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Bradford International Film Festival · 2011

Bradford International Film Festival 2011

Unchartered States

Indie cinema from the US.

Programme

6 films · 1 review

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An American Journey

Documentarian tracks the route taken by a Swiss photojournalist in 1959, examining the changes of the intervening years and interviewing some of the surviving subjects of the photographs.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Philippe Seclier; Writer: Philippe Seclier) , Official site

Cold Weather

A crime fiction fan returning to his hometown gets caught up in a complicated mystery.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Aaron Katz; Writer: Aaron Katz; Stars: Cris Lankenau, Trieste Kelly Dunn, Raúl Castillo, Robyn Rikoon, Jeb Pearson)

Disfarmer: A Portrait Of America

Documentary about a small-town photographer, whose images sparked a craze for his "outsider art".

(Country: Canada; Year: 2010; Director: Martin Lavut)

Foreign Parts

A look at a neighbourhood of car repair shops that is being cleared by developers Willets Point, Queens.

(Country: US, France; Year: 2010; Director: Verena Paravel, J.P. Sniadecki)

Littlerock

Bittersweet romance about two Japanese youngsters in a the dead-end Californian town of the title.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Mike Ott; Writer: Mike Ott, Atsuko Okatsuka, Carl McLaughlin; Stars: Atsuko Okatsuka, Cory Zacharia, Rintaro Sawamoto, Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez, Ryan Dillon, Matthew Fling, Ivy Khan, Lee Lynch, Kathleen Maressa, Markiss McFadden, Sean Neff, David Nordstrom, Sarah Tadayon, Brett L. Tinnes) , Official site

Putty Hill

Review preview for Putty Hill

In synthesising drama with a documentary degree of verity it hopes that events as depicted will create story without ensuring that there is one to show.

Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
A troubled family is united by bereavement.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Matthew Porterfield; Writer: Jordan Mintzer, Matthew Porterfield; Stars: Cody Ray, Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, Dustin Ray, James Siebor Jr.)

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