Sat 25 Aug · London International Animation Festival 2007

Kids' programme (U) 2.00 Animation is an amazing way to tell a story or spark an imagination. Welcome to this collection of wondrous little (and big) gems that will intrigue and delight everyone from 4 to 94 - but have been selected to especially excite our youngest, most special audience. For more details please check out the LIAF website at www.liaf.org.uk

THE WORLD IS ROUND (Poland 2006) dir. Jadwiga Krystyna Kowalska 5m. It seems so simple when you explain it properly.

MONTROSE AVENUE (Canada 2006) dirs. Marek Colek & Pat Shewchuk 6m. A little girl gives us the personal tour of HER neighbourhood.

POZZIE (The Circus) (Japan 2006) Misseri Studio 2m. A really neat little liquid circus. Cool!!

THE LITTLE SHORT-SIGHTED SNAKE (Estonia 2006) dirs. Aina Jarvine & Meelis Arulepp 12m. Some snakes are really nice... and this one just needs a little help.

HOW THE SERPENT WAS CHEATED (Russia 2006) "Pilot" Moscow Animation Studio 11m. Even big, slithering, scary serpents don't always win.

SHEEP (Moutons) (France 2006) dirs. S. Blanc, V. Cabrol & A. Valette 6m. Imagine scuba diving sheep under the sea. How can that be?

ROBERTO THE INSECT ARCHITECT (USA 2006) dirs. Galen Fott & Jerry Hunt 10m. Roberto, a termite, likes to build with wood not eat it - so he sets off to the city to pursue his dream of becoming an architect.

GIVE ME A HAND (Czech Republic 2006) dir. Katerina Kacerovska 3m. Everybody needs a little helping hand every now and then.

TZARITA (Canada 2006) dir. Theodore Ushev 7m. A fantastic journey set in motion by a magic sea shell.

GAME (Jeu) (Switzerland 2006) dir. Georges Schwizgebel 4m. This is just like a giant, moving puzzle.... lots and lots of twists and turns!!

£4 Adults/£3 Children

Sat 1 Sep · Late Night

The Polish Connection & Kino Polska present

WE ARE ALL CHRISTS (Wszyscy jestesmy Chrystusami) (15) 11.15pm

(Poland 2006) dir. Marek Koterski 107m. Subtitles. Digital.
Marek Kondrat, Andrzej Chyra, Michal Koterski.

Middle-aged schoolteacher Adam is a recovering alcoholic and embarks on re-establishing a relationship with his son, Sylwester, by listening to the latter's discussions about their lives. Adam is shocked to discover that they both have a different view of their lives, with Adam remembering only the good moments but Sylwester recollecting the depressive impact of his father's alcoholism and his fear of becoming the same one day. The son's confessions cause the father to reflect back on the saddest and most tragic episodes, which, ironically, he himself as a child experienced and forswore for his progeny.

£6.50

Sun 2 Sep · Jewdas presents

Treifspotting (15) 12.00

An afternoon of subversive Jewish film and entertainment from across the globe. Four hours of documentaries and performance that will open your eyes to an alternative way of thinking Jewish. Political, controversial, fun, and forward-thinking, this is not a place for Streisands or Fiddlers on Roofs. From gay rights to comic books, from vegans to the Middle East, all issues for modern Jewry will be explored on screen. Watch, discuss and eat. For more info visit www.jewdas.org.

THE FREE VOICE OF LABOUR - THE JEWISH ANARCHISTS (PG)

(US 1980) dirs. Joel Sucher and Steven Fischler 60m.

Documentary about the Yiddish-speaking anarchists who played a key role in the unionization of the garment trades before World War I. Utilises interviews with actual participants, stills, newsreel footage, Yiddish songs and poems to document the movement's contribution to the U.S. Labour movement between 1880 and the First World War.

+ CONFESSION - A FILM ABOUT ARIEL SCHRAG (15)

(US 2004) dir. Sharon Barnes 25m.

Exploring cult 23 year-old Jewish comic-book artist Ariel Schrag's world in which she negotiates fame, obsesses about disease, and discusses the way she sees herself as a dyke comic book artist.

