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CREDITS Festival Director Alison Poltock
Marketing Manager Emily Bishop
Head of Programming Andrew Simpson
Production Co-ordinators Alay Paun Angelica Riccardi
Head of Operations Mary Halton Head of Press Stuart Haggas Associate Art Director James Pretty
Event Co-ordinator (Outdoor Screening) Alex Osborne Event Co-ordinator (Opening Night) Joanna Duncombe
East End Live Producer Samir Eskanda
Guest Liaison Peggy-Sue Cranney
Industry Programmer Rachael Castell
Marketing Team Carolina Grisorio Joakim Harwell Festival Business Analyst Marcelo Vazquez
Cutting East Co-ordinator Isma Arif
Graphic Designer Ben Gatehouse
Festival Assistant Cathleen Tanti
Animation Assistant Laura Prikryl
Head of Shorts Programming Tom Geoffrey
Marketing Assistance Priscilla Eyles
Shorts Programming Team Kirsten Geekie Tom Geoffrey Carolina Grisorio Angelica Riccardi Christopher Ian Smith
Armando Bo scooped our top Jury prize in 2012 with his beautifully tragic tale of a delusional Elvis impersonator, El Ultimo Elvis, thus spawning an Argentinean focus that sits atop an international line-up of over 80 features and 100 shorts. Our biggest ever programme, the EEFF will kick off on 25th June with the world premiere of The UK Gold, a documentary by Mark Donne probing the scandal of offshore tax avoidance, and featuring some very big names from the world of music and media.
Volunteer Co-ordinator Celine Terranova
Cutting East Producer Stephanie Pamment
Emerge Producer Christopher Ian Smith
Spilling out onto 13th of July, and set to further the East End Film Festival’s ideology of discovering, promoting and supporting fresh talent, EAST END LIVE showcases an impressive line-up of new bands alongside some great legacy names, in our new one-day music festival running across multiple local venues.
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In his interview on page 6, writer, filmmaker and patron of the EEFF Tony Grisoni says “If you’re interested in watching out for new talent, look in the less obvious places, new voices from the edges of society, from different cultures, from strangers, from outside the mainstream.” The East End Film Festival is coming into its 12th edition. Even in the six years I’ve been involved, the festival has undergone some seismic movements, but none more so than this year, as we amicably bid farewell to the guardianship of Tower Hamlets and return to our new summer station for what will be our longest ever run. Two weeks of the best cutting-edge voices in cinema, found in the “less obvious places,” a mixture of art, music and political discourse all relevant to the energetic and diverse nature of London’s East End. This re-birthing has brought with it many offspring: EMERGE, a new strand exploring digital technology and the future of filmmaking; MIND THE GAP, a 3-day industry programme aimed at addressing the film world’s equivalent of the dreaded ‘second album syndrome;’ and CUTTING EAST, a programme of international cinema and cross-arts events programmed by young people, for young people.
Complimenting the main festival selection, film takes on a distinctly smoky flavour in our special one-day event GRITS’N’GRAVY, a cinematic celebration of America’s deep south (with free Bloody Mary’s); we provide a cloak-and-dagger selection of films in East London’s hidden MASONIC TEMPLE; and we try to top our Silent London award-winning outdoor screening from 2012, as we return to Spitalfields Market with a free outdoor screening of the electrifying La Antena, accompanied by a specially commissioned score by gothic soundscapers Esben and the Witch. With its heart in the rich cultural history of East London, brave, bold storytelling, an emphasis on 1st and 2nd-time filmmakers, hot breakthrough bands and digital visionaries, I believe that EEFF 2013 offers an unrivaled and unique programme of new voices, new ideas and new discoveries. Hope you enjoy it.
Alison Poltock Artistic Director
CONTENTS 4 —Awards 5 —Jury 6 —Our Patrons 7 —Branding & Trailer 8 —Opening Night 9 —Closing Night 10 —British Cinema 14 —European Cinema 15 —World Cinema 22 —Masonic Temple 23 —East End Live 27 —Zoom 28 —Emerge 29 —Grits’n’Gravy 30 —Events 33 —Cutting East 36 —Shorts 39 —Industry 45 —Venues & Booking 46 —Calendar
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AWARDS The Tactile Eye Designed by Fearghus Raftery This year the East End Film Festival invited local artists to submit a design for a brand new award for EEFF2013. The winner, Fearghus Raftery, graduated from the Oxford Brookes School of Architecture in 2012, and has since emerged as a designer creating
work that uses materiality as a point of reference, as well as considering psychology; natural observation; and the changing nature of reality, and human experience. Fearghus explains the idea behind his winning design: “The Tactile Eye is a piece, with a point of reference to the phenomenological film theory writing of J. M. Barker, who explores the instinctive connection between films and their viewers. With the experience of film in this instance understood as deeply tactile, my aim with this design is to address this visceral connection. Going some way to the:
‘Sensuous exchange between film and viewer that goes beyond the visual and aural, gets beneath the skin, and reverberates in the body.’ — Barker J.M. (2009)
The award categories
The Tactile Eye exists in equal parts to explore a physical interpretation of this philosophy of film, and to provide an iconic and recognisable award of achievement in the four categories of the East End Film Festival. The award resonates with the rebranding of the EEFF taking inspiration both visually from its new logo, and atmospherically from the vibrant culture and contemplative content.” Armando Bo excepting EEFF 2012 Best Film Award
BEST FILM EEFF 2013
As a leading showcase for first and second features, we are proud to once again present our EEFF Best Film Award. Last year’s winner Armando Bo received our top award for his debut film El Ultimo Elvis, and we welcome him back this year as our director-in-residence to co-curate a focus on Argentinian cinema.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
To recognise the most unique, human and arresting stories presented to us this year, and to celebrate our continuing partnership with Sheffield Doc/Fest, the East End Film Festival is renewing its commitment to non fiction cinema in 2012 with its strongest ever line-up of documentary feature films from around the globe.
BEST FEATURE SOUNDTRACK Integral to the process of a film’s emotional journey is the music within the story. Recognising the essential role that musicians and composers play in creating great cinematic works of art, we are pleased this year to be re-introducing our celebration of the film score with our Soundtrack award. Keep an eye on the website for announcement of our Soundtrack Jury.
BEST UK SHORT FILM
From suburban stories to experimental snapshots, road trips to romance, this year, we were overwhelmed by the unprecedented number of excellent new films from tomorrows rising stars of cinema. The winner will receive £3,000 of post production services from PRIME FOCUS.
SHORT FILM AUDIENCE AWARD
Festivals may have programmers, juries and directors but it’s the audience who really count. Let us know your opinion after any of our shorts screenings and cast your vote for this year’s festival favourite. 4
JURY Feature Jury
Armando Bo
Armando Bo is an Argentinian writer/director and the winner of the Best Feature Film Award at EEFF 2012 for his debut film El Ultimo Elvis. Born in Buenos Aires, he is a third-generationfilmmaker who studied filmmaking in New York. In 2009, he co-wrote Biutiful, which was nominated for two Academy Awards including Best Foreign Language film.
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw is a novelist and film critic. Currently reviewing for the Guardian, Bradshaw has also written three novels and wrote and performed For One Horrible Moment for BBC radio. He co-wrote and acted in David Baddiel’s sitcom Baddiel’s Syndome. His most recent novel Night of Triumph, was published in 2013.
Nicolas Gonda
Nicolas Gonda co-founded Tugg, Inc. (www.tugg.com), a web-platform that enables individuals to choose the films that play in their local theaters and create their own events. As a producer, Mr. Gonda has worked with Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life and To The Wonder and was recently named one of Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch”.
Sally El Hosaini
Winner of the Best Newcomer Award at the BFI LFF 2012 and Most Promising Newcomer at the British Evening Standard Film Awards 2013, Hosaini is one of the UK’s brightest new filmmaking talents. Her critically acclaimed debut feature, My Brother The Devil, received major prizes at Berlin and Sundance.
RZA – Wu-TanG Clan One of the most prominent Figures in the Hip-Hop music Industry, RZA is a BAFTA Nominated Film composer, actor and founding member of The Wu-Tang Clan.
DIVINE – WU-TANG CLAN
Manager and business executive of the Wu-Tang empire.
Documentary Jury
Niklas Engstrøm
Niklas Engstrøm is the Head Programmer of CPH:DOX in Copenhagen. Having worked with the Danish Film Institute, Engstrøm helped to found the festival in 2003, building the festival from a voluntary, no-budget festival intone of the largest documentary film festivals in the world. He was appointed Head Programmer in 2008.
Iain Sinclair
MOrgan Spurlock
Mark Stewart
Joe Bateman
Nik Powell
Jodie Whittaker
Iain is a British writer, filmmaker, poet and author of Downriver, winner of the 1991 James Tait Black Memorial award. Since the late 1960s, Sinclair’s essential territory has been the landscape, history and people of East London. He is considered by many to be one of the key revolutionary novelists of the 60s and 70s.
Morgan is best known for eating nothing but McDonalds for a month, as the subject and director of award-winning documentary SuperSize Me. He has directed a broad range of documentary features for online and television broadcast as well as the big screen, including Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? He is now involved in the production of One Direction’s documentary, This Is Us.
Mark is a founding member of The Pop Group, responsible for some of the most original sounds that emerged from the post-punk era of the late 1970s. Since the group’s split, Stewart has made several albums under his own name. ON/OFF, a documentary about his life and work screened at EEFF 2009.
Rachel Wexler
Rachel has over twenty years’ experience in film and TV, principally documentary. In 2004 Rachel formed Bungalow Town Productions with Jez Lewis. She has produced films for BBC, Channel 4 and several US and European broadcasters. Her films have been broadcast worldwide and exhibited at international film festivals winning dozens of awards.
SHORTS Jury
Martina Amati
Martina is a multiple BAFTA winning shorts filmmaker whose work often features scenes underwater. Amati’s work has premiered at Sundance, Berlin and London Film Festival and has screened around the world among the international circuit. Films include I Do Air, A’Mare and Chalk.
Joe is director for Rushes Soho Shorts Festival. He has over 10 years of experience in film festival programming and event organizing. He has also resided on judging panels for a number of wellknown short film festivals and has worked with The Hospital Club in developing their film programme.
Nik is Vice Chairman of the board of the European Film Academy and previously for 9 years the Chairman of EFA and host of the European Film Awards. He is also Chairman of the BAFTA Film committee and a non-executive of Scala Productions. In the 1970s, he set up Virgin Records with Richard Branson.
Jodie is an English actress who came to prominence for her role in the 2006 film Venus. She has since starred in a range of films, including St Trinian’s and One Day, and TV series including Tess of the D’Urbervilles and Broadchurch. Her Short Film credits include Hello Carter with Dominic Cooper and Dust with Alan Rickman.
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OUR PATRONS Steven berkoff
michael nyman
Jaime Winstone
danny boyle
Pawel Pawlikowski
Stephen Woolley
asif kapadia
Jason Solomons
Joe Wright
is an actor, writer, director and East London resident. He is known for his innovative work in theatre, as well as numerous screen roles.
is an Academy Award-winning director, best known for Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting and the Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games.
is a BAFTA winning filmmaker and Hackney resident. His films include The Warrior and Senna. He is currently working on a new documentary about Amy Winehouse.
is a BAFTA winning British composer, known for his work on films such as The Piano, as well as a pioneering role in minimalist composition.
is a BAFTA winning director whose films include My Summer of Love. His latest film, Sister of Mercy, will be completed later this year.
is a film critic for the Observer and broadcaster in the UK. He is Chairman of the London Film Critics’ Circle.
is an English actress, known for her roles in Kidulthood, Made in Dagenham and the television series Dead Set.
is a renowned film producer, whose credits include Interview with the Vampire and Made in Dagenham. His latest film, Byzamntium is released in 2013.
is a British film director. He is most well known for his adaptations of Pride & Prejudice Atonement, and Anna Karenina.
