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
Category: Film Season 2005-2006
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 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
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
Sideways
22 Feb 2006 Director: Alexander Payne USA 2004 123 min Miles, a failed writer, arranges a wine tasting trip in California’s wine country to celebrate his friend Jack’s forthcoming Wedding. The comically mismatched pair share little other than their fading youth and failed potential. Miles is watching his writing career slide away and Jack is… Continue reading Sideways
The Return
Vozvrashcheniye 8 Feb 2006 Director: Andrei Zvyagintsev Russia 2003 110 min In contemporary Russia, two teenage boys confront new and conflicting emotions as their father returns after a twelve year absence. The man they know only through a single photograph suddenly takes them on holiday to a remote island on a lake, supposedly to go… Continue reading The Return
Ray
29 Oct 2005 Director: Taylor Hackford USA 2004 152 min This is the biopic of the blues singer Ray Charles who rose from humble beginnings to become the legendary genius that transformed the world of music. This true life story follows Ray from the time he lost his sight at the age of 7, through… Continue reading Ray
Hotel Rwanda
2 Nov 2005 Director: Terry George UK, Italy, South Africa 2004 121 min 11 years ago one of the worst atrocities in history occurred in Rwanda when almost 1 million Tutsis were killed in a period of ethnic cleansing by Hutu gangs. Despite being in a world of global communications and 24 hour news coverage,… Continue reading Hotel Rwanda
Only Human
Seres queridos 14 Dec 2005 Director: Dominic Harari & Teresa Pelegri Spain, Argentina, Portugal, UK 2004 89 min Jewish humour meets Spanish screwball comedy in this farce set in an eccentric family in Madrid. Leni is bringing her fiancé Rafi to meet her Jewish family. She has neglected to inform her mother that Rafi is… Continue reading Only Human
Twin Sisters
De Tweeling 11 Jan 2006 Director: Ben Sombogaart Netherlands, Luxembourg 2002 129 min An epic story of separation from the best selling Dutch novelist Tessa de Loo. Six-year-old twin sisters are torn from each other following the death of their parents in 1920s Cologne. Lotte is sent to her wealthy aunt in Holland, while Anna… Continue reading Twin Sisters