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Brisbane film festival opens with The Sweeney

October 3, 2012 9:05

The Brisbane International Film Festival has announced its opening and closing films. In its 21st year, the festival will open on 14 November with The Sweeney, directed by Nick Love and starring Ray Winstone and Hayley Atwell. The festival will close with Anna Karenina, starring Keira Knightley and directed by Joe Wright.

The announcement:

Arts Minister Ros Bates has opened the envelope to reveal the two big name premiere films chosen to open and close Screen Queensland’s 21st Brisbane International Film Festival (BIFF).

The curtain goes up on Queensland’s number one film event on 14 November with The Sweeney, the action-packed reincarnation of the seminal 1970’s British police drama starring Ray Winstone (Sexy Beats, The Departed) and co-starring Damian Lewis and Hayley Atwell.

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