Features
This year we continue our trailblazing tradition of offering you a glittering showcase of new masterpieces by women filmmakers around the world.
2010’s selection includes fresh works by Spanish auteur Isabel Coixet, young Austrian mistress of mystery Jessica Hausner and Kenyan rising star Wanuri Kahiu, a magnificent debut by two Latin American directors whose reputation we are hoping to establish on these shores, and as our climax, Drew Barrymore’s vivacious discovery of the joys of roller-derbys! Can’t choose? Watch them all!
Whip It
plus Roller Derby Extravaganza, Closing Night Gala and Festival Awards
LONDON PREMIERE
NFT1, March 12, 8.40pm
Drew Baryrmore's directorial debut is a riotus coming of age tale that will leave you rollerskating out of the cinema on a closing night high!
Entre Nos
plus director Q&A
UK PREMIERE
ICA Cinema 1, Fri March 5, 8.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, Sat March 6, 8.30pm
Stunning acting and compelling story come together in this true story of a Colombian family’s survival on the streets of New York.
The Father of My Children
First Weekenders Club Festival Launch
UK PREMIERE
Renoir, Fri March 5, 6.15pm
Highly accomplished and superbly acted Cannes-winning drama exposing the travails of the film industry, guaranteed to shock and absorb.
The Hurt Locker
ICA Cinema 1, Thu 4 March, 8.30pm
This already mulitiple award winning feature will be at the Oscars on 7th March. If you haven't already seen it now is your chance to catch it and find out what all the fuss is about!
Highly Strung
The Lexi Cinema, Wed 10th March, 6:30 pm
Accepted by the prestigious Conservatoire in Lyon, classical piano student Marie (Judith Davis) moves to the city and lodges with her childhood friend Emma (Isild Le Besco), whom she hasn't seen for years.
From a Whisper
Screening with Superhero + directors Q&A
ICA Cinema 1, Wed March 10, 6.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, Thu March 11, 8.30pm
Deeply affecting, multi-award-winning drama exploring emotional recovery from the impact of Nairobi’s terrorist bombings of 1998.
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
plus director Q&A
UK PREMIERE
ICA Cinema 1, Tues March 9, 8.00pm
“A love story which searches the shadows of the human soul” Cannes Film Festival
Mall Girls
plus director Q&A
UK PREMIERE
NFT1, Tue March 9, 8.45pm
Gritty teen drama that smashed the box office in Poland.
Lourdes
ICA Cinema 1, Tue March 9, 6.15pm & Renoir Cinema , Sat March 6, 6pm
High suspense, Golden Lion nominated mystery film from hotly tipped Jessica Hausner.
Amreeka
UK PREMIERE
ICA Cinema 1, Sat March 6, 8.30pm & ICA Cinema 2, Wed March 10, 6.30pm
Uplifting realism charting a mother and son’s immigration from Palestine to the USA in a post 9/11 world.
