All Films in August
The Railway Children (U)
Sat 31 Jul & Sun 1 Aug
Film
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of this beloved film.
London River (12A)
Fri 30 Jul - Tue 3 Aug
Film
A tale of love, hope, vulnerability and above all: humanity.
Gangster's Paradise - Jerusalema (15)
Wed 4 & Thu 5 Aug
Film
The story of a self-made Sowetan entrepreneur climbing the Hillbrow criminal underworld ladder one rung at a time.
Inception (12A)
Fri 6 - Thu 12 Aug 2010
Film
An original sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the intimate, infinite world of dreams.
South of the Border (15)
Fri 6 - Mon 9 Aug
Film
Oliver Stone's examination of the current political reformers of South America.
Fantastic Mr Fox (PG)
Sat 7 & Sun 8 Aug
Film
In his first animated feature, Wes Anderson (The Life Aquatic, The Royal Tenenbaums) proves the perfect filmmaker to bring Roald Dahl’s mu...
Hierro (12A)
Tue 10 – Thu 12 Aug
Film
A Spanish thriller depicting one woman's desperate journey into a nightmare vortex of horror and loss.
City Island (12A)
Fri 13 & Sat 14 Aug and Mon 16 Aug
Film
City Island is a hilarious and touching tale about a family whose comfortable co-existence is up-ended by surprising revelations of past sec...
The Ghost (15)
Fri 13 – Mon 16 Aug
Film
From director Roman Polanski, this atmospheric and intriguing political thriller charts one man’s determination to discover the truth.
Princess Lillifee (U)
Sun 15 & Tue 17 Aug
Film
Based on the popular Lillifee story books, this is a feature length magical mayhem for little princes and princesses everywhere.
Bluebeard (15)
Tue 17 – Thu 19 Aug
Film
Breillat devotees will love this film but also lovers of the dark side of fairy tale.
Skeletons (15)
Wed 18 & Thu 19 Aug
Film
A surreal comedy about a mismatched pair of travelling salesman operatives, in the business of cleaning skeletons from closets.
Gainsbourg (Vie heroique) (15)
Fri 20 – Thu 26 Aug
Film
From visionary graphic artist and director Joann Sfar comes an original take on the illustrious and infamous Serge Gainsbourg.
Nightwatching (18)
Fri 20 & Sat 21 Aug 2010
Film
This drama about Rembrandt is Peter Greenaway's best film since Prospero's Books
Jasper: Penguin Explorer (U)
Sat 21 & Sun 22 Aug
Film
Jasper the penguin becomes embroiled in a rescue mission to save the Kakapo’s eggs from the menacing Dr Block and his sidekick Rolf.
Exit Through The Gift Shop (15)
Mon 23 & Tue 24 Aug 2010
Film
The first film by the globally renowned, and highly elusive, graffiti artist, Banksy
Women Without Men (15)
Wed 25 & Thu 26 Aug
Film
Women Without Men is Shirin Neshat’s independent film adaptation of Shahmush Parsipur’s magic realist novel.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (15)
Fri 27 – Tue 31 Aug
Film
A story of a passionate love affair between two creative giants Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky.
Beautiful Kate (15)
Fri 27 - Mon 30 Aug
Film
Beautiful Kate is in essence an intense and tragic love story about the sexual awakening of three siblings growing up in isolation.
Baaria (15)
Tue 31 Aug – Thu 2 Sep
Film
Baaria is Giuseppe Tornatore’s lush and romantic reimagining of the path of one persons life.
Make It Reel
Mon 2 – Fri 6 Aug 2010, 10am – 4pm
Film
Five days to make a five-minute film, in a five-person crew. That’s the challenge.
