5 Nov 2003 UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland 2002 150 min Director: Roman Polanski The true story of celebrated composer and pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman. At the outbreak of World War Two, Szpilman’s world changes from that of concert halls is to the Jewish Ghetto of Warsaw. In the brutality and devastation of occupied Warsaw he… Continue reading The Pianist
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City of God
Cidade de Deus Oct 22 2003 Brazil, France, USA 2002 130 min Directors: Katia Lund & Fernando Meirelles This is the critically acclaimed story of gang violence in Rio de Janerio. Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a poor housing project built in the 60’s, which became one of the most dangerous places in… Continue reading City of God
Colour of Paradise
Rang-e Khoda Director: Majid Majidi 8 Oct 2003 Iran 1999 90 min Mohammad is a boy at Tehran’s institute for the blind. Long after the other children have been collected for their summer vacation, Mohammad waits for his father while he rescues a baby bird from a cat and returns it to its mother. When… Continue reading Colour of Paradise
Rabbit Proof Fence
24 Sept 2003 Director: Phillip Noyce Australia 2002 94 min Set in Western Australia in 1931. Molly, Daisy and Grace are snatched from their mothers’ arms and taken a thousand miles away as part of official government policy to train as domestic servants and to integrate them into white society. Lead by Molly, they escape,… Continue reading Rabbit Proof Fence
Moolaadé
8 Mar 2006 Director: Ousmane Sembene Senegal, France, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Morocco, Tunisia 2004 124 min African cinema’s founding father Ousmane Sembene brings us a story from the dark heart of Africa. In a village four girls are facing the horrible and demeaning practice of female circumcision. They seek ‘protection’ from Colle who has previously… Continue reading Moolaadé
Bad Education
La mala educacion 5 Oct 2005 Director: Pedro Almodovar Spain 2004 106 min Celebrated Spanish director Pedro Almodovar’s latest film opened the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It is a film noir set in Madrid and told over three time-frames. Hele, a 2 successful director, is approached by Ignatio who was once his close friend. Ignatio… Continue reading Bad Education
The Motorcycle Diaries
Diarios de motocicleta 21 Sep 2005 Director: Walter Salles USA, Germany, UK, Argentina, Chile, Peru, France 2004 128 min Based on the diaries of Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, this is the story of two Argentinean friends who travel across South America on the back of a rickety motorcycle. It is a thrilling and inspirational journey that… Continue reading The Motorcycle Diaries
The Edukators
Die fetten Jahre sind vorbei 22 Mar 2006 Director: Hans Weingartner Germany, Austria 2004 127 min Jule is a student in Berlin. She is seriously in debt to a rich businessman following a car accident. Evicted from her home she moves in with her boyfriend Peter and his friend Jan. The two young idealists break… Continue reading The Edukators
The Cube
31 Mar 2004 Director: Vincenzo Natali Canada 1997 90 min Six ordinary people wake up in a maze of interlocking cubes, with no recollection of how they arrived there and with no apparent route out. Further more; the cubes contain some deadly traps. With no food or water they soon realise that each of them… Continue reading The Cube
Magdalene Sisters
17 Mar 2004 UK, Ireland 2002 119 mins Director: Peter Mullan The last Magdalene Asylum closed in Ireland in 1996. Only since then has the true horror of conditions in these institutions emerged. Set in 1960’s Ireland, this is the compelling and emotional experience journey following the lives of four ‘fallen women’. While the World… Continue reading Magdalene Sisters