Hours, The (12) (2002)

Director: Stephen Daldry

Starring: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Meryl Streep

Three interwoven tales from three periods in the 20th century, all linked by a work of literature. In 1923 Virginia Woolf is writing Mrs. Dalloway. A housewife pregnant with her second child in the 1950s is reading Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway and a modern-day editor organising a party for her ex-lover with AIDS is nicknamed Mrs. Dalloway. A darkly beautiful work. (110Mins)

Noi Albinoi (15) (2002)

Director: Dagur Kari

Starring: Tomas Lemarquis, Throstur Leo, Elin Hansdottir

Icelandic small-town boredom weighs heavily on bright drop-out Noi until it seems a new waitress at a diner offers an escape. The ending is perfectly weighted between tragedy and release. Its like a Kaurismaki film without the laughs, but still funny. (91Mins)

Whale Rider (PG) (2002)

Director: Niki Caro

Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes

A moving tribute to the Maori language and culture. Its the story of Paikea, a 12-year old girl who seeks to overcome a thousand-year tradition and become the first female to assume the leadership of her people. Though excluded from the training rituals, Pai furtively watches and learns in readiness for the opportunity to prove that she is the one who has a mystic connection to the whales. (97Mins)

Decasia (U) (2002)

Director: Bill Morrison

Starring: Various

Composed entirely of decaying nitrate-based archival footage drawn from nearly a thousand sources, this is a mysterious testament to the beauty of decomposition, with a fascinating dialogue between the images and their own disintegration. Accompanied by a soundtrack composed by Michael Gordon. (66Mins)

Cinema 16-European Short Films (UC) (2003)

Director: Various

Starring: Various

A marvellous selection of 16 films including many unseen early works from some of Europes greatest directors. (210Mins)