
orth
ern
Fra
nce
’s O
pal C
oast
.
20:1
5 T
rish
na
Tess
of t
he d
’Urb
ervi
lles
tran
spos
ed t
o m
oder
n d
ay In
dia
by
Mic
hae
l Win
terb
otto
m, w
ith
Fre
ida
Pint
o as
th
e
trag
ic h
eroi
ne.
VU
E7
12:3
0 H
eadh
un
ters
A s
tyli
sh, p
acy
and
som
etim
es b
lack
ly f
un
ny
adap
tati
on
of Jo
Nes
bø’s
bes
tsel
lin
g N
orw
egia
n t
hri
ller.
15:0
0 C
arn
age
Th
e Br
ookl
yn b
ourg
eois
ie u
nde
r th
e m
icro
scop
e in
Po
lan
ski’s
bea
uti
full
y ac
ted
adap
tati
on o
f The
God
of
Car
nage
.
18:1
5 Be
rnie
Base
d on
a t
rue-
life
sto
ry, J
ack
Blac
k st
ars
in R
ich
ard
Lin
klat
er’s
pla
yfu
l tre
atm
ent
of t
he
stra
nge
sto
ry o
f a
Texa
n f
un
eral
dir
ecto
r.
20:3
0 T
rish
na
Tess
of t
he d
’Urb
ervi
lles
tran
spos
ed t
o m
oder
n d
ay In
dia
by
Mic
hae
l Win
terb
otto
m, w
ith
Fre
ida
Pint
o as
th
e
trag
ic h
eroi
ne.
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E6
12:45 Ch
ildren Wh
o Ch
ase Lost Voices…
M
akoto Shin
kai’s anim
e will appeal to G
hibli fan
s | as you
ng A
sun
a gains entry to th
e un
dergroun
d land
of Agarth
a.
15:15 Marth
a Marcy M
ay Marlen
eN
ewcom
er Elizabeth O
lsen stars in
this atm
ospheric
story of a youn
g wom
an recently escaped from
a cu
lt-like comm
un
e.
18:00 BeautyW
inn
er of the Q
ueer Palm
at Can
nes 2011, a d
isturbin
g an
d provocative examin
ation of on
e man’s dam
aging
self-hatred.
20:45 Kin
g Cu
rling
Eccentric pastel bright comedy abou
t midd
le age, OC
D
and... th
e sport of curlin
g!
VU
E3
13:00 Natu
ral SelectionW
inn
er of a num
ber of key awards at SX
SW th
is year, R
obbie Pickering’s debu
t feature m
arks him
as a film
maker to w
atch, an
d his cast as stars in
the m
aking.
15:30 Gu
iltyPh
ilippe Torreton gives a su
perb performan
ce in V
incent
Garen
q’s no-h
olds-barred docu-d
rama abou
t a man
u
njustly accu
sed in a n
otorious paedoph
ilia trial.
18:30 SketA
bold and visceral u
rban d
rama th
at doesn’t pull
its pun
ches.
21:00 Th
e Sun
-Beaten Path
Cin
ematograph
er Sonthar G
yal’s debut featu
re is a T
ibetan road m
ovie: a youn
g man
burden
ed with
grief an
d guilt travels back to h
is rural h
ome, m
ostly on foot…
and learn
s a lot about h
imself an
d others alon
g the w
ay.
NFT
1
13:30 Miran
da July (M
asterclass)Join
Cam
era d’O
r win
ner M
iranda Ju
ly as she talks abou
t h
er fascinatin
g and h
ighly in
dividu
al body of work.
16:00 Th
e Cain
e Mutin
yEdw
ard Dm
ytryk’s han
dsome screen
version of H
erman
W
ouk’s epic n
ovel about a n
aval officer (Hu
mph
rey Bogart) crackin
g un
der the strain
of comm
and in
WW
2.
18:45 Cry D
anger
Neglected film
noir gem
, feature debu
t of director R
obert Parrish
, starring tou
gh D
ick Powell as a w
ronged
ex-convict w
ith reven
ge on h
is min
d.
21:00 Lawren
ce of BelgraviaFelt. D
enim
. Go-K
art Mozart. W
e love Lawren
ce forever!
NFT
2
14:15 How
to Re-establish
a Vodka Em
pireA
dizzyin
g mesh
of stories and tech
niqu
es that
ambitiou
sly combin
es a docum
entary about enterin
g the
alcohol in
dustry, an
investigation
of one fam
ily’s history
and a recreation
of key historical events of th
e 20th
century.
16:15 Th
e Great Bear
A you
ng boy enters th
e forbidden forest an
d finds
him
self amon
g mysteriou
s magical creatu
res.
18:30 Un
cle Ken
tJoe Sw
anberg continu
es his exploration
into the
meth
ods of modern
love.
20:45 Silver Bullets
Th
e prolific Joe Swan
berg debates wh
ether
cinem
a matters.
NFT
3
14:00 Altered States
Works by Belou
fa, Ru
ssell, Ward
ill and oth
ers navigate a
path betw
een reality an
d fantasy. Lay down
all thou
ght, su
rrender to th
e void…
16:00 Nath
aniel D
orsky / Ben R
iversPoetic, observation
al works by tw
o distin
guish
ed 16m
m film
makers. D
orsky creates beauty from
the
comm
onplace; R
ivers finds beau
ty in u
nexpected
circum
stances.
19:00 Gabriel A
brantes
Gabriel A
brantes and h
is collaborators use th
e lan
guage of com
mercial cin
ema to create w
orks th
at explore historical an
d political them
es with
hu
mou
r and au
dacity.
21:00 Sleepless Nigh
ts StoriesJon
as Mekas in
vites viewers on
a tour th
rough
his
nightlife, brin
ging togeth
er twenty-five stories of life,
love and frien
dship.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 Low Life
Th
e latest collaboration betw
een N
icolas Klotz an
d Elisabeth
Perceval is a politically engaged portrait of
youth
that avoids con
descension
and h
and-w
ringin
g, m
anagin
g to be intensely rom
antic and sin
cere.
