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London Film Festival · 2010

London Film Festival 2010

Experimenta

A series of unusual works taking different approaches to the craft of filmmaking and to their subjects.

Programme

13 films · 2 reviews

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Brune Renault

Four characters find themselves trapped in a looped fiction, with emotions escalating into melodrama.

(Country: France; Year: 2009; Director: Neil Beloufa)

Coming Attractions

An exploration of the relationship between actors, cameras and a film audience.

(Country: Austria; Year: 2010; Director: Peter Tscherkassky)

De Mouvement

A journey through the wipes and dissolves of old feature film.

(Country: Canada; Year: 2010; Director: Kerr')

Double Tide

A documentary following a woman who makes her living digging for clams on the coast of Maine, with the focus on space and light.

(Country: USA, Austria; Year: 2009; Director: Sharon Lockhart)

Get Out Of The Car

A documentary looking at Los Angeles from its roads, taking in signs and street furniture.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Thom Andersen)

Kindless Villain

Two boys daydream about naval battles and Egyptian exotica.

(Country: US; Year: 2010; Director: Janie Geiser)

Let Each One Go Where He May

A deconstructed ethnography charting the story of the Saramaccan Maroons.

(Country: US, Suriname; Year: 2009; Director: Ben Russell; Stars: Benjen Pansa, Monie Pansa)

Make It New John

A documentary telling the story of the Delorean car.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Duncan Campbell)

May Tomorrow Shine The Brightest Of All Your Many Days As It Will Be Your Last

Old men recite poetry as female Japanese cadets patrol the woods and countryside.

(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Ben Rivers, Paul Harnden)

The Nine Muses

Review preview for The Nine Muses

It’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, having more the feel of a gallery installation than a feature film.

Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
A poetic exploration of mass immigration in postwar Britain.

(Country: UK; Year: 2010; Director: John Akomfrah; Writer: John Akomfrah; Stars: Trevor Mathison, David Lawson)

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Ruhr

An examination of the sensory experiences to be found in the heavily industrialised Ruhr region of Germany.

(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: James Benning)

Vot

Five characters interact strangely, as if we have stumbled on a rehearsal for an unknown play.

(Country: Russia; Year: 2010; Director: Victor Alimpiev)

Winter Vacation (Han Jia)

Review preview for Winter Vacation

Bleak and spare... would be deeply depressing were it not so absurdly funny.

Anton Bitel · 4 out of 5
A deadpan comedy about the last day of the holidays and the first day back at school in Inner Mongolia.

(Country: China; Year: 2010; Director: Li Hongqi; Writer: Li Hongqi; Stars: Bai junjie, Zhang Naqi, Bai Jinfeng)

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