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18-28 SEP 2008
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Welcome to the 28th Cambridge Film Festival
CONTENTS
2008 has signalled two major developments for the Cambridge Film Festival. Firstly, owing to changes in the UK festival calendar, we’ve moved from our usual July slot to September. We look forward to presenting a series of exciting and innovative outdoor screenings throughout Cambridge to celebrate these new dates (see pages 10 and 13 for more details on these special events).
to welcome Tilda Swinton to the Festival. Another leading figure in British independent cinema, she will talk about her experiences working with Jarman and present one of her latest films, JULIA. There will be a tribute to horror actor, Boris Karloff, and a selection of Warner Bros. classics to mark the renowned studio’s 85th anniversary. What’s more, we’ll be hosting Cambridge’s first ever Machinima season with screenings and interactive workshops, and also showcasing several new Polish titles, including Andrzej Wajda’s KATYN alongside his early masterpiece CANAL.
OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT FILMS
Secondly, this is the first full year that the Festival has been run by a registered charity, the Cambridge Film Trust, which now delivers a year-round programme of film-related events. The Trust has been highly active, hosting special screenings such as the Tangiers to Tehran season in February at the Arts Picturehouse, bringing artists’ moving image work to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in April and helping students at Sawston Village College install their own cinema during the summer holidays in July.
As ever, we’re delighted to present you with the latest features, documentaries and shorts from the UK and around the world. We’ve had another wealth of submissions, many of which have made their way into the Festival programme and which thoroughly deserve your support. With the current crisis in independent distribution and exhibition in the UK, the Festival screenings may well be the only opportunity to see these new titles by young international filmmakers.
In addition to these outreach activities, the Trust has, of course, been busily preparing another wide-ranging programme for the 28th edition of the Festival. This year’s highlights include homages to Austria’s Ulrich Seidl and to one of the UK’s most experimental filmmakers, Derek Jarman. We are also honoured
We hope you’ll enjoy the Festival and continue to support the Trust throughout the year as it strives to offer Cambridge and the Eastern region a wide range of challenging and provocative independent cinema. Tony Jones, Director, Cambridge Film Trust & Cambridge Film Festival
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
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SPECIAL EVENTS STOP PRESS
8-13 15-17 19
NEW FEATURES
20-35
DOCUMENTARIES
36-39
FESTIVAL TIMETABLE
41-43
POLISH CINEMA
44-45
GAME, SET AND MACHINIMA
47-49
MUSIC AT THE MOVIES
50-52
REVIVALS
54-55
DEREK JARMAN: REMEMBERED
56-60
THE FILMS OF ULRICH SEIDL
62-63
CELEBRATING WARNER BROS.
64-66
BORIS KARLOFF: THE UNIVERSAL FACE OF HORROR
68-69
SHORTFUSION
70-75
EDUCATION EVENTS
76-77
VENUE INFORMATION & BOOKING
78-79
FESTIVAL STAFF
80
CREDITS
81
A-Z FILM INDEX
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THE VENUES To mark our new September dates, we’ve been scouting out locations across the city so that you can experience our films in unique and creative ways. So in 2008 the Festival is taking place not only at the Arts Picturehouse and The Junction but also at Wesley Methodist Church and Wysing Arts Centre, as well as in the more unconventional settings of Magdalene Street and along the banks of the river Cam! See page 78 for further venue details.
Our superb website offers fast and easy access to information about every aspect of the Festival with a new and improved search, easy online booking and space for all of your reviews and comments. We’re also offering regular updates through an RSS feed so you can keep track of changes to the programme and announcements of special events. The Festival Top Ten is there as always but now it is updated as you vote. The site also includes everything from the Festival Daily so you can stay on top of the Festival news even if you don’t manage to pick up a printed copy. We’ll be recording many of the highly-regarded Q&A sessions with visiting directors, producers and performers, so if you miss anything you’ll be able to watch it online, and we’ll be streaming some of them live for those who can’t make it to Cambridge. We’ve even set up a separate site, CFFlive, to make it easy for you to find them. As well as the main Festival site we’re spreading Film Festival goodness all over the web, with daily podcasts on iTunes and video reports on YouTube and blip.tv. You can add cff2008 as a contact on Twitter, join Festival Director Tony Jones over on the Cambridge Film Festival page on Facebook or look at our photos on Flickr. And if you’re really keen then look for anything tagged ‘cff2008’ on del.icio.us, Technorati and Google Blogsearch. We’d love to hear from you too. If you tag your own photos, blog postings or other material with ‘cff2008’ we’ll be able to find it and feature it on our site.
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FESTIVAL PRACTICALITIES:
Most screenings and events are held in the Festival’s original home at the Arts Picturehouse. However, please double check before setting out where your chosen events are taking place. Do also make sure you leave sufficient transit time between screenings if attending more than one venue on the same day.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
FESTIVAL ONLINE – AND INTERACTIVE!
( Tickets go on sale on Monday 1 September for Arts Picturehouse Members and Thursday 4 September for the general public ( We don’t offer a multi-purchase ticket offer or pass apart from membership, which saves you money on every ticket you buy (see page 80 for details) ( Although it’s a Festival, our tickets are priced at standard cinema rates ( All advance ticketing is done through the Arts Picturehouse. To buy a ticket on the day of screening, please contact the relevant venue directly ( We make every effort to bring you the films we have promised when we have promised them, but sometimes last minute changes occur. Please bear with us on these occasions – we will do everything we can to ensure your Festival experience is as enjoyable as possible ( No ads or trailers are shown with Festival films, so please don’t be late! ( Box Office: 08717 042050 ( www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
WE LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK! And we’re not the only ones... Your views on Festival films are reported to the filmmakers and film distribution companies, eager to hear what the Cambridge audience made of their work – and it does make a difference. In 2002 Norwegian comedy ELLING received a nationwide release on the strength of its warm reception here, and the following year NOWHERE IN AFRICA was picked up after an enthusiastic Cambridge response. Other films that have been helped on their way by Festival audiences include: ANNA M, TENGERS, UNDER THE MUD, DRAWING RESTRAINT 9 and ROCK, PAPER SCISSORS. Our sponsors, whose support is so crucial to the Festival’s development, are always keen to know who attended and the information you provide will be used to attract new supporters for future years. And, most importantly, we want to know what you thought, what you enjoyed and what we can do better next time. Contact information: 28th Cambridge Film Festival, Arts Picturehouse, 38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR email: info@cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk Over its 28 year history, the Cambridge Film Festival has presented an incredible range of screenings and welcomed hundreds of filmmakers from around the world. The Cambridge Film Trust is now developing an online archive to showcase this work and some of the thousands of posters, photographs and recordings which have been accumulated over the years. But we also need your help! We want to show what the Cambridge Film Festival means to you, its audiences – would you be willing to share your memories of previous Festivals with us? If so, please email us at archive@cambridgefilmtrust.org.uk To find out more about our plans, please visit our website: www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk ( Members of the project team will also be around after the screening of THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS, showing on Wednesday 24 September at 5.10pm (see page 37).
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BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH THE FESTIVAL DAILY NEWSPAPER Festival news and reviews of every film being shown ( Interviews with celebrity guests ( Comment and features about Festival happenings ( Updates on The People’s Favourite Film Award ( Published every day from midday throughout the Festival – look out for the Daily in the Arts Picturehouse and at other venues across Cambridge. The extended Festival Daily is also available on the Festival website. Issue one will be out on Monday 15 September. The Festival Daily is sponsored by Cambridge University Press.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
CINEMA RETURNING TO SAWSTON
Contact Lesley Morgan Tel: 01223 712825 or email: lmorgan@sawstonvc.org
Over the past months the Cambridge Film Trust has been working with Sawston Village College on a project to return cinema to Sawston. The original cinema in Sawston, Spicer’s Theatre, was built on a site adjacent to the village college and operated from 1932 until 1968. Since its closure, the school has managed the building as a Youth and Community Centre. However, that use is now just about to be extended with the arrival and installation in recent weeks of a new sound system, screen and both 35mm and digital projection. This has all been made possible through funding from the UK Film Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council. The re-established cinema will be run by students from the college and a young peoples’ Cinema Group is already in existence and about to undergo training, to be conducted by the Cambridge Film Trust, in the skills necessary for cinema operation. Film screenings will be taking place there shortly so look out for more information.
THE PEOPLE’S FAVOURITE FILM AWARD Every year the Festival encourages each and every one of you to register your reactions to everything you see by visiting the Festival website – www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk – and rating the films online.
Our illustrious previous winners: ( ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: THE WAY OF THE TOSSER (2007) ( VOLVER (2006) ( BROKEN FLOWERS (2005) ( STAGE BEAUTY (2004) ( SPIRITED AWAY (2003) ( ELLING (2002)
You can express your feelings on a scale of 1 to 5, loathed it to loved it, and we’ll keep a daily tally of audience responses so you can check out the charts on display in the Arts Picturehouse, in the Festival Daily and online at www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk. Competition gets fierce as early winners are outpaced by new discoveries and the list is eagerly studied by film industry experts across the land. Last year Canadian spoof documentary ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS: THE WAY OF THE TOSSER took the gold, thanks in part to a vigorous campaign of audience participation. But who will be wearing the tutus and braces this year…? Join in the fun of the Festival – something truly worth voting for! Just log on to www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk and click on “Rate a Film”. Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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SPECIAL EVENTS
16-18 SEPTEMBER 2008: EMMANUEL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE, CRASSH
Thursday 18 September L 11.15am L Arts Picturehouse
This conference explores the history and future of the relationship between cinema and psychoanalysis. Speakers include Kaja Silverman (Berkeley) and Mieke Bal (Amsterdam). The event is a collaboration between the Cambridge Film Festival and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge. It features a mixture of screenings and talks, and all are welcome to participate.
Director: Mieke Bal. The Netherlands 2008. 52 mins.
BECOMING VERA (CFF PG)
FREE EVENT
This is an exceptional opportunity to see a powerful film by renowned cultural theorist, Mieke Bal. Born of a Cameroonian father and French-born mother of Russian descent, three year-old Vera is growing up in Paris. This documentary shows how, although seemingly unaware of her cultural inheritance, Vera is constantly responding to its transmission. ( The screening will be accompanied by a talk by Mieke Bal.
TRANSMISSION: CINEMA/PSYCHOANALYSIS Wednesday 17 September L 4.15pm L Arts Picturehouse
LAID DOWN (CFF PG) Director: Emily Cooper. UK 2007. 15 mins.
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Shot in 16mm film, LAID DOWN is a short film exploring the world through the eyes of a newborn baby. Rooted in psychoanalytic understanding, the film raises questions about our earliest formative experiences. ( The film will be introduced by director Emily Cooper.
LA VIE NOUVELLE (CFF 15) Tuesday 16 September L 4.45pm L CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1RX
ECOLOGY (PG)
FREE EVENT
Director: Sarah Turner. UK 2007. 97 mins.
Through internal monologues and scenes of daily life infused with underlying violence, the themes of the environment, family psychic structures and technology are intertwined, in an original take on psychoanalytical questions. The film asks us to reconsider “waste”, “need” and “survival”, suggesting that family existence is as precarious an ecology as the environment. ( The screening will be presented by director Sarah Turner and Professor Elizabeth Cowie.
Director: Philippe Grandrieux. France 2002. 102 mins. French and English with English subtitles.
Grandrieux is one of the most innovative francophone filmmakers to emerge in recent years. LA VIE NOUVELLE, his second feature, generated a storm of critical acclaim on its release. A terrifyingly intense vision of a world where human bodies are commodities, the film tells of an American soldier’s engulfment within the eastern European sex trade. Grandrieux’s unique cinematography evokes an inhuman underworld even in the sombre light of day. ( The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Philippe Grandrieux. There will be another screening of LA VIE NOUVELLE on Friday 19 September at 12.45. Print source: Wild Bunch
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More information and registration forms are available at: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk The film screenings listed here are also open to non-delegates.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 September L 8.00pm L Institute of Astronomy
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (U) Director: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Robert Beatty. UK/USA 1968. 141 mins.
The Festival is proud to present a spectacular screening of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY at the Institute of Astronomy on 13 and 14 September 2008 after dusk. For the first time in the UK, Kubrick’s sublime journey into space will be shown outdoors in 70mm to highlight its stunning cinematography and renowned soundtrack. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to watch Kubrick under the stars! Held in collaboration with The Junction and the Institute of Astronomy, the evenings will be complemented by a brief presentation on the Institute by Dr Carolin Crawford, and a screening of Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon’s THE COLOURS OF INFINITY, narrated by Sir Arthur C. Clarke (limited availability for 2001 ticketholders only, on a first-come, first-served basis). The presentation and screening of THE COLOURS OF INFINITY will begin at 6.00pm, prior to the screening of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. Print source: Warner Bros.
FREE EVENT Sunday 21 September L 8.00pm L Magdalene Street
MAGDALENE STREET SCREENING (CFF U)
On 21 September, the Festival will be making its way to Cambridge’s oldest shopping street and setting up three screens to present a unique and diverse programme of entertainment that’s completely free of charge. Wander around a traffic-free, pedestrianised area between Bridge Street and Magdalene Street and discover the moving image in an entirely new way. Head to Magdalene Street for archive footage showing how Cambridge has changed over the years. Or stroll along Quayside to view beautiful timelapse photography and hilarious silent comedy, projected from screens on Magdalene College’s immaculate lawns. The screenings begin at 8.00pm but come any time until 10.00pm. There’ll be a running programme (approx. 20 mins) so if you miss the beginning, you can stay until you’re back to where you started.
With thanks to the Hauser-Raspe Foundation for its support
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As with all open air screenings, ensure that you are appropriately appropriately dressed for the day – screenings will only be cancelled in the event of very extreme weather! Patrons are advised to bring suitable clothing. Tickets: Full price £12.50, Conc. and Members £10 Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA The Institute of Astronomy holds open evenings every Wednesday throughout the winter season. A public talk on Astronomy given by a scientist from the department is followed by a chance to observe through both modern and historical telescopes if the weather is clear. For more details of this, and the rest of the IoA’s outreach programme, please visit www.ast.cam.ac.uk/public
Organised in collaboration with Cafe Jello, the East Anglian Film Archive, Magdalene College and Sygma Safety Ltd. With thanks to Cambridge City and Cambridgeshire County Councils for their support.
The Cambridge Film Festival has put together an excellent and entertaining programme with creative new approaches. We are very happy to give our support.
Saturday 20 September L 3.15pm L Arts Picturehouse
FESTIVAL DISCOUNT AT DE LUCA! Just a short walk up St Andrew’s Street (past Parker’s Piece), Restaurant De Luca Cucina & Bar – the Official Festival Restaurant – offers all Festival ticketholders a generous 10% off their total bill. They guarantee to serve you freshly-prepared, locally-sourced modern Italian food in time for you to see your movie – and what’s more, they’re open for late drinks until 1.00am Sunday to Thursday and until 2.00am Friday and Saturday. The perfect venue for you to discuss what you’ve seen over a cocktail – or two! There’ll be a special Festival menu in addition to their regular menu, as well as Festival presentations on plasma screens – and we’ll be using the restaurant as our official venue for entertaining Festival guests, too, so you could be mixing with directors and stars of next year’s hit movies... To receive your discount, present a Festival ticket to your waiter or waitress as you are seated. Offer valid 18-28 September, and you can claim your discount on as many meals as you have room for!
De Luca Cucina & Bar, 83 Regent Street, Cambridge Tel: 01223 356666 www.delucacucina.co.uk
The Festival is proud to present a masterclass with Carl Davis, one of the UK’s leading personalities from the world of music who has composed extensively for films, television, ballet and the concert hall, garnering him recognition on a global stage. A passion of Carl’s is composing music for restored silent movies. During this masterclass, Carl will be comparing and contrasting the musical style that he used for underscoring the “three comic geniuses”, Lloyd, Chaplin and Keaton, by presenting excerpts from their films, including Buster Keaton’s THE GENERAL and OUR HOSPITALITY and Harold Lloyd’s SAFETY LAST. The session will end with a complete presentation of BEHIND THE SCREEN, one of the Charlie Chaplin “Mutuals” (12 short films) for which Carl has composed some of his most highly regarded works.
SPECIAL EVENTS
Photo courtesy of Explorer Magazine
MASTERCLASS WITH CARL DAVIS
Born in New York, Carl has been living in the UK since 1960 and has conducted with most of the major British orchestras and a host of international ones. In 2005 Carl was awarded the CBE (Hon) by Her Majesty The Queen for the significant contribution he had made to the world of music as both a composer and a conductor. He was nominated once again by BAFTA this year for the BBC’s CRANFORD series and won Best Score from the UCMF (Composers Union of France) for THE UNDERSTUDY (see page 33). Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday 26 September L 5.00 – 7.00pm
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Fancy testing your microbudget feature film idea with a panel of producers, filmmakers and funders who might be able to help you go from pitch to feature? This event will give you the chance to do just that. Six filmmakers will pitch their idea for a feature of under £150,000 to a panel of experts who’ll give their feedback on the idea, and how feasible a “micro” budget production it is. The filmmaker of the best pitch will win a one-to-one feature film development session with The Script Factory (worth £300). Results will be announced in the BAFTA and Screen East newsletters. To enter, send a one page filmography or CV and a synopsis of no more than 300 words for your Microbudget idea of any genre to regions@bafta.org with “CAMBRIDGE PITCH” in the title. For more details, go to www.bafta.org/whats-on/. Deadline: 10 September. We will contact finalists by 15 September. NOTE: Finalists must pitch their ideas before a live audience on 26 September.
Tuesday 23 September L 6.00 – 8.00pm L Wysing Arts Centre
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FRE T As part of its INSIDE OUT season of events, VEN E Wysing Arts Centre presents new films by artists that address ecological emergencies. Animate Projects and RSA Arts & Ecology, in partnership with Arts Council England, have commissioned seven artists to make short films for the internet that explore ecological themes. Artists Jordan Baseman, Phil Coy, Manu Luksch, Christine Ödlund, Elodie Pong, Simon Woolham, and Young-Hae Chang take diverse approaches that consistently and powerfully challenge common perceptions and clichés of current debates about environmental crises and their human impact. Tuesday 30 September L 6.00 – 8.00pm L Wysing Arts Centre
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A selection of films screened in AMPHIS – Wysing’s new communal structure made entirely from recycled and reclaimed materials – made by international artists Folke Kobberling and Martin Kaltwasser with a host of community volunteers. Curated by Sarah Wood and Lotte Juul Petersen.
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INSIDE OUT 19 SEPTEMBER – 5 OCTOBER Special thanks to The Script Factory
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Wysing has given its entire site over to the 24 artists who work from it and invited them to turn the place literally INSIDE OUT. Expect installations in unseen locations from greenhouses, offices and kitchens to more formal spaces such as the Wysing Gallery. For details, visit: www.wysingartscentre.org
The Cambridge Film Festival has always been keen on taking cinema into the great outdoors and this year is no different. So, on four nights before and during the Festival we invite you to enjoy two great Cambridge traditions: watching innovative and compelling film presented by the Festival, and punting on the Cam at dusk.
Tuesday 16 September L 7.30pm
The meeting point will be at the Red Lion in Grantchester where you can take advantage of promotional offers for ticketholders or even enjoy a pre-punt supper. Then, as the sun sets, a flotilla of punts, kindly provided by Scudamores, will set off from Grantchester Meadows, stopping at regular intervals in front of screens along the riverbank.
Wednesday 17 September L 7.30pm
SPECIAL EVENTS
RIVERSIDE SCREENINGS GREENSCAPE (CFF U)
To get in the outdoor mood, a selection of short films looking at parks and open spaces, including Christine Molloy’s WHO KILLED BROWN OWL and Bruce Weber’s WINE AND CUPCAKES.
BATTLEFIELD (CFF U)
To contrast with the serenity of the Cam, BATTLEFIELD reflects on images of conflict and heroism, both in the form of archival shorts and documentary extracts. These include clips from FINEST HOUR – a BFI archival collection of Second World War public information films – directed by the great Humphrey Jennings.
Tuesday 23 September L 7.30pm
RIVERRUN (CFF U)
For the all-encompassing downriver experience, the films shown in Riverrun will focus on artists’ engagement with water. What does water mean in the modern world: territory, non-territory, a vital resource, a commodity to be taken for granted? The artists represented in Riverrun examine these ideas in work that is sensual, playful and compelling. What better place than a riverside screening to re-connect with the natural world? Thursday 25 September L 7.30pm
DREAM SCREEN (CFF U)
As the sun sets and dusk settles over the landscape, Dream Screen lulls us downstream and delves into our collective unconscious. Take a journey into the twilight world of dreams, sleep and phantasy. This specially curated programme will include films from Surrealism to the present day, from artists unafraid to dream a new kind of cinema. Tickets: Full price £25, Conc. and Members £20 Includes chauffered punt ride from Grantchester Meadows to Dead Man’s Corner, complimentary champagne and refreshments.
( For an additional £5, you can begin the evening early by being punted to the meeting point (departure times to be confirmed).
TRUMPINGTON FARM COMPANY
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SURPRISE MOVIE (CERT TBC) A Film Festival is a wonderfully moveable feast, full of late entries, last minute guests and surprise premieres – all of which not only makes the Festival fantastic fun, but also ensures you have the very latest, up-to-theminute films both large and small, often before they are seen anywhere else. Naturally, we’ll keep you posted with all the latest developments via the Festival Daily and our website – in all cases but one. One of our favourite Festival traditions – the Surprise Movie – is the one thing we hold back on right up until you’re sat in your seat. What will it be this year? Only the Festival Director knows for certain, and nothing will prise the information from him (we’ve tried everything over the years). Past Surprise Movies have included everything from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN to the first UK screening of A COCK AND BULL STORY (last year’s was Herzog’s RESCUE DAWN), so with no hype and no reviews to distract you, simply take your seat, let the lights dim and see what delights are in store!
