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A Firecracker of an Asian line-up
15th Aug 05
 Firecracker Magazine have now announced their line-up for the Firecracker Showcase 2005: London’s East Asian film festival, and what a (fire)cracking assortment of films there are too, with over 40 films in total – most of them UK Premieres – being screened over four venues and eleven days (September 8th-18th).
Covering a whole genre of movies from thrillers to kung fu epics to love stories and cult oddities, the festival is guaranteed to contain something for everyone, whether it be a brand new Asian classic, or the chance to catch a neglected gem on the big screen.
Highlights include Sth Korean movie A Bittersweet Life, Hayao Miyazaki’s Howl’s Moving Castle , Kim Ki-duk’s Samaritan Girl, The Bodyguard (directed by Ong-Bak’s co-star, Petchtai Wonghamlau), the first Thai Zombie movie experience Sars Wars and an all-night Sonny Chiba Triple Bill.
As well as the full festival listings below, there will also be Firecracker Nite Movies, four pre-midnight screenings of Premonition, Sars Wars, Say Yes and Gagamboy at the Gate in Notting Hill on Fri 9th, Sat 10th, Fri 16th and Sat 17th repesctively.
For more information on all the films showing, visit http://www.firecracker-media.com/.
Thu Sept 8th
6:45pm Curzon Mayfair – with free beer courtesy of Cobra!
OPENING FILM - Nuan
Fri Sept 9th
6:30pm, Curzon Mayfair - Green Fish
7:00pm Genesis - Pattaya Maniac
9:00pm Curzon Soho - Samaritan Girl
9:00pm Genesis – Perth
Sat Sept 10th
2:00pm Curzon Mayfair – Sepet
4:00pm Genesis - Running Out of Time 1 & 2 (double bill)
4:30pm Curzon Mayfair - Two Great Sheep
6:30pm Curzon Soho – Howl’s Moving Castle
8:30pm Genesis – Hidden Blade
9:00pm Curzon Soho - Suffocation
Sun Sept 11th
Midnight - Curzon Soho - Sonny Chiba Triple Bill
2:00pm Genesis - A West Lake Moment
4:00pm Genesis - La Visa Loca
9:00pm Curzon Soho – Perth
9:00pm Genesis - The Bodyguard
Mon Sept 12th
7:00pm Genesis - Life Show
9:00pm Genesis – Suffocation
9:00pm Curzon Soho - A Bittersweet Life
Tues Sept 13th
7:00pm Genesis - Master of Everything
9:00pm Curzon Soho - Red Trousers: The Life of the HK Stuntmen
9:00pm Genesis – Gagamboy
Weds Sept 14th
7:00pm Genesis - The Parking Attendant in July
9:00pm Genesis - No Blood No Tears
9:00pm Curzon Soho - Magdalena
Thu Sept 15th
6:30pm Curzon Mayfair - Inner Senses
9:00pm Genesis - Sars War
9:00pm Curzon Soho - Pattaya Maniac
Fri Sept 16th
4:00pm Genesis - Master of Everything
4:30pm Curzon Mayfair - La Visa Loca
6:30pm Curzon Mayfair - A West Lake Moment
7:00pm Genesis - Two Great Sheep
9:00pm Genesis - Gangster
Sat Sept 17th
2:00pm Curzon Mayfair – Life Show
2:00pm Genesis - Magdalena
4:00pm Genesis – Sepet
4:00pm Curzon Mayfair - Sword in the Moon
6:30pm Curzon Mayfair - The Parking Attendant in July
7:30pm Genesis – with free beer courtesy of Cobra!
CLOSING FILM - Crying Fist
Sun Sept 18th
12:00pm Curzon Mayfair – Firecracker Documentary Triple Bill:
Singapore Gaga, The Big Durian, Imelda
4:30pm Curzon Mayfair – Lost in Wu Song
6:45pm Curzon Mayfair - Gangster
More Information
Tickets must be purchased direct from the relevant venue, either in person at the box office, over the phone or at the cinema websites (tickets are now available through all cinema websites!)
Curzon Soho 020 7734 2255,
99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY
(nearest tube: Leicester Square)
Curzon Mayfair 020 7495 0500,
31 Curzon Street, London W1J 7TY
(nearest tube: Green Park)
www.curzoncinemas.com
£8.50 (£5.50 all day Monday; before 5pm Tues-Fri). Triple Bills £6.00.
Genesis 020 7780 2000,
Whitechapel, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
(nearest tubes: Whitechapel / Stepney Green)
www.genesis-cinema.co.uk
£5.90 (£3.80 all day Wednesday; £3.90 concessions; £2.00 OAPs).
Gate, Notting Hill (Nite Movies) 0870 755 0063,
87 Notting Hill Gate, London W11 3JZ
(nearest tube: Notting Hill) www.picturehouses.co.uk
£7.00; £20.00 for “Firecracker Nite Movies” pass.
Firecracker Showcase 2005 is a production of Firecracker Media Ltd, organised by Erika Franklin and Nick North, with Robert Williamson and Alison Wong
For more information, visit http://www.firecracker-media.com/.
Posted by
Rawshark
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