PATRON INTERVIEWS
NITIN SAWHNEY
What has been your favourite moment in your career so far? When I travelled round the world I was lucky enough to meet Nelson Mandela who I recorded for my album Prophesy. He was gracious enough to give me a private audience in his house for around 20 to 25 minutes. At one point his assistant came into the room and told him that the President was on the phone for him. He turned to me and asked how many more questions I had – I replied, “2 or 3”. He then asked his assistant to request that the President phone back in around 10 minutes. For me this was the mark of a man who truly saw everyone as equal and was unaffected by the powerful status he had attained.
Why do you think the East End Film Festival and other film festivals are important? Film festivals give an opportunity for young or first time directors to showcase new work. They also help directors and producers to court distribution deals across the world. Perhaps most importantly, and I would say particularly for the End End Film Festival, there is a chance for the public and filmmakers to experiment and push the boundaries of imagination. EEFF will launch a music festival this year called EAST END LIVE, what are you listening to on your iPod at the moment? Narcissistically, I am listening to a direct live to vinyl recording that I and my band cut at Metropolis Studios 2 or 3 weeks back. This had not been done for 35 years and we are very proud that the entire recording was performed live, captured directly onto vinyl and free of any post production, remixing, editing or digital correction techniques. The boxset will be called OneZero and we will be celebrating its release with a live performance at the Roundhouse on 27th June. 6
TonY Grisoni
EEFF has a commitment to 1st and 2nd features. In your opinion, why do you think there is such an enormous drop off after the first feature? Filmmaking is a social act. We are as good as the people we work with. Talent needs nurturing. EEFF prides itself on nurturing and discovering new talent, can you name an undiscovered talent we should all watch out for? If you’re interested in watching out for new talent, look in the less obvious places, new voices from the edges of society, from different cultures, from strangers, from outside the mainstream. The film industry is constantly evolving and discovering new ways of producing and communicating stories. Emerge is a new EEFF initiative for 2013. What emerging technologies do you see becoming vital for the film industry in the future? To quote Steven Soderbergh quoting Orson Welles: “... it’s about good ideas followed up by a welldeveloped aesthetic.” I love all this new technology, it’s great. It’s smaller, lighter, faster. You can make a really good-looking movie for not a lot of money, and when people start to get weepy about celluloid, I think of this quote by Orson Welles when somebody was talking to him about new technology, which he tended to embrace, and he said, “I don’t want to wait on the tool, I want the tool to wait for me.”
All interviews by Joakim S Harwell
FULL INTERVIEWS WITH NITIN SAWHNEY, TONY GRISONI AND JEREMY WOODING CAN BE SEEN AT WWW.EASTENDFILMFESTIVAL.COM
LIKE A GREAT STORY, A BRAND GROWS WITH EACH PERFORMANCE. THIS IS VERY TRUE FOR THE EAST END FILM FESTIVAL BRAND, WHICH GREETS AUDIENCES ALONGSIDE THE ORGANISERS AND FILMS THAT MAKE THE EVENT WHAT IT IS EVERY YEAR. 2013 marks StudioPretty’s second year as patron brand consultancy for EEFF, with founder James Pretty also acting as the festival’s Associate Art Director. On board with James to help bring the work alive and onto the screen were Soho’s motion graphics impresarios Blind Pig. In the studio, Ben Gatehouse provided invaluable help with his design skills. Much time this year was invested in building on the previous year’s re-brand success, with the development of a bespoke typeface, the maturing of the festival imagery, and developing a broadcast standard animated identity amongst other things. The overall effect has been to reinforce the brand profile of an independently youthful yet savvy festival. This year’s inspiration for our poster campaign and programme cover comes from our UK premiere of Miss Lovely - the analogue LCD like effects combined with the warrior-like markings and psychedelic bubbles make for a striking image indicative of an amazing film and a unique festival. www.studiopretty.com
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OPENING NIGHT THE UK GOLD
Director: Mark Donne UK | 2013 WORLD PREMIERE Troxy Tuesday 25 June, 7:00pm £25 Book tickets at: www.seetickets.com/go/eeffopening
All eyes were on East London in 2012. Since that summer of glory, gold medals and diamond jubilation, questions have been raised as to what kind of legacy recession-hit Britain has really inherited. Narrated by actor Dominic West (The Wire, The Hour), and featuring an extraordinary new sound-score from Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja, The UK Gold follows the dramatic journey of a vicar from the Olympic host, riot-scarred
borough of Hackney as the narrative travels from Zambia to Salisbury and the Caribbean to Clapton to understand the full impact of UK financial chicanery. With the views and voices of British politicians, hedge fund masters of the universe, Vanity Fair investigative journalist Nicolas Shaxson, Private Eye’s Richard Brooks and Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, it exposes the fundamental role the City of London plays in the secretive network of tax havens and tax avoidance.
Followed by a very special musical performance. A percentage of all ticket sales will be donated to: Enough Food for Everyone
centrepiece gala Frances Ha
Director: Noah Baumbach USA | 2013 | 86 min Hackney Picturehouse Saturday 6 July, 8:45pm
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One of the year’s most joyous film experiences, Frances Ha sees Noah Baumbach (The Squid & The Whale, Greenberg) return to his indie roots. Greta Gerwig (also co-writer) plays Frances, a 27 would-be dancer, struggling to build a career for herself in New York City. When her best friend Sophie moves out, Frances finds herself on the street and looking for a new place in the world as well as a new apartment. Negotiating failed romances, job interviews and the judgements of others, this is an offbeat ode to the spirit of its lead character in this coming of age story.
CLOSING NIGHT FILM & PARTY LOVELACE
Directors: Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman USA | 2013 | 92 min Hackney Picturehouse Wednesday 10 July, 6:30pm Seeking a great cinematic statement with the bravery and invention that reflects the EEFF’s commitment to the boldest new cinema, Lovelace could not be a more perfect choice as the EEFF 2013 Closing Night Gala. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman may be working loosely within the bounds of Hollywood, but they have created a powerful evocation of an era, with serious things to say about the culture of celebrity, exploitation and the reality of capitalism in America. That it could also do so while telling an affecting human story is a testament to filmmakers who have, with films such as Howl, The Celluloid Closet, and The Times of Harvey Milk,
Let’s Keep It Short: The Best Of EEFF 2013
made a career out of championing the humanity of people who society would, at one time or another, have sought to condemn. What’s more, in Amanda Seyfried’s fearless performance as Lovelace, the film is a statement from an actor willing to take risks, and stepping into the territory as a serious dramatic lead with convincing conviction. This is, in short, a film that makes a statement, and as such we can think of no better to close the festival in 2013. Join us afterwards at EEFF 2013 Closing Night Party at Netil House; bring your Lovelace ticket to the event and get a free Lovelace cocktail.
The Outer edges WORLD PREMIERE LIVE SCORE
Netil House 6.00pm Join filmmakers while Lovelace wows audiences at our Closing Night Gala screening, the EEFF 2013 Closing Night event begins at Netil House with a very special Let’s Keep It Short celebration of the best short films from the EEFF 2013 programme. Join filmmakers, the EEFF team and a host of special guests to celebrate the EEFF’s best shorts, sample a cocktail on the roof terrace, and witness the announcement of the Best UK Short Film Award for 2013. Then stick around for...
Netil House 9.00pm Karl Hyde (Underworld) and Kieran Evan’s extraordinary documentary exploring the Essex borderlands gets a very special live rendition as part of EEFF 2013’s Closing Night. Originally a part of Hyde’s Edgeland solo project, The Outer Edges has a vital life all of its own. A beautifully realised work of psycho-geography capturing both nature and the urban beginnings of
London, and accompanied by Hyde’s poetic voice over the EEFF is delighted to present the World Premiere of a very special live soundtrack to the film from Hyde and collaborators Leo Abrahams and Peter Chilvers. Crafting a stunning soundscape to match a beautiful, meditative film experience, this one-off performance at Netil House will an unmissable event in an extraordinary space, set to a film that ends on the banks of East London.
After Party Netil House 10.00pm until Late In a full-blown festival wrap up, EEFF Closing Night will morph from the very special celebration of the best short films from the EEFF 2013 programme hosted by Let’s Keep It Short (see left), followed by The Outer Edges performance, which will in turn lead on to an all-encompassing celebration of EEFF 2013. Join us at our Closing Night Gala Party, where we welcome filmmakers, festival friends and our wonderful audiences to celebrate another successful festival edition, carrying on long into the night. Join us for cinema, live music, the most immersive of cinema, and cocktails on the roof terrace for what will be a very special celebration of all things film, music and East End.
EEFF CLOSING NIGHT NETIL HOUSE, HACKNEY £10 JOINT TICKET 6PM–4AM TO BOOK TICKETS GO TO: www.seetickets.com/ go/eeffclosing 9
BRITISH The largest ever selection of British films at the East End Film Festival sees UK filmmakers continue to push boundaries and defy expectations. Featuring 25 features, this year’s EEFF line up sees UK filmmakers exploring stories of local significance (East One, Life Begins With Tears, Riot on Redchurch Street); British identity (A Field In England, The Outer Edges, We Are The Freaks); and venturing offshore with tales such as Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas and Una Noche. Other films, such as Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, A World Not Ours, and Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers show that British cinema is more ready than ever to face down the forces and issues shaping our world; while others, like The Heart of
Bruno Wizard, One Night In Powder and The Man Whose Mind Exploded reassure us that we will never lose sight of the eccentric, would-be cult heroes who make these isles unique. We welcome one of Britain’s most respected auteurs, as Mike Figgis returns with the UK premiere of Suspension of Disbelief, before we head back to the streets of East London with We Ain’t Stupid and Prospects. Our Opening Night Gala film The UK Gold uses the legacy of last year’s Olympic jubilations as a jumping off point for exploring Britain’s past and current role in shaping the world and the devastating continued impact of leaving its economic legacy unchecked.
UK | 2012 | 93 min London Premiere Rio Cinema Sunday 7 July, 3:30pm
UK | 2012 | 88 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Thursday 4 July, 7:00pm
A World Not Ours +Q&A
The Brightest Colours MaKe Grey +Q&A
Director: Mahdi Fleifel London-based Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel returns to the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon where he spent much of his childhood. With inhabitants that have been waiting for generations to be granted the right to return to what they see as their rightful homes in Israel, Fleifel’s interviews friends and family, exploring nostalgia, community, and the importance of the World Cup as a means of escape.
UK, Ireland, Norway, Sweden | 2012 | 81 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Saturday 6 July, 7:00pm
Discoverdale +Q&A
Director: George Kane The rock mockumentary gets a hilarious update in George Kane’s fly-on-the-wall style film following the adventures of the 10
Director: Daniel Audritt Filmed in and around East London for £5,000, Daniel Audritt’s debut follows Stanley, whose ennui is challenged by a chance encounter with a mysterious woman. Snapping out of his post-breakup funk, he initially spurns the opprtunity, before a second chance comes around that may just restore his faith in life, and love. An impressive no-budget debut.
recently defunct band Dead Cat Bounce. Lauded by the likes of Harry Hill and Phil Jupitus, Discoverdale opens as the band splits up. Lead singer, Jim, believes his long lost father is the legendary Whitesnake frontman, David Coverdale, and he makes it his quest to find him. Crossing Ireland, England, Norway and Denmark in pursuit of the Whitesnake Forevermore tour, Discoverdale is a fun filled, irreverent musical comedy.
UK, Ireland | 2012 | 105 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Friday 28 June, 8:30pm
UK | 2013 | 90 min Hackney Picturehouse Monday 8 July, 6:30pm
2 graves +Q&A
A field in england +Q&A
UK | 2013 | 92 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Hackney Picturehouse Tuesday 9 July, 8:45pm
runs away to Venice Beach to escape an old flame, and falls in love with bohemian intersex skater Bruno. Home rental scams, dangerous ways of raising cash and a headlong plunge into the desert bring the pair into contact with sexually confused carjackers, Scottish ex-strippers, tap-dancing drag queens and likeminded runaways, all on their own journeys of self discovery. A truly refreshing counterculture movie.
Director: Yvonne McDevitt A man avenges the death of his father, and while on the run embarks on a hallucinogenic odyssey to the dark heart of his soul. Featuring a stunning score from Michael Nyman, and based on Paul Sellar’s acclaimed West End play, 2 Graves is a daring piece of cinema which has its protagonist Jack (Jonathan Moore) retell his story in a hypnotic rhyming monologue, all on a crumbling, atmospheric theatre set.