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Tue 23 Sep, 10.30pm L Wed 24 Sep, 10.30am (Big Scream! only)
SAVAGE GRACE (15) Director: Tom Kalin. Starring: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane, Eddie Redmayne. Spain/USA/ France 2007. 97 mins.
Smaller on the page but by no means no less important, here are some films, confirmed at the very last minute, which we couldn’t bear to leave out of the programme. Friday 19 September, 8.15pm
LIFE FOR SALE (LUFTBUSINESS) (CFF 15) Director: Dominique de Rivaz. Starring: Tomas Lemarquis, Dominique Jann, Joel Basman. Switzerland/ Luxembourg 2008. 89 mins. German with English subtitles.
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Looking for easy money, three young dropouts auction themselves on the Internet. One sells his future, one sells his past. The third sells his soul. What starts off as an unlikely trick turns into a nightmare when they discover they’ve sold their very existences. And there are no refunds…
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Print source: Media Luna Entertainment
Sat 27 Sep, 3.15pm L Sun 28 Sep, 3.30pm
THE GROCER’S SON (CFF 12A)
Based on a true story, SAVAGE GRACE traces the dramatic rise and fall of the charismatic Barbara Daly, who married Brooks Baekeland, heir to the Bakelite plastics fortune. Their only child is a failure in his father’s eyes, and as he matures and becomes increasingly close to his lonely mother, the seeds for tragedy are sown. Print source: Revolver
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Monday 22 September, 11.15pm
Director: Eric Guirado. Starring: Nicolas Cazalé, Clotilde Hesme, Daniel Duval. France 2007. 96 mins. French with English subtitles.
THE BROKEN (CFF 18)
Having left his village ten years ago, Antoine finds himself thrust back into rural life when his estranged father is taken ill and he is enlisted to drive the local grocery van. His real motivation is to be able to lend money to his flatmate but family tensions soon mount and Antoine is forced to reconsider what he really wants out of life. Contains moderate sex references.
Director: Sean Ellis. Starring: Lena Headey, Richard Jenkins, Asier Newman, Michelle Duncan. France/UK 2008. 88 mins.
In the sprawling metropolis of a grey London, Gina sees herself drive past in her own car. Stunned, she follows the woman up to her apartment and an eerie series of events ensue as Gina soon discovers a secret that will confirm her worst fears and change the boundaries of her reality forever.
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Sunday 28 September L 5.30pm
Print source: The Works
Print source: Les Films du Losange/ICA Films
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Wednesday 24 September, 6.00pm L The Junction
DR STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (PG)
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Director: Stanley Kubrick. Starring: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden. UK 1964. 93 mins.
President Merklin Muffley and Group Captain Lionel Mandrake are embroiled in a race against time after General Jack D. Ripper launches an unauthorised nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, little knowing that any attack will trigger the “Doomsday device” designed by ex-Nazi scientist Dr Strangelove and causing global Armageddon. Print source: Sony Thursday 25 September, 6.00pm L The Junction
STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES (CFF 15) Director: Jan Harlan. Narrator: Tom Cruise. USA 2001. 142 mins.
An exploration of the life and work of the man acknowledged as one of the greatest auteur filmmakers of all time, this documentary by Jan Harlan draws on a huge store of interviews and reminiscences by those who knew and worked with the great man, ranging from Jack Nicholson to Woody Allen. As Nicholson himself says: Everyone pretty much acknowledges he’s the man, and I still think that underrates him...” Print source: Warner Bros.
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Thursday 25 September, 1.00pm
Thursday 25 September, 9.00pm L The Junction
A unique blend of interviews, archive material and stylised dramatic sequences, this documentary tells the remarkable story of Jerri Truhill who, in 1961, became one of the first women secretly trained by NASA to go into space. An initial phone conversation between Truhill and the filmmaker inspires a journey to meet the heroine in Texas.
SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE MOON (CFF PG) Director: Ulrike Kubatta. UK/USA 2007. 58 mins.
WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL (CFF 15) Director: Matt Wolf. USA 2008. 71 mins.
Active in the New York art scene of the 70s and 80s, Arthur Russell was a prolific musician as adept at composing avantgarde orchestral music as he was creating disco records. Matt Wolf’s ambitious debut constructs a portrait of this extraordinary artist from rare archival footage and interviews with Russell’s closest friends including Philip Glass and Allan Ginsberg. Print source: Plexi Films
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Saturday 27 September, 3.30pm
BURMA ALL INCLUSIVE (CFF 15) Director: Roland Wehap. Austria 2007. 96 mins.
Burma, once isolated from the outside world, is now slowly opening up to tourism and, in turn, corruption. The country has been taken hostage by those in power: this documentary goes behind the beautiful façade created by the tourist trade, inviting you to book your 16-day, “all-inclusive” trip to discover the truth.
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Thursday 25 September, 10.45pm
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BI THE WAY (CFF 18)
Saturday 27 September, 12.30pm
Wednesday 24 September, 11.15pm
WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE SKY (CFF PG)
BLOOD CAR (CFF 18)
Directors: Brittany Blockman, Josephine Decker. USA 2008. 93 mins.
Director: David Ebert. UK 2008. 60 mins.
Following the personal stories of five young people, BI THE WAY explores the changing sexual landscape of America. In a road trip across the States, this documentary attempts to uncover the reality of the bisexual fad (or should that be revolution?), taking viewers on every adventure from sex parks to swingers’ parties along the way.
Narrated by Academy Award winning actor, Morgan Freeman, this documentary tells the inspiring story of a group of women from northern Zambia. In a place where women rarely have the chance to speak out, they have made a film that tackles the taboo subject of AIDS head on, challenging opinions and becoming a force for change.
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Director: Alex Orr. Starring: Mike Brune, Anna Chlumsky, Katie Rowlett. USA 2007. 76 mins.
As petrol prices become astronomically high, vegan primary school teacher Archie finds an alternative source of energy: blood. The only guy in town with a set of wheels, he soon attracts a girlfriend in the guise of the sex-crazed Denise. But in order to keep the car and therefore the girl, he must continue to find a never-ending supply of blood.
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ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (CFF 15) Director: Werner Herzog. USA 2007. 99 mins.
Thursday 18 September, 9.00pm
There is a hidden society at the end of the world. One thousand men and women live together under unbelievably close quarters in Antarctica, risking their lives and sanity in search of cutting-edge science. Now, for the first time, an outsider has been admitted. Filmmaker Werner Herzog, accompanied only by his cameraman, travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, the hub of the US Antarctic programme, and into the heart of one of
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LINHA DE PASSE (15) Directors: Walter Salles, Daniela Thomas. Starring: João Baldasserini, Sandra Corveloni, Kaique Jesus Santos, Vinícius de Oliveira. Brazil 2008. 113 mins. Portuguese with English subtitles.
Sao Paulo. 20 million inhabitants, 200 kilometres of traffic, 300,000 messengers on motorcycles. At the heart of one of the toughest, most chaotic cities in the world, four brothers try to reinvent themselves in different ways. With the backdrop of Brazil in a state of emergency, each one is looking for a way out… This effort from Walter Salles (THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES) and his frequent collaborator Daniela Thomas (MIDNIGHT) is a characteristically humane and intelligent work. Steadfast in its refusal to glamourise violence and the extremity of the environment which the film’s characters are forced to inhabit, LINHA DE PASSE exudes compassion, drama and insight. Print source: Pathé
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IN the most remote NIGHT G places on earth. FEATU RE Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother Nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal and often absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who form this unique community. ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD is a visually stunning exploration of the raw beauty of a land of fire, ice and corrosive solitude. Print source: Revolver
“Few filmmakers make the end of days seem as hauntingly beautiful as Werner Herzog does, or as inexorable.” NEW YORK TIMES
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Sunday 28 September, 8.30pm
“Hats off to the fine ensemble acting, which is never over-stated and renders each family member intensely individual.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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Tuesday 23 September, 8.30pm
Thursday 25 September, 7.45pm
Friday 26 September, 7.15pm
ALGERIA, UNSPOKEN STORIES (CFF 15) (HISTOIRES À NE PAS DIRE)
AÑO UÑA (CFF 15) (THE YEAR OF THE NAIL)
Director: Jean-Pierre Lledo. France/Algeria 2007. 160 mins. French and Arabic with English subtitles.
Director: Jonás Cuarón. Starring: Diego Cataño, Eireann Harper. Mexico 2007. 78 mins. English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Perhaps most famous for his stunning feature RUSSIAN ARK, which was made up entirely of a 90-minute, continuous tracking shot, director Aleksandr Sokurov further strengthens his reputation as probably Russia’s greatest living filmmaker, offering a piece that is as intelligent and thought-provoking as it is beautiful. Russian opera legend Galina Vishnevskya takes to the screen (for the first time as an actor, at the age of 81) as the eponymous central character who is travelling from Russia to Chechnya to visit her grandson, a soldier. The film unfolds as a powerful yet incredibly delicate anti-war film. Aleksandra explores her grandson’s military camp, extends the hand of friendship to the Chechen women she meets, and re-awakens in her grandson’s fellow soldiers a long-buried remembrance of love, of longing for home and family, and of a time before they lived to fight.
In 1962 Algeria gained its independence after 132 years of French colonisation ended in a bitterly violent war. Thus began one of the largest migrations in human history, as a million great-grandchildren of 19th century immigrants from Jewish and European minority communities were forced to leave Algeria, their birthplace. In this extraordinary, unflinching documentary, the stories of four Algerians of Muslim origin take us back to the war years. Searching for the truth reveals the entanglement of hatred and fraternity in the hidden memories of their relationships with Jewish and Christian neighbours. Such stories are unspoken because to speak them is to risk censorship or worse: more than a powerful piece of cinema, the film is an act of resistance.
AÑO UÑA marks an auspicious and remarkably assured debut for Alfonso Cuarón’s son, Jonás. Jonás began taking photographs over one year; spontaneous images of people in their everyday lives, with neither posing nor staging. Whilst he knew the characters and their stories would be used to create a film, there was no way a plot could be pre-defined. At the end of the year, Jonás and Eireann Harper mounted the thousands of photographic images in one room, ordered in scenes composed of shots. Consistencies began to emerge. The film’s narrative - an impossible romance between Molly, a 21-yearold American, and Diego, a Mexican in the throes of puberty – is completely fictional. A beautiful mediation on impermanence and the passage of time, AÑO UÑA has been invariably compared to LA JETÉE and yet it possesses a daring and originality of its own.
( We are delighted to welcome director Jean-Pieree Lledo for a Q&A
( We are delighted to welcome producer Mia Bays for a Q&A following
following the screening.
the screening.
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ALEXANDRA (ALEKSANDRA) (PG) Director: Aleksandr Sokurov. Starring: Galina Vishnevskaya, Vasily Shevtsov, Raisa Gichaeva. Russia/France 2007. 95 mins. Russian/Chechen with English subtitles.
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BELLE TOUJOURS (CFF 15)
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BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (12A)
CAUGHT IN THE ACT (CFF 15)
Director: Manoel de Oliveira. Starring: Michel Piccolli, Bulle Ogier. Portugal/France 2006. 68 mins. French with English subtitles.
Director: Julian Jarrold. Starring: Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon. UK 2008. 133 mins.
Director: Matt Lipsey. Starring: Steve Speirs, Freddie Jones, Maureen Lipman, Mark Lewis Jones, Ralph Brown. UK 2008. 92 mins.
Based on two of the key characters from Buñuel’s exquisite 1967 classic BELLE DE JOUR, veteran director Oliveira creates a scenario 40 years on whereby the meeting of a man, Henri and a woman, Severine may or may not present the truth about a secret only he can reveal. Severine, now a widow, awaits the expected revelation but Henri holds back and enjoys his sadistic power over a woman who never allowed him to possess her...
A provocative and suspenseful drama, BRIDESHEAD REVISITED tells a story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in the pre-WWII era. Charles Ryder becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family, first through the charming Sebastian Flyte, and then through his sophisticated sister, Julia. The rise and fall of Charles’s infatuations reflect the decline of the decadent era of the inter-war years. A sensitive adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s novel by multiple BAFTA award-winner Andrew Davies and Jeremy Brock, the film also features a terrific supporting turn from Emma Thompson as the duplicitous Lady Marchmain.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT is a heart-warming comedy about deceit and integrity, friendship and folly and the triumph of humanity over greed. Set in the beautiful Welsh valleys, it tells the story of a corrupt parish council embezzling European Union (EU) money to pay for their decadent lifestyles instead of funding the cultural development of their town. They soon find themselves having to perform the unimaginable task of producing one of the great Shakespearean plays for the most important festival in the EU cultural calendar. Amidst the hilarious scenes of their performance, their personal dramas are played out. The characters discover what is truly important to them and what they must do to achieve their hopes.
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BELLE DE JOUR (18) Director: Luis Buñuel. Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Jean Sorel, Michel Piccoli, Genevieve Page. France 1967. 101 mins. French and Spanish with English subtitles.
Contains one moderate sex scene.
Re-issued in a new print, Buñuel’s most successful film stars a 24-year-old Catherine Deneuve as Severine, a beautiful middleclass Parisian wife who indulges her masochastic fantasies by working afternoons in a high-class brothel.
Print source: BVI
( We hope to welcome members of the cast for a Q&A following the screening.
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Saturday 27 September, 5.45pm L Sunday 28 September, 10.00am
Friday 19 September, 8.30pm
CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER (CFF 15)
CYCLES (CFF 15)
DRESSING GRANITE (CFF 15)
Director: Cyril Gelblat. Starring: Miou-Miou, Charles Berling, Shulamit Adar. France 2008. 92 mins. French with English subtitles.
Director: Bill Scott. Starring David Shaw, Darren Hawkes, Mary Woodvine. UK 2007. 93 mins.
In this brilliantly accomplished debut feature, Gelblat weaves together the lives of three different generations of a Jewish family in Paris, each contending with family relationships at a critical time in their lives. Judith (a touching performance by Miou-Miou) is a divorced housewife and, as she enters middleage, she feels she is losing both her mother, a Holocaust survivor who is slipping into dementia, and her son, who is flying the nest. Her brother Simon (Berling) is a successful political journalist known for incisive observation but his mother’s increasing confusion and his daughter’s budding sexuality both escape his grasp. Through deft glimpses of lives that feel very real, the film explores how cultural heritage is transmitted, but also shifts and changes as older generations die out. A searching film of many layers, it nevertheless keeps a light touch and manages to be both complex and heart-warming.
Ben and Matthew are stonemasons, living and working in a remote Cornish quarry. It’s a typical father and son relationship: love never shown, son’s work never good enough, father set in his ways. The more Matthew tries to embrace modernity, the more fractious and emotional Ben becomes, until Matthew realises his father has dementia and needs to go into a home. But this act of filial concern is to have tragic consequences as Matthew struggles with breaking free from tradition at the same time as trying to keep it alive, and facing up to some very harsh realities. A film about loss and renewal: the loss of long-established ways of living, the loss of a parent and the loss of memory; the need to understand the past and to take what is useful from it in order to make some meaning of the future.
(DIALOGUE AVEC MON JARDINIER) Director: Jean Becker. Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Fanny Cottençon. France 2007. 110 mins. French with English subtitles.
This finely observed film depicts a poignant friendship between two men from different walks of life. When a respected Parisian painter on the brink of divorce (Auteuil) returns to his childhood home and places an advert for a gardener to tame the vegetable plot, he realises that the retired railway worker is a former schoolmate. As the garden is nurtured and the painter struggles with his relationships and his work, a warm friendship flourishes between the two. Sharing a love of the place where they grew up, they try to understand each other’s passions and attitudes to life. Ultimately however, it is the painter who has the most to learn. The 78 year-old Becker perfectly captures the intimacy of the tale, yet avoids sentimentality. The film positively glows with life, even as it paints a tender portrait of men coping, in different ways, with the process of growing old.
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Friday 19 Sep, 5.00pm L Wednesday 24 Sep, 10.30am (Big Scream! only) L Saturday 27 Sep, 12.45pm
EDEN (CFF 15) Director: Declan Recks. Starring: Aidan Kelly, Eileen Walsh, Padraic Delaney, Karl Shields, Lesley Conroy, Kate O’Toole, Enda Oates, Sarah Green. Ireland 2008. 83 mins.
Set in a thriving town in the midlands of Ireland, EDEN tells the story of a week in the lives of Billy and Breda Farrell as they approach their 10th wedding anniversary. Breda is determined that the milestone will re-ignite the passion in their marriage. Billy’s got other plans. He’s become infatuated with the unobtainable Imelda Egan and has convinced himself that they will be lovers by the weekend. As the date draws closer, Billy’s behaviour becomes more and more chaotic, while Breda’s frustrations crystalise and find more mature, high-risk expression. EDEN is the screen adaptation of Eugene O’Brien’s critically acclaimed, award-winning play, marking the second collaboration by director Declan Recks, Eugene O’Brien and RTÉ Television. ( We are delighted to welcome director Declan Recks and members of the cast to this screening.
Saturday 20 September, 8.00pm
Wednesday 24 September, 11.00pm
FAINTHEART (CFF 15)
FEAR(S) OF THE DARK (CFF 15)
Director: Vito Rocco. Starring: Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner, Jessica Hynes, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim Healy, Anne Reid. UK 2008. 90 mins.
User generated content charges forward with FAINTHEART, the new UK comedy for our socially networked times. Mildmannered Richard enjoys dressing up as a Viking at the weekend for battle re-enactments. His wife Cath doesn’t. Tiring of all this cosplay she wants a divorce. Soon she’s seeing, horror of horrors, a PE teacher! What will it take to win her back? Watch out too for Ewen Bremner as Richard’s best friend, a Trekkie caught between Valhalla and Vulcan. Developed from the My Movie Mashup project on MySpace, users were involved in selecting which project was made, adding to the script and they were even cast in it too. ( We are delighted to welcome the director, Vito Rocco, and James Fabricant from MySpace to discuss the making of this film. Print source: Vertigo
(PEUR(S) DU NOIR) Directors: Blutch, Marie Caillou, Pierre Di Sciullo, Jerry Kramski, Lorenzo Mattotti, Richard McGuire, Michel Pirus, Romaine Slocombe. France 2007. 85 mins. French with English subtitles.
Spiders’ legs brushing against naked skin… Unexplained noises heard at night in a dark bedroom… A big, empty house where you feel a definite presence… A hypodermic needle getting closer and closer… A dead thing trapped in a bottle of formaldehyde… A huge growling dog, baring its teeth and staring… FEAR(S) OF THE DARK features some of the hottest, hippest graphic artists in the world – including Marie Caillou, Romaine Slocombe and Blutch – brought together for the first time on celluloid to delve into the depths of what really sends shivers down your spine. Rendered in stark, uncompromising black and white, this is a truly creepy, disgusting, disturbing and occasionally funny ride into what keeps us all awake at night. Don’t see it alone... Print source: Metrodome
Print source: Samson Films
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Sunday 28 September, 3.00pm
Thursdy 18 September, 6.00pm L Friday 19 September, 2.30pm
FEATURE (CFF 12A)
FERMAT’S ROOM (CFF 15)
GOMORRAH (15)
Director: Shezad Dawood. Starring: Shezad Dawood, Jimmie Durham, David Medalla, Doug Fishbone, Hetna Regitze Bruun. UK 2008. 55 mins.
What do Chief Crazy Horse, Krishna, a Valkyrie, a bunch of Zombies and some fetish cowboys have in common with a donkey and an albino snake? The directorial debut by artist Shezad Dawood seems to play havoc with the unwritten rules that determine the boundaries between cultures and peoples, and distinctions between fact and fiction. FEATURE clearly isn’t a conventional film based on the format of traditional westerns – David Medalla labels it a ‘zombie western’ and credits artist, director and actor Shezad Dawood with creating an entirely new genre. What distinguishes FEATURE is precisely this quality; mixing and mingling, linking entirely different historical moments with mythology and intertwining generally shared with intimately personal histories. Contains moderate violence.
( We are delighted to welcome director, Shezad Dawood, for a Q&A following the screening. Commissioned by Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire.
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(LA HABITACION DE FERMAT) Directors: Luis Piedrahita, Rodrigo Sopeña. Starring: Lluís Homar, Alejo Sauras, Elena Ballesteros, Santi Millán, Federico Luppi, Helena Carrión. Spain 2007. 88 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.
SAW for the mathematically minded, with less blood and more brains. Spanish film FERMAT’S ROOM brings together four mathematicians, locks them in a room and lets the walls crush them. The enigmatic Fermat invites four experts in their field to solve a puzzle. Asked to abandon their phones the trail leads to a remote warehouse. At which point it all seems like a bad joke. Until, that is, the first proper challenge arrives backed by some serious motivation – a shrinking space being compacted by hydraulic presses. Entering similar territory to CUBE the only way out of this deathtrap is for the foursome to solve the riddles. But the bigger question they must ponder is who would actually want to kill them? This engrossing debut by writer-directors Luis Piedrahita and Rodrigo Sopeña will keep you in its grip until the very end. Print source: Revolver
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Director: Matteo Garrone. Starring: Salvatore Abruzzese, Simone Sacchettino, Salvatore Ruocco, Toni Servillo. Italy 2008. 137 mins. Italian with English subtitles.