RIT
ZY
14:15 Terri
An
affectionate an
d subtly d
rawn
study of a teen
age lon
er, with
strong perform
ances an
d lyrical visuals.
16:30 Lotus Eaters
Th
ey are youn
g, rich, beau
tiful an
d damn
ed.
18:15 Sleeping Sickn
essA
bsorbing an
d boldly origin
al dram
a revolving arou
nd
Germ
an doctor in
present-day Cam
eroon.
20:30 Miss Bala
A th
rilling, u
nrelentin
g actioner th
at wears sin
cere socio-political con
cerns abou
t the d
rug w
ars in M
exico on
its sleeve.
CU
RZ
ON
MA
YFA
IR
13:30 Th
e Screen Illu
sionM
athieu
Am
alric gives classic French
theatre a tw
ist by w
ittily updatin
g Corn
eille’s play as a modern
intrigue
set in th
e CC
TV
present.
15:30 Retu
rnA
thou
ghtful con
sideration of A
merican
life durin
g w
artime th
at avoids polemical an
alysis in favou
r of presentin
g a touch
ing hu
man
story with
cred
ible integrity.
18:00 Wuth
ering H
eights
An
drea A
rnold
’s radical an
d beautifu
lly filmed
adaptation of th
is classic tale of obsessive love.
20:45 Rebellion
Math
ieu K
assovitz’s auteur comeback com
bines th
e pleasu
res of a thriller w
ith seriou
s political heft.
PROJEC
T SPA
CE, BFI SO
UT
HBA
NK
19:30 100 Cu
lt Films
Xavier M
end
ik and Ern
est Math
ijs’ accessible guide
looks at cult film
s from arou
nd th
e world, across a
broad range of gen
res.
SUN
23 OC
T
VU
E5
12:15 Take Sh
elterA
n extraord
inary tale of ord
inary m
adn
ess.
14:45 Th
e Descen
dants
Alexan
der Payne’s first featu
re since Sidew
ays stars G
eorge Cloon
ey as a father forced to re-exam
ine h
is past an
d embrace h
is futu
re.
17:30 Th
e Mon
kV
incent C
assel gets back to the roots of G
othic, in
D
omin
ik Moll’s su
itably torrid adaptation of th
e legen
dary novel abou
t good, evil and dark desire.
20:15 Surprise Film
Th
e hottest ticket of th
e festival, kept un
der wraps u
ntil th
e very last mom
ent!
VU
E7
12:30 Wild Bill
Dexter Fletch
er’s directorial debu
t is a hugely im
pressive ach
ievement, w
ith a w
hip sm
art script, auth
oritative perform
ances from
some of Britain’s fin
est acting talent.
15:00 Bernie
Based on a tru
e-life story, Jack Black stars in R
ichard
Linklater’s playfu
l treatment of th
e strange story of a
Texan fu
neral d
irector.
18:00 Into th
e Abyss: A
Tale of D
eath, A
Tale of Life
Wern
er Herzog’s pow
erful exploration
of violence an
d its con
sequen
ces, told throu
gh D
eath R
ow in
mates an
d oth
ers close to their crim
es.
20:30 Surprise Film
Th
e hottest ticket of th
e festival, kept un
der wraps u
ntil th
e very last mom
ent!
VU
E6
12:45 Kin
g Cu
rling
Eccentric pastel bright comedy abou
t midd
le age, OC
D
and... th
e sport of curlin
g!
15:15 BeautyW
inn
er of the Q
ueer Palm
at Can
nes 2011, a d
isturbin
g an
d provocative examin
ation of on
e man’s dam
aging
self-hatred.
17:45 Nou
ka Du
bi (Boat Wreck)
A Tagorean
tale of love lost and m
istaken identities in
u
pper class, early 20th centu
ry Kolkata.
21:00 Last Win
terA
n atm
ospheric, brood
ing ru
ral dram
a remin
iscent of early Teren
ce Malick.
VU
E3
13:00 Last Days H
ereT
he trials of Bobby Lieblin
g, lead singer w
ith doom
metal
merch
ants Pentagram.
15:30 Jun
khearts
A strikin
g example of British
indepen
dent filmm
aking;
a sophisticated social d
rama th
at carries real weight
and pu
rpose.
18:15 Corpo C
elesteR
ebellious teen
ager reacts against strictu
res of her local
church
and en
ds up on
a bizarre errand to collect
someth
ing ou
t of town
with
the parish
priest.
20:45 Th
e Fatherless
Th
e impressive debu
t feature from
Marie K
reutzer,
The Fatherless is a sophisticated an
d compellin
g dram
a dealin
g with
issues of fam
ily and freedom
.
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NFT
1
12:0
0 A
mer
ica,
Am
eric
aK
azan
’s p
erso
nal
bu
t ep
ic p
aean
to
the
thou
san
ds o
f O
ld W
orld
imm
igra
nts
wh
o d
ream
ed o
f pas
sage
to
thei
r pr
omis
ed la
nd,
Am
eric
a.
16:0
0 M
ich
ael W
inte
rbot
tom
(Scr
een
Tal
k)W
e’re
del
ight
ed t
o w
elco
me
one
of B
rita
in’s
mos
t pr
olif
ic
and
div
erse
dir
ecto
rs t
o th
e Fe
stiv
al, t
o d
iscu
ss h
is
sin
gula
r ca
reer
an
d n
ew f
ilm
Tri
shna
.
18:1
5 By
e By
e Bi
rdie
A y
oun
g A
nn
-Mar
gret
bu
rsts
on
to
the
scre
en in
th
is
beau
tifu
lly r
esto
red
mu
sica
l sat
ire
on 5
0s r
ock
‘n’ r
oll
and
Elvi
s-w
orsh
ip.
21:0
0 G
oodb
yeW
hen
you
r co
unt
ry s
tart
s tr
eati
ng
you
like
you
don
’t
belo
ng,
th
en it
’s t
ime
to le
ave.
NFT
2
13:4
5 O
n t
he
Sly
Lo
nel
y gi
rl, C
ath
y co
mes
to
term
s w
ith
her
par
ents
’ lac
k of
att
enti
on in
th
is c
hild
’s e
ye v
iew
.
