Cinemagic Belfast 2018

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cinemagic.org.uk International Film & Television Festival for Young People In Association with Hagan Homes

Oct - Nov 2018 Belfast

Belfast • Dublin • London • Los Angeles • New York • Boston • Nashville

Cinemagic Board (Belfast & Dublin) Michelle Hatfield (Chair) Michael Flannigan Brendan McGoran Michael Lennox Geralyn Mulqueen Kate Smith Angus O’Neill

Joan Burney Keatings MBE Chief Executive

Laura McCurdy Project Executive

Cinemagic Board (London)

Claire Shaw Press & Marketing Officer

Chris Shaw Festival Programmer

Ros Hubbard Ian Wall Jessica Malik

Iain Smith Gareth Ellis-Unwin Kate Wilson

Cinemagic Board (USA) Shauna Shivers McAtamney International Executive

Sean Boyle Project & Fundraising Co-ordinator

Ross King MBE Sharon Harroun Peirce Jay Roewe Ellis O’Connor Ryan Rowe

Dean Rossiter Geraldine Gilliland Lance O’Connor Paul Fitzpatrick

Meet the Team

Cinemagic is extremely proud to have a number of dedicated patrons who continue to support and champion our work around the world.

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Welcome to the Cinemagic Film and Television Festival for Young People in Association with Hagan Homes.

We have programmed another action packed festival full of fantastic film screenings including special premieres, international feature films, documentaries, shorts, foreign language films and education screenings. Throughout the festival Cinemagic will also be offering young people the opportunity to take part in practical events including industry workshops, exciting masterclasses, Young Filmmaker and our extensive film education programme for schools.

Without doubt a huge big thank you has to go to the Cinemagic Young Consultants who worked tirelessly over the summer months to help us shape and devise the 2018 festival line-up. We had over 100 young programmers this year and their dedication and hard work has resulted in a programme to be proud of.

2018 has been an extremely busy year for Cinemagic as we provided lots of new opportunities for our audience to enjoy film viewing and filmmaking in Belfast, Dublin, London, Castres, New York and Los Angeles. We are returning to the USA at the end of the year with further film events in New York, Boston and Nashville and plans for 2019 are well underway with Cinemagic LA returning in March and then it’s countdown to our 30th Anniversary Festival in Belfast next October.

This Autumn will see the release of Cinemagic’s second feature film Grace and Goliath. In June 2017, 48 young filmmakers from Northern Ireland, Ireland and the USA trained alongside professional filmmakers led by director Tony Mitchell to create something truly special. This major film initiative gave all the young trainees involved a chance to earn their first feature film credit as well as building their confidence, self-esteem and helping them to develop new creative skills. Grace and Goliath will be in cinemas in October and we are extremely excited to open this year’s Cinemagic Belfast Festival with the World Premiere.

Thank you to all of our funders, sponsors and partners who continue to support Cinemagic and enable us to offer unique creative opportunities for young people from all backgrounds and communities. I would like to say a big thank you to the Cinemagic staff and volunteers who are so dedicated and hardworking. Thank you also to the Cinemagic Board for all their guidance and support throughout the year. To all of our patrons who share their knowledge and time with us, thank you so much.

To you our audience, a huge thank you for all of your support and enthusiasm. I look forward to seeing you at the festival.

Joan Burney Keatings MBE Chief Executive, Cinemagic

A Message of Support

Patrons Liam Neeson Pierce Brosnan Saoirse Ronan Colin Farrell Dermot O’Leary Terry George Brian Cox Lisa Henson Suranne Jones Julian Fellowes

Welcome

Emma Fellowes Paula Malcomson Ciarán McMenamin Christine Bleakley Seamus McGarvey Patrick Bergin Ros Hubbard John Hubbard Gary Knell Rachel Kavanagh

Aidan Power Mark Huffam Craig Doyle Robbie Sheehan Bruce Reynolds Marc Mallett Terry Bamber Bronagh Waugh John Bell

As a local home-grown business that is committed to building affordable, quality, stylish homes, we are thrilled to support this year’s Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival for Young People in Belfast.

Hagan Homes and Cinemagic share the same ethos, in that we want to help make people’s lives better.

Hagan Homes recognises the importance of creating safe, secure homes that meet the needs of modern day life and which provide a solid base for families to develop, grow and reach their full potential.

Similarly, Cinemagic seeks to make young people’s lives better by providing them with opportunities to explore other cultures, consider alternative viewpoints and develop practical skills that can help them access the careers that they want, and thereby achieve their true potential.

Cinemagic has an exciting programme lined up and we are really looking forward to being part of it!

James Hagan Chairman, Hagan Homes

Welcome

Meet the Team

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Young Consultants A film festival for Young People, designed by Young People.

Continuing the success of the Cinemagic Young Consultants from previous years let us introduce you to the class of 2018.

Hello, we’re the 2018 Young Consultants and we all met up in July to help Cinemagic programme a selection of this year’s festival films. We watched a series of short films and feature films from around the world, reviewed and critiqued them and most importantly decided what films should be selected for the festival. We guarantee there is something to suit everyone’s taste - from exclusive previews, world cinema and family favourites, there is a feast of film to enjoy.

Young Consultants

Young Consultants 8-11 Aodh, Rowan, Ella, Mollie, Anna, Katie, Catherine, Zoe, Meredith, Molly, Finch, Charlotte, Shay, Stella, Ben, Susie, Emily, Imogen, Aodhán, Seraphina, Jessica, Megan, Jack, Madeleine, Finn, Tobin, Oisín, Martha, Ross, Zara, Caolan, Luca, Sadhika, Yutang, Jen, Catriona, Nicola.

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My son absolutely loves Cinemagic.

He has been going to the young consultants every summer for years and it is something he really looks forward to. It offers him the opportunity to experience other cultures through the variety of films, hone his analytical skills and develop his critical writing technique. Cinemagic brings together children from different backgrounds and schools in a really fun and engaging way. It is great to see the kids learn so much in such a fun, enjoyable environment, my son wouldn’t miss it!

Emma Reilly

Young Consultants 12-14 Jackson, Orlagh, Flavia, Maeve, Madeleine, Orlaith, Rhys, Ben, Kristian, Cormac, Mark, Ronan, Jonathan, Rory, Erin, Isabella, Caoimhe.

This is one of the best events running in Belfast in our opinion, mine and my children. It is very well organised and incredibly well run. The children’s needs are well taken care of when you aren’t present. For us it was the first time our girls had watched any films away from mainstream blockbuster cinema. It allowed them to explore greater and wider themes and to experience movies that were made in different countries. They watched films with subtitles and those without words at all. This experience changes the way they want to tell stories. I would recommend it to anyone.

Rhonda Lusty

MOTIVATE • EDUCATE • INSPIRE

Young Consultants

Young Consultants 15-18 Lucy, Shane, Hugh, David C, Alice, Kate, Leah, Michael, Tara, Becky, Emily, Charli, Caoimhe, Claire, John, David M, Blake, Matthew, Caitlin, Ellen, Keishin, Erin, Aisling, Daibhi, Sophie, Angus.

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Cinemagic Supporters Funders

How to Book Public Screenings & Events All public events (screenings, workshops, masterclasses) can be booked through the main festival box office www.wegottickets.com unless otherwise stated.

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Alternatively tickets can also be purchased via a number of our venue partners: Screenings @ Queen’s Film Theatre To book tickets online please visit www.queensfilmtheatre.com (& search for your chosen event).

Screenings @ Odyssey Cinemas To book tickets online please visit www.odysseycinemas.co.uk (& search for your chosen event).

In Association Sponsor

Screenings @ Strand Arts Centre To book tickets online please visit www.strandartscentre.com (& search for your chosen event). *Please note: Events @ Movie House Cinemas, Crescent Arts Centre, Ulster Museum, Ormeau Baths and No Alibis can only be booked through the main box office www.wegottickets.com Please see individual film and event details for prices (Pages: 10-58).

Festival Partners

How to Book Film Education Programme (Schools) All film education workshops are to be booked through the Cinemagic administration office.

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Please see workshop details for ticket prices (Pages: 59-84).

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Standby Tickets Tickets for public film screenings and events can be purchased on the day of performance at the relevant venue box office.

Payment on the Day (Public Screenings & Events) Queen’s Film Theatre, Strand Arts Centre and Odyssey Cinemas accept all major credit & debit cards. For screenings and events at Movie House Cinemas, Crescent Arts Centre, Ulster Museum, Ormeau Baths and No Alibis a temporary Festival Box Office will be set-up for cash payments only.

The temporary Box Office will be situated in the foyer of each venue and tickets will be available to purchase 1 hour before the relevant screening/ event.

Changes to the Programme Cinemagic reserves the right to make changes to the advertised programme where necessary. You will be informed of any changes that might affect your booking.

Starting Times Films must start on time and cannot be delayed for late arrivals. The cinema opens half an hour prior to start times. There are no trailers with Cinemagic films.

Exit Times These are approximate and based on the length of the film and, where applicable, the discussion afterwards.

Pricing Structure Under each event listing the pricing structure will list first the adult ticket price followed by the ticket price for under 18s/concessions. In relation to 3D screenings the listed price does not include the cost of 3D glasses.

Education Programme: Student Conduct We would like to remind you that class/school behaviour throughout the screenings and follow-on events is the teacher’s responsibility. The cinema has the right to ask the teacher to remove any disruptive student from the cinema.

Refunds Please check your ticket (or email confirmation) as soon as you receive it. We regret that tickets/etickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, except when they have been issued in error.

Classification If a film has a BBFC certificate, this is clearly indicated. In all cases, we have recommended a suitable age for each screening. If you would like advice on the suitability of any film, please contact the festival office on Tel: 028 9031 1900.

Access for Wheelchair Users All Cinemagic screenings are wheelchair accessible.

How to Book

Screening & Workshop Venues

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BMC Titanic Campus 7 Queen’s Road, Belfast BT3 9DT

Movie House Dublin Road 14 Dublin Rd, Belfast BT2 7HN

Crescent Arts Centre 2 – 4 University Road, Belfast BT7 1NH

No Alibis Bookstore 83 Botanic Avenue, Belfast BT7 1JL

Grand Opera House 2 – 4 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7HR

Odyssey Cinemas 2 Queen’s Quay, Belfast BT3 9QQ

Movie House City Side City Side Retail Park, 100 – 150 York St, Belfast BT15 1WA

Ormeau Baths 18 Ormeau Ave, Belfast BT2 8HS

Queen’s Film Theatre 20 University Square, Belfast BT7 1PA Strand Arts Centre 152 – 154 Holywood Road, Belfast BT4 1NY

Grace and Goliath

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Special Preview 13 Shorts for Shorties 14 Movies for Kids 3+

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Movies for Kids 5+

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Movies for Kids 8+

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Movies for Kids 10+

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Master Storytellers

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Tales at Twilight

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Activity Screenings

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Dinosaur Roars!

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Family Classics 29 Cartoon Saloon 30 New World Cinema

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Documentary Forum

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Super Dark Tales

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Young Filmmaker

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Mark Kermode

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CineSeekers Festival Jury

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CineFocus Festival Jury

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Creativity Corner

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Dinosaur Bites!

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Career Crafts

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Talent Lab

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Film Education

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Pre-School & Primary

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Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens, Belfast BT9 5AB

College & Post-Primary

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Into Film Club

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UTV City Quays, Clarendon Dock Belfast, BT1 3YD

Cinemagic USA

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Timetables

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Further Information

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Grace and Goliath World Premiere Tues 2 Oct 7.30pm Odyssey Cinemas

Part One

Screenings (Pages: 11-45)

Grace and Goliath will scoop you up in its mighty arms and carry you on an emotional but hugely enjoyable roller coaster!

A Hollywood big shot, (and he knows it!) Josh Jenkins sweeps into Belfast to make a movie, but before long his world crashes and he loses everything. Lily (a hotel cleaner) invites him to stay with her crazy family and gradually the people of this ‘strange’ city touch his heart, forever.

A powerful story of how one man’s GOLIATH ego is brought down by one single blow...of GRACE! Grace and Goliath is released in cinemas in October 2018.

Grace and Goliath

£15.00

Dir: Tony Mitchell – UK – 2018 – 92 mins – Cert: PG – in English

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Special Preview Smallfoot Festival Preview Fri 5 Oct 7.00pm Movie House City Side £6.00/£5.00

An animated adventure for all ages, with original music and an all-star cast, Smallfoot turns a myth upside down when a bright young yeti finds something he thought didn’t exist - a human! News of this “Smallfoot” throws the simple yeti community into an uproar over what else might be out there in the big world beyond their snowy village, in an all new story about friendship, courage and the joy of discovery. Starring Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya, Common, LeBron James and Danny DeVito.

Smallfoot is released in cinemas October 12th.

Dir: Karey Kirkpatrick – USA – 2018 – Duration: TBC – Cert: TBC – in English

INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF FILMMAKERS

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The young people from Northern Ireland, Ireland and the USA trained under the guidance of director Tony Mitchell (The Bible, AD The Bible Continues, Primeval, Supervolcano and Flood), producer and Cinemagic Chief Executive Joan Burney Keatings MBE and writer Maire Campbell (Delicate Things, Chancer, A Christmas Star).

The cast includes actors Ciarán McMenamin (Paula, Saving The Titanic), Emy Aneke (Supergirl, The Predator and Star Trek: Beyond), Aoibhinn McGinnity (Quarry, Love/Hate) and Northern Ireland television, theatre and film actors, Olivia Nash, Cheryl O’Dwyer and Jo Donnelly. The young cast includes rising stars Isaac Heslip from Banbridge, Maitiu McGibbon from Lurgan and Savanna Burney Keatings from Moira. Other cast includes Ciarán Hinds (Game of Thrones) and Suranne Jones (Doctor Foster).

Filming took place in Belfast and on the North Coast, including scenes at Odyssey Pavilion and Belfast’s National Football Stadium at Windsor Park.

Special Preview

Grace and Goliath

Grace and Goliath offered 48 young filmmakers aged from 17 to 25 the chance to work on a six-week training programme across directing, production, costume and make-up, sound, lighting and music composition.

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Shorts for Shorties 11.00am No Alibis £3.00 Total Duration: 56 mins / All Ages

A collection of short animations designed to appeal to young children. They express colourful, exciting and easy to follow stories, either in English or with no dialogue.

Lemon & Elderflower Dir: Ilenia Cotardo – UK – 3 mins Two sibling hummingbirds have to build different inventions in order to solve their big problem: to take flight with other birds.

The Swimming Lesson Dir: Tatyana Okruzhnova – Russia – 3 mins On a busy beach day, a little boy is captivated by the aquatic adventure stories he hears, but soon has to put his own swimming skills to the test.

The One Who Tamed the Clouds Dir: Nicolas Bianco-Levrin, Julie Rembauville – France – 4 mins At the top of a canyon the old Indian Flying Shadow teaches the young Nayati the ancient art of smoke signals.

Shorts for Shorties

The Robot and the Whale Dir: Jonas Forsman – Sweden – 6 mins One day Lobo and her best friend Banjo, a curious robot dog, meet a stranded whale on the beach.

Apriori Dir: Maité Schmitt – Germany – 6 mins To protect his books, Albert, the young librarian, must put his prejudice aside and make friends with a bat.

Small Forest Stories Dir: Veronika Fedorova – Russia – 3 mins A little fox must prove he is the best in the world at tracking things down.

The Fruits of the Clouds Dir: Katerina Karhánková – Czech Republic – 10 mins Furry’s friends are afraid to venture into the scary woods, but he’s bored waiting for adventure!

Out Fishing Dir: Uzi Geffenblad – Sweden – 10 mins In a moment of illumination Betty finds a creative solution. But the road to success is lined with traps.

The Opposite Day Dir: Fabian Friedrich – Germany – 2 mins Opposite day! Opposite day! The day to do things in the opposite way.

An Old Lady Stepped Out for Some Bread and a Pastry Dir: Anastasiya Jakulina – Russia – 4 mins The ordinary walk to buy some bread can turn into the most amazing adventure.

Capt’n Sharky Sat 6 Oct 11.00am Strand Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

Capt’n Sharky is unable to read or write or even count properly. But those things aren’t important to “The terror of the seas” and are offset by a huge ego.

With Mikey, a normal young boy who’s ordered life has broken out into a completely new direction due to Sharky’s spontaneity, and Bonnie, a trouble shooting girl who tends to assume command in every situation much to Sharky’s dismay, they will enjoy seafaring adventures of plunder, pillage and piracy as they thwart the plans of arch enemies The Admiral and Old Bill the Pirate. Capt’n Sharky explores themes of friendship, fairness, loyalty and tolerance.

