Schedule August 2012
Wednesday
1/8 22:30
Fresh releases
Elles
Dir. Malgoska Szumowska
The world's oldest profession still has its secrets...Why do intelligent and ambitious young women decide to become prostitutes? Are there any other reasons besides economic hardship? What about the women who are trying to balance work and family?
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Thursday
2/8 22:30
Fresh releases
Whores´ Glory
Dir. Michael Glawogger
WHORES' GLORY is a cinematic triptych on prostitution, that takes us to Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. Three countries, three languages, three religions - three very different sexual cultures. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Glawogger paints a poetic portrait of the real nightlife through the eyes of prostitutes. WHORES' GLORY was awarded the Special "Orizzonti" Jury prize at the 2011 Venice film festival. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Friday
3/8 22:30
Fresh releases
Drive
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
DRIVE is American neo noir crime thriller about a Hollywood stunt driver by day, a loner by nature who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Saturday
4/8 22:30
Scandalous cinema
Emmanuelle
Dir. Just Jaeckin
The most popular soft porn film of all time, and a breakout box-office hit around the world, EMMANUELLE stars Sylvia Kristel as the eponymous heroine who is sexually awakened through a series of erotic adventures. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Sunday
5/8 22:30
Cinema classic
Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe 50th Farewell Anniversary Dir. Billy Wilder
SOME LIKE IT HOT is a hilarious comedy directed by Billy Wilder, who is regarded as one of the most successful and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood´s golden age. The film´s sparkling script is complemented with a trio of terrific lead performances by Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. The American Film Institute has listed SOME LIKE IT HOT as the greatest American comedy film of all time. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Monday
6/8 22:30
Fresh releases
Even the Rain / También la lluvia
Dir. Icíar Bollaín
EVEN THE RAIN is a movie about making a movie that sets up an intriguing dialogue about Spanish imperialism and the struggle for basic needs in third world countries in the present day through incidents taking place some 500 years apart. "It's a brilliant movie. At a time when the poor of the world seem to be rising up, I found myself deeply moved and completely enthralled by this film. I encourage everyone in search of a great movie to go see EVEN THE RAIN." —Michael Moore | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Tuesday
7/8 22:30
Fresh doc
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Dir. Morgan Spurlock
Directed by boundary-pushing filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD is a documentary that explores the world of branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Wednesday
8/8 22:30
Chosen humor
MATTI - Hell is for Heroes
Dir. Aleksi Mäkela
MATTI is a true story about the unreal life of a real person, the famous Finnish ski-jumping champion and hapless screw-up Matti Nykänen who loved the sport so much that he rose to the top of his game and became the best in the world winning everything possible during his career – four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships and forty six World Cup circuit victories. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Thursday
9/8 22:30
Chosen humor
The Rum Diary
Dir. Bruce Robinson
Absolutely Nothing in Moderation! THE RUM DIARY, directed by Bruce Robinson ("Withnail & I") and starring Johnny Depp, is based on the debut novel of the same name by the legendary journalist Hunter S. Thompson ("Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"). It chronicles a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown of San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Friday
10/8 22:30
Cinema classic
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Dir. Jacques Demy
A film for all the young lovers of the wide, wide world...THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG, directed by Jacques Demy, is one of the most beautiful and popular love stories, with its unforgettable music and gloriously colorful images evoking the exaltation of first love.. and the heartbreakingly bittersweet remembrance of dashed hopes.
