OFFICIAL SELECTION
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Ernest and Celestine
Dirs. Stéphane Aubier/Vincent Patar/Benjamin Renner, France, 2012, 80 mins, ST Sat 3, 12:00, HYDE • Sat 10, 14:00, TOWNHALL1 Ernest and Celestine is a heart-warming, wonderfully-animated family adventure based on the best-selling children’s books by Belgian writer and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent, and brought to the screen by the cult animation team behind the hilarious A Town Called Panic (also showing at LIFF this year). Giant bears and tiny mice don’t tend to socialise much, but when grumpy deadbeat bear Ernest and crafty orphan mouse Celestine cross paths, the two become inseparable friends and embark on a journey that will turn their worlds upside down.
The Fourth Dimension
Dirs. Harmony Korine / Alexey Fedorchenko / Jan Kwiecinski, USA/Russia/Poland, 2011, ST Tue 13, 14:00, VUE1 • Tue 13, 18:30, VUE1 Three sly and inventive shorts directed by three iconoclastic directors combine to assemble The Fourth Dimension. Harmony Korine (Gummo, Trash Humpers) directs Val Kilmer in an off the wall, improvised performance as a demented motivational speaker in The Lotus Community Workshop. Russia’s Aleksei Fedorchenko (Silent Souls) submits a mind-bending fable of time travel in Chronoeye and emerging Polish talent Jan Kwiecinski completes the trio with the apocalyptic tale of youthful rebellion, Fawns.
Gimme the Loot
Dir. Adam Leon, USA, 2012, 79 mins Sun 4, 17:30, TOWNHALL1 • Mon 5, 17:15, TOWNHALL1 A fresh, street-wise indie debut from Adam Leon. Malcolm and Sofia, two Bronx teens, are the ultimate graffiti-writers. When a rival gang buffs their latest masterpiece, they must hatch a plan to get revenge by tagging an iconic NYC landmark, but they need to raise $500. Over two whirlwind, sun-soaked summer days, Malcolm and Sofia travel on an epic urban adventure involving black market spray cans, illicit bodegas, stolen sneakers, a high wire heist, and a beautiful, rich girl’s necklace, their key to becoming the biggest writers in the City.
The Hunt
Dir. Thomas Vinterberg , Denmark, 2012, 115 mins, ST Thu 8, 20:00, HYDE • Sat 10, 20:30, HYDE Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg’s best film since Festen, The Hunt is a gripping, provocative and devastating drama about a respected member of a close-knit Danish community whose life is destroyed when a young girl accuses him, falsely, of abuse. Winner of Best Actor in Cannes, Mads Mikkelsen plays Lucas, a 40-year-old, good-natured primary school teacher who is recently divorced and trying to rebuild his relationship with his son. Once the accusation is made, Lucas is deemed guilty by the community-turned-mob, ostracized, and hunted by his former friends and neighbours.
HIFI - HiFi Club
UNI - University of Leeds
SAVILE - Saviles Hall
ESA - East Street Arts
COTTAGE - Cottage Road Cinema
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