Wales one world film festival (1 Viewer)

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random and pointless thread 001//

On the rare/unlikely chance that any of you are passing through Cardiff this month, there is a lot of interesing movie stuff happening in Chapter


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[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Bhutan/2003/105 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Khyentse Norbu.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]From the director of The Cup (and the only reincarnated Buddhist lama currently working as a film director) comes the first film ever to be shot entirely in Bhutan, the tale of a group of travellers on their way to the capital, Thimphu. An entirely non-professional cast brings real warmth and charm to this beautiful film that opens a window on the mountain Kingdom’s unhurried pace of life and spiritual values.[/font]
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Turtles Can Fly

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[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Iran/Iraq/2004/95 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Bahman Ghobadi.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Set in the frozen mud of a refugee camp on the Iraq border on the eve of the war, this tells of the day-to-day realities of the camp kids and their incredible ability to survive in the most horrific conditions. As war comes, Saddam falls, and the Americans arrive in a blizzard of promises, for the children the daily struggle for survival continues. Following his acclaimed A Time For Drunken Horses and Marooned in Iraq, Ghobadi has fashioned another tough but deeply affecting picture of the innocent victims of war.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Winner Golden Shell for Best Film San Sebastian International Film Festival, 2004[/font]

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Maria Full of Grace
[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fri 11 March [/font][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Gwe 11 Mawrth[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]USA/Columbia/2003/101 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Joshua Marston.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Beautiful, determined Maria works packing flowers to support her family. Bright and restless, she believes that there’s more to life than a feckless boyfriend and a dead-end job. So she flees to Bogota where she gets work as a mule smuggling coke to New York. What follows is an unnervingly realistic, immensely powerful story of a young woman’s encounter with the drug trade as Maria struggles to take control over her destiny. [/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Winner Audience Award Sundance Film Festival 2004[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Winner Silver Bear for Best Actress Berlin Film Festival 2004[/font]

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[size=+1]Abjad (The First Letter)[/size] [size=-1]
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[size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fri 11 March Gwe 11 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Iran/2003/100 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Abolfaz Jalili.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A spunky intelligent youth, Emkan leads the morning prayers, and although he is a keen student of the Koran, refuses to accept his religion’s arbitrary verdicts. As a result he is always in trouble. Set on the eve of the Islamic revolution of 1979, this is also the story of his bittersweet first love. Emkan’s struggle to discover what is best in the culture in which he is rooted also provides a wider perspective on Iranian society.[/font]
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[size=+1]Magnifico[/size] [size=-1]
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[size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sat 12 March Sad 12 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Philippines/2003/123 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Maryo J. de los Reyes.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]He is nine years old, his family live in a poor part of town and life is a constant struggle, only Magnifico remains ever optimistic. As far as he is concerned, a little sensitivity and clever thinking are all that’s needed. A really uplifting family movie that deftly captures the Filipino character, Magnifico gives us an insight into the sort of lives led by the children and families that were devastated by the tsunami. Suitable for age 10 and over[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Winner BestFeature Adult Jury & Best Feature Children’s Jury, Berlin Childrens Film Festival 2004[/font]
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[size=+1]Samaritan Girl [/size][size=-1]
[/size][size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sun 13 March Sul 13 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Korea/2004/95 minutes/subtitled/18. Dir: Kim Ki-duk.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]From the director of Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter . . . Spring comes a very different film, but one which once again is set in an unfamiliar world (contemporary Korea) where normal moral certainties have been turned on their head. Two school girls turn to prostitution to earn money for a trip to Europe. With great compassion, Kim Ki-duk explores issues of guilt, shame and a parent’s responsibility for their child’s actions.[/font]
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[size=+1]Lost Embrace[/size] [size=-1]
[/size][size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mon 14 March Llun 14 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Argentina/France/Italy/Spain/2004/100 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Daniel Burman.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A delightful comedy set in a slightly seedy shopping centre where everyone is struggling to make ends meet. Ariel is torn between escaping to Poland (and the promise of a better life) and trying to understand why his father left for Israel thirty years ago, why he never returned and why the rest of his family don’t seem to care. A small gem of a film, shot in a quasi-documentary style.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Winner of the Best Actor Award and Grand Jury Prize for Best Film at Berlin Film Festival 2004[/font]
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1000 Months
[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sun 13 March Sul 13 Mawrth[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Morocco/2003/125 mins/subtitled/12A. Dir: Faouzi Bensaidi.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Set in the heart of the Atlas Mountains during Ramadan, this is a gentle, affecting tale of young Mehdi’s tough childhood as he tries to make sense of village life. With his father away, his mother and grandfather struggle to make ends meet, while school is a minefield of shifting loyalties. This is a lovely, heart-warming film packed with an array of eccentric, fascinating characters. [/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Winner Un Certain Regard Cannes 2003[/font]
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[size=+1]The Holy Girl [/size][size=-1]
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[size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mon 14-Thu 17 March [font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Llun 14-Iau 17 Mawrth[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Argentina/Italy/Spain/2004/106 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Lucretia Martel.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]When the reserved and mysterious Doctor Jano attends a medical conference he catches the eye of the hotel owner’s sexually curious teenage daughter, Amelia, who responds by embarking upon a divine mission to save his soul – although often her fascination with him seems more like a teenage crush. Part excruciating comedy, part psychodrama this is a haunting, beautifully made film with never a false note. [/font]

