Laemmle Theatres and Emerging Pictures are proud to present From Britain With Love, an initiative from Emerging, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and U.K. Film Council to bring the freshest independent cinema from Great Britain across the pond to American audiences.
From Britian With Love is a series of six new British films, screening exclusively at Laemmle Theatres in June and July 2011.
The series will include three films making their U.S. Premiere — Toast, In Our Name, Third Star — and three films that have had select festival screenings across the country — A Boy Called Dad, Africa United, NEDS.
June 18 ~ TOAST
June 25 ~ IN OUR NAME
July 2 ~ AFRICA UNITED
July 9 ~ THIRD STAR
July 16 ~ NEDS
July 23 ~ A BOY CALLED DAD
AFRICA UNITED
Africa United is the extraordinary story of three Rwandan children who walk 3000 miles to the World Cup in South Africa.
Gardner-Paterson’s adventure focuses on a fantastic journey undertaken by the kids as they attempt to trek across seven countries, negotiating their way through a series of glorious, dangerous, hilarious and often bizarre situations on the way to their goal.
The cast includes Eriya Ndayambaje, Rogernsengiyuma, Sayu Joanita Kintu and Sherrie Silver.
THIRD STAR
The feature directing debut by BAFTA short film winner Hattie Dalton, THIRD STAR stars Benedict Cumberbatch (star of Danny Boyle’s National Theater production of Frankenstein and Steven Spielberg’s War Horse) as a young man diagnosed with a terminal illness who joins three of his lifelong friends for an adventure in a stunning coastal retreat.
The closing night film at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival, THIRD STAR also stars J.J. Feild (The First Avenger: Captain America), Tom Burke and Adam Robertson.
NEDS
Written and directed by the Cannes award-winning Scottish actor (My Name Is Joe), NEDs stars Conor McCarron as a young man who joins a gang of NEDs (Non-Educated Delinquents). As his rage and frustration within their savage life on the streets spin him further and further out of control, he finds himself left with one extraordinary chance at redemption. The cast includes Mullan, Louise Goodall and Gregg Forest.
A BOY CALLED DAD
The debut feature from BAFTA short film winner Brian Percival follows the story of a boy thrust into early adulthood when he becomes a father at the age of 14. Newcomer, Kyle Ward, delivers an impressive performance as the young boy and Ian Hart (Backbeat, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone) plays the boy’s father forced to confront his son’s newfound situation and help usher him into a life with increased responsibilities, that neither of them have any choice but to embrace.