Experience some of the latest new restorations and rediscoveries on the big screen. This year's line-up includes Wong Kar Wai’s sensuous and sumptuous In the Mood for Love, one of those films which redefined the cinematic experience and the UK premiere of the 4K restoration of Melvin Van Peebles’ little known Nouvelle Vague infused debut feature The Story of a Three-Day Pass, an edgy, romantic film set in Paris of 1967 inspired by his personal experiences in the United States Air Force. Screening direct from Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna is a new restoration (c/o Sony and Park Circus) of George Stevens’ delightful screwball romp The More the Merrier, which makes fun of the housing shortage in Washington DC during the first months of World War II. Closing the festival is the UK premiere of a new 4K restoration of A Man Called Adam (1966) the feature film debut of Lola Falana and the late Cicely Tyson, and also marks the 50th anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s death in July.

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