Movies for Kids 3+

Sun 14 Oct

Movies for Kids 3+

Dir: Hubert Weiland and Jan Stoltz – Germany – 2018 – 73 mins – Age: 3+ – in English

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Movies for Kids 5+

Anchors Up – Boats to the Rescue Sat 13 Oct 11.00am Movie House City Side £5.00/£4.00

Elias is the top rescue boat in Cosy Cove, so when he’s called upon to rescue a boat in the midst of a huge storm, it’s no surprise that he’s up to the job.

His heroics soon become the talk of the town, and news spreads to a larger neighbouring port that’s in search of a new rescue boat. Leaving his friends and home behind, Elias is wooed by the prestige of working in ‘Big Harbour’.

But when he overhears a local gang talking about stealing precious metals, Elias must turn to his old friends for help. But after he left them so abruptly, will they be open to helping him before it’s too late?

Dir: Simen Alsvik and William John Ashurst – Norway – 2017 – 73 mins – Age: 5+ – in English

Sun 21 Oct 11.00am

Movies for Kids 3+

No Alibis £3.00

Molly Monster is experiencing something new. She is no longer the centre of attention in her family. The focus has now become the egg, which Mama has laid and Papa is hatching. Little Molly’s parents have absolutely no time left for her. In Monsterland parents bring the eggs to the magical island to hatch them. Molly, however, must stay at home in her uncle’s care. What’s more, Molly has knitted a lovely hat for the new Monster baby and now her parents have forgotten it at home. So Molly must set out on the long and difficult journey to find her parents.

Harvie and the Magic Museum

Molly Monster deals with the theme of becoming a sister or brother and the excitement that comes from it from the point of view of a small child.

Enchanting and entertaining – a universal adventure for young children.

Sat 13 Oct

Dir: Ted Sieger, Matthias Bruhn & Michael Ekbladh – Germany – 2016 – 70 mins – Cert: U – in English

Movie House City Side

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Harvie has one ambition, to finish the last level of his new computer game.

He thinks once he’s in the Gamers Hall of Fame his absent-minded father will finally be proud of him. But finishing the game turns out to be only the start of a real adventure that takes Harvie, his dog Jerry, and his friend Monica deep into the forgotten realms of the city‘s old puppet museum. Here they meet some puppets that mysteriously come to life!

Dir: Martin Kotík & Inna Evlannikova – Czech Republic – 2017 – 86 mins – Age: 5+ – in English

Movies for Kids 5+

Ted Sieger’s Molly Monster

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Movies for Kids 8+

Up and Away

Next Door Spy Sat 6 Oct

Sun 14 Oct 11.00am Movie House City Side £5.00/£4.00

Hodja is a dreamer. He wants to experience the world, but his father insists he stays home and takes over the family’s tailor shop. Fortunately, Hodja meets the old rug merchant El Faza, who gives him a flying carpet.

In exchange, he must bring the old man’s granddaughter, Diamond, back to Pjort from Sultan City. However, city life isn’t quite what Hodja expected, and he only survives because of Emerald, a poor but street smart girl, who teaches him how to manage life in the big smoke!

11.00am Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

Ten-year-old detective Agathe-Christine dreams of being a private detective.

With her own private office, AC — as she prefers to be called — is always in search of the next mystery to solve. When she moves next door to a puzzling skater, Vincent, AC immediately gets the sense that there’s more to him than his relaxed, loner vibe lets on. She decides to drop all of her other leads in pursuit of surveilling Vincent full time, but what she discovers may be more than what even she expected. Next Door Spy challenges archetypical characters as each protagonist is forced to look beyond the surface to reveal the unique self that lies within.

Dir: Karla Von Bengtson – Denmark – 2017 – 77 mins – Age: 8+ – in Danish with English subtitles

Dir: Karsten Kiilerich – Denmark – 2018 – 81 mins – Age 5+ – in English

Cats and Peachtopia Sun 14 Oct 1.00pm Movie House City Side £5.00/£4.00

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Blanket has long been living in a high-rise apartment in the big city with his son, Cloak. One day, curious about the outside world, Cloak decides to leave home and embarks on an adventure to find the legendary cat’s paradise ‘Peachtopia’. But it’s not long until Cloak gets into serious trouble. In order to find his son, Blanket must overcome his fears of the outside world and reconcile with his past, all with the help of a mischievous Macaw.

Dir: Gary Wang – China – 2018 – 105 mins – Age 5+ – in English

Sat 6 Oct

Director Kasper Jancis will be in attendance.

1.00pm

Dreamy, 10-year-old Morten whiles away his days building his toy ship and trying to avoid the ire of his reluctant guardian: mean spinster, Anna. It goes some way to distracting him from missing his father, Captain Viks, who is away at sea. One day Morten hopes to be a Captain, just like him.

Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

After a chance meeting with the inept magician Senór Cucaracha, Morten is magically shrunken down to the size of an insect and trapped aboard the deck of his own toy-ship! But with a wicked Spider Queen and Scorpion Pirate already aboard, being Captain is going to be anything but child’s play!

Dir: Kasper Jancis – Estonia, Belgium, Ireland & UK – 2018 – 80 mins – Age 8+ – in English

Movies for Kids 8+

Movies for Kids 5+

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen

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Movies for Kids 10+

Moomins and the Winter Wonderland

Double Trouble

Sun 7 Oct

Sat 20 Oct

11.00am Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

Family favourites The Moomins return in a brand new adventure based around the magic of winter. As the family prepares to hibernate, Moomintroll wonders what happens while they all slumber. Deciding to stay awake he discovers strange creatures that play among the snowdrifts and learns about a strange winter custom that involves the arrival of a very special guest. Soon the whole valley is awake and preparing for this special event.

11.00am Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

Friendship’s no piece of cake, something which 12 year old Julka knows all too well. She spends most of her time at boarding school and has never had a real friend. As summer break approaches the real problems begin. Instead of joining her parents on holiday, Julka ends up at her aunt’s in Warsaw! However, when she discovers an old treasure map her life takes an unexpected twist. On her way to finding the mysterious loot she must navigate a gang of thieves, a devious babysitter, and a mysterious candy-eater.

Dir: Ira Carpelan & Jakub Wronski – Finland & Poland – 2017 – 82 mins – Age: 8+ – in English

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Super Furball Sun 7 Oct 1.00pm Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

Emilia is a suburban kid. She goes to school, lives with her Mum and sometimes her Dad, and her life couldn’t be more ordinary. But one day Emilia’s pet hamster bites her finger. Emilia gets a secret superpower to transform into Super Furball. At the same time, the herrings in the nearby Baltic Sea Bay are screaming for help because of poisoned water. As the Super Furball, Emilia takes it upon herself to fix the situation and finds ways to be more courageous in her own life. Super Furball is a story of courage, friendship and being different.

Dir: Joona Tena – 2018 – 85 mins – Age: 8+ – in Finnish with English subtitles

The Mystery of Green Hill Sat 20 Oct 1.00pm Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

Koko and his friends are spending their summer vacation on the shores of a lake near the idyllic Green Hill. Soon the magical countryside is disturbed by unusual events: under the cover of night, burglars break into one house after another, stealing anything valuable they can find. When the police turn a blind eye, the kids decide to take matters into their own hands and unmask the burglars.

Based on the book series by Ivan Kusan The Mystery of Green Hill is an actionpacked adventure for teens that pays homage in tone and style to classics such as Stand By Me and The Goonies.

Dir: Cejen Cernic – Croatia – 2017 – 81 mins – Age: 10+ – in Croatian with English subtitles

Movies for Kids 10+

Movies for Kids 8+

Dir: Marta Karwowska – Poland – 2017 – 83 mins – Age: 10+ – in Polish with English subtitles

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Master Storytellers: E.B. White E. B. White, the author of such beloved children’s classics as Charlotte’s Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. For much of his life he lived on a farm in Maine where he kept animals, and some of these creatures made their way into his stories and books, like Stuart in Stuart Little, or Charlotte in Charlotte’s Web. After all, as Mr. White said, “I like animals, and my barn is a very pleasant place to be, at all hours!”

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver Sun 21 Oct 10.30am Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

Based on Michael Ende’s best-selling novel, this epic fantasy adventure follows young orphan boy Jim Button, his best friend Luke and a magical steam engine called Emma as they travel the world in search of the truth about Jim’s origins.

Luke and Jim are on the greatest adventure of their lives, and along the way they promise the Emperor of Mandala that they will rescue his daughter, Princess Li Si, who has been kidnapped by pirates and taken to the deadly Dragon City. The further they get, the more their suspicion grows that there is a connection between Jim’s unknown origins and Li Si’s disappearance.

Dir: Dennis Gansel – Germany – 2018 – 105 mins – Age 10+ – in German with English subtitles

Children’s Book: Charlotte’s Web (First Published in 1952)

Film Adaptation Charlotte’s Web + Recycled Arts & Crafts ‘Web’ Design Workshop Sun 21 Oct 2.30pm Ulster Museum £3.00 Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows come this time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen!

Dir: Gary Winick – USA, Germany & Australia – 2012 – 97 mins – Cert: U – in English

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Gordon and Paddy Sun 21 Oct 1.00pm Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

While on assignment, Police Chief Gordon meets a timid young mouse. In light of a recent rash of robberies that everyone assumes were perpetrated by the local fox, Gordon, a frog, invites the nameless mouse to the police station for a good night’s sleep. He soon takes her under his wing, naming her Paddy. On the cusp of retirement, Gordon also trains Paddy his protégée, with her studying his every move. When two children go missing, Paddy will have to prove that she’s not only ready to step into Gordon’s shoes, but that she can do it with her own unique style.

Dir: Linda Hambäck – Sweden – 2017 – 65 mins – Age: 10+ – in Swedish with English subtitles

Children’s Book: Stuart Little (First Published in 1945)

Film Adaptation - Stuart Little + Arts & Crafts ‘Finger Puppet’ Workshop Sun 28 Oct 2.30pm

The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat isn’t happy and wants rid of him.

Ulster Museum

Dir: Rob Minkoff – USA & Germany – 1999 – 84 mins – Cert: U – in English

£3.00

After the screening join arts facilitator Trisha McNally as she invites audience members to create and design their very own ‘Stuart Little’ mouse finger puppets. Screening/Workshop exit time 5.00pm approx.

Master Storytellers

Movies for Kids 10+

After the screening arts facilitator Colin McGookin will work with young people to create their own ‘Spider’s Web’, full of creepy crawlies and slimy bugs! Screening/Workshop exit time 5.00pm approx.

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Tales at Twilight

Activity Screenings

We’ve teamed up with No Alibis Bookstore to offer movie fans a number of early evening Twilight Screenings celebrating book to screen film adaptations. Each screening will be introduced by a local author who will read their favourite passage from the original text! These relaxed, cosy and friendly events will take place in No Alibis and are ideal for story lovers young and old!

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The Sword in the Stone + Introduction by Sheena Wilkinson Sat 13 Oct 6.30pm No Alibis £5.00

A poor boy named Arthur learns the power of love, kindness, knowledge and bravery with the help of a wizard called Merlin.

Based on the book by T. H. White.

Dir: Wolfgang Reitherman – USA – 1963 – 79 mins – Cert: U – in English

The NeverEnding Story + Introduction by Kelly McCaughrain 6.30pm No Alibis £5.00

A troubled boy dives into a wondrous world through the pages of a mysterious book.

Based on Michael Ende’s fantasy novel.

Dir: Wolfgang Petersen – USA & Germany – 1984 – 102 mins – Cert: U – in English

Pyjama Party & Storytelling + Sleeping Beauty Sun 7 Oct

Tales at Twilight

2.30pm

The Little Vampire + Introduction by Pauline Burgess Sat 27 Oct 6.30pm No Alibis

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£5.00

Young Tony Thompson becomes best friends with a vampire in this spooky and delightful tale adapted from Angela SommerBodenburg’s classic children’s book.

Dir: Uli Edel – Germany, Netherlands & USA – 2000 – 95 mins – Cert: U – in English

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Ulster Museum £5.00

Get ready for peaceful slumber at the annual Cinemagic pyjama party! Come along with your favourite bedtime toy or in your sleep suits and cosy pyjamas to enjoy a dreamy afternoon of storytelling, film-fun with Sleeping Beauty and milk & cookies! Our pyjama party will take you on an adventure filled journey from Belfast’s Ulster Museum to Fairy Tale Lands and back again. Our special storyteller this year is Jo Britland who will be telling a bedtime story with the help of a very special guest!

Sleeping Beauty – After being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.

Activity Screenings

Sat 20 Oct

Dir: Clyde Geronimi – USA – 1959 – 75 mins – Cert: U – in English

Screening/Workshop exit time 5.00pm approx.

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Dinosaur Roars!

Dippy, the Natural History Museum’s iconic Diplodocus dinosaur skeleton, is coming to the Ulster Museum this autumn. To help celebrate Dippy’s trip to Belfast we have programmed a number of special dino screenings for children and families to enjoy when visiting the exhibition.

Early Man The Great Cinemagic Festival Mystery + Basil the Great Mouse Detective Sun 21 Oct 12.00pm Ulster Museum £5.00

+ Music from the Movies © Disney

Someone has stolen the film for today’s screening and the culprit must be stopped! But we need your help to find the thief! So pick up your deerstalker hat at the door, sit down and crack the clues and help us solve ‘The Great Cinemagic Festival Mystery’.

Sun 7 Oct 10.30am Ulster Museum £5.00

Early Man – Set at the dawn of time, when dinosaurs and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of how one plucky caveman unites his tribe against a mighty enemy and saves the day!

Dir: Nick Park – UK, USA & France – 2018 – 89 mins – Cert: PG – in English

Music from the Movies – String-tastic invites you to join them for a fun packed interactive show that will include music from hit movies such as The Jungle Book, Frozen, Mary Poppins and ‘dino’ favourite Jurassic Park. With a line-up of violin, cello, double bass, guitar, mandolin and electric violin, musicians Nigel and Gareth will introduce sound and acoustics using interactive games and stories.

Basil the Great Mouse Dectective – Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.

Dir: Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener & John Musker – USA – 1986 – 74 mins – Cert: U in English

Screening/Workshop exit time 1.30pm approx.

Screening/Workshop exit time 2.00pm approx.

Dino Drama with Debutots Mr Hullabaloo’s Happy Halloween

+ Dino Dana in ‘A Dino Never Forgets’ & ‘Claw and Order’

Activity Screenings

Sun 21 Oct

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Sun 28 Oct

10.15am

10.30am

Ulster Museum

Ulster Museum

£3.00

£5.00 Join Mr Hullabaloo magical storyteller and his colourful puppet friends in their colourful pumpkin patch where an exciting autumn adventure is about to unfold. Full of lots of stories and songs, this show is an ideal way for families with young children to celebrate the season!

Screening/Workshop exit time 11.30am approx.

Dino Drama – Join Debutots for a fun-filled interactive storytelling and dance session at the Dinosaur disco where the T-rex family are causing all sorts of chaos with their big, swooshy tails and loud roars. We will be munching, crunching, stomping and bopping in this fun workshop suitable for 4-8 year olds (younger and older siblings welcome to join in too). We look forward to seeing you there, RAWWWWRRRRR A Dino Never Forgets – Dana is upset when she finds out that Mr. Hendrickson is moving to a new home, but learning about Dino migration from a huge herd of travelling sauropods helps make the transition a little easier. (Age: 4+) Claw and Order – When the family picnic basket gets slashed, Dana and her family head to Dino Court, where Judge Mom, Bailiff Dad, Lawyer Dana and Lawyer Sara try “The Case of the Picnic Basket Slasher”, testing the guilt of three Dino suspects.

(Age: 4+) Screening/Workshop exit time 11.30am approx.

Dinosaur Roars!

Trick or Treat Tales

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Family Classics

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs + Dinosaur Roar! with Author Paul Stickland Sun 28 Oct 12.00pm Ulster Museum £5.00

Dinosaur Roar! With Author Paul Stickland – Before the screening author Paul Stickland will read from a number of his children’s books including his classic picture book ‘Dinosaur Roar’! Paul is an author, artist, illustrator and designer.

He’s the creator of loads of bestselling books, as either author, illustrator or often both, including ‘Dinosaur Roar’, ‘Ten Terrible Dinosaurs’, ‘Dinosaurs Galore’, ‘The Christmas Bear’, ‘One Bear One Dog’, ‘A Number of Dinosaurs’, ‘Swamp Stomp’, ‘Truck Jam’, ‘Big Dig’, ‘Big Bug Little Bug’ and many more.

Doctor Dolittle Sun 7 Oct 2.00pm Strand Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

Earning a 1967 Oscar nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and singing sensations.

Rex Harrison is unforgettable in this inspiring adaptation of Hugh Lofting’s classic stories. Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on the wildest variety of patients you could imagine. Discover his secret cures and watch with wide-eyed excitement as he and his four-legged, fine-feathered friends charm their way into your heart.

Dir: Richard Fleischer – USA – 1967 – 152 mins – Cert: U – in English

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - When Sid’s attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.

Dir: Carlos Saldanha – USA – 2009 – 94 mins – Cert: U – in English

Screening/Workshop exit time 2.00pm approx.

