FORTHCOMING FILM RELEASES

20 September
The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes – The Quay Brothers (UK/Ger/Fr)
with Amira Casar, Gottfried John, Assumpta Serna, Cesar Sarachu
Beautiful singer and bride-to-be Malvina is taken to a fantasy island ruled by malignant Dr Droz, who is plotting revenge on the opera world for rejecting his music. Piano tuner Filiberto arrives to repair Droz’s strange collection of automata but looks like Malvina’s fiancé and stirs irrepressible memories and passions in her.
www.eddistribution.com

11 October
Confetti – Debbie Isitt (UK/USA)
with Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Stephen Mangan, Alison Steadman
The management of Confetti magazine are trying to boost sales by launching a “Most Original Wedding of the Year competition. Three Couples are short-listed, the prize for the eventual winners is a sumptuous new home and their faces on the cover of the publication
www.foxfrance.com

11 October
Bye Bye Blackbird – Robinson Savary (Lux/UK/Ger)
with James Thierree, Derek Jacobi, Jodhi May, Michael Lonsdale, Izabela Miko
Set in early 20th Century London, this is the story of a travelling circus and of its unique, whimsical performers. The encounter of two bodies and two souls flying up in the air… till their wings break.
Friday Films

18 October
The Queen – Stephen Frears (UK/Fr)
with Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, James Cromwell, Sylvia Syms
When the news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British public, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family. For Tony Blair, the popular and newly elected Prime Minister, the people’s need for reassurance and support from their leaders is palpable. Blair must find a way to reconnect the beloved Queen with the British public.
www.pathedistribution.com

18 October
Severance – Christopher Smith
with Danny Dyer, Tim McInnerry, Laura Harris, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman
Comedy is twisted by horror when a weapons manufacturer treats its sales team to a team-building weekend.
www.lafabriquedefilms.fr