Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Sci-Fi >> 2009 >> Feature Film line-up
Those films running as all-nighter showcases are indicated in itallics. In addition, there are several short film showcases, including Focus On: Israel and the MST3K Comedy all-nighter celebrating the best of the worst, which will this year feature an improvised soundtrack by a clutch of comedians.
The Hunt For Gollum and Black Sabbath
20th Century Boys (20-seiki shônen, Twentieth Century Boys)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi; Writer: Yasushi Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaki, Naoki Urasawa and Yûsuke Watanabe, based on the Manga by Naoki Urasawa.; Stars: Toshiaki Karasawa, Etsushi Toyokawa, Takako Tokiwa, Airi Taira), Official Site
A former rock star now working in a convenience store discovers that his childhood stories have inspired a megalomaniac with apocalyptic visions.
20th Century Boys: Chapter Two - The Last Hope (20-seiki shônen: Dai 2 shô - Saigo no kibô)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2009; Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi; Writer: Naoki Urasawa, Yasushi Fukuda, Takashi Nagasaki, Yûsuke Watanabe; Stars: Teruyuki Kagawa, Arata, Renji Ishibashi, Hitomi Kuroki, Etsushi Toyokawa, Toshiaki Karasawa, Nana Katase, Eiko Koike, Takako Tokiwa, Yoji Tanaka)
Sequel sees the friends get back together after one of them dies in mysterious circumstances.
Afro Samurai: Resurrection
(Country: US, Japan; Year: 2009; Director: Fuminori Kizaki; Writer: Eric S. Calderon, Leo Chu, Eric Garcia, Yasuyuki Muto, Takashi Okazaki; Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Grey DeLisle, Dave Wittenberg, Liam O'Brien, Zachary Gordon, Yuri Lowenthal, Jeff Bennett, Steve Blum)
Anime All Nighter
When his father's body is stolen from its grave, Afro takes up his sword again.
A.R.O.G (AROG)
(Country: Turkey; Year: 2008; Director: Ali Taner Baltaci, Cem Yilmaz; Writer: Cem Yilmaz; Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Özge Özberk, Zafer Algöz, Ethel Mulinas Araf, Nil Karaibrahimgil, Hasan Kaçan, Özkan Ugur, Ozan Guven, Metin Keçeci, Muhittin Korkmaz)
Sci-fi sequel sees the central character transported back in time.
Black Sabbath (I Tre volti della paura)
(Country: Italy, France, US; Year: 1963; Director: Mario Bava, Salvatore Billitteri; Writer: Mario Bava, Alberto Bevilacqua, Ivan Chekhov, Marcello Fondato, F.G. Snyder, Aleksei Tolstoy; Stars: Michèle Mercier, Lidia Alfonsi, Boris Karloff, Mark Damon, Susy Andersen, Massimo Righi, Rika Dialina, Glauco Onorato, Jacqueline Pierreux, Milly)
Three tales of terror: a threatening phone call; an ancient evil; and a ghostly morality tale.
The Italian Horror All Nighter
Sleepless and Idiots And Angels
The Clone Returns Home (Kuron Wa Kokyo-Wo Mezasu, The Clone Returns)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Kanji Nakajima; Writer: Kanji Nakajima; Stars: Akemi Fuji, Akiko Hayashi, Takahiro Hirano, Chieko Ichikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Akira Ogata, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Kôzô Satô, Masato Shibazaki)
A Japanese astronaut who dies during a mission is subsequently resurrected as a clone and returns to his childhood home.
Cryptic
(Country: USA; Year: 2009; Director: Danny Kuchuck, John Weiner; Stars: Johnny Pacar, Toby Huss, Allen Alvarado, Jadin Gould, Nicole Cannon, Jodi Thelen, Brooke Vallone, Julie Carlson)
A young girl makes a connection with her own past via a mobile phone.
Cyborg She (Boku no kanojo wa saibôgu)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2008; Director: Jae-young Kwak; Writer: Jae-young Kwak; Stars: Haruka Ayase, Naoto Takenaka, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Masatô Ibu, Kenichi Endo, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Keisuke Koide, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kenta Kiritani, Risa Ai)
A loner meets a strange girl on his birthday. A year later she's back, only this time she is a futuristic clone on a mission to protect him.
Eraser Children
(Country: Australia; Year: 2009; Director: Nathan Christoffel; Writer: Nathan Christoffel; Stars: Jasen Swafford, Andrew Lyons, Rob Alec, Andrew Baker, Saskia Sansom, Shane Nagle, Jorja Hoffmann, Adam Camerlengo, Peter Stratford, Joshua Parnell)
In a futuristic totalitarian state, where human memories are literally converted to fuel, one man becomes convinced he can save the world.