The Prehistoric Show with History Live + The Land Before Time

Dinosaur Roars!

1.00pm

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Ulster Musuem £5.00

The Prehistoric Show – In the Prehistoric Show pupils will dress up in replica furs as they imagine what life was like thousands of years ago! Food and hunting techniques will then be explored. Spears, harpoons, bows & arrows, fishing tackle, traps & snares have all been replicated for the presentation. The children will be shown how and why they were used so effectively in the process of hunting seal, walrus, whale and hairy mammoth! The children will also be shown how the food was preserved. Finally they will be shown how fire was created with a bow and wooden drill! All the information has been studied from archaeology and modern Inuit survival techniques.

The Land Before Time – An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a far off valley.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks Sat 27 Oct 2.00pm Strand Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

In 1940 three English children are evacuated from London, only to discover the lady they’re staying with (Angela Lansbury) is a witch - but a good one.

With the aid of her spells and a magic bed, the children visit an undersea kingdom, witness a football match played by teams of wild cartoon animals, and successfully thwart a German invasion of Britain. Live action and animation are combined in this Oscar-winning Disney film, which also features the songs ‘Portobello Road’ and ‘The Beautiful Briny Sea’.

Dir: Don Bluth – USA & Ireland – 1988 – 69 mins – Cert: U – in English Dir: Robert Stevenson – USA & UK – 1971 – 117 mins – Cert: U – in English

Screening/Workshop exit time 3.15pm approx.

© Disney

Family Classics

Sat 24 Nov

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Cartoon Saloon We are celebrating the beautifully drawn and bewitching animation feature films of Oscar nominated studio Cartoon Saloon as part of the 2018 Festival.

The enchanting The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea are a heart-felt celebration of traditional Gaelic folktales and the powerful and captivating The Breadwinner is an emotional tour-de-force and a reminder of the emotional power of storytelling.

We are delighted to welcome Cartoon Saloon’s Tomm Moore (Co-founder & Creative Director), Nora Twomey (Co-founder & Creative Director) and Paul Young (Co-founder & CEO) to Belfast to join us for this special celebration.

Song of the Sea Sat 20 Oct 2.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

After the disappearance of her mother when she was a baby, 4-year old Saoirse, who lives on a small island with her father and older brother Ben, discovers a magical coat that turns her into a seal-like creature called a Selkie. Having spent the night swimming with the seals, Saoirse is found washed up on the shore by her Granny who decides she and Ben would be safer living in the city.

One Halloween night, longing to return home, Saoirse awakens some Faerie creatures, leading the two children on a weird and wonderful journey back home.

Dir: Tomm Moore – Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France & Luxembourg – 2014 – 93 mins – Cert: PG – in English

Cartoon Saloon

The Secret of Kells

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Sat 20 Oct 11.00am Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

This enchanting Oscar-nominated animation is a triumph of innovative hand-drawn techniques. The story begins in Medieval Ireland, where 12-year-old Brendan has come to live with his uncle, the Abbot Cellach, in his monastery. When new monk Aidan takes refuge with them after Vikings have ransacked his monastery, Brendan becomes fascinated by an unfinished illuminated manuscript Aidan has brought with him - the Book of Kells. However, it’s not long before invaders also threaten their walls and it’s up to Brendan to protect the magical book and seek the enchanted crystal which will complete it.

Dir: Tomm Moore & Nora Twomey – Ireland, Belgium & France – 2009 – 75 mins – Cert: PG – in English

Sat 20 Oct

*Screening as part of Mark Kermode Film Night (Page: 44)

6.00pm

Based on Deborah Ellis’ award-winning novel, director Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family. With dauntless perseverance, Parvana draws strength from the stories her father told her, and ultimately risks her life to discover if he is still alive. Equal parts thrilling and enchanting, The Breadwinner is a timely and inspiring tale about the transcendent power of stories, and their potential to unite and heal us all.

Queen’s Film Theatre £12.00

Cartoon Saloon

The Breadwinner

Dir: Nora Twomey – Ireland, Canada & Luxembourg – 2017 – 94 mins – Cert: 12A – in English

This screening series is part of the Cinemagic Film Festival and QFT50.

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New World Cinema

Godless Youth

Cross My Heart

Sat 6 Oct

Based on the novel by Ödön von Horvath Godless Youth is an intelligently crafted, gripping and politically provocative film.

Sun 7 Oct

In a not-to-distant future, in which integration serves to protect the elite and isolate the weak, a young school girl is found dead in the woods during the annual graduates’ assessment camp. Suddenly someone confesses to a murder that they couldn‘t have committed, and the fragile cohesion of a youthful elite society is threatening to destroy itself.

Queen’s Film Theatre

1.30pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

1.30pm

£5.00/£4.00

Montreal, October 1970. Twelve-year-old Manon’s family is on the verge of collapse; she and her little brother Mimi are about to be placed in Foster Care. Manon is incensed. So, inspired by the revolutionary climate, she comes up with a plan and takes an old woman hostage to demand the right to choose her own future. With the help of her two cousins Martin and Denis, they leave the city with Mimi and the old woman, determined to find refuge where they can all be happy and free.

Gripping, tender and moving, Cross My Heart is a vibrant story portraying the weaknesses and betrayals of adulthood as seen through the eyes of children.

Dir: Alain Gsponer – Germany – 2017 – 114 mins – Age: 15+ – in German with English subtitles

Dir: Luc Picard – Canada – 2017 – 100 mins – Age: 15+ – in French with English subtitles

The Seen and Unseen Sun 7 Oct 4.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre

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Virus Tropical Sat 6 Oct 4.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

Adapted from the graphic novel memoir by Colombian-Ecuadorian cartoonist Powerpaola, Virus Tropical is a thoughtful and deeply affecting coming-of-age story.

Born in a not-so-conventional family, Paola grows up between Ecuador and Colombia and finds herself unable to fit into any mould. With a unique feminine vision of the world, she will have to fight against prejudice and struggle for her independence while her universe is struck by a series of crises. Winner at SXSW 2018.

Dir: Santiago Caicedo – Colombia – 2017 – 96 mins – Age: 15+ – in Spanish with English subtitles

Steeped in theatrics, fantasy and psychology, The Seen and Unseen is haunting in its evocation of the supernatural communion between twin siblings.

Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance.

Dir: Kamila Andini – Indonesia, Qatar, Netherlands & Australia – 2018 – 83 mins – Age: 15+ – in Indonesian & Balinese with English subtitles

New World Cinema

New World Cinema

£5.00/£4.00

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Supa Modo Sat 13 Oct 10.30am Strand Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

A film that is heart breaking and engaging in equal measure. Nine-year-old Jo has a terminal illness. When she returns to her village from hospital (where her room is adorned with pictures of superheroes and martial arts fighters), her caring older sister Mwix seeks to ease her final days by encouraging her to believe she has superpowers.

Fake Tattoos Sat 13 Oct 2.00pm

With a much lower budget than Marvel blockbusters, Supa Modo shows that a hero can exist anywhere and be of any age.

Dir: Likarion Wainaina – Germany & Kenya – 2018 – 74 mins – Age: 12+ – in English & Kikuyu and Swahili with English subtitles

Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

This exhilarating debut feature from Québécois filmmaker Pascal Plante follows the heartfelt and raw love story of two teenagers living on the fringe.

Theo spends his 18th birthday alone at a brutal metal show. Here he meets Mag, a bold and good-humoured young punk who invites him to spend the night at her place. As Theo works through the throes of a painful past, the two fall in love and wrangle the reality of separation that looms at the end of summer love. Official selection Berlinale 2018.

Dir: Pascal Plante – Canada – 2017 – 87 mins – Age: 15+ – in French with English subtitles

ZOOks Sat 13 Oct

The Best of All Worlds

12.30pm

Sat 13 Oct

Strand Arts Centre

4.00pm

£5.00/£4.00

Queen’s Film Theatre

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ZOOks is a contemporary fairy tale about people and nature.

13-year-old Robin lives in a world where nature is taboo. Plants are dirty, butterflies are dangerous and the forest is strictly forbidden. The reign of King Ferdinand keeps people and nature at a safe distance from each other. But after Robin’s mother disappears in the forest, she sets off on a mission looking for answers. She soon meets Wolf and sets in motion an adventure that promises to restore balance and harmony between man and nature.

Dir: Dimitri Leue & Kristoff Leue – Belgium – 2018 – 90 mins – Age: 12+ – in Dutch with English subtitles

Austrian director Adrian Goiginger’s autobiographical feature debut is a powerful family story that manages to find hope and optimism against a backdrop of addiction.

Seven year old Adrian is growing up in the underground drug scene of the Austrian city Salzburg, famous for its culture and classical music. His mother Helga is torn between her drug habit and her love and dedication for her son. Despite this environment, Adrian has a happy and normal childhood, the best of all worlds. However, their relationship is tested to the limit when the authorities and child welfare services find out about Helga’s addiction.

Dir: Adrian Goiginger – Austria & Germany – 2017 – 100 mins – Age: 15+ – in German with English subtitles

New World Cinema

New World Cinema

£5.00/£4.00

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More Sun 14 Oct

Sun 14 Oct 10.30am Strand Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

I Am William is an uplifting coming-of-age tale from Denmark based on the book by Kim Fupz Aakeson.

1.30pm Queen’s Film Theatre

William’s life is anything but easy. His mother’s in hospital, so he is staying with his Uncle Nils, who lives on his wits. Now that Nils has racked up a sizable gambling debt and gangsters are out to get him, William has to muster all his resourcefulness and imagination to save his uncle and himself, while also juggling three class bullies and his crush, Viola!

£5.00/£4.00

New World Cinema

Dir: Jonas Elmer – Denmark – 2017 – 83 mins – Age: 12+ – in Danish with English subtitles

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The War Game Sun 14 Oct 12.30pm Strand Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

A thought-provoking and tense youth drama, The War Game draws parallels to William Golding’s classic Lord of the Flies.

When 11 year old Malte moves to a new town with his mother, he lands in the middle of a conflict between two gangs of children. With a good head for strategy he sees the fight as an opportunity to gain a foothold among the children. But before he knows it, the situation has escalated to entirely new heights. With war about to break out, can Malte stop the conflict before it’s too late?

Dir: Goran Kapetanovic – Sweden – 2017 – 84 mins – Age: 12+ – in Swedish with English subtitles

Adapted from the award-winning novel of the same name by Hakan Günday, More is the gripping story of a boy that gets to grow up in a world where there is no room for innocence.

Gaza is a 14-year-old boy who lives on the Aegean coast of Turkey. Together with his domineering father, he helps smuggle refugees into Europe, giving them temporary shelter and scant food until they attempt their crossing.

Gaza dreams of escaping this life of crime, but can’t help being drawn into a dark world of immorality, exploitation and human suffering. Can you avoid becoming a monster when you’ve been raised by one?

Dir: Onur Saylak – Turkey – 2017 – 115 mins – Age: 18+ – in Arabic & Turkish with English subtitles

Pure Hearts Sun 14 Oct 4.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

A young girl pushes the boundaries of her strict upbringing when she forms an unshakable bond with a troubled 25-year-old security guard in this sincere, delicate romantic drama of liberation and heartache.

When 17 year old Agnese encounters parking lot attendant Stefano while out shoplifting a cell phone, she doesn’t realise their lives are about to become entwined in an intense but short-lived romance. Stefano represents for Agnese an alternative way of being in the world beyond the limits of her religious upbringing, a life from which she feels increasingly alienated.

Dir: Roberto De Paolis – Italy – 2017 – 114 mins – Age: 18+ – in Italian with English subtitles

New World Cinema

I Am William

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Documentary Forum

Cyborgs Among Us Wed 10 Oct 6.15pm Crescent Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

Imagine having a sixth sense! Cyborgs are human beings who have implanted electronic devices in their bodies in order to extend their senses and/or enhance their capabilities or action. Technology with the potential for human enhancement is already available, but its use is strictly restricted to medical applications. However, the first cyborgs are already crossing the boundaries of their human limits starting a debate on human enhancement and touching on the basic idea of what we are. This film will confront the viewer with the implications of going beyond human by letting machines become part of us.

The Carnivore’s Dilemma Thurs 11 Oct 6.30pm Crescent Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

In this film, first-time father and prize-winning journalist Benoît Bringer investigates whether we should still eat meat.

As the population grows and the pressure to provide cheap food increases, there has been a drive towards relentless productivity and industrialised farming. Animal cruelty, major health issues and environmental damage are inevitable consequences. We can all see the problem. But are there alternatives?

Dir: Benoît Bringer – France – 2018 – 70 mins – Age: 15+ – in French with English subtitles

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Hobbyhorse Revolution Complicit Wed 10 Oct 8.30pm Crescent Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

Thurs 11 Oct Complicit follows Yi Yeting, a Chinese workers’ rights activist, over three years on her quest to expose the dangerous working conditions in the Chinese factories producing electronics for the world mobile phone market. One worker dies from exposure to toxic materials every five hours (that is the official number, the true number of fatalities may be much higher) and in this documentary we watch as Yi attempts to improve these conditions.

Dir: Heather White – China, USA & Hong Kong – 2017 – 90 mins – Age: 15+ – in Chinese with English subtitles

8.10pm Crescent Arts Centre £5.00/£4.00

Selma Vilhunen has directed a funny and moving film about teenagers with growing pains, who discover their own voice and talent through pursuing a pastime they love.

Hobbyhorse Revolution is a funny and moving film about the power of imagination and the strength of a community. The film follows three young girls, Aisku, Elsa and Alisa whose lives have been transformed by their new interest: hobbyhorses. Despite a lack of understanding by some, the girls bravely and spiritedly pursue their hobby.

Dir: Selma Vilhunen – Finland – 2017 – 88 mins – Age: 15+ – in Finnish with English subtitles

Documentary Forum

Documentary Forum

Dir: Rafel Duran Torrent – Spain – 2017 – 105 mins – Age: 12+ – in English & Spanish with English subtitles

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Hoffmaniada Sun 14 Oct 6.20pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

Super Dark Tales Zombellenium Fri 12 Oct 6.20pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

Welcome to Zombillenium, an amusement park where every day is Halloween, being staffed by actual werewolves, vampires, witches and zombies. When a nosy safety inspector unwillingly becomes a member of the undead workforce, he embarks on a mission to make the park a better place for humans and monsters alike. This amusing and macabre French animation, based on the comic series of the same name, works both as a teen animation and a quasi-political message about workers’ rights.

This stunning stop-motion animation is based on three of E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tales; Klein Zaches, The Golden Pot and The Sandman. With the main character being Hoffman himself we witness as he is transported into the world of his own fantasy writings and pitted against the villains he created on the page, as he struggles to defend love and beauty against the philistine plots closing in around him.

Dir: Stanislav Sokolov – Russia – 2018 – 78 mins – Age: 12+ – in Russian with English subtitles

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The Last Fiction Sat 13 Oct 6.20pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

Based on the classic thousand-year-old Persian poem, ‘The Book of Kings’, The Last Fiction presents the story of upstart ruler Zahak’s treacherous rise to the throne in ancient Persia, and naive Afaridoun, the young hero who saves the kingdom and people from the darkness. Zahak, who makes a Faustian pact to control the throne, is now haunted by his evil deeds, and his nightmares hold a prophecy of how a young man he wronged in the past will rise up against him. Afaridoun, however, must first conquer his own inner demons before he can battle Zahak’s dark forces and restore peace to the kingdom.

Dir: Ashkan Rahgozar – Iran – 2018 – 100 mins – Age: 12+ – in Persian with English subtitles

Tito and the Birds Mon 15 Oct 6.20pm Queen’s Film Theatre £5.00/£4.00

Tito is a shy 10-year-old boy who lives with his mother. When an unusual epidemic starts to spread throughout the city Tito quickly discovers that the cure is somehow related to his missing father’s research on bird song. He embarks on a journey to save the world from the outbreak with his friends.

But it soon becomes clear that Tito’s search for the antidote is developing into a quest to find his missing father and to discover his own identity.

Super Dark Tales

Super Dark Tales

Dir: Arthur de Pins & Alexis Ducord – France – 2017 – 80 mins – Age: 12+ – in French with English subtitles

Dir: Gabriel Bitar, Andre Catoto & Gustavo Steinberg – Brazil – 2018 – 73 mins – Age: 12+ – in Portuguese with English subtitles

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YFM Screenings

Young Filmmaker

Over the course of the festival we have a number of screenings and talks celebrating the work of new and first time feature film directors. These events are designed to appeal to young filmmakers and those interested in a career in film.

YFM Showcase & Awards Join Cinemagic for a celebratory showcase of young filmmaking talent from the UK and Ireland at our 2018 Young Filmmaker Competition Awards.

Showcase 1 Sun 28 Oct 2.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £3.00

Showcase 2 Sun 28 Oct 4.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £3.00

Awards Sun 28 Oct 6.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £3.00

*Please note due to film content we advise an age recommendation of 15+ for the showcase events.

