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Festivals And Seasons by David Parkinson

Covering everything from arthouse and avant-garde to commercial, cult and classic cinema, this is the only detailed guide to film festivals, seasons and tours playing across the UK. Each month, we�ll bring you in-depth discussions of the major events, as well as highlighting special screenings that that will appeal to Empire readers - whatever their movie tastes.

In Depth


ICO Essentials: The Secret Masterpieces of Cinema 18 January - 31 January An introduction to art cinema to suit all tastes More Information

Sheffield Doc/Fest Tour March - May An unmissable highlights package from one of Europe's leading documentary festivals More Information

�Viva! on Tour April - June The pick of the 14th Spanish & Latin American Film Festival More Information

Kinoteka: 6th Polish Film Festival 10 April - 31 May An ambitious showcase for the best of current Polish cinema that also pays tribute to two of its past masters More Information

Sci-Fi London 30 April - 4 May The UK's only science fiction and fantastic film festival returns for a seventh year More Information

May at BFI Southbank 1 May - 31 May Seasons devoted to Frank Sinatra and family life More Information

Andrzej Wajda 1 May - 31 May An overdue retrospective to one of Europe's longest-serving and most consistent film-makers More Information

May at Filmhouse 1 May - 31 May Seasons devoted to New Arab Cinema, the events of 1968, Frank Sinatra and the film folk who have died over the last month More Information

Italian Cinema 7 May - 8 May A rare chance to see two undervalued Italian pictures More Information

All Power to the Imagination 2 May - 15 May A superb selection of contemporary and retrospective pictures on the momentous political events of 1968 More Information

All Power to the Imagination: 1968 and Its Legacies 1 May - 29 May An ambitious survey of the impact of 1968 on contemporary cinema More Information

London Australian Film Festival on Tour 2008 May - July An eight-strong highlights package from the 14th LAFF survey of recent Australian cinema More Information

May at The Barbican 1 May - 31 May Short seasons devoted to the legacy of 1968 and the films of Akira Kurosawa More Information

Queer Up North 10 May - 22 May The film programme from Europe's leading festival of lesbian and gay arts More Information

2nd Fashion in Film Festival 10 May - 31 May An outstanding selection of films from the silent era to the present exploring the theme `if looks could kill' More Information

Don't Miss In May...

Festivals
	I Will Tell 30 April 10 May Various venues across London

	High Tide Festival 1 May 5 May The Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk

	Film Festival of Ideas 3 May 29 May Various venues across Bristol

	Diversions: A Festival of Experimental Film and Video 8 May 11 May Filmhouse, Edinburgh


Seasons
	Bette Davis Tour 1 March 30 June Various venues across the UK

	Paradise Now! 1 March 2 May Tate Modern, London

	Kawamoto: The Puppet Master March May Various venues across the UK

	Birds Eye View Glasgow Tour 1 May 14 May Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow

	China Now 4 May 27 May Sheffield Showroom

	Jake Auerbach Film Season 8 May 11 May National Portrait Gallery, London

	Conspiracy Theories 16 May 31 May The ICA, London

	Projecting Buddha 24 May 31 May Broadway, Nottingham

	Polish Paths to Freedom: Behind the Iron Curtain 1 May 31 May Imperial War Museum, London


Events
	Roger Corman 2 May Curzon Soho, London

	Neil Marshall 3 May Odeon West End, London

	The General 26 May FACT, Liverpool

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