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Red carpet action, sees the stars hit town.
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Adam and Séraphine
Adam
(Year: 2009; Director: Max Mayer; Writer: Max Mayer; Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison, Mark Linn-Baker), Official Site, Trailer
A man with Asperger's syndrome falls in love and has to face his girlfriend's disapproving family.
Closing Night Gala. International Premiere
Away We Go
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2009; Director: Sam Mendes; Writer: Dave Eggers, Vendela Vida; Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Maggie Gyllenhaal, John Krasinski, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney, Paul Schneider, Catherine O'Hara, Maya Rudolph, Chris Messina, Jim Gaffigan, Josh Hamilton, Shirley Rumierk, Carmen Ejogo, Steve Antonucci, Carrie Clifford), Official Site
Indie comedy about a couple who go on a road trip to help them decide where is best to bring up baby.
Opening Night Gala. International Premiere
The Crimson Wing
(Country: US, UK; Year: 2008; Director: Matthew Aeberhard, Leander Ward; Writer: Melanie Finn), Official Site, Trailer
A year in the life of Lake Natron's flamingos. Plus read our exclusive interview with filmmakers Matthew Aeberhard, Leander Ward and writer Melanie Finn.
UK Premiere
The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life (Le premier jour du reste de ta vie)
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Rémi Bezançon; Writer: Rémi Bezançon; Stars: Jacques Gamblin, Zabou Breitman, Déborah François, Marc-André Grondin, Pio Marmaï, Roger Dumas, Cécile Cassel, Stanley Weber, Sarah Cohen-Hadria, Camille De Pazzis, Aymeric Cormerais, Jean-Jacques Vanier, Philippe Lefebvre, François-Xavier Demaison, Gilles Lellouche)
A multi-character view of one family as they deal with everything from bereavement to nicotine withdrawal.
UK Premiere
Fragments
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Jonathon Clayton; Writer: Andrew Clarke, Jonathon Clayton; Stars: Robin Kirwan, James Nield, Lucy Drive, Chantelle Clements-Marsden, Jonathon Clayton, Andrew Clarke)
European Premiere
Drama track the witnesses of a diner shooting as they cope with the after effects.
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Away We Go
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3, Ice Age 3D)
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier; Writer: Yoni Brenner, based on a story by Jason Carter Eaton; Stars: Simon Pegg, Seann William Scott, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Joey King, Josh Peck, Queen Latifah, Ray Romano, Atticus Shaffer, Chris Wedge, Karen Disher), Official Site, Trailer
The latest adventures of Manny and company - now with added dinosaurs!
Presented in digital 3D
The Maiden Heist
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Peter Hewitt; Stars: Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken, William H Macy, Marcia Gay Harden, Breckin Meyer, Phil Hebert)
Three museum security guards scheme to steal their favourite exhibits rather than let them be moved out of the country.
International Premiere
Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1
(Country: France; Year: 2008; Director: Jean-Francois Richet; Stars: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gerard Lanvin)
UK Premiere
Second part of the gangster tale sees infamous criminal Mesrine try to evade the law while facing the facts of celebrity.
Mary And Max (Mary & Max)
(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Adam Elliot; Writer: Adam Elliot; Stars: Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries, Bethany Whitmore, Renée Geyer, Ian 'Molly' Meldrum, John Flaus, Julie Forsyth), Official Site
Claymation about the friendship between an eight-year-old Aussie and a 44-year-old New Yorker.
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (L'instinct de mort, Mesrine: Part 1)
(Country: France, Canada, Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Jean-Francois Richet; Writer: Jacques Mesrine, Abdel Raouf Dafri; Stars: Vincent Cassel, Cecile De France, Gerard Depardieu, Roy Dupuis), Official Site, Trailer
The rise to fame of a violent modern day Robin Hood.
UK Premiere
The September Issue and Rudo And Cursi
The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Rebecca Miller; Writer: Rebecca Miller; Stars: Keanu Reeves, Julianne Moore, Blake Lively, Winona Ryder, Monica Bellucci, Robin Wright Penn, Maria Bello, Alan Arkin, Robin Weigert, Zoe Kazan), Official Site, Trailer
A wife who moves to a retirement community with her much older husband, finds herself on the verge of a breakdown.
UK Premiere
Rudo And Cursi (Rudo Y Cursi, Rudo & Cursi)
(Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2008; Director: Carlos Cuarón; Writer: Carlos Cuarón; Stars: Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Guillermo Francella, Dolores Heredia, Adriana Paz, Jessica Mas, Salvador Zerboni, Tania Esmeralda Aguilar, Joaquín Cosio, Alfredo Alfonso, Fermín Martínez, Eduardo Von, Jorge Zárate, Axel Ricco, Harold Torres), Official Site, Trailer
Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional football.
UK Premiere
Spread
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: David Mackenzie; Writer: Jason Dean Hall, Paul Kolsby; Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Maria Conchita Alonso, Sonia Rockwell, Hart Bochner, Sarah Buxton, Dani Levine, Derek Carter, Shane Brolly, Peter Marc Jacobson)
International Premiere
A handsome young man survives in Los Angeles by seducing wealthy older women.
The Secret Of Kells (Brendan And The Secret Of Kells)
(Country: Belgium, Ireland, France; Year: 2009; Director: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey; Writer: Tomm Moore, Fabrice Ziolkowski; Stars: Evan McGuire, Mick Lally, Brendan Gleeson, Christen Mooney)
A young monk goes on an adventure as he tries to help complete an illuminated manuscript.
UK Premiere
The September Issue
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: RJ Cutler), Official Site, Trailer
Fly-on-the-wall look inside Vogue.
International Premiere
The Maiden Heist and The Crimson Wing
Séraphine
(Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2008; Director: Martin Provost; Writer: Marc Abdelnour, Martin Provost; Stars: Yolande Moreau, Ulrich Tukur, Anne Bennent, Geneviève Mnich, Adélaïde Leroux, Nico Rogner, Françoise Lebrun, Hélène Hardouin, Serge Larivière, Léna Breban, Sandrine Bodenes, Muriel Riou, Dominique Pozzetto, Josette Ménard, Xavier Pottier)
Portrait of French 'outsider' artist Séraphine de Senlis.
UK Premiere
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
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