British Films at EU Film Festival

Hanoi: 28 & 29 May 2011
National Cinema Center, Room 2
87 Lang Ha, Hanoi 

HCMC: 26 & 27 May 2011
Dong Da Cinema
890 Tran Hung Dao, District 5, HCMC

From British Council:
The British Council is participating in the EU Film Festival with two sports-related films. Both “The Flying Scotsman” (feature film) and “Sprinters” (short film) are contemporary UK movies shown to support and promote the London Olympics and Paralympics in 2012.

Synopsis:
The Flying Scotsman (feature film)
Based on a remarkable true story, The Flying Scotsman is an out-and-out inspirational, against-all-odds, crowd pleasing film, which follows the turbulent life of cyclist Graeme Obree, who broke the World One Hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, constructed out of scrap metal and old washing machine parts.

Sprinters (short film)
A visually striking and meditative study of a team of athletes, including British Olympic finalists Jeanette Kwakye and Sarah Claxton, filmed over the two months leading to the start of the 2007 outdoor season. Sprinters is an intimate and arresting portrayal of the frequently brutal world of top level athletics, revealing the mental and physical barriers confronted by the runners as they pursue their dreams, and a world in which agony, ecstasy, winning and losing are separated by a hundredth of a second.

Screening schedule:
In Hanoi:
The Flying Scotman: 28 May (8 pm) & 29 May (3 pm)
Sprinters: 29 May (8 pm)

In HCMC:
The Flying Scotman: 26 May (8 pm) & 27 May (6 pm)
Sprinters: 27 May (8 pm)

Tickets:
In Hanoi: Free tickets can be picked up from Tue 17 May 2011 at the British Council, 20 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho District, Hanoi.
In HCMC: Free tickets can be picked up from Thu 12 May 2011 at the British Council, 25 Le Duan, District 1, HCMC.