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Winner of the Queer Palm at Cannes 2011, a disturbing and provocative examination of one man's damaging self-hatred.
In 1952 London, veteran civil servant Williams has become a small cog in the bureaucracy of rebuilding England post-WWII. As endless paperwork piles up on his desk, he learns he has a fatal illness. Thus begins his quest to find some meaning in his life before it slips away.
Drama following a conscript through his military service in the South African Defence Force in the 1980s.
Light at the end of the tunnel Michel Hazanavicius on childhood memories, Holocaust survival, Ukraine and animation
Taking their time Ryan J Sloan and Ariella Mastroianni on spiral stories and creating Gazer
The prisoners' code Cam Banfield on breaking social rules and How Was Your Weekend?
'We became like soul sisters' Natalie Halla on capturing the life of Manizha Bahktari in The Last Ambassador
The man who picked up a penguin Peter Catteneo on adapting a true story in The Penguin Lessons
Val Kilmer dies from pneumonia at 65 Mann and Brolin lead tributes to The Doors star
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