Bruno & Earlene Go To Vegas +Q&A
Director: Simon Savory British filmmaker Simon Savory travels to the California desert to make his debut feature, and emerges with a wild and visually striking ode to self discovery. Earlene (Ashleigh Sumner)
Director: Ben Wheatley A psychedelic trip into magic and madness, A Field In England warps its English Civil War setting into something utterly distinctive. An alchemist captures a group of deserters and sets them to finding a mysterious treasure, feasting on a circle of mushrooms and becoming the victims of the field’s mysterious energies. This screening will form part of EEFF’s ‘Unpacking British Cinema’ showcase (see page 32).
UK, Netherlands | 2013 | 90 min London Premiere, 2nd Feature Rio Cinema Saturday 6 July, 3:30pm
UK | 2013 | 70 min World Premiere Rich Mix Thursday 4 July, 6:30pm
Dummy Jim +Q&A
EAST ONE +Q&A
Director: Matt Hulse Over 50 years ago, James Duthie biked from his home in a Scottish fishing village to the Arctic Circle and back again. Duthie, known as Dummy Jim, was also deaf. Working with deaf actorfilmmaker Samuel Dore, director Matt Hulse set out on a journey through northern Europe, melding elements of fiction and documentary to create a film for both the deaf and the hearing.
UK | 2013 | 90 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Friday 5 July, 8:30pm
The Heart of Bruno Wizard +Q&A
Director: Elisabeth Rasmussen Bruno Wizard, an underground legend in the 1970s known for his crazed live performances and ‘mystery man’ status, is a one-off. The lead singer of
Director: Hazuan Hashim & Phil Maxwell The latest film from local documenters Hazuan Hashim and Phil Maxwell, East One traces the changes that have occurred in Spitalfields and Banglatown. Candidly looking at immigration, regeneration, living conditions and culture through the eyes of local residents, it celebrates a part of London that has seen unprecedented change, yet undeniably retains a unique identity.
The Homosexuals and The Rejects, he performed at the Roxy alongside The Jam and The Clash; was part of the ‘Blitz kids’ scene; squatted with the Warren Street Mafia; and rejected a series of record deals out of loathing for the establishment. The Heart of Bruno Wizard recounts the rollercoaster journey of a London punk who never sold out, and features both blasts from the past and a future still promising twists and turns.
UK, USA | 2012 | 76 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Rio Cinema Sunday 7 July, 1:00pm
THE FADE +Q&A
Director: Andy Mundy-Castle The Fade, an intimate observational portrait of four Afro barbers, films its subjects over the course of one week. Delving into what people’s relationship to those that cut their
UK | 2012 | 75 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Sunday 30 June, 8:00pm
The Man Whose Mind Exploded +Q&A
Director: Toby Amies Exploring the wonderful past, and extraordinary present, of Drako Oho Zahar Zahar, this is Toby Amies’ deeply personal account of a man who once
UK | 2013 | 74 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Netil House – Closing Night Wednesday 10 July, 9.00pm
Outer Edges +EVENT
Director: Kieran Evans Underworld front man Karl Hyde teams up with British filmmaker Kieran Evans (Finisterre) to create a poetic meditation on the Essex borderlands, the ‘Outer Edges’ of
hair really means in the twenty first century, the film takes in barber chairs in Ghana, Jamaica, USA and the UK, interweaves their stories and examines both the similarities and differences in their experiences. What emerges is the colourful, polarised lives of four men who do the same thing in different time zones, with very different realities.
posed for Dali and Warhol, but can no longer make new memories. Living in a Brighton flat which is an extraordinary floor-to-ceiling collage of relics from his old life, the tattooed and frequently naked Drako reminds himself of what is happening day to day with written notes, while Toby struggles to keep him safe.
London. Following the River Roding down to the docks of the Thames, the result is a poignant work of psychogeography. Mixing stunning footage of both natural and urban environments, and featuring interviews alongside Karl’s own voiceover meditations on his journey, The Outer Edges takes us from hauntingly still wetlands to working men’s clubs, and everywhere in between. A thrillingly alive contemplation of man and his environment. 11
UK | 2013 | 100 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Thursday 4 July, 8:00pm
One Night in Powder +Q&A
Directors: Jason Attar & Danny Wimborne Kevin Powder wants to throw the most fashionable, farcical night that London has ever seen. A wide boy chancer turned club promoter, he is a hilarious, clownish character used to bullshitting his way through life. On a last ditch effort to find fame and fortune, he even names the night after himself, in this hilarious tribute to British eccentricity, shot in and around Dalston, East London.
UK, Russia | 2013 | 90 min 1st Feature Barbican Thursday 4 July, 8:30pm
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer +PANEL
Director: Mike Lerner & Maxim Pozdorovkin This is the story of both a band and a message, of a court case and in effect the trial of the entire Russian nation. The film innovatively intercuts a variety
UK | 2013 | 88 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Thursday 4 July, 6:30pm UK | 2012 | 82 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Thursday 27 June, 8:30pm
Overhill +Q&A
Director: Will Hutchinson Londoner Rebecca is trying to finish her novel. Seeking seclusion after months of writer’s block, she seeks remoteness and isolation, and books a few weeks at Overhill house in the tiny Cornish village
of YouTube, smart phone and other new media footage that is the stock and trade of the world’s new resistance movements. A collaboration between British filmmaker Mike Lerner and the Russian Maxim Pozdorovkin that follows a timeline from Pussy Riot’s now infamous cathedral-based musical protest to their show trial and imprisonment. The film is a tense and involving tale of political action, punk spirit and human-rights abuse.
of Pendeen. After one day she finds that the locals know her name, where she’s staying and what she’s doing there, and while she just wants to finish her book in peace they seem to have other ideas. A taut, impressive debut that mixes social realism with a hint of Straw Dogs, this is a film that turns on the ironic statement: Welcome To Cornwall.
Prospects +Q&A
UK | 2013 | 93 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Friday 28 June, 8:00pm
but self destructive front man of a hotly tipped local band. With intense performances, a style leaning on jazzy naturalism and a great soundtrack, Miller’s film also delves in social commentary, as Anglo-Muslim relations become pushed to breaking point by the music set’s raucous behaviour, and a clash brews on the eponymous East London street that will bring things to a violent final reckoning.
Riot on Redchurch street +Q&A
Director: Trevor Miller A spirited tale of a love triangle in East London’s rock n’ roll subculture, Trevor Miller’s debut sees a tortured manager struggling with his feelings for the girlfriend of his client, the talented
UK | 2012 | 79 min Special Preview, 2nd Feature Genesis Cinema Sunday 30 June, 5:00pm
Life Begins With Tears +Q&A Director: Simon Chambers Following Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears (EEFF 2007) Simon Chambers returns to London’s Bangladeshi community. Rebellious, outspoken and fiercely independent 12
Director: Sebastian Duthy Sebastian Duthy’s debut follows two boys struggling to reach the top of the amateur boxing world. One is a prodigy, the other has had his life saved by the sport. Both could risk becoming journeymen though, and Duthy, who had unprecedented access to the ABA of England, has made an illuminating firsthand account of the vulnerability beneath the violence of professional fighting.
teenager Shana is desperate to have a baby. Secretly marrying a devout Muslim boy from Bangladesh, her father refuses to speak to her. Her new spouse’s reaction to her western lifestyle is also open to question, and when UK immigration refuses to even allow him to come to London, she asks Chambers to make a film about her, in the belief that the magical power of cinema will encourage her unborn child to join her in this world.
UK, USA, Serbia, Montenegro | 2013 | 75 min London Premiere, 2nd Feature Genesis Cinema Thursday 27 June, 7:15pm
UK, Sweden | 2012 | 83 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Friday 28 June, 8:30pm
SMASH & GRAB: The story of the pink panthers +Q&A
Director: Johan von Reybekiel & Marcus Werner Hed A boozy party escalates into a blur of taboo-laden conflict and an explosive investigation of love and commitment. It’s the last weekend of summer and a circle of old friends have gathered to celebrate Carl’s birthday on the west coast of Sweden. An intimate, impressively acted debut.
Suspension of Disbelief +Q&A
psycho-sexual mind games. A murdermystery in which its protagonist loses sight of reality and the fiction he has created. Figgis is one of the UK’s truly maverick cinematic spirits and returns here with something fresh, exciting and more than a little disturbing.
UK | 2012 | 50 min UK Premiere Genesis Cinema Saturday 6 July, 4:00pm
UK | 2013 | 90 min World Premiere, 1st Feature Stratford Picturehouse Wednesday 3 July, 6:30pm
UK | 2013 | 90 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Friday 5 July, 6:30pm
We Ain’t Stupid +Q&A
We Are The Freaks +Q&A
Director: Havana Marking International heists, glamorous women, a life on the run and a global manhunt. It’s the stuff of high-stakes thrillers, but also the lives of the Pink Panthers, a clandestine web of jewel thieves that emerged from the crumbling of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. Followed by a drinks reception in Bar Paragon, sponsored by Disaronno.
UK | 2013 2nd Feature Troxy,Tuesday 25 June, 7.00pm Genesis Cinema,Thursday 27 June, 7:00pm
Sommarstället +Q&A
THE UK Gold +EVENT +PANEL WAR MATTERS +Q&A Director: Mark Donne As Olympic gold medals pumped the UK with pride in 2012, vast financial hauls were being secretly processed within a few miles of the Olympic stadium. The UK Gold follows the dramatic battle of a vicar from the London Borough of Hackney as he goes head to head with an ancient and mighty heavyweight, revealing its central status as the tax-haven nerve centre of the world.
Director: Chester Yang A chronicle of anti-war resistance and protest in London over the past decade, Chester Yang’s film follows the story of Brian Haw, the veteran peace campaigner who occupied Parliament Square from 2001 up until his death in 2011. An insightful exploration of what it means to live in a democracy.
UK , USA, Cuba | 2013 | 90 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Barbican Wednesday 3 July, 6:45pm
Enlisting his best friend Elio, who brings his precocious sister along, they begin to make their dangerous and illegal journey through Cuba – a journey involving an unspoken love triangle that will change their lives forever. British director Lucy Mulloy, mentored by Spike Lee, makes the rare step of making her debut overseas and not in the English language, and comes up with an utterly convincing portrait of Cuban youth.
Una Noche
Director: Lucy Mulloy Many young Cubans dream of escaping to the imagined paradise of Havana. When confident and rambunctious Raul is accused of assault, he decides that the time is right to make the 90-mile trip.
+ THE TONY BENN FILM UK | 2013 | 30 min
UK | 2012 | 112 min UK Premiere Genesis Cinema Saturday 6 July, 6:30pm
Director: Mike Figgis A world-renowned screenwriter becomes implicated in the murder of a beautiful young Frenchwoman in Mike Figgis’ return to the world of
Director: Mitch Panayis EEFF 2012 Short Film Audience Award winner Mitch Panayis makes his documentary feature debut. In the light of local development, and not least the Olympics, Panayis interviews the stallholders at Queen’s Market, West Ham, to get an insight into the changing nature of their trade. The stories are affecting and illuminating. A timely examination of a fading culture.
Director: Justin Edgar A funny, moving and timely portrait of youthful hopelessness in the late Thatcher years. Justin Edgar’s witty debut sees Jack, who dreams of escaping his unfulfilling factory job, meet the talented, well to do Elinor. Heading off on a journey, they pick up two eccentric friends and come into contact with rave culture, youthful rebellion and dangerous drug dealers. A punchy evocation of a dying counterculture.
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European There’s a serious sense of punk revisionism in EEFF’s European selection for 2013. Several films are rooted in an obsession with the past and, appropriately in the era of Occupy, especially the evils of government: Mikael Marcimain recreates the look he helped design on Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy and ramps it up in his brilliant debut Call Girl. Call Girl plays it straight, but Emil Christov’s blackly comic first feature The Colour of the Chameleon is a wild spy movie pastiche, with a fantastic look to match its exaggerated version of Bulgaria’s crumbling Soviet state, circa 1989.
channels Hitchcock in Albanian obsession drama Pharmakon; João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata combine old school film noir with the dazzling essay film The Last Time I Saw Macao; Daniel Hoesl brings 1960s radicalism to bear on Soldier Jane; and Romanian master Cristi Puiu channels the French New Wave in Trois Exercises D’Interpretation. That new directors are so engaged with history, politics and cinema’s glorious past is to be celebrated. Finally, Kasia Rosłaniec’s Baby Blues and Malgoska Szumowska’s In The Name Of, show two major Polish filmmakers wrestling with major contemporary issues. Europe’s important new voices, then, are looking both backward and into the future.
