Films in the WOW 2010 Film Festival
Ajami A blistering take on life on the streets of Jaffa where Arab, Jews and Christians live side by side, absorbing in its complexity, increasingly grippin… |
Bhutan: The Height of Happiness? Until satellite communications arrived in the late 90’s, Bhutan remained one of the few spots in the world untainted by commercialism. Retaining its… |
Crude An inspiring expose of the Ecuadorians long-running battle to call Texaco to account for the pollution of the rainforest and the resulting health prob… |
Departures This is a beautifully performed character study of a man who finds fulfillment and a depth of human connection in the most unlikely profession. After … |
Dogtooth An original, bizarre and wonderfully inventive take on a dysfunctional Greek family, this is bound to be one of the most talked about films of the yea… |
Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears This explores the arcane intricacies of Bangladeshi family traditions at first-hand by following his two young East End neighbours, feisty Shanara and… |
Lebanon With the action confined almost entirely to the suffocating inside of a tank this claustrophobic thriller creates an unforgettable portrayal of the ho… |
Louise-Michel A wild black comedy about a group of women who, after the factory they work in is closed down pool their redundancy money to hire a hit man to bump of… |
Machan The Sri Lankan Full Monty has been entertaining audiences and picking up awards all across the world, its underdog charm sugarcoats a surpris… |
Made in JamaicaAn unmissable chance to enjoy the music of all the reggae greats on display here. As well as some fine performances there’s some surprising insigh… |
MascaradesA delightful executed farce about the wedding-that-never-was, this delivers sharp character comedy, trenchant social satire and a real sense of th… |
Pomegranates and Myrrh This is a powerful, up-beat film about love under pressure with the suffocating, all-pervasive influence of the occupation ever present in the backgro… |
Ponyo Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale The Little Mermaid, this vibrant, wildly imaginative, occasionally eccentric adventure follows youn… |
Rough Aunties From one of British cinema’s unsung heroes, Kim Longinotto (Hold Me Tight Let Me Go, Sisters-in-Law) triumphs again with this powerful story of the … |
Samson & Delilah Visually stunning, sensitively performed, exquisitely made love story about two self-destructive teenagers, petrol-sniffing Samson and the feisty Deli… |
Still Walking A poignant, wonderful film from the director of Afterlife and Maborosi, this, in its unassertive way, feels as piercingly true as cinema ever gets. At… |
Tales From The Golden Age A collection of five wry and amusing urban myths that circulated under Ceausescu’s paranoid regime, the period he called ‘The Golden Age of the Ro… |
The Cloud-Painting Machine Life is tough growing-up in the dockyard area of Bilbao during the fag end of Franco’s repressive regime when flying a Basque flag was banned. In a … |
The Headless Woman Firmly established as one of world cinema’s most distinctive voices, Martel’s atmospheric third film (after La Cienaga, The Holy Girl) centres on … |
The Maid Funny, tense, and unpredictable, this is the tale of the grumpy, pig-headed Racquel, the maid-from-hell who has lived with the same family for 20 year… |
The Search for Shangri-la Life in Tibet from the 1920s to the 1940s is vividly captured in this selection of extraordinarily rare footage from the BFI National Archive. The fir… |
The Wind Journeys Not to be missed if you like to travel off the beaten track. Ignacio, an ageing nomadic maestro of traditional Colombian music embarks on a journey to… |
Tokyo Story Often topping lists of the best films of all time, this simple story about elderly parents visiting their children, remains one of the most profoundly… |
Treeless Mountain Two young girls, Jin and Bin are left by their mother in the care of their aunt, a careless, unkind woman with little sympathy for their sense of loss… |
Tulpan Set on the Kazakh steppes where the pinnacle of achievement is to become a shepherd, this delightful comedy is full of wonderfully drawn characters ek… |
WOW 2010 Opening Night: Duelling Accordions! plus screening of The Wind JourneysJoin us for WOW 2010’s opening night at Chapter Arts Centre on Friday 5 March at 8pm
Duelling Accordions!
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Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love This refreshingly optimistic film shows Youssou N’Dour, a super star of world music, changing the world through his music. A mix of interviews and con… |
