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THE ARTIST
* Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture (2012)
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, Missi Pyle and John Goodman
Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), it seems the sky’s the limit – major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
Director in attendance: Michel Hazanavicius
Actor in attendance: Jean Dujardin
HARD CORE LOGO 2
Director: Bruce McDonald
Starring: Bruce McDonald, Care Failure, Julian Richings
A sequel to one of the most memorable Canadian films of all time, Hard Core Logo 2 follows Bruce McDonald, the director of the original movie, who finds himself involved with Hard Core Logo once again when a singer he is focusing on claims she is being possessed by the ghost of the band’s lead singer, Joe Dick.
Director in attendance: Bruce McDonald
HEADHUNTERS
Director: Mortem Tyldum
Starring: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Intense and entertaining thriller packed with twists and based on award winning mystery writer Jo Nesbo’s novel, Headhunters’ stars Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as an elite headhunter who finances his lavish lifestyle by stealing art from his own clients.
Director in attendance: Mortem Tyldum
Actors in attendance: Aksel Hennie, Synnøve Macody Lund, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
SHAME
Director: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, James Badge Dale, Nicole Beharie
Michael Fassbender plays a New York man confronting his sexual compulsions and the self-destructive acts of his sister (Carey Mulligan). From the director of Hunger.
Director in attendance: Steve McQueen
Actors in attendance: Michael Fassbender
UNDEFEATED
* Winner of Best Documentary at the 2012 Academy Awards
Directors: Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin
A documentary about a high school football team in inner-city Memphis gaining an inspirational coach and aspiring to win the first playoff game in the school’s 110-year history.
Directors in attendance: Dan Lindsay, TJ Martin
