London Film Festival 2016

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Trolls and The Eagle Huntress
The Eagle Huntress (Country: UK, Mongolia, US; Year: 2016; Director: Otto Bell)
A teenager decides to become the first female eagle huntress.
Fanny's Journey (Country: France; Year: 2016; Director: Lola Doillon; Stars: Léonie Souchaud, Fantine Harduin, Juliane Lepoureau, Ryan Brodie, Anaïs Meiringer, Lou Lambrecht, Igor van Dessel, Jeanne Abraham, Pascaline Crêvecoeur, Alice D'Hauwe, Clémentine Dandoy-Crêvecoeur, Cécile De France, Stéphane De Groodt, Elea Körner, Romàn Malempré)
Fanny and her sisters attempt to escape Nazi-occupied France.
Louis & Luca – The Big Cheese Race (Solan og Ludvig: Herfra til Flåklypa) (Country: Norway; Year: 2015; Director: Rasmus A Sivertsen; Writer: Kjell Aukrust, Karsten Fullu; Stars: John F Brungot, Anders Bye, Kåre Conradi, Fredrikke Egeberg, Kari Ann Grønsund, Bjarte Hjelmeland, Trond Høvik, Mads Iversen, Scott Maurstad, Jakob Oftebro, Morten Røhrt, Steinar Sagen, Espen Sandvik, Sara Luna Baumann Semb, Per Skjølsvik)
Competitors vye to be the big cheese in an inter-town competition.
Phantom Boy (Country: France, Belgium; Year: 2015; Director: Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol; Writer: Alain Gagnol; Stars: Edouard Baer, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Audrey Tautou, Jackie Berroyer, Alex Gagnol, Noa Bernaoui-Savreux, Patrick Ridremont, Patrick Descamps, Yves Barbaut, Fred Armisen, Joey Camen, Robert Creighton, Marcus D'Angelo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Brian T. Delaney)
A super-powered boy helps a wheelchair-bound policeman in his attempt to bring down a mob boss.
Rock Dog (Country: China, US; Year: 2016; Director: Ash Brannon; Writer: Ash Brannon, Kurt Voelker; Stars: Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, JK Simmons, Lewis Black, Kenan Thompson, Mae Whitman, Jorge Garcia, Matt Dillon, Sam Elliott, Will Finn, Ash Brannon, Liza Richardson, Jennifer Hale, Maddie Taylor, Julie Craig)
A Tibetan Mastiff dreams of becoming a musician.
Trolls (Country: US; Year: 2016; Director: Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn; Writer: Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger; Stars: Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kunal Nayyar, John Cleese, Gwen Stefani, Quvenzhané Wallis, Russell Brand, Ron Funches, Meg DeAngelis, Walt Dohrn)
Animation, sees the Trolls threatened by miserable ogres.
Family gala
Yellow Flowers On The Green Grass (Tôi thay hoa vàng trên co xanh) (Country: Vietnam; Year: 2015; Director: Victor Vu; Stars: Jayvee Mai The Hiep, My Thanh, Khang Trong, Thinh Vinh)
In rural Vietnam, two brothers find themselves at odds over a house guest and a local myth about a white tiger and a princess.
Zip And Zap And The Captain’s Island (Zipi y Zape y la Isla del Capitán) (Country: Spain; Year: 2016; Director: Oskar Santos; Writer: José Escobar, Jorge Lara, Oskar Santos; Stars: Elena Anaya, Carolina Lapausa, Teo Planell, Jorge Bosch, Juan Codina, Máximo Pastor, Goizalde Núñez, Fermí Reixach, Trinidad Iglesias, Ana Blanco de Córdova, Toni Gómez, Iria Castellano)
Naughty brothers Zip and Zap finds themselves in a home for lost children that might just be haunted.
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