A powerful depiction of the destructive and pervasive impact of organised crime on ordinary people, GOMORRAH focuses on five inter-linked stories in the working-class suburbs of Naples. Winner of the Cannes Grand Prix this summer for its groundbreaking adaptation of Robert Saviano’s best-selling book – a literary phenomenon in Italy last year – the film journeys into a nightmarish landscape of crumbling concrete housing blocks and polluted wastelands to show us everyday lives corrupted by crime: the young boy who betrays a family; the Scarface obsessed adolescents firing machine guns across a lake; the tailor trapped by the mob; and the kids employed to dump toxic waste. A remarkable indictment of the consequences of the mafia’s power and wealth. Print source: Optimum
“Probably the most authentic and unsentimental mafia movie ever to come out of Italy” SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
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Tuesday 23 September, 6.00pm
Friday 26 September, 8.00pm L Saturday 27 September, 11.00pm
GOOD DICK (15)
GOODNIGHT IRENE (OLHO NEGRO) (CFF 15)
Director: Marianna Palka. Starring: Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter. USA 2008. 86 mins.
Director: Paolo Marinou-Blanco. Starring: Robert Pugh, Nuno Lopes, Rita Loureiro. Portugal 2008. 98 mins. Portuguese and English with English subtitles.
HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE (CFF 15)
An unpredictable and darkly funny slice of Americana, where the usual tropes of small-town life – frustrated video store clerk in love with a shy, awkward yet strangely attractive young girl – do not quite add up to what you’d expect. For one, she has a porn addiction and meets our hero when checking similarly themed videos out of his store. Eventually she agrees to try his recommendations and invites him home to share them with her but, as the tone of what has already gone before may suggest, things do not go as smoothly as he hopes. A love story for the dysfunctional, for our times and for those who want their romance movies to come with something other than lashings of Meg Ryan looking perplexed in a pair of pyjamas. Print source: The Works
“moments of such genuine thoughtfulness and surprises that wouldn’t be out-of-place in a script by Cameron Crowe or Richard Curtis” efilmcritic.com
Director: Robert B. Weide. Starring: Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges, Kirsten Dunst. UK 2008. 110 mins.
In Lisbon, an ageing English actor and a young Portuguese locksmith live finding ways to fight off the tedium of solitude. But their paths cross when Irene, an attractive Portuguese painter, moves into the apartment next to Alex’s and her joy for life distract them from their plight. When Irene suddenly disappears, however, a deeply meaningful friendship slowly starts to develop between the two previous rivals as they move into her apartment, searching for clues. When they discover Irene might be in Spain, and in danger, these two unlikely heroes decide to embark on a mission to rescue her. Featuring an outstanding central performance by Robert Pugh (MASTER AND COMMANDER), this tale of loss and recovery is beautifully realised, subtly reflecting the humour, drama and poignancy of life.
Frequent Curb Your Enthusiasm director Robert B. Weide makes his feature directorial debut with this screen adaptation of British writer Toby Young’s painful but comedic memoir of the same name. When self-promoting scribe Young (Pegg, HOT FUZZ) accepts a position as a contributing editor for iconic fashion magazine Sharps, his subsequent attempts to ingratiate himself with both his egotistical boss, Clayton Harding, and the superficial celebrities who populate the pages of the magazine prove disastrously hilarious. A fish-out-of-water comedy at which Pegg is becoming such an expert, HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS… is not only frequently funny but also offers an uncomfortable look at the pitfalls of arrogance and pomposity.
( We look forward to welcoming director Paolo Marinou-Blanco to
producer Stephen Woolley to this screening.
this screening. Print source: Fils de Tejo
( We are delighted to welcome writer and co-producer Toby Young and Print source: Number 9 Films
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The Alliance Franรงaise is proud to be a part of the 28th Cambridge Film Festival and to present the best of the 2008 Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival 15 Norfolk Street, Cambridge CB1 2LD Tel: 01223 561854 Fax: 01223 560230 www.france-in-cambridge.co.uk
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Tuesday 23 September, 5.30pm L Wednesday 24 September, 12.30pm
Saturday 27 September, 5.30pm
Sunday 21 September, 8.45pm
IN MEMORY OF US (CFF 15)
IN THE CITY OF SYLIVA (CFF PG)
(EN SOUVENIR DE NOUS)
(EN LA CIUDAD DE SYLVIA)
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG (CFF 15) (IL Y A LONGTEMPS QUE JE T’AIME)
Director: Michel Léviant. Starring: Hélène Lapiower, Marie Vinoy, Liliana Lolitch. France 2007. 92 mins. French with English subtitles.
Director: José Luis Guerín. Starring: Pilar López de Ayala, Xavier Lafitte. Spain 2007. 84 mins. Spanish/French with English subtitles.
When Michel Léviant made THE FAIRY WALL in 1994, a light but beautifully shot TV film deemed too artistic for television, he could hardly have imagined its future incarnation. Years later, having captured producer Henri Magalon’s imagination, the film took on a new dimension. Revisiting the same actors and locations, IN MEMORY OF US depicts the original group meeting again at their friend’s funeral, returning to her childhood home where they spent an intense summer a decade before. Using the earlier footage as flashbacks with all the dreamlike luminosity of memories, the film moves between past and present in a fascinating exploration of friendship, guilt and the passing of time. The poignancy of the group’s struggle to deal with their friend’s suicide is rendered acute by the fact that actress Hélène Lapiower died of cancer before the film’s new life. The film’s reality haunts its fictional tale, making its evocation of memory all the more compelling.
A young man arrives in Strasbourg and spends his days sitting at an outdoor café, sketching the figures of the women around him, patiently waiting for Sylvia, the woman that he fell in love with four years earlier, to appear. He finally thinks he sees her and gives chase, but it turns out to be someone else. He resumes his quest for his lost love and the innocence he longs to regain. Sylvia’s presence lingers but it is impossible to return to the past. The latest film by José Luis Guerín is a homage to cinema, painting, love and women, and imparts a nostalgia for days when it was possible to search for love, wander streets aimlessly and immerse oneself in a foreign place: the freedom to do as one pleases.
Print source: Maybe Movies
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“Filled with small eye-pleasing images, it’s a picture that audiences may wish to see more than once in order to relish it all.” hollywoodreporter.com
Director: Philippe Claudel. Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Elsa Zylberstein, Serge Hazanavicius. France 2008. 115 mins. French with English subtitles.
In this gentle yet suspenseful drama, two sisters attempt to reconstruct their relationship after a long separation, as haunting family secrets slowly emerge. Juliette (Scott Thomas) has been abroad for fifteen years for mysterious reasons and is outcast by her family. On her return, only her sister Léa is willing to take her in. But Juliette’s presence disturbs the household, as Léa’s husband is deeply suspicious of her sudden reappearance in their lives. The director describes it as “a film about women’s strength, their capacity to shine, to rebuild their lives” and this is certainly borne out in striking performances from both female leads. Scott Thomas portrays a Juliette striving for acceptance while learning to love life again, with flashes of mordant wit giving the character an edge. While it deals with the dark subjects of isolation and secrecy, this is ultimately an uplifting film about enduring love. Print source: Lionsgate
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Sunday 28 September, 6.00pm
Saturday 27 September, 8.15pm
LAS MENINAS (CFF 15)
JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY (CFF 15)
KING OF THE HILL (CFF 15)
(KÆRLIGHED PÅ FILM)
(EL REY DE LA MONTAÑA)
Director: Ole Bornedal. Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen, Rebecka Hemse, Nikolaj Lie Kaas. Denmark 2007. 100 mins. Danish with English subtitles.
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego: Starring: Leonardo Sbaraglia, María Valverde, Thomas Riordan, Andrés Juste. Spain 2007. Spanish with English subtitles. 90 mins.
In some of our darkest, most conflicted moments lie the blackest instances of farce – a fact acknowledged here by Ole Bornedal in this compelling drama. Jonas is a married man with a family and a good job as a police photographer but he feels something is lacking in his life. Then, one day, he witnesses a girl become involved in a serious accident and finds himself compelled to visit her. When her family assumes he is her lover who they have never met, he gamely, politely plays along, not wanting, in some inexplicable way, to add to their worries. Before long the girl wakes from her coma and Jonas’s pretence becomes a reality; it is then that things really take a turn for the worse…
This is a film that promises to have everyone talking. It takes the “rural menace in the woods” genre as epitomised by DELIVERANCE (and cheekily parodied by SEVERANCE) and turns it absolutely and uncompromisingly on its head. The result is a disturbing, nail-biting thriller that will have you alternately on the edge of your seat and slack-jawed with horror. Quim and Bea, having met accidentally at a roadside garage some hours earlier, become the quarry of an unseen gunman in a forest in which they have become lost. Just as you feel sure you know what must surely come next, all rules change and all bets are off; let’s put it this way – you’ll probably never feel the same way the next time someone suggests a pleasant stroll in the woods.
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Director: Ihor Podolchak. Starring: Mykola Veresen, Liubov Tymoshevska, Hanna Yarovenko, Dmytro Cherniavsky. Ukraine 2008. 99 mins. French and Ukrainian with English subtitles.
In a strange suburban villa which resembles more an art installation than a house, live a family of four; parents, daughter and son. The family’s existence is terrorized, not by any external party but by the son who has suffered from asthma and eczema since childhood and uses his “health crises” to manipulate and command. Their life is characterised by the endless ritual of unsuccessfully attempting to satisfy his whims. Resembling the scattered pieces of a puzzle, LAS MENINAS invites the viewer to see what he wants in this investigation of daily routine and its effect on the human mind and psyche. Life is full of decisions and choices but when we set about seeing what choice we have, it turns out to be very little. Print source: MF Films
“a daring, modern avant-garde experiment, a cross between film and visual arts.” INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM
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Monday 22 September, 10.30pm
Monday 22 September, 8.15pm L Tuesday 23 September, 3.30pm
Thursday 25 September, 8.00pm L Friday 26 September, 12.45pm
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (CFF 18)
PIANO, SOLO (15)
STRENGTH AND HONOUR (15)
Director: Riccardo Milani. Starring: Kim Rossi Stuart, Jasmine Trinca, Paola Cortellesi. Italy 2007. 104 mins. Italian with English subtitles.
Director: Mark Mahon. Starring: Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin, Richard Chamberlain. Ireland 2007. 90 mins.
A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. His wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door with her father. Coinciding with the girl’s arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. For an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it does not take long before he realises that Eli is a vampire. He becomes increasingly aware of the tragic, inhuman dimension of her plight but cannot bring himself to forsake her. When Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can.
PIANO, SOLO is based on the heart-rending true story of the life of Italian jazz pianist Luca Flores. A tragic destiny awaits Luca on a road in Africa when, at a young age, he sees his mother die in a car accident. Luca returns to Italy where his exceptional and precocious talent as a pianist soon becomes evident. But the inspired rhythms of his boyhood Africa and a prompt by a couple of soon-to-be friends turn him from a conventional classical career into a new jazz star, an acclaimed figure on the Italian and international jazz scenes, appearing with legendary greats such as Chet Baker and Dave Holland. Yet the unbearable feeling of guilt for his mother’s death grows into an obsession and each day, as he withdraws further into isolation, not even his music has the power to redeem him.
STRENGTH AND HONOUR is a story of hope and love, sacrifice and devotion, set against the violent underground world of bare-knuckle boxing. It tells the story of an Irish-American boxer, Sean Kelleher (Michael Madsen), who accidentally kills his friend in the ring and promises his dying wife that he will never box again. However, years later, when he discovers that his only son is dying of the same hereditary heart disorder that took his wife, he is forced to break his promise to raise money for life-saving surgery. Starring Michael Madsen, Vinnie Jones, Patrick Bergin and Richard Chamberlain, screenwriter Mark Mahon’s directorial debut has already attracted a host of accolades, including Best Film and Best Actor at the Boston Film Festival.
Print source: Momentum
Print source: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises
(LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN) Director: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Kåre Hedebrant, Lina Leandersson, Per Ragnar, Henrik Dahl. Sweden 2008. 114 mins. Swedish with English subtitles.
( We are delighted to welcome director Mark Mahon and members of the cast to this screening. Print source: Marion Pictures
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Wednesday 24 September, 8.30pm
Thursday 18 September, 10.30pm
Saturday 27 September, 3.00pm
SUMMER (CFF 15)
SUMMER SCARS (CFF 18)
THE BLACK BALLOON (CFF 12A)
Director: Kenneth Glenaan. Starring: Robert Carlyle, Steve Evets, Rachael Blake. UK 2008. 83 mins.
Director: Julian Richards. Starring: Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce, Amy Harvey. UK 2007. 73 mins.
Director: Elissa Down. Starring: Toni Colette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford. Australia 2008. 97 mins.
A powerful study of social alienation and rejection from Kenneth Glenaan. As kids, Shaun and Daz are inseparable, skipping school, racing bikes, knocking about down by the lake with Katy, Shaun’s first love. Full of life, Shaun runs up against an education system that cannot contain him. He is squeezed and eventually spat out, taking Daz down with him as he self-destructs. Twenty years later, Daz is in a wheelchair and has eight weeks to live. Shaun is left to reflect on one gilded summer of love, sex and loyalty that marked the end of his innocence. His memories lead him to track down Katy, in a bid for personal redemption. This is a story of bright lives unfulfilled, of hopes that are snuffed out and then, finally, rekindled.
In this disturbing British thriller, the fate of a gang of urban kids who skip school to play in the woods with a souped-up stolen moped is changed forever when they crash into Peter. A dishevelled drifter, Peter is delighted to have a group of youngsters to hang out with. First he gains their trust by joining in their games but then his behaviour begins to change. Peter uses what he has learned about the kids against them, bullying the alpha boys, belittling the weaker ones and saving his worst for the only girl of the group. The kids realise too late that they are being held hostage and when Peter acknowledges things have gone too far, the kids are forced to embrace the dark side of human nature if they are going to survive the ordeal.
A story about fitting in, discovering love and accepting your family. When Thomas (Rhys Wakefield) and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. But his pregnant mother (Toni Collette) has to take things easy so his father Simon (Erik Thomson) puts him in charge of his autistic older brother Charlie (Luke Ford). Thomas, with the help of his new girlfriend Jackie (Gemma Ward), faces his biggest challenge yet. Charlie’s unusual antics take Thomas on an emotional journey that causes his pent-up frustrations about his brother’s autism to pour out – in a story that is funny, confronting, and ultimately heart-warming.
Print source: Prolific Films
( In a post-screen discussion, Sharon Hatt from the National Autistic Society and Jan Osbourne from Cambridgeshire’s INSPIRE will look at the issues families face when dealing with autism.
Print source: Vertigo
“This film further cements Kenny Glenaan as one of the best young British directors working today - Summer is sublime.” eyeforfilm.co.uk
“a coming of age drama injected with an uncomfortable dose of darkness” bloodandfear.com
Contains one scene of nudity and moderate coarse language.
Print source: Icon
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Sunday 21 September, 8.15pm
Friday 19 September, 10.30pm L Sunday 21 September, 10.15am
THE LARK (CFF 18)
THE MAN FROM LONDON (CFF 15)
THE OBJECTIVE (CFF 18)
Directors: Steve Tanner and Paul Farmer. Starring: Mary Woodvine, Mark Jackson, Helen Rule. UK 2007. 70 mins.
An absolutely riveting tour-de-force, on a minute budget of £12k, from the blossoming Cornish film-making scene. THE LARK is a disorientating and disturbing journey into the world of Niamh and her two children, a seemingly endless maze in which every corridor disappears into an infinite darkness that can suddenly part to reveal uncanny scenes and characters. Still, Niamh has made a home here, a shelter from a poisonous world outside, where they live under the protection of Niamh’s strange friends while she tries to discover a way they can escape to safety. But then the balance of the nightmare is disturbed by intruders from outside. The violent Jackson and the prying Siobhan claim to have come here in search of a missing friend. But the truth seems to be very different – the newcomers have plans for Niamh that can lead them all to disaster. Print source: Courtesy of Paul Farmer
(A LONDONI FÉRFI) Director: Béla Tarr. Starring: Miroslav Krobot, Tilda Swinton, Ági Szirtes, János Derzsi, Erika Bók. Hungary 2007. 132 mins. Hungarian with English subtitles.
THE MAN FROM LONDON is the latest film by Hungarian auteur Béla Tarr. Concocting a rich dreamscape from a Belgium crime novel by Georges Simenon, Tarr enters the world of film noir here, which effortlessly glides along with his shadowstrewn, black and white aesthetic. One night a lonely dockside signalman spies a man throwing a suitcase overboard. Further investigation reveals the contents to be a sizeable amount of pounds sterling. Crushingly, the plot tightens as the “man from London” plays his hand and a police inspector gives dogged chase. Master of the strenuous single take, Tarr works his magic at a glacial pace that devastatingly plunges the audience into the emotional grist as it builds. Write this off as “uneventful” at your peril – you’ll be haunted by it for weeks. Print source: Artificial Eye
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Director: Daniel Myrick. Starring: Jonas Ball, Matt Anderson, Kenny Taylor, Mike C. Williams, Vanessa Johansson. USA 2008. 90 mins.
From the director of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT comes this supernatural horror film set in the desert landscape of Southern Afghanistan, which flirts with the issue of intelligent life and the effect of its existence on the human psyche. CIA Special Agent Ben Keynes’ mission is to locate Mohammed Aban, the legendary Mujahadeen leader who aided in defeating the Russians in the late 70s, and get a videotaped statement from Aban acknowledging his support in ridding the country of the Taliban. But the dynamics in the seemly straightforward game of chase soon change, when the chasers become the chased and the form “enemy” is not as expected. Keynes’ company numbers dwindle as they are slaughtered but he drives on, regardless, with his objective: to get the data sought by the CIA and to find out the truth behind Mohammed Aban and the “Vimanas”. Print source: Gearhead Pictures, Inc.
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Thursday 18 September, 8.15pm
Thursday 25 September, 11.15pm
THE UNDERSTUDY (CFF 15)
THE WAVE (15)
Directors: David Conolly, Hannah Davis. Starring: Marin Ireland, Paul Sparks, Aasif Mandvi. USA 2008. 104 mins.
Director: Dennis Gansel. Starring: Jürgen Vogel, Frederick Lau, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich. Germany 2008. 101 mins. German with English subtitles.
TIME CRIMES (CFF 15) (LOS CRONOCRÍMENES)
The perfect film for all of those who ever thought that if they could just get one shot at their big break, then everything would be okay… After years of scratching around for small acting parts, Rebecca is offered the chance to understudy Hollywood superstar Simone Harwin on stage. Things begin to look up when Simone is struck down with flu: Rebecca’s performance is feted by the great and powerful from Broadway to Hollywood and things look as though they may finally improve – until Simone returns, fully recovered, on the opening night. With so much at stake, it seems as though there’s really only one thing for it. And it’s not legal… A darkly comic take on what any one of us might do to get what we want. ( We are delighted to welcome the directors, the producer and composer Carl Davis to this screening.
Based on the social experiment undertaken by US history teacher Ron Jones in the 1960s when he attempted to demonstrate to pupils how Germany fell under the spell of Adolf Hitler, THE WAVE is a powerful and shocking portrait of how far individuals will go to belong and to become empowered. Now brought into present day Germany, the action centres on Rainer Wegner, a popular teacher who has been given the task of teaching his students about autocracy. Convinced they have heard the story of the Nazis enough times to be bored rigid, the class’s reaction is one of apathy and arrogant assumption. It is at this point Wegner decides to see how easy it will be to create a little bit of Nazi Germany in his own classroom, unaware of how just how damaging the unfolding events will be.
( See page 11 for details of a special masterclass with Carl Davis.
Print source: Momentum
Director: Nacho Vigalondo. Starring: Karra Elejalde, Candela Fernández, Bárbara Goenaga. Spain 2007. 88 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.
A new house and a new life for Hector and his wife – until he goes out into the woods, lured by the sight of a naked woman through his binoculars, and is suddenly attacked by a man with a swathe of pink bandages for a face. Before he knows it, he has gone back in time by one hour to a point before this new and sudden nightmare has started, but just as it is only truly beginning. In the spirit of PRIMER, but with its own unique twists, this is a mind-bending roller-coaster of a film from writer and director Nacho Vigalondo (who is also one of the stars) which challenges the viewer not only with complex issues of time and logic but also with more basic questions concerning right and wrong. Print source: Optimum
Print source: Mansion Pictures
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Sunday 28 September, 3.15pm
Wednesday 24 September, 5.45pm
UNRELATED (CFF 15)
VANAJA (CFF 12A)
WELTSTADT (CFF 15)
Director: Joanna Hogg. Starring: Kathryn Worth, Tom Hiddleston, Mary Roscoe, David Rintoul. UK 2007. 100 mins.
Director: Rajnesh Donalpalli. Starring: Mamatha Bhukya, Urmila Dammannagari, Karan Singh, Krishna Garlapati. India 2006. 112 mins. Telugu with English subtitles.
Director: Christian Klandt. Starring: Florian Bartholomäi, Gerdy Zint, Karoline Schuch, Hendrik Arnst, Justus Carrière. Germany 2008. 104 mins. German with English subtitles.
Vanaja is the 14 year-old daughter of a poor, low caste fisherman, struggling with dwindling catches and mounting debt in rural South India. When a sooth-sayer predicts that she will be a great dancer one day, she goes to work in the house of the local landlady in hopes of learning Kuchipudi dance while earning a keep. She is hired as a farmhand; her vivacious ways soon catch the landlady’s eye and she manages to secure the landlady’s mentorship – first in music, and then in dance – at a game of dice. Vanaja excels at the art and seems to be on a steadily ascending path when Shekhar, Rama Devi’s 23 year old son – handsome, muscular and rather insecure, returns from the US to run for local political elections.