Every year we receive hundreds of entries from young people wishing to share their stories with a wider audience. As well as celebrating their work, the Young Filmmaker Showcase allows young directors to view films made by their peers and offers the opportunity for them to network and talk movies! At the showcase

the shortlisted films will be presented before we announce the 2018 winners. Come along to celebrate the achievements of young people and meet the filmmaking stars of the future. For more information on Young Filmmaker please email chris@cinemagic.org.uk

Old Boys + Q&A Discussion with Director Toby Macdonald Sat 27 Oct 10.30am Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00 Toby Macdonald’s wonderfully-staged debut film is a re-working of Cyrano de Bergerac’s classic story, set against the backdrop of a roughand-tumble boarding school for boys. Amberson (Alex Lawther) may be awkward at sports, but his imagination comes to the fore when he helps the handsome school hero Winchester, who is more lad than poet, pursue Agnes, the daughter of the visiting French teacher, despite being enamoured with her himself. A lovely comedy based on a timeless story.

Dir: Toby Macdonald – UK – 2018 – 90 mins – Age: 12+ – in English

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+ Q&A Discussion with Director Jamie Jones Sat 27 Oct 1.00pm Movie House Dublin Road £5.00/£4.00

As London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London, a young man’s life is torn apart by a love for a girl from a different place. 19 year old Leon has grown up in and out of care. Finally free from adult supervision, he begins to rail against the injustice of his reality as his dreams become more and more unattainable and distant. Leon’s existence is suffocating, and all too real. When he meets Twiggy, a girl living in a local squat something stirs inside of him. As she introduces him to her world, the weight of his past lifts. But naïve to the affluent world supporting Twiggy’s hedonistic lifestyle, Leon is unprepared when she no longer wants him around.

Dir: Jamie Jones – UK – 2018 – 96 mins – Age: 18+ – in English

Young Filmmaker

Young Filmmaker

Obey

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Mark Kermode Cinemagic & QFT50 Present: Mark Kermode Film Night The Breadwinner Sat 20 Oct 6.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre £12.00

Film Critic, broadcaster and journalist Mark Kermode returns to Cinemagic for his annual Film Night to introduce and discuss The Breadwinner, his 2018 festival pick!

Mark Kermode: How Does it Feel? Book Tour Sun 21 Oct 6.30pm Queen’s Film Theatre Standard Ticket Price £20 Book Bundle Ticket Price £35 (Event £20 & Book £15)

How Does It Feel? - A Life of Musical Misadventures Mark Kermode recounts his utterly foolhardy attempts to fulfil his dreams of becoming a pop star - from building an electric guitar from scratch while at school, to playing tea-chest bass on the kids TV show Utterly Brilliant, to becoming the musical director of a major TV show - all without ever learning to read music. This will be a hilarious evening in which the film critic recalls falling in love with Slade as a teenager, forming his first proper band, and recording an album at Sun Studio as an ageing old ted. Mark will be signing copies of his book after the show. Event duration includes a 20 minute intermission.

Total Running Time: 1hr 50mins (excluding book signing).

This event is part of the Cinemagic Film Festival and QFT50.

Mark will be delving into what he sees as the current new “Golden Age” of animation, sharing his thoughts on the year’s new film releases and talking about the importance of independent and cultural cinema as QFT celebrates its 50th anniversary, all before answering questions from the audience!

The Breadwinner Based on Deborah Ellis’ award-winning novel, director Nora Twomey’s The Breadwinner tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family. With dauntless perseverance, Parvana draws strength from the stories her father told her, and ultimately risks her life to discover if he is still alive. Equal parts thrilling and enchanting, The Breadwinner is a timely and inspiring tale about the transcendent power of stories, and their potential to unite and heal us all.

Dir: Nora Twomey – Ireland, Canada & Luxembourg – 2017 – 94 mins – Cert: 12A – in English

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Mark Kermode

Mark Kermode

Film Night host (as always) the brilliant Brian Henry Martin.

Please note: All tickets for both the Mark Kermode events are to be purchased via the QFT Box Office.

Please visit www.queensfilmtheatre.com

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CineSeekers Festival Jury Ages 5–11 We are recruiting x 3 CineSeeker film juries for children under 12 this October.

• Watch films from around the world • Take part in exciting games and workshops • Get your jury goodie bags • Make lots of new friends

CineSeekers 5+ (Ages 5–7) All children participating in the jury will watch feature films before choosing their favourite.

Children must be chaperoned by an adult (parent/guardian attendance free of charge). All films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles where necessary. The jurors will also take part in exciting festival games and workshops, get the opportunity to meet international filmmakers and celebrity guests, as well as making lots of new friends.

CineSeekers 8+ (Ages 8–9) CineSeekers 10+ (Ages 10–11) All children participating in the jury will watch feature films before choosing their favourite.

Parents’ attendance is not necessary in the cinema. The films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles where necessary. The jurors will also take part in exciting festival games and workshops, get the opportunity to meet international filmmakers and celebrity guests, as well as making lots of new friends.

Juries, Masterclasses, Film Education & Cinemagic USA (Pages: 47-88)

CineSeekers Jury

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CineFocus Festival Jury Ages 12–25 We are recruiting x 5 CineFocus juries for young people this October.

Where & When CineSeekers 5+ (Sat 13 & Sun 14 Oct, 10.00am – 3.00pm, Movie House City Side).

CineSeekers 8+ (Sat 6 & Sun 7 Oct, 10.00am – 3.00pm, Movie House Dublin Road).

CineSeekers 10+ (Sat 20 & Sun 21 Oct, 10.00am – 3.00pm, Movie House Dublin Road).

Cost £20.00 per jury member

Travel/Hospitality Travel to the jury screenings and hospitality is the responsibility of the parent/guardian.

Cinemagic can provide a list of B&Bs and hotels for those travelling from outside Belfast.

To Apply Please email cineseekers@cinemagic.org.uk or call Cinemagic on Tel: 028 9031 1900 to register.

All young people participating in the juries will watch x 4 feature films before choosing their favourite. All films will be screened in their original language with English subtitles where necessary. The jurors will also take part in festival workshops, get the opportunity to meet international filmmakers and celebrity guests, as well as making lots of new friends.

Animation & Documentary As well as our age specific categories we have x 2 genre specific CineFocus jury categories.

We have a dedicated Animation Section and a Documentary Strand. These categories are for young people aged 15-25. Each cateogory will include x 4 feature length films to judge and critique.

CineFocus Jury

The ethos of CineSeekers is to promote and celebrate a diverse and varied range of international children’s films. By providing our young audience with an outlet for world cinema, the aim is to develop and nurture a broader appreciation, understanding and love of film; as well as celebrating stories, peoples and cultures from around the globe.

CineFocus 12+ (Ages 12-14) CineFocus 15+ (Ages 15-17) CineFocus 18+ (Ages 18-25)

CineSeekers Jury

The Juror’s Pack Each jury member will receive a Juror’s Pack consisting of a t-shirt, bag, programme, badge, jury sheets and pen.

Availability 50 children will be selected as jurors in each age category. Jury participation is based on a first come first served basis.

• Watch films from around the world • Take part in industry workshops and masterclasses • Meet filmmakers and festival guests • Network with fellow film fans • Write reviews for the festival website

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Creativity Corner Workshops for Kids Aged 5-12

Sun 7 Oct

Where & When CineFocus 12+ (Sat 13 & Sun 14 Oct, 10.00am – 2.30pm, Strand Arts Centre).

CineFocus 15+ (Sat 6 & Sun 7 Oct, 1.00pm – 6.00pm, Queen’s Film Theatre).

CineFocus 18+ (Sat 13 & Sun 14 Oct, 1.00pm – 6.00pm, Queen’s Film Theatre).

CineFocus Animation (Fri 12, Sat 13, Sun 14 & Mon 15 Oct, 6.00pm – 8.30pm, Queen’s Film Theatre).

CineFocus Documentary (Wed 10 & Thurs 11 Oct, 6.00pm – 10.00pm, Crescent Arts Centre).

The Juror’s Pack Each jury member will receive a Juror’s Pack consisting of a t-shirt, bag, programme, badge, jury sheets and pen.

Please Note: You can apply for more than one jury strand if you are the correct age and the dates & times don’t clash. For example you can apply for the CineFocus 15+ Jury and the Documentary strand or the CineFocus 18+ Jury and the Animation strand.

To Apply Please email cinefocus@cinemagic.org.uk or call Cinemagic on Tel: 028 9031 1900 to register.

CineFocus Jury

Travel/Hospitality Travel to the jury screenings is the responsibility of participants. Cinemagic can provide a list of B&Bs and hotels for those travelling from outside Belfast.

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Cost £20.00 per jury member

The ethos of CineFocus is to promote and celebrate a diverse and varied range of international youth films. By providing our audiences with an outlet for world cinema, the aim is to develop and nurture a broader appreciation, understanding and love of film; as well as celebrating stories, peoples and cultures from around the globe.

with Sophie Knox

Three session times to choose from:

Sun 21 Oct

11.00am – 12.00pm (Hognob Model Making)

Three session times to choose from:

1.00pm – 2.00pm (Gromit Model Making)

11.00am – 12.00pm

3.00pm – 4.00pm (Shaun the Sheep Model Making)

1.00pm – 2.00pm

Ulster Museum Ages: 5-12

Availability 50 participants will be chosen as jurors in each age category. Jury participation is based on a first come first served basis.

Special Effects Make-Up in Film

£8.00 Aardman Animations are giving you the chance to learn how to make your very own Hognob, Gromit or Shaun the Sheep character at these fun, hands-on clay modelling workshops. Led by expert model maker George Watson (Early Man), you’ll also get the opportunity to ask questions about the tricks of the trade from the award-winning studio. And the fun doesn’t have to stop there….Participants can take their clay models home and try animating them using Aardman’s easy to use Animate It! software.

© Aardman Animations Ltd 2018

3.00pm – 4.00pm Ulster Museum Ages: 5-12 £8.00 Special effects is without a doubt a highly creative and fun area in make-up artistry. It allows you to create any creature or character you can imagine, as whacky or scary as your heart desires! It also serves a real purpose.

With storylines becoming more sensational and technology more sophisticated, special effects is becoming an increasingly important element of both film and theatrical productions.

Join SFX make-up artist Sophie Knox as she teaches young participants the basic skills and techniques of make-up artistry. Sophie has worked on productions including – Game of Thrones, The Fall, Line of Duty and Krypton.

Creativity Corner

Aardman Model Making Workshops

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Dinosaur Bites!

‘Dino’ Comic Book Making

To continue our ‘Dippy on Tour’ celebration events at the Ulster Museum we have programmed a number of special dino themed workshops for kids to enjoy when visiting the exhibition.

Sun 28 Oct

Dinosaur Lego Building

1.00pm – 2.00pm

with Bricks4kidz Sat 13 Oct

Ages: 8-12

1.00pm – 2.00pm 3.00pm – 4.00pm Ulster Museum Ages: 8-12 £8.00

Let your creativity and imagination come alive with Bricks4kidz. Using their bespoke Lego technic kits, motors and batteries, your child will build and construct motorised Dinosaurs and then watch them move and walk. We Learn We Build - We Play with Lego Bricks!

with Paul Stickland 10.15am – 11.30am Ulster Museum Ages: 5-11 £8.00

£8.00

Davy Francis is a cartoonist, caricaturist and comic artist from Belfast. Best known for his work on Holy Cross, Oink! and 2000AD, he was part of the first flowering of small press comics in Belfast in the 1970s contributing to the Belfast People’s Comic and self-publishing his own comic books.

This workshop is programmed in partnership with the Comic Book Guys.

Bricks4Kidz deliver high quality, educational play. Every class is a fun, enriching experience for children, using the classic bricks loved by generations of young people.

Pop-Up Paper Dinosaur Workshop Sun 28 Oct

Ulster Museum

Want to learn how to make your own ‘Dino’ inspired comic? Join artist Davy Francis as he invites kids to devise their very own comic strip. You will develop your own characters, worlds and storylines in this fun and creative workshop.

Join author and illustrator Paul Stickland for this incredibly creative and fun workshop. Children will learn how to make a simple pop-up dinosaur mouth or pop-up prehistoric bug before decorating and embellishing their ferocious dino creations.

Paul is an author, artist, illustrator and designer. He’s the creator of loads of bestselling books, as either author, illustrator or often both, including Dinosaur Roar, Ten Terrible Dinosaurs, and Dinosaurs Galore.

Dinosaur Bites!

11.00am – 12.00pm

Dinosaur Bites!

Two session times to choose from:

3.00pm – 4.00pm

Three session times to choose from:

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with Davy Francis

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Career Crafts

Creature Effects

Casting

with Kate Walshe

with Carla Stronge

Our Career Craft workshops are designed to introduce young people to the many different fields, roles and jobs in film.

Sat 20 Oct

Sat 20 Oct

10.00am – 12.00pm

1.00pm – 5.00pm

Ormeau Baths

Ormeau Baths

Prosthetics and SFX Make-Up

Ages: 12-16

Ages: 7-15

with Jon Moore

£20.00

£20.00

Sun 7 Oct

Kate Walshe is an SFX producer and part owner of Millennium FX, one of the leading prosthetics and creature effects companies in Europe. Hailing from the flattest county in Ireland, she now resides in the Chiltern Hills where she surrounds herself with werewolves and aliens. Having received a BSc in Film from Dublin Institute of Technology, she worked first as a film editor but went on to return to her studies earning a Post Grad Dip in VFX and SFX from the National Film and Television School in the UK. There she discovered you can get a job making monsters for a living and so, on graduating, Kate was hired by Millennium FX where she works to this day. Notable projects that Kate has worked on include Doctor Who; The Wolfman; Ex Machina, Victor Frankenstein; music videos for Lady Gaga; innumerable horror and comedy projects as well as commercials for clients such as Cadbury’s and Playstation.

Ormeau Baths Ages: 12-16

Career Crafts

£20.00

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Jon Moore is a freelance prosthetic makeup artist and concept designer with over 17 years experience working in television and film.

Projects include Guardians of the Galaxy, The Huntsman, Fury, Maleficent, Harry Potter, Captain America, WWZ, Doctor Who and Critical.

Having completed work on Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 as prosthetic makeup artist to Dave Bautista, he has recently wrapped on Avengers: Infinity War and moved straight onto the final series of Game of Thrones and Maleficent 2. Alongside this he is also designing a range of interactive toys, an animated series, developing a short script and writing a novel.

This workshop is programmed in partnership with the Comic Book Guys.

Carla will host a masterclass for young actors aged 7-15 of all levels of experience, allowing them to learn more about the casting process and develop their audition technique. All participants will be sent sides to prepare before the Masterclass and will get the chance to perform.

Please note: To book email shauna@cinemagic. org.uk. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Career Crafts

2.00pm – 4.00pm

Carla Stronge is a born and bred, double Emmy award winning, Northern Irish Casting Director based in Belfast. She garnered her first casting credit on HBO’s Game of Thrones and it is the show for which she won an Emmy in 2015 and again in 2016 for Outstanding Casting in a Drama Series. In 2016 she became a member of the Casting Society of America and in 2017 received a further nomination for an Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Series Drama. She has also worked as Casting Director on a number of other NI productions including The Fall, The Secret, Derry Girls and other up and coming independent feature films.

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Are you aged 16-25 and would like the chance to learn from film and television industry professionals?

If the answer is yes, then this is the opportunity for you!

Cinemagic Talent Lab promises to provide participants with indepth hands on experience, helpful advice and career guidance from industry professionals practicing in various areas of the film and television industry.

Music Video Production Masterclass with Corin Douieb Sat 6 Oct 10.00am – 4.00pm Crescent Arts Centre Ages: 16-25 £30.00

As an accomplished, critically acclaimed and world-touring DJ and producer, Corin Douieb AKA ‘The Last Skeptik’ has toured the world from America, India and Japan to Lebanon and Australia - and produced for the likes of Giggs, Mikill Pane, Kojey Radical, Rizzle Kicks, Scrufizzer and Dream Mclean. He has been featured everywhere from BBC Radio One, 1xtra, 5 Live, Noisey, I.D, Complex and sound tracked a BAFTA nominated short film & Vice Magazine documentary - as well as releasing almost 30 twisted, DIY, cinematic music videos that have been shown in the National Film Theatre. His solo album projects have been heavily featured on Spotify, Apple Music & Deezer, and his ‘Thanks for Trying’ podcast featuring various celebrity guests is frequently on the front page of iTunes.

Acting Q&A with Lucy Fallon Sat 6 Oct

Talent Lab

5.00pm – 7.30pm

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Crescent Arts Centre Ages: 16-25 £20.00

Lucy Fallon first joined Coronation Street in 2015, playing the role of Bethany Platt. She won an Inside Soap Award for Best Actress in 2017, the National Television Award for Serial Drama Performance in 2018 and the British Soap Awards for Best Actress and Best Female Dramatic Performance in 2018.

