British Federation of Film Societies - South West Group
SELECTED NEW RELEASES FOR 2004/2005 SEASON
Title |
Country |
Director |
Time Mins. |
Distributors Shown |
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35mm |
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American Splendor |
USA 2003 |
Shari Springer Berman |
101 |
Opt |
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The Barbarian Invasions |
Canada/Fra 2002 |
Denys Arcand |
99 |
AE |
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Belleville Rendezvous |
Fra/Can/Belg 2002 |
Sylvan Chomet |
77 |
Metrod |
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AVS/SW |
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Big Fish |
USA 2003 |
Tin Burton |
124 |
Col. |
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Blind Shaft |
Hong Kong 2003 |
Li Yang |
92 |
Optim |
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Broken Wings |
Israel 2002 |
Nir Bergman |
83 |
Optim |
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Buffalo Soldiers |
UK/USA/Ger 2001 |
Gregor Jordan |
98 |
Pathé |
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AVS |
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Calendar Girls |
UK/USA 2003 |
Nigel Cole |
108 |
BV |
FB |
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Le Chignon d’Olga |
France/Belgium 2001 |
Jérôme Bonnell |
95 |
AE |
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The Crime of Padre Amaro |
Mex/Sp/Arg/Fr 2002 |
Carlos Carrera |
118 |
Col. |
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AVS/SW |
Cold Mountain |
USA/UK/Rom 2003 |
Anthony Minghella |
152 |
BV |
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La Comunidad |
Spain 2000 |
Alex de la Iglesia |
106 |
Maid |
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SW |
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Crimson Gold |
Iran 2003 |
Jafar Panahi |
96 |
ICA |
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The Cuckoo |
Russia 2002 |
Aleksandr Rogozhkin |
103 |
Soda |
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AVS |
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Dark Water |
Japan 2002 |
Hideo Nakata |
101 |
MtroT |
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AVS |
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Dogville |
Denmark etc.2003 |
Lars von Trier |
177 |
Icon |
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Dragonflies |
Norway/Swe 2002 |
Marius Holst |
109 |
Optimm |
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The Dreamers |
Fra/UK/It/USA 2003 |
Bernardo Bertolucci |
115 |
Fox |
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Elephant |
USA 2003 |
Gus Van Sant |
81 |
Optim |
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Elling |
Norway 2001 |
Petter Næss |
88k |
City Sc |
ArtsAll |
AVS/SW |
Etre et Avoir |
France 2002 |
Nicolas Philibert |
104 |
MtroT |
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SNVS/SW |
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The Five Obstructions |
Denmark etc 2003 |
Lars von Trier |
90 |
ICA |
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Frida |
USA 2002 |
Julia Taymor |
122 |
BV |
FB |
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Girl with a Pearl Earring |
UK/Lux/USA 2003 |
Peter Webber |
99 |
Pathé |
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Goodbye Lenin! |
Germany 2003 |
Wolfgang Becker |
121 |
UGC |
BFI |
AVS |
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Intermission |
Ireland/UK 2003 |
John Crowley |
105 |
BV |
FB |
SW |
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Igby Goes Down |
USA/Ger 2002 |
Burr Steers |
97 |
Optim |
FB |
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In America |
USA/Ire/UK 2003 |
Jim Sheridan |
105 |
Fox |
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In the Cut |
UK 2003 |
Jane Campion |
118 |
Pathé |
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In This World |
UK 2002 |
Michael Winterbottom |
90 |
ICA |
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Intolerable Cruelty |
USA 2003 |
Joel Coen |
99 |
UIP |
FB |
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Kitchen Stories |
Nor/Swe 2003 |
Bent Hamer |
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ICA |
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Lost in Translation |
USA/Japan 2003 |
Sofia Coppola |
101 |
Mom |
FB |
SW |
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A Mighty Wind |
USA 2003 |
Christopher Guest |
91 |
WB |
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The Missing |
USA 2003 |
Ron Howard |
136 |
Col. |
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The Mother |
UK 2003 |
Roger Michell |
112 |
Mom |
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My Life Without Me |
Spain/Canada 2002 |
Isabel Coixet |
105 |
MtroT |
FB |
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Mystic River |
USA/Australia 2003 |
Clint Eastwood |
137 |
WB |
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Nicholas Nickleby |
USA/UK 2002 |
Douglas McGrath |
132 |
Fox |
FB |
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Nói Albinói |
Iceland etc 2002 |
Dagur Kári |
92 |
AE |
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AVS |
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Northfork |
USA 2002 |
Michael Polish |
102 |
Metrod |
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The Officers’ Ward |
