Persepolis
April 16, 2009Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi
Chiara Mastroanrti, Catherine Deneuve. Cartoon, gripping & funny for adults & young alike. Coming of […]
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2009 Films
Directed by: Vincent Paronnaud/Marjane Satrapi
Once
April 2, 2009Directed by: John Carney
Guy Hansard, Marketa Irglova. Brilliant art house musical. Dublin busker and immigrant, drawn together by […]
A Pig’s Tale
April 30, 2009Directed by: Leah Gordon
Wonderful documentary linking voodoo, pigs and US economic imperialism. Exploration of external intervention to eradicate […]
Jules et Jim
December 10, 2009Directed by: Francois Truffaut
To mark 25 Anniversary of Truffaut’s death, his hugely influential New Wave film of a […]
Waltz With Bashir
December 3, 2009Directed by: Ari Folman
Astonishingly animated bio-pic of Folman’s half-remembered part in 1982 invasion of Lebanon. Oozes raw power […]
Transamerica
February 5, 2009Directed by: Duncan Tucker
Felicity Huffman, Kevin Zegers. Comedy/riveting drama; pre-operative transsexual takes an unexpected journey to bail out […]
In Bruges
January 22, 2009Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes. Two hitmen hide out in Bruges. Masterful plot, top […]
The Class
June 11, 2009Directed by: Laurent Cantet
Francois Begaudeau. Inspirational docu-style film of a class and their teacher’s year in multi-ethnic Parisian […]
Gomorra
June 25, 2009Directed by: Matteo Garrone
“Gomorra” is a contemporary Neapolitan mob drama that exposes Italy’s criminal underbelly by telling five […]
Souzhou River
March 19, 2009Directed by: Ye Lou
Xun Zhou, Hongshen Jia.Stunningly shot Chinese film noir. Modern Shanghai as it’s rarely seen in […]
We Are Together
March 5, 2009Directed by: Paul Taylor
Affecting documentary: children’s choir at S.African orphanage becomes snowballing success as Allcia Keys and Paul […]
AGM + Party
May 21, 2009Directed by: Johnjoe McFadden
After a brief AGM, and surprise event, we round off the evening by inviting all […]
Caramel
May 7, 2009Directed by: Nadine Labaki
Nadine Labaki. Yasmine Elmasri, Joanne Moukarzel. Beirut beauty parlour sets the scene for the criss-crossing […]
Man On Wire
November 19, 2009Directed by: James Marsh
Poignant documentary of Petit’s 1974 thrilling wire-walk between the Two Towers. Story of aspiration & […]
Let The Right One In
November 5, 2009Directed by: Tomas Alfredson
Coming of age story with a difference; it’s got a wonderfully intelligent screenplay, social comment, […]
I’ve Loved You So Long
October 15, 2009Directed by: Philippe Claudel
Major art-house hit. Woman rejoins society after 15 years in jail. Mystery hangs over her […]
Sequins Soca and Sweat
October 29, 2009Directed by: Stephen Rudder
WFC in partnership with Njoya Foundation bring you a Black History Month Special Event: Q&A […]
Slumdog Millionaire
October 8, 2009Directed by: Danny Boyle/Loveleen Tandan
WFC/Wimbledon Book Fest Special Event: Slumdog’s Oscar-winning screenplay writer, Simon Beaufoy, gives Intro & Q&A […]