16:1
5 T
he
Mag
icia
ns
Be
n’s
mag
ical
act
is b
rou
ght
un
der
ques
tion
wh
en
his
van
ish
ing
act
resu
lts
in t
he
dis
appe
aran
ce o
f his
fr
ien
d, S
ylvi
e.
18:3
0 In
tern
atio
nal
An
imat
ion
Pan
oram
a Pr
ogra
mm
e 2
A c
olle
ctio
n o
f an
imat
ed s
hor
ts f
rom
aro
un
d th
e w
orld
.
20:4
5 M
itsu
ko D
eliv
ers
Mit
suko
is in
her
nin
th m
onth
of p
regn
ancy
, bu
t th
at
does
n’t
stop
her
tak
ing
the
lead
wh
en a
ll ar
oun
d h
er a
re
flou
nde
rin
g. Y
uya
Ish
ii’s
bre
ath
less
com
ic d
ram
a h
as
sati
re, b
rio
and
orig
inal
ity
to b
urn
.
NFT
3
14:0
0 In
tim
ate
Vis
ion
: Film
s by
Ch
ick
Stra
nd
New
ly r
esto
red
prin
ts o
f sen
suou
s w
orks
by
the
anth
ropo
logi
cal,
fou
nd-
foot
age
and
fem
inis
t fi
lmm
aker
C
hic
k St
ran
d (1
931-
2009
).
16:0
0 Ph
il So
lom
on’s
Am
eric
an F
alls
A v
isio
nar
y jo
urn
ey t
hro
ugh
Am
eric
an h
isto
ry u
sin
g ch
emic
ally
tre
ated
cel
lulo
id a
ppro
pria
ted
from
new
sree
ls
and
fict
ion
fil
ms.
19:0
0 T
he
Pett
ifog
ger
An
abs
trac
t cr
ime
film
by
coll
age
arti
st L
ewis
Kla
hr,
wh
o re
-an
imat
es im
ages
fro
m c
omic
boo
ks, a
dver
tise
men
ts
and
phot
ogra
phs.
21:0
0 O
n t
he
Roa
d w
ith
Rob
ert F
enz
Fen
z’s
beau
tifu
lly p
hot
ogra
phed
, lyr
ic f
ilm
s ar
e st
ruct
ure
d im
prov
isat
ion
s w
hic
h d
raw
on
imag
es h
e h
as
colle
cted
aro
un
d th
e w
orld
.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 La
wre
nce
of B
elgr
avia
Felt
. Den
im. G
o-K
art
Moz
art.
We
love
Law
ren
ce fo
reve
r!
RIT
ZY
14:0
0 O
telo
Bu
rnin
gT
hre
e fr
ien
ds d
isco
ver
surf
ing
as a
n e
scap
e fr
om t
he
viol
ence
of l
ate-
apar
thei
d So
uth
Afr
ica.
16:0
0 Si
ng
You
r So
ng
A c
eleb
rato
ry d
ocu
men
tary
abo
ut
Har
ry B
elaf
onte
, fo
cusi
ng
on h
is li
felo
ng
polit
ical
act
ivis
m a
nd
hum
an
righ
ts w
ork.
18:3
0 T
he
Futu
reT
he
offb
eat
and
fun
ny
stor
y of
a c
oupl
e w
hos
e m
oder
n
rom
ance
sta
rts
to c
han
ge a
s th
ey w
onde
r ab
out
thei
r fu
ture
.
21:0
0 Sk
etA
bol
d an
d vi
scer
al u
rban
dra
ma
that
doe
sn’t
pull
it
s pu
nch
es.
CU
RZ
ON
MA
YFA
IR
13:3
0 T
he
Slee
pin
g V
oice
A s
wee
pin
g h
isto
rica
l dra
ma
set
in t
he
afte
rmat
h
of t
he
Span
ish
Civ
il W
ar f
rom
acc
laim
ed d
irec
tor
Be
nit
o Z
ambr
ano.
16:1
5 M
ich
ael
A d
istu
rbin
g fi
lm s
how
ing
the
last
few
mon
ths
of t
he
invo
lunt
ary
life
tog
eth
er o
f a 3
5-ye
ar-o
ld m
an a
nd
a
ten
-yea
r-ol
d bo
y.
18:3
0 T
he
Kid
wit
h a
Bik
eA
you
ng
boy
sear
ches
for
his
fath
er a
nd
his
bik
e in
an
oth
er e
xcel
lent
feat
ure
fro
m t
he
Dar
den
nes
.
20:4
5 T
he
Exch
ange
Eran
Kol
irin
’s fo
llow
up
to T
he B
and’
s V
isit
is a
cu
riou
s vi
sion
fu
ll of
wit
an
d in
vent
ion
.
EMPI
RE
LEIC
EST
ER S
QU
AR
E
19:3
0 W
.E.
Mad
onn
a d
irec
ts t
his
ric
h, e
lega
ntly
str
uct
ure
d st
ory
of
tw
o w
omen
, dec
ades
apa
rt, c
onfr
onti
ng
the
con
sequ
ence
s of
des
ire.
PRO
JEC
T S
PAC
E, B
FI S
OU
TH
BAN
K
14:3
0 In
Glo
riou
s T
ech
nic
olor
Wri
ter
and
pres
ente
r Fr
anci
ne
Stoc
k w
ill d
iscu
ss h
er
fasc
inat
ing
and
illu
min
atin
g n
ew b
ook,
In G
lori
ous
Tech
nic
olor
, an
d th
e is
sues
it r
aise
s.
MO
N 2
4 O
CT
VU
E5
12:1
5 W
.E.
Mad
onn
a d
irec
ts t
his
ric
h, e
lega
ntly
str
uct
ure
d st
ory
of
tw
o w
omen
, dec
ades
apa
rt, c
onfr
onti
ng
the
con
sequ
ence
s of
des
ire.
14:4
5 T
he
Mon
kV
ince
nt C
asse
l get
s ba
ck t
o th
e ro
ots
of G
oth
ic, i
n
Dom
inik
Mol
l’s s
uit
ably
tor
rid
adap
tati
on o
f th
e le
gen
dary
nov
el a
bou
t go
od, e
vil a
nd
dark
des
ire.