Baby Blues +Q&A
Switzerland, Germany | 2012 | 111 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Monday 8 July, 6:30pm
Sweden, Finland, Norway|2012|140min London Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Tuesday 9 July, 8:30pm
Bulgaria | 2012 | 111 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Wednesday 3 July, 7:00pm
Ireland | 2012 | 95 min UK Premiere Genesis Cinema Saturday 29 June, 7:00pm
Annelie
Call Girl
THE Colour of the Chameleon
DOLLHOUSE +Q&A
Other filmmakers are also looking to the past. Marian Crisan returns to EEFF with Rocker, about an aging rock rebel looking to move on to a normal life; Joni Shanaj
Director: Antej Farac Witness Antej Farac’s brilliantly mad portrait of a fading urban community – the colourful inhabitants of a dilapidated Munich apartment block. Filmed with the real community, and using several actual inhabitants to play versions of themselves, Annelie features a roll call of chancers and oddballs, from a swinger club madame to a drug-addled romantic, all tipped into a delirious fantasy of a finale.
France, Portugal, Macao| 2012|85 min London Premiere Hackney Picturehouse Wednesday 3 July, 8:45pm
The Last Time I saw Macao (A Última Vez Que Vi Macau)
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues & João Rui Guerra da Mata A narrator recounts his return to the ex-Portuguese gambling colony 14
Director: Mikael Marcimain A 1970s tale of sexual exploitation and political corruption in Sweden. Mikael Marcimain, second unit director on Tomas Alfredon’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, brings a brilliantly rendered period vision of his own to Call Girl. This tense and believable thriller recounts the story of Iris, a teenager in a young offenders institute, who is lured into the world of strip clubs, brothels and late night parties with powerful men.
of Macao in search of a missing friend. Rodrigues and Rui (To Die Like A Man) return with a glorious documentary/fiction hybrid that takes in film noir, post colonial guilt and the sensory overload of the city – with a knockout lip-syncing opening dance number, and numerous diversions into reveries of time and memory to boot. Not just one of the year’s best films, but a thriller unlike any other.
Poland | 2013 | 100 min 2nd Feature Rich Mix Monday 8 July, 9:00pm
Director: Kasia Roslaniec Kasia Roslaniec follows up Mall Girls (EEFF 2010) with another tale of rebellious, superficial youth. Seventeen year old Natalia is frustrated by her dead end existence, regretting her impulsive
Director: Emil Christov In Emil Christov’s stylish, blackly comic debut, the espionage thriller gets the satirical treatment. Set in an exaggerated, crumbling communist Bulgaria – circa 1989 – a young man is recruited by the secret police. When he is unceremoniously fired, he takes inspiration from his first assignment to create a completely fictional spy ring, launching an information war against the state.
decision to have a child and obsessed with getting a job in a fancy clothing boutique. Following her spiral into drugs, partying and expensive clothes, Baby Blues is a garishly coloured, brilliantly stylised take on the superficial nature of Polish consumerism, and with a killer soundtrack to boot.
Director: Kirsten Sheridan Five teenagers break into a house and begin a rampant campaign of destruction, until the home’s owner surfaces unexpectedly, and events take a very strange turn. Working with a young non-professional cast, Irish director Kirsten Sheridan (Disco Pigs) improvised Dollhouse from a fifteen page script. The resulting film rattles with frantic energy and dark secrets.
Poland | 2013 | 102 min UK Premiere Rich Mix Wednesday 3 July, 6:30pm
Albania | 2012 | 134 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Sunday 7 July, 2:30pm
Romania | 2012 | 93 min UK Premiere, 2nd Feature Rich Mix Monday 8 July, 6:00pm
Austria | 2013 | 80 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Saturday 6 July, 7:00pm
In The Name Of
Pharmakon
Rocker +Q&A
Soldier Jane (Soldate Jeanette) +Q&A
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska Acclaimed Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska (Elles) returns with a powerful melodrama on a hot button issue. Adam is a Catholic priest living in a small village, working with teenagers with behavioural issues. However, when he meets Łukasz, he is plunged into turmoil. Boldly using imagery from Christ’s Passion, Szumowska’s film is an unflinching look at a timely topic.
Director: Joni Shanaj In Joni Shanaj’s multilayered debut, a young man returns from his studies in the US, only to fall in love with a mysterious blonde nurse who might be his physician father’s lover. Conspiracy thriller meets doomed romance, over a Hitchcockian blonde on whom its male characters project both their worst fears and desires. A brilliant study in people hurtling towards destruction.
Director: Marian Crisan Alin is a former rebel without a cause still eluded by dreams of a conventional life. His conceited, heroin addict stepson dreams of making it with his band The Iguanas, whilst Alin does everything – including score – for him. However, all that is about to change at The Iguanas’ first big gig, in this beautiful evocation of life stuck in a rut.
World The East End Film Festival offers up its largest international line-up to date in 2013, with a selection of films led by the bold, new voices in world cinema.
France | 2012 | 157 min UK Premiere Genesis Cinema Saturday 6 July, 2:00pm
Turkey | 2013 | 90 min UK Premiere, 2nd Feature Rio Cinema Saturday 29 June, 3:45pm
Trois exercises d’interpretation
When Derin Falls +Q&A
Director: Cristi Puiu Mould-breaking Romanian master Cristi Puiu takes on the novel Three Conversations by Russian writer/ philosopher Vladimir Solovyov, turning it into three actor ‘exercises’ which steadily morph into a minimalist trilogy on cinema, literature, social and spiritual life, and acting in film.
Director: Çagatay Tosun A beautifully mounted, deeply unsettling drama of family psychology. Seven year old Derin tries to fill the void left by her mother by embarking on a road trip with a near-catatonic father who veers between resignation and frenzy. Far from doing them good, the road trip only unearths deeper levels of uncertainty in their relationship. A brilliant and disturbing portrait of a dysfunctional relationship.
Director Zal Batmanglij reunites with Brit Marling for The East, bringing Alexander Skarsgård and Ellen Page along for the ride. Meanwhile Canadian filmmaker Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette exposes the faultlines of the Middle East conflict in Inch’Allah; and Mostofa Farooki casts his satirical eye on cultural conflicts in his native Bangladesh with Television, and Alan Cumming delivers an extraordinary performance in Any Day Now. Japan provides both an exciting new voice in Daisuke Shimote (Kuro) and an auteur breaking new ground (Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Penance). The language of the street from Tunisia
Director: Daniel Hoesl An heiress apparently weary of her bourgeois trappings, deliberately fritters her money away until her landlord finally tells her she is to be evicted… when she hikes into the woods and burns her money. And that’s where the fun really starts in this defiant ode to the sweet taste of liberty.
(Die Welt), the Ivory Coast (Burn It Up Djassa), and India’s answer to Boogie Nights (Miss Lovely) show young filmmakers at their iconoclastic best. Sao Paulo slackers get the Jim Jarmusch treatment in Cores; Peru offers up a peculiar apocalyptic love story in The Cleaner; and Halley is an extraordinarily visceral take on a lonely man in Mexico City. Argentina is the subject of a country specific focus led by EEFF Director-inResidence Armando Bo, featuring several classics in waiting, including Leones, The Wild Ones, Viola, and a repeat screening of Bo’s EEFF 2012 award winner El Ultimo Elvis. Mark Mann enlists Keanu Reeves as a listless voyeur trying to get to the heart of Generation Um... Noah Baumbach re-teams with Greta Gerwig in the delightful Frances Ha, EEFF’s Centrepiece Gala; and Amanda Seyfried makes a fearless step into major leading actress territory in Lovelace, the EEFF 2013 Closing Night Gala.
USA | 2012 | 52 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Vibe Bar Sunday 7 July, 12:30pm
all the while approaching the gap between stripping and social security.
AKA Blondie
USA | 2011 | 10 min
Director: Jon Watts A documentary about legendary exotic dancer, Blondie Strange, reveals everything from poetry to prostitution, cocaine to country music
+ ONE OF THESE THINGS ARE NOT LIKE THE OTHER
Screening as part of the Grits & Gravy Programme, see page 29
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USA | 2012 | 97 min UK Premiere Genesis Cinema Wednesday 26 June, 4:00pm
USA | 2012 | 85 min London Premiere, 2nd Feature Barbican Saturday 6 July, 4:00pm
99%: The Occupy Wall street Collaborative Film +PANEL
After Tiller +PANEL
Director: Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell Following a disparate group of activists occupying lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, this is a timely portrait of a movement at a crossroads. Documenting the arguments, expulsions and mass arrests, 99% explores the challenges of a truly grassroots movement opposed to the concentration of money and power in America.
Director: Lana Wilson, Martha Shane After Tiller focuses on those left behind after the assassination of Dr. George Tiller – one of the few doctors providing legal third-trimester abortions for women in the USA. This is a story of people who risk their lives every day for their work, and now battle to maintain this service in the face of increasing provocation and harassment from the pro-life movement.
USA | 2012 | 97 min European Premiere Genesis Cinema Sunday 7 July, 5:30pm
Director: Travis Fine A burlesque performer and his partner become unexpected parents in Travis Fine’s touching film. In 1970s Los Angeles, Rudy (Alan Cumming) meets closeted district attorney Paul (Garret Dillahunt) at the nightclub
where he works. When the mentally handicapped son of Rudy’s next door neighbour is abandoned Rudy takes him in, and the couple find their purpose in life as a family, until a biased legal system questions the arrangement, prompting a fierce legal battle. Having won audience awards at festivals the world over, Any Day Now is drama at its most weighty and moving. Followed by a special performance by burlesque troupe the LipSinkers in Bar Paragon.
Any Day Now +EVENT
Brazil | 2011 | 89 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rio Cinema Friday 5 July, 11:30pm
USA | 2013 | 90 min Rio Cinema Saturday 29 June, 1:30pm
USA | 2013 | 98 min London Premiere Aubin Thursday 4 July, 6:30pm
Côte d’Ivoire, France | 2012 | 70 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Friday 28 June, 8:30pm
BEYOND THE GRAVE
Blackfish
Breathe In
Burn It Up Djassa (Le djassa a pris feu) +Q&A
Director: Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro In a world struck by some unspecified disaster, a vengeful police officer is hunting a possessed killer. With the dead walking the earth, and the living that remain almost as dangerous, the Officer picks up two teenagers, Nina and The Shooter, and hits the road. Conflating horror, exploitation and the Spaghetti Western, Beyond the Grave is a uniquely Brazilian twist on classic Grindhouse. A perfect late night crowd pleaser.
Director: Gabriela Cowperthwaite Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s Sundance hit recounts the tragic and shocking story of Tilikum, a bull head orca responsible for three deaths during its lifetime at SeaWorld. Revealing the lies and mistreatment in the business of capturing wild creatures, Cowperthwaite delves into the psychology of a remarkably sentient creature with its capacity to both love and hate its master.
Director: Drake Doremus Starring Guy Pearce and rising British star Felicity Jones, the fifth feature from Drake Doremus (Like Crazy) is a subtle, moving drama of an American suburban family in crisis. When charming exchange student Sophie (Jones) arrives in the Reynolds household, strange feelings are awoken in Keith (Pearce) and both know how things are likely to end. Breathe In makes a familiar story feel fresh and important.
