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Bradford International Film Festival

11 April – 21 April 2013

The 19th edition of the festival will open with a gala screening of Michael Winterbottom's The Look Of Love on April 11 and close with Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist on April 21.

This year the festival will celebrate a century of Indian film with a dedicated strand from the country and will celebrate the work of maverick Russian director Alexey Balabanov in a section of his films. They will also present Sir Tom Courtenay with a lifetime achievement award.

Families, meanwhile, can enjoy a series of Tom And Jerry fun days - showing selections of the classic cat and mouse shorts.

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  • Much Ado About Nothing
    Review preview for Much Ado About Nothing

    An emotionally complex and moving tale that more than justifies itself.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A fresh take on Shakespeare's romantic comedy about sparring couples.
  • The Stoker
    Review preview for The Stoker

    Singular writer-director Alexey Balabanov does things his own way.

    Michael Pattison · 4 out of 5
    A story of hit men and moral corruption is told through the eyes of the man who helps to burn the bodies.
  • My House Without Me
    Review preview for My House Without Me

    Szymków interweaves her subjects’ testimonies to paint an image of ongoing loss.

    Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary looking at two women permanently displaced as a result of the Second World War.
  • Pincus
    Review preview for Pincus

    Pincus treads that tricky terrain of having a protagonist who is deeply sceptical of the self-serious outsiders he meets while at the same time allowing for the possibility that it is he who may be in the wrong.

    Michael Pattison · 3 out of 5
    An interior decorator who cares or his ailing father falls for a karate instructor.
  • Magpie
    Review preview for Magpie

    Magpie stretches a short-subject premise to narrative length that does well to tell at least four different stories in one digestible whole.

    Michael Pattison · 2.5 out of 5
    Aided by two of their friends, a former couple steal their dead son's body and set off to drive it to Cornwall, but nothing goes to plan.
  • Me And You
    Review preview for Me And You

    Everything here is meticulously planned yet the effect is of something effortless.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    An introverted teenager forges a bond with his step-sister as he hides out in his family's basement.
  • Cargo 200
    Review preview for Cargo 200

    Poluyan’s character is one of cinema’s most repulsive creations.

    Michael Pattison · 4.5 out of 5
    One fearful night at a remote farmhouse echoes the breakdown of post-Soviet Russia.
  • An Anthropological Television Myth
    Review preview for An Anthropological Television Myth

    Has montage been this aggressive and politicised in recent years? It’s difficult to recall a comparator.

    Michael Pattison · 4 out of 5
    Collage of fragments culled from an independent Sicilian TV station's output in the mid-90s.
  • A Dream's Merchant
    Review preview for A Dream's Merchant

    Long and demanding, intimate and heartfelt.

    Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
    This true-life 'Motorcycle Diary' recounts the epic trek of genial, thirtyish photographer Mihai Barbu as he rumbles to the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator - and back.
  • Me Too
    Review preview for Me Too

    The way in which the film drifts from otherwise throwaway comedy to poignant morality tale by way of one non-sequitur after another is effortless.

    Michael Pattison · 4.5 out of 5
    After inadvertently committing an act of violence, a group of friends journeys to a legendary tower in the hope of travelling to a better world.

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