2008-09
Season Summary
According to the scores received on the feedback forms from our members, these are the most and least popular films of the season, scored out of a maximum 5 points. You can see how we calculate the score here. Click on a film to read the details, notes and responses for that film.
MOST POPULAR FILM
Water
Film Score = 4.84
LEAST POPULAR FILM
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Film Score = 3.48
Programme PDF File
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Programme PDFFilms this Season
A 40-something bored housewife is left stranded at a bus stop while on holiday and hitchhikes to Ven…
A heartfelt denunciation of the plight of widows in pre-independence India. Mehta deftly lays bare t…
'Mockumentary from Oz. about a philosophical chap who's in the toilets rental business. A comedy and…
Two young women share a room at university in Romania during the last years of communism. One (Gabot…
Nine-year-old Anna's parents decide to make political conscience guide their lives. Soon Anna is sha…
An epic tale of love, family, jealousy and revenge set in the Canadian Arctic. Based on an Inuit leg…
In this sweet and slightly off-centre comedy, the timid and introverted Lars believes that his life-…
An intelligent and beautifully crafted film set in rural Alabama in the 1950s covering the birth of …
A true story. At the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, barracks were transformed into Nazi counterfe…
Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck star as the victim and killer in this 21st c. take on the great 19th c. …
Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche play a successful couple who are mysteriously sent videotapes of…
A Dublin busker falls for the naïve charms of a Czech immigrant in this lyrical love story. An …
Witty and heartfelt animations set during the Islamic revolution in Iran. A country tears itself apa…
Ken, a hitman with a history, and new-to-the-profession Ray are sent to Bruges after Ray's bullets c…
Danish émigré Jacob Petersen runs an orphanage helping street children in India which …
What is F-Rated?
The F-Rating is applied to all films which are:
- Directed by women
- Written by women
- Has one or more significant women on screen
If it qualifies with one of the above it gets the Bronze rating.
If it qualifies with two of the above it gets the Silver rating.
If it qualifies with all three of the above it gets the Gold rating.