Ever Since The World Ended
(Country: US; Year: 2001; Director: Calum Grant, Joshua Atesh Litle; Writer: Calum Grant; Stars: Aubrey Ankrum, Christine Cannavo, Chris Chambre, Ronald Chase, Josiah Clark, Rashida Clendening, James Curry, Sally Dana, Chiara Deluca, David Driver)
Post-apocalyptic film explores the lives of those living in the wake of a plague which wiped out most of the population.
Origin: Spirits Of The Past and 20th Century Boys
Eyeborgs
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Richard Clabaugh; Writer: Fran Clabaugh, Richard Clabaugh; Stars: Adrian Paul, Megan Blake, Luke Eberl, Danny Trejo, Juan-Carlos Guzman, Mark Joy, Kelly Martin, Huyen Thi, David Schifter, Katrina Munday)
Futuristic thriller about a system which watches everyone's movements to prevent terror strikes... but what if it falls into the wrong hands?
Ghost In The Shell 2.0 (Kôkaku kidôtai 2.0)
(Country: Japan, USA; Year: 2008; Director: Mamoru Oshii; Writer: Masamune Shirow, Kazunori Itô; Stars: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tesshô Genda, Masato Yamanouchi, Shinji Ogawa, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Shigeru Chiba, Maaya Sakamoto)
Anime All Nighter
Remastered and spruced up version of the anime, featuring 3D elements.
G.O.R.A. (GORA)
(Country: Turkey; Year: 2004; Director: Ömer Faruk Sorak; Writer: Cem Yilmaz; Stars: Cem Yilmaz, Rasim Oztekin, Özkan Ugur, Idil Firat, Safak Sezer, Özge Özberk, Erdal Tosun, Ozan Guven, Cezmi Baskin, Engin Günaydin)
A huckster is abducted by aliens in this sci-fi spoof.
The Hunt For Gollum
(Country: UK; Year: 2009; Director: Chris Bouchard; Writer: Chris Bouchard, based on the books by JRR Tolkein.; Stars: Adrian Webster, Pat O'Connor, Arin Alldridge, Rita Ramnani, Greg Draven, Christopher Dingli, Joshua Kennedy), Official Site, Trailer
Gandalf sends Strider out to find Gollum before he gives away the location of the One Ring.
Idiots And Angels
(Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Bill Plympton; Writer: Bill Plympton), Official Site
The story of a reluctant angel turns into a flight of the imagination.
Labyrinth and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Labyrinth
(Country: UK, USA; Year: 1986; Director: Jim Henson; Writer: Dennis Lee, Jim Henson, Terry Jones, Elaine May; Stars: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm, Natalie Finland, Shari Weiser, Brian Henson, Ron Mueck, Rob Mills)
A teenage girl enters a mysterious maze to try and win back her baby brother from the Goblin King.
Macabre (Macabro)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1980; Director: Lamberto Bava; Writer: Antonio Avati, Pupi Avati, Lamberto Bava, Roberto Gandus; Stars: Bernice Stegers, Stanko Molnar, Veronica Zinny, Roberto Posse, Ferdinando Orlandi, Fernando Pannullo, Elisa Kadigia Bove, Carolyn De Fonseca)
A woman loses her mind after her lover is decapitated in a car accident.
The Italian Horror All Nighter
The Mask Of Satan (La Maschera del demonio)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1960; Director: Mario Bava; Writer: Nikolai Gogol, Ennio De Concini, Mario Serandrei, Mario Bava, Marcello Coscia, George Higgins; Stars: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi, Ivo Garrani, Arturo Dominici, Enrico Olivieri, Antonio Pierfederici, Tino Bianchi, Clara Bindi, Mario Passante)
The Italian Horror All Nighter
Mario Bava's directorial debut sees a witch return from the dead to try to possess the body of one of her descendants.
Monsterland
(Country: Germany; Year: 2009; Director: Jörg Buttgereit; Writer: Jörg Buttgereit; Stars: Rick Baker, John Carpenter, Joe Coleman, Joe Dante, Paul Gavins, H.R. Giger, Minoru Kawasaki, Teruyoshi Nakano, Kim Newman, Gregory Nicotero)
Documentary about the creators behind cinematic monsters.
The Mother Of Invention
(Country: US; Year: 2009; Director: Andy Bowser, Joseph M. Petrick; Writer: Joseph M. Petrick; Stars: Andy Bowser, Jimmi Simpson, Kevin Corrigan, Ruby Wendell, Craig Anton, Dee Wallace, Mark Boone Junior, Chris Hardwick, Dave Allen, F. Jason Whitaker)
Mockumentary about a wannabe inventor.
Eraser Children and Macabre
Naruto The Movie 3: Guardians Of The Crescent Moon Kingdom (Gekijô-ban Naruto: Daikôfun! Mikazukijima no animaru panikku dattebayo!)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2006; Director: Toshiyuki Tsuru; Writer: Toshiyuki Tsuru; Stars: Junko Takeuchi, Chie Nakamura, Yoichi Masukawa, Kazuhiko Inoue, Akio Ôtsuka, Kyosuke Ikeda, Bridget Hoffman, Rokurô Naya, Marika Hayashi, Tomomichi Nishimura)
Anime All Nighter
A spoiled prince being protected by Naruto buys a circus, making looking after his charge a tricky proposition.