17:4
5 D
ende
raA
n u
nex
pect
ed s
equ
el t
o Th
e Ba
llad
of N
aray
ama
by
Imam
ura
’s s
on D
aisu
ke T
enga
n: t
he
old
wom
en s
ent
u
p th
e m
ount
ain
to
die
inst
ead
plan
a r
even
ge a
ttac
k
on t
he
vill
age
belo
w…
unt
il a
huge
mar
aud
ing
bear
get
s
in t
he
way
.
20:1
5 Pl
ayT
hou
ght-
prov
okin
g an
d co
nsi
dere
d d
ram
a in
spir
ed b
y an
el
abor
ate
scam
dev
elop
ed b
y yo
un
g ‘t
een
s in
Got
hen
burg
.
VU
E7
12:3
0 In
to t
he
Aby
ss: A
Tal
e of
Dea
th, A
Tal
e of
Lif
eW
ern
er H
erzo
g’s
pow
erfu
l exp
lora
tion
of v
iole
nce
an
d it
s co
nse
quen
ces,
tol
d th
rou
gh D
eath
Row
inm
ates
an
d ot
her
s cl
ose
to t
hei
r cr
imes
.
15:0
0 M
arth
a M
arcy
May
Mar
len
eN
ewco
mer
Eli
zabe
th O
lsen
sta
rs in
th
is a
tmos
pher
ic
stor
y of
a y
oun
g w
oman
rec
entl
y es
cape
d fr
om a
cu
lt-li
ke c
omm
un
e.
18:0
0 T
he
Snow
s of
Kili
man
jaro
Dir
ecto
r R
ober
t G
uéd
igu
ian
ret
urn
s to
his
old
M
arse
ille
sta
mpi
ng
grou
nd
for
an e
nter
tain
ing,
po
litic
ally
pas
sion
ate
dra
ma
star
rin
g th
e d
irec
tor’
s en
sem
ble
regu
lars
.
20:3
0 Fa
ust
A r
ich
ly im
agin
ed jo
urn
ey o
f a s
earc
h fo
r im
poss
ible
re
dem
ptio
n f
rom
on
e of
Ru
ssia
’s g
reat
est
livin
g d
irec
tors
.
VU
E6
12:4
5 T
he
Des
cen
dan
ts
Ale
xan
der
Payn
e’s
firs
t fe
atu
re s
ince
Sid
eway
s st
ars
Geo
rge
Clo
oney
as
a fa
ther
forc
ed t
o re
-exa
min
e h
is p
ast
and
embr
ace
his
fu
ture
.
15:1
5 La
st W
inte
rA
n a
tmos
pher
ic, b
rood
ing
rura
l dra
ma
rem
inis
cent
of
earl
y Te
ren
ce M
alic
k.
18:1
5 T
he
Jew
elG
ripp
ing
con
spir
acy
thri
ller
stor
y of
th
e ri
se a
nd
fall
of
a m
ajor
Ital
ian
food
com
pan
y, d
ue
to m
ism
anag
emen
t,
dodg
y fi
nan
cial
dea
ls, s
had
y po
litic
s an
d em
bezz
lem
ent.
20:4
5 T
he
Stu
den
tA
n in
trig
uin
g po
litic
al a
llego
ry s
et in
th
e w
hee
ler-
deal
ing
wor
ld o
f Arg
enti
ne
stu
dent
pol
itic
s.
VU
E3
13:0
0 Br
eath
ing
Th
e d
irec
tori
al d
ebu
t of
Au
stri
an a
ctor
Kar
l Mar
kovi
cs,
Brea
thin
g is
an
ass
ure
d, in
tell
igen
t w
ork
that
has
de
serv
edly
pic
ked
up
a nu
mbe
r of
pri
zes
in E
uro
pe s
ince
it
pre
mie
red
at C
ann
es e
arlie
r th
is y
ear.
15:3
0 N
ouka
Du
bi (B
oat W
reck
)A
Tag
orea
n t
ale
of lo
ve lo
st a
nd
mis
take
n id
enti
ties
in
upp
er c
lass
, ear
ly 2
0th
cen
tury
Kol
kata
.
18:3
0 T
he
Hou
seA
fath
er a
nd
a da
ugh
ter
com
e in
to c
onfl
ict
abou
t w
het
her
sh
e sh
ould
sta
y in
ru
ral S
lova
kia
or le
ave
for
Engl
and
in
Zuza
na
Liov
á’s
awar
d-w
inn
ing
debu
t.
21:0
0 W
hen
th
e N
igh
tIn
ten
se b
itte
rsw
eet
rom
anti
c m
elod
ram
a ab
out
the
unu
sual
rel
atio
nsh
ip b
etw
een
a y
oun
g lo
nel
y m
oth
er a
nd
a m
ount
ain
gu
ide
in t
he
Alp
s w
hos
e fa
mily
has
left
him
.
NFT
1
13:3
0 T
wo
Yea
rs a
t Sea
A d
elic
ate
and
wit
ty p
ortr
ait
of Ja
ke, a
n o
uts
ider
wh
o liv
es
in t
he
wild
ern
ess
of h
is o
wn
cre
atio
n.
15:4
5 M
edia
ner
asA
rom
anti
c co
med
y w
ith
a n
od t
o W
oody
Alle
n’s
Man
hatt
an w
her
e bo
y fa
ils
to m
eet
girl
acr
oss
the
crow
ded
city
scap
e of
21s
t ce
ntu
ry B
uen
os A
ires
.
21:0
0 Lo
ndo
n C
allin
gA
sel
ecti
on o
f rec
ent
shor
ts f
rom
som
e of
th
e ca
pita
l’s
mos
t ex
citi
ng
new
fil
mm
aker
s, s
upp
orte
d by
Fil
m
Lon
don’
s pr
odu
ctio
n s
chem
es.
NFT
2
13:4
5 U
ncl
e K
ent
Joe
Swan
berg
con
tinu
es h
is e
xplo
rati
on in
to t
he
m
eth
ods
of m
oder
n lo
ve.