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Friday
10/8 23:59
Special event
French Film Night (curator Marian Kivila)
Augustiunetus esitleb: Pärnu Fideofest
The aim of the Pärnu Film and Video Festival – FIDEOFESTIVAL has been to map the Estonian audiovisual landscape (film, video art, documentary anthropology, and virtual media) and offer insights into what happens in the rest of the world on a non-commercial experimental level. | DETAILS |
Saturday
11/8 22:30
Scandalous cinema
Emmanuelle
Dir. Just Jaeckin
The most popular soft porn film of all time, and a breakout box-office hit around the world, EMMANUELLE stars Sylvia Kristel as the eponymous heroine who is sexually awakened through a series of erotic adventures. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Saturday
11/8 23:59
Special event
Spanish Short Films Night + KIWA AV- performance LIVE
Augustiunetus esitleb: Pärnu Fideofest
The aim of the Pärnu Film and Video Festival – FIDEOFESTIVAL has been to map the Estonian audiovisual landscape (film, video art, documentary anthropology, and virtual media) and offer insights into what happens in the rest of the world on a non-commercial experimental level. | DETAILS |
Sunday
12/8 22:30
Chosen humor
Iron Sky
Dir. Timo Vuorensola
In 1945 the Nazis went to the Moon – and in 2018 they´re coming back!Iron Sky is a sci-fi action comedy, that tells the heroic story of German Nazis who, after being defeated in 1945, fled to the dark side of Moon, and now plan to return and conquer Earth. Let the invasion begin!
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Monday
13/8 22:00
Fresh releases
Vuosaari
Dir. Aku Louhimies
NAKED HARBOUR, the latest feature from Finnish helmer Aku Louhimies, is a film about the need to be seen and touched, to love and be loved. Set in a Helsinki suburb called Vuosaari, it follows a collection of disparate people and paints a harshly poetic picture of life in contemporary Finland. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Tuesday
14/8 22:00
Fresh releases
The King´s Speech
Dir. Tom Hooper
Based on the true story of King George VI, THE KING'S SPEECH follows the monarch's, played to huge acclaim by Colin Firth, quest to find his voice, and an unlikely friendship that will help him overcome his impediment and boldly lead the country through war. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Wednesday
15/8 22:00
Fresh releases
Gainsbourg (Vie héroïque)
Dir. Joann Sfar
His music was visionary. His lovers were legendary. His life was extraordinary. This unconventional and visually imaginative portrait of the charismatic provocateur Serge Gainsbourg is based on renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar's graphic novel about the iconic Frenchman. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Thursday
16/8 22:00
Cinema classic
Nipernaadi
Eesti Päevaleht esitleb Dir. Kaljo Kiisk
The ADEVNTURER is one of the most poetic and scenic gems of Estonian cinema. It´s a road movie about an aimless drifter called Toomas Nipernaadi. The feature directed by legendary filmmaker Kaljo Kiisk is based on the 1928 novel by Estonian author August Gailit. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Friday
17/8 22:00
Fresh releases
The Skin I Live In
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar´s latest film THE SKIN I LIVE IN, based on Thierry Jonquet's novel "Tarantula", is a Hitchcockian thriller starring Antonio Banderas as a prominent plastic surgeon experimenting with human skin. A fatal accident leaves him thirsty for revenge, and equipped with the perfect tools he is unstoppably merciless.. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Saturday
18/8 22:00
Fresh releases
Whores´ Glory
Dir. Michael Glawogger
WHORES' GLORY is a cinematic triptych on prostitution, that takes us to Thailand, Bangladesh and Mexico. Three countries, three languages, three religions - three very different sexual cultures. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Michael Glawogger paints a poetic portrait of the real nightlife through the eyes of prostitutes. WHORES' GLORY was awarded the Special "Orizzonti" Jury prize at the 2011 Venice film festival. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Sunday
19/8 22:00
Chosen humor
Four lions
Dir. Cris Morris
FOUR LIONS, the ambitious feature film debut of Chris Morris, a pitch black jihad satire following a group of inept British would-be terrorists. It´s a comic tour de force, showing that-while terrorism is about ideology, it can also be about idiots. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Monday
20/8 22:00
Movie Gem
Certified copy
Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
Juliette Binoche won the Best Actress prize in Cannes for her performance in this playful and provocative romantic drama from the legendary Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarostami, his first feature made outside of Iran. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Tuesday
