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  1. After The Wedding – Dir. Susanne Bier –

     

    Jacob Petersen has dedicated his life to helping street children in India. When the orphanage he heads is threatened by closure, he receives an unusual offer. A Danish businessman, Jørgen, offers him a donation of $4 million dollars. There are, however, certain conditions... Not only must Jacob return to Denmark, he must also take part in the wedding of Jørgen’s daughter. The wedding proves to be a critical juncture between past and future and catapults Jacob into the most intense dilemma of his life../

  2. Better Things – Dir. Duane Hopkins –

     

    Better Things is a multi narrative drama depicting everyday life in small town England. We follow several characters dealing in their own particular way with their relationships. As a day dawns in the Cotswolds a funeral is taking place that will have bitter repercussions for some of the community. Close by Rachel and Larry are reeling against a first love gone wrong. Meanwhile Mr Gladwin refuses to speak to Mrs Gladwin over events of a long time ago. Duane Hopkins presents a painterly view of existence against a rarely seen rural backdrop and its separate generation’s approach to life, love, loss and intoxication.

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    • In Theatres: 23 January 2009
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: 15
    • Starring: Liam McIlfatrick, Che Corr, Freddie Cunliffe

  3. Choking Man – Dir. Steve Barron –

     

    He works all day long in the shadow of the ever present Heimlich Manouevre instruction poster which hangs in the diner kitchen. From his solitary kitchen corner Jorge gropes mutely for a bond with Amy (Eugenia Yuan), the newly hired Chinese waitress and even though she tries to reciprocate, the gulf that separates them may be too large. He is continually tormented by his co-worker Jerry (Aaron Paul) and at home in his Harlem boarding, under the psychological control of his domineering ‘roommate,’ he battles his inner demons.

    • Trailer: 01:32
    • In Theatres: 14 November 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring: Octavio Gómez, Eugenia Yuan, Aaron Paul

  4. Close To Home – Dir. Dalia Hager, Vidi Bilu –

     

    Smadar and Mirit, both 18 years old, are assigned to patrol the streets of Jerusalem together as part of their military service. Worlds apart in their personality their initial frosty relationship changes to friendship as they deal with their own emotional issues, the crushes and break-ups in their love lives, as well as the political reality of the city they live in.

    • Trailer: 2:10
    • In Theatres: 14 May 2007
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring: Smadar Sayar, Naaina Schendar, Irit Suki, Katia Zimbris
    • More information: Close To Home

  5. El Baño del Papa – Dir. César Charlone, Enrique Fernández –

     

    It is 1988, and Melo, a Uruguayan town on the Brazilian border, awaits the visit of Pope John Paul II. Numbers begin circulating: hundreds of people will come, no thousands say the media. To the poor townspeople this means one thing: pilgrims in need of food and drink, paper flags, souvenirs, commemorative medals. Brimming with enthusiasm, the villagers not only hope for divine blessing, but above all for a small share of material happiness. And petty smuggler Beto is certain that he’s found the best business idea of all: “The Pope’s Toilet”, where the thousands of pilgrims can find relief …

    • Trailer: 01:44
    • In Theatres: 01 August 2008
    • Language: Spanish
    • Certificate: 15
    • Starring: Cesar Troncoso, Virginia Mendez, Virginia Ruiz

  6. Far North – Dir. Asif Kapadia –

     

    Far North is a dark and tragic epic thriller about the battle for survival. Saiva and her adopted daughter Anja live in near isolation as they are forced further North on the Arctic Tundra. One day a figure Loki appears on the ice and collapses. Against her better judgement Saiva nurses him back to health setting in motion the devastating finale as Saiva and Anja compete for Loki’s attention.

    • Trailer: 01:34
    • In Theatres: 26 December 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Sean Bean, Michelle Krusiec

  7. Garage – Dir. Lenny Abrahamson –

     

    Regarded by his neighbours as a harmless misfit, Josie has spent all his adult life as the caretaker of a crumbling petrol station on the outskirts of a small town in the mid-west of Ireland. He is limited, lonely, yet relentlessly optimistic and, in his own peculiar way, happy. Garage is the story of Josie's hapless search for intimacy over the course of a summer which sees his life changed forever.