16:0
0 Si
lver
Bu
llets
Th
e pr
olif
ic Jo
e Sw
anbe
rg d
ebat
es w
het
her
ci
nem
a m
atte
rs.
18:1
5 Ju
st B
ecau
se Y
ou’r
e Pa
ran
oid…
Ran
gin
g fr
om m
ildly
con
fuse
d se
lf-d
oubt
, th
rou
gh
fear
an
d pa
ran
oia
to f
ull-
on s
hee
r te
rror
, th
ese
seve
n
dis
orie
ntat
ing
shor
t fi
lms
wil
l lea
ve y
ou w
onde
rin
g
wh
at ju
st h
appe
ned
.
20:4
5 T
he
Sou
l of F
lies
A q
uir
ky a
bsu
rdis
t ro
ad m
ovie
-cu
m-c
omed
y ch
arts
th
e ad
vent
ure
s of
tw
o br
oth
ers
trav
elli
ng
toge
ther
to
thei
r fa
ther
’s f
un
eral
.
NFT
3
14:0
0 O
n t
he
Roa
d w
ith
Rob
ert F
enz
Fen
z’s
beau
tifu
lly p
hot
ogra
phed
, lyr
ic f
ilm
s ar
e st
ruct
ure
d im
prov
isat
ion
s w
hic
h d
raw
on
imag
es h
e
has
col
lect
ed a
rou
nd
the
wor
ld.
16:1
5 Fr
ee R
adic
als:
A H
isto
ry o
f Exp
erim
enta
l Film
Pip
Ch
odor
ov’s
per
son
al jo
urn
ey t
hro
ugh
ava
nt-g
arde
fi
lm h
isto
ry fe
atu
res
appe
aran
ces
from
Jon
as M
ekas
, Pe
ter
Ku
belk
a, S
tan
Bra
khag
e an
d H
ans
Ric
hter
.
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18:30 We C
an’t Go H
ome A
gainN
ick Ray’s extraord
inary m
ultiscreen
collaboration w
ith
his stu
dents, a troubled an
d troublin
g look at early 1970s A
merica, n
ow restored to its fu
ll inn
ovative glory.
21:00 Tw
ilight Portrait
A fem
ale social worker becom
es involved w
ith on
e of her
abusers in
An
gelina N
ikonova’s d
isturbin
g portrait of a d
isjun
ctive urban
world of everyday violen
ce.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 Free Radicals: A
History of Experim
ental Film
Pip Ch
odorov’s personal jou
rney th
rough
avant-garde film
history featu
res appearances from
Jonas M
ekas, Peter K
ubelka, Stan
Brakhage an
d Han
s Richter.
OD
EON
WEST
END
20:00 A D
angerou
s Meth
odV
iggo Morten
sen, M
ichael Fassben
der and K
eira K
nightley star in
David C
ronen
berg’s compellin
g look at th
e early days of psychoan
alysis.
TU
E 25 OC
T
VU
E5
12:15 Trish
na
Tess of the d’Urbervilles tran
sposed to modern
day Ind
ia by M
ichael W
interbottom, w
ith Freida Pinto as th
e tragic h
eroine.
14:45 A D
angerou
s Meth
odV
iggo Morten
sen, M
ichael Fassben
der and K
eira K
nightley star in
David C
ronen
berg’s compellin
g look at th
e early days of psychoan
alysis.
17:45 A Sim
ple LifeA
nn
Hu
i’s surpassin
gly movin
g film centres on
the
intense relation
ship betw
een a m
iddle-aged m
an (A
ndy
Lau) an
d the elderly w
oman
(Dean
ie Ip) w
ho h
as been h
is fam
ily’s amah – dom
estic helper – for som
e sixty years.
20:15 Hu
nky D
oryM
arc Evans’ latest featu
re is a sweet an
d sincere paean
to th
e pre-pun
k 1970s.
VU
E7
12:00 Wuth
ering H
eights
An
drea A
rnold
’s radical an
d beautifu
lly filmed
adaptation of th
is classic tale of obsessive love.
15:00 Th
e Snow
s of Kilim
anjaro
Director R
obert Gu
édigu
ian retu
rns to h
is old M
arseille stampin
g groun
d for an entertain
ing,
politically passionate d
rama starrin
g the d
irector’s en
semble regu
lars.
18:15 Th
e Aw
akenin
gA
classy hau
nted hou
se yarn th
at boasts a great cast, as deceptively m
oving as it is ch
illing.
20:45 Footnote
Dazzlin
gly inventive, th
is biting, darkly w
itty tale of fath
er-son rivalries w
ithin
the Israeli academ
ic establish
ment is an
astute stu
dy of pride, envy
and tem
ptation.
VU
E6
12:45 Th
e Studen
tA
n intrigu
ing political allegory set in
the w
heeler-dealin
g w
orld of Argentin
e student politics.
15:15 Th
e Jewel
Grippin
g conspiracy th
riller story of the rise an
d fall of a m
ajor Italian food com
pany, du
e to mism
anagem
ent, dodgy fin
ancial deals, sh
ady politics and em
bezzlement.
18:00 Walkin
g Too Fast
A lieu
tenant in
the secret police goes abou
t his dead
ly bu
siness bu
t develops an u
nexpected obsession
in R
adim
Spacek’s com
pelling portrait of C
zech society in
the
early 1980s.
21:00 Better Th
is World
A d
ramatic story of idealism
, loyalty, and betrayal th
at reveals a great deal abou
t the cu
lture of protest an
d the
paranoia of th
e post-9/11 Am
erica.
VU
E3
13:00 Th
e Sun
-Beaten Path
Cin
ematograph
er Sonthar G
yal’s debut featu
re is a T
ibetan road m
ovie: a youn
g man
burden
ed with
grief an
d guilt travels back to h
is rural h
ome, m
ostly on foot…
an
d learns a lot abou
t him
self and oth
ers along th
e way.
15:30 Th
e Hou
seA
father an
d a daughter com
e into conflict abou
t wh
ether
she sh
ould stay in
rural Slovakia or leave for En
gland in
Zu
zana Liová’s aw
ard-win
nin
g debut.
