United Kingdom 2002 | 108 min | OV with German ST | FF 2003
Regie: Nigel Cole
Much to the horror of the main office in London, the Rylstone Women’s Institute in North Yorkshire is planning a very special fund-raising exercise for the local hospital in memory of Annie’s (Julie Walters) late husband: her friend Chris (Helen ...
Brazil 2003 | 148 min | OV with English ST | FF 2003
Regie: Hector Babenco
The overcrowded “Carandiru” prison with its 7000 prisoners is slap bang in the centre of São Paulo. In a series of episodes loosely linked by the figure of the prison doctor, Drauzio (Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos), Hector Babenco shows an
apocalypti ...
Japan 2002 | 75 min | OV with English ST | FF 2003
Regie: Hiroyuki Morita
An animated film from the Japanese Ghibli Studios, “The Cat Returns” is the story of a teenage girl, Haru, who saves a cat’s life, only to discover that he is Prince Lune from the legendary Kingdom of Cats. Haru is invited to accompany him ther ...
Poland 2003 | 78 min | OV with English ST | FF 2003
Regie: Lukasz Barczyk
When Adam meets his girlfriend Wanda’s family, he sees a country house by a lake and a large family enjoying a late summer. Having come through a divorce, drug addiction and unemployment, he now aims to make a fresh start with Wanda. But this setti ...
Italy 2002 | 106 min | OV with English ST | FF 2003
Regie: Neri Parenti
Neri Parenti’s Italian box-office hit “Natale sul Nilo” sold over four million tickets in Italy between Christmas 2002 and Easter 2003. It is a fast-moving boulevard comedy in which a host of characters, including a widowed police chief and his ...
Canada 2002 | 110 min | OV with German ST | FF 2003
Regie: Jean Beaudin
Based on a novel by the popular Canadian author, Chrystine Brouillet, the film tells the tale of an experienced policewoman, Maud Graham (Maude Guérin), who hides her fragility behind a shell of cynicism and a professional air. Called to investigate ...
Inspired by a true story, debut director John Deery tells a controversial tale of a young Irish priest, Daniel (Jonathan Forbes), accused of homosexual practice following another priest’s suicide. Forced to leave the seminary, he
returns to his ho ...