Welcome to The 2014 Chester International Film Festival, our 28th! Please visit the website www.festival.chesterfilmfans.co.uk for full details of the festival. We are delighted to present this diverse collection of some of the finer films of world cinema in a … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMsH4kLoWCg Shadow Dancer UK 2011 105 mins Director James Marsh Starring Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson Language English Single minded Colette McVeigh (Andrea Riseborough) is a Republican living in Belfast with her mother and hardline IRA brothers when she is … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxv9ghINEhs Grave of the Fireflies (Hotaru no haka) Japan 1988 89 mins plus short film Director Isao Takahata Starring Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi Language Japanese (Subtitled) Re-released in 2013 to mark its 25th anniversary, this movie from Japan’s Studio Ghibli … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9XNwq2uGnE Headhunters Norway/Sweden 2011 109 mins Director Morten Tyldum Starring Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund, Eivind Sander Language Norwegian, Swedien, Danish (Subtitled) Roger Brown (Aksel Hennie) has a pretty good life. He’s a corporate recruiter – a headhunter … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fg5iWmQjwk The Grand Budapest Hotel UK/USA 2014 100 mins Director Wes Anderson Starring Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, F. Murray Abraham, Jude Law The film that recounts the numerous adventures in the inter-war years of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes), the legendary concierge in … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax8lYeZIh44 Gloria Chile 2013 110 mins Director Sebastian Lelio Starring Paulina Garcia, Sergio Hernandez, Diego Fontecilla Subtitled Gloria (Paulina Garcia) is a divorcee who is determined to defy old age and loneliness. At a Santiago dance club for over 50’s she drinks, boogies … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io92j2qqEGk Under the Skin USA/UK 2013 107 mins Director Jonathan Glazer Starring Scarlett Johansson, Paul Brannigan, Jeremy McWilliams Driving in and out of Glasgow in her battered white van, Scarlett Johansson plays an alien in human form, who lures her victims into … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3koigluYOH0 Wadjda Saudi Arabia 2012 98 mins Director Haifaa Al-Monsour Starring Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani Subtitled When the rules don’t fit find the courage to follow your own. After a fight with her friendly boy neighbour Abdullah (Abdullrahman Al Gohani), … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v51pBQxJUE Behind the Sun (Abril Despedaçado) Brazil/France/Switzerland/Portugal 2001 105 mins Director Walter Salles Starring Jose Dumont, Rodrigo Santoro Subtitled In the Brazilian Badlands of 1910, Tonho’s older brother Inacio (Rodrigo Santoro) is killed by a neighbouring family clan over the disputed … Continue reading →
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrr-CDXijs Joyeux Noel France/Germany/UK 2005 116 mins Director Christian Carion Starring Diane Kruger, Benno Furmann, Guillaume Canet Part subtitled A true life account of the front line truce during the first Christmas Eve of the Great War that for a fleeting moment … Continue reading →