1. I've Loved You So Long
2. Emma's Bliss
3. Lemon Tree
4. Hunger
5. Waltz with Bashir
6. Summer
Six great new films in two auditoria, fabulous refreshments and the Pound Centre after refurbishment even nicer than before!
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1. I've Loved You So Long |
2. Emma's Bliss |
3. Lemon Tree |
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4. Hunger |
5. Waltz with Bashir |
6. Summer |
| title | distributor | A | B | C | D | E | Tot | RI* |
| I've Loved You So Long | Lionsgate | 45 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 92 |
| Emma's Bliss | Peccadillo / BFFS | 51 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 90 |
| Lemon Tree | Unanimous Pictures | 26 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 89 |
| Hunger | Pathé / Filmbank | 19 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 85 |
| Waltz with Bashir | Artificial Eye / BFI | 10 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 72 |
| Summer | Vertigo / BFFS | 8 | 21 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 68 |
| shorts | ||||||||
| Booth Story | Raindance / BFFS? | 30 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 91 |
| Pushkin | Raindance / BFFS? | 30 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 86 |
| The Man Who Planted Trees | via Paul Schilling | 17 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 80 |
| High Maintenance | Raindance / BFFS? | 11 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 76 |
| Isaac | South West Screen | 2 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 49 |
(What is an RI? Click for details.)
I've Loved You So Long - Kirsten Scott Thomas gives one of the best performances of her career in this French family drama.
Emma's Bliss - 'a charming, heart-felt tale of romance and loss, brilliantly acted and full of wry humour'
Lemon Tree - Hiam Abbass, last seen in The Visitor, stars as a lonely Palestinian widow caught up in the West Bank conflict.
Hunger - celebrated visual artist Steve McQueen brings a powerful intensity to this study of Bobby Sands and the 1981 hunger strike.
Waltz With Bashir - groundbreaking animated documentary examining one man's role in Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon
Summer - Robert Carlyle won Best Actor at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival for his role in this moving study of loyalty and love - a new BFFS Block Booking title
Societies Represented:
Axbridge (Roxy), Batcombe, Bath, Bath Film Festival, Beer, Blandford Forum, Bracknell, Bradford on Avon, Bridport, Budleigh, Cheltenham, Corsham (Film @ the Pound), Dorchester, Film Dock (Portland), Hook Norton, Ilminster (Cinema at the Warehouse), Kilmersdon (Reel People), Lerryn, Little Witley, Lyme Regis, Malmesbury, Minehead (Regal), Painswick, Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Shipham, Southampton (Phoenix), Stroud & District, Swindon, Tetbury, Topsham, Valley, Wincanton, Yeovil Cinémathèque. (33 Societies)
Special thanks to Tricia McLeod, Adam Walton, Oscar Stringer and all the Film @ the Pound Soc team for their hard work in hosting the event, to the Pound Centre volunteers and to Susie Hazell and her catering team for the excellent lunch.
See the BFFS and South West websites for details of the films shown and contacts for the distributors including latest on the BFFS's distribution of the Raindance shorts - www.bffs.org.uk and www.bffssouthwest.org.uk