The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Marielle Heller makes her writing-directing feature debut adapting Phoebe Gloeckner’s bestselling coming-of-age story, winning awards at the Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals. Set in 1970s San Francisco, the film stars Bel Powley (A Royal Night Out) as a 15-year-old who enters into her first sexual encounter – with her mother’s boyfriend. Co-stars Kristen Wiig and Alexander Skarsgård.
Starring: Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni,Margarita Levieva, Madeleine Waters
Directed by Marielle Heller (feature debut)
Written by Marielle Heller (based on the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner)
Drama | 1hr 42mins | R16 | Sex scenes, offensive language and drug use | Country of Origin: USA
The Lobster
Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz star in this dystopian romantic comedy from director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth). Set in a near future with strict rules about finding a partner, single people are taken to The Hotel, where they have 45 days to find a partner - otherwise they are transformed into an animal and sent into the woods. More
Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, John C. Reilly, Olivia Colman, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ashley Jensen, Jessica Barden,Michael Smiley
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (‘Dogtooth’, 'Alps’)
Written by Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Festivals & Awards Jury Prize, Queer Palm and Palm Dog at Cannes Film Festival 2015.
Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance | 1hr 58mins | TBC | Country of Origin: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands | Language: English and French with English subtitles
The Assassin
Martial arts tale, and winner of Best Director at Cannes Film Festival 2015. Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s The Assassin follows a young woman from her training in deadly arts as a child, through her employment as a killer, and into a dilemma that forces her to contemplate turning her back on her profession and superiors.
“9th Century China. 10-year-old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.” (Cannes Film Festival) Hide
Starring: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki
Directed by Hsiao-hsien Hou ('Flight of the Red Balloon’, 'Café Lumière’)
Written by T'ien-wen Chu
Action, Drama, Martial Arts, World Cinema | 1hr 45mins | M | Violence | Country of Origin: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, France | Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
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