Closing Feature: Hotel Very Welcome + Q&A

Followed by Closing Night Awards Party

ICA CINEMA 1
14 March 6.30PM

*UK premiere*

Introduction and exclusive Q&A with special guests Sonja Heiss and Chris O'Dowd ("The IT Crowd")

Sonja Heiss’ first feature is a brilliant docu-style portrayal of five Westerners travelling across well-trodden paths of Asia. Co-starring Chris O’Dowd.

Unrelated + Q&A

ICA CINEMA 1
11 March 6.15PM

A continental-style gem following 40-something Anna as she arrives at friend Verena’s Tuscan villa. After a humiliating episode Anna fears she is condemned to a life on the periphery.

XXY + Q&A

ICA CINEMA 1
12 March 9PM

A young hermaphrodite child and her friend explore their sexuality and differences with open-mindedness, while her parents battle against society’s prejudice.

Expired + Q&A

ICA CINEMA 1
13 March 8.30PM
Repeated ICA CINEMA 2 14 March 6.15PM

*UK premiere*

Claire (Samantha Morton) is an unimposing, sweet-tempered meter maid whose sheltered existence with her stroke-afflicted mother is jolted when she meets Jay (Jason Patric), a troubled fellow parking officer. Director Q&A TBC.

Sakuran

ICA CINEMA 1
8 March 8.30PM

*UK premiere*

The Anti-Memoirs of a Geisha, Sakuran is a luscious visual treat from popular Japanese photographer Mika Ninagawa.

Sleepwalking Land + Q&A

ICA Cinema 1
8 March 1PM

*UK premiere*

A heart-rending and fantastical tale about a boy desperate to find the family he lost in the Mozambique civil war, based on the popular novel by Mia Couto.

Antonia

ICA CINEMA 1
7 March 9:00PM

A feel good film about a Brazilian girlband and their various struggles living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo.

Caramel

ICA CINEMA 1
13 March 6:30PM

A delightful comedy following the lives of five women working in a Beirut beauty parlour.

Ecology + Q&A

ICA CINEMA 1
8 March 3:30PM

A look at the unsettling side of family holiday takes the themes of destruction and renewal as metaphors in Sarah Turner's visually compelling experimental feature Ecology.

Persepolis

ICA CINEMA 1
11 March 9PM

One of the best and most distinctive animated films for grown-ups in recent years, this highly accessible girl’s eye view of Iran’s Islamic Revolution is a rare treat that defies categorisation. You know you have to.

Actresses / Actrices

ICA CINEMA 2
8 March 8.30PM
(repeaded Cinema 2, 9 March 8:30PM)

Hilarious off-beat film. A 40-year-old single actress struggles with maternal desires, a new stage role and a smouldering Louis Garrel.

The Mourning Forest

ICA CINEMA 2
10 March 6.30PM

Winner: Cannes Grand Jury Prize 2007. A melancholy tale of grief and reconciliation. Young caregiver Machiko and her patient Shigeki wind up stranded in a forest where they embark on an exhausting and enlightening two-day journey.

The Unpolished

ICA CINEMA 2
10 March 8.45PM

The story of Stevie, a girl caught up in a complicated adult world where child/parent roles have been washed away and responsibilities are thrown back and forth.

The Last Mistress / Une Vielle Maitresse

ICA CINEMA 2
7 March 6:30PM

France 1835: in order to take the hand of a beautiful, young aristocrat, Ryno de Marigny must first disentangle himself from the grip of his ten-year love affair with devilish seductress Vellini.

Stages + Q&A

ICA CINEMA 2
12 March 6.30PM

*UK premiere*

Despite being divorced Roos and Martin continue to battle out old disagreements over coffee and cake; meanwhile their teenage son retreats from his dysfunctional parents using the power of silence.