On the night of 16 June 2004, in a picturesque East German town, two drunk teenage boys attacked a homeless man in the street. When they realised that he had no valuables, they beat him up and set him on fire. Based on a true story, WELTSTADT portrays five characters 24 hours before the crime. Karsten, Till, Steffi, Günter and Heinrich are average Germans, leading a small town life in a state of mediocrity and apathy. But sometimes indifference turns into aggression and boredom into violence as this film demonstrates in its compelling portrayal of social brutality and a deeply aggressive youth sub-culture.
With the UK on the cusp of possible transition to a Tory government, do our films reflect this? Forty-something Anna arrives unexpectedly at a friend’s holiday villa in Tuscany minus her husband. An apparent spat has left its mark on her and she won’t tell anyone what happened. Seemingly distant, she avoids her friend, preferring to spend more time with the teenagers on the trip – which increasingly puts her at odds with adults as the behaviour grows steadily out of control. The first feature film of former photographer and TV director Joanna Hogg, UNRELATED depicts a rarely seen sight in modern British cinema – a prosperous middle class family. Avoiding the usual UK clichés, this is a revealing study of a family with its guard down and shorts out, on holiday, marking Hogg as a major new talent. Print source: Verve
Print source: Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf
Contains references to sexual violence.
( We hope to welcome director Rajnesh Donalpalli to the screening. Print source: Emerging Films
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Tuesday 23 September, 8.00pm L Thursday 25 September, 1.15pm
Friday 26 September, 9.15pm L Sunday 28 September, 10.30am
Friday 26 September, 8.15pm
RUNNING THE SAHARA (CFF 12A)
1000 JOURNALS (CFF 15)
ALONE IN FOUR WALLS (CFF 15)
Director: James Moll. Narrator: Matt Damon. USA 2008. 103 mins.
Director: Andrea Kreuzhage. USA 2007. 88 mins.
(ALLEIN IN VIER WÄNDEN)
In 2006, an international expedition team of three men undertook a quest never before attempted by man: to run across the Sahara. Making its way from village to oasis to nomadic settlement, the documentary delves deep into the culture of the Sahara through the eyes of these three individuals undergoing a life-altering experience. Each runner brings his own unique story and motivations but all share a love for Africa and a desire to make a difference in the lives of the people of the Sahara by risking their own, running coast-to-coast across the desert to prove that the impossible is possible. They ran 4600 miles in 111 days. With them we cross six countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Egypt, and interact on a daily basis with the locals, accept their hospitality and learn about their lives and the challenges they face.
This intriguing documentary is part of the international phenomenon that is the 1000 JOURNALS project: a 21st century take on releasing a message in a bottle. In 2000, a graphic artist, Someguy from San Francisco, sent 1000 blank journals out into the world – in 2003 he got one back. 1000 JOURNALS is director and writer Andrea Kreuzhage’s voyage of discovery to locate the other 999. Where did they go? Whose hands have they passed through and what marks, messages or images have been left in each one? Moved from state to country to continent on a world-wide current of strangers, friends and relatives, the 999 journals have acquired almost mythic status and between them tell the stories of ordinary people who, through their contact with Someguy and his experiment, have become extraordinary.
Contains moderate coarse language.
Print source: Courtesy of Andrea Kreuzhage
Print source: Porchlight
“an intriguing documentary” hollywoodreporter.com
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Director: Alexandra Westmeier. Germany 2007. 85 mins. Russian with English subtitles.
Handsomely photographed – and delivered in an almost uncomfortably dispassionate tone – this documentary follows the lives of a handful of Russian boys, all under the age of 14, who are serving terms in a detention centre for crimes ranging from theft to murder. Stark, beautiful imagery of floors being scrubbed and beds being made with military precision by some of the young inmates – as emotionally challenging as it is visually arresting – is counter-balanced by the views of those affected by their crimes. Glimpses of the boys’ home lives, as evidenced by interviews with their parents, hint at why some of them seem relatively content within their four prison walls. Interviews with the boys themselves reveal the confused children behind the harsh machismo they have been forced to adopt. Print source: Linger On Film Production
DOCUMENTARIES Thursday 25 September, 1.00pm
Wednesday 24 Sep, 5.15pm L Friday 26 Sep, 10.15am
Saturday 20 September, 3.30pm
FACELESS (CFF 15)
THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS (CFF 15)
JUMP! (CFF PG)
Director: Manu Luksch. UK/Austria 2007. 50 mins.
In an eerily familiar city, a reformed “Real-Time” Calendar has been introduced by the Big Brother state, dispensing with the past and the future, leaving citizens faceless, without memory or anticipation. Using fear to legitimise the constant observation of public space, people’s faces are erased, reducing them into a safe, anonymous collective. But one day the film’s protagonist abruptly regains her face and, with the help of the Spectral Children, she slowly discovers the lost power of the human individual and begins the search for its future. Using only images obtained from the operators of CCTV video-surveillance systems in London – as stated in the rules of the “Manifesto for CCTV Filmmakers” – Luksch transforms London using oppressively familiar views into a nightmarish stage. ( Showing with SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE MOON – see page 17. Print source: Manu Luksch
“It dares its audience to question its own culpability in this all too real state of affairs” THE GUARDIAN
Directors: Kenny Glenaan, Douglas Gordon, Nick Higgins, Irvine Welsh, Mark Cousins, Tilda Swinton, Sana Bilgrami, Alice Nelson, Doug Aubrey, David Graham Scott, Anna Jone. UK 2008. 105 mins.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Lansdowne Productions and the Scottish Documentary Institute have gathered together some of the most talented filmmakers and visual artists based in Scotland today. Collectively they have created the feature length documentary, THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS. United by a single theme – human rights in Scotland – the film communicates a variety of artistic visions whilst exploring the real life stories of those for whom the Universal Declaration has intimate meaning. With testimony of human rights abuses sitting alongside tales of human rights recognition, the film is both an emotionally powerful journey and an exercise in passionate filmmaking of the highest calibre. Print source: Lansdowne Productions
Director: Helen Hood Scheer. USA 2007. 86 mins.
A fun and fast-paced documentary about competitive jump rope, JUMP! follows five teams from around the United States who push their physical and psychological limits in pursuit of winning the World Rope Skipping Championship. The sport is part extreme athletics, part art form and the kids create masterfully choreographed moves that burst with rhythm, sweat and originality. Throughout arduous training and mindboggling performances, these unexpected trailblazers reveal what makes them tick and what sets each of them apart. In the end determination, rivalry and collaboration converge with dramatic and unexpected results – ingredients that made it Overall Audience Favourite at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival. If you are thinking double Dutch in a school playground, think again... Print source: Nutshell Productions LLC
“JUMP! has all the right moves.” THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
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Sunday 28 September, 5.45pm
Monday 22 Sep, 4.00pm L Wednesday 24 Sep, 11.00am
PAGEANT (CFF 15)
CRAWFORD (CFF 15)
GOD MADE THEM BLIND (CFF PG)
Directors: Ron Davis, Stewart Halpern. USA 2008. 95 mins.
Director: David Modigliani. USA 2008. 74 mins.
Director: Richard Todd. Australia 2008. 73 mins.
For 34 years the Miss Gay America Pageant has been the premier pageant system in the art of female impersonation. It is for male artists who create the female “illusion” – no hormones or implants of any kind are permitted. PAGEANT takes you behind the scenes as 52 ordinary gentlemen go to extraordinary lengths in order to be crowned the 34th Miss Gay America®. Following five of the most talented and beautiful female impersonators as they prepare to dominate in this underground competition, PAGEANT features stunning musical numbers, ecstatic highs and tearful showbiz lows as it delves into the heart and soul of this little-known make-believe world. We hear from the men behind the make-up as well as from those in their entourage: husbands, mothers, sons, and little brothers. Everybody has a dream; these men are making theirs a reality.
In 1999, Governor George W. Bush buys a ranch in Crawford, Texas, and calls it “home”; overnight, an insular community explodes. Bush declares candidacy for President, using Crawford as the perfect set-piece to project a folksy image, and the town is instantly overrun with international press corps and droves of flocking tourists. But soon, the town’s inhabitants feel the human impact of political stagecraft. The spotlight exacerbates tensions between freethinking and conformity, pushing a progressive teacher and her favorite student to the edge – and beyond. By 2005, the President’s mounting problems follow him home, and Crawford’s boom is busting like the Presidency itself. Tourists have stopped coming; land is overvalued; the bumper sticker and trinket shops are boarded up. Two people are dead and one is leaving town. Bush is soon to abscond. Left to deal with the aftermath are the real people of Crawford. Their lives are changed forever.
GOD MADE THEM BLIND is an observational documentary about how Australian ceramicist, John Fawcett, is devoting his life to reducing the enormous number of cataract blind people in Indonesia after narrowly escaping his own death on two occasions. His greatest challenge, however, is convincing a nation that blindness is not God’s punishment. Ironically, the most resistance he faces comes from the very people he is trying to help. Four years in the making, the film reveals how John’s life-altering quest brings him into conflict with Hindu beliefs in Karma and black magic, resulting in profound personal transformations on both sides.
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“A+... It has so much heart, love and acceptance” JOHN GARCIA, PEGASUS NEWS
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DOCUMENTARIES Saturday 27 September, 10.45pm
Saturday 20 Sep, 5.45pm L Tuesday 23 Sep, 3.00pm
Saturday 20 September, 8.15pm L Monday 22 September, 12.30pm
CAFÉ DE LOS MAESTROS (CFF PG)
THE DANCING FOREST (CFF PG)
SLEEP FURIOUSLY (CFF 15)
Director: Miguel Kohan. USA/Brazil/UK/Argentina. 100 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.
Director: Brice Lainé. UK 2008. 76 mins.
Director: Gideon Koppel. UK 2008. English and Welsh with English subtitles. 94 mins.
With the return to democracy, Argentina is experiencing an extraordinary rebirth of its main national musical tradition, the Tango. CAFÉ DE LOS MAESTROS is the gathering of the greatest living legends of this formidable musical genre. These extraordinary men and women, ranging from 70 to 95 years old, reveal to us the mysteries and essence of this melancholic and sexy music. Acclaimed musician, producer and composer Gustavo Santaolalla (winner of 2 Academy Awards) leads us on a journey to bring together these unique “maestros”. Reconstructing historical arrangements and recording unpublished material for the first time, the collaboration culminates with a grand performance of Tango music and dance at Buenos Aires’ famous Colon Theatre.
Long abandoned as a land without hope, Africa has battled to overcome the negative stereotypes that have condemned it to the periphery of civilization. The damning lie is of a people trapped in their past; unable to break the cycle of corruption and apathy – a people who will always be dependent on foreign help as they are incapable of helping themselves. THE DANCING FOREST is Africa’s strident retaliation. Through the shining example of a small village in Togo, we find a community that refuses to wait for outside aid to make its way out of poverty and ruin. With tools in hand, its proud men and women stoop to build their own destiny and a model of self-reliance. THE DANCING FOREST is a powerfully optimistic vision of Africa in the 21st Century and a touching story to shatter many destructive myths about the Dark Continent.
Print source: Pathé
Print source: Elmadro Productions
SLEEP FURIOUSLY is set in a small farming community in mid Wales, about 50 miles north of Dylan Thomas’ fictional village of Llareggub. This is a place where Koppel’s parents – both refugees – found a home. It is a landscape and population that is changing rapidly as small-scale agriculture is disappearing and the generation who inhabited a pre-mechanised world is dying out. Much influenced by his conversations with the writer Peter Handke, the filmmaker leads us on a poetic and profound journey into a world of endings and beginnings; a world of stuffed owls, sheep and fire. Allied to a soundtrack by the revered electronic musician Aphex Twin, SLEEP FURIOUSLY is lyrical filmmaking at its best. ( Following the screening, we hope to welcome the director and the producer for a Q&A sponsored by BAFTA.. Print source: New Wave
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Polish cinema has consistently been haunted by the losses and triumphs of historical events. Whether this is embodied in the physical decay of a city’s architecture or in the contemporary invocation of people’s memories, the past is never far below the surface of a Polish film. The Festival is pleased to bring you a selection of films from Poland’s most celebrated directors, who are finding new ways of engaging with history in a manner both aesthetically powerful and particularly poignant for contemporary society.
Saturday 20 Sep, 2.00pm L Monday 22 Sep, 3.00pm
Friday 19 September, 3.15pm
KATYN (CFF 18)
CANAL (KANAŁ) (CFF 15)
Director: Andrzej Wajda. Starring: Jan Englert, Artur Zmijewski, Maja Ostaszewska. Poland 2007. 118 mins. Polish with English subtitles.
Director: Andrzej Wajda. Starring: Teresa Izewska, Tadeusz Janczar. Poland 1957. 91 mins. Polish with English subtitles.
Brutal and devastating, the latest film from one of Poland’s greatest directors revolves around the secret massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet forces in the forests of Katyn in 1944, and the fates of the women and children they left behind them. Their attempts to ascertain the truth behind the disappearance of the soldiers brings them up against a conspiracy that was not officially unraveled until after the fall of the USSR in 1989. KATYN is the film that Wajda has always wanted to make: his own father was murdered there, and the film bears a personal wound that resonates through its haunting and beautiful cinematography. Nominated for an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film in 2008. Print source: TVP (Telewizja Polska)
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One of Wajda’s first films, CANAL asks us to bear witness to the activities of a group of resistance fighters in the last hours of their lives, on the eve of the failure of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. They have only one means of escaping death at the hands of the Nazis: the sewers. Apocalyptic, hallucinatory, and tragic, the film was made under censorship during the period of Polish socialism and its complex layers of allusion are as captivating now as they were to original audiences. Print source: Contemporary Films
“I spent seventeen hours in the sewers... Wajda’s film is telling the truth.” WARSAW UPRISING FIGHTER (1957)
POLISH CINEMA Sunday 21 September, 3.00pm L Tuesday 23 September, 12.45pm
Sunday 21 September, 8.30pm
Friday 19 September, 6.00pm
TIME TO DIE (PORA UMIERAC) (CFF 12A)
PRESERVE (REZERWAT) (CFF 18)
TWISTS OF FATE (KOROWÓD) (CFF 15)
Director: Dorota Kedzierzawska. Starring: Danuta Szaflarska, Krzysztof Globisz. Poland 2007. 104 mins. Polish with English subtitles.
Director: Łukasz Palkowski. Starring: Marcin Kwasny, Sonia Bohosiewicz. Poland 2007. 100 mins. Polish with English subtitles.
Director: Jerzy Stuhr. Starring: Jan Frycz, Kamil Mackowiak. Poland 2007. 112 mins. Polish with English subtitles.
Adored by audiences at recent international festivals, this stunningly shot black-and-white film features a 93 year-old Polish screen veteran as the feisty and spirited Aniela. Offset by sharp and witty monologues to her dog (for whom, incidentally, the prize of Best Canine Performance was created at The Polish Film Awards), she finds her own unique ways to battle against greedy property developers, old age, and juvenile delinquents.
After his girlfriend throws him out, photographer Marcin Kwasny moves into the Praga district of Warsaw, the ‘preserve’ of the title, infamously dilapidated and inhabited by drunks and delinquents. On the request of the tenement owner, who wants to prove to the council that the buildings should be destroyed, Marcin begins to photograph his neighbours and their run-down apartment blocks. As he does so, he becomes irrevocably drawn into, and increasingly fascinated by, their unique and hermetic world. A warm, bitter-sweet comedy that allows viewers to glimpse areas of Warsaw they might otherwise never see, Palkowski’s film has justifiably become a favorite on the Polish film festival circuit. Winner of the Audience Award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.
Print source: Kid Film
“every shot is beautifully composed and edited...every role, even the smallest, is brilliantly played. This is real Polish cinema. Unbelievable.” MACHINA
Print source: Paisa Films
This gripping film spans the moral attitudes of two generations and their complex entanglements. A former secret police officer under Polish Socialism is facing the consequences for his past actions. Meanwhile, Bartek, a student who makes a career from lying and cheating, finds a briefcase and coat containing a mobile phone on a train. When the phone begins to ring, Bartek doesn’t hesitate to answer it, setting off a shocking series of events that changes the characters’ lives forever. Print source: Fundacja Promocji Kina Film Polski
“...one of the best and most important films in this year’s Gdynia Film Festival” GAZETA WYBORCZA Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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GAME, SET AND MACHINIMA Lights, Camera, Action in Virtual Space
Print source: FDMX/Short Fuze
SYNTHETIC CINEMA (CFF 15) Machinima, borne out of games, has started a love affair with film. Although lacking the detail, dynamic range and sumptuousness of film stock, “machinimators” have made up for this with their flair for precision editing and cinematic composition, creating mood and suspense with big screen ambitions. In this session you’ll find a gamut of current film genres transported into the virtual world, from the romantic and mawkish through to the humourous and the horrific. However, these aren’t mere fan homages – these are engaging stories in their own right. As well as a screening of acclaimed films there will be a panel including Hugh Hancock, creator of the first Machinima feature film, and David Heinemann, associate film tutor of the BFI, discussing where cinematic Machinima is going and whether it will find acceptance in the wider film world – or even change it!
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Machinima (from the conflation of Machine and Cinema) is a mix of animation, 3D film and realtime games technologies. Originally the province of hardcore gamers and codeheads, Machinima has exploded out of the games ghetto and is undergoing a revolution as artists and filmmakers start to exploit this new technology. Suddenly, creative filmmakers can make ambitious films without a camera, a lighting rig, or a crew. Machinima is a world where the wardrobe department and casting agency are a library of files on your hard disk; a world where resources and technical know-how can no longer block you from making imaginative films. These screenings represent a snapshot of the vibrant interplay between computer games, 3D animation, and both mainstream and experimental film.
90 mins Sam Goldwater
Sunday 21 September, 2.00pm
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DREAMS AND SHADOWS (CFF 15)
ZERO BUDGET, BIG AUDIENCE (CFF 15) Making a Machinima movie on zero budget doesn’t mean that you can’t reach as many people as a TV channel. Come and see the most successful Machinima movies ever made, and listen to leading personalities from the world of amateur Machinima explain how YOU can reach a million people with a single home-produced Machinima movie. See great Machinima examples and hear how the creators got the publicity, and built on their success. Our panelists will be kept in check by chairperson David Bailey, CEO of Moviestorm. If you aspire to making your own movies and clocking up a million hits, this session’s for you! Monday 22 September, 6.00pm
90 mins
PLAY’S THE THING: MACHINIMA IN THE GAMEWORLD (CFF 15)
Lainy Voom
Games are now mainstream and the games industry outstrips film and TV in terms of size; more people play World of Warcraft on any given day than see a new blockbuster film on its first weekend, and recently Grand Theft Auto 4 was reportedly the highest grossing media product of all time. Machinima has its roots in the twilight worlds of “modding” and tinkering with games engines. Here we explore the weird world of homages, satires and wry social commentary made by hijacking games characters and environments. See familiar characters from Halo, Sims, Half-Life, Grand Theft Auto and even Hillary Clinton(!) migrate to the big screen to entertain you, crossing from high-octane game into drama, comedy, or even soap opera genres. A leading Games expert will be on hand to explain to the uninitiated just exactly how and why it’s done. Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
Lit Fuse Films
Lainy Voom
Machinimators are not bound by the resources or rendering time constraints animators commonly endure to achieve their vision. The ability to change images rapidly in 3D space has led to an avalanche of playful experimentation – often with evocative or surreal results. There’s a feeling that since there are few ground rules in this new media, there’s plenty of room to try out new ideas, to bend and disrupt narrative, to explore different kinds of colourful abstraction. Here we see a collection of the more experimental, fantastic and occasionally dark visions conjured up in Machinima, from the exquisite Second Life-created mindscape of Lainy Voom’s BLACK SWAN to the paintbox craziness of Phil Rice’s BODYSNATCHERS Radiohead video – and the feverish nightmare of Tony Bannan’s FOLIE A DEUX.
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Monday 22 September, 2.00pm
90 mins
Ross Scott
Sunday 21 September, 6.00pm
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live” JOAN DIDION. Narrative in games has become more sophisticated thanks to photo-real graphics, surround-sound audio, larger screens and professional scriptwriters, but how does the experience of gaming on the latest consoles compare to storytelling on the big screen? Is the car chase in Bullitt better than running from the cops on GTA IV? Is the obelisk in 2001 more awe-inspiring than the Halo? And whose zombies would you rather have chasing you – George Romero’s or the ones in Dead Rising on the Xbox 360? Join technology writer Bill Thompson and a panel of industry experts to debate the future of narrative, with a batch of illustrative film clips, live gameplay and Machinima extracts.
GAME, SET AND MACHINIMA
Ross Scott
SCREEN STORIES: NARRATIVE IN GAMES AND FILM
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Hugh Hancock and Johnnie Ingram (Moviestorm), authors of Machinima for Dummies, present a hands-on workshop where you will be able to make a complete 3D animated movie in one hour. All software will be provided, you don’t need to know anything about 3D modelling or animation, FREE and you’ll get a free digital movie-making EVENT kit to take away with you. Try it out! ( Pre-booking through the Arts Picturehouse essential. Myndflame
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Sam Goldwater
Riot Films
Tuesday 23 September, 4.00pm
Monday 22 September, 12.00-1.30pm Monday 22 September, 3.30-5.00pm Tuesday 23 September, 12.00-1.30pm
Suitable for ages 13 and over. Game, Set and Machinima is curated by Saint John Walker and Matt Kelland, and sponsored by FDMX (The Film and Digital Media Exchange). Thanks to Short Fuze, creators of Moviestorm.