France 2001 |
François Dupeyron |
131 |
Optim |
BFI |
SW |
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Osama |
Afghanistan 2003 |
Siddiq Barmak |
83 |
ICA |
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Petites Coupures |
France/UK 2002 |
Pascal Bonitzer |
95 |
AEl |
BFI |
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Rain |
New Zealand 2001 |
Christine Jeffs |
91 |
Circuit |
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Raising Victor Vargas |
France/USA 2002 |
Peter Sollett |
87 |
Mom |
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Rivers and Tides |
Ger/UK/Finlnd 2000 |
Thomas Riedelsheimer |
90 |
CinéF |
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AVS |
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Roger Dodger |
USA 2002 |
Dylan Kidd |
105 |
Optim |
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The Safety of Objects |
UK/USA 2001 |
Rose Troche |
120 |
Ent. |
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Sex is Comedy |
France 2002 |
Catherine Breillat |
94 |
AE |
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Son of the Bride |
Argentina/Sp 2001 |
Juan Jose Campanella |
118 |
Pathé |
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SNVS |
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Spellbound |
USA 2002 |
Jeffrey Blitz |
96 |
Metrod |
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Spirited Away |
Japan 2001 |
Hayao Miyazaki |
125 |
Optimn |
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AVS |
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Springtime in a Small Town |
China/HK/Fra 2002 |
Tian Zhuangzhuang |
114 |
AE |
BFI |
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The Station Agent |
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Summer Things |
France/UK/Italy 2002 |
Michel Blanc |
103 |
UGC |
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Swimming Pool |
France/UK 2002 |
François Ozon |
102 |
UGC |
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AVS |
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Sylvia |
UK/USA 2003 |
Christine Jeffs |
114 |
Icon |
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Taking Sides |
Ger/Fr/UK/Au 2001 |
István Szabó |
110 |
Guerr. |
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Time of the Wolf |
Fra/Austria/Ger 2003 |
Michael Haneke |
113 |
AE |
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Together |
China 2002 |
Chen Kaige |
118 |
Mom |
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Touching the Void |
UK/USA 2003 |
Kevin Macdonald |
106 |
Pathé |
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SW |
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Trilogy One: Cavale |
France/Belgium 2002 |
Lucas Belvaux |
113 |
MtroT |
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Trilogy Two: Un couple épalant |
France/Belgium 2002 |
Lucas Belvaux |
97 |
MtroT |
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Trilogy Three: Après la vie |
France/Belgium 2002 |
Lucas Belvaux |
124 |
MtroT |
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21 Grams |
Germany/USA 2003 |
Alejandro Inarritu |
124 |
Icon |
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Valentin |
Netherlands etc 2002 |
Alejandro Agresti |
82 |
Metrod |
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Vendredi Soir |
France 2002 |
Claire Denis |
89 |
MtroT |
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Whale Rider |
NZ/Ger 2002 |
Niki Caro |
101 |
Icon |
FB |
SW |
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself |
Denmark etc 2002 |
Lone Scherfig |
109 |
Icon |
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Winged Migration |
Fra/Ger/Sp/It 2001 |
Jacques Perrin |
89 |
Col |
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Young Adam |
UK/France 2002 |
David Mackenzie |
97 |
WB |
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AVS |
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Zatoichi |
Japan 2003 |
Takeshi Kitano |
116 |
AE |
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35mm Distributors:
AE: Artificial Eye BV Buena Vista BlueD Blue Dolphin
CinéF CinéFrance Col Columbia TriStar Enter Entertainment
Film4 Film Four Fox 20th Century Fox ICA ICA Projects
Icon Icon Metrod Metrodome MtroT Metro Tartan
Mom Momentum Optim Optimum Pathé Pathé
WB Warner Brothers Win Winchester Film Dist Soda Soda Pictures
Key to DVD /Video Distributors: FB: Filmbank; BFI: BFI Films; NR: New Realm Entertainment for most Momentum titles
South West Block Bookings shown in bold.
Shown at: SNVS: Spring Viewing Sessions (2003); AVS: Autumn Viewing Session (Ipswich), SW: South West Viewing Sessions.
Note: This listing is not comprehensive and is intended as a guide to those new titles and re-issues likely to be of most interest to Film Societies. For availability on DVD or video for non-theatrical exhibition where there is no distributor listed, try ringing
BFI on 020 7957 8938 Filmbank on 0207 984 5950 in the first instance.
BFI have also just issued details of comprehensive list of recent and classic films available for hire to approved film societies – titles from our listings for 2001 and 2002 and some relevant to this year’s releases include Amores Perros, The Decline of the American Empire, Cool and Crazy, Devil’s Backbone, It All Starts Today. Email: bookings.film@bfi.org.uk
Issue 1 BDC. March 2004