Lucy trained in acting, singing and dancing at the Barbara Jackson Theatre Arts Centre in Blackpool. She is an ambassador for the charities Blackpool Carers and Blackpool Scouts and takes a keen interest in issues affecting young people in the UK.

Casting

Directing Q&A

with Carla Stronge

with David Caffrey

Sun 7 Oct

Sat 20 Oct

10.00am - 1.00pm

12.00pm – 2.00pm

Ormeau Baths

Crescent Arts Centre

Ages: 16-25

Ages: 16-25

£20.00

£20.00

Carla Stronge is a born and bred, double Emmy award winning, Northern Irish Casting Director based in Belfast. She garnered her first casting credit on HBO’s Game of Thrones and it is the show for which she won an Emmy in 2015 and again in 2016 for Outstanding Casting in a Drama Series. In 2016 she became a member of the Casting Society of America and in 2017 received a further nomination for an Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Television Series Drama. She has also worked as Casting Director on a number of other NI productions including The Fall, The Secret, Derry Girls and other up and coming independent feature films.

Carla will host a masterclass for young actors aged 16-25 of all levels of experience, allowing them to learn more about the casting process and develop their audition technique. All participants will be sent sides to prepare before the Masterclass and will get the chance to perform.

David Caffrey began his film & TV career with various production roles on b-movies with Roger Corman. Short films Connivers, Bantams and Bolt caught the eye of the industry, resulting in a move to the feature film arena with Divorcing Jack then onto the 18th Century Mini-series Aristocrats. On the Nose, a comedy feature and Grand Theft Parsons followed. Since then work has alternated between commercials and television drama; the latter including series one of Line of Duty, multiple seasons of Love/Hate and Sky’s Lucky Man. More recent productions include Prime Suspect 1973 and the latest full season of the BAFTA winning Peaky Blinders. He is currently working on new series Taken Down.

Please note: To book email shauna@cinemagic. org.uk. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Talent Lab

Cinemagic Presents: Talent Lab 2018

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Film Education

The Production Manager with Terry Bamber

The Cinemagic education programme is recognised for its ability to use film to engage with young people; to stimulate discussion on social issues and to provide practical opportunities to learn new skills.

In 2018 Cinemagic will offer schools and young people the chance to take part in practical workshops and to view new and captivating films from around the world!

Fri 9 Nov 10.00am – 4.00pm Crescent Arts Centre Ages: 16-25 £30.00

First Assistant Director and Production Manager, Terry Bamber’s work in the UK Film Industry spans four decades of filmmaking. Cinema has always been an integral part of Terry’s life. His career has taken him from Coronation Street, to Thunderbirds, to Carry on Columbus culminating in the James Bond series of films including Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. As Assistant Director and Production Manager he has worked on a variety of films from 101 Dalmatians, Tomb Raider and Phantom of the Opera. More recent credits include World War Z, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ghost Stories and Stanley a Man of Variety.

Teacher Information If you would like your school or class to attend any of the screenings/workshops listed (or for the classroom specific events to come to your school) please contact schools@cinemagic.org.uk or call Tel: 028 9031 1900.

FREE Bus Information We are offering a limited number of complimentary return buses for school groups attending festival events in cinema venues.

Please note there are x 2 bus capacity options for schools – 25 & 50. School groups must meet the full capacity to avail of this offer. The offer is based on a first come first served basis.

Participating School Events A number of screenings & workshops in the education programme are listed as ‘participating school’ events. These are events that we will bring into your school to help alleviate travel costs.

Directing with Brian Kirk Sat 26 Jan (2019) 10.00am – 1.00pm Crescent Arts Centre Ages: 16-25

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Brian Kirk is an international drama director who has worked on countless headline shows around the world. Originally from Northern Ireland, he has worked extensively in the UK and US on series such as Dexter, Luther, Boardwalk Empire and Penny Dreadful. He directed three episodes of the first series of HBO’s international hit series, Game of Thrones and the TV Movie, My Boy Jack, starring Daniel Radcliffe. In the UK Brian is probably best known for his acclaimed Dickens adaptation of Great Expectations for the BBC. His body of work has received multiple EMMY, BAFTA and IFTA nominations. He is currently in production on the movie 17 Bridges starring Chadwick Boseman.

A Message of Support

How to Book

To book tickets please visit www. wegottickets.com unless otherwise stated.

Please note: Lunch is not provided. Food outlets are located in close proximity to the venues.

I would like to affirm the value of Cinemagic film screenings, masterclasses and film education programmes to Moving Image Arts (MIA) candidates across all three levels of the subject, at GCSE, AS and A2. The Cinemagic Festival gives students a unique opportunity to view a range of films that are directly relevant to the specifications’ content and learning outcomes of MIA including strong illustrative examples of genre-specific, realist and expressionist films. In instances where a speaker or workshop is also included in the event, it can be of even more benefit, as time is taken after the screening itself to discuss and analyse film language and structure with the student audience. This is relevant to the online examination unit. It is a testament to the value of Cinemagic that so many teachers bring their students to the festival each year.

CCEA Officer for Moving Image Arts

Film Education

Talent Lab

£20.00

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Pre-School and Primary

Pre-School Shorts Programme

Fri 5 Oct 1.30pm – 2.30pm

Mon 1 – Fri 5 Oct (Choose Your Date) Participating PreSchool (We Come to You!) Duration 60 mins, £2.50 per pupil, Suitable for all ages Visiting times to be arranged to suit the individual preschool.

Cinemagic will be offering preschools the chance to get involved in the festival experience! We will be touring with a special programme of new short films designed to entertain & educate young children.

Cinemagic plan to turn each participating preschool into a mini cinema for the day. Not only will we provide young children with a fun filled and safe environment to interact but we will introduce them to the wonder of film and television. Each preschool will be provided with projection screens so the young audience can view brand new animations.

Participating School (We Come to You!) Suitable for 7-11 year olds £5.00 per pupil

Around the World in 60 Mins – A collection of new animated short films from around the world designed to entertain young children. Join us as we discover vibrant new worlds, surprising characters, breath-taking landscapes and unknown traditions.

Special Effects Make-Up in Film

Area of Learning: The Arts, The World Around Us, Language & Literacy

Mon 8 – Wed 10 Oct (Choose Your Date)

BAFTA KIDS: Behind the Scenes

Pre-School & Primary

10.30am – 12.30pm

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Grand Opera House Suitable for 7-11 year olds £3.00 per pupil

*Please note this workshop is only available to a school in Belfast due to timings.

Area of Learning: Language and Literacy, The Arts

10.00am – 12.00pm

Fri 5 Oct

Join BAFTA and TV presenting stars for a unique insight into the exciting world of television presenting. How do you prepare for filming? Is it more difficult working in a live studio or on location? What are the best interviewing techniques? How do you get your own personality across on screen? Can you stop yourself laughing in front of the camera? A fun workshop for 7-11 year olds which highlights the cross over skills of confidence, communication and resilience.

TV presenters Lauren Layfield (Dengineers, CBBC Presentation) and Ben Shires (Officially Amazing, Match of the Day Kickabout) host a fun showcase of children’s film, games and television in the beautiful surroundings of Belfast’s Grand Opera House. Lauren and Ben will be talking about the history of BAFTA and the Grand Opera House; looking at creative roles within the media industry; sharing special behind the scenes reports filmed by BAFTA KIDS Young Presenters. They will be joined by ‘School of Noise’ to examine how sound and music are used on-screen and the young audience members will help generate a unique soundtrack. Aimed at a schools’ audience there will be lots of opportunities for pupil interaction including a drawing competition for kids to share their favourite early memories from film, games and TV. Area of Learning: Language and Literacy, The Arts, The World Around Us

Participating School (We Come to You!) Suitable for 8-11 year olds £4.00 per pupil

Special effects is without a doubt a highly creative and fun area in makeup artistry. It allows you to create any creature or character you can imagine, as whacky or scary as your heart desires! It also serves a real purpose. With storylines becoming more sensational and technology more sophisticated, special effects is becoming an increasingly important element of both film and TV productions. Join special effects artist Sophie Knox as she teaches pupils the basic skills and techniques of make-up artistry! Sophie has worked on productions including – Game of Thrones, The Fall, Line of Duty and Krypton.

Area of Learning: The Arts

Pre-School & Primary

Around the World in 60 Mins!

BAFTA KIDS: TV Presenting Masterclass

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+ Shorts for Shorties Mon 8 – Fri 12 Oct (Choose Your Date)

My First Cinema Trip – Capt’n Sharky Early Years Screening

10.00am – 11.30am

Tues 9 Oct

Participating Pre-School (We Come to You!)

10.30am – 11.45am

Suitable for all ages

ODEON Belfast

£3.00 per pupil

Suitable for 3-6 year olds £3.00 per pupil

Hosted by Debutots the pre-school drama classes are designed to take the children into an imaginary world where they can comfortably explore feelings, words, sounds, movement and develop their relationships with others.

This roving programme will also see Cinemagic facilitators bring mobile cinema equipment into your preschool to screen Shorts for Shorties, a collection of short animations designed to appeal to young children.

Pre-School Drama Programme – Choose one from: Moving and Grooving (Animal Actions!) - Join Eleanor Elephant and her friends at the zoo for some fun animal antics whilst we learn to use our ears for listening!

Autumn Changes and Tradition - Little Lottie leaf goes on an Autumn adventure and learns all about weather changes and her shadow at this beautiful time of year.

Pre-School & Primary

Area of Learning: The Arts, Physical Development & Movement, Personal Development & Mutual Understanding

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Our ‘Early Years’ screenings are designed to offer opportunities for preschool and primary school groups to visit the cinema together for the first time!

Capt’n Sharky is unable to read or write or even count properly. But those things aren’t important to “The terror of the seas” and are offset by a huge ego.

With Mikey, a normal young boy who’s ordered life has broken out into a completely new direction due to Sharky’s spontaneity, and Bonnie, a trouble shooting girl who tends to assume command in every situation much to Sharky’s dismay, they will enjoy seafaring adventures of plunder, pillage and piracy as they thwart the plans of arch enemies The Admiral and Old Bill the Pirate. Capt’n Sharky explores themes of friendship, fairness, loyalty and tolerance.

Area of Learning: The Arts, The World Around Us, Language & Literacy

Cinemagic’s ‘Teddy Bears’ Picnic’ with Music from Tom Sweeney + Winnie the Pooh the Movie Wed 10 Oct 10.30am – 1.00pm Movie House City Side Suitable for 3-7 year olds £4.00 per pupil

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Join us for a morning of music, song, movement and laughter at Cinemagic’s Teddy Bears’ Picnic.

Bring along your pack-lunches, picnic baskets, rugs and of course your teddies and settle down for musical fun & games with Tom Sweeney before a screening of Winnie the Pooh the Movie! Cert: U Tom Sweeney has written and performed songs about spelling, counting, vowels, self-esteem, anti-bullying, ecology, while many are just plain silly and fun to sing! A morning in Tom’s company is guaranteed to have you dancing and skipping back to school.

Area of Learning: The Arts

Film Preview Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween + Myths, Legends & Folktales Thurs 11 Oct 10.30am – 1.00pm Movie House City Side Suitable for 8-11 year olds £4.00 per pupil

Join storyteller Jack Lynch for a fun-filled morning of mystery and intrigue as he takes pupils on a journey around the world exploring myths, legends and folktales.

Jack Lynch tells a wide range of stories that draw on Ireland’s rich oral tradition. He combines folkloric elements with ancient Irish myths, wonder tales and tall tales. He has told stories throughout Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Belgium, Estonia, Jordan, the West Indies and the United States. He is also a founder member of Storytellers of Ireland.

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween Cert: TBC – Halloween comes to life in the brand-new comedy adventure based on R.L. Stine’s 400-million-selling series of books and sequel to the 2015 smash hit movie Goosebumps starring Jack Black.

Area of Learning: The World Around Us & Language & Literacy

Pre-School & Primary

Pre-School Drama

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+ Disney Ireland Presentation with the Industry Trust

Diary of a Wimpy Kid + Storytelling Contemporary Classics - From Book to Screen Fri 12 Oct 10.00am – 12.30pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Suitable for 8-11 year olds £5.00 per pupil

Each festival we select a children’s book that has been adapted for the ‘Big Screen’ as part of our ‘Book to Screen’ strand. This year we have chosen Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Before the screening storyteller Jack Lynch will be taking pupils on a magical journey exploring myths, legends & folktales from around the world.

In Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid we follow the adventures of a boy who is fresh out of elementary and about to start middle school, where he has to learn the consequences and responsibilities to survive the year. Cert: PG. Activity sheets and classroom notes will be available for teachers on the day.

Area of Learning: The World Around Us & Language & Literacy

Drama for Kids with Debutots Pre-School & Primary

+ Animated Antics

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10.00am – 11.30am Participating Preschool (We Come to You!) Suitable for 4-7 year olds £3.00 per pupil

Debutots is a unique blend of interactive storytelling and dramatic play for young children. In exploring stories vocally and physically they facilitate children’s literacy and communication development. The expertly crafted classes will take the children into an imaginary world where they can comfortably explore feelings, language, and movement. Skilled drama practitioners guide the children through each story creatively.

This roving programme will also see Cinemagic facilitators bring mobile cinema equipment into your school to screen Animated Antics, a collection of short animations from around the world.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Physical Development & Movement, Personal Development & Mutual Understanding

+ The Ugly Animal Roadshow

Tues 16 Oct

Wed 17 Oct

10.30am – 1.00pm

10.30am – 1.00pm

ODEON Belfast

Ulster Museum

Suitable for 8-11 year olds

Suitable for 7-11 year olds

£4.00 per pupil

£4.00 per pupil

At the Industry Trust for IP Awareness they believe when you learn about all of the hard work (graft) that goes into the creation of a film - you get more of a handle on why it’s not yours to take for free. Plus you can better understand why the real life people who invested their time, skills and money in making the film deserve to get paid for their work. When we all understand the importance of supporting the film industry and paying for the films we watch then there will be more films made to enjoy in the future.

Simon Watt is President for life of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society - The society that celebrates and explores the incredible biology of the Animal Kingdom’s most monstrous!!!

To celebrate the hard work that goes into every aspect of the film industry in Ireland, we have invited Walt Disney Studios, Ireland Head of Sales, Martin O’Grady to tell you about his job, the jobs along the way and why he loves all movies, not just Disney ones.

The Q&A will be followed by a screening of Christopher Robin. Cert: PG. Learn more about the Industry Trust and watch their fantastic ‘Moments worth Paying For’ campaigns on www.lovemovies.ie

Mon 15 – Wed 17 Oct (Choose Your Date)

Minuscule Valley of the Lost Ants

Area of Learning: The Arts & Language & Literacy

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In this interactive show we will look at what makes these hideous creatures so amazing and study how they evolved. The workshop will feature videos, demonstrations and lots and lots of audience participation. Topics covered will include – evolution, extinction, conservation and adaptation.

Minuscule Valley of the Lost Ants – In a peaceful little clearing, the remains of a picnic hastily abandoned sparks warfare between two ant tribes! Cert: U. Simon Watt is a biologist, science communicator, writer and TV presenter. His on screen credits include – Rocketeers, Wild Cities, Eureka: The Big Bang Query and Inside Nature’s Giants.

Area of Learning: The World Around Us

Pre-School & Primary

Christopher Robin

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The Prehistoric Show with History Live + Screening: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Thurs 18 Oct

Film Classification Workshop with the BBFC Wed 17 Oct 10.30am – 1.00pm Movie House City Side Suitable for 8-11 year olds £4.00 per pupil

© Disney Pixar

Every movie that gets released in the UK has to go through one final process before it hits the cinemas – classification. It’s the job of the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) to view them all and decide on a suitable classification or rating: U, PG, 12A or higher. What a job! This is a great opportunity for youngsters to get the lowdown on how it’s all done and meet some of the people who do the job for real. Film case study Coco. Cert: PG.

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Movie House City Side Suitable for 8-11 year olds £4.00 per pupil

Suitable for 6-11 year olds £4.00 per pupil

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - When Sid’s attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him. Cert: U. Area of Learning: The World Around Us

Area of Learning: Personal Development & Mutual Understanding, The Arts

This workshop is an ideal morning activity for schools planning to visit the ‘Dippy on Tour’ exhibition in the afternoon.

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+ WALL:E 10.30am – 1.00pm

Ulster Museum

Please note: Study Guides & Classroom Notes will be distributed to teachers on the day for both the BBFC workshop and the feature film text.

The Space Show with Simon Watt Thurs 18 Oct

10.30am – 1.00pm

A stellar show for kids and teachers about the science behind space exploration. Which planet is hottest? Which would float in a swimming pool?

Which is the most studied? And just how much space is in space? This is a live show full of experiments you can recreate at home and school. Find out about what you can see if you only look up!