18:30 Th
e Art of Love
Desire an
d its complication
s, as mapped ou
t in a
witty all-star portm
anteau of lin
ked vignettes by
writer-actor-d
irector Emm
anuel M
ouret.
20:30 Alois N
ebelT
his debu
t feature from
Tomas Lu
nak is a soh
isticated an
d serious-m
inded reflection
on recent h
istory that is
techn
ically stun
nin
g in its u
se of seductive black an
d w
hite rotoscope an
imation
.
NFT
1
12:45 Goodbye
Wh
en you
r country starts treatin
g you like you
don’t belon
g, then
it’s time to leave.
15:15 Corpo C
elesteR
ebellious teen
ager reacts against strictu
res of her local
church
and en
ds up on
a bizarre errand to collect
someth
ing ou
t of town
with
the parish
priest.
18:30 We H
ave a PopeTragi-com
ic depiction of events su
rroun
din
g the election
of a n
ew Pope in
Nan
ni M
oretti’s searchin
g, satirical sidesw
ipe at the C
atholic C
hurch
in Italy.
21:00 Target
A bold
ly conceived dystopian
epic set in R
ussia 2020.
NFT
2
13:15 Gabriel A
brantes
Gabriel A
brantes and h
is collaborators use th
e lan
guage of com
mercial cin
ema to create w
orks th
at explore historical an
d political them
es with
hu
mou
r and au
dacity.
15:45 Lawren
ce of BelgraviaFelt. D
enim
. Go-K
art Mozart. W
e love Lawren
ce forever!
18:15 Small T
own
A series of sn
apshots depictin
g family an
d friendsh
ips, as sm
all-town
life aroun
d the w
orld is put u
nder
the m
icroscope.
20:45 Nath
aniel D
orsky / Ben R
iversPoetic, observation
al works by tw
o distin
guish
ed 16m
m film
makers. D
orsky creates beauty from
th
e comm
onplace; R
ivers finds beau
ty in
un
expected circum
stances.
NFT
3
13:15 Tw
ilight Portrait
A fem
ale social worker becom
es involved w
ith on
e of her
abusers in
An
gelina N
ikonova’s d
isturbin
g portrait of a d
isjun
ctive urban
world of everyday violen
ce.
16:00 Phil Solom
on’s Am
erican Falls
A vision
ary journ
ey throu
gh A
merican
history u
sing
chem
ically treated celluloid appropriated from
new
sreels an
d fiction film
s.
18:30 Th
e Producers - In
association w
ith V
arietyFeatu
ring u
p-and-com
ing as w
ell as established,
award-w
inn
ing produ
cers, this d
iscussion
will attem
pt to add
ress some of th
e comm
on m
isconception
s about
the role, w
hile exam
inin
g the fin
ancial, creative an
d organ
isational ch
allenges th
at they face on
a day-to-day basis.
21:00 Asm
aaA
powerfu
l and in
spiring real-life story abou
t an Egyptian
w
idow w
ith H
IV w
ho battles to overcom
e society’s preju
dices an
d receive proper treatment.
TH
E STU
DIO
19:00 Th
e PettifoggerA
n abstract crim
e film by collage artist Lew
is Klah
r, wh
o re-an
imates im
ages from com
ic books, advertisements
and ph
otographs.
EMPIR
E LEICEST
ER SQU
AR
E
19:30 An
onym
ous
A star-stu
dded British cast grace R
oland
Emm
erich’s exploration
of the contested
auth
orship of Sh
akespeare’s works.
WED
26 OC
T
VU
E5
12:15 An
onym
ous
A star-stu
dded British cast grace R
oland
Emm
erich’s exploration
of the contested
auth
orship of Sh
akespeare’s works.
14:45 Hu
nky D
oryM
arc Evans’ latest featu
re is a sweet an
d sincere
paean to th
e pre-pun
k 1970s.
17:45 My Back Page
A rookie jou
rnalist in
1969 falls un
der the spell of a
charism
atic student rad
ical (Ken
ichi M
atsuyam
a), only to
realise that h
e’s capable of mu
rder. Nobu
hiro Y
amash
ita an
d his cast recreate th
e political turm
oil of the period
with
awesom
e credibility.
20:15 TBC
VU
E7
12:00 Den
deraA
n u
nexpected sequ
el to The Ballad of Narayam
a by Im
amu
ra’s son D
aisuke Ten
gan: th
e old wom
en sent
up th
e mou
ntain to d
ie instead plan
a revenge attack
on th
e village below…
until a hu
ge marau
din
g bear gets in
the w
ay.
15:00 Th
e Aw
akenin
gA
classy hau
nted hou
se yarn th
at boasts a great cast, as deceptively m
oving as it is ch
illing.
18:00 Here
Two fiercely in
dependent you
ng people m
eet in A
rmen
ia, an
d journ
ey into un
charted territory.
20:30 Th
is Mu
st Be the Place
Oddball retired rock star C
heyen
ne (Sean
Penn
) goes on
a ramblin
g road trip across USA
in search
of someon
e his
father h
ad been tryin
g to find.
VU
E6
12:45 Wh
en th
e Nigh
tInten
se bittersweet rom
antic melod
rama abou
t the
unu
sual relation
ship betw
een a you
ng lon
ely moth
er and
a mou
ntain gu
ide in th
e Alps w
hose fam
ily has left h
im.
15:15 Better Th
is World
A d
ramatic story of idealism
, loyalty, and betrayal th
at reveals a great deal abou
t the cu
lture of protest an
d the
paranoia of th
e post-9/11 Am
erica.
18:15 Drifters
Entertainin
g, contemporary com
edy about a h
andw
riting
expert, distracted from
work by h
is father’s forth
comin
g rem
arriage and a n
ot entirely unw
elcome attention
s of h
is half sister.
20:45 TBC
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VU
E3
12:3
0 W
alki
ng
Too
Fas
tA
lieu
ten
ant
in t
he
secr
et p
olic
e go
es a
bou
t h
is d
ead
ly
busi
nes
s bu
t de
velo
ps a
n u
nex
pect
ed o
bses
sion
in R
adim
Sp
acek
’s c
ompe
llin
g po
rtra
it o
f Cze
ch s
ocie
ty in
th
e ea
rly
1980
s.
