The 30th Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy treats the audience with two surprise films: Takashi Miike’s BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL and John Cameron Mitchell’s HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES. The festival’s last weekend also brings several reruns of festival favourites to the world’s best audience.
The last weekend of the 30th HIFF screens two surprise films. Longtime festival favourite Takashi Miike’s BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL is the Japanese cult auteur’s acclaimed return to samurai action. A weird love story from Cannes HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES is John Cameron Mitchell’s (Hedwig and the Angry Itch, HIFF 2001, Shortbus, 2006) comedy about punks, aliens and Brits. Nicole Kidman delivers a stellar performance as a stylish ex-punk diva.
Among the several reruns of festival favourites are Agnès Varda and street artist JR’s road trip documentary FACES PLACES, the ”British Brokeback Mountain” GOD’S OWN COUNTRY, festival guest Naoko Ogigami’s CLOSE-KNIT, audience favourite DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE, Kristen Stewart-starrer ghost story PERSONAL SHOPPER and two films about youth struggling with their society’s taboos: LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA and TEHRAN TABOO.
The reruns will be screened on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets to the screenings are on sale now.
SATURDAY Sept 23
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL at 11 am at Savoy Theatre
HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES at 1:45 pm at Savoy Theatre
PERSONAL SHOPPER at 1:45 pm at Andorra
WET WOMAN IN THE WIND at 2 pm at Kino Engel 1
MENASHE at 2:15 pm at Kino Engel 2
HEARTSTONE at 3:45 pm at Kino Engel 1
THE MISANDRISTS at 4:15 pm at Kino Engel 2
BEACH RATS at 6:30 pm at Kino Engel 1
EASY at 6:45 pm at Kino Engel 2
68 KILL at 9:00 pm at Kino Engel 1
CITY OF GHOSTS at 9:15 pm at Kino Engel 2
SUNDAY Sept 24
DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE at 11:15 am at Savoy Theatre
ETHEL & ERNEST at 12 pm at Korjaamo Kino Elokuvasali
GOD’S OWN COUNTRYat 1:45 pm at Andorra
TEHRAN TABOO at 2 pm at Orion
BEACH RATS at 2 pm at Kino Engel 1
GOLDEN EXITS at 2 pm at Korjaamo Kino Elokuvasali
EASY at 2:15 pm at Kino Engel 2
LOIKKARIT at 2:15 pm at Korjaamo Kino Kulmasali
HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES at 4 pm at Orion
68 KILL at 4 pm at Kino Engel 1
CLOSE-KNIT at 4 pm at Korjaamo Kino Elokuvasali
KASVOT, KYLÄT at 4:15 pm at Andorra
CITY OF GHOSTS at 4:15 pm at Kino Engel 2
THE TRIP TO SPAIN at 4:15 pm at Korjaamo Kino Kulmasali
BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL at 6:15 pm at Andorra
HEARTSTONE at 6:30 pm at Kino Engel 1
CARRIE PILBY at 6:30 pm at Korjaamo Kino Elokuvasali
MENASHE at 6:45 pm at Kino Engel 2
LIPSTICK UNDER MY BURKHA at 6:45 pm at Korjaamo Kino Kulmasali
WET WOMAN IN THE WIND at 9 pm at Kino Engel 1
THE GOODIEPAL EQUATION at 9 pm at Kesäkino Engel
L’AMANT DOUBLE at 9 pm at Korjaamo Kino Elokuvasali
RAW at 9:15 pm at Andorra
THE MISANDRISTS at 9:15 pm at Kino Engel 2
THE PARTY at 9:15 pm at Korjaamo Kino Kulmasali