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[size=+1]Taboo - UK premiere[/size] [size=-1]
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[size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wed 16 March Mer 16 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Iran/2004/70 mins/subtitled/15. Dir: Mitra Farahani.[/font]



[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A series of frank and revealing interviews with Iranian women who describe how they juggle the pressures of relationships and the traditional demands for sexual abstinence before marriage. By talking to a wide range of people a complex picture emerges of how love and sex manage to keep clear of the taboos of religion and tradition. Not surprisingly the hypocrisy of men comes through loud and clear, but also the importance of sexual disgust in fuelling oppressive politics. [/font]

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[size=+1]The Wicker Man new print[/size] [size=-1]
[/size][size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sun 27 March Sul 27 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UK/1973/87 mins/15. Dir: Robin Hardy. With Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Eviscerated and buried as a ‘B’ feature on its original release, Anthony Shaffer’s tale of atavistic paganism off the west coast of Scotland has won an appropriately fervent cult following thanks to its iconic final twist and a disorienting tone that spices theological debate with lurid sexploitation. Christopher Lee is magnetic and quotable as Lord Summerisle, but it is Edward Woodward’s inflammable performance as the priggish Sergeant Howie that sustain’s the narrative’s macabre logic.[/font]

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[size=+1]The Sound of Brazil (Moro No Brasil)[/size] [size=-1]
[/size][size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sat 12 + Tue 15 March [font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Sad 12 + Maw 15 Mawrth[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Germany/Finland/France/Brazil/2002/105 mins/subtitled/PG. Dir: Mika Kaurismaki[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]There are echoes of Buena Vista Social Club in this musical journey that explores the roots and rhythms of Brazilian music far beyond the familiar samba and bossa nova. Kaurismaki (who has lived in Brazil for ten years) is the perfect guide on a trip around the dusty back roads of the impoverished North East and on to the carnival streets of Rio. [/font]

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[size=+1]The Blackhill Campaign [/size][size=-1]
[/size][size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Fri 18 March Gwe 18 Mawrth

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]UK/1958-1963/52 mins/no cert. Dir: Jack Parsons.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]In December 1958 the National Coal Board suddenly decided to close 36 pits to stem rising coal stocks. The National Union of Mine Workers agreed to this plan, which also had the support of the Government.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Most of these pits accepted their fate with resignation, but when the miners of the Blackhill Colliery in Northumberland heard through the media that their pit was one of the 36, they resolved that it would not close without a fight. This film is a record of the poignant events stemming from this decision.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Chapter is delighted to welcome Jack Parsons, who wrote, produced and directed this fascinating documentary over a period of 4½ years, on a shoestring budget and with no previous knowledge of film-making whatsoever. [/font]

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[size=+1]NEW FILMS FROM NEW FILMMAKERS [/size][size=-1]
[/size][size=-1][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The BFI Sutherland Trophy Tour [font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The BFI's Sutherland Trophy is awarded annually to the maker of the most original and imaginative first feature screening in The Times BFI London Film Festival. Here's a selection from last year's festival.[/font]

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[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Harvest Time - (Vremja Zatvy) [/font][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mon 28 Feb + Tue 1 March Llun 28 Chwef + Maw 1 Mawrth[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Frozen - [/font][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mon 7 + Tue 8 March Llun 7 + Maw 8 Mawrth[/font]

[font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Tang Poetry - [/font][font=Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Mon 21 + Tue 22 March Llun 21 + Maw 22 Mawrth[/font]



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[size=-1][size=-1]this was supposed to be in the hearts and kultcha section. ah well. [/size][/size]

 

[Wavioli]

I heard that cardiff was named after the ancient word for 'Wales vagina'