15:3
0 T
he
Art
of L
ove
Des
ire
and
its
com
plic
atio
ns,
as
map
ped
out
in a
w
itty
all-
star
por
tman
teau
of l
inke
d vi
gnet
tes
by
wri
ter-
acto
r-d
irec
tor
Emm
anu
el M
oure
t.
18:3
0 T
BC
21:0
0 T
BC
NFT
1
12:1
5 T
arge
tA
bol
dly
con
ceiv
ed d
ysto
pian
epi
c se
t in
Ru
ssia
202
0.
15:1
5 T
he
Fath
erle
ssT
he
impr
essi
ve d
ebu
t fe
atu
re f
rom
Mar
ie K
reu
tzer
, Th
e Fa
ther
less
is a
sop
his
tica
ted
and
com
pell
ing
dra
ma
deal
ing
wit
h is
sues
of f
amily
an
d fr
eedo
m.
18:0
0 T
BC
20:3
0 T
he
Nai
l in
th
e Bo
ot /
Shoe
sTw
o si
lent
pro
paga
nd
ist
mas
terp
iece
s: a
Sov
iet
alle
gory
ab
out
fata
lly fa
ult
y w
ar e
quip
men
t, a
nd
a ca
uti
onar
y ta
le
of b
leak
urb
an p
over
ty in
th
e U
S.
NFT
2
13:1
5 M
itsu
ko D
eliv
ers
Mit
suko
is in
her
nin
th m
onth
of p
regn
ancy
, bu
t th
at
does
n’t
stop
her
tak
ing
the
lead
wh
en a
ll ar
oun
d h
er a
re
flou
nde
rin
g. Y
uya
Ish
ii’s
bre
ath
less
com
ic d
ram
a h
as
sati
re, b
rio
and
orig
inal
ity
to b
urn
.
15:4
5 T
he
Sou
l of F
lies
A q
uir
ky a
bsu
rdis
t ro
ad m
ovie
-cu
m-c
omed
y ch
arts
th
e ad
vent
ure
s of
tw
o br
oth
ers
trav
elli
ng
toge
ther
to
thei
r fa
ther
’s f
un
eral
.
18:1
5 La
w o
f th
e Bo
rder
Pow
erfu
l an
d ra
dic
al s
mu
ggli
ng
dra
ma
from
Tu
rkey
, st
arri
ng
the
grea
t Y
ilm
az G
ün
ey, r
escu
ed a
nd
rest
ored
by
Mar
tin
Sco
rses
e’s
Wor
ld C
inem
a Fo
un
dati
on.
20:3
0 T
he
Tsu
nam
i an
d th
e C
her
ry B
loss
om
plu
s Lu
cy W
alke
r in
Con
vers
atio
nW
e ar
e de
light
ed t
o be
abl
e to
pre
sent
th
e fi
rst
publ
ic
scre
enin
g of
Lu
cy W
alke
r’s
docu
men
tary
, an
d w
elco
me
the
film
mak
er t
o d
iscu
ss h
er c
aree
r.
NFT
3
13:1
5 A
smaa
A p
ower
ful a
nd
insp
irin
g re
al-l
ife
stor
y ab
out
an E
gypt
ian
w
idow
wit
h H
IV w
ho
batt
les
to o
verc
ome
soci
ety’
s pr
eju
dic
es a
nd
rece
ive
prop
er t
reat
men
t.
15:3
0 Sm
all T
own
A s
erie
s of
sn
apsh
ots
depi
ctin
g fa
mily
an
d fr
ien
dsh
ips,
as
sm
all-
tow
n li
fe a
rou
nd
the
wor
ld is
pu
t u
nde
r
the
mic
rosc
ope.
18:3
0 D
o th
e R
igh
t Th
ing
Eigh
t sh
ort
film
s w
hic
h e
xam
ine
a br
oad
ran
ge o
f mor
al
dile
mm
as o
r d
iffi
cult
dec
isio
ns
and
thei
r co
nse
quen
ces.
21:0
0 T
ahri
r 20
11: T
he
Goo
d, t
he
Bad
and
the
Polit
icia
nA
pow
erfu
l, m
ovin
g an
d fr
equ
entl
y fu
nn
y ac
cou
nt o
f th
e Eg
ypti
an r
evol
uti
on e
arlie
r th
is y
ear
wh
ich
saw
peo
ple
pow
er o
ust
th
en-P
resi
dent
Hos
ni M
uba
rak
afte
r 30
yea
rs
ruli
ng
the
cou
ntry
.
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 La
st D
ays
Her
eT
he
tria
ls o
f Bob
by L
iebl
ing,
lead
sin
ger
wit
h d
oom
met
al
mer
chan
ts P
enta
gram
.
TH
U 2
7 O
CT
VU
E5
12:0
0 M
y Ba
ck P
age
A r
ooki
e jo
urn
alis
t in
196
9 fa
lls
un
der
the
spel
l of a
ch
aris
mat
ic s
tude
nt r
adic
al (K
enic
hi M
atsu
yam
a), o
nly
to
real
ise
that
he’
s ca
pabl
e of
mu
rder
. Nob
uh
iro
Yam
ash
ita
and
his
cas
t re
crea
te t
he
polit
ical
tu
rmoi
l of t
he
peri
od
wit
h a
wes
ome
cred
ibil
ity.
15:0
0 W
e H
ave
a Po
peTr
agi-
com
ic d
epic
tion
of e
vent
s su
rrou
nd
ing
the
elec
tion
of
a n
ew P
ope
in N
ann
i Mor
etti
’s s
earc
hin
g, s
atir
ical
si
desw
ipe
at t
he
Cat
hol
ic C
hurc
h in
Ital
y.
17:4
5 T
BC
20:1
5 T
BC
VU
E7
12:1
5 T
his
Mu
st B
e th
e Pl
ace
Odd
ball
reti
red
rock
sta
r C
hey
enn
e (S
ean
Pen
n) g
oes
on
a ra
mbl
ing
road
tri
p ac
ross
USA
in s
earc
h o
f som
eon
e h
is
fath
er h
ad b
een
try
ing
to f
ind.