Brazil | 2012 | 95 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Wednesday 3 July, 8:30pm
Colors (Cores)
Director: Francisco Garcia A lively and convincing evocation of Brazil’s down and out hipster community. Cores (or Colors) is a depiction of modern Sao Paulo by way of Jim Jarmusch that is a far cry from 16
Director: Lonesome Solo The Ivory Coast gets its own answer to La Haine, on the teeming, on-edge streets of Abidjan. A noir-tinged urban tragedy is narrated by a slam poet, who acts as the arbiter to the story of a cigarette seller who kills a man, and goes on the run from his own brother; a local cop unaware that he is chasing his own flesh and blood. Utterly gripping.
the economic development touted in the lead up to the Olympics and the World Cup. Tattoo artist, Luca, petty drug dealer, Luiz and Laura, his ornamental fish shop employee girlfriend are stuck in a rut and dreaming of escape. Francisco Garcia’s cool and stylish debut is an important new voice in Latin American cinema, best summed up by one character’s assertion: “Look around us: no-one is on track.”
Peru | 2012 | 96 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Friday 5 July, 6:30pm
Netherlands | 2013| 80 min London Premiere, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Friday 5 July, 8:45pm
The Cleaner (El limpiador)
die welt
Director: Adrian Saba A stylish and affecting love story set to an apocalyptic background, The Cleaner sees a fatal plague gripping Lima. As Eusebio travels from home to home, disinfecting the dwellings of the latest victims, he finds an orphan hiding in a closet.The boy needs protection, but the state is uncaring, and Eusebio is forced to open up for the first time. A portrait of humanity in the face of hopelessness.
Director: Alex Pitstra Opening with a hilarious scene in which its protagonist attempts to explain to someone why he should refrain from renting Transformers 2, Die Welt is a loose and energetic take on post-revolution Tunisia. Abdallah (Abdelhamid Naouara) is inspired by a one-night stand with a Dutch woman to finally make a break for Europe, with disastrous consequences. An evocative and very funny portrait of Tunisian youth.
USA | 1986 | 116 min Vibe Bar Sunday 7 July, 7:30pm
down by law
Director: Jim Jarmusch Set in a seedy New Orleans summer, Down By Law details the meeting of three unlikely convicts and their just as unlikely escape. Zack (Tom Waits) is an out-of-work DJ who is accused of murder when a body is found in the trunk of a stolen car he hired to drive
Argentina | 2008 | 245 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Saturday 6 July, 1:00pm
Extraordinary Stories (Historias extraordinarias)
Director: Mariano Llinás A playful and enchanting riff on cinema and memory. Three separate plotlines follow characters X, Z and H, who alternately steal a murdered man’s briefcase and go on the lam; begin to follow the cryptic clues of their former employer; and embark on a mysterious mission in a hunt for monoliths from a defunct dystopian dream.
USA | 2013 | 86 min London Premiere Hackney Picturehouse Saturday 6 July, 8:45pm
Frances Ha
Director: Noah Baumbach One of the year’s most joyous film experiences, Frances Ha sees Noah Baumbach (The Squid & the Whale, Greenberg) return to his indie roots. Greta Gerwig (also a co-writer here)
across town. Jack (John Lurie) is a pimp set up for a fall by a competitor. These two sullen souls are locked in a cell with Roberto (Roberto Benigni), a cheerful Italian immigrant who happens to have killed a man. The three mismatched miscreants eventually bust out of jail and head into the Louisiana bayous.
Screening as part of the Grits & Gravy Programme, see page 29
Argentina | 2012 | 91 min 1st Feature Hackney Picturehouse Friday 28 June, 8:45pm USA | 2013 | 116 min London Premiere, 2nd Feature Hackney Picturehouse Wednesday 26 June, 8:45pm
The East +Q&A
Director: Zal Batmanglij Sarah Moss (co-writer Brit Marling) goes undercover for her corporate security firm with a mysterious anarchist group that has been terrorising corporate CEOs. The closer she gets to her targets the more she finds herself
questioning the validity of her whole worldview. The second feature from one of American cinema’s most socially conscious filmmakers, Zal Batmanglij, The East is a tense and prescient thriller that features fantastic turns from a stellar cast, including Patricia Clarkson, Ellen Page, and Alexander Skarsgård.
The Last Elvis (El Ultimo Elvis) +Q&A
Director: Armando Bo Best Feature EEFF 2012. The story of a divorced singer (real life Elvis impersonator John McInerny) who lives as if he were the reincarnation of the King. Forced to care for his daughter after his ex-wife suffers an accident, the two begin to bond, but the dream of being Elvis remains all too powerful in this tale of obsession, delusion and brilliant musical performance.
plays Frances, a 27 would-be dancer struggling to build a career for herself in New York City. Finding herself out on the street when her best friend Sophie moves in with somebody else, Frances ends up looking for a new apartment as well as her place in the world, and negotiating failed romances, job interviews and the judgements of others. An offbeat ode to the spirit of its lead character, it sees Gerwig, like Frances herself, finally come of age. 17
USA | 2012 | 96 min European Premiere, 1st Feature Aubin Saturday 6 July, 9:15pm
Generation Um
Director: Mark Mann Keanu Reeves plays John, a man in search of new experience. Stealing a video camera, he starts recording the sights and sounds of New York City almost at random. Turning the camera
Canada | 2012 | 102 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix, Saturday 29 June, 3:00pm Genesis Cinema, Tuesday 9 July, 7:00pm
Inch ‘Allah
Director: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Having worked extensively in documentary, Barbeau-Lavalette creates an intense reality around a heartrending human story. A young Canadian doctor’s experience monitoring pregnant women in a Palestinian refugee camp brings her
Argentina, France, Netherlands | 2012 | 83 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix, Thursday 4 July, 9.00pm Genesis Cinema, Sunday 7 July, 4:00pm
Leones
Director: Jazmín López Jazmín López’s captivating debut feature is an elliptical meditation on social frameworks, human nature 18
on both others and himself, things start to take a strange turn when he starts recording so-called ‘Party Girls’ Violet and Mia. Alternately exhibitionist and introverted, Violet and Mia become slowly more intrigued by the idea of being filmed, and John manages to illicit more and more outlandish confessions. So begins a long dark journey into the night, both for the characters themselves, and their generation, in Mark Mann’s utterly distinctive debut.
into contact with a French colleague, an Israeli soldier, and the resistance fighter with whom she falls in love. Recoiling and eventually internalising the harshness of a life spent between checkpoints and stray bullets, Inch ‘Allah is a convincing portrait of those who spend their lives torn between the two sides of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
and the desperation to escape a mapped-out future. Five young friends descend into the forest and immerse themselves in word games, play and seduction. Mysterious and elemental, López’s debut owes much to Borges and earns her comparisons with Terrence Malick, Gaspar Noe and, in the use of Steadicam, Gus Van Sant.
Mexico | 2013 | 84 min Special Screening, 1st Feature Genesis Cinema Tuesday 9 July, 8:30pm
Halley
state contrasts wildly with the healthy bodies around him. Retreating to his apartment, Beto sews himself up and injects himself with embalming fluid to hold off his physical deterioration. Wrestling with the notion that he may no longer be alive, Beto’s desire for life is rekindled by his boss’ advances. Halley is a far cry from social realism, but in its surreal depiction of total isolation, achieves something even more truthful.
Japan | 2012 | 100 min European Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Saturday 29 June, 8:30pm
Argentina | 2007 | 99 min 1st Feature Spitalfields Market Saturday 6 July, 8:30pm
Kuro
La Antena +EVENT
Director: Sebastian Hofmann A tale of urban loneliness with a dash of David Cronenberg, Sebastian Hofmann’s staggering debut portrays Beto (Alberto Trujillo), a security guard in a Mexico City gym, whose physical
Director: Daisuke Shimote Three people with nothing in common except the experience of a recent trauma, decide to leave Tokyo and live together in a deserted inn. Kuro, a madcap free spirit, is fired from the bakery, Eito, a photographer, has just broken up with his fiancé and Gou, has had his production thrown into jeopardy when the lead actress dropped out. Kuro is a gloriously fun, idiosyncratic celebration of the joys of escape.
Director: Esteban Sapir Argentinian director Esteban Sapir’s dystopian sci-fi tale, in which an evil media tycoon known as Mr. TV has stolen the voices of an entire city. His brainwashing has left the people unable to oppose his dastardly will. A marvelous pastiche of classic silent film, La Antena looks astonishing on the big screen, and in Esben and the Witch’s specially commissioned score has found the perfect sonic accompaniment.
USA | 2013 | 93 min UK Premiere Hackney Picturehouse Wednesday 10 July, 6:30pm
Lovelace +EVENT
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman The eventful and tragic story of Linda Lovelace’s rise to fame and her subsequent reinvention is a powerful account of modern celebrity in this superb Hollywood biopic by Rob
Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (Howl). Lovelace, who became the most famous adult actress of the 1970s – thanks to the success of Deep Throat – was plagued by a difficult upbringing, an abusive marriage and a desire to move on from her past. Linda Lovelace, played by Amanda Seyfried is supported by Sharon Stone, Peter Sarsgaard, James Franco, and Juno Temple.
India | 2012 | 110 min UK Premiere, 2nd Feature Rich Mix, Friday 28 June, 6:30pm Genesis Cinema, Saturday 6 July, 9:00pm
Miss Lovely
Director: Ashim Ahluwalia Set in the seedy world of India’s so called ‘C grade’ Hindi film industry of the 1980s, Ahluwalia challenges preconceptions of Indian cinema, spinning a yarn of two film producer
USA | 2012 | 113 min UK Premiere, 2nd Feature Genesis Cinema Thursday 27 June, 9:00pm USA | 2013 | 111 min Vibe Bar Sunday 7 July, 5:15pm
features Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Gregg Allman, Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Alicia Keys, and Bono.
Muscle Shoals
Director: Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier A thrilling retelling of the creation of the Muscle Shoals sound, created down in Alabama by Rick Hall and the FAME Studios that he founded. A winner of prizes at festivals the world over, this is one of the great untold American music stories, and
Japan | 2012 | 270 min UK Premiere Barbican Sunday 7 July, 5:00pm
Penance (ShokuzaI)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Four school girls witness an abduction, but remember nothing. When Emili turns up dead, her mother, Asako, holds the four girls responsible. 15 years later, Asako revisits the four women to extract
Screening as part of the Grits & Gravy Programme, see page 29
Pilgrim Song
Director: Martha Stephens Failed music teacher James decides to disconnect from his life by hiking onto Kentucky’s Appalachian trail. Meeting a variety of eccentric characters, including a fertility-obsessed sheriff, a mysterious beauty in a game of spin the bottle, and a jilted alcoholic guiding his son along the trail, Martha Stephen’s sophomore SXSW hit is a sensitive, humorous portrait of one man’s attempts to return to nature.
brothers (Wasseypur’s Nawazuddin Siddiqui, and Anil George) whose prolific output of trashy cinema is threatened by the arrival of Pinky (Niharika Singh), a struggling actress who is more than meets the eye. A visually ravishing evocation of an era taking in sleazy hotels, abandoned warehouses, damaged wannabe stars and movie loving gangsters, this decade-spanning tragedy deserves its reputation as India’s answer to P.T. Anderson’s Boogie Nights.
USA | 2000 | 118 min European Premiere – Director’s Cut, 1st Feature Vibe Bar Day 7 July, 2:30pm
The Poor & Hungry
Director: Craig Brewer A Memphis-set tale of unfulfilled love, reluctant criminality and cross-cultural union and conflict, with a classical cellist, a motormouthed street huckster and a brutish minor-league crime boss.
+ The Grand Fugue on the Art of Gumbo
USA | 2011 | 10 min Screening as part of the Grits & Gravy Programme, see page 29
the penance she once promised them for their inaction. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Tokyo Sonata, Pulse) has expertly adapted Kanae Minato’s famous novel, offering a brilliant character drama that minutely observes how five lives are changed by guilt and trauma and builds towards a final shocking conclusion. Penance was originally made as a television miniseries, but is nevertheless effortlessly cinematic and is another triumph from one of world cinema’s true masters. 19
USA | 2013 | 90 min London Premiere Genesis Cinema Wednesday 26 June, 7:00pm
RICHARD PRYOR: OMIT THE LOGIC
Director: Marina Zenovich Marina Zenovich follows the brilliant Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out with another delve into the mind of a troubled genius. From his highly
Jamaica | 2013 | 78 min UK Premiere Rich Mix Tuesday 9 July, 6:30pm
Songs of Redemption +Q&A Director: Amanda Sans & Miquel Galofré An ex-holding area for African slaves, an almost uninhabitable jail in Kingston is the home of some of Jamaica’s most serious violent offenders. This “reality of unimaginable consequence” is made more profound by its transformation
controversial, expletive-ridden routines to a television and film career that constantly veered between triumph and disaster, Pryor was blighted by depression, substance abuse and accusations of domestic violence – as well as the famous incident in which he set himself on fire. Eight years after the death of perhaps the world’s greatest stand up comedian, this is the definitive cinematic statement on this legendary and controversial figure.
into a place of creative healing, as the Superintendent and local activists work to help prisoners find new beginnings through education, and often music. A moving portrait of the potential for rebirth in the worst circumstances, prisoners repent for their crimes when they rediscover their pride, and in one very clear moment, move from darkness into light.