A screening of WALL:E, Cert: U, will take place after the workshop.

Presented by Simon Watt, a regular contributor to TV, radio and web and who is perhaps best known as a presenter on the BAFTA-winning documentary series Inside Nature’s Giants and the Channel 4 special The Elephant: Life After Death.

Area of Learning: The World Around Us

Music from the Movies with String-tastic

© Disney Pixar

+ The Good Dinosaur Fri 19 Oct 10.30am – 1.00pm Ulster Museum Suitable for 8-11 year olds £4.00 per pupil

String-tastic invites you to join them for a fun packed interactive show that will include music from hit movies such as The Jungle Book, Frozen, Mary Poppins and Robin Hood. With a line-up of violin, cello, double bass, guitar, mandolin and electric violin, musicians Nigel and Gareth will introduce sound and acoustics using interactive games and stories.

The Good Dinosaur – In a world where dinosaurs and humans live side-byside, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. Cert: PG. Area of Learning: The World Around Us This workshop is an ideal morning activity for schools planning to visit the ‘Dippy on Tour’ exhibition in the afternoon.

Pre-School & Primary

That’s Classified! Coco

In the Prehistoric Show pupils will dress up in replica furs as they imagine what life was like thousands of years ago! Food and hunting techniques will then be explored. Spears, harpoons, bows & arrows, fishing tackle, traps & snares have all been replicated for the presentation. The children will be shown how and why they were used so effectively in the process of hunting seal, walrus, whale and hairy mammoth! The children will also be shown how the food was preserved. Finally they will be shown how fire was created with a bow and wooden drill! All the information has been studied from archaeology and modern Inuit survival techniques.

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Animated Antics 4+ Primary School Short Film Competition

Grace and Goliath School Screenings

10.00am – 12.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Suitable for 4-7 year olds £3.00 per pupil

Mon 22 – Fri 26 Oct (Choose Your Date)

We have programmed a week of special school screenings of Grace and Goliath this October.

10.30am – 12.00pm

Grace and Goliath will scoop you up in its mighty arms and carry you on an emotional but hugely enjoyable roller coaster!

Odyssey Cinemas Suitable for young people 8+ £4.00 per pupil

A Hollywood big shot, (and he knows it!) Josh Jenkins sweeps into Belfast to make a movie, but before long his world crashes and he loses everything. Lily (a hotel cleaner) invites him to stay with her crazy family and gradually the people of this ‘strange’ city touch his heart, forever.

A powerful story of how one man’s GOLIATH ego is brought down by one single blow...of GRACE! Dir: Tony Mitchell – UK – 2018 – 90 mins – Cert: PG – in English

Area of Learning: The World Around Us, Personal Development & Mutual Understanding

Developing a TV Show Current Affairs Programme Making with Paper Owl Films Tues 23 Oct

Pre-School & Primary

10.30am – 1.00pm

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Participating School Suitable for 8-11 year olds £3.00 per pupil

Ever wondered how a hit TV show gets made?

In this unique workshop you will have the opportunity to pitch your own ideas to the Paper Owl team and help them to develop amazing new shows!

Participants will be guided through the ideas process - from having the first seed of a concept, to developing the structure, to devising a final product pitch to be presented to a broadcast commissioner!

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy, The World Around Us

Small Forest Stories Dir: Veronika Fedorova – Russia – 3mins Short stories from the woods, about friendship and play.

Silly Stickers Dir: Kolja Saksida – Slovenia – 3mins Koyaa wants to paste some stickers to a window - with disastrous results!

Patchwork Dog Dir: Angela Steffen – Germany – 4 mins The poor Patchwork Dog is sad and in a pickle.

Ant Dir: Julia Ocker – Germany – 4 mins The ants are working together perfectly.

But there is one ant who is doing everything differently.

My Granny Dir: Giselle Pérez – Canada – 2 mins A heart-warming story filled with love, laughter and family traditions.

Dancing Socks Dir: Kolja Saksida – Slovenia – 3mins A man tries putting on a warm pair of socks, but there’s an issue!

Patchwork Mole Dir: Angela Steffen – Germany – 4 mins Patchwork Mole has a problem: he has no friends! Will the Patchwork Pals find a way to help him?

Lion Dir: Julia Ocker – Germany – 4 mins Lion has to become more physically fit. But Gazelle doesn’t think he is capable of doing so.

A selection of the very best new world animations for young people to discuss, debate and review.

Before the screening the Cinemagic programming team will be sharing reviewing tips.

Funny Fish Dir: Krishna Chandran A. Nair – France & Switzerland – 6 mins In the middle of the ocean a school of fish comes to the rescue of a new red fish!

Flying Workbook Dir: Kolja Saksida – Slovenia – 3mins When a man opens his workbook it springs to life, floating away like a butterfly.

Patchwork Rhino Dir: Angela Steffen – Germany – 4 mins Patchwork Rhino can’t stop crying - so dog, bee and fox must cheer him up!

Penguin Dir: Julia Ocker – Germany – 4 mins The penguin-waiter wants the penguin-party to be perfect.

The Cloud & the Whale Dir: Alyona Tomilova – Russia – 4 mins A touching story about the friendship between small Cloud and big Whale.

Area of Learning: The Arts, The World Around Us, Language & Literacy

Pre-School & Primary

Mon 22 Oct – Fri 16 Nov (Choose Your Date)

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Primary School Short Film Competition Mon 22 Oct – Fri 16 Nov (Choose Your Date) 10.00am – 12.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Suitable for 8-11 year olds £3.00 per pupil

This is a great practical opportunity for primary school children to watch and review an international short film programme before selecting a winner.

The Cinemagic programming team will be on hand to share reviewing tips and guide pupils in what to look out for when critiquing the shorts.

College and Post-Primary Guardians of the Galaxy + Q&A with SFX & Prosthetics Artist Jon Moore

A Bit Lost Dir: Helene Ducrocq – France – 5 mins Little Owl is lost, and his mummy is nowhere to be seen!

Strength in Numbers Dir: Anais Sorrentino – Belgium & France – 7 mins On a cold autumn day, a bear catches a cold while bathing in the river.

Awaker Dir: Filip Diviak – Czech Republic – 9 mins A tale of an old man charged with waking people up!

The Hungry Little Wolf Dir: Arnaud Demuynck – Belgium & France – 9 mins A cute but over-confident wolf cub decides one day that he is big enough to go hunting on his own.

Blanket Tale Dir: Maria Kuzmenko – Russia – 3 mins Once Upon a Time ‘Blanket Town’ was attacked by a giant!

Pre-School & Primary

Coco’s Day Dir: Tatiana Moshkova – Russia – 4 mins Coco is a crocodile who hides from blizzards, explores underwater worlds and even turns into Godzilla – and all inside one flat!

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A Walk in the Woods Dir: Hugo Frassetto – Belgium & France – 4 mins Five wolf cubs are playing in the woods and tease Daddy Wolf who is getting ready to go out and “eat them all up”!

Dies Irae Dir: Jordan Damour – France – 3 mins Can a young musician overcome his fear?

Leave a Print Dir: Christina S. Nerland – UK – 5 mins A family of arctic foxes learns to cope with the fact that one of them is fading away.

Dubak Dir: Anna Kritskaya – Russia – 7 mins A cheerful film about the harsh Russian winter.

Weeds: An Inspirational Story Dir: Kevin Hudson – USA – 3 mins A tale of compassion and empathy!

Trunky Dir: Ekaterina Filippova – Russia – 6 mins A little elephant has a very long nose.

The Gruff Voiced Tree Dir: Anais Sorrentino – Belgium & France – 7 mins A mouse takes shelter inside the trunk of an old tree, when it suddenly scolds her in a gruff voice!

Area of Learning: The Arts, The World Around Us, Language & Literacy

with UTV Tues 9 Oct 11.00am – 1.00pm Crescent Arts Centre

Mon 8 Oct Kaal Dir: Charlie Aufroy – France – 4 mins In the kingdom of “Poil Dur” the men, women and children are all terribly hairy!

TV Presenting

10.00am – 1.00pm

Ages: 15+ £5.00 per student

ODEON Belfast

£5.00 per student

Learn about Northern Ireland’s leading commercial broadcaster UTV and find out how reporters prepare a news story for air in this exciting and interactive workshop for media students.

Jon Moore is a freelance prosthetic makeup artist and concept designer with over 17 years’ experience working in television and film.

Projects include Guardians of the Galaxy, The Huntsman, Fury, Maleficent, Harry Potter, Captain America, WWZ, Doctor Who and Critical. Having completed work on Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 as prosthetic makeup artist to Dave Bautista, he has recently wrapped on Avengers: Infinity War and moved straight onto the final series of Game of Thrones and Maleficent 2.

The workshop will offer students an insight into the world of television presenting, there will be interactive activities and a Q&A with one of the stations presenters. All your questions will be answered - How do you prepare for filming?

Is it more difficult working in a live studio or on location? What are the best interviewing techniques? How do you get your own personality across on screen?

Ages: 12+

Guardians of the Galaxy - A group of intergalactic criminals are forced to work together to stop a fanatical warrior from taking control of the universe. Cert: 12A

This will be an informative workshop highlighting the cross over skills of confidence, communication and resilience needed to succeed in this fast paced and rewarding industry.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work, Language and Literacy

This workshop is programmed in partnership with the Comic Book Guys.

College & Post-Primary

Animated Antics 8+

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Creative Writing

Politics and Journalism

with Sarah Maria Griffin + Bride of Frankenstein

with Mark Devenport Wed 10 Oct 10.30am – 12.30pm

10.00am – 2.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

Participating School (We Come to You!)

Ages: 15+

Ages: 12+

£5.00 per student

£5.00 per student The workshop will begin with a screening of Bride of Frankenstein, followed by group work where the students will have the chance to get creative. Writing horror will be discussed, facilitated by author Sarah Maria Griffin and the workshop will be inspired by the theme of ‘creation’. The students will work individually to create their own monster and develop character and story.

Sarah Maria Griffin’s first novel, Spare & Found Parts, a stunning science-fiction story of creation in the wake of destruction was released in February 2018 by Titan Books, and her second novel, Other Words For Smoke, will arrive in Spring 2019. She is currently the Writer in Residence at the DLR Lexicon.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language & Literacy

College & Post-Primary

Programmed in partnership with Children’s Books Ireland.

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Mark Devenport is BBC Northern Ireland’s Political Editor, providing analysis of issues like the continuing efforts to restore devolution and the impact of Brexit on local politics. Mark has reported for the BBC since the 1980s, covering all the twists and turns of the Northern Ireland peace process as the corporation’s Ireland Correspondent at the time of the Good Friday Agreement. He has questioned world leaders such as Nelson Mandela, Bill Clinton, Kofi Annan and Tony Blair. Mark also worked as the BBC’s United Nations Correspondent based in New York and has reported from areas as diverse as South Africa, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Colombia and Israel/Palestine.

Pitch That Brief Thurs 11 Oct 10.30am – 2.30pm Belfast Met (Titanic Campus) Ages: 15+ £5.00 per student

This class will be facilitated by Brian Henry Martin, Director, Doubleband Films and Justin Binding, Commissioning Executive Producer, BBC Northern Ireland.

So you’ve got an idea for a film or television programme? What’s the next step? Brian will host a workshop in the morning showing some of the latest work produced by Doubleband Films as well as covering the dos and don’ts of filmmaking. Participants will then be given a commissioning brief and asked to pitch their ideas to Justin, who in turn will offer advice and feedback before picking the best pitch in the afternoon session!

This is a fabulous opportunity to learn and gain advice from leading programme-makers and to have your ideas, concepts and creativity critiqued by the best in the business.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work, Language and Literacy

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work, Language and Literacy

Creating 2D Characters and Backgrounds for Games with Blackstaff Games Thurs 11 Oct 10.00am – 12.30pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 12+ £5.00 per student

In this workshop we will explore the process of creating an idea for a game character or environment and taking it from concept through to design, animation and getting it into a game.

We will look at different 2D design techniques and how we can apply them in our own creative process in this introductory workshop for budding game designers.

The workshop will be led by Benjamin Donoghue, Creative Director at Blackstaff Games, who has worked across 2D Animation and BAFTA nominated games.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

College & Post-Primary

Tues 9 Oct

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Photojournalism with the Belfast Photo Festival Tues 16 Oct 10.30am – 1.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!)

Programme Making

Ages: 15+

with JAM Media

£5.00 per student

Thurs 11 Oct

Photojournalism is the very essence of telling a story through powerful photographs.

10.30am – 1.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 15+ £5.00 per student

JAM Media’s Richard Gordon and Niall Mooney will take you through working life in an animation studio and how an idea can become a hit show. Students will also have the chance to do a mini pitch for an animated TV show idea.

JAM Media, with operations in both Ireland and the United Kingdom, is one of the leading creators and producers of multi-award winning animated and live action content for the children’s and pre-school audience. They pride themselves on delivering high quality, innovative, story-driven brands across multiple platforms based around engaging characters with humour at its heart.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

Join Belfast Photo Festival for an exciting Photojournalism workshop that will give each participant insight into the mechanics of visual story telling.

At its heart Photojournalism remains honest and pure, with the photographer capturing the truth of what is actually unfolding. In this same way, each participant in the workshop will gain the skills and knowledge to enable their images to be true and tell the story as it is, while using the Belfast Exposed Photography Archive as a reference.

SFX Make-Up in Film with Sophie Knox Mon 15 – Wed 17 Oct (Choose Your Date) 10.00am – 12.00pm

College & Post-Primary

Ages: 12+

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£4.00 per pupil Special effects is without a doubt a highly creative and fun area in make-up artistry. It allows you to create any creature or character you can imagine, as whacky or scary as your heart desires! It also serves a real purpose. With storylines becoming more sensational and technology more sophisticated, special effects is becoming an increasingly important element of both film and TV productions. Join special effects artist Sophie Knox as she teaches pupils the basic skills and techniques of make-up artistry! Sophie has worked on productions including – Game of Thrones, The Fall, Line of Duty and Krypton.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

Michael Inside + Q&A with Director Frank Berry Wed 17 Oct 10.30am – 1.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre Ages: 15+ £5.00 per student

If one bad decision can mark someone for life, 18-year-old Michael (Dafhyd Flynn) doesn’t stand a chance in this powerful, hard-hitting tale of incarceration and its lasting effects. Raised in inner city Dublin, Michael lives with his grandfather Francis (Lalor Roddy). The chance of a job, a decent life or a future seems remote, and it feels all too inevitable when Michael lands a three month prison sentence. A heartrending drama driven by a stand out performance from Flynn, and a deserved winner of Best Irish Film at Galway’s Fleadh. Cert: 15.

College & Post-Primary

Participating School (We Come to You!)

Director Frank Berry will take part in a Q&A discussion after the screening.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

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Ex-Machina

with the BBFC + The Meg

+ Q&A with SFX & Creature Effects Artist Kate Walshe

Thurs 18 Oct 10.00am – 2.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre Ages: 12+ £5.00 per student

Who really banned A Clockwork Orange?

Why did audiences live in fear of Snow White? Was The Dark Knight too dark for ‘12A’?! These questions and many others relating to the work of the British Board of Film Classification will be answered at a special presentation and interactive workshop event before a screening of The Meg. The Meg - After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor must confront his fears to save those trapped in a sunken submersible. Cert: 12A. Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work, Language and Literacy

Fri 19 Oct

10.30am – 1.00pm

10.30am – 1.00pm

ODEON Belfast

Queen’s Film Theatre

Ages: 15+

Ages: 15+

£5.00 per student

£5.00 per student

Kate Walshe is an SFX producer and part owner of Millennium FX, one of the leading prosthetics and creature effects companies in Europe.

Kate’s most notable projects include Doctor Who; Torchwood; Being Human, The Wolfman; Ex Machina, Victor Frankenstein; music videos for Lady Gaga; innumerable horror and comedy projects as well as commercials for clients such as Cadbury’s and Playstation.

Irish Holocaust survivor Tomi Reichental celebrates his 80th birthday in a Dublin Mosque and embarks on an epic journey across a Europe in turmoil. In Germany, Tomi concludes his long quest to bring the convicted SS war criminal Hilde Michnia to account for her secrets and lies. In Poland and Slovakia, he confronts the ‘crisis of shame’ that prevents an honest reckoning with the scale of local ‘collusion’ with the Nazi extermination project.

