British Film Festival (19-25 November 2009)
The 9th British Film Festival will be held on 19-25 November 2009 in the ‘Ukraine’ Cinema.
Ticket prices at the cinema cash desk are 35-40 UAH (no discounts are given). All films are screened in English with Ukrainian subtitles.
Screening times
Looking for Eric
2009 / Sport comedy / 116 min.
Click to viewDirector: Ken Loach
Cast: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona, Gerard Kearns, Stefan Gumbs
Awards: Cannes Film Festival 2009 nominee
Website: www.iconmovies.co.uk/lookingforeric
Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers… His chaotic family, his wild stepsons, and the cement mixer in the front garden don’t help, but it is Eric’s own secret that drives him to the brink. Can he face Lily, the woman he once loved? Despite outrageous efforts and misplaced goodwill from his football fan mates, Eric continues to sink. In desperate times it takes a spliff and a special friend to challenge Eric to journey into the most perilous territory of all - the past.
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures
2008 / Documentary comedy / 90 min.
Director: Chris Waitt
Cast: Chris Waitt, Alexandra Boyarskaya, Danielle McLeod
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations including Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival
Website: www.completehistorymovie.co.uk
Chris Waitt is a loser. He’s been dumped by every girl he’s ever been out with and now he’s decided to find out why. Equipped with a camera and a microphone, Chris sets out to interview every girl he’s ever been out with and ask them the all-important question: ‘what’s wrong with me?’
Love Live Long
2008 / Drama / 75 min.
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Sophie Winkleman, Daniel Lapaine
When Mike Figgis was invited to make a film about Gumball 3000 Rally, rather than focus on the event itself he responded with a story about the effect of the rally on two people caught up in it, creating a love story of sorts shot across three countries. The starting point was a one page treatment and two actors cast shortly before filming, with Figgis and his three fellow crew members completing shooting in just seven days. Built around a chance sexual encounter between a married rally driver and a self-destructive young woman he meets en route, Love Live Long is a bold study of desire and moral boundaries, its raw intimacy sometimes unsettling to watch. As we would expect, Figgis is expert at exploiting the creative capabilities of digital technology, and at providing the narrative twists which subvert our expectations.
London River
2009 / Drama / 87 min.
Director: Rachid Bouchareb
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyaté, Francis Magee, Sami Bouajila
Awards: Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at Berlin International Film Festival
It’s the story of Ousmane and Mrs Sommers, both humble people living ordinary lives, he in France, she in the Channel Islands. He has a son - she has a daughter - they both are students in London. On July 7th 2005, without any news of their dear children, they decide to start a journey together in search of the two teenagers. And although they come from different religious backgrounds - Ousmane is Muslim and Mrs Sommers’ Christian - they will share the same hope in finding their children alive. Putting aside their cultural differences, they will give each other the strength to continue the search and maintain the faith.
The Young Victoria
2009 / Drama, history, romance / 100 min.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Cast: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent
Website: www.theyoungvictoria.co.uk
On the eve of her 18th birthday and succession to the English throne, young princess Victoria is caught in a royal power struggle. But it is her blossoming love affair with Prince Albert that will determine the strength of her reign. Can she dedicate her life to her country and her heart to the one man she truly loves? Breathtaking scenery and beautiful costumes accompany one of history’s greatest love stories in this gorgeous film.
Brideshead Revisited
2008 / Drama, romance / 133 min.
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Emma Thompson, Matthew Goode, Ben Wishaw, Hayley Atwell
Website: www.thefilmfactory.co.uk/brideshead
A heartbreaking romantic epic, Brideshead Revisited tells an evocative story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in the pre-WWII era. In the film, Charles Ryder becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family, first through the charming and provocative Sebastian, and then his sophisticated sister, Julia. As Charles’ emotional attachment to the entire Marchmain clan deepens, however, he finds himself and his atheism increasingly at odds with the family’s ardent Catholic beliefs, rigidly enforced by the matriarch, Lady Marchmain. The rise and fall of Charles’ infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in England between the wars.
(с) По материалам British Council in Ukraine