Australia | 2012 | 92 min UK Premiere, 2nd Feature Hackney Picturehouse, Saturday 29 June, 8:45pm Barbican Saturday 6 July, 11:00am (Framed Film Club)
Satellite Boy
Director: Catriona McKenzie A heartrending tale of family, tradition and survival, Catriona McKenzie’s remarkable debut film sees a young
Bangladesh | 2012 | 106 min UK Premiere, 2nd Feature Rich Mix Sunday 30 June, 6:00pm
Television
Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Parable becomes powerful satire in Television, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s take on the the clash between religion and technology in a Bangladeshi village. Set in Mithanupur, local leader
Egypt | 2012 | 110 min UK Premiere Rich Mix Sunday 7 July, 6:00pm
Underground On The Surface
Director: Salma El Tarzi The role of musical undercurrents in social change is addressed in the most fascinating way in Underground on the Surface, Salma El Tarzi’s exploration 20
boy being raised in the shadow of an abandoned drive-in cinema in rural Western Australia. Pete (the startlingly promising newcomer Cameron Wallaby) decides to head to the city when the cinema is purchased by a mining company, a journey that ends as a fight for survival in which the skills taught to him by his grandfather (veteran actor David Gulpilil) prove invaluable. Satellite Boy is a film to warm the heart and soothe the soul.
Amin wages a personal war against all kinds of images. When Kumar, the local teacher, buys a television that starts to draw inhabitants of the village to his house, Amin declares war, starting a conflict that eventually takes on hilarious proportions. A state of the nation film from Bangladesh’s most vital, challenging filmmaker.
of the Electro Chaabi music scene in Cairo. A seemingly apolitical, discordant musical form emerging from the poorer social strata, it is a countercultural phenomenon. Like the revolution, it has spread via the democratising power of the internet, and similarly opposes the elite and the powerful.
+ Lyrics Revolt
Qatar, Syria, Palestine | 2011 | 52 min
Argentina | 2012 | 65 min London Premiere, 2nd Feature Barbican Thursay 27 June, 6:30pm
Viola +PANEL
Director: Matías Piñeiro A bold and enveloping statement of both the relevance of Argentine cinema and the universal themes of Shakespeare, Viola sees Matías Piñeiro follow his similarly themed Rosalinda with Viola,
a snappy tale of a woman living and working with her boyfriend in Buenos Aires. Helping her other half run his video piracy business, Viola comes into contact with the work of an all-girl theatre company creating drama from fragments of the Bard’s plays, a synopsis that doesn’t even begin to explain the emotive, tense and lustful nature of Piñeiro’s brilliant romantic drama.
Argentina, Netherlands|2012|100 min UK Premiere, 1st Feature Rich Mix Saturday 29 June, 6:00pm
The Wild Ones (Los salvajes) +Q&A
eschews the political thriller for something altogether more mythical. Five teenagers escape from a juvenile detention centre on the border between Córdoba and San Luis, killing a guard and escaping into the wilderness. The Wild Ones is a tale of youthful misadventure – complete with murder, drug use and sex – that transforms into a mystical search for freedom, grace and a union with the elements.
UK | 2012 | 26 min World Premiere Rio Cinema Sunday 30 June, 1:30pm
UK | 2012 | 47 min UK Premiere Rio Cinema Sunday 30 June, 2:00pm
UK, Sri Lanka | 2012 | 35 min European Premiere Rio Cinema Sunday 30 June, 3:00pm
All Eyes On Us +Q&A
BLACK OUT +Q&A
Railway Redemption +Q&A
Director: Alejandro Fadel A major debut. Having made his name as a regular collaborator with Pablo Trapero, co-writing Carancho and White Elephant, Alejandro Fadel
DOCUMENTARY AFTERNOON Schedule from 1:30pm
Join us at the Rio Cinema for an afternoon of mid-length documentaries from London filmmakers, with a truly international reach. EEFF alumni The Rainbow Collective introduce us to two boys who make their living on a railway platform in Bangladesh; Lainey Richardson explores the ravaging effects of drug addiction on the townships of South Africa; Eelyn Lee follows four performers getting ready to participate in the spectacular Paralymic Games Opening Night Ceremony Santiago Posada travels with an ex-alcoholic across Sri Lanka towards an uncertain reconciliation with his family; and Eva Weber’s Black Out shows students in Guinea going to extraordinary lengths to better themselves. This is British filmmaking at its most outward looking and illuminating.
Director: Eelyn Lee The London 2012 Paralympic Games, Opening Ceremony featured Stephen Hawking telling audiences to look at the stars, only to witness some extraordinary high wire performances from paralympic athletes. Lee’s film traces the story of a spectacular ceremony, from the point of view of four of the performers.
Director: Eva Weber A story of a changing nation told through intimate stories, Black Out explores the plight of young students in Guinea, where a fifth of the population have no access to electricity. Hoping for a more prosperous life than their parents students roam the streets at night in search of light. A poetic tale of young people frequenting gas stations, parks in the rich part of town, and the airport.
Director: Santiago Posada East London-based filmmaker Santiago Posada travels to Sri Lanka, and unearths a story with unusual resonance. Hearing that his brother is dying, seventy year old busker Vijay decides to confront his family, with whom he has had no contact for twenty-five years due to his alcoholism and death of his mother.
+ PLATFORM 12 2:50pm
Bangladesh, UK | 2013 | 9 min
Turkey | 2013 | 52 min World Premiere Rio Cinema Sunday 30 June, 3:35pm
Tik and The Turkey +Q&A
Director: Lainey Richardson The townships in the suburbs of Cape Town, SA are blighted by the highly addictive, heroin-based ‘unga,’ which is mixed with cleaning detergents; and the Crystal Meth known locally as ‘tik.’
Slowly crippling the population, Lainey Richardson’s debut documentary follows 27 year old, party girl addict Analese, and her 25 year old childhood friend Trevino, who is struggling to hold his family together, having lied about his heroin addiction until he was married. Tik and the Turkey is the human face of an abandoned community facing a drug abuse epidemic.
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screenings Secret Societies at the Masonic Temple The Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street hotel Saturday, 29th June £3.50 per film, £10 for the day Book tickets at: www.seetickets.com/go/masonic Taking in evil cabals, hidden orders, occult coteries and mysterious cloak and dagger exercises, Secret Societies at the East End Film Festival returns to the Masonic Temple at Andaz Liverpool Street hotel with a day’s selection of cult-classics.
SChedule from 2.00pm onwards
Sherlock Holmes hunts Jack the Ripper in British classic Murder By Decree, introduced by critic and novelist Kim Newman; a woman begins seeing strange apparitions in 1970’s giallo Perfume of the Lady in Black; Jodorowsky’s Mexican circus grotesque Santa Sangre is introduced by its composer Simon Boswell; and finally, we descend into the Tombs of the Blind Dead, a rarely seen but influential Spanish chiller.
2.00pm: Murder by Decree
6.15pm: Santa Sangre
4.30pm: The perfume of the Lady in Black
8.45pM: Tombs of The Blind Dead
Director: Bob Clark UK, Canada | 1979 | 124 min
Director: Francesco Barilli Italy | 1975 | 101 min
Located on the fringes of vibrant East London, the five star boutique Andaz Liverpool Street hotel is proud to be the official Hotel Partner of the 2013 East End Film Festival. As a core value of Hyatt’s lifestyle Andaz brand, Andaz Liverpool Street reflects the personality of its locale and through partnership with the Festival joins in the celebration of London’s East End cultural scene.
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Director: Alejandro Jodorowsky Mexico, Italy | 1989 | 123 min
Director: Amando de Ossorio Spain, Portugal | 1971 | 101 min 8:45pm
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Z Genesis Cinema Saturday 30 June, 3.00pm
Welcome to the ZOOM screening at the 2013 East End Film Festival. In 2008 The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) was set up to commission short films and television programmes made by Deaf people for Deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL). In 2009 BSLBT and Neath Films launched the ZOOM scheme to help younger, emerging Deaf filmmakers produce their first or second low budget short programme for TV broadcast on Film4 and the Community Channel. The remit of the scheme was simple: if you are a new Deaf filmmaker you can apply for ZOOM and make
The End
Full Film | 24 min Starting in the 1980’s, The End follows 4 Deaf children over 60 years. After the introduction of a treatment aimed at eradicating deafness, the very survival of Deaf language and culture is at stake. Featuring an ensemble cast, ‘The End’ is a thought-provoking alternative vision of the future.
Strangers
Full Film | 11:30 min Strangers is about a Deaf teenager in a hearing family, where communication is not clear. An interpreter arrives on her own because the social worker is held up, and suddenly the son has a voice with which to express himself, much the astonishment of his parents.
a film of approx. 9-12 mins, and if you are more experienced you can make a film of 24mins under the ZOOM FOCUS banner. A total of 20 short films have been produced by 14 different directors since 2010 and many of the films have gone to have a healthy festival life winning numerous awards around the world. To see more BSL films, and more of the ZOOM films, please visit BSLBT’s website. www.bslzone.co.uk Thank you for watching, and for information on how buy the films please email zoom@neathfilms.com For more information on the films please contact: zoom@neathfilms.com
You, Me
Full Film | 24 min A charming family drama set during Christmas, telling 2 intercutting stories at both ends of the age range as a little girl learns that Santa might not be Deaf, and a old teacher must find a new calling after his Deaf school is closed due to budget cuts.
little world
Full Film | 8 min In this animated short set in the Victorian era, Little World tells the story of a young Deaf woman called Beth. Now an adult, she visits the crumbling old Deaf school where she grew up, and she remembers fondly how it shaped her.
confession
the Deaf community. Featuring the real historical figures of Alexander Graham Bell and Reverend Francis Maginn as they battle for the future of Deaf culture, the film depicts the true consequences of the Milan conference held 10 years previously.
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Crossing the divide
Full Film | 24 min Set in the aftermath of the Milan Conference, which promoted oralism over Sign language, Confession is a historical drama set during the Victorian era depicting the culture battle between oralism and Signing in
Trailer | 1:30 min September 11 is a personal account of the effects of September 11 2001 on a young Deaf Muslim teenager, who faces racism from both inside and outside the Deaf community, making her question her faith.
Trailer | 1:30 min Crossing the Divide is a documentary about a love story and friendship in Belfast during the Troubles. It shows how the Deaf community overcame the religious and political divisions that spilt Northern Ireland for 30 years.
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THIS YEAR THE FESTIVAL WILL BE EXPLORING THE CREATIVE POTENTIAL OF NEW TECHNOLOGY AND THE FUTURE OF FILMMAKING THROUGH OUR NEW DIGITAL STRAND - EMERGE. EMERGE is an immersive live event featuring talks, interactive installations and screenings by forward thinking fi lmmakers, technologists, industry experts and audiovisual artists, introduced by Academy Award nominated director, writer and musician, Mike Figgis. Speakers include: James Mullighan (Transmedia Next / VODO), Jordan McGarry (Vimeo), Chris O’Reilly (Nexus Productions), Rich Welsh (Technicolor), Max Hattler (Filmmaker), Alistair Burleigh (i>Lab), Keith Johnstone (UEA) and Bridey-Rae Lipscombe & Cat Turner (Native LDN).
TOPICS INCLUDE: 3D, 4K, 48FPS AND BEYOND De-mistifying the technology and exploring the impact of emerging formats of fi lm production and presentation.