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Friday 26 September, 8.30pm, The Junction
Saturday 20 September, 8.30pm
Saturday 20 Sep, 11.00pm L Friday 26 Sep, 6.15pm, The Junction
ONE MAN IN THE BAND (CFF PG)
BLIND HUSBANDS (CFF PG)
PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE (15)
Director: Adam Clitheroe. Starring: Dennis Hopper Choppers, Duracell, Honkeyfinger, Man from Uranus and others. UK 2008. 83 mins.
Director: Erich von Stroheim. Starring: Erich von Stroheim, Sam de Grasse, Francelia Billington. Austria 1919. 98 mins.
Director: Steven Sebring. USA 2008. 109 mins.
One-man bands. Showmen, eccentrics, loners. But whatever you do, don’t call them buskers. Adam Clitheroe’s new feature documentary is a funny and moving portrait of contemporary musicians who play as one-person acts. For them, music just sounds so much better when you make it all alone. With an eclectic array of musical styles – ranging from theremin rock to hurricane drum solos and a backing band made of bicycle wheels – they bring to the stage noise and spectacle worthy of a whole band, but at a fraction of the budget. Following their progress with sympathetic eyes – perhaps helped by the fact that it’s made by a one-man band filmmaker – we meet a selection of contemporary one-man bands from Europe and the USA and join them for their lonely existence on the road. Life for a one-man band is a journey into solitude, and so the documentary asks: what drives us as humans to create, and is it worth the pain?
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BLIND HUSBANDS is the remarkable directorial debut of Erich von Stroheim, one of the most celebrated film-makers of the silent era. The film tells the story of an American couple’s marriage and the jealousy and repression which lurks beneath the surface. Vacationing in the Alps, Mrs Armstrong (Billington) is seduced by a heartless officer (von Stroheim) which not only challenges her fidelity but also the manhood of her husband (de Grasse). With spectacular camerawork and an exhilarating climax, BLIND HUSBANDS introduced to the world one of the finest film artists of his generation. The film is presented with a live piano score by Neil Brand, praised by BBC Radio 4 as ‘…the Doyen of silent film accompanists’. Print source: Independent Cinema Office
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The iconoclastic punk songwriter, artist and poet Patti Smith is profiled in this extraordinary documentary created by acclaimed fashion photographer Steven Sebring. Following Smith’s return to the public eye after the death of her husband in 1994, the film captures Smith’s life both onstage and off, juxtaposing intimate footage of Smith offstage with friends and family with snarling and energetic performance film which shows her to be no less vital than she was 30 years ago. Artfully shot and poetically structured, Sebring’s vivid collage allows the footage to speak for itself and the result is a powerful portrait of one of the most important musicians in rock history. Print source: Verve
“…both a journey into Smith’s storied past and a portrait of her life today – less a movie about a musician than a transfixing meditation on her own iconography.” NEW YORK MAGAZINE
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MUSIC AT THE MOVIES
Wednesday 24 September, 8.00pm, The Junction
HEAVY LOAD (12A) Director: Jerry Rothwell. UK 2008. 91 mins.
Calling themselves Brighton’s answer to the Ramones, Heavy Load is a band fuelled by the same energy and attitude that made the original New York punks great. Yet Heavy Load are unique in the UK punk scene by virtue of the fact that they are made up of musicians with and without learning disabilities. Jerry Rothwell (DEEP WATER) follows the band recording their debut record The Queen Mother’s Dead and charts the band’s attempts at breaking the mainstream, culminating in an electrifying performance at the Wychwood Music Festival in front of hundreds of revellers. Rothwell’s film presents an engaging insight into the ambition and dreams of being in a band, and goes a long way to furthering Heavy Load’s stated mission “to demonstrate that disability rocks”.
Friday 19 September, 10.00pm
WE DREAMED AMERICA (CFF 15) Director: Alex Walker. USA/UK 2008. 48 mins.
WE DREAMED AMERICA examines the influence of American country music on a new breed of British artists. Featuring six UK bands, from the country-tinged rock of Alabama 3 to the exuberant rhythm-and-blues of Kitty, Daisy and Lewis, the film explores the continuing interaction between British and American musical traditions. All the bands featured are united by their passion for American country and rhythm & blues music, and are redefining the genre from the other side of the Atlantic. Featuring a wide range of performance footage as well as musical and social commentary from ‘Whispering’ Bob Harris, Guy Clark, Tom McRae and BJ Cole, WE DREAMED AMERICA offers a fresh perspective on the most American of musical genres.
Print source: Verve
Print source: Met Films
THE LAST LAUGH (CFF PG) Director: F.W. Murnau. Starring: Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Hans Unterkircher Germany 1925. Silent. 101 mins.
( With live accompaniment by jazz pianist John Law.
Often considered to be the greatest film of the silent era, Friedrich Murnau’s classic tells the story of a proud hotel worker whose life is shattered when his attempts at concealing his demotion from doorman to washroom attendant are discovered. Technically stunning (the film is one of the first to use a moving camera) and emotionally complex despite the simplicity of the story, the film is an embodiment of the German Expression movement of the 1920s. Print source: Arrow Films
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( We are delighted to welcome the band Hey Negrita for a live performance following this screening.
Contains one use of strong language.
Tuesday 23 September, 8.00pm, Wesley Methodist Church
“One of Europe’s most adventurous pianists.” JAZZWISE MAGAZINE ON PIANIST JOHN LAW
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MUSIC AT THE MOVIES Friday 26 September, 3.00pm L Sunday 28 September, 12.30pm
Monday 22 September, 8.30pm
Tuesday 23 Sep, 8.30pm, The Junction
TRIP TO ASIA (CFF PG)
HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD (15)
Director: Thomas Grube. Germany 2008. 108 mins. German, English and Spanish with English subtitles.
Directors: Suroosh Alvi, Eddy Moretti. USA 2008. 84 mins. English and Arabic with English subtitles.
A LIFE IN THE DEATH OF JOE MEEK (CFF 15)
This compelling documentary follows the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on a concert tour of Asia, offering a unique insight into the internal dynamic of one of the world’s leading musical ensembles. Reuniting the orchestra and its charismatic conductor Simon Rattle with director Thomas Grube after the 2004 breakthrough documentary RHYTHM IS IT! the film examines the nature of the orchestra as a collective of individuals, and documents the quest to harmonise the unique personalities of each musician to create the acclaimed orchestra’s unique sound. Beautifully shot and with a remarkable score by Simon Stockhausen, this subtle exploration of the search for harmony with oneself and one’s neighbours offers a truly breathtaking cinematic experience.
Offering a unique look at the situation in Iraq, Alvi and Moretti’s debut film follows the fortunes of Acrassicauda, the country’s only heavy metal band. The story begins after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 as the band try to keep their heavy rock dreams alive despite being seen as infidels. From receiving death threats to being unable to perform or even practice due to safety fears, life is not easy for the four members of the band. Yet this film shows the band continuing despite this extraordinary adversity, and highlights the necessity of art to transcend even in the most difficult situations.
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“Both a stirring testament to the plight of cultural expression in Baghdad and a striking report on the refugee scene in Syria, this rock-doc like no other electrifies its genre and redefines headbanging as an act of hardcore courage.” NEW YORK TIMES
Directors: Howard S Berger, Susan Stahman. USA 2008. 122 mins.
Often considered to be Britain’s finest music producer, Joe Meek was a creative maverick with remarkable aptitude for making and producing successful pop records from his small studio in a flat above a leather goods store. Yet despite this commercial success Meek led a troubled personal life, coping with his deteriorating mental health as well as dealing with being a homosexual at a time when it was illegal. This documentary traces the rise and fall of Joe Meek from childhood to his death by his own hand in 1967, and includes interviews with some of Meek’s closest friends and fans including The Tornados (whose Meek-produced hit Telstar was the first US number one by a British group) and Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand). Print source: Palm Door Films
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Monday 22 September, 5.30pm
Wednesday 24 September, 3.15pm
Thursday 18 September, 5.45pm L Sunday 21 September, 10.00am
BICYCLE THIEVES (U)
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (U)
LOVE LETTERS AND LIVE WIRES – HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE GPO FILM UNIT (U)
(LADRI DI BICICLETTE) Director: Vittorio De Sica. Starring: Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola. Italy 1948. Italian with English subtitles. 85 mins.
Directors: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Starring: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Roger Livesey, Raymond Massey. UK 1946. 104 mins.
( To mark the 60th anniversary of the release of BICYCLE THIEVES, the BFI is publishing a book on the film. We are please to welcome the author, Robert Gordon (University of Cambridge), to this screening.
Armed with a commission for a propaganda feature to help ease strains in Anglo-American wartime relations, Powell and Pressburger produced their most audacious, flamboyant fantasy. Squadron Leader Peter Carter leaps from a blazing bomber without a parachute but finds his entry to heaven on temporary hold because of bureaucratic bungling (the hereafter as radiant, monchrome welfare state) and the fact that he shared his last moments over the intercom with USAF radio operator June (Kim Hunter) and has fallen in love with her voice. Surgeon Roger Livesey recognises symptoms of brain damage and arranges immediate operation. Though chosen for the first Royal Command Performance, LIFE AND DEATH drew fire from contemporary critics for lack of taste and patriotism. Art direction by Hein Heckroth; bravura Technicolor camera by the great Jack Cardiff.
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Vittorio de Sica’s remarkable drama of desperation and survival in Italy’s post-war depression earned a special Oscar for its affecting power. Shot in the streets and alleys of Rome, De Sica uses a real-life environment and cast non-professional actors to frame this moving drama of desperation. The impoverished Antonio’s new job delivering cinema posters is threatened when a street thief steals his bicycle. Too poor to buy another, he and his son take to the streets in an impossible search for the bike. This landmark film defined the Italian neorealist approach with its brutal portrayal of post-war life, its truthful acting, its compassion and poetic rhythm. De Sica uses the wandering pair to witness the lives of everyday folk whilst ultimately depicting a story of love and hope.
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UK 1936-1939. 80 mins.
As part of a special touring programme marking the 75th anniversary of both the British Film Institue and the General Post Office film unit, this collection of the GPO’s greatest public information films offer an evocative record of the 1930s zeitgeist. The selection showcases the Unit’s range: from documentary (NIGHT MAIL) to animation (TRADE TATTOO) and even musical comedy (THE FAIRY OF THE PHONE), as well as its use of varied talents such as Grierson, Len Lye and Norman Mclaren. Films illustrating instructions on the uses of new-fangled devices, such as the postcode and the telephone, are coupled with those promoting the GPO’s contribution to workplace efficiency, world trade and smoothing the path of true love. Presented by BFI in partnership with Royal Mail, The British Postal Museum and Archive, and BT Heritage. Print source: BFI
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Director: Michael Curtiz. Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney. USA 1954. 120 mins.
Thursday 25 September, 6.00pm
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A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (15)
LA RABBIA (CFF 15)
Director: Elia Kazan. Starring: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter, Karl Malden. USA 1951. 122 mins.
Directors: Pier Paolo Pasolini and Giovannino Guareschi. With the voices of: Giorgio Bassani, Renato Guttuso, Gigi Artuso, Carlo Romano. Italy 1963. 104 mins. Italian with English subtitles.
Probably the best known screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams, this is also undoubtedly one of the finest, thanks partly to the claustrophobic hot-house atmosphere created by Kazan’s close-in direction, and partly to the characteristic blend of subtle detail and charismatic power in Marlon Brando’s epochal performance. He’s simply electrifying as Stanley Kowalski, brutishly in conflict with the fragile Blanche (Vivien Leigh), who comes to visit her pregnant younger sister, Stanley’s wife Stella, in New Orleans. The first of several collaborations on film for the director and star, it remains the most fully satisfying, not least because they surrounded themselves with such a marvellous cast and creative team: Harry Stradling behind the camera, Richard Day as art director, Alex North as composer – and, of course, Williams himself ensuring a faithful transition from stage to screen. GEOFF ANDREW ( See pages 64-66 for more Warner Bros. classics.
In 1963 newsreel producer Gastone Ferranti commissioned Marxist Pier Paolo Pasolini and conservative Giovannino Guareschi to each make a one hour document about the state of things as they saw it. Using footage culled from newsreel archives (both used the same sources) accompanied by narrative voices employing poetry and prose to deliver their messages, Pasolini rails against the crimes committed in the name of Western culture – particularly those in the African colonies – while Guareschi sees in those same Western, “civilising” values hope for the future humankind. This unreleased and virtually unseen film is a masterclass in 1960s ideology from both points of view, and proved a significant influence on Derek Jarman, for whom Pasolini became a great source of inspiration – most evident in the British filmmaker’s mythic and poetic SEBASTIANE.
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When former Broadway entertainer Bob Wallace (Crosby) and his wannabe sidekick Phil (Danny Kaye) leave the army they decide to team up to become a song and dance act. As the pair start to hit the bigtime, they meet a pair of glamorous showbiz sisters, who they follow to a Christmas show at a lodge in Vermont – only to discover that it is owned by their former commanding officer, General Waverly, now down on his luck. Mix-ups, romantic encounters and sparkling musical routines follow (with songs by Irving Berlin and choreography by an uncredited Bob Fosse) as they set about making Waverly’s Christmas one he’ll never forget – with a little help from one of the most memorable songs of all time.
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Sunday 21 September, 12.30pm
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Monday 22 September, 3.30pm
ARIA (SELECTED EPISODES) (18) Director: Derek Jarman and others. Starring: John Hurt, Theresa Russell. UK 1987. 89 mins.
A portmanteau production from one of Jarman’s regular producers, Don Boyd, this inevitably uneven premise sees ten leading directors take on ten famous arias. From the off, the promise is high and there’s no problem with leftfield reinterpretations – it’s the stuff of opera after all. Audiences will find their favourites but for our purposes here, Jarman riffs on the potencies of super 8, thus continuing one of his most productive and rewarding lines of celluloid enquiry. ( Showing with THE LAST OF ENGLAND – see page 58. Print source: Courtesy of Don Boyd
Thursday 25 September, 3.15pm
BLUE (15) Director: Derek Jarman. Voices: Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry, John Quentin. UK 1993. 76 mins.
Derek Jarman died in 1994 but it is perhaps only now that he is becoming properly recognised for his extraordinary oeuvre. One of the truest poets of our national cinema, Jarman was an icon to the gay community yet widely loved for his intensely lyrical and committed films. He brought a sense of community to his oeuvre, working with a team of regulars in production, design and performance, and refusing to separate art and life.
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A film at the very limit of what cinema is and can be – and, as a result, a remarkable incarnation of the most essential qualities of the medium – Jarman’s final work is both a startlingly personal summation of the priorities of a life and a universally resonant document of mortality and its meaning. Its unchanging blue screen and collaged soundscape of thoughts, anxieties, meditations, create a space unique in visual culture. Print source: Courtesy of James Mackay
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“His words are restless, a battery of passing, original turns of phrase. You may sit through BLUE with nothing to see, but you leave it rich with images - fading pictures of one man’s life” WASHINGTON POST
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Tuesday 23 September, 5.45pm
DEREK (15) Director: Isaac Julien. Starring: Tilda Swinton and others. UK 2008. 74 mins.
A lovingly assembled tribute to Jarman’s life and work – built around Colin MacCabe’s interview with the film-maker at his retreat in Dungeness – Isaac Julien’s film draws on the influential and widely disseminated ‘letter’ to Derek by Tilda Swinton (delivered, in a Vertigo magazine commission, at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2002). Meditating on his unique qualities and place in British and international moving image culture, Swinton provides the counterpoint to a collage of clips, location footage and interview extracts, making for a richly textured appreciation of a man whose influence continues to grow. ( We are delighted to welcome director Isaac Julien to this screening. Print source: J&N Films
Wednesday 24 September, 11.00pm
THE DEVILS (CFF 18) Director: Ken Russell. Starring: Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave. UK 1971. 111 mins.
Ken Russell’s camp-horror psychodrama, a riff on the Huxley chronicle The Devils of Loudun and John Whiting’s play of the same, found its crucial production designer in Jarman, on a breakthrough commission that would change his life’s direction. While Russell’s ‘possessed’ nuns under Redgrave’s tutelage face the wrath of inquisitor Reed, Jarman’s astonishing expressionist sets constantly command the eye and remain its greatest legacy, a performer in their own right: brooding, threatening and urgent. Print source: Warner Bros.
Monday 22 September L 6.00pm
THE GARDEN (15) Director: Derek Jarman. Starring: Tilda Swinton, Kevin Collins. UK 1990. 92 mins.
By the time he made this remarkable cine-poem to life, love and landscape, Jarman knew the score and had made some major choices. Prospect Cottage, his Dungeness dreamscape, offered the perfect space for a strikingly fresh and fecund take on perennial themes, encoded here within various biblical gardens, from Eden to Gethsemane. The baseline to the often-inspired image-making is an extended reflection on the gay condition and crisis, with Christ cast as an sympathetic sacrificial icon of the oppressed.
Tuesday 23 September, 8.15pm
EDWARD II (18) Director: Derek Jarman. Starring: Steven Waddington, Tilda Swinton. UK 1991. 90 mins.
Director: Davide Pepe. Italy 2007. 3 mins.
Jarman was, despite – or perhaps because of – his iconoclasm, a genuinely English artist, and mined the canon on several occasions, here tackling Marlowe’s regal tragedy head-on in a visceral contemporary update. Outrage activists, business suits, army officer class symbolics: the grim realities of gay oppression in Thatcher’s Britain get a vigorous dramatisation via a doubly historical reframing.
A group of tower cranes slowly obscure the sky.
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Monday 22 September, 3.30pm
Sunday 21 September, 6.30pm
THE LAST OF ENGLAND (15)
WAR REQUIEM (PG)
Director: Derek Jarman. Starring: Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry. UK 1987. 87 mins.
Director: Derek Jarman. Starring: Tilda Swinton, Laurence Olivier. UK 1988. 93 mins.
Seen now, 20 years on, this fervent visual scream is perhaps best considered less a ‘state of the nation’ polemic than a take on the corrupted imagination of a country in spiralling decline. While remaining a catalogue of mid-period Thatcherite meltdown, its allusive image-making, deployment of multiple formats and the Nigel Terry commentary point to an urgency beyond the merely political. It is as if Jarman felt the very fabric of possible creative response to such issues was in danger of unravelling and so sought to give the collective culture a startling hit of visionary possibility.
Jarman’s movingly innovative vision of the challenging choral work by Benjamin Britten remains one of his most intriguing and ambitious works. Britten’s lyrical and religious reflection on the losses of war as filtered through the poetry of Wilfred Owen is here delivered complete in Jarman’s fragmented narrative response. He threads images of the poet with potent footage of various conflicts and a silent-movie strand featuring exemplary performances by Swinton and others. While a work of mourning, it is one in which a love of life and an attention to what matters shine through most strongly.
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Gareth Evans is a writer, curator and editor of moving image journal Vertigo (www.vertigomagazine.co.uk). He is currently developing a three-year project, The Re-Enchantment, a mixed media artists’ project in response to the spirit.
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PROGRAMME 1 (1969 – 1975) 90 mins In the years between 1969 and 1982, Derek Jarman made over 72 longer and shorter films using S8mm. In this programme we see some of his earliest work. STUDIO BANKSIDE, edited entirely in camera, comprises of two films. The first is a colour study of the inside of his studio at Bankside, London (near what is now the Tate Modern) and the second documents the area surrounding his studio, now demolished. Featuring a soundtrack by Coil. TAROT, features Christopher Hobbs, later designer of many of Derek’s films, as “the Magician” and Jarman’s then lover Gerald Incandela as “the muse”. ANDREW LOGAN’S MISS WORLD is a beautiful document of this underground alternative to the increasingly tacky beauty contest.
Thursday 25 September, 3.15pm
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Sunday 28 September, 12.45pm
DEREK JARMAN: EARLY WORK (CFF 15) PROGRAMME 2 (1975-1982) 90 mins
OSTIA (Director: Julian Cole. UK 1991. 26 mins.) Julian Cole’s imaginative description of the last night in the life of Pier Paolo Pasolini, made whist he was a final year student at the Royal College of Art. Derek Jarman takes the role of his hero. ( Showing with BLUE – see page 55. See also LA RABBIA on page 59 which, co-directed by Pasolini, had a profound effect on Jarman.
The second programme of Jarman’s early work starts with two films that are bound with his first works as Director (instead of Artist).
Wednesday 24 September, 6.00pm
SEBASTIANE WRAP is an abstract film shot on the set of SEBASTIANE.
This glimpse into the cinema of Richard Heslop – one of the most exciting film-makers to emerge in the post-punk 80s – includes a rare screening of THE CHILD AND THE SAW, his graduation film, which took First Prize at Huesca Film Festival, and FLOATING which was named best short film at Cannes in 1993. A central collaborator with Jarman on LAST OF ENGLAND and THE GARDEN, he was also a prolific maker of music videos – a few of which are included in this programme.
The continuing use of S8mm in JORDAN’S DANCE demonstrates Jarman’s determination to keep hold of his vision of cinema – something that he would go on to realise fully with the films of the 80s: ANGELIC CONVERSATION and LAST OF ENGLAND. SLOAN SQUARE features Simon Turner’s first composition for a Jarman film. GERALD’S FILM is a single reel, filmed at a dilapidated Victorian boathouse discovered on a stroll through the Essex countryside and one which Jarman considered one of his best works. The diary compilation B2 MOVIE was the last that he made entirely on his own.