21/8 22:00
Fresh releases
The Artist
Dir. Michel Hazanavicius
This charming love letter to silent cinema, shot in exquisite black-and-white, is a real gem of a movie carried by delightful performances from its stars. It´s the little silent black-and-white movie that could... in the age of 3D extravaganzas. Simply delightful! A must for all cinephiles! | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Wednesday
22/8 22:00
Movie Gem
Paris, I Love You
Dir. 22 directors, Olivier Assayas, Coenid et al
An astonishing line-up of internationally renowned directors and actors rediscover the city of Paris in this collective film project about love. Through the witty and serendipitous narratives set in the neighbourhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented and awakened. Enchanting! | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Thursday
23/8 22:00
Cult and freak films
The Night of The Living Dead
Dir. George A. Romero
George A. Romero´s revolutionary horror classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is a 1968 low-budget indie film, the mother of all zombie movies, that introduced cinema goers to a new type of monster - reanimated flesh-eating cannibals, and gave birth to a new genre. They're coming to get you... | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Friday
24/8 22:00
Chosen humor
Iron Sky
Dir. Timo Vuorensola
In 1945 the Nazis went to the Moon – and in 2018 they´re coming back!Iron Sky is a sci-fi action comedy, that tells the heroic story of German Nazis who, after being defeated in 1945, fled to the dark side of Moon, and now plan to return and conquer Earth. Let the invasion begin!
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Saturday
25/8 22:00
Fresh releases
Drive
Dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
DRIVE is American neo noir crime thriller about a Hollywood stunt driver by day, a loner by nature who moonlights as a top-notch getaway driver-for-hire in the criminal underworld. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Sunday
26/8 22:00
Movie Gem
Biutiful
Dir. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
BIUTIFUL is a deeply humane drama directed by Mexican auteur Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amores Perros, Babel), which is anchored by a heartbreakingly soulful performance by Javier Bardem who carries the movie with magnetic force. BIUTIFUL premiered at Cannes in 2010, with Bardem winning the Best Actor Award, and was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at Oscars, while Javier Bardem was nominated for Best Actor. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Monday
27/8 22:00
Movie Gem
Klitschko
Dir. Sebastian Dehnhardt
KLITSCHKO tells the captivating story of the boxing world’s most famous brothers: Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko. From the socialist drill of their childhood in the Ukraine, and their first successes as amateurs, to their move to Germany and subsequent rise as international stars on the verge of holding the championship titles of all five boxing federations. Along the way they experience defeats and setbacks, low points and triumphant comebacks as well as conflicts with each other. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Tuesday
28/8 22:00
Chosen humor
The Swimsuit Issue
Dir. Måns Herngren
Inspired by such British comedies like The Full Monty and Calendar Girls, this delightful Swedish comedy deftly mixes slapstick with insights on such issues as gender rivalry and the unfashionable appearance of middle-aged men in swimsuits! | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Wednesday
29/8 22:00
Fresh releases
The Woman in The Fifth
Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski
American writer Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke) arrives in Paris to be closer to his young daughter who is living with his estranged ex-wife. Completely broke, he accepts a job as a night guard for a local crime boss. Stationed in a basement office, his only task is to push a button when a bell rings. The tranquility of the night, he hopes, will help him focus on his new novel. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Thursday
30/8 22:00
Fresh releases
Broken Embraces
Dir. Pedro Almodóvar
Passion, obsession, wealth, jealousy, family, guilt, creativity, and cinema mesh in this romantic thriller by renown Spanish auteur Pedro Almodovar. A luminous Penelope Cruz stars as an actress who sacrifices everything for true love. | DETAILS | TRAILER |
Friday
31/8 21:00
Chosen humor
3 selected movies*
Eriti Halbade Filmide ÖÖ 21-03:"LEGENDARY Z-MOVIES": Ed Wood jt.
Special screening featuring 3 legendary z-movies: Harold P. Warren´s "Manos: The Hands of Fate" (1966), Nicholas Webster´s "Santa Claus Conquers the Martians" (1964), and Edward Wood´s "Plan 9 from Outer Space" (1959). | DETAILS | TRAILER |
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