STORYTELLING ACROSS PLATFORMS The potential of transmedia.
INNOVATIONS IN MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION How digital and social media can creatively promote and share moving image work.
THE CONVERGENCE OF DIGITAL ART AND MOVING IMAGE
OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: The UK Premiere of ONEDOTZERO’s latest programme of motion graphics, short fi lm, animation, music videos – Resonate, East End Film Festival ‘Vines’ shot using Twitter’s Vine appAn audiovisual performance by EYESONTHEWALL, A projection mapping light sculpture by Alistair Burleigh / i>Lab
6.30PM WEDNESDAY 3RD JULY 2013 VIBE LIVE, ABOVE VIBE BAR, BRICK LANE TICKETS; £6.50 CONCS £5.00 WWW.SEETICKETS.COM/GO/EMERGE WWW.EMERGEATEFFF.TUMBLR.COM @EMERGEATEEFF In partnership with:
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A CINEMATIC CELEBRATION OF THE AMERICAN DEEP SOUTH Join us at Vibe Live on Brick Lane for an afternoon and evening of Louisiana liquored music and movies. With free Bloody Mary’s and the hearty Southern grub known as grits, the East End Film Festival offers a relaxed day of Southern-fried cinema and song, with award winning films taking in everything from the wild plains of Texas to inner city Georgia, and from the endurance of the juke joint and bluegrass music to the art of making gumbo on film.
SCHEDULE FROM MIDDAY ONWARDS 12.30PM: AKA BLONDIE – Dir: Jon Watts (see p.g. 15)
2.30PM: THE POOR & HUNGRY – Dir: Craig Brewer (see p.g. 19)
1.30PM: ONE OF THESE THINGS IS NOT LIKE THE OTHER Dir: Adam Wilson (see p.g 15)
5.15PM: MUSCLE SHOALS – Dir: Greg ‘Freddy’Camalier (see p.g. 19)
1.40PM: THE GRAND FUGUE ON THE ART OF GUMBO – Dir: Gideon C. Kennedy&Isabel Machado (see p.g 19)
7.30PM: DOWN BY LAW – Dir: Jim Jarmusch (see p.g. 17)
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Grits ‘n’ Gravy is organized by film festival veteran Brian Gordon and theatre director Julie Alexander. Gordon grew up across the Ohio River from the northernmost Southern border in Cincinnati and served as the Artistic Director at the Nashville Film Festival. Alabama born, California raised Alexander is a documentary filmmaker who also headed a theatre company in Nashville. 29
Silent Screening A City Without a Voice Spitalfields Market Saturday 6 July, 8.30pm FREE
Grab a blanket and join us for the outdoor screening event of the year. Last year East End Film Festival took the Silent London screening of the year award and this year ambition knows no bounds as we combine surreal Argentinian cinema with a new soundtrack commission and a world premiere contemporary dance performance. Argentinian director Esteban Sapir’s 2007 film La Antena is the black and white tale of an entire city that has lost its voice. Mr. TV, the owner of the city’s only television channel, is carrying out a sinister, secret plan to subject all of the city’s inhabitants to his evil will – forever.
Dance, will be led by world-renowned choreographer Adrienne Hart. Inspired by ‘The Invention of Morel’, a novel by Adolfo Bioy Casares, ‘The Intention’ explores a world of disjointed presences; where the playback of a recording of events takes on a greater reality than the continued existence of its subjects. A City without a Voice is set to be a festival highlight and there are limited seats available, so bring your cushion and grab a front row seat for this unmissable event.
Accompanying the film’s mysterious and haunting visuals will be gothic pop band Esben and the Witch. Nominated in the BBC Sound of 2011 poll and winners of the Q award for ‘Next Big Thing’ in the same year, this is a unique opportunity to be part of the world premiere performance of Esben and the Witch’s newly commissioned score. Setting the scene for Esben and the Witch’s atmospheric performance, the London premiere of contemporary dance piece The Intention, performed by East London dance company Neon
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LEON RESTAURANT OFFER: PRE-SCREENING DINNER AT LEON SPITALFIELDS Come down early to the screening and enjoy a pre-screening dinner at Leon. We will treat you to a carafe of wine or a pitcher of Meantime pilsner when you spend £20 or more on dinner
We are also staying open until midnight, so come and join us after the show
To book a table drop us a line Spitalfields@leonrestaurants.co.uk Leon Spitalfields 3, Crispin Place London E1 6DW
PIMPS & PINUPS POP-UP PARLOUR Spitalfields Market Saturday 6 July, 6.30pm FREE
Prior to the screening of La Antena, East london-based hair salon, Pimps & Pinups, will be hosting a FREE pop-up hair salon at Leon restaurant in Spitalfields Market. Renowned for their glamourous classic and modern styles within a setting of 50s Hollywood cool, this is an opportunity to transform your hair in to a stylised creation inspired by the dream-like visuals of La Antena. No appointment necessary; just pop into Leon from 6.30pm for your free styling session.
Strung out and wam perform express symphony Old Spitalfields Market Saturday 6 July, 2.00pm FREE
Strung Out is a community violin group based in East London, founded by local resident and professional musician, Alison Jones. It provides a supportive environment for adult violinists of all abilities to re connect creatively with the violin, explore musical styles and have fun.
Image: Susan Comegys
Inspired by the word ‘Express’, in the context of living in East London, “Express Symphony” is a short piece of original music, devised by Strung Out and composed by Alison Jones. Express will be performed in four movements, and, in a unique collaboration with other local community groups led by Lizzy Renihan of Natural Voices and multi-instrumentalist Dick Smith, the orchestra of violins, ukuleles, banjos and voices will create a musical retelling of what it is like to live in East London. The 60 strong ensemble will include interactive elements for audience participation making it a fun family event. Strung Out will also collaborate with Walthamstow Acoustic Massive (WAM) on musical mash ups, including The Eagle’s “Hotel California” and Elbow’s “One Day Like This” – song sheets and lighters at the ready!
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BURN: Moving Let’s keep Images by it short Cabaret Artists
ARGENTINE CINEMA PANEL
Hackney Attic, Hackney Picturehouse Sunday 30 June, 7.00pm
Netil House Wednesday 10 July, 6.30pm
Barbican Thursday 27 June, 6.30pm
Following a sold-out April event, BURN returns to the Hackney Attic as part of the East End Film Festival. Expect another hot-mess jukebox of work made for the camera by the cream of east London’s underground cabaret and alternative performance scenes, from comedy and music to documentaries and experimental work. This event includes Vinegar to Jam, a short documentary by Edward Lawrenson and BURN creator Ben Walters about the final performances of Jonny Woo and the LipSinkers at the seminal Bistrotheque cabaret room in Bethnal Green, accompanied by live performance by the LipSinkers’ Blanche Dubois.
Let’s Keep It Short are one of London’s leading short film & live music events. Based at the Hackney Picturehouse, they pride themselves on bringing the very best in short film from the UK & beyond to its audiences, as well as delivering a wide range of live musical performances from the best up and coming bands/artists in London.
Having championed some of world cinema’s most groundbreaking cinematic New Waves over the past few years, the EEFF’s annual national focus returns in 2013. Following Armando Bo’s dark comic drama El Ultimo Elvis taking the EEFF’s top award in 2012, Bo returns to the festival as the EEFF’s Director in Residence as the festival presents a phenomenal selection of films from new Argentine directors, including the extraordinary, mystical debut from Pablo Trapero’s screenwriting partner Alejandro Fidel, The Wild Ones; Jazmín López’s Leones, Mariano Llinás’ mind-bending meta-thriller Extraordinary Stories; a selection of Argentina’s most vital short films; and a special rescreening of El Ultimo Elvis.
This forms part of the East End Film Festival Closing Night event.
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MOSAIC NETWORKING Genesis Cinema Tuesday 2 July, 6.30pm
UNPACKING BRITISH CINEMA: A FIELD IN ENGLAND discount to industry pass holders Hackney Picturehouse Monday 8 July, 6.30pm
On 5 July, Ben Wheatley’s (Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers) fourth feature A Field in England will be the first ever film to be released nationwide in cinemas, on free TV, on DVD and on Video-on-Demand on the same day. Join Ben and key members of the cast and crew to discuss the journey of the film – the first to be developed and fully financed through Film4’s innovation hub Film 4.0. Find out how the brief to fund, shoot, edit and distribute the film in an ‘agile and ambitious way’ played out in practice, with stories literally direct from ‘the field’. 32
UK GOLD PANEL Genesis Cinema Thursday 27 June, 7.00pm
The UK Gold uses the personal story of one vicar to explore the wider national shame of the UK’s status as a haven for tax avoidance. This brilliant film incorporates the views and voices of British politicians, hedge fund masters of the universe, Vanity Fair investigative journalist Nicolas Shaxson, Private Eye’s Richard Brooks and Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow, to expose the fundamental role the City of London plays in the secretive network of tax havens and tax avoidance. The UK Gold opens the East End Film Festival on June 25th but join us at this repeat screening at the Genesis – one of the country’s oldest independent cinemas – for a very special panel delving in to the issues explored in the film. The panel will feature writer and director Mark Donne and other members of the filmmaking team alongside commentators from the world of finance, politics and the media.
Mosaic Networking in association with the East End Film Festival, invite you to a networking event where you will have the opportunity to meet new contacts, as well as catching up with old ones. This informal networking evening could help you get your next project up and running. Mosaic was set up in 2001 to create a different and informal approach to business and social networking. www.mosaicnetworking.com
DOC HEADS Monty’s Bar, 149 Brick Lane Thursday 27 June, 6:30pm doors, Films 8:00pm FREE
Come join Doc Heads to celebrate its 4th Birthday, as part of the East End Festival. We will be screening a selection of the best new short documentaries from UK film makers and having a drink or four!
Cutting East Film Festival is a youth led programme set up to explore current issues affecting young people in East London, such as stereotypes and identity. Encouraging young opinions to be heard by everyone, and inviting people from different backgrounds to come together, Cutting East shows that as a community we can celebrate youth achievement through film. Programmed by the Cutting East steering group, a small team of young people who all live and study in East London, we have brought together a range of films, performance art, slam poetry workshops, live music and community events. We hope this festival might inspire young people to
embrace their talents, challenge their ideas and strive for their goals. Different perspectives are brought together to reflect our lives, what we love and what changes we can make to society. Cutting East is a chance for aspiring filmmakers and fans to learn more about film, to become engaged with the industry and, most of all, to have fun. The festival aims to bring together interests and hobbies around film to share, explore, celebrate and debate.
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Special Screening: It’s A Lot Directors: Femi Oyeniran & Darwood Grace UK | 2013 | Duration TBC Friday 28 June, 7.00pm
Kicking off the festival is a special screening of It’s A Lot. A British high school comedy set in postriot Tottenham, it tells the story of a black middle class college student who struggles to accept his family’s wealth and longs for street cred. He ditches his stuffy expensive private school to keep it real with his cousins at the local college. It’s A Lot also features some of the biggest names from the UK urban music and entertainment scene. PLUS Actor/Director Femi Oyeniran (Moony in Kidulthood and Adulthood), co-director Darwood Grace and screenwriter Nicholas Walker will join us for a Q&A after the screening.
Festival Premiere: Riots Reframed Director: Fahim Alam UK | 2012 Saturday 29 June
Stereotypes: Slam Poetry Event + Film Screenings & Slam poetry Workshop Saturday 29 June
Riots Reframed gives an insightful look into a generation that speaks for the first time about the London riots, that challenges the mainstream media, the government and the police with uncensored views and attitudes. A debut by Fahim Alam, a man who was in the centre of the riots and aims to offer people an alternative view and a voice. Fahim Alam will take part in a panel discussion after the screening to discuss events and themes brought up in the film.
In collaboration with Mile End Community Project, we are creating a whole event discussing stereotypes; how young people are perceived and how we all use stereotyping. We will be working with spoken word artists in a poetry workshop, empowering young people through the expression of both words and poetry followed by a film screening featuring award-winning work by local young people through the Mile End Community Project. Headlined by a slam poetry event which will be open for submissions on the topic of stereotypes. Stereotyping becomes a rich stimulus exploring our own and other people’s conceptions of identity.
