Catch the latest foreign movies in Kyiv.
“WEEKEND WITH ARTE” FILM FESTIVAL
French-German cultural TV channel ARTE TV comes to Kyiv with a nice selection of films and documentaries to be screened in the original language with Ukrainian subtitles.
“Weekend with ARTE” opens on March 11 with an all-night French film screening.
A high school drama teacher suffering from disrespect of her students finds a gun and ends up holding half of them hostage in “The Skirt Day.” Film director Jean-Paul Lilienfeld will hold a discussion after the screening.
Documentary “Cleveland Versus Wall Street” follows a trial, which took place in Cleveland two years ago. Josh Cohen and his team filed a lawsuit against 21 banks after a series of foreclosures that had left their city in ruins.
Two strangers travel to London after the terrorist attack in 2005 to find their missing children in “London River.” The girl believes that her recently dead father lives in a giant fig tree near their house, which is about to be felled in “The Tree.”
A young woman living in a mansion with her paralyzed husband starts an affair in “Lady Chatterley.”
The second night of the festival follows the 10-part series “In Face of the Crime” about Russian mafia in Berlin.
“Weekend with Arte” ends with three documentaries about the Berlin Wall, famous Russian pianist Svyatoslav Richter and dissidents from Central Europe.
KYIV CINEMA – 19 Chervonoarmiyska St., 234-7381, www.kievkino.com.ua
“Weekend with ARTE”:March 11 at 8 p.m., March 12 at 8:30 p.m., March 13 at 11 a.m.
IRISHFEST
The Irish film festival opens on St. Patrick’s Day, March. 17, with the Oscar-nominated cartoon “The Secret of Kells,” which takes you into the world of Celtic mythology.
In the comedy thriller “Perrier’s Bounty” three fugitives are being chased by another gangster.
“Five Minutes of Heaven” drama follows the conflict in Northern Ireland, starring Liam Neeson.
Young catholic school girls step into the adult world buying their first 32A-sized bra and falling in love for the first time in “32A”.
If you are interested in documentaries, check out “His and Hers” – a story about 70 women of different ages reflecting on life, love and family – and a surfing lifestyle in “Waveriders”.
Six short films awarded by Jameson Dublin International Film Festival will close the festival. All films are screened in Irish and English with Ukrainian subtitles.
ZHOVTEN – 26 Kostyantynivska St., 205-5951.
Since March 17
THE QUIET MAN
Language: English with English subtitles
Drama/Romance. USA, Ireland (1952)
Directed by John Ford
Starring John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara and Barry Fitzgerald
Disgraced American boxer Sean Thornton comes back home to Ireland, where he falls in love with a wonderful girl Mary Kate. She seems to be his ideal woman but Sean has to comply with local custom before he wins her over. Mary Kate’s brother – the main bully in town – desperately tries to ruin their relationship.
Sean is willing to do everything in his power to stay with the love of his life, even using his boxing skills if necessary. But he also has a secret, which can turn things upside down.
MASTERCLASS CINEMA CLUB – 34 Mazepy St., 594-1063.
The Quiet Man: March 15 at 7 p.m.