In Bosnia, Tomi embraces Muslim survivors of a genocide, who still search for the remains of their loved ones. Along the way he puts himself into the shoes of the “new Jews” and discovers a strong common bond with refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria. A powerful and thoughtprovoking documentary. Age: 15+.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

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with Paul Clark Thurs 18 Oct 9.30am – 1.00pm UTV Ages: 15+ £20.00 per student

Paul Clark is one of the most well-known and respected personalities in local broadcasting. He is the presenter of UTV Live at 6 - the most popular news programme in Northern Ireland. He has been anchoring the show for almost 30 years. He also presents the weekly politics programme on UTV - View from Stormont. Paul will host a workshop for 16 young people in News and Current Affairs Broadcasting offering an insight into how a news programme is designed and put together. He will also share his experiences working in the industry and give advice on how to forge out a career in the world of media. *Due to the popularity of this workshop we can only offer 2 student places per school.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work, Language and Literacy

+ Q&A with Gerry Gregg and Tomi Reichental

Fri 19 Oct

Ex-Machina - A young programmer is selected to participate in a ground-breaking experiment in synthetic intelligence by evaluating the human qualities of a breath-taking humanoid A.I. Cert: 15

News and Current Affairs Broadcasting

Condemned to Remember

Director Gerry Gregg and Tomi Reichental will take part in a Q&A discussion after the screening Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work, Language and Literacy, Environment and Society

College & Post-Primary

Film Classification

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Scripting & Producing for Radio with Lisa Johnston and Denise Watson 10.30am – 12.30pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 15+ £5.00 per student

Preparation is key when it comes to the world of radio. Radio presenters are the voice of a station or programme, whether they work in speech-based or music radio; they create the tone and style of radio output and establish a relationship with listeners. But being a presenter also means being able to script and produce content and planning is vital. Presenters may present recorded shows or live shows and these will be either scripted or unscripted.

They may write scripts and links or work from a brief supplied by members of a production team. The role is certainly diverse!

Join Lisa Johnston and Denise Watson for a practical and informative workshop in scripting, producing & presenting for radio where participants will hear about the mechanics of working in this fascinating area of the media.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

BAFTA Young Game Designers (YGD) Game Concept Workshop Wed 24 Oct Two session times to choose from: 10.00am – 12.00pm 1.00pm – 3.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 15+

Kitchen Sink Realism with Tony McKibbon + Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Tues 23 Oct 10.00am – 2.00pm Queen’s Film Theatre

College & Post-Primary

Ages: 15+

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£5.00 per student The UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan might have said in 1957 that most of the British public had never had it so good, but along came a film movement in the late fifties and early sixties, ‘Kitchen Sink Realism’, that happened to think otherwise. The characters in these films tended to be angry young men (and occasionally women) who wanted a better life. Set mainly in the north of England, the films gave a voice to the usually silent, called into question class assumptions and created a new generation of directors and stars in films including Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Look Back in Anger, Room at the Top and A Kind of Loving.

£5.00 per student

Whether you love to code, draw or write the story, BAFTA Young Game Designers gives you an insight into the world of game-making and a chance to meet game developers in the UK Games industry. This workshop will help you to develop and shape your initial idea and provide tips on how you might develop it further. Led by BAFTA Gaming Programme Producer Melissa Phillips.

BAFTA Young Games Designers provides a host of support content for teachers and students - competition guides, downloadable teaching tools (worksheets, group activities and lesson plans) and videos giving access to the creative minds behind your favourite games. BAFTA YGD hosts a yearlong programme of UK events including workshops for pupils and teachers and coding tutorials. www.ygd.bafta.org Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

Costume Making with Breege Fahy Thurs 25 Oct 10.00am – 12.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 12+ £4.00 per pupil

Breege Fahy is an accomplished freelance Costume Cutter and Maker with a passion for textile art and over 25 years of experience in the film, television and theatre industry including working on high profile national and international productions with many of the worlds’ leading and most talented costume designers, assistants and supervisors. She has excellent technical expertise and artistic ability with an in-depth knowledge of cloth and costume across all eras, periods and styles. Recent projects include: Game of Thrones, Vikings, Penny Dreadful, Emerald City, Into the Badlands and she is currently working on Downton Abbey “the Movie”.

Tony McKibbin writes for newspapers and magazines worldwide. He teaches Lifelong Learning classes in film, and also in literature, at the University of Edinburgh. His work can be found in periodicals and journals including The List, Senses of Cinema, the Edinburgh Review, Experimental Conversations, Last Tapes and Studies in French Cinema.

Breege will host a workshop for young people interested in the world of costume making, sharing tips and advice on getting into the industry, using creative examples from her varied career.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

College & Post-Primary

Fri 19 Oct

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Groundhog Day

Genre Study: Sci-Fi

Jury’s Out!

+ Q&A with Music Composer George Fenton

with Ian Long + The Incredible Shrinking Man

Mon 22 Oct – Fri 16 Nov (Choose Your Date)

10.00am – 1.00pm

Wed 28 Nov

Ages: 15+

ODEON Belfast

10.00am – 2.00pm

£4.00 per student

The Jury’s Out Programme is an eclectic mix of international shorts that includes dark dramas, horror films and thrillers. Before the screening the Cinemagic programming team will be sharing reviewing tips.

Ages: 12+

Queen’s Film Theatre

£5.00 per student

Ages: 15+

Fauve Dir: Jeremy Comte – Canada – 16 mins Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer.

Snow for Water Dir: Christopher Villiers – UK & Bosnia and Herzegovina – 15 mins Two children brave Serbian snipers to collect snow for water during the Siege of Sarajevo.

A Family Tale Dir: José Corral – Spain – 13 mins While his mother prepares dinner, little Rubén narrates the adventures of ‘Galactic Lightning’.

Bog Hole Dir: Torfinn Iversen – Norway – 13 mins Two young girls have to put their difficulties on hold when one of them gets stuck in a bog!

2nd Class Dir: Jimmy Olsson – Sweden – 14 mins Charlotte is shocked to discover her attacker is the father of one of her students.

Iron Hands Dir: Johnson Cheng – China & USA – 11 mins A 12 year old girl tries out for the traditionally all-boys Chinese youth Olympic weightlifting team.

Oscar nominated composer George Fenton (Gandhi, Cry Freedom, You’ve Got Mail) joins us for a special 25th anniversary screening of the 1993 comedy classic Groundhog Day. Cert: PG

College & Post-Primary

Best known for his work in film and television, George is one of the UK’s most successful composers, writing scores for over 100 movies and collaborating with some of the world’s most influential filmmakers. In 1990 he composed the score for the BBC Natural History series, Trials of Life, his first collaboration with Alastair Fothergill and the start of a creative relationship that has spanned over 20 years culminating in the Earth Trilogy: The Blue Planet, Planet Earth and Frozen Planet.

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He collaborated with the late Harold Ramis on a number of movies but considers Groundhog Day to be one of his favourite music scoring assignments, stating: “The movie shouldn’t work, but thanks to Bill Murray and the clever script it’s impossible not to find something fresh to enjoy each time you see Phil wake up to that same song.”

We are delighted to welcome George to the festival where he will discuss his career and offer advice to aspiring composers during a Q&A with host and producer Tim Burden.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Learning for Life and Work

Participating School (We Come to You!)

£5.00 per student This event looks at the ways the future has been imagined in science fiction film. Targeted at MIA and English and Media Studies students, the day will provide an introduction to film genre and the characteristic codes and conventions of science fiction. Significant moments in the genres history will also show how science fiction film, like any other media text, is rooted in contemporary anxieties and issues. The interactive morning session will be supported by clips and materials for the classroom from a wide range of films and followed by an afternoon screening of The Incredible Shrinking Man Cert: PG. Led by writer, teacher, script editor and story consultant Ian Long. Ian teaches genre workshops for Euroscript. Teacher resource notes will be supplied on the day.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy

Kiem Holijanda Dir: Sarah Veltmeyer – Netherlands – 14 mins Andi doesn’t notice his brother is trying to say goodbye.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy, Modern Languages, Environment and Society

The Beep Test Dir: Maxime Aubert – Canada – 17 mins A mysterious new student is having trouble with the school bullies.

College & Post-Primary

Mon 5 Nov

10.30am – 1.00pm

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Mon 22 Oct – Fri 16 Nov (Choose Your Date) 10.30am – 1.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 12+ £4.00 per student

The Golden Tortoise Dir: Celia Tisserant & Celia Tocco – France & Belgium – 13 mins A tortoise promises a fisherman that all his wishes will come true if he lets her go free.

The Stone Mason’s Dream Dir: Frits Standaert – Netherlands, France & Belgium – 17 mins A wealthy banker prides himself on his fortune, but is literally bored to tears with his life.

My Grandpa is Hiding Dir: Anne Huynh – France – 7 mins A grandfather explains to his grandson that he’ll have to take care of his flower garden after he dies.

College & Post-Primary

Mister Paper Goes Out for a Walk Dir: Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul – Netherlands & Belgium – 8 mins Mister Paper goes out for a walk. This is going to be a lovely day!

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Clemence’s Afternoon Dir: Lénaïg Le Moigne – France – 10 mins Clemence has to deal with being ignored at the summer Picnic.

This is a great practical opportunity for schools to watch and review an international short film package of world animations before selecting a winner. The Cinemagic programming team will be on hand to share reviewing tips and guiding students in what to look out for when critiquing the shorts.

No Gravity Dir: Charline Parisot, Jérémy Cissé, Fioretta Caterina Cosmidis, Flore Allier-Estrada, Maud Lemaître-Blanchart, Ludovic Abraham – France – 8 mins An astronaut comes back to earth and tries to fit in again.

Stuffed Dir: Élise Simoulin, Édouard Heutte, Clotilde Bonnotte, Anna Komaromi, Marisa Di Vora Peixoto & Helena Bastioni – France – 7 mins An unstable cat makes a strange encounter that helps him to overcome his anger.

Animated Antics 15+ Mon 22 Oct – Fri 16 Nov (Choose Your Date) 10.30am – 1.00pm Participating School (We Come to You!) Ages: 15+ £4.00 per student

Winds of Spring Dir: Keyu Chen – Canada – 6 mins A young girl sets aside her family traditions and decides to leave the nest.

Tweet-Tweet Dir: Zhanna Bekmambetova – Russia – 11 mins By playing with a small sparrow, Luba forgets she is on a rope.

The Elephants Will be Happy Dir: Lucas Roussel, Charlotte Brun, Loïc Frimat, Vincent Labis, Adrien Lannoy & Alice Lepoutre – France – 7 mins A robot paints a fresco in memory of the past civilization.

The Box Dir: Dušan Kastelic – Slovenia – 12 mins Flat-headed creatures live inside a box, a place boring and miserable.

The Downfall of Santa Dir: Robert Depuis – Norway – 13 mins Santa Claus’ whole existence is dependent on a little boy’s faith.

The Stained Club Dir: Mélanie Lopez, Simon Boucly, Marie Ciesielski, Alice Jaunet, Chan Stéphie Peang & Béatrice Viguier – France – 7 mins Finn has stains on his skin. One day, he meets a group of kids with different stains on their bodies.

Catastrophe Dir: Jamille van Wijngaarden – Netherlands – 2 mins When a little bird suddenly drops dead in its cage, all eyes are on the cat.

Wanda Dir: Denise Hauser – Norway – 13 mins Bored in school and tired of her arguing parents, Wanda escapes by running into the woods.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy, Modern Languages, Environment and Society

This selection of European short films will showcase various animated styles from hand drawn animation, to painted animation, 2D, 3D, and stop-motion.

The Cinemagic team will be on hand to share reviewing tips and guide students in what to look out for when critiquing the shorts.

Panta Rhei Dir: Wouter Bongaerts – Belgium – 10 mins Like the beached whales he studies, introverted marine biologist Stefan flees the ocean.

Threads Dir: Torill Kove – Norway – 9 mins A woman and a small child are brought together as mother and daughter.

The Boy & the Owl Dir: Mário Gajo de Carvalho – Portugal – 12 mins A young boy lives his life in a magical way.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy, Modern Languages, Environment and Society

College & Post-Primary

Animated Antics 12+

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Into Film Club Into Film Club is a free UK-wide initiative for primary and post primary schools that provides children and young people with a space to watch, discuss and review films, as well as the training, resources and opportunities to make their own. Membership offers access to thousands of fantastic films to watch, and opportunities for members to develop skills in reporting, programming and reviewing.

The Into Film Club offer now also includes the provision of free CPD sessions, workshops and N.I. curriculum linked teaching resources supporting raising literacy attainment.

Thurs 22 Nov 10.30am – 1.00pm Odyssey Cinemas

College & Post-Primary

Ages: N/A

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FREE Screening

Cinemagic is delighted to be screening the winning films from the 2018 Moving Image Arts (MIA) Awards Showcase, in partnership with CCEA and the Foyle Film Festival.

This year marks the 12th Anniversary of CCEA’s Moving Image Arts Awards Showcase. Sponsored by City of Derry Crystal, and established by the Foyle Film Festival, the awards have become a highlight of the annual Cinemagic Education Programme.

The screenings provide the opportunity for students and teachers from across Northern Ireland to watch the best films produced by MIA students.

CCEA’s Moving Image Arts is a dynamic GCSE and A-Level subject designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore and develop their creative potential and digital literacy through the production of their own films and animations.

Area of Learning: The Arts, Language and Literacy, Environment and Society

Into Film Club in Northern Ireland is a Northern Ireland Screen initiative for schools designed to reduce disadvantage and is funded by the Department for Communities. The scheme is managed by Cinemagic and the Nerve Centre in partnership with Into Film.

For more information on how your school can join the Into Film Club programme, contact laura@cinemagic.org.uk or call the Cinemagic Office on 02890 311900.

As part of the upcoming Cinemagic Festival, Into Film Club are offering a number of FREE screenings and workshops to schools. If your school would like to book free places on any of the events on this page please email laura@ cinemagic.org.uk.

FREE screenings and workshop opportunities for Into Film Club schools.

Primary Schools BAFTA KIDS: Behind the Scenes Fri 5 Oct

Post-Primary Schools Guardians of the Galaxy + Q&A with SFX & Prosthetics Artist Jon Moore

10.30am – 12.30pm

Mon 8 Oct

Grand Opera House

10.00am – 1.00pm

Suitable for 7-11 year olds

ODEON Belfast

For further details on this workshop see page 60

Ages: 12+ For further details on this workshop see page 71

Into Film Club

CCEA Moving Image Arts Awards Showcase

*Please note that only Into Film Club’s managed

by Cinemagic can avail of the free events on offer.

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Cinemagic USA “I’ve seen up close what Cinemagic offers young people – real skills, opportunity, and affirmation – and it is priceless. The entire organisation embraces the magic of film, television and digital technologies, working tirelessly to educate, motivate and inspire young people through film screenings, industry workshops, practical masterclasses, filmmaking projects and outreach activities. Cinemagic breaks down boundaries, promotes inclusion, and introduces young people to other cultures, languages and traditions.”

Ryan Rowe Cinemagic Board Member, USA

Cinemagic USA

Los Angeles

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The young people also took part in a series of masterclasses led by industry leaders including Ross King MBE, director James Foley, awardwinning producer Francis O’Toole, American actor Robert Picardo and Lance O’Connor, Executive Producer and CEO of Minted Content.

20-year-old Niamh McLaughlin from Cookstown, one of the Cinemagic ambassadors, said “From day one our schedule was jam-packed but I wouldn’t have had it any other way. Each day we had industry professionals giving masterclasses all across Los Angeles and each one welcomed our questions with positivity, opportunity and gratitude. For me, Cinemagic has completely broken down the looming barriers that stop young people transitioning from education into the working world. Something that I took away from the experience is that positivity and passion will take you far in life, regardless of what you do.“ The young people from Northern Ireland and Los Angeles also collaborated on a unique project to produce a piece of musical theatre. They performed and showcased this to an audience of over 350 film and music industry executives at the annual Cinemagic Los Angeles Showcase event in the Fairmont Miramar Hotel and Bungalows, Santa Monica, Los Angeles.

The gala event to celebrate young filmmaking talent was hosted by Ross King MBE. It included a special preview screening of Cinemagic’s new short film Sasha of the Sea. Audiences also had a sneak preview screening of a behind the scenes short film documentary linked to Cinemagic’s second feature film, Grace and Goliath. Entitled Trainee Filmmakers, the short film recently won a platinum award at the World Documentary Awards in Bali.

A group of young Cinemagic ambassadors from Northern Ireland travelled to Los Angeles to take part in the Cinemagic LA Festival in March 2018.

Amongst the guests were Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon A Time), Ed Begley JR. (Actor), Karina Smirnoff

(Dancing With The Stars), Caroline Morahan (Once Upon A Time), Kelley Jakle (Pitch Perfect), Erin Cahill (Power Rangers), Shelly Bhalla (Jane The Virgin), David Del Rio (In The Heights), Kevin Ryan (Jessica Jones), Sammi Rotibi (MARS), Russ Kane (Eye in the Sky), Adam Croasdell (CW’s Reign), Blake Cooper Griffin (Preacher), Dylan Trussell & David Dinetz (Airplane Mode), Katie Wallace (The Jacket), Caroline Morahan (Once Upon A Time), McKaley Miller (Hart of Dixie), Ryan McCarten (Liv and Maddie) and Briana Evigan (Step Up).