RICHARD HESLOP
DEREK JARMAN REMEMBERED
INFLUENCES, COLLABORATORS AND LEGACY
Wednesday 24 September, 8.15pm
THE JARMAN AWARD The Jarman Award was launched in January 2008 as part of a range of activities and events celebrating the artist and filmmaker’s life and work. The first award went to Luke Fowler who was chosen from over 60 nominees. The Festival is delighted to present a selection of their work and hopes to welcome to the event some of the artists and award organisers, such as Christopher Hobbs, Richard Heslop, Julian Cole, Annie Symons and Isaac Julien.
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An inspiration to many, one of Jarman’s most important fellow travellers was Tilda Swinton, renowned in her own terms for her unstinting advocacy of independent and imaginative work. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, Tilda joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, but left after a year to pursue a working relationship with Jarman. He would become something of a mentor and their creative partnership would bring to fruition an impressive catalogue of distinctive British filmmaking. Tilda continued to have international success in Hollywood blockbusters like THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, while still supporting independent projects she has her roots in, such as THE DEEP END and THE MAN FROM LONDON and JULIA.
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Tilda also features in THE MAN FROM LONDON (page 32) and THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS (page 37).
Saturday 20 September, 5.00pm
JULIA (CFF 15) Director: Erick Zonca. Starring: Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate Del Castillo, Jude Ciccolella. France/USA/Mexico/ Belgium 2008. 138 mins.
Tilda Swinton plays Julia, a 40 year old alcoholic just scraping through a life of vodka and one night stands. Her only friend Mitch, himself a recovering alcoholic, encourages her to attend an AA meeting after she loses her job. A chance meeting there with her Mexican neighbour Elena provides Julia with a potential way out. Elena suffers from psychosis, so her son Tommy is in the care of his rich grandfather following his father’s death. Elena will pay Julia $50,000 if she will aid in his kidnap and ransom. Driven to the brink of financial and emotional desperation, Julia must make a decision that will either pull her back, or push her over. ( We are delighted to welcome Tilda Swinton for a Q&A following the screening. Print source: Artificial Eye
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From one of Europe’s most distinctive and provocative voices, Seidl’s dispassionate but always deeply humanistic films sit precariously on the line between fact and fiction. Likened to Fassbinder, Pasolini, Herzog and Haneke, Seidl investigates the dark corners and crevices of society not as a voyeur but actively engaging the camera and the audience as participants in his staging of reality.
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Friday 19 September, 5.45pm
LOSSES TO BE EXPECTED (18) Director: Ulrich Seidl. Starring: Paula Hutterová, Sepp Paur, Vladimir Kundrát, Rusena Machaloyá. Austria 1992. 118 mins. German and Czech with English subtitles.
A foray into the East/West divide that Seidl would revisit fifteen years later in IMPORT/EXPORT, LOSSES TO BE EXPECTED explores the borders, both physical and social, that separate people from one another. Austrian widower Sepp awkwardly courts Paula, a widow who lives just across the Czech border but, while they live near enough that he’s able to watch her with binoculars, their relationship is jeopardised by the mounting cultural differences between the impoverished socialism of the Czech Republic and the prosperous consumerism of Austria. Punctuating their tale with formal, painterly tableaux, Seidl deftly employs a visual and structural symmetry throughout the film to contrast the differing landscapes and rhythms of life in the two countries. Print source: Coproduction Office
JESUS, YOU KNOW (18) Director: Ulrich Seidl. Starring: Elfriede Ahmad, Waltraute Bartel, Hans-Jürgen Eder, Thomas Ullram, Angelika Weber, Thomas Grandegger. Austria 2003. 87 mins. German with English subtitles.
Saturday 20 September, 6.00pm L Monday 22 September, 10.15am
DOG DAYS (18) Director: Ulrich Seidl. Starring: Maria Hofstätter, Erich Finsches, Franziska Weiß, Claudia Martini. Austria 2001. 120 mins. German with English subtitles.
The oppressive heat virtually emanates from the screen in Seidl’s Venice Film Festival-winning feature debut. Over several long, sweltering summer days in suburban Vienna, six sets of characters wallow in their own and each other’s misery, resentment and frustrated desire; among them a divorced couple who still live together under the shadow of their dead child, a middle-aged teacher and her sadistic lover, and a chatty but slow-witted hitchhiker. Interspersed with nearly static shots of sunbathers which recall both Diane Arbus and Francis Bacon, DOG DAYS features an ensemble cast of professional and non-professional actors, all of whom contribute compelling, visceral performances to Seidl’s bleak but brilliant chronicle of middle-class desperation and disconnection. Print source: Coproduction Office
“I don’t seek to entertain people with my films, but to touch them, perhaps even disturb them. My films are critical not of individual people but of society... I want the people in the theatre to be confronted with themselves.” ULRICH SEIDL
More immediately recognisable as a documentary than some of his earlier work, Seidl employs one of the most intimate of human experiences – prayer – as an entry point into revealing the everyday complaints and deepest secrets of his subjects. Set up in Viennese Catholic churches, the camera observes six figures as they beseech Jesus as a best friend, therapist and fortune teller, offering intimate details that range from the mundane to the shocking. As always, Seidl’s gaze keeps a clinical distance, letting his subjects speak for themselves and making the audience interrogate our own reaction to these people who, upon reflection, are perhaps more familiar than we’d like to admit. Print source: Coproduction Office
Monday 22 September, 8.00pm
IMPORT/EXPORT (18)
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Director: Ulrich Seidl. Starring: Ekateryna Rak, Paul Hofmann, Michael Thomas. Austria 2007. 135 mins. German, Slovak, Russian and English with English subtitles.
Both confrontational and compassionate, Seidl’s tale of migration and social borders weaves its way through contemporary Europe as it interrogates the political, cultural and economic forces which shape life here. Moving in diametrically opposed directions, the film traces two of its citizens’ peripatetic journeys toward a better life: nurse Olga leaves the poverty of the Ukraine for a new start in Austria, while unemployed Austrian Paul heads to the Ukraine in search of work and meaning. Real locations (including an internet sex agency and a geriatric care home) and non-professional actors soberly heighten the realism of this powerfully drawn drama, unafraid to show the grim, appalling, touching and darkly humourous extremes as it depicts the dissolving line between East and West.
THE FILMS OF ULRICH SEIDL
Sunday 21 September, 4.00pm
( Following the screening, we are delighted to present a Q&A with Ulrich Seidl in partnership with Sight & Sound. Print source: Trinity Filmed Entertainment
Between Heaven and Hell: the Films of Ulrich Seidl is a Watershed season and will be touring independent cinemas across the UK this Autumn. For further information, please visit www.watershed.co.uk/seidl
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Wednesday 24 Sep, 8.00pm L Friday 26 Sep, 3.15pm
YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS: THE WARNER BROS. STORY (CFF U) Director: Richard Schickel. USA 2008. 120 mins.
Thursday 25 September, 5.30pm
I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (CFF 15) Director: Mervyn LeRoy. Starring: Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helon Vinson. USA 1932. 93 mins.
As Warner Brothers mark their 85th birthday this year, we present a selection of films to help celebrate the veteran studio’s contribution to the world of cinema: classics from the Golden Age of Hollywood and a new documentary by Richard Schickel telling the full Warner Bros. story.
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Based on the true story of Robert E Burns, Mervyn LeRoy’s film tells the story of Sgt James Allen a WWI veteran unwittingly caught up in a robbery and wrongly sentenced to 10 years in a brutal chain gang. After Allen escapes he becomes a successful businessman but has trouble keeping his secret. The film’s powerful critique of the US legal system stirred controversy on its release (it was banned in Georgia) and inspired the appeals and subsequent release of numerous chain gang prisoners across the United States. Beautifully paced with strong central performances, I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG has lost none of its power. Print source: BFI
This new documentary forms the centrepiece of Warner Bros Studios’ 85th Anniversary celebrations, as the awardwinning filmmaker and Time magazine senior film critic takes a look at the history and legacy of the legendary studio. Narrated by Clint Eastwood and including hundreds of clips from films and archive interviews spanning the whole history of Warner Bros. the film tells the story of the attitudes, values and mores of the times in which they were produced. This gives not only a fascinating history of the studio’s output and its place in Hollywood but also a unique look at the social contexts of the Warner Bros.’ output. ( We are delighted to welcome director Richard Schickel to this screening. Print source: Warner Bros.
“When I was a kid, living in a suburb of Milwaukee, the neighbourhood theaters nearest to me obviously had some sort of arrangement with Warner Bros. and played more movies from that studio than from any other. Somehow, for reasons I couldn’t quite understand, they appealed to me more than any of the competition’s offerings.” RICHARD SCHICKEL
CAPTAIN BLOOD (CFF PG) Director: Michael Curtiz. Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill. USA 1935. 119 mins.
A swashbuckling adventure, CAPTAIN BLOOD stars Errol Flynn as Dr Blood, convicted of treason and sold into slavery. Dr Blood leads a mutiny of the slaves on a Spanish ship and under his leadership the slaves make a name for themselves as buccaneers on the Caribbean seas. With an astonishing score by Erich Korngold, superb swordplay and an adrenaline-fuelled performance by the effusive Flynn which propelled him to superstardom, the film is a highly enjoyable romp through the high seas. Pieces of eight! Print source: BFI
Wednesday 24 Sep, 3.00pm L Thursday 25 Sep, 12.45pm
WHITE HEAT (CFF 15) Director: Raoul Walsh. Starring: James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O’Brien. USA 1949. 114 mins.
One of the greatest gangster movies of the post-war period, WHITE HEAT’s influence can be found in countless other classics of the genre. James Cagney turns in perhaps his greatest role as Cody Jarrett, an incendiary gang leader who is dependent on the support of his equally psychotic mother. After being imprisoned after a heist botched by his incompetent henchmen, Jarrett escapes with his gang and plans a final heist. However it is not long before the gang is torn apart by internal rivalries, and Jarrett’s world spirals out of control towards a bloody and unforgettable climax. After WHITE HEAT, the crime movie would never be the same again.
Saturday 27 Sep, 10.30pm L Sunday 28 September, 10.15am
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (U) Director: Michael Curtiz. Starring: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston. USA 1942. 126 mins.
This dynamic and patriotic film tells the story of George M Cohan, the theatrical everyman who is considered to be the father of American musicals. From the his days as a child star to vaudeville shows alongside his family until the time that he received a medal from the US president for his special contributions to the role. The film is positively bursting with energy from start to finish, and includes such classic songs as ‘Yankee Doodle’ and ‘Give My Regards to Broadway’. Yet it is Cagney’s Oscar-winning performance as Cohan which steals the show, singing and dancing with unparalleled vigour.
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Thu 25 Sep, 10.30pm L Fri 26 Sep, 10.00am
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Friday 26 September, 10.15pm
STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (PG) Director: Alfred Hitchcock. Starring: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll, Laura Elliot. USA 1951. 101 mins.
It starts with a shriek of a train whistle... and ends with shrieking excitement! Tennis star Guy Haines meets a stranger on the Washington-to-New York train who offers to exchange murders. The stranger, Bruno Anthony, will kill Guy’s estranged wife if Guy will kill Bruno’s hated father. Guy does not take Bruno seriously until his wife, Miriam, is found dead in an amusement park. Thus ensues a web of suspense and surprise, which is guaranteed to leave you on the edge of your seat. This 1951 masterpiece is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most captivating works. STRANGERS ON A TRAIN focuses on questions of doppelgängers and mistaken identity, and perfectly exemplifies Hitchcock’s favourite theme of the evil that lurks just below the surface of everyday life and ordinary men. Print source: Contemporary Films
“A gripping, palm-sweating piece of suspense...” VARIETY
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Satrday 27 September, 12.45pm
Friday 26 September, 1.00pm
BLACK LEGION (CFF 15)
BABY FACE (CFF 15)
Director: Archie Mayo. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Dick Foran, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Ann Sheridan, Helen Flint. USA 1937. 83 mins.
Director: Alfred E Green. Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, John Wayne. USA 1933. 75 mins.
This hard-hitting, socially conscious drama, the sort of story that Warner Bros. made their hallmark in the 1930s, stars Humphrey Bogart and Erin O’Brien Moore. Bogart plays Frank Taylor, a Detroit factory worker who becomes angry when he loses out on a promotion to a Polish co-worker. He is then recruited by the Black Legion, a secretive hate group similar to the Ku Klux Klan, who believe in “America for Americans”. As the Legion demands more and more of Frank’s time and energy, the rest of his life begins to unravel, and he is set on a path to tragedy. Given that racially motivated violence was still not uncommon in parts of the USA in the mid-1930s, BLACK LEGION won critical acclaim for its brave attack on hate groups, and remains socially relevant to this day. Print source: Warner Bros.
Alfred Green’s gritty tale of post-Depression amorality tells the story of Lily Powers, a prostitute who leaves rural Pennsylvania for the bright lights of Manhattan after the death of her abusive father. Climbing the ladder of society the best way she knows how – sleeping her way through a string of wealthy men – Lily’s actions eventually bring about her downfall. Re-cut after being rejected by the New York State Censorship Board, Green’s film is racy and gritty and includes a star turn by Stanwyck whose portrayal of a strong female with no inhibitions became the template for countless female roles in Hollywood. Print source: Warner Bros.
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Director: James Whale. Starring: Colin Clive, Boris Karloff, Mae Clarke, Dwight Frye. USA 1931. 71 mins.
The story of the mad scientist Dr Frankenstein who stitches together body parts from graves (British actor Colin Clive: “Now I know what it feels like to be God!’’), his sidekick, the hunchback Fritz who steals the brain marked “abnormal”, and the terror unleashed on a small Bavarian town when the lightning strikes and the monster awakes. The film that made the 43-year-old unknown “Karloff” a star to rival “Chaplin” and “Garbo”. Print source: Universal
THE MUMMY (15) Beginning with his remarkable depiction of Frankenstein’s monster in 1931, Boris Karloff created perhaps the most distinguished and memorable human monsters in the history of the movies. Discovered by the English director James Whale, Karloff’s best known performances were in the classic Universal Studios’ movies of the 1930s; pulp classics that continue to inspire this summer’s blockbusters. But many lesser-known roles were just as noteworthy: the butler in Whale’s wonderfully eccentric THE OLD DARK HOUSE; the smooth and sinister villain in his masterpiece, THE BLACK CAT. The horror boom ended in the 1940s and Karloff too often found himself in walk-on parts, adding distinction to the movie poster but little else. Yet there were still unforgettable performances. He never stopped working and at the end of his career he launched Peter Bogdanovich as a film director with TARGETS, a film that highlighted again the dignity beneath the mask.
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Director: Karl Freund. Starring: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Edward Van Sloan. USA 1932. 73 mins.
Archaeologists from the British Museum unearth and bring back to life an Egyptian mummy (Karloff). So begins this wonderful hokum adventure, inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb, in which Karloff stalks the streets of Cairo armed with a holy parchment and evil stare. One of the few films directed by the great cinematographer Karl Freund, photographer of Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS. Print source: Universal
Tuesday 23 September, 10.00pm
BORIS KARLOFF
Thursday 18 Sep, 11.00pm L Friday 19 Sep, 10.30am
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THE OLD DARK HOUSE (PG)
THE BLACK CAT (CFF 15)
Director: James Whale. Starring: Raymond Massey, Gloria Stewart, Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton. USA 1932. 72 mins.
Director: Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Julie Bishop. USA 1934. 65 mins.
Loosely based on a J.B.Priestley play, an assorted cast find themselves stranded overnight in a sinister Welsh house in this splendidly eccentric comedy. There’s the butler Karloff (“an uncivilized brute... A night like this will set him going and once he’s drunk he’s rather dangerous”), the newly married couple, the damaged war veteran, the northern industrialist, and of course the pyromaniac locked in the attic.
Karloff is the evil architect, luring a young American couple to his modernist mansion in the Hungarian hills, where his arch-enemy Bela Lugosi seeks revenge for the death of his wife. Extraordinary art deco sets and menacing performances from the two horror leads (Karloff’s smooth accent and silky performance the model for subsequent villains) make this one of the most distinctive horror films of the era.
Print source: Universal
Print source: Universal
Sunday 28 September, 1.00pm
BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (PG)
THE RAVEN (PG)
Director: James Whale. Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester. USA 1935. 75 mins.
Director: Roger Corman. Starring: Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Peter Lorre, Hazel Court, Olive Sturgess, Jack Nicholson. USA 1963. 86 mins.
Better than the original and the greatest of Universal Studios’ films of the 1930s, Dr Frankenstein is forced by the dangerously eccentric Dr Pretorius to return to the laboratory and create a bride (Elsa Lanchester, the then wife of Charles Laughton). This is a superb black comedy in which Karloff returns to the sympathetic monster role that made him a star, chased through the countryside, befriending a blind musician and learning to speak. But it’s Ernest Thesiger as Dr Pretorius who gets the immortal line: “To a new world of gods and monsters!”
Very loosely based on a poem by director Roger Corman’s frequent muse, Edgar Allen Poe, THE RAVEN tells of a trio of sorcerors – one good (Vincent Price), one bad (Peter Lorre) and one ugly (Karloff) – all of whom are heading for a final showdown. Typically tongue-in-cheek in camp Corman style, and bringing together three of cinema’s creepiest screen presences, it provides Karloff with a lipsmackingly evil part in the shape of the diabolical Dr Scarabus – plus an early role for a young Jack Nicholson.
Print source: Universal
Print source: Universal
“Karloff ’s face fascinated me. I made drawings of his head...His physique was weaker than I could wish but that penetrating personality of his, I felt, was more important.” JAMES WHALE (DIRECTOR OF FRANKENSTEIN, AS PLAYED BY IAN MCKELLEN IN GODS AND MONSTERS)
The make-up as much as the acting made Karloff’s Frankenstein’s monster and Mummy such memorable monsters. It was created by Universal Studios’ legendary make up artist Jack Pierce, who spent 5 hours preparing Karloff each day. See page 76 for ways to bring your own monster to life in MONSTERS ON FILM: YOUNG PEOPLE’S SPECIAL EFFECTS AND FILM WORKSHOP!
With thanks to the Boris Karloff Foundation for its generous support.
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Monday 22 September, 6.00pm, The Junction L Saturday
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At the end of a school day there’s one girl in the playground who doesn’t want to go home.
BREATH Director: Mark Gillespie. UK. 11 mins.
Hard-hitting drama based around the delivery of a donor organ.
I WAS HERE Director: Richard Porter. UK. 12 mins.
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enigmatic stranger who compels her to re-evaluate her future.
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Three eclectic programmes with HAND GUM contrasting themes and ideas. Director: James Farrant. UK. 9 mins. From the deep and meaningful A poetic study on the cruelty and innocence of questions about love, death and youth in modern society. life in the playgound, to the more TRIP Director: Harry Wootliff. UK. 9 mins. frivolous side of human nature. An emotional tale of what happens when a This selection of UK shorts brings father tries to do the right thing by his two together comic and tragic daughters but chooses the worst way tales through digitalisation to go about it. HeZX^Va i^X`Z eg^XZ dc Vaa i and animation that will h]dgih K bVg`ZY l Director: Piers Thompson. UK. take you on the most )#%% BZbWZ^i] ? 20 mins. gh extreme rollercoaster. *#%% [jaa eg $8dcX# 15-year-old Kaylee encounters an ^XZ
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I WAS HERE tells the story of a man who decides not to go to work one day. He simply walks away, with no idea of where he will go or what he will encounter. Director: Debs Gardner-Paterson. UK. 11 mins.
RIPPLE Director: Paul Gowers. UK. 18 mins.
A black comedy. One small random act of malice forces an ordinary man off the safe road and on to a dark journey that he’ll never forget.
VEILS Director: Dan Susman. UK. 13 mins.
Veils is a story about a Jewish girl and a Palestinian guy on their wedding day. But this is not a standard Romeo and Juliet story of forbidden love...
TIDE Director: Felix Wiedemann. UK. 4 mins.
He kisses her. Is this the beginning of a great love – or the end ? A short film which plays with the audience’s perception – backwards.
Sometimes leaving brings you back.
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LEGION OF PLOTTERS Director: Tom Martin. UK. 10 mins.
Conspiracy or paranoia? Plagued by a deluge of aggrivations, Mr Jasper draws a dark conclusion.
THE IMAGINARY GIRL Director: Richard Porter. UK. 11 mins.
Seven year old Amy, whose recently separated parents hold different views on her social development, is enthralled in her world of make-believe.
CROSSWORDS Director: James Malcom. UK. 10 mins.
Mrs Mitchell thinks people are sending her messages through crosswords. Her eccentric house, packed floor to ceiling with thousands of old puzzles, is about to be targeted by the Pristolux Homecore Company.
SUN IN THE NIGHT
Monday 22 September, 8.30pm
Director: Anne Wilkins. UK. 4 mins.
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A mother hopelessly waits for her lost son to return whilst her young daughter plays with a strange imaginary friend.
SPEECHLESS
BLUNDER
Director: James Cooper. UK. 8 mins.
Director: Simon J Riley. UK. 8 mins.
D has plenty of time on his hands. He could be doing all sorts of things.... but generally he isn’t doing very much. Disillusioned with just about everything around him, he takes solace in gangsta rap and bags of family sized crisps…. and texting.
A sales rep witnesses the kidnapping of a female jogger whilst driving to meet a client. After following the kidnapper to his house and trying to save the jogger, Jack realises things aren’t quite what they seem.
21 SECONDS
THE LEGEND OF OL’ GOLDIE
CHARON
TIME OUT
Director: Matthew Snyman. UK. 8 mins.
Director: Ru McArdle. UK. 9 mins.
