Chichester Film Festival

The Seaward 15th Chichester Film Festival will continue its commitment to showing the best new and yet-to-be-released films from around the world. The Festival’s Opening Gala is Pedro Almodovar’s Volver starring Penelope Cruz, and the Closing Gala will be Jeremy Brock’s Driving Lessons starring Julie Walters, Laura Linney and Rupert Grint.

Alongside the many premieres, previews and treasures from the archives we will be hosting retrospectives

John Miller, Dame Judi Dench’s biographer, will be giving a talk to launch this season on Thursday 24 August.

The season includes: Mrs Brown, Chocolat, The Shipping News, Iris, Shakespeare in Love, Ladies in Lavender, The Cherry Orchard (2 versions), Macbeth,
Ghosts, Last of the Blonde Bombshells, A Fine Romance and Saigon, Year of the Cat.
The Seaward 15

The published programme will be available out at the end of July and on
the website www.chichetercinema.org

16 Days – 70 Films – One Cinema
Over 35 Premieres and Previews
ADRIFT (US/Germany) Hans Horn
ANTIBODIES (Germany) Christian Alvet
ATOMISED (Germany) Oskar Roehler
DARK HORSE (Denmark) D. Kári
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (USA) D. Frankel
DRIVING LESSONS (UK) J. Brock
EROS (China/USA/Italy) W. Kar-Wai / S. Soderbergh / M. Antonioni
50 WAYS OF SAYING FABULOUS (New Zealand) S. Main
THE GREAT ECSTASY OF ROBERT CARMICHAEL (UK) T. Clay
HALF LIFE: Journey to Chernobyl (UK) P. Grabsky
HAPPY ENDINGS (USA) Don Ross
HOTEL HARABATI (France) B. Vauvin
INNOCENT VOICES (Mexico) L. Mandoki
INTO GREAT SILENCE (Germany) P. Groening
THE JOURNEY (India) J. Pullappally
KEANE (USA) LH. Kerrigan
KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL (China) L. Chuan
KRISANA (Fallen) (Germany / Latvia) F. Keleman
LADY IN THE WATER (USA) M. Night Shyamalan
MAN PUSH CART (USA) R. Bahrani
MARIO’S WAR (Italy) A. Capuano
MASJÄVLAR (Sweden) M. Blom
MÜETTER (Alsace / Germany) D. Lienhard
PLAY (Chile) A. Scherson
QUINCEAÑERA (USA) W. Westmoreland
A SCANNER DARKLY (USA) R. Linklater
SHANGHAI DREAMS (China) W. Xiaoshuai
SHUT UP! (France) F. Verbel
SNOWCAKE (UK / Canada) M. Evans
TEXAS (Italy) F. Paravidino
TO DIE IN SAN HILARIO (Spain) L. Mana
TOWARDS SUNSET (Iran) I. Emami
TWELVE AND HOLDING (USA) M. Cuesta
UNVEILED (Germany) A. Maccarone
VOLVER (Spain) P. Almodovar
THE WEST WITTERING AFFAIR (UK) D. Scheinmann