The Band's Visit has been ruled ineligible as Israel's entry for the Oscar's Foreign Language category as too much of the film is in English. Joseph Cedar's Beaufort is now tipped to replace it as Israel's bid.

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Both films are showing as part of this year's festival.

The Band's Visit opens the festival at the West End Gala in Leicester Square on October 29th. It plays again on Saturday 3rd November at The Screen on the Hill. Click here for full synopsis and details

Beaufort is screening at The Screen on the Hill on Sunday 4th November and again at Odeon Swiss Cottage on Sunday 11th November. Click here for full synopsis and more details.

The Year My Parents went on Vacation, one of the films showing in this year's festival, has been recently selected as the Brazilian entry for the upcoming Academy Awards.

The film is one of the Closing Night Galas at The Screen on the Hill on Thursday 8th November, 6.50pm. To book tickets please call 020 7435 3366.

It shows again at the Richmond Filmhouse on Sunday 11th November at 12pm. To book tickets please call 0871 703 399.

 

Actress Tracey Ann Oberman will be introducing My Mexican Shivah on 11th November at Odeon Swiss Cottage.

To book tickets please call the Odeon Swiss Cottage on 0871 232 44 007

Barak Heymann, one of the directors of 'Bridge Over the Wadi' will be attending both screenings at this year's festival. He will take part in the post screening discussion at SOAS on Tuesday 13 November, and a Q&A following the screening on Wednesday 14 November.

Director Marcus Carney will be attending the screening of his film 'The End of the Neubacher Project' and participating in a post screening Q&A. The film is showing at the ICA on Monday 12 November at 6.30pm. To book tickets please call The ICA box office 020 7930 3647 or visit www.ica.org.uk

Florence Strauss, the director of 'Between Two Notes' will be attending a post screening discussion about her film on Thursday 15th November at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS.

To reserve your place please call the festival office on 0207 415 7178

 

 

Louis Lentin, director of Grandpa Speak To Me In Russian, will be attending the screening of his film on 6th November, and will be participating in a Q&A session afterwards.

Tuesday 6th November, 4.45pm, The Screen on the Hill

To book tickets please call The Screen on the Hill on 0207 435 3366