Raindance Film Festival 2006
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief and London To Brighton
2001: A Space Odyssey (2001) (Country: UK, US; Year: 1968; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick. Based on the book by Arthur C Clarke; Stars: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Daniel Richter, Leonard Rossiter, Douglas Rain)
Kubrick and Clarke's quest to the stars.
Cargo (Country: Spain, UK, Sweden; Year: 2006; Director: Clive Gordon; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Peter Mullan, Daniel Bruhl, Luis Tosar, Samuli Edelmann, Gary Lewis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ricky Grover, Koen Balcaen, Christopher Fairbank, Carlos Blanco, Lois Soaxe, Jan Willem)
Madness and murder on a dilapidated cargo ship.
A Clockwork Orange (Country: US/UK; Year: 1971; Director: Stanley Kubrick; Writer: Stanley Kubrick; Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke, John Clive, Adrienne Corri, Carl Duering, Paul Farrell, Clive Francis, Michael Gover, Miriam Karlin)
Long-banned film about a future distopia.
The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief (Country: US, Japan; Year: 2006; Director: Jake Clennell)
An exploration of Japanese host bars.
London To Brighton (Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Paul Andrew Williams; Writer: Paul Andrew Williams; Stars: Lorraine Stanley, Georgia Groome, Johnny Harris, Nathan Constance, Alexander Morton, Sam Spruell, David Keeling, Jamie Kenna, Chloe Bale, Jack Deam)
Two prostitutes flee a murderous gang boss.
Cargo Cargo
Cargo and My Country, My Country
Martyr Street (Country: Canada; Year: 2006; Director: Shelley Saywell; Writer: Shelley Saywell; Stars: n/a)
Five years of Hebron conflict seen through the eyes of children.
My Country, My Country (Country: USA; Year: 2006; Director: Laura Poitras)
The 2005 elections seen through the eyes of an ordinary Iraqi man.
Wristcutters: A Love Story (Country: USA; Year: 2006; Director: Goran Dukic; Writer: Goran Dukic, Etgar Keret; Stars: Patrick Fugit, Shannyn Sossamon, Shea Whigham, Tom Waits, Will Arnett, Cameron Bowen, John Hawkes, Leslie Bibb, Abraham Benrubi, Mikal P. Lazarev, Mary Pat Gleason), Official Site, Trailer
A young man kills himself and awakens in a land where everything is "just a little bit worse".
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