

OPENS 16 FEB
ALBERT NOBBS
Award winning actress Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) plays a woman caught in an unusual love triangle. Passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th century Ireland, some thirty years after donning men’s clothing, she finds herself lost in a prison of her own making. Mia Wasikowska (Helen), Aaron Johnson (Joe) and Brendan Gleeson (Dr. Holloran) also join a prestigious, international cast that includes Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Janet McTeer, Brenda Fricker and Pauline Collins.
Rodrigo Garcia directs from a script that Glenn Close, along with Man Booker prize-winning novelist John Banville and Gabriella Prekop, adapted from a short story by Irish author George Moore.

OPENS 08 MAR
A SEPARATION
Nader (Peyman Moaadi) and Simin (Leila Hatami) argue about living abroad. Simin prefers to live abroad to provide better opportunities for their only daughter, Termeh. However, Nader refuses to go because he thinks he must stay in Iran and take care of his father (Ali-Asghar Shahbazi), who suffers from Alzheimers. However, Simin is determined to get a divorce and leave the country with her daughter.
Official Competition Award for Best Film at the Sydney Film Festival 2011

OPENS 29 MAR
The Rabbi's Cat
Algiers, 1920s. Rabbi Sfar has more than one problem. His beautiful daughter is becoming a teenager and above all, his parrot-killing cat has just started talking! The delivery of a box from Russia further complicates things when a painter is discovered inside, more dead than alive. He is on a quest for a hidden tribe and its mythical city in Africa. Convinced that the city exists, he sets off on an incredible adventure, taking with him the Rabbi, his cat, a wise old Arab Sheikh and an eccentric Russian millionaire. Sfar’s style and vision carries a universal message of tolerance.

OPENS 19 APR
LIFE DURING WARTIME
Solondz revisits the extended Jordan family in LIFE DURING WARTIME, a part sequel/ part variation on his acclaimed film HAPPINESS. Ten years have passed since a series of shocking and catastrophic revelations shattered the world of the Jordans. Now, ghosts circle and loom, trouble and console, as the family members are each embroiled in their own dilemmas.