    • Trailer: 01:43
    • In Theatres: 07 March 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: 18
    • Starring: Pat Shortt, Conor Ryan, Anne-Marie Duff

  8. Irina Palm – Dir. Sam Garbaski –

     

    Marianne Faithfull plays Maggie, a widow who is looking desperately for money to pay for last chance treatment for her dying grandson. While aimlessly wondering the streets of Soho she sees a notice ‘hostess wanted’; intrigued she enters the club and despite all the odds finds herself a new career to raise the money needed.

    • Trailer: 01:38
    • In Theatres: 13 June 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: tbc
    • Starring: Marianne Faithfull, Miki Manojlovic, Kevin Bishop

  9. Modern Life – Dir. Raymond Depardon –

     

    Down winding country lanes and behind rural l backwaters, Raymond Depardon has spent 20 years making friends with a dying breed of farmers who are defiantly old school, treating newcomers and women with equal suspicion. With a warm irreverent eye Depardon presents a rural community and the legacies that bind them to land and family.

    • Trailer: 01:34
    • In Theatres: 03 April 2009
    • Language: French
    • Certificate: Exempt
    • Starring:

  10. My Winnipeg – Dir. Guy Maddin –

     

    With his latest work, My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin continues in the freewheeling, genre-bending tradition that has made him one of Canada’s most consistently intriguing and internationally respected artists. Described as a docu-fantasia My Winnipeg is a story about his home town blending local myth with childhood trauma. Winner of the best Canadian feature film at the Toronto Film Festival 2007.

    • Trailer: 02:02
    • In Theatres: 04 July 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: 12A
    • Starring: Darcy Fehr, Ann Savage

  11. Partition – Dir. Vic Sarin –

     

    Partition is an epic love story of two people caught in the events that divided India and Pakistan in 1949. Starring Jimi Mistry (East is East; the Guru) and Neve Campbell (Scream, Wild Things) , Partition is a moving account of a personal romance against the dawn of a new world. Determined to leave the ravages of war behind, Gian Singh (Jimi Mistry) resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil, when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl, traumatized by the events that separated her from her family. Slowly, resisting all the taboos, Gian finds himself falling in love with the vulnerable Naseem (Kristin Kreuk) even though they are separated by their opposing faiths.

    • Trailer: 02:18
    • In Theatres: 12 September 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring: Jimi Mistry, Neve Campbell, Kristin Kreuk

  12. Private Property – Dir. Joachim Lafosse –

     

    An old, but beautiful farm in Belgium is home to Pascale (Isabelle Huppert) and her twin sons Thierry and François (Jérémie and Yannick Renier). Although loving and ostensibly supportive of one another, each is still reeling from the divorce that divided the family some years earlier. Now in their late teens, the boys have begun to move in different directions but neither seems compelled to embrace adulthood or the responsibilities that come with it. When Pascale falls in love again and dreams of beginning a new life she finds herself unable to rise from the shadow of her ex-husband and selfish children. Helpless and in a bid for survival, Pascale leaves the house in the hands of Thierry and François, never suspecting that in her absence, a fratricidal war will change their family forever.

    • Trailer: 1:37
    • In Theatres: 18 April 2008
    • Language: French (English Subtitles)
    • Certificate:
    • Starring: Isabelle Huppert, Jérémie Renier, Yannick Renier

  13. RFK Must Die – Dir. Shane O'Sullivan –

     

    In 1968, five years after the assassination of his brother, President John F. Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy ran for the White House. On June 4th, he won the California Democratic primary and looked set to challenge Nixon for the presidency. Just after midnight, he made a televised victory speech to his supporters at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. As he walked through the hotel kitchen shaking hands with well wishers, a man stepped out and fired. That man was 24-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan, still serving a life sentence for the murder. RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy is a new investigative documentary by Shane O'Sullivan that examines the events of that night and presents compelling evidence that Sirhan did not act alone. Witnesses placed Sirhan several feet in front of Kennedy yet the fatal shot came from one inch behind. And even under hypnosis, Sirhan has never been able to remember the shooting. Leading psychiatrists believe he was a 'Manchurian Candidate', hypnotically programmed to kill Kennedy or act as a decoy for the real assassin.

