Filmchair.com @ The Times BFI London Film Festival 2009
October 29, 2009
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So Filmchair.com have just finished spending time at its first film festival. So what actually happens at these things? Is it just Hollywood parties, boozing, chatting up hot film stars, being cool to be seen? Well it might be but we didn’t get involved with any of that.
So what did we do? Well here is our tale of how we embraced the festival.
Up in the Air
October 29, 2009
Ryan Bingham is a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching a number of frequent flyer miles, he has a figure in his head and just after he’s met the frequent-traveller woman of his dreams
Twitters from the Film Festival
October 29, 2009
Did you know we have a twitter account? well we do, this is just some of the stuff we tweeted from The Times BFI London Film Festival! follow us at www.twitter.com/filmchair.com
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Are off to the 53 London film festival today. First up Michael Caine film Harry Brown
Cup of tea and a muffin in the delgate centre after asking the hot pr girl what I should be doing
Sat down waiting for Harry brown to start after lee took me to the wrong place
Harry brown is one scary film, going to help every old person I see cross the road
Day 2 of our trips to the bfi London film festival. Up early, cold and want more sleep but going to my first real press confrence.
Busy screening for an education let’s hope it’s good
An education was a tough one at this time in the morning. Alright though but I think more of a film for your mums
Not sure on eticate but sat at the press confrence waiting for the crew of an education!got a clooney film to see!
Nick hornby can suck my nut. I waited half an hour and he is running late, no food no booze. Off to see up in the air
Hot pr girl let me down and didn’t tell me to book tickets. Never mind got the last return for up in the air
Well worth the panic. The best film I have seen this year, Micheal Clayton v super bad, not quite but I can not think of another
Sat in on an interview with Robert connelly which has been a highlight and now to see balibo his film
Just rocked a red carpet but not going to the film as I seen it this morning. But still cool
At the european premier of balimo
End of my secound day at the film festival. Been long and rushed. Got a head ach but an education in film. 12 hours and the next film starts
Today is not good. Clive Owen film and confrence but phone dead. Will tweet if possible
just left the Clive Owen film, it was good but another one that my mum would like more then i did, lets see what comes up @ the press conf!
Watching an odd documentry about a town in the US. not sure about it but it’s another big one this eve. Clive owen Conf was really cool
is procrastinating. should be writing stuff before the scouting book for boys but is playing on facebook and looking for the truth! kanye?
got my first question after the show with the stars. Also got the bloke from lock stock but I didnt get him to say horti-fucking-cultalist.
Wah do dem
October 29, 2009
Max lives in Brooklyn. He enjoys playing soccer, skateboarding, and drinking with his friends at local bars. Last summer he and his girlfriend, Willow, won a free cruise to Jamaica but two days before the trip she dumps him cold. When his friends flake, Max winds up alone on the high seas, navigating the crowds of gray-haired cruisers. Over the course of several days he flirts with the staff photographer, drinks cocktails with the boat’s celebrity juggler and has several strange encounters with the only other loner.
The scouting book for boys
October 29, 2009
David and Emily, both 14, live almost as brother and sister (they’re not) on a Caravan Park on the coast of Norfolk. They fill their days walking down water slides and jumping between Caravan roofs. Then Emily goes missing, and slowly David’s life begins to transform in ways he’d never imagined.
Filmchair.com attended the UK Premier of this film as part of The Times 53rd Bfi London Film Festival. To find out more about the festival and for insights from cast and crew please see: click here
The Informant
October 29, 2009
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Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake - being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he’s a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him.
This film was submitted to The Times 53rd London Film Festival. For a detailed look at our adventures at the festival please click here.
The Boys are Back
October 29, 2009
Inspired by a true story, THE BOYS ARE BACK is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sports writer who, in the wake of his wife’s tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood.
This film was submitted to The Times 53rd BFI London Film Festival . For more details please visit: click here
Mugabe and the White African
October 29, 2009
In 2008 Mike Campbell - one of the few remaining white farmers in Zimbabwe to have held fast in the face of the violent ‘Land Reform’ programme - took the unprecedented step of challenging President Robert Mugabe before the SADC International Court (SADC - South African Development Community) to defend his farm, which is also home to 500 black workers and their families, and to charge Mugabe and his government with racial discrimination and with violations of Human Rights.
Balibo
October 29, 2009
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As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East’s determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. BALIBO is a political thriller that tells the true story of crimes that have been covered up for over thirty years.
As you will see in more detail in the Diary of the film festival this film was 7 years in the making. For more details please visit: Click Here
Fourfivethreesixfive (45365)
October 29, 2009
45365 explores the congruities of daily life in an American town. From the patrol car to the courtroom, the playground to the nursing home, the parade to the prayer service, it explores relationships and interactions with people and their environment. The stories of a father and son, a young relationship, cops and criminals, officials and their electorate coalesce into a mosaic of faces, places, and events. 45365 is a portrait of a city and its people.
This was the first documentary I watched at The Times 53rd Bfi London Film Festival. To read more about my experience at the festival, please click here.
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