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Awaydays (Country: UK; Director: Pat Holden; Writer: Kevin Sampson; Cast: Stephen Graham, Nicky Bell, Liam Boyle, Oliver Lee, Lee Battle, Sean Ward, Michael Ryan, Ian Puleston-Davies, Holly Grainger, Sacha Parkinson, Samantha McCarthy)
Based on Kevin Sampson's book about Tranmere Rovers hooligans in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Full Review Official Site,
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Better Things (Country: United Kingdom; Director: Duane Hopkins; Writer: Duane Hopkins; Cast: Liam McIlfatrick, Che Corr, Tara Ballard, Megan Palmer, Kurt Taylor, Rachel McIntyre, Patricia Loveland)
A highly artistic film which requires hard work from the viewer, this is a carefully structured meditation on the idea of loneliness and isolation.
Full Review See: Interview with Duane Hopkins about Better Things
Broken Lines (Country: UK; Director: Sallie Aprahamian; Cast: Paul Bettany, Olivia Williams, Dan Fredenburgh, Doraly Rosa, Harriet Walter, Rita Tushingham, Nathan Constance, Nicholas Le Prevost, Steve Toussaint, Sidney Kean, Jay Fuller)
Family tragedies lead to two people facing a crossroads in their lives.
Bronson (Country: UK; Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; Writer: Brock Norman Brock; Cast: Tom Hardy, Matt King, Terry Stone, Amanda Burton, Jonathan Phillips, Hugh Ross, Kelly Adams, China-Black, Joe Tucker, Edward Bennett-Coles, Katy Barker)
Story of the self-named "most violent prisoner in Britain". Initially jailed, at 19, in 1974, for stealing just over £25, his offences on the inside have seen his sentence repeatedly extended. A study of the prison culture as well as the man.
Full Review See: Sundance Diary: Day Five Official Site,
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Franklyn (Country: United Kingdom; Director: Gerald McMorrow; Writer: Gerald McMorrow; Cast: Sam Riley, Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe, Bernard Hill, Susannah York, Art Malik, Chris Wilson, Mark Wingett, Kika Markham, Jay Fuller, Gary Pillai)
Futurisic thriller which paints a picture of London in which there is no separation between Church and State.
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Helen (Country: United Kingdom/Ireland; Director: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor; Writer: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor; Cast: Annie Townsend, Sandie Malia, Dennis Jobling, Sonia Saville, Danny Groenland)
A missing girl's police reconstruction prompts her proxy to fill in the psychological gaps in herself.
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I Know You Know (Country: UK; Director: Justin Kerrigan; Writer: Justin Kerrigan; Cast: Robert Carlyle, Arron Fuller, David Bradley, Valerie Lilley, Karl Johnson, Tayne Sweetman, Aaron Lamprey, Daniel Flynn, Ryan Spriggs, John Welson, Nick Stringer, Christian Patterson, Ifan Huw Dafydd, Howard Marks, Claire Gage, Noni Lewis, Ross O'Hennessey, Dyfan Dwyfor)
Second feature by the director of Human Traffic, sees a young boy harbour suspicions that his father is a spy.
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Love Live Long (Country: UK; Director: Mike Figgis; Writer: Mike Figgis; Cast: Daniel Lapaine, Sophie Winkleman)
Brit director's take on the (in)famous Gumball Rally - focussing on the fatal aspect of the race.
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New Town Killers (Country: UK; Director: Richard Jobson; Writer: Richard Jobson; Cast: James Anthony Pearson, Dougray Scott, Alastair Mackenzie, Liz White, Charles Mnene)
Two young private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Kelly a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She’s in debt he’s going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash. He soon realises he’s walked into 12 hours of hell where survival is the name of the game.
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The Posters Came From The Walls (Director: Jeremy Deller, Nicholas Abraham)
Documentary about Depeche Mode fans across the globe.
Shifty (Country: UK; Director: Eran Creevy; Writer: Eran Creevy; Cast: Riz Ahmed, Daniel Mays, Jason Flemyng, Nitin Caanatra, Francesca Annis, Kate Groombridge, Rory Jennings, Jason Maza, Enoch Frost, Tim Plester, Danielle Brent, Nathaniel Gleed, Simon Paul Sutton, Heronimo Sehmi, Gracie Fitch)
Twenty-four hours in the life of a Muslim crack dealer.
Full Review Official Site,
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Telstar (Country: UK; Director: Nick Moran; Writer: James Hicks, James Hicks, Nick Moran; Cast: Kevin Spacey, Nick Moran, James Corden, Pam Ferris, JJ Feild, Ralf Little, Tom Burke, Chris Wilson, Shaun Evans, Jon Lee, Nigel Harman)
You hear nothing of Joe Meek for years, and then two films come along at the same time. While A Life In The Death Of Joe Meek takes a documentary look at the life of the flamboyant music presenter, Nick Moran's cinema directorial debut explores his life through biopic.
Vashti Bunyan: From Here To Before (Country: UK; Director: Kieran Evans)
Documentary about the enigmatic artist who has recently re-emerged on the pop scene after a 30-year absence.
