Lux film fest 2019

Attending a screening inspired a near-100% AS coursework production last year, and with the host of guest speakers (actors, directors, writers, crew) doing post-screening Q+As, not to mention that most of these Indies won't gain distribution here beyond the festival, its well worth a look...

Not all have trailers, some are kickstarter funded; I've put together a playlist of what trailers I could find, + linked these or a web page. If you've never seen Educating Rita - take this chance to do so!!! Never Grow Old and Gwen look especially interesting, and Robert the Bruce has provoked much debate...

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Fri 13Sep @ Kinepolis Kirchberg @ 19:00: Opening & ExtraOrdinary (IE, 94 mins), by Mike Ahern&Enda Loughma

Weird black magic satire...

Sat 14Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 19:00: Rosie (IE, 86 mins) by Paddy Breathnach (written by Roddy Doyle)

Social realist drama. Cathy Comes Home meets I, Daniel Blake.

Sat 14Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 21:30: Robert the Bruce (SC, 123 mins) by Richard Gray. GUEST: Angus MacFayden, actor

21st century Braveheart?

Sun 15Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 14:00: The Kid Who Would be King (EN/US, 120 mins) by Joe Cornish

4 secondary schoolkids take on the King Arthur role...Patrick Stewart the Merlin role...

Sun 15Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 19:30: The Amber Light (SC, 93 mins) by Adam Park, followed by a Free Whisky Tasting . GUEST: Adam Park, director 

(KICKSTARTER FUNDED DOC) "A tasty and fascinating road movie, The Amber Lightjourneys through the lesser-known parts of Scottish whisky culture. Spirits writer Dave Broom seeks a deeper understanding of his national drink and its links to music, literature and history." (Mubi)

Mon 16Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 19:00: The Flip Side (EN/AU, 90 mins) by Marion Pilowsky

Anglo-Aussie rom-com, Eddie Izzard.

Mon 16Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 21:30: Gwen (WA, 84 mins) by William McGregor

Gothic period drama (19th century Snowdonia). Maxine Peake.

Tue 17Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 18:30: Alcock & Brown, theTrue Story (IE, 88) by Kevin Glynn. GUEST: director Kevin Glynn

DOC on the 1st non-stop transatlantic flight, 1919

Tue 17Sep @ Cinémathèque@ 20:30: The Man Who Wanted ToFly (IE, 82) by GUEST DIRECTOR Frank Shouldice

Extraordinary true story (DOC) on an 80 year-old digging up his own runway as he pursues his unlikely dream to fly...

Wed 18Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 18:30: The Spirit of the Game (LU, 77 mins) by GUEST DIRECTOR Liam McEvoy

DOC about a Lux ice hockey team. Eng+subtitles.

Wed 18Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 20:30: The Grandisons (EN, 70 mins) by GUEST DIRECTOR Jamie Benyon + ACTOR Julian Nest

Quirky dramedy about a dysfunctional gathering

Thurs 19Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 18:30: Chariots of Fire (EN, 125 mins) by Hugh Hudson(1981)

Public schoolboy runner classic...Arguably best remembered for the Vangelis soundtrack

Thurs 19Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 20:30: Educating Rita (EN/IR, 110 mins) by Lewis Gilbert(1983)

Timeless classic comedy: Michael Caine miseducates Julie Walters.

Fri 20Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 18:30: Hurt by Paradise (EN, 82 mins) by GUEST WRITER, DIRECTOR, ACTOR Greta Bellamacina + ACTOR Robert Montgomery

"a kind of London version of “Frances Ha”" - Marmite then...

Fri 20Sep @ Cinémathèque @ 20:30: Never Grow Old (IE/LU/BE/FR, 100 mins) by GUEST DIRECTOR Ivan Kavanagh + cast + crew

"An Irish undertaker profits when outlaws take over a peaceful American frontier town, but his family comes under threat as the death toll rises." With John Cusack.

Sat 21Sep @ Ciné Utopia @ 19:00: Awards & Downton Abbey (EN, 122 mins) by Michael Engler

Retch redux.

Sun 22Sep @ Kinepolis Kirchberg@ 13:30: Shorts Programme, preceded by a Brunch