Water Lilies is an intense study of female friendship, sexual awakening and…synchronised swimming. The beautiful debut by director and Screenwriter Celine Sciamma was a big hit at Cannes this year and has been making waves ever since.
NB: Members of the film crew will be present at the screening.
Ex Drummer tells of famous author Dries, who is approached to play the drums for a group of oddball punk musicians who call themselves The Feminists. Their gimmick? They each have a physical handicap. Dries has a handicap too, he can't play drums but the arrogant yuppie is drawn to their squalid life; there could be a story in it, but once in, can he get out again?
Diva was an instant cult classic when it was released in 1981 and is possibly even stronger today than when it was first released for its retro 80's pop art atmosphere, a beautiful mixture of film noir, nouveau vague, and Hollywood thriller.
The Documentaries of Alain Resnais on newly restored 35mm prints.
2 Days In Paris follows a New York couple, French photographer Marion (Julie Delpy) and American interior designer (Adam Goldberg), as they attempt to re-infuse their relationship with romance on a European vacation.
French animator René LaLoux's masterpiece features striking art with hidden defiance. With a full complement of surreal sights and sounds, a score composed by Alain Goraguer (arranger for Serge Gainsbourg) and enough subtext to fuel philosophical debates, Fantastic Planet is an experience not easily forgotten.
An audacious and visually playful love story set in the world of celebrity impersonators. Poignant and whimsical in turn, Mister Lonely shows Harmony Korine at the top of his game. The film is stunningly shot and features extraordinary performances by Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog.
Carlos Reygadas's latest film displays an amazing maturity of vision in this mesmerising and deeply moving tale of love and betrayal played out against the pastoral backdrop of the North Mexican Mennonite community. Winner - Jury Prize Cannes Film Festival 2007.
Winner of the 60th anniversary award at this year's Cannes Festival, Paranoid Park finds Gus Van Sant at the height of his powers. This adaptation of Blake Nelson's novel follows 16 year-old skateboarder Alex, who accidentally kills a security guard outside Paranoid Park, Portland's most infamous skateboarding park.
Made in Sweden in Tarkovsky's final year, The Sacrifice is a measured, compassionate view of humanity at the edge of apocalypse. Photographed by Ingmar Bergman's cinematographer in ethereal northern light, the film opens and closes with two of cinema's most breathtaking single-take sequence shots.
Actor Arcady has spent the last ten years playing the role of a Rabbit in ramshackle children's theatre in a small provincial town is Russia. The demoralized actors play mundane roles and chase lost dreams with vodka and despair. A whimsical dark comedy about hope, second chances and never giving up.
The Director will be present to introduce the film and a Q&A with audience after the screening.
A rich comedy of manners which follows the life of five women working in a Lebanese beauty salon, where love, laughter and tears fight for attention.
Labaki's first foray into feature filmmaking heralds the arrival of a genuine talent, displaying an impressive ability to draw laughter and tears with equal proficiency.
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