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Winner of the prestigious Camera D'Or prize for Best First Feature at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and one of the most controversial films of the year, LEAP YEAR ("Año Bisiesto"), from Mexico, is the outstanding debut feature film of Australian director Michael Rowe, a character study on loneliness, featuring an extraordinary leading performance by Monica Del Carmen ("Babel"), supported by Gustavo Sánchez Parra ("Amores Perros", "Man on Fire"). This highly charged sexual thriller, set within the small confines of a Mexican apartment, follows 29 days in the dispirited life of freelance journalist Laura Lopez, as she moves from one anonymous sexual encounter to another. Soon, Laura meets a man by the name of Arturo, and it is not long before she is submitting to demeaning sexual acts as part of their relationship, a tragic psychological reaction to a secret trauma from her past, which occurred on the previous leap year. When Laura marks a red square around an upcoming date on her calendar wall, the wheels are set in motion for what will turn out to be a startling conclusion. In cinemas in the UK and Ireland from 26th November 2010. For further information please visit www.axiomfilms.co.uk
Ray & Liz, a film by Richard Billingham.
The Wall a film by Roman Julian Pölsler, starring Martina Gedeck. Opens July 5. Adapted from the novel by Marlen Haushofer.
In UK cinemas 19th June In an outrageous sendup of the Paranormal Activity movies, The Devil Inside and other "found footage" movies, A HAUNTED HOUSE features young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins), who have just moved in to their dream house. As they settle in, they quickly find they're not alone. But it's not the house that's haunted, it's Malcolm's girlfriend who is possessed by a demon. Malcolm hires everyone from a priest to modern-day ghostbusters to rid her of this unwelcome intruder, determined not to let the evil spirit ruin his relationship... or, more importantly, his sex life.
IN UK CINEMAS DECEMBER 26 From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine - When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he's solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you.
Official UK trailer for Pablo Trapero's thriller CARANCHO (The Vulture), released in cinemas on 2nd March 2012. Sosa (Ricardo Darín, star of Oscar-winning The Secret in Their Eyes) is an ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney with questionable ethics. Lujan (Martina Gusman, award-winning star of Lion's Den) is a young, idealistic country doctor new to the city. After Lujan and Sosa's paths repeatedly cross, the two form an unlikely romance that is threatened by Sosa's turbulent past. With traffics accidents as the number one cause of death in Argentina, bodies are currency and a black market strives to get rich from the personal tragedies that litter the streets. The latest from leading Argentinean director Pablo Trapero (Lion's Den, Born & Bred, Rolling Family) CARANCHO (Argentina's official submission for the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film category) made an impact in Official Selection at both Cannes and London Film Festivals and hits cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 2nd March 2012. For further information please visit www.axiomfilms.co.uk