Film listings
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Killer Necklace & Wangari Maathal: For Our Land & panel discussion
11 March 2010
The chasm between rich and poor in Kenya and the story of environmental activist Wangari Maathai.
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She, A Chinese
26 Feb - 4 , 6 - 7, 11 - 18 Mar 2010
The debut feature of novelist Xiaolu Guo is an intense and emotional story told with real style and sincerity.
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Birds Eye View Festival Party
11 March 2010
The culmination of a sizzling festival will see a night of live music, acts & DJs including Hooligan Night, Patti Plinko, Anna Calvi & Mr Beasley.
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My Neighbor, My Killer
11 March 2010
Director Aghion explores Rwanda’s Gacaca Tribunals, exploring the consequences of this experiment in reconciliation and justice.
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From a Whisper & Q&A
10 - 11 Mar 2010
In this award-winning drama following a teenage girls search for her mother years after the1998 bombing of the US Embassy in Nairobi.
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Mugabe and the White African
8 - 21 Jan, 12 - 16 Mar 2010
★★★★ Time Out ★★★★ Empire
A disquieting documentary following the experiences of Michael Campbell, a white farmer who stood up to Robert Mugabe’s violent campaign of forced land reclamation.
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Lizard in a Woman's Skin
12 - 14, 17 Mar 2010
Lucio Fulci's delirious giallo thriller returns with Brazilian genre queen Florinda Balkan who stars as a socialite in Swinging London.
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Screening Conditions: Il Postino
14 March 2010
The last in a series of films exploring the idea of 'the blank page'.
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My Last Five Girlfriends & Q&A
17 March 2010
British rom-com based loosely on Alain de Botton's Essays on Love, with a strong cast that includes Naomie Harris, Jane March and Michael Sheen.
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Sons of Cuba
18 Mar - 4 , 7 - 8 Apr 2010
Award winning documentary captures three young boys contemplating their future in the world of Cuba's National boxing championships.
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The Red Chapel
19 March 2010
This audacious, mesmerising film accounts what happened when two comics recently got permission to put on a show in North Korea.
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Youth Producing Change: Shorts & Q&A
20 March 2010
The second edition of YPC shares 10 stories from young film-makers on the frontline of human rights crises around the world.
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Iran: Voices of the Unheard & director Q&A
20 March 2010
A film that challenges the inaction of the international community in the face of ongoing political repression in Iran
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Triage
20 March 2010
We regret that this event has been cancelled. For further information please call the Box Office on 020 7930 3647.
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Crimson Gold
20 March 2010
Based on a true story, Crimson Gold builds a moving portrait of a man feeling humiliated and helpless in a world of social injustice.
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Budrus & director Q&A
21 March 2010
This rousing documentary about one Palestinian village tells a much bigger story about what is possible in the Middle East.
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Good Fortune & director Q&A
21 March 2010
Good Fortune presents a unique perspective on the environmental destruction carried out in the name of progress in Kenya
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Nero's Guests
22 March 2010
In this fluid documentary, journalist P Sainath follows the fate of the poor and how the world colludes to hide their stories.
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Artists' Film Club: Haris Epaminonda
22 March 2010
This month's Artists' Film Club presents the work of Haris Epaminonda.
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Enemies of the People & director Q&A
23 March 2010
Director Thet Sambath elicits groundbreaking confessions from those who perpetrated the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields.
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Honeymoons & Q&A
24 March 2010
In hopes of a better life, two young couples leave their respective countries, to realise their dreams in Europe.
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No One Knows About Persian Cats
24 March 2010
Bahman Ghobadi’s drama portrays Tehran with a vibrant indie rock scene and an emerging generation of Iranian artists.
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War Don Don & director Q&A
25 March 2010
The story of the sensational trial of rebel commander Issa Sesay at the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Nightwatching
26 Mar - 3 , 7, 11 Apr 2010
Peter Greenaway's lush tale about the painter Rembrandt's great work.
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Kakera - Gala Screening
27 March 2010
A special gala screening of Kakera, an adaptation of the popular manga series Love Vibes, from first-time director Momoko Ando.
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Kakera
2 - 4, 7 - 10, 14 - 15 Apr 2010
A beguiling, fantastical adaptation of the manga series Love Vibes, from first-time director Momoko Ando.
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The Battle of Algiers
4, 10 - 11 Apr 2010
The classic political thriller made even more intense through the use of Morricone’s martial motif.
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Guns for San Sebastian
4, 10 Apr 2010
A rousing adventure starring Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson.
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The Thing
10 - 11 Apr 2010
Morricone’s forbidding electronic score perfectly captures the vibe of this brilliantly brutal monster masterpiece.
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Beeswax
14 - 18, 21 - 25, 28 - 30 Apr 2010
Mister Mumblecore is back with an excellent, almost inexplicably gripping film about Austin thirtysomething sisters and their friends bumbling through life.
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Bananas!*
16 - 18, 21 - 22, 24 - 25 Apr 2010
A disturbing, suspenseful look at the legal challenges being made to Dole, whose banana production methods are causing deaths and illness in developing countries.
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Screening Conditions: Of Mice and Men
18 April 2010
Part of the Institute of Psychoanalysis: Screening Conditions series, a screening of the 1939 Steinbeck adaptation, plus discussion.
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OOOM: Out Of Our Minds plus Q&A
21 April 2010
This imaginative mini-epic brings together a Viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest for an unforgettable climax.
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Vote Afghanistan!
23 - 25, 28 - 30 Apr 2010
This gripping documentary from the award-winning Afghan Star team tells the story of the Afghan presidential election of 2009.
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The Sky Crawlers
23 - 25, 30 Apr 2010
An animated special, for two weekends only: anime maestro Mamoru Oshii takes to the skies for a spectacular adventure in which adolescent fighter pilots play real-life war games.
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