Birmingham Internation Film Society

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  1. 18:15 Tue 28th February

    Me and My Sister (Les Sœurs Fâchées) (15)
    Dir: Alexandra Leclère
    France 2004 1hr 28mins French with subtitles

    A thoroughly charming, funny and blackly entertaining film

    — Dvd Times

    Louise comes to Paris from the country for an interview about her manuscript, and gets to visit her older sister, Martine. Louise… More

  2. 20:00 Tue 28th February

    The Hedgehog (Le Herisson) + Togo Igawa (12A)
    Dir: Mona Achache
    France 2009 1hr 39mins French with subtitles

    Warms the heart with insights both painful and profound

    — Screen Fanatic

    Paloma is a bright and serious 11 year-old girl, who is sick of her life, and plans to kill herself in a year’s time. Armed with a… More

  3. 18:00 Tue 6th March

    Blood in the Mobile + Q&A (E)
    Dir: Frank Poulsen
    Denmark 2011 1hr 23mins

    A truly shocking film

    — Derek Malcolm

    Mobile phones have become a seemingly indispensable accessory for modern life, yet behind the story of their success lies the dark and… More

  4. 20:00 Tue 6th March

    Colossal Youth (Juventude em Marcha) (15)
    Dir: Pedro Costa
    Portugal 2006 2hrs 30mins Portuguese with subtitles

    The most important filmmaker working today

    — Distant Voices

    Costa’s epic is set in Fontainhas, a slum district of Lisbon. The central figure is Ventura, a former labourer from Cape Verde.… More

  5. 18:15 Thu 15th March

    Blank City (E) FREE SCREENING c/o BIFS + Flatpack Festival (E)
    Dir: Celine Danhier
    USA 2011 1hr 36mins

    The fabled downtown Manhattan avant-filmmaking scene of yore gets its due in this passionate chronicle of cinematic rebellion

    — Film Journal International

    An exhilarating and unique portrait of New York in the mid-70s and 80s, at the time a wasteland of cheap rent and cheap drugs, focusing… More

  6. 18:15 Tue 20th March

    Hell and Back Again (15)
    Dir: Danfung Dennis
    USA 2011 1hr 28mins

    I can\'t recall a documentary shaped quite this way. Dennis handles it with integrity, and the effect is painful and deeply moving

    — Philip French, The Observer

    In 2009, U.S. Marines launched a major assault on a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. Dropped deep behind enemy lines, 25 year-old Sergeant… More

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