A gritty romantic tragedy. Maddie is looking for a place to commit suicide; security guard Keith is out to save her. Fairytale ending? Definitely not. Director: Chiara Ambrosio. UK. 13 mins.
Charon, the mythic ferryman over the river Styx, sails off on a journey to recover his childhood and mortality. This is a film about loss and time.
What would you do if you could see twenty four hours into the future?
A fairytale about a boy and his only friend... his pet goldfish. The thing is, Goldie isn’t your average goldfish.
TERRAFARMER
AND THE MAN IS BORN
Director: Will Adams. UK. 2 mins.
Director: Pavel Prokopic, Marie Morgan. UK. 9 mins.
SUNDAYS
A comedy of life’s disappointments for one young woman. Realising her dreams never felt so bad.
A visual study of spending Sundays in makebelieve. Because six bad days is bearable. Seven is not.
Director: Angus Gafraidh. UK. 8 mins.
A lone astronaut attempts to terraform a hostile planet with a malfunctioning robot as his only companion.
Director: Sarah Bick. UK. 6 mins.
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>CI:GC6I>DC6A EGD<G6BB: '/ ADHI 6C9 ;DJC9 ? (CFF PG) 55 mins Our second programme deals with the need to connect to our fellow man. In these shorts, it is the connections that people make with one another that tell a global truth, whether it be a child with her long lost hamster in DEAR FATTY, or the mismatched romance of an unlucky guy in RADU AND ANA. Night time revelations abound in THE BACK ROOM, whilst FOR YOU MY PEOPLE is an animated expose of greed and corruption in South America.
Globalisation conjures up images of bustling urban metropolises but this collection of shorts from around the world reveals the international language of cinema.
DEAR FATTY
RADU AND ANA
Director: Hsin-I Tseng. USA. 7 mins.
Director: Paul Negoescu. Romania. 8 mins.
In this stop-motion animation,a little girl is writing a letter to her runaway hamster ‘Fatty’ and wondering about its experiences in the outside world.
Radu is the unluckiest guy on earth. Things might change. Or not.
Saturday 20 September, 10.45pm L Tuesday 23 September, 1.00pm
THE BACK ROOM
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Director: Greg Ivan Smith. USA. 17 mins.
After receiving a ball of yarn at her grandmother’s deathbed, Mia diligently begins to knit a weave that will eventually reunite the two of them.
Our first programme involves tales of loss or isolation, from the solipsism of a Parisian clown in PUNCH to the furtive sexuality of two young girls in MAN; from an international student struggling to communicate in HELLO GOODBYE to the heartbreaking tale of two young lovers in DREAMERS, these shorts follow the lives of people across the planet trying to find their place in the world.
PUNCH
MAN
Director: Sotiris Dounoukos. Australia/France. 10 mins.
Director: Myna Joseph. USA. 15 mins.
In a city of beauty and noise, a broken man tries to escape his pain and loneliness by playing the clown he feels like...
HELLO, GOODBYE Director: Antoine Bourges. Canada. 16 mins.
A short drama that depicts the first and last day of a foreign student in Vancouver, from his initial observations to his last farewells.
PUPPIES & PICK UP TRUCKS Director: Vincent Biron. Canada/France. 18 mins.
The chronicle of a dying childhood.
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Maggie and her sister form an unusual bond during an encounter with a young man.
LEGACY Director: Grant Sputore. Australia. 15 mins.
A coming of age story – an account of innocence lost and a life saved in Australia during World War ll.
DREAMERS Directors: Vlamyr Vizcaya, Carlos Bedoya. Colombia. 14 mins.
A tender coming of age story in a crude world!
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Two utter strangers uncover astonishing connections as they search for a mysterious Renaissance painting.
FOR YOU MY PEOPLE Director: Jose Pablo Gonzalez. Canada. 5 mins.
An animated short film that tells the compelling story of a senator who must confront his secret deeds of corruption.
AMMA Director: Aparna Kapur. Canada/India. 5 mins.
GIRL IN RED SARONG Director: Jeremy Sing. Singapore. 13 mins.
A spoof of a Singapore national icon, told through a day-in-the-life tale of Leng, a waitress who is simply trying to survive.
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Romanian cinema has undergone a renaissance in recent years – witness 2007 Cannes winner 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS and acclaimed releases such as THE DEATH OF MR LAZARESCU, 12:08 EAST OF BUCHAREST and CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’. Friday 19 September, 10.45pm
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Proving that these were not isolated successes and that the industry has plenty of new talent breaking through, Romanian films picked up the best short film awards at both this year’s Berlin Film Festival (A GOOD DAY FOR A SWIM) and Cannes (MEGATRON). ( Introduced by Mihai Chirilov, film critic and director of Transylvania International Film Festival, this programme features both these festival winners as part of a showcase of the best new Romanian cinema.
THE BOX LESSON Director: Alexandru Mavrodineanu MEGATRON Director: Marian Crisan A GOOD DAY FOR A SWIM Director: Bogdan Mustata LA DRUMAL MARE Director: Gabriel Sarbu WAVES Director: Adrian Sitaru THE YELLOW SMILEY FACE Director: Constantin Popescu Supported by the Romanian Cultural Institute in London.
TONY ZEAR (TONY ZOREIL)
SYNOPSIS DOCU DRAMA
Director: Valentin Potier. France. 20 mins.
Director: Vlad Trandafir. Romania. 22 mins.
Quirky à la SCIENCE OF SLEEP style comedy about Tony Zear, who’s out to meet the girl that matches his ear size. Not an easy one, if you have giant piercings and fine hearing.
A young director wants to get his first job in TV and has to learn how to push past all obstacles, and about “the real world” – a good lesson for all aspiring filmmakers.
FLYER
Director: Kei Ishikawa. Poland. 17 mins.
Director: Andrea Harkin. Poland/UK. 15 mins.
Ana’s from Poland and she is working as hard as she can in order to get her boyfriend over to the UK. This brilliant short shows real attention to human drama, a sensibility for music, and an intimate yet never intrusive cinematography calling to mind those MOVERN-CALLAR-like moments of lyrical realism. In addition, a great example of European short film-making.
THE TOURNAMENT (IL TORNEO) Director: Michele Alhaique. Italy. 15 mins.
Slice of life from three boys who go beyond their limits to get tournament-qualifying t-shirts in an environment where boyhood needs to be measured against manhood – a finely directed film by an actor-turned-director to look out for.
DEAR WORLD STALKER-like landscapes are crossed, empty supermarkets offering masses of food are quietly used, a black dog leads the way to a house that looks like home, only stripped bare of all its interior. And all along, radio messages from Zone 42 offer assurance that somewhere, someone is still alive and ready to hook up with you. An apocalyptic and strangely believable story of how the end might look.
ONE OF THE LAST (UNO DEGLI ULTIMI) Director: Paul Zinder. Italy. 12 mins.
A documentary short following the musings and wise thoughts of an old man who’s worked the Italian land all his life. A beautiful reflection on past and future, modernity, change, and a worrying look at the environment by taking a close up of the small things. Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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Thursday 25 September, 4.00pm
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THE TECHNICAL HITCH Director: Jon Dunleavy. 2006. Written by Luke Wright, produced by Jon Dunleavy. Friday 26 September, 5.45pm
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Saturday 27 September, 1.00pm
Written by Simon Edmondson, produced by Jonathan Blagrove.
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BILLY’S DAY OUT Director: Iain B Macdonald. 2005.
The best of the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, presented in partnership with Alliance Française.
Written by Antony Mann, produced by Fiona McAlpine.
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Director: Reto Caffi. Germany/Switzerland 2007. 30 mins. German with English subtitles.
Director: Matthieu Donck. Belgium 2007. 15 mins. French with English subtitles.
BLASTED ANGELS Director: Ian Claxton. 2006. Written by Paul Burke, produced by Andy Pritchett.
A security guard working for a department store is racked with guilt having decided not to help a stranger who was being attacked on the underground.
Bernard has disappeared. Was he ever really there?
Directors: Léo Marchand, Anne-Laure Daffis. France 2007. 16 mins. French with English subtitles.
CAMERA OBSCURA Directors: Thierry Onillon, Jean-Michel Drechsler, Matthieu Buchalski. France 2007. 7 mins. French with English subtitles.
The blind man had been left there. A helmet had been placed upon his head to help him to see that which he couldn’t.
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MOMPELAAR Directors: Wim Reygaert, Marc Roels. Belgium 2007. 22 mins. French with English subtitles.
Lubbert is a withdrawn young man who lives at home with his overbearing mother. During a morning stroll through the Flemish countryside, he has a surreal encounter with the nightmarish inhabitants of the region.
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For an ogre to lose his teeth is bad enough, but for it to happen on the eve of the feast of Saint-Festin, the patron saint of ogres, is a catastrophe…
TONY ZOREIL Director: Valentin Potier. France 2007. 20 mins. French with English subtitles.
Tony, a 28 year-old bachelor, has inherited a remarkable physical trait. Like the rest of his family, he has very big ears and suffers from extreme sensitivity to the slightest noise...
BLOOD ON HIS HANDS Director: Justin Coleman. 2007. Written by Justin Coleman, produced by Patrick McGrady.
Friday 26 September, 11.00pm
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A selection of mind-boggling chillers exploring the underbelly of modern society. A surreal world unearthed.
VIOLA
BOX
Director: Shih-Ting Hung. USA. 9 mins.
Director: Matt Smith. UK. 12 mins.
Stumbling on slippery moss at the 4 o’clock bus stop, little giant Viola steps outside of her own world to embark on an adventure. She is going to search for the true meaning of loneliness.
Social expectations are crushing his bones and pulping his fat; he has no escape and he can see no end, only the flashing and pulsating of The Box...
AN UNQUIET MIND Director: Chihwen Lo. Taiwan/USA. 6 mins
Tuesday 23 September, 10.15pm
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HUSH
Director: Jennifer Harrington. USA. 14 mins
Director: Fernando Cordero. USA. 18 mins.
Hidden inside a shipping container on a boat headed to the United States, eight Colombian strangers wait for days in the dark to reach their destination.
CAM TO CAM Director: Davy Sihali. France. 28 mins.
A young woman talks on the Internet with a friend. At the beginning, she’s a little shy – and then she lets go in front of the camera. But after a while she begins to have some doubts...
Shuei-in, in a manic state, witnesses his body in a coffin; Samsara – the cycle of death and rebirth. Inspired by the struggle of those with bipolar disorder, the film follows Shuei’s mercurial journey of mood swings and deep restlessness.
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A dark fairy-tale inspired story that tells of a man who is miserable with his life and desires only death. In order to fulfill his wish, he embarks on a journey in search of a mythical poison tree.
DON’T LOSE HEART Director: Taliesyn Brown. UK. 10 mins.
Alone, trapped and running out of water – Lucy wants out but all the zombies want to do is get in!
A psychological thriller about Alice, a young woman dealing with the loss of her child and the growing apathy of her husband.
STROKING THE 8 Director: Jack Wareham. Australia. 4 mins.
Power, strength, timing and the ability to push through the pain barrier. As the cox keeps telling his rowing eight, coming first requires discipline.
PERSON, PLACE OR THING Director: Elle Martini. USA. 17 mins.
A drifter’s solitary routine is interrupted by an unforeseen encounter. Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE FILM CONSORTIUM EDUCATION EVENTS The Cambridgeshire Film Consortium is a partnership between Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge Film Festival, Long Road Sixth Form College, Cambridge, Longsands College, St Neots, Parkside Community College and Cambridgeshire ICT Education Services. It is core-funded by Screen East. The Consortium employs a full-time Film Education Officer, Trish Sheil, to implement its aims which are: L Encouraging an interest in film education linked to cinema screenings, production work and other activity L Fostering film literacy and developing links between informal and formal education L Ensuring cultural diversity in the programming of events and activities L Consulting with Screen East, The Film Council and the British Film Institute for the delivery of a regional film education strategy L Contributing film education initiatives to the Cambridge Film Festival Details of the Consortium’s events are also published in the Consortium’s termly Education Newsletter and the Arts Picturehouse programme.
Tel: 01223 579127
email: trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk www.cambridgeshirefilmconsortium.org
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FRE EVENET
Saturday 20 September L 1.30/2.00/2.30*
MONSTERS ON FILM: YOUNG PEOPLE’S SPECIAL EFFECTS AND FILM WORKSHOP Learn the tricks of special effects and make-up to create your own Film Monster then watch your creation on screen. The best monster will be screened before Boris Karloff films in the festival! * 3 x 30 minute workshops. Suitable for young people aged 8-16 years. Tutor: Alex Curtis. Drop in on the day, or book in advance to assure a place. ( See pages 68 and 69 for more Karloff films.
BOOKINGS: 01223 579127 email: cfceducation@picturehouses.co.uk
Saturday 20 September L 11.00am – 1.00pm
I MADE THIS
Sunday 21 September L 5.00pm
TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES: THE OLYMPIC GAMES ON FILM, 1906-1924 Presented by Dr Luke McKernan (British Library) A screening of rare films with live piano accompaniment from the acclaimed Neil Brand.
An enlightening commentary from Dr Luke McKernan, tracing the Olympic Games from 1906-1924, including: OLYMPIC GAMES AT ATHENS (1906) L 1908 OLYMPICS: TRACK AND FIELD L 1908 OLYMPICS: MARATHON L OLYMPIC GAMES 1912 L STOCKHOLM OLYMPIC GAMES 1912 L THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS 1924 Kindly supported by Living Sport LIVING SPORT is Cambridgeshire & Peterborough’s county sports partnership aiming to increase participation in sport and supporting talented sportspeople to achieve their potential. Tel: 01487 841 559 or visit www.livingsport.co.uk to find out more.
BOOKINGS: 0871 704 2050
FRE FAMILE EVENTY
A screening of films produced for the Cambridgeshire Film Consortium 200708, including delightful animations, documentaries and film drama, CFC film projects with British Antarctic Survey, Kettles Yard and Scott Polar Research Institute and Grains of Sand Climate Change competition. BOOKINGS: 01223 579127 email: cfceducation@picturehouses.co.uk
Box Office: 08717 04 20 50 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk
FREE EVENT Tuesday 23 September L 11.00am – 1.00pm
CENSORSHIP, FILM AND THE BRITISH BOARD OF FILM CLASSIFICATION Video Nasties, Pornography, Grand Theft Auto and Teletubbies. All in a day’s work at the British Board of Film Classification. Find out how the BBFC gets to make its decisions at a special presentation and interactive workshop event hosted by BBFC Education Officer, John Dyer. Suitable for GCSE/A/AS/Undergraduate Film and Media Studies students Check out the BBFC’s student website at www.sbbfc.co.uk.
BOOKINGS: 01223 579127 or email trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk
CAMBRIDGESHIRE FILM CONSORTIUM: YOUNG CRITICS AT THE CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2008 Young Critics gives young people the opportunity to think and write critically about film. The best submissions will be published on the Festival website and in the Festival newspaper. Categories are Primary (up to age 11): PRIZES BY 50 - 150 words L Pre-Sixth Form (12 to 16 year olds): 200 words ORED SPONS L Sixth Form (16 to 18 year olds): 250 words L Undergraduate (18 years old or older, taking a first degree): 250 words. Overall winners will be chosen in each category at the end of the Festival. Primary school pupils should enter as a school. For all other categories students should enter individually. Reviews to be submitted to: daily@ cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk. For more info email: trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk
FRANKENSTEIN, THE GOTHIC AND THE HORROR FILM: FRANKENSTEIN (PG) Wednesday 24 September L 8.00pm L The Junction
Director: James Whale. Starring: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Mae Clark, Dwight Frye. USA 1931. 71 mins.
HEAVY LOAD (12A)
James Whale drew on stylistic references to German Expressionism for his 1931 film based on Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel FRANKENSTEIN. Chief make-up artist Jack Pierce’s design of the flat-headed creature with bolts in his neck also established Boris Karloff’s monster as synonymous with the word Frankenstein.
Director: Jerry Rothwell. UK 2008. 91 mins. PLUS Funky Flamingo.
Jerry Rothwell’s film HEAVY LOAD (A film about happiness) follows this Punk band of musicians with and without learning difficulties on their journey of conflicting ambitions, as they move out of the ghetto of disability club nights to test whether their dreams can survive the mainstream. Featuring The Junction as one of their gigs their journey also leads into the national “Stay up Late” campaign to encourage support workers to adopt flexible shifts and enable people with learning disabilities to stay out late. ( Join us for a wild night of film with live music from Funky Flamingo – see page 51 for more details.
BOOKINGS: 0871 704 2050 or purchase at The Junction on the day
Speakers: Darren Elliott, University of Hertfordshire and Dr. Nick Potamitis, Long Road Sixth Form College, will give presentations on the Horror Film genre and Gothic influences in Horror Films. Suitable for GCSE/A/AS/Undergraduate Film and Media Studies students. Cost: Students: £3.50 Accompanying Teachers FREE
BOOKINGS: 01223 579127 or email trish.s@picturehouses.co.uk
Saturday 27 September L 3.00pm
THE BLACK BALLOON (12A) Director: Elissa Down. Starring: Toni Colette, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford. Australia 2008. 97 mins.
A story about fitting in, discovering love and accepting your family. When Thomas and his family move to a new home and he has to start at a new school, all he wants is to fit in. But his pregnant mother has to take things easy so his father Simon puts him in charge of his autistic older brother Charlie. Thomas, with the help of his new girlfriend Jackie, faces his biggest challenge yet. Charlie’s unusual antics take Thomas on an emotional journey that causes his pent-up frustrations about his brother’s autism to pour out in a story that is funny, confronting, and ultimately heart-warming. Contains moderate themes and moderate coarse language. ( We hope to welcome a representative from Cambridgeshire’s Arts and Health Network INSPIRE to this screening.
BOOKINGS: 0871 704 2050
Wednesday 24 September 1.00 – 2.30pm
CAMBRIDGESHIRE ON FILM: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ARCHIVES Join us for a screening of films from the national, regional and county film archives, featuring Cambridge City and County, including past Cambridge street scenes and clips of students in the colleges. Speakers from the British Film Institute, the East Anglian Film Archive and Cambridgeshire County Archives will introduce the films.The speakers will also update you on how you will be able to access a vast range of archive films for your own viewing, for your own curiosity or as a researcher, when the new BFI Mediatheque opens in Cambridge Central Library. Special reduction of £1.00 off each ticket for senior citizens.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE FILM CONSORTIUM EDUCATION EVENTS
Thursday 25 September L 10.00am – 1.00pm
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FESTIVAL VENUES THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE
THE JUNCTION
BOX OFFICE: 08717 04 20 50
BOX OFFICE: 01223 511 511
www.picturehouses.co.uk
www.junction.co.uk
38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR
Cambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Way, Cambridge, CB1 7GX
Book tickets in advance at the Arts Picturehouse for ALL venues. Home of the Cambridge Film Festival and a year-round programme of the best in new and classic cinema, the Arts Picturehouse hosts 3 screens (including one THX-certificated for best quality sound), the Festival late-night cafe-bar, and a friendly, film-loving atmosphere. All the screens are licensed, too, so you can take your drink with you while watching a movie! You don’t have to be a member by any means, but it helps - you’ll receive discounts on all member tickets, free preview screenings, priority booking for the Festival and can enjoy being part of this much-loved local institution.
WYSING ARTS CENTRE BOX OFFICE: 01954 718 881 www.wysingartscentre.org Fox Road, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2TX All screenings are free – reserve seats in advance or turn up on the night. Wysing Arts Centre is a centre for the contemporary visual arts. Throughout the year we focus on the development of artists through our studios, international residency programme and commissioning. Wysing is a working site with currently 24 professional artists on our 11 acre rural site, and this sets us apart from other arts centres. We host a programme of exhibitions, events, family activities, screenings and artist talks across the year, as well as opening up the whole site and studios at least once a year to complement and develop our artistic programme overall.
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All managers reserve the right to refuse admission
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Buy tickets from The Junction Box Office on the day of the screening or in advance at the Arts Picturehouse. Tickets for the outdoor of 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Institute of Astronomy can be purchased from either The Junction Box Office or the Arts Picturehouse. The Junction is one of the most diverse cultural venues in the UK, a vibrant centre of youth culture and registered charity with a uniquely varied programme. Opened in 1990 as a place for the young people of Cambridge, those aged up to 30 continue to be the primary audience. Presenting hundreds of performances each year to over 100,000 customers, The Junction covers clubs, comedy, dance, live music, theatre and events for young people. Operating over three spaces, The Junction is committed to developing new artists and providing cutting-edge performances.
WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH BOX OFFICE: 08717 04 20 50 (ARTS PICTUREHOUSE) www.wesleycam.org.uk Christ’s Pieces, Cambridge, CB1 1LG Wesley Church is a large Methodist church in the centre of Cambridge at the junction of King Street and Short Street. It is approximately a three minute walk from Drummer Street Bus Station and from the Grafton Shopping Centre.
TICKET PRICES ( ARTS PICTUREHOUSE Please note that only shows after 5pm will have allocated seating
MON TO FRI (before 5pm) & LATE SHOWS (after 10.30pm) Members.........£4.40 Adults ........................... £6.40 Concessions*.........£5.50 MON TO FRI (after 5pm) & WEEKENDS: Members.........£5.40 Adults .............................£7.40 Concessions*.........£5.50 OTHER TICKETS Children under 14 (at all times) ......£4.90 Big Scream (babies free)...................... £4.80 Big Scream Membership........................£2.50 (Available to parents with babies under one year old only)
MEMBERSHIP (see page 80) Single....£27 Joint....£47 Concessions....£17 Advance web/phone booking fee £1.50 per transaction Please note there will be no cheap day Mondays, Orange Wednesdays, Kid’s Club or Silver Screen offers for the duration of the Festival.
