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Shadows Festival 51st London Film Festival
17 OCTOBER - 1 NOVEMBER 2007

Organised by the British Film Institute
at the National Film Theatre and other venues in London

SEE ALSO: Reviews of FESTIVAL SHORT FILMS
LFF site Opening Night: EASTERN PROMISES
Closing Night: THE DARJEELING LIMITED
Surprise Film: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Galas:
4 MONTHS 3 WEEKS 2 DAYS. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES. BEE MOVIE. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY. I'M NOT THERE. INTO THE WILD. JUNO. LIONS FOR LAMBS. LUST, CAUTION. SICKO. SILENT LIGHT. THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE.


See also Rich's reports on the LFF in
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
BFI site RICH'S BEST OF THE FEST 2007 (so far): 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. RESCUE DAWN. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD. INTO THE WILD. THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY. PERSEPOLIS. THE SAVAGES. I'M NOT THERE.
2007 awards...
First Feature (Sutherland Trophy)
: PERSEPOLIS
Fipresci Award: UNRELATED
Feature Doc (Grierson Award): THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM AND OTHER STORIES
Emerging Talent (Dunhill Award): Sarah Gavron (BRICK LANE)
Satyajit Ray Award: CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (ENDLESS)
T H E   F I L M S
3 DAYS TO FOREVER (Indo)
4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS (Mungiu, Rom)
ALEXANDRA (Rus-Fr)
ALL IS FORGIVEN (Fr)
ALMOST NOTHING (It 1997)
ANDRES AND ME (It)
ANGEL (Ozon, Fr)
AREA BOYS (Nig)
THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD (Dominik, US)
AT SEA (US)
AT THE RIVER (Ukr)
BACK TO NORMANDY (Fr)
BAD HABITS (Mex)
THE BAND'S VISIT (Kolirin, Isr)
THE BANISHMENT (Rus)
EL BAÑO DEL PAPA (Uruguay-Fr-Br)
THE BARKER (US 1928)
BATTLE FOR HADITHA (Broomfield, UK)
BEE MOVIE (Hickner & Smith, US)
BEFORE I FORGET (Fr)
BLACK WHITE + GRAY (Crump, US)
BLUE MONET (Can)
BOY A (Crowley, UK)
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! (Maddin, Can)
THE BREATH (Kor)
BRICK LANE (Gavron, UK)
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' (ENDLESS) (Nemescu, Rom)
CAPTAIN AHAB (Fr)
CARAMEL (Leb)
CARGO 200 (Balabanov, Rus)
CASTING A GLANCE (US)
CATALOGUE OF BIRDS: BOOK 3 (UK)
THE CHAMPAGNE SPY (Isr-Ger)
CHAOS (Egypt-Fr)
CHAOTIC ANA (Medem, Sp)
CHOP SHOP (US)
CITY OF MEN (Morelli, Br)
CLOSING THE RING (Attenborough, UK)
THE COOL SCHOOL (US)
COPACABANA (Arg)
THE CROSSING (US)
DANGEROUS SUPPLEMENT (Kor)
THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Anderson, US)
DAYS AND CLOUDS (It)
DESERT DREAM (Mon)
DISCOVERIES ON THE FOREST FLOOR 1-3 (US)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY (Schnabel, Fr)
DOES YOUR SOUL HAVE A COLD? (Jap)
DOG ALTOGETHER (UK)
DOL - THE VALLEY OF TAMBOURINES (Kur)
DON'T THINK ABOUT IT (It)
DON'T TOUCH THE AXE (Fr)
EASTERN PROMISES (Cronenberg, UK)
ECHO (Den)
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (Akin, Ger)
EMPTIES (Sverak, Cz)
ENCHANTED (Lima, US)
THE ENGLISH SURGEON (UK)
EXODUS (Woolcock, UK)
EXTE - HAIR EXTENSIONS (Jap)
EZRA (Nig)
FAR NORTH (Kapadia, UK)
FAY GRIM (US)
FILM FOR INVISIBLE INK, CASE NO: 71: BASE-PLUS-FOG (US)
FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON (Tai)
FOSTER CHILD (Ph)
FOUR WOMEN (India)
