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Director Juan Antonio Bayona,
Mexico. English subtitles. This is a thriller with a distinctive
Latin sensibility. Laura, her husband
and adopted son return to the
institution where she was raised,
and decide to transform it into an
orphanage. Soon, her son, Simon,
a strange and solitary child, makes
an invisible friend. Laura puts this down to an overactive
imaginations until a series of discomforting events begin to
rattle her composure. This film provides us with an eerie and
moving journey. Recommended. 
Director George Clooney, USA. Oscar winners George Clooney and
Renee Zellweger match wits in
this rapid-fire romantic comedy
about two on-field team-mates
who become off-field rivals for a
young spitfire journalist’s affections.
Set in the early days of America’s
pro-football league in the 1920s, Clooney plays Dodge
Connolly, a charming, brash football captain determined to
guide his ragtag team and struggling league from bar brawls
to packed stadiums. 
Director John Curran,
China. Based on the novel by W. Somerset
Maugham, The Painted Veil is a
love story set in the 1920s. A young
English couple, Walter and Kitty,
marry for the wrong reasons and
relocate to Shanghai, where Kitty
falls in love with someone else.
When Walter realises this, he accepts a job in a remote
village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and takes her
along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and
gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful
places on earth. An outstanding film with impressive
costume design and exemplary acting, filmed on location in
the stunning Guangxi province. A must see! 
Director Mike Leigh, UK. Mike Leigh defies all expectation
with this sparkling film about
the relentlessly cheerful Poppy, a
London teacher whose boundless
optimism protects her from
the darker things in life. Overly
effervescent at first, Poppy’s
sprightly, joking, bounding way becomes increasingly
endearing as she prevails through a series of uproarious
encounters with her bigoted, uptight driving instructor,
parties with her housemate and best friend Zoe and plots the
rescue of a troubled little boy. Starring Sally Hawkins this is
Mike Leigh’s best film in years. 
Director Peter Duncan, Australia. Set against the harsh beauty of
the rural Australian landscape,
Afghan refugee Tahmeena stumbles
away from a life of forced work in a
brothel and onto an isolated farm
where she hopes to find help. She is
discovered by John, a quite farmer
shunned by his neighbours, who cares for her, gradually
coaxing her back to health. Starring William McInnes, Monic
Hendrickx, this thriller/love story combination is a great
success as a film. 
Director Stefan Ruzowitzky, Germany. English subtitles. Winner of the Academy Award
for Best Foreign Language film,
this is the story of the largest
counterfeiting operation in
history. Based on an account by a
Holocaust survivor, it explores the
secret currency counterfeiting unit
established by the Nazis during World War II and the Jewish
prisoners selected to work in this unit. The film’s central
moral issue of survival or working complicitly with the Nazis
is heightened by August Diehl’s performance as a Jewish
prisoner who prefers death to supporting this horrific regime. 
Director Eran
Kolirin, Israel. The Band’s Visit has been an
audience favourite all over the
world – so don’t miss it! Once,
not long ago, a small Egyptian
police band arrived in Israel but,
due to bureaucracy, bad luck and
the like, they were left stranded at
the airport. Soon they find themselves in a desolate, almost
forgotten, Israeli town. A witty and charming film that offers
a great deal more than comedy – a powerful message of
tolerance and understanding. Very entertaining. 
Director John Studley
and Andrew O’Keefe, Australia. Marks the feature-film debut of
the team at Apocalypse Films. This
highly-satirical, yet deeply personal
screenplay about the ill-fated
journey of Marty Browning was
written in response to a growing
dissatisfaction with Australia’s
social and political landscape. Marty Browning is played by
the very talented Lee Mason; the rest of the cast includes a
showcase of some of Melbourne’s most diverse performers
and real-life characters. This is the story of a man who
presents himself to the world to slay their demons, only to
purge his own and become a hero along the way. 
Director David Sington, USA. In the Shadow of the Moon brings
together for the first time the
surviving crew members from every
single Apollo mission which flew
to the moon, and allows them to
tell their story in their own words.
Beautifully shot, this riveting
first-hand testimony is interwoven with visually stunning
archive materials which has been remastered from the
original NASA film footage - much of it never used before.
Rediscover the technical wonders and raw adventure of the
Apollo missions! 