Another festival highlight was the private industry screening event of Cinemagic’s new film Grace and Goliath.

Adrian Fulle, Executive Producer, Variety said: “For me, ‘Grace and Goliath’ is one of those gems I never expected to find during my lifelong search for great stories. As a filmgoer and storyteller, I love everything about this movie; its writing is top notch, the performances were outstanding and it has such a strong heart that it’s impossible to not love it. As a dad, it gave my daughter and I a very memorable experience we could bond over, and that was probably the most important thing for me.”

The Cinemagic Los Angeles Festival 2018 was a great success and we are already making plans and programming exciting film events for next year.

Joan Burney Keatings MBE, Cinemagic Chief Executive, discusses: “The Cinemagic Festival in LA this year was really incredible. Not only did we see how much each of the young people from Northern Ireland and Los Angeles developed in confidence and made invaluable industry contacts and friendships but it has also been overwhelming to see the increased industry support and recognition that Cinemagic has achieved. We are thrilled with the excitement and positive feedback for our new short film ‘Sasha of the Sea’ and our latest feature film ‘Grace and Goliath’. Filmmaking requires a collaborative approach. The partnership that we have managed to establish between LA and Belfast is really paying dividends for the young people from both locations. They are being provided with fantastic opportunities that they never imagined they could access.”

Cinemagic will return to Los Angeles from 14-22 March 2019.

For more information please email shauna@cinemagic.org.uk

Cinemagic USA

The aspiring local filmmakers were joined by young students from LA based schools Hamilton High School, New Roads High School and Jordan High School for this once in a lifetime experience. The exciting, jam-packed programme included masterclasses, studio tours, screenings, presentations and film camps where the young people interacted with representatives from the world’s biggest film and television studios. These included FOX, HBO, Sony, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, CBS, Warner Bros., New York Film Academy, Jim Henson Company and Remote Control Studios.

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New York Cinemagic’s second feature film Grace and Goliath received a fantastic reaction at a private screening for New Yorkbased industry representatives at HBO in March 2018. The screening was part of Cinemagic’s annual Film Festival in New York.

Joan Burney Keatings MBE, Cinemagic Chief Executive, discusses: “The Cinemagic New York Festival was a great success and it was fantastic to screen our new film in HBO. It was overwhelming to see the increased industry support and recognition that Cinemagic has achieved. We are thrilled with the excitement and positive feedback for our latest feature film ‘Grace and Goliath’.”

Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland Executive Vice President, USA and Canada explains why Tourism Ireland, which is responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas as a must see vacation destination, supports Cinemagic:

Cinemagic USA

“Tourism Ireland is delighted to support Cinemagic and the great work it does in providing a platform for young people in Film and Television. Northern Ireland is at the forefront of TV production at the moment, with HBO’s hit show ‘Game of Thrones’ bringing thousands of folks to visit. We hope that a film like ‘Grace and

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Goliath’ again raises the profile of Northern Ireland internationally and whets appetites, encouraging vacationers to come and experience the great culture and attractions first hand.”

Discussing the New York screening event Andrea Haughian, Vice President Business Development (New York), Invest NI adds: “What a privilege to attend the New York screening of ‘Grace and Goliath’. Such a wonderfully touching, inspirational and funny movie which showcases the best of Northern Ireland. I applaud Cinemagic’s mission and the life-changing experience it offers young people on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Cinemagic will be returning to the East Coast of America in the winter for a further programme of special screening events: New York City November 2018 Boston December 2018 Nashville December 2018

For further information please email shauna@cinemagic.org.uk

FESTIVE FILM T

REATS THIS DEC

EMBER

Christmas at the Museum Join Cinemagic for a special Christmas film season at the Ulster Museum.

The Santa Clause / 1st Dec / 1pm The Muppet Christmas Carol / 8th Dec / 1pm The Polar Express / 15th Dec / 1pm

Tickets on Sale

www.wegottickets.com

Time

Workshop / Screening

Exit Time Venue

Page

Sun 14 Oct

10.30am

I Am William

11.55am

Strand Arts Centre

36

11.00am

Shorts for Shorties

12.00pm

No Alibis

14

11.00am

Up and Away

12.20pm

Movie House City Side

18

12.30pm

The War Game

1.55pm

Strand Arts Centre

36

1.00pm

Cats and Peachtopia

2.45pm

Movie House City Side

18

1.30pm

More

3.25pm

Queen's Film Theatre

37

Public Film and Workshop Tickets: Online Box Office www.wegottickets.com (& search for your chosen event) Date

Time

Workshop / Screening

Exit Time

Venue

Page

4.00pm

Pure Hearts

5.55pm

Queen's Film Theatre

37

Tues 2 Oct

7.30pm

Grace and Goliath

9.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

11

6.20pm

Hoffmaniada

7.40pm

Queen's Film Theatre

41

Fri 5 Oct

7.00pm

Smallfoot

9.00pm

Movie House City Side

13

Mon 15 Oct

6.20pm

Tito and the Birds

7.35pm

Queen’s Film Theatre

41

Sat 6 Oct

10.00am

Music Video Production

4.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

56

Sat 20 Oct

10.00am

Creature Effects with Kate Walshe

12.00pm

Ormeau Baths

55

11.00am

Next Door Spy

12.20pm

Movie House Dublin Road

19

11.00am

Double Trouble

12.25pm

Movie House Dublin Road

21

11.00am

Capt’n Sharky

12.15pm

Strand Arts Centre

15

11.00am

The Secret of Kells + Q&A

12.45pm

Queen's Film Theatre

30

1.00pm

Captain Morten + Q&A

2.50pm

Movie House Dublin Road

19

12.00pm

Directing Q&A with David Caffrey

2.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

57

1.30pm

Godless Youth

3.25pm

Queen's Film Theatre

32

1.00pm

The Mystery of Green Hill

2.20pm

Movie House Dublin Road

21

4.00pm

Virus Tropical

5.35pm

Queen's Film Theatre

32

1.00pm

Casting with Carla Stronge

5.00pm

Ormeau Baths

55

5.00pm

Acting Q&A with Lucy Fallon

7.30pm

Crescent Arts Centre

56

2.00pm

Song of the Sea + Q&A

4.00pm

Queen’s Film Theatre

31

10.00am

Casting with Carla Stronge

1.00pm

Ormeau Baths

57

6.00pm

Mark Kermode Film Night

9.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

44

10.30am

Early Man + Music from the Movies

1.30pm

Ulster Museum

27

6.30pm

The NeverEnding Story

8.30pm

No Alibis

24

11.00am

Moomins and the Winter Wonderland

12.20pm

Movie House Dublin Road

20

10.15am

Dino Drama with Debutots + Dino Dana

11.30am

Ulster Museum

27

11.00am

Aardman Model Making - Hognob

12.00pm

Ulster Museum

51

10.30am

Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver

12.15pm

Movie House Dublin Road

22

1.00pm

Super Furball

2.25pm

Movie House Dublin Road

20

11.00am

Ted Sieger's Molly Monster

12.10pm

No Alibis

16

1.00pm

Aardman Model Making - Gromit

2.00pm

Ulster Museum

51

11.00am

SFX Make-Up with Sophie Knox

12.00pm

Ulster Museum

51

1.30pm

Cross My Heart

3.10pm

Queen's Film Theatre

33

1.00pm

Gordon and Paddy

2.05pm

Movie House Dublin Road

22

2.00pm

Doctor Dolittle

4.30pm

Strand Arts Centre

29

1.00pm

SFX Make-Up with Sophie Knox

2.00pm

Ulster Museum

51

2.00pm

Prosthetics and SFX Make-Up

4.00pm

Ormeau Baths

54

12.00pm

Basil the Great Mouse Detective

2.00pm

Ulster Museum

26

2.30pm

Sleeping Beauty + Pyjama Party

5.00pm

Ulster Museum

25

2.30pm

Charlotte's Web + Arts & Crafts Workshop 5.00pm

Ulster Museum

23

3.00pm

Aardman Model Making - Shaun the Sheep

4.00pm

Ulster Museum

51

3.00pm

SFX Make-Up with Sophie Knox

4.00pm

Ulster Museum

51

4.00pm

The Seen and Unseen

5.25pm

Queen's Film Theatre

33

6.30pm

Mark Kermode: How Does it Feel?

9.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

45

6.15pm

Cyborgs Among Us

8.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

38

10.30am

Old Boys + Q&A

12.30pm

Movie House Dublin Road

43

8.30pm

Complicit

10.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

38

1.00pm

Obey + Q&A

3.00pm

Movie House Dublin Road

43

The Carnivore's Dilemma

7.40pm

Crescent Arts Centre

39

2.00pm

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

4.00pm

Strand Arts Centre

29

8.10pm

Hobbyhorse Revolution

9.40pm

Crescent Arts Centre

39

6.30pm

The Little Vampire

8.15pm

No Alibis

24

Fri 12 Oct

6.20pm

Zombellenium

7.40pm

Queen’s Film Theatre

40

10.15am

Pop-Up Paper Dinosaur Workshop

11.30am

Ulster Museum

52

Sat 13 Oct

10.30am

Supa Modo

11.45am

Strand Arts Centre

34

10.30am

Trick or Treat Tales

11.30am

Ulster Museum

26

11.00am

Anchor's Up - Boats to the Rescue

12.15pm

Movie House City Side

17

12.00pm

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

2.00pm

Ulster Museum

28

11.00am

Dinosaur Lego Building with Bricks4kidz

12.00pm

Ulster Museum

52

1.00pm

Dino Comic Book Making

2.00pm

Ulster Museum

53

12.30pm

ZOOks

2.00pm

Strand Arts Centre

34

2.00pm

Young Filmmaker Showcase 1

3.30pm

Queen's Film Theatre

42

1.00pm

Harvie and the Magic Museum

2.30pm

Movie House City Side

17

2.30pm

Stuart Little + Arts & Crafts Workshop

5.00pm

Ulster Museum

23

1.00pm

Dinosaur Lego Building with Bricks4kidz

2.00pm

Ulster Museum

52

3.00pm

Dino Comic Book Making

4.00pm

Ulster Museum

53

2.00pm

Fake Tattoos

3.30pm

Queen's Film Theatre

35

4.00pm

Young Filmmaker Showcase 2

5.30pm

Queen's Film Theatre

42

3.00pm

Dinosaur Lego Building with Bricks4kidz

4.00pm

Ulster Museum

52

6.00pm

Young Filmmaker Awards

6.30pm

Queen's Film Theatre

42

4.00pm

The Best of All Worlds

5.40pm

Queen's Film Theatre

35

Fri 9 Nov

10.00am

The Production Manager

4.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

58

6.20pm

The Last Fiction

8.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

40

Sat 24 Nov

1.00pm

The Land Before Time

3.15pm

Ulster Museum

28

6.30pm

The Sword in the Stone

8.00pm

No Alibis

24

Sat 26 Jan ‘19 10.00am

Directing with Brian Kirk

1.00pm

Crescent Arts Centre

58

Sun 7 Oct

Wed 10 Oct

Timetable

Thurs 11 Oct 6.30pm

96

Sun 21 Oct

Sat 27 Oct

Sun 28 Oct

Timetable

Public Timetable

Date

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Education Timetable

Time

Workshop / Screening

Exit Time

Venue

Page

Date

Time

Workshop / Screening

Exit Time Venue

Page

Fri 5 Oct

10.30am

BAFTA KIDS: Behind the Scenes

12.30pm

Grand Opera House

60

Mon 8 Oct

10.00am

Guardians of the Galaxy + Q&A

1.00pm

ODEON Belfast

71

1.30pm

BAFTA KIDS: TV Presenting Masterclass

2.30pm

Participating School

61

Tues 9 Oct

10.00am

Creative Writing with Sarah Maria Griffin

2.00pm

Participating School

72

10.00am

Special Effects Make-Up Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

61

1.00pm

10.00am

Pre-School Drama + Shorts for Shorties

11.30am

Participating School

62

10.00am

Special Effects Make-Up Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

61

10.00am

Pre-School Drama + Shorts for Shorties

11.30am

Participating School

62

Tues 9 Oct

10.30am Wed 10 Oct

Thurs 11 Oct

Fri 12 Oct

Mon 15 Oct Tues 16 Oct

My First Cinema Trip - Capt'n Sharky

11.45am

ODEON Belfast

11.00am

TV Presenting with UTV

Crescent Arts Centre

71

Wed 10 Oct

10.30am

Politics & Journalism with Mark Devenport 12.30pm

Crescent Arts Centre

72

Thurs 11 Oct

10.00am

Creating 2D Characters & Backgrounds

12.30pm

Participating School

73

10.30am

Programme Making with JAM Media

1.00pm

Participating School

74

10.30am

Pitch That Brief

2.30pm

Belfast Met Titanic

73

62

10.00am

Special Effects Make-Up Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

61

10.00am

Pre-School Drama + Shorts for Shorties

11.30am

Participating School

62

Mon 15 Oct

10.00am

Special Effects Make-Up Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

74

10.30am

Winnie the Pooh the Movie

1.00pm

Movie House City Side

63

Tues 16 Oct

10.00am

Special Effects Make-Up Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

74

10.00am

Pre-School Drama + Shorts for Shorties

11.30am

Participating School

62

10.30am

Photojournalism with Belfast Photo Festival 1.00pm

Participating School

75

10.30am

Goosebumps 2 + Myths, Legends & Folktales

1.00pm

Movie House City Side

63

Wed 17 Oct

10.00am

Special Effects Make-Up Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

74

10.00am

Pre-School Drama + Shorts for Shorties

11.30am

Participating School

62

10.30am

Michael Inside + Q&A with Frank Berry

1.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

75

10.00am

From Book to Screen

12.30pm

Participating School

64

10.00am

Drama for Kids with Debutots

11.30am

Participating School

64

9.30am

News and Current Affairs Broadcasting

1.00pm

UTV

76

10.00am

The Meg + Film Classification

2.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

76

Thurs 18 Oct

10.00am

Drama for Kids with Debutots

11.30am

Participating School

64

10.30am

Christopher Robin + Disney Ireland

1.00pm

ODEON Belfast

65

10.30am

Scripting for Radio Workshop

12.30pm

Participating School

78

10.00am

Drama for Kids with Debutots

11.30am

Participating School

64

10.30am

Ex-Machina + Q&A with Kate Walshe

1.00pm

ODEON Belfast

77

10.30am

The Ugly Animal Roadshow

1.00pm

Ulster Museum

65

10.30am

Condemned to Remember + Q&A

1.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

77

10.30am

That's Classified! Coco

1.00pm

Movie House City Side

66

Tues 23 Oct

10.00am

Kitchen Sink Realism with Tony McKibbon

2.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

78

10.30am

The Space Show with Simon Watt

1.00pm

Movie House City Side

66

Wed 24 Oct

10.00am

BAFTA Game Concept Workshop

12.00pm

Participating School

79

10.30am

The Prehistoric Show with History Live

1.00pm

Ulster Museum

67

Fri 19 Oct

10.30am

Music from the Movies with String-tastic

1.00pm

Ulster Museum

67

Mon 22 Oct

10.30am

Grace and Goliath

12.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

68

Tues 23 Oct

10.30am

Grace and Goliath

12.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

68

10.30am

Developing a TV Show with Paper Owl Films 1.00pm

Participating School

68

Wed 17 Oct

Thurs 18 Oct

Timetable

College and Post-Primary

Date

Mon 8 Oct

98

Film Education Programme Box Office: 028 9031 1900

Wed 24 Oct

10.30am

Grace and Goliath

12.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

68

Thurs 25 Oct

10.30am

Grace and Goliath

12.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

68

Fri 26 Oct

10.30am

Grace and Goliath

12.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

68

Pre-School Shorts - On the Road Around the World in 60 mins! (1-5 Oct) Dates to be arranged to suit the individual primary schools (Page 60) Primary Shorts - On the Road Animated Antics 4+ / 8+ (22 Oct-16 Nov) Dates to be arranged to suit the individual primary schools (Page 69-70)

Fri 19 Oct

1.00pm

BAFTA Game Concept Workshop

3.00pm

Participating School

79

Thurs 25 Oct

10.00am

Costume Making with Breege Fahy

12.00pm

Participating School

79

Mon 5 Nov

10.00am

Groundhog Day + Q&A

1.00pm

ODEON Belfast

80

Thurs 22 Nov

10.30am

CCEA MIA Awards Showcase

1.00pm

Odyssey Cinemas

84

Wed 28 Nov

10.00am

Genre Study: Sci-Fi

2.00pm

Queen's Film Theatre

80

On the Road - Shorts Programmes Jury’s Out! Mon 22 Oct - Fri 16 Nov Dates/times to be arranged to suit individual schools (Page: 81) Animated Antics (12+ & 15+) Mon 22 Oct - Fri 16 Nov Dates/times to be arranged to suit individual schools (Page: 82-83)

Timetable

Pre-School & Primary

99