London Film Festival 2015

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When Marnie Was There When Marnie Was There
When Marnie Was There and The Boy And The Beast
Adama (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Simon Rouby; Writer: Julien Lilti, Simon Rouby; Stars: Pascal N'Zonzi, Azize Diabaté Abdoulaye, Oxmo Puccino, Jack Amba, Aziz Diabaté)
Adama lives in a remote West African village. One night his older brother, Samba, disappears and he decides to set off in search of him on a quest that takes him over the seas, to the North, to the frontline of the First World War.
The Boy And The Beast (Bakemono no ko) (Country: Japan; Year: 2015; Director: Mamoru Hosoda; Writer: Mamoru Hosoda; Stars: Kumiko Asô, Rirî Furankî, Suzu Hirose, Haru Kuroki, Mamoru Miyano, Aoi Miyazaki, Sumire Morohoshi, Keishi Nagatsuka, Momoka Ohno, Shôta Sometani, Masahiko Tsugawa, Kôji Yakusho, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Yô Ôizumi)
A runaway human boy becomes apprenticed to a supernatural beast.
Goosebumps (Country: US; Year: 2015; Director: Rob Letterman; Writer: Darren Lemke, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, R.L. Stine; Stars: Halston Sage, Jack Black, Odeya Rush, Ken Marino, Amy Ryan, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, Jared Sandler, Kumail Nanjiani, Jillian Bell, Ella Wahlestedt, Karan Soni, Timothy Simons, Steven Krueger, Amanda Lund)
A young adult author's demons are set free in a small town - and a kid steps in to help.
The Invisible Boy (Il ragazzo invisibile) (Country: Italy, France; Year: 2014; Director: Gabriele Salvatores; Writer: Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi, Stefano Sardo; Stars: Ludovico Girardello, Valeria Golino, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Christo Jivkov, Noa Zatta, Assil Kandil, Filippo Valese, Enea Barozzi, Riccardo Gasparini, Vernon Dobtcheff, Vilius Tumalavicius, Vincenzo Zampa, Diana Hobel, Kseniya Rappoport, Aleksey Guskov)
A bullied teenager discovers a Halloween costume that makes him invisible.
Mune (Country: France; Year: 2015; Director: Alexandre Heboyan, Benoît Philippon; Writer: Benoît Philippon; Stars: Joshua J Ballard, Nicole Provost, Trevor Devall)
The fate of both the sun and moon lies in the hands of Mune. Can he handle the pressure?
Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg?
Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? and Goosebumps
When Marnie Was There (Omoide no Mânî) (Country: Japan; Year: 2014; Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi; Writer: Keiko Niwa, Masashi Ando, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, David Freedman, based on the novel by Joan G Robinson; Stars: Sara Takatsuki, Kasumi Arimura, Nanako Matsushima, Susumu Terajima, Toshie Negishi, Ryôko Moriyama, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Hitomi Kuroki, Ava Acres, Kathy Bates, Eric Bauza, Bob Bergen, Taylor Autumn Bertman, Mila Brener, Ellen Burstyn)
A young girl sent to recuperate in the countryside finds an unsual friend.
Who Killed Nelson Nutmeg? (Country: UK; Year: 2015; Director: Tim Clague, Danny Stack; Writer: James Cary, Tim Clague, Danny Stack; Stars: Bonnie Wright, Hattie Gotobed, Kevin Hudson, Jamie Lee-Hill, Steve McCarten, Loretta Walsh, Holly Hounsome, Lewis Valler, Callum Hounsome, Jonah Alexander, Mark Vernon Freestone, Dani Bright, James Grogan, Melissa Gotobed, Holly Valler)
Kids who think their summer camp mascot has been murdered decide to hunt for the killer.
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