The London Film Festival has been building momentum over the past month or so but let’s not forget that there’s a fair few others happening across the UK too. The Cambridge Film Festival (CFF) is now in it’s 30th year and have released their opening and closing night lineups in a press release.
CFF runs from 16th – 26th September and will open with the UK Premiere of Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element, Leon, The Big Blue) lavish new fantasy costume drama, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, starring Louise Bourgoin and Mattieu Amalric (Mesrine, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
New also comes that the Festival will wrap with Nigel Cole’s (Calendar Girls) eagerly awaited Made In Dagenham starring Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone.
I’ll let you check out the full pres release below for all the extra details. You can keep up to date with all the up to date developments on www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk or follow them on Twitter @camfilmfest.
30th CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL
16-26 September 2010
www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
The 30th Cambridge Film Festival (16-26 Sept) will open on Thursday Sept 16 with the UK Premiere of Luc Besson’s (The Fifth Element, Leon, The Big Blue) lavish new fantasy costume drama, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, starring Louise Bourgoin and Mattieu Amalric (Mesrine, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly).
“Forget Lara Croft or Indiana Jones, there is a new tomb raider in town, and her name is Adèle Blanc-Sec!” Mark Adams, Screen Daily.
The Festival will wrap things up on Sunday Sept 26 with Nigel Cole’s (Calendar Girls) eagerly awaited Made In Dagenham starring Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky), Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike and Jaime Winstone.
Over ten days in between the Arts Picturehouse will present a “veritable smorgasbord of new and vintage movies” (Time Out), and celebrate all things cinematic, from the briefest short made on a micro budget, to silent epics on the mighty Air Screen. This year’s event promises to present its usual eclectic mix of UK premieres, cult classics international guests, tributes and themed programmes, documentaries and family features.
Says Festival Director Tony Jones: “ Luc Besson is a prolific writer, producer and director and a perennial favourite with Cambridge audiences. Over the years we’ve screened many of his films – Angel-A, Subway, The Last Battle, Leon, Nikita – so we’re thrilled to kick off our 30th edition with his latest, The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, a romping period adventure which marks a real return to form for the maverick French filmmaker”.
