12 Oct 2013
B for Boy
B for Boy is a contemporary drama set in Nigeria, about one woman's desperate need for a male child, which reveals the discrimination of women in the names of culture and religion.
Lumière & Company
Fourty intriguing films from the world's leading directors
40 international directors were asked to make a short film using the original Cinematographe invented by the Lumière Brothers, working under conditions similar to those of 1895. There were three rules: (1) The film could be no longer than 52 seconds, (2) no synchronized sound was permitted, and (3) no more than three takes.
Top Billed Cast
Jeff Alperi Policeman (segment "David Lynch")
Romane Bohringer (segment "Claude Miller")
Bruno Ganz Damiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
Ticky Holgado (segment "Claude Lelouch")
Alan Rickman (segment "John Boorman")
Liam Neeson (segment "John Boorman")
Stephen Rea (segment "John Boorman")
Lena Olin (segment "Lasse Hallström")
Pascal Duquenne (segment "Jaco Van Dormael")
Nathalie Richard Ninon (segment "Jacques Rivette")
Aidan Quinn (segment "John Boorman")
Isabelle Huppert Narrator (segment Abbas Kiarostami) (voice)
Otto Sander Cassiel (segment "Wim Wenders")
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