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The Paradjanov Festival 2010 has started at the end of Febrary at BFI Southbank.
It is the first complete showcase of Sergei Paradjanov's films including Artificial Eye releases - ASHIK KERIB - and - THE LEGEND OF THE SURAM FORTRESS -
The festival will move to the Arnolfini Bristol from April 1st.

Father of my ChildrenCinema release: 05.03.2010 - The film follows a happily married father of three and an independent film producer who somehow manages to juggle the never-ending demands of his company with his domestic responsibilities. In addition to massaging artistic egos and keeping one step ahead of his bank, he reluctantly joins the family on an Italian holiday, but on his return, he finds he can no longer maintain any sane work/life balance. Wonderfully reminiscent of Truffaut’s Day for Night in it’s evocation of the world of European cinema…

Takeshis'Cinema release: 12.02.2010 - Beat Takeshi lives the busy, and sometimes surreal, life of a show biz celebrity. But his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, is still an unknown actor waiting for his big break. After crossing paths with Beat, Kitano seems to mysteriously fall into a fantasy state highlighted by aspects of Beat's real life and violent onscreen persona…

The IslandCinema release: 05.02.2010 - Somewhere in Nothern Russia in a small Russian Orthodox monastery lives a very unusual man.
His fellow-monks are confused by his bizarre conduct. Those who visit the island believe that the man has the power to heal, exorcise demons and foretell the future. However, he considers himself unworthy because of a sin he committed in his youth…

The Beaches of AgnèsDVD release: 22.02.2010 - Weaving photography, archive footage, scenes from her own films and present-day sequences, the legendary French auteur Agnès Varda takes us on a memorable voyage through her life, during which she confronts the joys of creation and artistic success and the pain of personal loss and ageing…

The Agnès Varda Collection Vol.2DVD release: 22.02.2010 - Continuing the remarkable versatility of Agnès Varda, this second collection features four more classics from the true visionary of the French New Wave.
Extra features include documentaries, short films, trailers and much more…

Katalin VargaDVD release: 22.02.2010 - Peter Strickland’s startlingly original directorial debut centres around Katalin Varga, who, after being banished by her husband and her village, is left with no other choice than to set out on a quest to find the real father of her son, Orbán…