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Cambridge Film Festival

19 October – 26 October 2017

Battle Of The Sexes
Battle Of The Sexes

The Cambridge Film Festival is operated by the charitable Cambridge Film Trust and backed by the BFI’s Film Festival Fund, which awards National Lottery funding to UK film festivals, giving audiences the opportunity to see a broad range of British and international films.

The festival runs from 19 to 26 October.

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  • Le Cercle Rouge
    Review preview for Le Cercle Rouge

    Thanks to Melville's spare approach, the film feels cool in both senses of the phrase and there's time to really focus on the look.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    After leaving prison, a thief crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot a heist.
  • The Desert Bride
    Review preview for The Desert Bride

    Capturing this moment, this opening up, writer/director team Cecilia Atán and Valeria Pivato demonstrate that there's room on the big screen for small things.

    Jennie Kermode · 3 out of 5
    When a live-in maid's path crosses that of a travelling salesman, her life will change forever.
  • The Forest Of The Lost Souls
    Review preview for The Forest Of The Lost Souls

    Instead of engaging the viewer through emotion, the film becomes a predictable horror that barely scrapes the surface with the theme of suicide.

    John-Anthony Disotto · 2.5 out of 5
    Ricardo, a grieving father, and Carolina, a cynical young woman, meet in a notorious Portuguese suicide forest, where a mutual fascination develops.
  • A Fantastic Woman
    Review preview for A Fantastic Woman

    Lelio makes no bones about how he wants us to feel, to the point where it sometimes feels as though he is stating the obvious is six-foot neon letters.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A transgender woman fights for the right to grieve after the death of her partner.
  • You Were Never Really Here
    Review preview for You Were Never Really Here

    Nothing plays out as you expect, with Ramsay maintaining an unsettling staccato that keeps both the action and the viewer on edge.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A tormented assassin tries to rescue a girl but trouble lies ahead.
  • Loveless
    Review preview for Loveless

    Though the filmmaking is good, the bleakness of the message is unremitting.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    A couple go looking for their young son after he disappears during one of their bitter rows.
  • The Cinema Travellers
    Review preview for The Cinema Travellers

    Though it focuses on one company, this film encapsulates a struggle faced by travelling cinemas across India and in other parts of the world.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A documentary about travelling cinemas in India.
  • Félicité
    Review preview for Félicité

    The film’s most gripping aspect is the delicacy with which it handles its extraordinary emotional depth

    Evelin Toth · 3.5 out of 5
    Story of a singer who finds herself in desperate circumstances after her son has an accident.
  • The Prince Of Nothingwood
    Review preview for The Prince Of Nothingwood

    Even if the facts are fiction, you still get the sense of a man who is driven, at least in part, by an urge to bring some sort of happiness by shooting film rather than bullets.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    The story of Salim Shaheen, the most prolific and popular actor-director-producer in Afghanistan.
  • The Breadwinner
    Review preview for The Breadwinner

    Intelligent, humane and multi-layered, The Breadwinner is a much more substantial film than its central heroic narrative might suggest.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    A young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.

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