( THE JUNCTION Adults .........................................................................................................£6.00 Picturehouse Members / Concessions*...............£4.00
( SPECIAL EVENTS 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (13 -14 September) Adults .................................................................................................... £12.50 Picturehouse Members / Concessions*.......... £10.00 RIVERSIDE SCREENINGS (16, 17, 23, 25 September) Adults .................................................................................................... £25.00 Picturehouse Members / Concessions*.......... £20.00 THE LAST LAUGH (23 September) Members.......£5.40 Adults ..................... £7.40 Concessions.... £5.50 *Applies to full time students with valid ID, over 60’s and those on income support
Please note that admission is FREE for the Magdalene Street screening (21 September) and for screenings at Wysing Arts Centre (23 September).
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THE LATE NIGHT FESTIVAL BAR Arts Picturehouse Café-Bar will be open from 10am – 12pm (10am – 1am Friday and Saturdays) during the Festival ( fine wines, beers and spirits ( coffees, teas, organic juices and other soft drinks ( fresh cakes ( bar snacks ( crepes, tapas, panini and salads courtesy of As You Like It served 11.00am – 10.00pm (food is freshly prepared so please leave enough time to eat before a screening).
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TICKET COLLECTION Arts Picturehouse: At least 15 mins prior to the start of the screening from any sales point or the Ticket Collection Machine next to the Festival Information Desk. The Junction: In advance from the Arts Picturehouse or at The Junction on the day of the performance, at least 15 mins prior to the start of the screening.
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When booking over the phone please make sure you have all membership card numbers (if applicable) and a credit or debit card to hand. Telephone and internet bookings can be made up to 15 minutes before the start of a screening. Please note there is a booking fee of £1.50 per transaction for ‘phone and web bookings (except for Members). (All Festival venues have full disabled access. Please see individual venue websites for details.)
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CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL STAFF The Cambridge Film Festival is now run by the Cambridge Film Trust, a registered charity (no. 1120059) that promotes independent cinema in Cambridge and the Eastern region.
Emily Boldy Assistant Programme Co-ordinator Print Transport Assistant
Nick Joicey L Tony Jones L Isabelle McNeill L Jean Khalfa L Bill Thompson Cambridge Film Trust Board Members
David Jakes Programme Adviser
Tony Jones Festival Director
DO YOU WANT TO SEE LOTS OF GREAT FILMS AT THIS YEARS FESTIVAL… AND SAVE MONEY? Arts Picturehouse Membership gives you… ( £2.00 off every ticket ( ( 3 free tickets to use whenever you like ( ( priority booking for the Festival ( ( year-round free screenings and special offers ( £27 Single, £17 Concessions, £47 for 2 people at the same address Call 08717 04 20 50 visit www.picturehouses.co.uk or ask at the Box Office
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Paula Beegan Festival Manager Sarah Wood Artists’ Moving Image Programmer
Iris Ordonez UK & International Print Transport
Toby Venables Brochure Editor Georgia King Design Brochure Designer Bill Thompson Online Producer
Chloe Chennells-Milton L Michael Chilcott L Alex Hall L Lucy Newman L Alex Oliver L Ann Willmott Festival Interns AT THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE: Keith Gehlert General Manager Emily Boldy Assistant and Marketing Manager Martin Read Bar and Duty Manager
Nick Joicey Boris Karloff Programmer
Trish Sheil Education Officer, Cambridgeshire Film Consortium
Cosima Finkbeiner L Clare Leczycki Duty Managers
James Mackay Derek Jarman: Remembered Programmer
Marc Atkinson L Rydian Cook L Gertrud Hill Education Team
Tony Stevens Visiting Duty Manager
Matt Kelland L Saint John Walker L Bill Thompson Machinima Programmers
Sarah Wilby Creative Publicity Press & PR
Joe Delaney (Chief) L Christian Lapidge L Clare Mackenzie L Dermot Nolan L Roger Smith L John Caswell L Colin Verot L Sammy Patterson Projectionists
Matilda Mroz Polish Cinema Programmer Clare Leczycki L Verena Stackelberg L Michael Pierce ShortFusion Programmers
David Perilli Festival Daily Editor Rebecca Hawketts L Alan Smithee Festival Daily Sub-Editors Tom Catchesides Festival Photographer
Isabelle McNeill Transmission Programmer
Roger Smith Technical Manager
Mark Cosgrove Ulrich Seidl Season Programmer
Joe Harris L Tom Martin L Simon White Outdoor Screening Team
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Carl Peck L Peter Harmer L Alexandra Curtis L Alex Oliver L Francesca Clouston L John Davis L Holly Pearson L Jeff Knowles L Kathrin Lang L Becky Harding L Mark Blay L Jack Toye L Thomas Martin L Simon Panrucker L Ruth Forgacs L Devorah Hall L Emma Woolerton L Johnny Davey L Andy Dillon L Alice Nelson L Louise Tan L Rosie Amos Front of House Staff
The Festival would not be possible without the support of all our sponsors and partners. Special thanks go to our main funders, Screen East, for their long-standing commitment to our development. We are also extremely grateful for all the time, energy and effort put in by our many volunteers, without whose contributions the Festival could not achieve so much each year. Nick Kilcoyne – Adriana Chiesa Enterprises; Christine Cellier, Francine Rounanet-Democrate – Alliance Francaise; Phil Birchenall, Adrian Slatcher – AmbITion; Sarah Barrow, Simon Daily, Andrea Hilliard, Caroline Hyde, Paul Marris, Lynsey McCulloch – Anglia Ruskin University; Louisa Dent, Daniel Graham – Artificial Eye; Dipak Mistry – Arts & Business; Thomas Hoegh – Arts Alliance Media; Ollie Dawson, Dawn Giles – Arts Council England, East;Douglas Cummins – Axiom Films; Tricia Tuttle – BAFTA; Pam Mungroo – BBC Community Action Desk; Claire Cook – BBC Film Network; Emma Borley – BBC Look East; Mandy Morton – BBC Radio Cambridgeshire; John Dyer – BBFC; Nigel Arthur – BFI; Margaret Deriaz, Isabelle Piqueras, Christine Whitehouse, Andrew Youdell – BFI Distribution; Rebecca Crouch – Borders; Peter Williamson – Boris Karloff Foundation; Gow Gibson, Vicky Lewis – BVI; David Mitchell – Café Jello; Frances Alderton, Christine Allison, Emma Thornton – Cambridge City Council; Nigel Cutting, Neil Jones – Cambridge City Council Arts & Entertainments; Paul Kirkley, Nik Shelton – Cambridge Evening News; Emma Bonsall, Lindsay Brand – Cambridge Film Archive; James Howarth – Cambridge Saab; Emma Baxter, Heidi Mulvey – Cambridge University Press; Sue Hewitt – Cambridgeshire County Council; Gareth Davies – Cambridgeshire County Council
ICT Service; David Prosser – Carlton Screen Advertising; Lizzy Keene, Darren Pangbourne – Channel 4; Lou Beegan, Sue Cloke – Cheese at Leadenhall Market; Tim Brown – CineCity Brighton; Deborah Allison, Clare Binns, Jo Blair, David Brighouse, Rob Fredrickson, Lyn Goleby, Vince Jervis, Alastair Oatey, Rachel Sawyer, Mark Wealthy, Jason Wood, Rob Younger – City Screen; Roger Gonin – Clermont Ferrand Film Festival; Claude Nouchi – Colifilms Distribution; Eric Liknaitzky – Contemporary; Robert Kenny, Michael Pierce, Simone Pyne, Verena v. Stackelberg – Curzon Cinemas; Matthew Belcher, Paul De Luca – De Luca Cucina & Bar; Jenny Chamarette – Department of French, University of Cambridge; Jo Edwards – Discovery Films; Julian Hayes, Dominic Yemm – DHL; Jane Alvey, Katherine Mage – East Anglian Film Archive; Lord and Lady Wilson – Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge; Emily Corcoran, Saint John Walker – FDMX; Sarah Gibson – Film Sense; Michael Hewitt, James Stubbins – FOPP; Ian Rattray – Frightfest; Wioletta Dawidczyk – Fundacja Promocji Kina Film Polski; Robert Gordon – Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge; Nigel Lesmoir-Gordon – Gordon Films UK; Lidia De Luca – Grosvenor Group Ltd; Camille Gatin – Halcyon Pictures; Pamela Raspe – Hauser Raspe Foundation; Penny Price – Heffers; Mark Adams, Tejinder Jouhal, Sara Squire – ICA; Anna Kime, Simon Ward – ICO; Steve Oliver – Icon; Amanda Kelleher – Inspire; Dr Carolin Crawford – Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge; Rob Halden-Pratt, Venla Hellstedt – ITV Local Anglia; Toby Haggith – IWM; Alexander King – Leeds Film Festival; Steve Turvill – Limoncello; Alexandra and Inigo Westmeier – Linger On Films; Amanda Moore, Matt Smith, Andy Woodyatt – Lionsgate; Andrew Burn – London Institute of Education; Pete Fraser, Sandra Hamilton-Fox, Tanya Jones, Barney Oram, Nick Potamitis, Tom Woodcock – Long Road Sixth Form College; Patrick Neate, Lisa Plowman, Rob
Whatmough – Longsands College; Peter Daybell, Mike Flanagan, Allegre Hadida – Magdalene College; David Conolly, Hannah Davis – Mansion Pictures; Mark Mahon – Maron Pictures; Sara Frain, John Ramchandani – Metrodome; Mia Bays – Mia Films; Helen Fairweather, Christopher Townsend – Mills & Reeve; Moira McDonagh, Hamish Moseley – Momentum; Fleur Buckley, Briony Dixon – National Film Archive; Robert Beeson, Pamela Engel – New Wave Films; Steven Woolley – Number 9 Films; Ben Luxford, Danny Perkins, Hugh Spearing – Optimum; Marta Lachacz – Paisa Films; Deborah Sheppard – Paramount; Colin Webb – Palazzo Editions Ltd; Nick Varley – Park Circus; Jackie Billing, Mike Clover, James Durran, Andrew Hutchinson – Parkside Community College; John Fletcher, Francois Ivernel, Kate Lambert, Dave Woodward – Pathe Entertainment UK; Tom Abell, Kahloon Loke – Peccadillo Pictures; Nikki Beeson, Simon Singleton – Piggott Black Bear; Katherine Kaufman – Porchlight Entertainment; James Keen, Hayley Scrivener – Q103; Paul Wigfield – QED; Elliot Grove – Raindance Film Festival; Sam – Red Lion; Brian Jamieson – Red Wind Productions; Joel Kennedy, Justin Marciano, David Shear, Gemma Spector – Revolver; Simona Nastac, Magda Stroe – Romanian Cultural Institute, London; David Collins – Samson Films; Lesley Morgan – Sawston Village Community College; Martin Ayres, Sam Burton, Maria Gonzalez, Claire Treadwell – Screen East; Rod Ingersent, Annabel Bradford – Scudamores Punting Company; Nick Lumby – Screenprint; Matt Kelland, Tiffany Kerr, John O’Boyle – Short Fuze; Kieron Corless, Ronnie Hackston, Rob Winter – Sight & Sound; Elizabeth Draper – Slingshot; Ed Fletcher, Marie Foulston, Eve Gabereau, Kate Gerova, Frances Harvey, Ben Metcalf – Soda Pictures; Andy O’Hanlon – South Cambridgeshire District Council; Leigh Adams, Patrick Neate, Rob Watnough – St Neots College; Andy Campbell – Stagecoach; Vincenzo Esposito
– Stockholm Italian Film Festival; Edward Casbon, Simon Jones, Jonathan Woods – Studio 24; Brian Cleary – Sygma Safety; Jacqueline Clark – The Flower House; Pete Edwards, Amy Vaughan – The Junction; Lucy Fleet, Damian Spandley, Laura Wykes – The Works; Jon Thompson – The Workx; Penny Hopwood – Threefold Music; Mihai Chirilov – Transylvania International Film Festival; Professor Martin Rees – Trinity College, University of Cambridge; Robin Grbich – Trinity Filmed Entertainment; Andrew Crossley – Trumpington Farm Company; Gerald Avison, Peter Taylor, Jean Thompson – TTP Group; Aleksandra Biernacka – TVP; Andy Leyshon, Jody Pope – Universal; Gareth Evans, Peter Fraser – Vertigo; Wahida Begum, Rupert Preston, Michael Wailes – Vertigo Films; Colin Burch, Julia Short – Verve; Alexandria Briare – Visual Data Media Services Inc.; Eleanor McKeown, Amanda O’Boyle – Wallflower Press; Gemma Richley, Giulia Tobaldin – Ware Anthony Rust; Graham Heaton, Richard Huhndorf – Warner Bros. Distribution; Mark Cosgrove, Maddie Probst, Anna Searle – Watershed Media Centre; Samantha Stott, Gordon Round – Wilkins Kennedy; Mary Davies – Withoutabox; Helen Robinson, Donna Lynas – Wysing Arts Centre – Don Boyd; Neil Brand; Alex Curtis; Carl Davis; Darren Elliot; Felicity Evans; Peter Harmer; Nick Higgins; Rebecca Innes; Andrea Kreuzhage; Ed Lawrenson; Andrew Lovett; Martin Myers; Eva Novak; Dan Owen; Richard Schickel; Liz Scott; Nicola Upson; Alex van Someren
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1000 JOURNALS ....................................... 36 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY ........................... 10 A LIFE IN THE DEATH OF JOE MEEK (MUSIC) 52 A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (REVIVALS) . 54 A PIECE OF MY SKY IS MISSING (JARMAN).. 57 A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE (REVIVALS)... 55 ALEXANDRA .............................................. 20 ALGERIA, UNSPOKEN STORIES ................... 20 ALONE IN FOUR WALLS.............................. 36 AÑO UÑA................................................... 20 ARIA [EXCERPTS] (JARMAN) ....................... 56 BABY FACE (WARNER BROS.) ..................... 66 BECOMING VERA (TRANSMISSION) ............... 8 BELLE DE JOUR ......................................... 21 BELLE TOUJOURS ...................................... 21 BEST OF SCREEN EAST DIGITAL SHORTS (SHORTFUSION) ...................................... 74 BI THE WAY................................................ 17 BICYCLE THIEVES (REVIVALS)...................... 54 BIG PITCH, MICROBUDGET ......................... 12 BLACK LEGION (WARNER BROS)................. 66 BLIND HUSBANDS (MUSIC) ......................... 50 BLOOD CAR............................................... 17 BLUE (JARMAN) ......................................... 56 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (KARLOFF) .......... 69 BRIDESHEAD REVISITED ............................. 21 BURMA ALL INCLUSIVE .............................. 17 CAFÉ DE LOS MAESTROS .......................... 39 CAMBRIDGESHIRE ON FILM (CFC)............... 77 CANAL (POLISH SEASON) ........................... 44 CAPTAIN BLOOD (WARNER BROS.) ............. 65 CAUGHT IN THE ACT .................................. 21 CENSORSHIP, FILM & BBFC WORKSHOP (CFC) ..76 CLERMONT SHORTS 2008 (SHORTFUSION) .. 74 CONVERSATIONS WITH MY GARDENER ....... 22 CRAWFORD ............................................... 38 CYCLES ..................................................... 22 DEREK (JARMAN)....................................... 57 DOG DAYS (ULRICH SEIDL) ......................... 63 DR STRANGELOVE ..................................... 16 DRESSING GRANITE ................................... 22
ECOLOGY (CRASSH) ..................................... 8 EDEN ........................................................ 23 EDWARD II (JARMAN) ................................. 57 ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD . 19 EUROPEAN SHORTS (SHORTFUSION) .......... 73 FACELESS ................................................. 37 FAINTHEART .............................................. 23 FEAR(S) OF THE DARK ................................ 23 FEATURE ................................................... 24 FERMAT’S ROOM ....................................... 24 FRANKENSTEIN (KARLOFF) ......................... 68 FRANKENSTEIN, THE GOTHIC & THE HORROR FILM (CFC) ........................ 77 GOD MADE THEM BLIND ............................ 38 GOMORRAH .............................................. 24 GOOD DICK ............................................... 25 GOODNIGHT IRENE .................................... 25 HEAVY LOAD (MUSIC)........................... 51, 77 HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD (MUSIC) ........... 52 HOW TO LOSE FRIENDS AND ALIENATE PEOPLE ................................................. 25 I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (WARNER BROS)..................................... 64 I MADE THIS (CFC) ..................................... 76 I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG .......................... 27 IMPORT/EXPORT (ULRICH SEIDL) ................ 63 IN MEMORY OF US..................................... 27 IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA ............................... 27 INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 1 (SHORTFUSION).. 72 INTERNATIONAL SHORTS 2 (SHORTFUSION).. 72 JARMAN SHORTS 1 (JARMAN) ................... 58 JARMAN SHORTS 2 (JARMAN) ................... 59 JESUS, YOU KNOW (ULRICH SEIDL) ............. 63 JULIA ........................................................ 60 JUMP! ....................................................... 37 JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY...................... 28 KATYN (POLISH SEASON) ........................... 44 KING OF THE HILL ...................................... 28 LA RABBIA (REVIVALS) ............................... 55 LA VIE NOUVELLE (TRANSMISSION) .............. 8
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LAID DOWN (TRANSMISSION) ....................... 8 LAS MENINAS............................................ 28 LATE NIGHT SHORTS 1 (SHORTFUSION) ...... 75 LATE NIGHT SHORTS 2 (SHORTFUSION) ...... 75 LET THE RIGHT ONE IN .............................. 29 LIFE FOR SALE........................................... 15 LINHA DE PASSE........................................ 19 LOSSES TO BE EXPECTED (ULRICH SEIDL) .. 62 LOVE LETTERS AND LIVE WIRES (REVIVALS) .. 54 MACHINIMA WORKSHOPS .......................... 49 MACHINIMA: DREAMS & SHADOWS............ 48 MACHINIMA: PLAY’S THE THING ................. 48 MACHINIMA: SCREEN STORIES................... 49 MACHINIMA: SYNTHETIC CINEMA ............... 47 MACHINIMA: ZERO BUDGET, BIG AUDIENCE .. 48 MAGDALENE STREET SCREENING .............. 10 MASTERCLASS WITH CARL DAVIS .............. 11 MONSTERS ON FILM (CFC)......................... 76 NEW ROMANIAN SHORTS (SHORTFUSION) .. 73 ONE MAN IN THE BAND (MUSIC) ................. 50 OSTIA........................................................ 59 PAGEANT .................................................. 38 PATTI SMITH: DREAM OF LIFE (MUSIC) ........ 50 PIANO, SOLO ............................................. 29 PRESERVE (POLISH) ................................... 45 RICHARD HESLOP (JARMAN) ...................... 59 RIVERSIDE SCREENING: BATTLEFIELD ......... 13 RIVERSIDE SCREENING: DREAM SCREEN .... 13 RIVERSIDE SCREENING: GREENSCAPE ........ 13 RIVERSIDE SCREENING: RIVERRUN.............. 13 RUNNING THE SAHARA .............................. 36 SAVAGE GRACE ......................................... 15 SHE SHOULD HAVE GONE TO THE MOON .... 17 SLEEP FURIOUSLY ...................................... 39 STANLEY KUBRICK: A LIFE IN PICTURES ...... 16 STOP. WATCH. (WYSING ARTS).................... 12 STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (WARNER BROS.) ... 66 STRENGTH AND HONOUR........................... 29 SUMMER SCARS ....................................... 31 SUMMER ................................................... 31 SURPRISE MOVIE ....................................... 15
THE BLACK BALLOON (CFC) ................. 31, 77 THE BLACK CAT (KARLOFF) ........................ 69 THE BROKEN ............................................. 15 THE COLOURS OF INFINITY......................... 10 THE DANCING FOREST ............................... 39 THE DEVILS (JARMAN) ............................... 57 THE GARDEN (JARMAN) ............................. 57 THE GROCER’S SON .................................. 15 THE JARMAN AWARD (JARMAN)................. 59 THE LARK .................................................. 32 THE LAST LAUGH (MUSIC) .......................... 51 THE LAST OF ENGLAND (JARMAN) ............. 58 THE MAN FROM LONDON .......................... 32 THE MUMMY (KARLOFF)............................. 68 THE NEW TEN COMMANDMENTS ............... 37 THE OBJECTIVE ......................................... 32 THE OLD DARK HOUSE (KARLOFF) .............. 69 THE OLYMPIC GAMES ON FILM (CFC).......... 76 THE RAVEN (KARLOFF) ............................... 69 THE UNDERSTUDY ..................................... 33 THE WAVE ................................................. 33 TIME CRIMES............................................. 33 TIME TO DIE (POLISH) ................................ 45 TRIP TO ASIA (MUSIC) ................................ 52 TWISTS OF FATE (POLISH) .......................... 45 UK SHORTS 1 (SHORTFUSION) .................... 70 UK SHORTS 2 (SHORTFUSION) ...............70-71 UK SHORTS 3 (SHORTFUSION) .................... 71 UNRELATED ............................................... 35 VANAJA..................................................... 35 WAR REQUIEM (JARMAN) ........................... 58 WE DREAMED AMERICA (MUSIC) ................ 51 WELTSTADT............................................... 35 WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE SKY........... 17 WHITE CHRISTMAS (REVIVALS) ................... 55 WHITE HEAT (WARNER BROS.).................... 65 WILD COMBINATION .................................. 17 YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (WARNER BROS.)... 65 YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS (WARNER BROS.).................................... 64
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