    • Trailer: 01:29
    • In Theatres: 16 May 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring:

  14. Seachd - The Inaccessible Pinnacle – Dir. Simon Miller –

     

    The first ever Scottish Gaelic film released theatrically!

  15. Someone Else – Dir. Col Spector –

     

    David (Stephen Mangan), a photographer has been going out with Lisa (Susan Lynch) for a number of years. Maintaining separate lives it looks like their relationship might never move onto the next level. Unbeknown to Lisa, David has met the carefree and bohemian Nina (Lara Belmont) who appears to be offering him everything Lisa cannot. When Lisa surprises David with tickets for a romantic trip he breaks off the relationship only to discover that Nina, too, has Someone else. A charming romantic film for all those in-love, out-of-love and somewhere in between.

    • Trailer: 1:33
    • In Theatres: 24 July 2007
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring: Stephen Mangan, John Henshaw, Susan lynch, Christopher Coghill
    • More information: Someone Else

  16. The Princes' Quest – Dir. Michel Ocelot –

     

    By acclaimed French animation director Michel Ocelot (Kirikou and the Sorceress, Princes and Princesses). Once upon a time there were two children nursed by the same woman. Azur, a blonde blue-eyed son of a noble woman and Asmar, the dark skinned and dark-eyed child of the nurse. The two are raised as close of brothers till cruelly separated. Some years later they are reunited, but this time as rivals on their quest to free the mythical Djinn fairy, knowing that only one of them may succeed.

    • Trailer: 90
    • In Theatres: 08 February 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: U
    • Starring: Animation

  17. The Tracey Fragments – Dir. Bruce McDonald –

     

    15-year-old Tracey Berkowitz is naked under a tattered shower curtain at the back of a bus, looking for her little brother Sonny, who thinks he’s a dog. Tracey’s journey leads us into the dark underbelly of the city, into the emotional cesspool of her home, through the brutality of her high school, the clinical cat and mouse games with her shrink and her soaring fantasies of Billy Zero - her boyfriend and rock ’n’ roll saviour. Tracey’s stories begin to intertwine truth with lies, hope with despair as we move closer to the truth of Sonny’s disappearance.

    • Trailer: 01:39
    • In Theatres:
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: TBC
    • Starring: Ellen Page, Max McCabe-Lokos, Slim Twig

  18. Who Killed Nancy – Dir. Alan G Parker –

     

    On October 12th 1978 Nancy Spungeon, an ex-prostitute, sometimes stripper and heroin addict, was found dead in a bathroom at the Chelsea Hotel in New York. She also happened to be the girlfriend of the Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious, who was quickly accused of her murder. Less than 6 months later, he died of a heroin overdose and the case was closed. The death of Sid and Nancy has passed into rock legend and has only added to the controversial and notorious image of the Sex Pistols and punk music. At the request of Sid's mother, who committed suicide in 1996, rock author and punk expert Alan Parker has devoted himself to discovering WhoKilled Nancy? By interviewing 182 people and re-examining NYPD evidence, he reveals what really happened that night in room 100.

    • Trailer: 02:27
    • In Theatres: 06 February 2009
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: E
    • Starring:

  19. Wild Tigers I Have Known – Dir. Cam Archer –

     

    A visually stunning coming-of age story shot through with fantasy, as a teenager deals with his newfound sexuality. Logan is 13 years old, and a dreamer. Soft spoken and isolated, he has a crush on an older and infinitely cooler boy, Rodeo Walker. As Logan and Rodeo strike up a mismatched friendship, the kind that only works on walks deep into the forest when no one else is around, Logan’s infatuation with Rodeo inspires him to create a new persona named Leah. Leah and Rodeo grow close through whispered late-night phone calls, and when Leah agrees to meet Rodeo face to face it is Logan who must finally prove that he can ask for what he so achingly wants.

    • Trailer: 02:13
    • In Theatres: 25 February 2008
    • Language: English
    • Certificate: 18
    • Starring: Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White, Fairuza Balk