UNITED KINGDOM / INDIA – 2011 – 118 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ORIYA & ENGLISH
A FILM BY GEMMA ATWAL
Gemma Atwal's dynamic epic follows four-year-old Budhia, rescued from poverty by Biranchi Das, a larger- than-life judo coach and operator of an orphanage for slum children in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. When Budhia displays an uncommon talent for long- distance running, Biranchi nurtures his gift, heralding him as a folk hero for the impoverished masses, and maybe even for India itself. But after golden child Budhia breaks down during a world-record 65 kilometer run at the age of four, public opinion begins to turn on the guru and his disciple, and soon the two are swept up in a maelstrom of media controversy and political scandal.
UNITED KINGDOM – 2012 – 125 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY JULIEN TEMPLE
LONDON: THE MODERN BABYLON is legendary director Julien Temple’s (Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten) epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown. From musicians, writers and artists to dangerous thinkers, political radicals and, above all, ordinary people, this is the story of London’s immigrants, its bohemians and how together they changed the city forever.
USA – 2011 – 94 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY ELGIN JAMES
15 year-old Lily (Juno Temple) and her best friend Alison (Kay Panabaker) live on the shores of the Salton Sea among rundown trailers parks, rotting household items, drained pools and decaying streets. What was once an oasis for the wealthy and famous has become a near ghost town, leaving its residents fighting for breath in the deep end. Lily feels eternally claustrophobic and rebellious, living with her manic, single mother (Leslie Mann), clinging to hope for something more exciting than visits with her young and already washed up Aunt (Kate Bosworth).
USA – 2011 – 115 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY CHRISTOPHER MUNCH
After swearing off relationships, a fiercely individualistic artist named Sarah (Lily Rabe, daughter of the late Jill Clayburgh) takes to the woods with the dual goals of surveying a stream and finding herself. As she ventures deeper into the wilds of southwestern Oregon, a series of strange incidents lead her to suspect that she isn’t alone, after all.
SWEDEN / NORWAY – 2013 – 126 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY JAN TROELL
A remarkable drama set against Sweden's tumultuous political world during the Second World War, Jan Troell’s THE LAST SENTENCE is based on the life of Torgny Segerstedt, a leading Swedish journalist of the 20th century. The film chronicles Segerstedt’s extraordinary one-man battle against both Nazism and his own country’s policy of appeasement to Hitler.
2014/ USA/ GREECE/ 85 MINS
FEATURING JOHANNA TRUJILLO, ROBERTO SANCHEZ, ELOY MENDEZ
DIRECTED BY: MIKE OTT
Francisco, a middle-aged Cuban exile working at a holding house for il- legal immigrants crosses paths with Cecilia, a 10 year old Mexican girl who has crossed the border without her family.
ITALY / POLAND / CANADA – 2006 – 155 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY GIACOMO BATTIATO
POLAND / ITALY – 2014 – 186 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY GIACOMO BATTIATO
Karol Woityla is a boy of eighteen on the threshold of life as an actor, writer and poet when he sees his world shattered with the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. This CBC event mini-series follows his decision to become a priest and his struggles under the Nazi regime and later under communism, including the journey that would eventually lead him to Rome and the Papacy. Directed by Giacomo Battiato. Produced in co-production with Tao Due, Starring Poitr Adamczyk, Raul Bova, Hristo Shopov, Matt Craven, and Kenneth Welsh.
AUSTRALIA – 2003 – 110 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH & JAPANESE
A FILM BY SUE BROOKS
Sandy Edwards (Toni Collette), an ambitious geologist, suddenly finds herself having to babysit Hiromitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima), a taciturn Japanese businessman. Hoping to strike up a business deal, she agrees to take him on a field trip around Western Australia's remote Pilbara desert. Against the background of the outback these two diametrically opposed strangers are to find themselves thrust together in a potentially life or death situation. As they journey further and further into the desert, they leave more and more of what they know about each other and themselves behind.
USA – 2006 – 95 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY MARY JORDON
USA – 1968 – 103 MIN – BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
From French colonialism and rickshaws to the Vietnamese victory at Dien Bien Phu. And then, the origins and nature of the U.S. commitment from the end of WWII through the offensive of 1968. History, death, battle, ideas as only film can do it, a conspicuous example.
UNITED KINGDOM / USA – 2013 – 75 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY TOMAS LEACH
CANADA – 2004 – 96 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY MARK A. LEWIS
NON-THEATRICAL: AVAILABLE FOR TV, VOD & FILM FESTIVALS ONLY
UNITED KINGDOM / USA – 1989 – 86 MIN – COLOUR / BLACK & WHITE - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY EMILE DE ANTONIO
Pursued by the FBI since childhood, de Antonio reflects on his life as a radical filmmaker documenting art and politics during the cold war years.
UNITED KINGDOM / SPAIN / GERMANY / USA – 2010 – 78 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY CARLOS CARCAS AND NORBERTO LÓPEZ AMADO
HOW MUCH DOES YOUR BUILDING WEIGH MR. FOSTER? traces the rise of one of the world’s premier architects, Norman Foster and his unending quest to improve the quality of life through design.
ICELAND / DENMARK – 2012 – 62 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ICELANDIC & DANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY INGIBJÖRG BIRGISDÓTTIR, ORRI JONSSON & KRISTÍN BJÖRK KRISTJÁNSDÓTTIR
At the tender age of 70 she started recording and releasing her own music straight from her living room. 7 years later she had 59 albums to her name with more than 600 song; an eccentric myriad of catch compositions mixing in her pets' purrs and coos, found toys, kitchen percussion and casio keyboards.
USA – 2010 – 85 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY SCOTT CROCKER
Set in a murky swamp overrun with birders, scientists, and reporters, GHOST BIRD explores the limits of certainty, the seductive power of hope, and how one phantom woodpecker changed a sleepy Southern town forever.
CANADA – 2005 – 45 MIN – COLOUR - SHORT - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY VINCENZO NATALI
Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Vincenzo Natali uses the production of Terry Gilliam’s TIDELAND as a framework to create a compelling portrait of the director as artist, provocateur, inventor and comedian.
GERMANY – 2014 – 94 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
A FILM BY FELIX MOELLER
,200 feature films were made in Germany’s Third Reich. According to experts, some 100 of these were blatant Nazi propaganda. Nearly seventy years after the end of the Nazi regime, more than 40 of these films remain under lock and key.
USA – 2011 – 60 MIN – COLOUR - FEATURE - IN ENGLISH
A FILM BY BILLY MARTIN
FEATURING MEDESKI MARTIN & WOOD
Taking a look into the minds and lives of the band, drummer/percussionist Billy Martin directed the first feature film in the band's history.