FRIENDS OF JESUS (Sp)
FROZEN (India)
FUGITIVE L(I)GHT (Can)
FUNNY GAMES (Haneke, US)
GARAGE (Abrahamson, Ire)
GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER! (Jap)
GRACE IS GONE (Strouse, US)
THE GREAT WORLD OF SOUND (US)
HANNAH TAKES THE STAIRS (US)
HEARTBEAT DETECTOR (Fr)
HIS EYE ON THE SPARROW (US)
HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME GO (UK)
HORSE THIEVES (Bel-Fr-Can)
HOUNDS (Bel)
HYSTERIA (Can)
I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A GANGSTER (Fr)
I DO (Lartigau, Fr)
I JUST DIDN'T DO IT (Suo, Jap)
I JUST WANTED TO BE SOMEBODY (US)
I'M NOT THERE (Haynes, US)
IMPORT EXPORT (Aut)
IN MEMORY OF ME (It)
IN PRISON MY WHOLE LIFE (UK)
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON (Sington, US)
IN YOUR WAKE (Fr)
LA INFLUENCIA (Spain-Mex)
INTERVIEW (Buscemi, US)
INTO THE WILD (Penn, US)
ISKA'S JOURNEY (Hun)
ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (Den)
THE IVALO RIVER DELTA (UK)
JAR CITY (Ice)
JE SUIS UNE BOMBE (Swi)
JELLYFISH (Isr-Fr)
JETSAM (UK)
JUNO (Reitman, US)
KIDZ IN DA HOOD (Ice)
THE LAST LEAR (India)
THE LAST MISTRESS (Breillat, Fr)
LET'S FINISH! (Kor)
THE LIGHTHOUSE (Rus)
LIONS FOR LAMBS (Redford, US)
LUST, CAUTION (Lee, Chn)
MA WU JIA (Chn)
MAHEK (India)
A MAN'S JOB (Fin)
MARCELA (Cz)
MATAHARIS (Bollain, Sp)
THE MATSUGANE POTSHOT AFFAIR (Jap)
MAUDE (UK)
MAX & CO (Swi)
MID-AFTERNOON BARKS (Chn)
MILKY WAY (Hun)
MISTER LONELY (Korine, UK)
THE MOSQUITO PROBLEM & OTHER STORIES (Bul)
THE MOURNING FOREST (Jap)
MUKHSIN (Mal)
MUNYURANGABO (Rw)
MUTUM (Br-Fr)
MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD (It)
MY KID COULD PAINT THAT (Bar-Lev, US)
NEWS (It)
NIGHT TRAIN (Chn)
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Coen & Coen, US)
NO MERCY FOR THE RUDE (Kor)
THE OBJECT WHICH THINKS US: OBJECT 1 (UK)
ONE HUNDRED NAILS (It)
OPIUM - DIARY OF A MADWOMAN (Hun)
EL OTRO (Arg)
OUR TEN YEARS (Chn)
PART TIME HEROES (Aut)
PERSEPOLIS (Paronnaud & Satrapi, Fr)
PITCHER OF COLORED LIGHT (US)
PLANET TERROR (Rodriguez, US)
PLOY (Thai)
REDACTED (DePalma, US)
REDEMPTION (Nig)
REGARDING THE PAIN OF SUSAN SONTAG (Can)
RESCUE DAWN (Herzog, Ger)
RESERVATION ROAD (George, US)
RETURN TO GOREE (Swi)
SANKARA (Sri)
SATURNO CONTRO (Ozpetek, It)
SAVAGE GRACE (Kalin, US)
THE SAVAGES (Jenkins, US)
SAVIOR'S SQUARE (Pol)
THE SECRET OF THE GRAIN (Fr)
SECRET SUNSHINE (Kor)
A SECRET (Fr)
SEVEN EASY PIECES BY MARINA ABRAMOVIC (US)
SHADOW TRAP (UK)
SHOTGUN STORIES (US)
SICK SERENA AND DREGS AND WRECK AND WRECK (UK)
SICKO (Moore, US)
SILENT LIGHT (Reygadas, Mex)
SON OF RAMBOW (Jennings, UK)
SOULJAH (UK)
STARS (Arg)
STATE LEGISLATURE (US)
THE SUBSTITUTE (Den)
SUBSTITUTE (Fr)
SUMMER RAIN (Sp)
TALK TO ME (Lemmons, US)
TAXI FOR THE COMEDIAN (UK)
TERROR'S ADVOCATE (Fr)
THIEVES (Marques, Sp)
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE (Bier, US)
THE THREAD OF LIFE (Syr)
TODAY! (US)
THE TRAP (Ser)
TUYA'S MARRIAGE (Chn)
THE UNFORESEEN (US)
THE UNPOLISHED (Ger)
UNRELATED (UK)
UPA! AN ARGENTINE FILM (Arg)
VALZER (It)
VERY WELL, THANK YOU (Fr)
VEXILLE (Jap)
VICTORY OVER THE SUN (US)
THE VOYEURS (India)
A WALK INTO THE SEA (US)
WATER LILIES (Fr)
WATER SPELL (US)
WE WANT ROSES TOO (It)
WITH YOUR PERMISSION (Den)
WOLFSBERGEN (Ned)
THE WORLD UNSEEN (SA)
WU YONG (Chn)
YOBI, THE FIVE-TAILED FOX (Kor)
YOU, THE LIVING (Swe)
LA ZONA (Sp)
ZOO (Devor, US)
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