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Amy – Tickets on Sale Now
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Filmmakers and Amy’s first manager and friend Nick Shymansky in conversation with Jason Solomons after the screening.
The unmissable story of musical icon Amy Winehouse, told by award-winning director Asif Kapadia (Senna). Kapadia weaves a heartbreakingly tender and immersive portrait of Amy the child, girl and the young woman. The result is unforgettable.
23 June, Odeon Swiss Cottage
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Afternoon Delight
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“A smart and funny directorial debut, Jill Soloway (Sundance winner), joins the ranks of Apatow and Tina Fey, as a new force in adult comedy features” Huffington Post
Despite the trappings of a successful life (uber cute husband/son and Silver Lake home) Rachel, played by the phenomenal Kathryn Hahn, has lost all sense of self, purpose and libido. To kick-start the latter, she and her husband visit a strip club where she meets mesmeric sex worker McKenna (Juno Temple).
Hoping to save McKenna, Rachel takes her home as a live-in nanny.
8-14 June, JW3
JW3 Screening
This Is Where I Leave You
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A dramatic comedy featuring Golden Globe winner Jason Bateman; Golden Globe and Emmy winner Tina Fey; and two-time Oscar® winner, Jane Fonda.
When their father passes away, the Altman family’s four grown siblings, are forced to return to their childhood home for the Shiva week, along with their over-sharing mother, spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Confronting their history and their relationships, they reconnect in hysterical and emotionally affecting ways amid the chaos, humour, heartache and redemption that only families can provide.
15-21 June, JW3
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Serial (Bad) Weddings
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A breakout hit in France. The Verneuils are Catholic, well-off and well-educated. They struggle with three daughters who have married, successively, a Jewish man, an Arab man, and an Asian man, so when their fourth daughter falls in love with a Catholic, they’re delighted. But things don’t go to plan and soon the three brothers-in-law are enlisted to prevent the next wedding.
22-30 June, JW3
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Wakolda
“A GENTLY STRIKING AND ACHINGLY TENSE DRAMA” Screen Daily
A deeply atmospheric and eerily gripping thriller, set in the stunning landscape of the Patagonian hills in the 1960s, about an innocent family who unknowingly welcomes a Nazi war criminal into their home.
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UKJF at Montreal
UKJF announces partnership with Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Montréal
UKJF is delighted to be managing the programme for the 2015Festival du Cinéma Israélien de Montréal, which will run from 28th May – 4th June.
Organised by the Communauté Sépharade Unifiée du Québec this festival will bring the latest in contemporary Israeli cinema with 13 outstanding feature films and 11 short films.
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