London Film Festival 2013

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AninA (Country: Uruguay, Colombia; Year: 2013; Director: Alfredo Soderguit; Stars: Federica Lacanio, Guillermina Pardo, Lucía Parrilla, María Mendive, César Troncoso)
After a fight in the playground, a ten year old girl receives an unusual punishment.
Antboy (Country: Denmark; Year: 2013; Director: Ask Hasselbalch; Writer: Anders Ølholm, Torbjørn Rafn, Nikolaj Arcel, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen; Stars: Oscar Dietz, Nicolas Bro, Samuel Ting Graf, Amalie Kruse Jensen, Kenneth Bøgh Andersen, Lærke Winther Andersen, Aske Bang, Jakob B. Engmann, Inge Lise Goltermann, Thomas Hwan, Marcuz Jess Petersen, Caspar Phillipson, Nanna Schaumburg-Muller, Jonas Schmidt, Elsebeth Steentoft)
A boy who is bitten by an ant develops superpowers.
Felix (Country: South Africa; Year: 2013; Director: Roberta Durrant; Writer: Shirley Johnson; Stars: Hlayani Junior Mabasa, Linda Sokhulu, Okwethu Banisi, Andrea Dondolo, Nicholas Ellenbogen, Wonga Fasi, Adrian Galley, Joseph Hughes, Andre Jacobs, Langley Kirkwood, Mlamli Lalapantsi, Wesley Lerwill, Elvis Mahomba)
A family story of determination, dreams and jazz.
The Kids From The Port (Country: Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Alberto Morais; Writer: Ignacio Gutiérrez-Solana, Alberto Morais; Stars: Blanca Bautista, Sergio Caballero, José Luis de Madariaga, Omar Krim, Mikel Sarasa)
A trio of children undertake a journey through a recession-hit landscape.
My Mummy Is In America And She Met Buffalo Bill (Ma maman est en Amérique, elle a rencontré Buffalo Bill) (Year: 2013; Director: Marc Boréal, Thibaut Chatel; Writer: Jean Regnaud, Stéphane Bernasconi; Stars: With the voices of Marc Lavoine, Julie Depardieu, Tom Trouffier)
Jean’s Mummy is abroad but why won't people talk about her?
Side By Side (Country: UK; Year: 2013; Director: Arthur Landon; Writer: Arthur Landon, Matthew James Wilkinson; Stars: Bel Powley, Alfie Field, Sara Stewart, Diana Quick, Mark Powley, Alice Felgate, Richard Lintern, Max Williams, Tom Beard, Youssef Kerkour, Clinton Blake, Andrew Neil, Luke Giles, Ethan Meyers, Josh McGovern)
A brother and sister set off on a road trip and discover that together they can deal with anything.
UpsideDown (Kopfüber) (Country: Germany; Year: 2013; Director: Bernd Sahling; Writer: Bernd Sahling; Stars: Marcel Hoffmann, Frieda Lehmann, Claudius von Stolzmann, Inka Friedrich, Benjamin Seidel, Jolina Simpson, Antje Widdra, Michelangelo Fortuzzi)
Drama about a youngster diagnosed with ADHD.
The Unbeatables (Metegol, Futbolin, Foosball) (Country: Argentina, Spain; Year: 2013; Director: Juan José Campanella; Writer: Juan José Campanella, Roberto Fontanarrosa, Gastón Gorali, Eduardo Sacheri; Stars: Juan José Campanella, Diego Ramos, Pablo Rago, Axel Kuschevatzky, Lucía Maciel, David Masajnik, Marcos Mundstock, Diego Mesaglío, Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Fabián Gianola, Horacio Fontova, Federico Cecere, Sebastián Mogordoy, Mariana Otero, Roberto Kim)
A man goes on an adventure with the characters on his table football game.
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