Night Bus

Presented by 'Asia House Festival of Asian Film' in partnership with Curzon Cinemas, supported by Iran Heritage Foundation

Night Bus (2007) takes place on a single night during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. A young private is assigned the difficult mission of delivering a bus full of POWs from the front line back to Iran. He faces a long, dark night on the rickety bus with an elderly nagging driver. When his fellow soldier is blinded by a roadside mortar, he is left on his own with a busload of hostile prisoners.

Winner of the 2007 Asia Pacific Screen Awards: Grand Jury Prize and 2007 Iran Cinema Celebration in the Best Film and Best Screenplay category.

90 Minutes
In Persian with English subtitle

Renoir Cinema
The Brunswick, London WC1N 1AW
Nearest tube: Russell Square

£10 (Concession £8, available only by phone or in person)

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+44 (0871) 7033991 or visit www.curzoncinemas.com

The screening of Night Bus is part of the launch of 'Asia House Festival of Asian Film' in August. Dedicated to Asian film, it will premiere films from Singapore, South Korea, Iran, Indonesia and China. Organised and hosted by Asia House in partnership with Curzon Cinemas, "The Asia House Festival of Asian Film" celebrates the best in Asian cinema, showcasing films that have been critically acclaimed at recent film festivals and providing the first and possibly only opportunity to see these films in the UK.

The Festival runs from 22 - 28 August at the Renoir Cinema, London. The programme features some of the finest recent films from Asia. The Opening Night film, 881, is the spectacular number 1 Singapore hit musical of 2007 directed by Royston Tan. Seven Days is a Korean thriller starring Yunjin Kim, star of TV's global hit, Lost and Night Bus from Iran was the winner of the 2007 Grand Jury Prize at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. The Photograph from Indonesia premiered at the Pusan Film Festival and comes from a new generation of Indonesian film-makers exploring social issues affecting their society. After the global success of Chinese epics such as House of Flying Daggers, our Closing Night film, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, is the latest historical blockbuster starring Andy Lau, Sammo Hung and Maggie Q.

5 UK premieres from ASIA

881, Singapore
22 Aug, 6.30pm at Renoir Cinema

Seven Days, South Korea
23 Aug, 6.30pm at Renoir Cinema

Night Bus, Iran
26 Aug, 6.30pm at Renoir Cinema

The Photograph, Indonesia
27 Aug, 6.30pm at Renoir Cinema

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, China
28 Aug, 6.30pm at Renoir Cinema