14:4
5 Fo
otn
ote
Daz
zlin
gly
inve
ntiv
e, t
his
bit
ing,
dar
kly
wit
ty t
ale
of
fath
er-s
on r
ival
ries
wit
hin
th
e Is
rael
i aca
dem
ic
esta
blis
hm
ent
is a
n a
stu
te s
tudy
of p
ride
, en
vy
and
tem
ptat
ion
.
18:0
0 T
BC
20:3
0 T
BC
VU
E6
12:4
5 A
non
ymou
s
A s
tar-
stu
dded
Bri
tish
cas
t gr
ace
Rol
and
Em
mer
ich
’s e
xplo
rati
on o
f th
e co
ntes
ted
au
thor
ship
of S
hak
espe
are’
s w
orks
.
15:1
5 Pl
ayT
hou
ght-
prov
okin
g an
d co
nsi
dere
d d
ram
a in
spir
ed b
y an
el
abor
ate
scam
dev
elop
ed b
y yo
un
g ‘t
een
s in
Got
hen
burg
.
18:1
5 T
BC
20:4
5 T
BC
VU
E3
13:0
0 H
ere
Two
fier
cely
inde
pen
dent
you
ng
peop
le m
eet
in A
rmen
ia,
and
jou
rney
into
un
char
ted
terr
itor
y.
15:3
0 D
rift
ers
Ente
rtai
nin
g, c
onte
mpo
rary
com
edy
abou
t a
han
dwri
tin
g ex
pert
, dis
trac
ted
from
wor
k by
his
fath
er’s
fort
hco
min
g re
mar
riag
e an
d a
not
ent
irel
y u
nwel
com
e at
tent
ion
s of
h
is h
alf s
iste
r.
18:3
0 T
BC
21:0
0 T
BC
NFT
1
12:4
5 Fa
ust
A r
ich
ly im
agin
ed jo
urn
ey o
f a s
earc
h fo
r im
poss
ible
re
dem
ptio
n f
rom
on
e of
Ru
ssia
’s g
reat
est
livin
g d
irec
tors
.
15:4
5 A
Sim
ple
Life
An
n H
ui’s
su
rpas
sin
gly
mov
ing
film
cen
tres
on
th
e in
ten
se r
elat
ion
ship
bet
wee
n a
mid
dle
-age
d m
an (A
ndy
La
u) a
nd
the
elde
rly
wom
an (D
ean
ie Ip
) wh
o h
as b
een
his
fa
mily
’s a
mah
– d
omes
tic
hel
per
– fo
r so
me
sixt
y ye
ars.
18:3
0 T
BC
21:0
0 T
BC
NFT
2
13:0
0 T
ahri
r 20
11: T
he
Goo
d, t
he
Bad
and
the
Polit
icia
nA
pow
erfu
l, m
ovin
g an
d fr
equ
entl
y fu
nn
y ac
cou
nt o
f th
e Eg
ypti
an r
evol
uti
on e
arlie
r th
is y
ear
wh
ich
saw
peo
ple
pow
er o
ust
th
en-P
resi
dent
Hos
ni M
uba
rak
afte
r 30
yea
rs
ruli
ng
the
cou
ntry
.
15:3
0 A
lois
Neb
elT
his
deb
ut
feat
ure
fro
m T
omas
Lu
nak
is a
soh
isti
cate
d an
d se
riou
s-m
inde
d re
flec
tion
on
rec
ent
his
tory
th
at is
te
chn
ical
ly s
tun
nin
g in
its
use
of s
edu
ctiv
e bl
ack
and
wh
ite
roto
scop
e an
imat
ion
.
18:1
5 T
BC
20:4
5 T
BC
NFT
3
13:1
5 D
o th
e R
igh
t Th
ing
Eigh
t sh
ort
film
s w
hic
h e
xam
ine
a br
oad
ran
ge o
f mor
al
dile
mm
as o
r d
iffi
cult
dec
isio
ns
and
thei
r co
nse
quen
ces.
15:4
5 A
lter
ed S
tate
sW
orks
by
Belo
ufa
, Ru
ssel
l, W
ard
ill a
nd
oth
ers
nav
igat
e a
path
bet
wee
n r
ealit
y an
d fa
ntas
y. L
ay d
own
all
thou
ght,
su
rren
der
to t
he
void
…
18:3
0 W
e C
an’t
Go
Hom
e A
gain
Nic
k R
ay’s
ext
raor
din
ary
mu
ltis
cree
n c
olla
bora
tion
wit
h
his
stu
dent
s, a
tro
ubl
ed a
nd
trou
blin
g lo
ok a
t ea
rly
1970
s A
mer
ica,
now
res
tore
d to
its
full
inn
ovat
ive
glor
y.
21:0
0 In
tim
ate
Vis
ion
: Film
s by
Ch
ick
Stra
nd
New
ly r
esto
red
prin
ts o
f sen
suou
s w
orks
by
the
anth
ropo
logi
cal,
fou
nd-
foot
age
and
fem
inis
t fi
lmm
aker
C
hic
k St
ran
d (1
931-
2009
).
TH
E ST
UD
IO
19:0
0 T
he
Art
of L
ove
Des
ire
and
its
com
plic
atio
ns,
as
map
ped
out
in a
w
itty
all-
star
por
tman
teau
of l
inke
d vi
gnet
tes
by
wri
ter-
acto
r-d
irec
tor
Emm
anu
el M
oure
t.
TH
UR
SDA
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7 O
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OB
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CLO
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1
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EON
LEI
CES
TER
SQ
UA
RE
Film
s no
t in
the
Eng
lish
lang
uage
w
ill b
e sc
reen
ed w
ith
Engl
ish
subt
itle
s.
Th
is s
cree
nin
g w
ill h
ave
subt
itle
s
and
audi
o-de
scri
ptio
n
Th
is s
cree
nin
g is
su
itab
le
for
fam
ily a
ud
ien
ces
Th
is f
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ill b
e
scre
ened
in 3
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