+ YOUNG, JEWISH AND LEFT (15)

(US 2006) dirs. Irit Reinheimer & Konnie Michael Chameides 55m.

A celebration of diversity from the USA, Young Jewish and Left weaves queer culture, Jewish Arab history, secular Yiddishkeit, anti-racist analysis, and religious/spiritual traditions into a multi-layered tapestry of Leftist politics.

+ music from Le Band Extraordinaire and comedy from Miriam Elia

£5

Sat 8 Sep · Matinee

A THROW OF DICE (U) 1.30

(UK / India 1929) dir. Franz Osten 74m. Digital.
Seeta Devi, Himansu Rai, Charu Roy.

Two rival kings addicted to gambling, Ranjit and the evil Sohan also vie for the same woman, Sunita, Kanwa the hermit's daughter. Ranjit loses his kingdom and his love and becomes Sohan's slave through a crooked game of dice. This charming silent classic (which was lost for many years and only recently unearthed) presents the splendour and beauty of India in a bygone age. This digitally restored print features a new score by Nitin Sawney, performed by Nitin Sawney and the London Symphony Orchestra.

Sat 15 Sep · Matinee

TEN CANOES (15) 1.15

(Australia 2006) dir. Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr 90m. Digital.
Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Djigirr

An engaging story about storytelling, this Cannes Jury Prize winning picture is also the first all-aboriginal Australian film. Our narrator David Gulpilil tells a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of coveting another man's wife, spinning a myth nearly a thousand years old with sharp comedy and astute observations. Shot beautifully, the luminous colours of the swamp combining with stylish black and white sequences, this film gives us a fascinating encounter with a culture whose inner workings many of us will not have seen before. An unmissable one of a kind.

Bitesize Cinema Summer programme (15) 2.15

NATURES WAY
(New Zealand 2005) dir. Jane Shearer 11m.
A young girl is murdered and left for dead deep in native forest. The murderer's first instincts tell him he'll get caught, but as time goes on he thinks he's got away with it. Unfortunately for him, first instincts are usually right as nature aids revenge.

OFFICIAL SELECTION Cannes 2006

ME & HER
(UK 2006) dir. Sarah Tripp. 15m.
Coleen works as a chambermaid in an inner city hotel. Damien has reluctantly taken a job alongside her during his summer holiday. Whilst killing time together Coleen and Damien have discovered an unexpected attraction to each other. During their last shift they fumble their way through hangovers, hovering and personal insecurities until they finally confront the significance of their last working day together. Starring Jo Harley of Shane Meadows' films This Is England & Dead Man'S Shoes. www.sarahtripp.com

CARE
(UK 2005 dir. Corinna Faith 19m.
Mali, a home help, gives good care... but Archie, a cantankerous old bigot, is reluctant to accept it.

BAFTA NOMINEE BEST SHORT 2007

GOODBYE TO THE NORMALS
(UK 2006) dir. Jim Field Smith 4m.
Starring Steve Furst, and commissioned by Robbie Williams' production company, this comic tale explores what might happen if we grew up a little bit too fast... www.goodbyetothenormals.com

COMME UN AIR
(France 2006) dir. Yohann Gloguen 9m.
On a beautiful day in Paris, a well-known musical tune is suddenly picked up by all sorts of people in the streets of the city. Touching, uplifting multi award winning short film from a hot new French talent.

BEST SHORT NOMINEE - European Academy Awards

Visit www.bitesizecinema.com for further info.

£6/£5 Concessions

Sat 29 Sep · Hackney Venezuela Information Centre presents

THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY (12A) 1.15

(UK 2007) dirs. John Pilger & Christopher Martin 98m. Documentary.

"America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling," claimed President George W. Bush in 2005. However, that is exactly what the USA has been doing for the past 50 years, claims John Pilger in this documentary which sets out to debunk the myths of American foreign policy, focusing on Latin America. With revealing interviews with former CIA agents and Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, this is a forceful, thought-provoking, often upsetting documentary.

+ discussion

£6/£5 Concessions