- Hard Candy (18)
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- Film Screening
- Saturday 25 March 2006
USA / 2005 | David Slade
4pm | 120 mins
Hayley probably shouldn't be going to a local coffee shop to meet Jeff, a 30-something fashion photographer she met on the Internet, but before she knows it, she's mixing drinks at Jeff's place and stripping for an impromptu photo shoot. It's Jeff's lucky night. British director (and one-time Sheffield resident and award-winning promo director for Aphex Twin, System Of A Down and Tori Amos) David Slade delights in the ambiguity of their encounter, before taking his film somewhere else entirely. Hayley isn't as innocent as she looks, and the night takes a turn when she begins to impose her own hard-hitting investigation against Jeff. Controversial, provocative, and superbly performed by the two leads, Hard Candy is a serious exploration of society's darkest taboos.
Unfortunately, David Slade will not be able to attend the festival, as planned, to introduce this special UK Preview. David is currently in pre-prodiuction on his next film '30 Days of Night' produced by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert (Ghost House Productions).