Origin: Spirits Of The Past (Gin-iro No Kami No Agito)
(Country: Japan; Year: 2006; Director: Keiichi Sugiyama; Writer: Naoko Kakimoto, Nana Shiina; Stars: Ryo Katsuji, Aoi Miyazaki, Kenichi Endo, Toshikazu Fukawa, Masaru Hamaguchi, Yûko Kotegawa, Ren Osugi (voices).), Official Site
In a future world where the remnants of humanity are threatened by a sentient forest, a youth must reinvent himself in order to prevent people from the past destroying all that he holds dear.
Panda Go Panda (Panda kopanda)
(Country: Japan; Year: 1972; Director: Isao Takahata; Writer: Hayao Miyazaki; Stars: Kazuko Sugiyama, Kazuo Kumakura, Yoshiko Ohta, Yasuo Yamada, Alexis A. Edward, Katie Evans, Leigh Everest, Melissa Fahn, Barbara Goodson, Dougary Grant)
Anime All Nighter
Classic anime about a girl and two pandas.
Recon 2023 (The Gauda Prime Conspiracy)
(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Christian Viel; Writer: John Fallon, Christian Viel; Stars: Deke Richards, Heidi Hawkins, Valérie Wiseman, Gregoriane Minot Payeur, Lael Stellick, Edith Labelle, Andrée-Anne Quesnel, Nobuya Shimamoto, Nico Romberg, Jeanne Bowser)
Thrid instalment of the trilogy sees humanity preparing for a final stand against the invading Ma'hars.
Sleepless (Nonhosonno, I Can't Sleep)
(Country: Italy; Year: 2001; Director: Dario Argento; Writer: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini; Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Paolo Maria Scalondro, Roberto Zibetti, Barbara Lerici, Massimo Sarchielli, Roberto Accornero)
A police commissioner comes out of retirement to hunt a serial killer... with the help of a victim's son.
The Italian Horror All Nighter
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (Star Trek 2, The Wrath of Khan)
(Country: US; Year: 1982; Director: Nicholas Meyer; Writer: Harve Bennett, Jack B Sowards, Samuel A Peeples, Nicholas Meyer, based on the TV series created by Gene Roddenberry; Stars: William Shatner, Ricardo Montelban, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Jeff McBride)
A training cruise for Kirk turns deadly with the return of an old enemy.
Star Trek All-Nighter
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
(Country: US; Year: 1984; Director: Leonard Nimoy; Writer: Gene Roddenberry, Harve Bennett; Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Merritt Butrick, Phil Morris, Scott McGinnis)
Star Trek All-Nighter
Kirk and his crew steal The Enterprise to try to recover Spock's body from Genesis.
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
(Country: US; Year: 1986; Director: Leonard Nimoy; Writer: Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett, Nicholas Meyer; Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks, Mark Lenard)
Star Trek All-Nighter
Kirk and the team go back in time to avert the earth's destruction by an alien probe.
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
(Country: US; Year: 1991; Director: Nicholas Meyer; Writer: Gene Roddenberry, Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flinn; Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kim Cattrall, Mark Lenard, Grace Lee Whitney)
Star Trek All-Nighter
Kirk and co race to stop a plot to block a peace treaty with the Klingons.
Stingray Sam
(Country: USA; Year: 2009; Director: Cory McAbee; Writer: Cory McAbee; Stars: Jason Bever, Ron Crawford, Crugie, Michael De Nola, Maura Ruth Hashman, David Hyde Pierce, Jessica Jelliffe, Robert Lurie, Cory McAbee, Willa Vy McAbee)
Space convicts try to earn their freedom by rescuing a youngster.
Yesterday
(Country: Canada; Year: 2009; Director: Rob Grant; Writer: Rob Grant; Stars: Graham Wardle, P. Lynn Johnson, Bill Murdoch, Mike Kovac, Jesse Wheeler, Naomi Inglis, Scott Wallis, Shaun Omaid, Justin Sproule, Mike Fenske)
Canadian suburbanites end up in a stand-off with the undead at a local grocery store. Described by the fetsival as "Dawn Of The Dead meets Deliverance".
59th New York Film Festival early bird highlights Futura, Jane By Charlotte, James Baldwin: From Another Place and The Velvet Underground
Eye For Film continues to support festivals both locally and across the world. At the moment, we're covering:
French Film Festival
The UK's longest running celebration of Francophone cinema
Leeds International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
International showcase
Cannes Film Festival
Archive of festival coverage.
Sundance Film Festival
Daily diary and reviews from 2005-2018.
Berlin Film Festival
Coverage of the lynchpin German festival.
Search Movie Database
Browse our full archive
Browse our short film archive
Browse our media archive