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LONDON PREMIERE: Girl Walk // All Day Director: Jacob Krupnick USA | 2012 | 75 mins Sunday 30 June, 7.00pm
Girl Walk // All Day is an original feature length dance music film directed by Jacob Krupnick, shot in the streets and public spaces of New York City. It is a completely engaging experience set to the soundtrack, All Day, the 2010 album by the mash-up DJ Girl Talk and follows 3 improvisational dancers and dance crews who dance their way across Manhattan. Cutting East brings this special screening together with live performances throughout the screening featuring local dance crew IMD, recent finalists in Sky’s Got to Dance, transforming the Genesis into one big dance floor. Don’t forget your leg warmers – FAME ANYONE?
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One Mile Away
Director: Penny Woolcock UK | 2012 | 91 min Saturday 29 June Penny Woolcock returns to Birmingham to document the truce between the Johnson Crew and the Burger Bar Boys over a twenty-year postcode turf war. One Mile Away is a painstaking account of reconciliation, and the rebuilding of a community disrupted by violence which was, in part, enabled by the riots. This is a brutal but ultimately positive film of bringing peace to a neighborhood. Following the screening, ex-gang members from the Burger Bar Boys and Johnson’s Crew will be joining us for a Q&A.
Every Good Marriage Begins With Tears Director: Simon Chambers UK | 2006 | 62 mins Sunday 30 June
Not your usual portrayal of young Muslim women in the media, this documentary is about two FEISTY Bangladeshi sisters who agree to arranged marriages to men they barely know in order to uphold their family honor. This funny poignant film gives an insight into the effect both positive and negative an arranged marriage has on a family and on the community. Director Simon Chambers will be joining us at the screening. We’ll be showing a special screening of his brand new follow up film Life Begins with Tears at 5.00pm (see page 12).
Check www.cuttingeast.co.uk for screening times
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Live Street Art workshop Sunday 30 June
The East End is a hotspot for Street Art Activity and can be seen as an artistic centre for showcasing street art and artists. We want to involve graffiti artists in our festival through a live art session where we will be looking at the processes of creating a piece of work and giving people an opportunity to take part in creating ‘street art’.
5 Broken Cameras
Director: Emad Burnat Palestine, Israel | 2012 | 94 min Sunday 30 June 5 Broken Cameras is an Oscar nominated documentary filmed by a Palestinian farmer, Emad Burnat. Through a series of broken cameras, this film shows the struggle, the conflict and fear that the Palestinians face on a daily basis, while still going from strength to strength to fight for their rights and protect their land. This touching documentary unfolds the conflict of the West Bank and shows what the mass media ignore. See it through their eyes.
Many more films and events including a screening of Mulberry Girls School award-winning Justice in Action, Drink Drugs and KFC and other short films, an evening of new bands and DJs , an exhibition of vintage Bollywood posters celebrating a century of Indian cinema, a poetry slam and some very special guests. Also watch out for The Cutting East pop-up cinema at Roman Road Market on the 8th June, Chrisp Street Market on the 15th June and Spitalfields Market on the 22nd June, where you will be able to pick up a programme, sign up to workshops, watch some films and chat to the programmers. For full information about all events, screenings and workshops please go to www.cuttingeast.co.uk All events at the festival will be taking place at the Genesis Cinema, Mile End Road. All tickets can be booked direct through the Genesis at www. genesiscinema.co.uk, or by calling on 020 7780 2000 or in person. Please refer to Genesis access information on page 45 of this programme. To find out more about any of our events and screenings find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter at @cuttingeast Email us at hello@cuttingeast.co.uk
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TUNDE’S FILM
The Breakfast Club
“When you talk to your parents or grandparents about life in East London in the 70s, do they replicate those of Tunde Ikoli and his friends?” Tunde and his friends feel trapped by circumstance and lack of opportunity, so decide the only way out is to rob a bank. Tunde’s Film gives a unique look at East London through the eyes of an 18 year old boy in a time where hardship and struggle was a very common thing. Sound familiar? Shot in 1973 on the streets of Tower Hamlets, when you watch Tunde’s Film, it really makes you think – has anything really changed?
Five high school students meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought. One of John Hughes’ best films deals with stereotypes in a clever and funny way. Whether you’re a brain, a basket Case, an athlete, a princess or a criminal, if you’ve not seen it before, The Breakfast Club is a must watch film for everyone. Served with tea and toast!
Director: Maggie Pinhorn UK | 1973 | 41 mins Sunday 30 June
Director: John Hughes USA | 1985 | 97 min Saturday 29 June 2013
This project has been funded with support from the European Union. This publication/communication reflects the views only of the author, and the European Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of information contained therein.
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BATTLES (77 min) Stratford Picturehouse Saturday 29 June, 6.00pm Battling your conscience, inner demons and what’s right & wrong in a modern world can be tough. Battling with an angry mob can be even tougher. Here we explore the emotional and physical battles that we face as individuals and as a society. A programme sure to stir the senses. Programmed by The Shorts Team
FAMILY TIES (81 min) Hackney Picturehouse Sunday 30 June, 6.00pm Love them or hate them, you can’t deny your family. Touching on the universal yet varied relationships that exist between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, fathers and sons and sibling to sibling. This programme of live action, animation and documentary reveals poignant, surreal and dark explorations to what happens when these eternal bonds are tested. Programmed by Kirsten Geekie
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Two Dancers UK | James Gardner | 22 min Hiding Place UK | Fergus Colville | 10 min Wild UK | Edward Bishop | 13 min Battles UK | Montserrat Lombard | 12 min The Boxer UK | Max Lowenbein | 8 min Kickoff UK | Zoran Trajkovic | 5 min 82 UK | Calum Macdiarmid | 7 min
Long Distance Information USA | Douglas Hart | 8 min From Dad to Son Germany | Nils Knoblich | 5 min Laura UK | Tim Knights | 20 min Cowboys UK | James Alexandrou | 14 min Kingdom of Doug Australia | Victoria Thaine | 15 min Driftwood UK | James Webber | 11 min Mickey & Michaela Bury Their Dad UK | Tom George | 8 min
COME AND GO AS ONE PLEASES (90 min)
Stratford Picturehouse Thursday 4 July, 8.30pm
The concept of exile has changed; in modern society the exile has become a feeling. This selection aims to give an overview of the exile seen from different points of view. From conflicts between first and second generations of immigrants to the feeling of discomfort of not being able to be understood and the struggle to find any kind of dodge to not feel alone. Programmed by Angelica Riccardi
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
(90 min) Genesis Sunday 7 July, 6.00pm
Here we delve into the human actions that set us on the path to destruction, isolation or maybe even salvation. Some path’s are put before us by others, and some we ultimately choose to go down ourselves. From a bitter argument on a Scandinavian football pitch to a persecuted ballet dancer in a Nazi Concentration camp, these stories and their characters will leave us all asking that very question. Programmed by Tom Geoffrey
HomeGirl UK | Florah Uddin | 14 min Orbit UK | Florinda Frisardi | 10 min Dundas Street Canada | Sofia Bohdanowicz | 9 min Six Letters Word USA | Lisanne Sartor | 17 min Acoustic Memories UK | Henry Butcher | 5 min Episode UK | Ollie Verschovle | 6 min Catherine UK | Jo Hewer | 11 min The Undream UK | Alexander Thomas | 18 min
Life Sentence UK | Ray Panthaki | 20 min Fore Finalen Sweden | Adi Omanovic | 9 min Ed Brazil | Emilia Londero | 14 min South Platte USA | Gaston Yvorra | 14 min A Cake For Mable UK | Jane McGee | 15 min Dancing in the Ashes UK | Nick Rowland | 18 min
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE ‘SHORT FILM’ HAS REINVENTED ITSELF AS A POWERFUL TOOL IN THIS EVER CHANGING WORLD OF FILMMAKING. THIS ‘TOOL’ WHEN USED WITH CARE, CONSIDERATION AND SINCERITY, CAN TRANSPORT IT’S MAKER AND ALL OF US, TO SOME VERY EXCITING PLACES INDEED.
LOST IN THE OTHER (83 min) Genesis Saturday 6 July, 6.15pm
There are often more questions than answers in this programme of fantastic, mysterious and sometimes twisted short films that blur the line between fantasy and reality. Programmed by Christopher Smith Residuum USA | Niav Conty | 4 min Aquarium Canada | Philippe Gregoire | 14 min Passage UK, France | Tom Smith, Jose Salazar
TOMORROW IS PROMISED TO NO ONE (75 min)
Rio Saturday 6 July, 1.30pm
The feeling of loss and displacement is a subject that most fear of, it can affect the way we engage life but at times it can give us strength to start anew, without forgetting to take the path and let it lead us through the nights of sorrows. This programme attempts to delve into the lives of those that have lost something or someone but still yearn for recognition. Programmed by Carolina Grisorio
| 13 min Lot 254 UK | Toby Meakins | 3 min Future Inc UK | Martina Stirling | 5 min Acoustic Levitation Through Vocal Discharge UK | Ghin Liew | 2 min Signal Box #100 UK | James Gunn | 11 min Cold Turkey USA, Iceland | Fannar Thor Arnarsson | 14 min Baby, I Love You USA | Faiyaz Jafri | 2 min Dog Boy UK | Jessica Townsend | 15 min
Man Vs Sand UK | Prano Bailey-Bond | 9 min Immersed UK | Soledad Aguila | 4 min Physics UK | Claire Oakley | 13 min Arterial UK | Christopher Smith | 10 min Faux Depart UK, France, Poland | Shekhar Bassi | 9 min The Wanderer France, Russian Federation | Vera Kokareva | 15 min Achele (Sister) India | Clara Kraft Isono | 17 min
THE TRUTH DON’T HURT
(87 min) Barbican Friday 28 June, 6.30pm
A programme that dares to delve into the real world in which we live. From the street battles of the Syrian revolution to the compelling stories of friendship and old age from a park bench in East London, this programme will give you a wonderful insight into the lives that others lead and have led. Programmed by Tom Geoffrey
Lakino: Argentine Short Films (72 min) Genesis Friday 5 July, 7.00pm
The Lakino Latin American Film Festival invite you to discover the comedy, suspense, and social satire of this fantastic selection of Argentine shorts. From an Argentine Ping Pong phenomenon to the largest tin mine in Bolivia, having a laugh and falling in love. Join us afterwards for some Argentine live music in Bar Paragon.
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution USA | Matthew VanDyke | 14 min 24 Hours 7 Days 7 Years Austria | Thomas Woschitz | 9 min The Hummingbird UK | Rafa Pavon | 14 min Noe Kuremoto: Muay Thai Kick Boxer UK | Ben Tubby | 6 min Sayadeen UK | Murat Gökmen| 13 min Closure UK | Ed Cartledge | 14 min On the Bench UK | Maha Taki | 10 min Spaceship UK | Alex Taylor | 7 min
Augeblick Argentina | Gabriela Sofía Flores | 2013 | 11 min Nubes Argentina | Manuel Abramovich | 2012 | 13 min Juku Argentina/Bolivia | Kiro Russo | 2011 | 18 min Ping Pong Master Argentina | Maria Zanetti-Felicitas Soldi | 2011 | 18 min Los Teleféricos Argentina | Federico Actis | 2011 | 14 min No me ama Argentina/Uruguay | Martin Piroyansky | 2009 | 16 min
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Mind the Gap! How to make it as a filmmaker beyond your first feature Passes AND Tickets
1 day pass: £35 3 day pass: £90 price of BOTH passES includes lunch
Too many first time filmmakers never make a second film. Prepare to move on from your first film triumphs to a sustainable career in film with our three-day training programme. Whether you’re crossing over from shorts to features, television to film, debut to slate, EEFF’s panels, interviews, workshops and networking events will provide the roadmap that every filmmaker needs to avoid the pitfalls on the route to success. Sponsored by Three Mills Studios
DISCOUNTED ACCESS FOR INDUSTRY PASS HOLDERS TO: Emerge (see page 28) A Field in England (see page 10) East End Live (see page 22)
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FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.EASTENDFILMFESTIVAL.COM/industry-sessions
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So – what’s Different About EEFF Industry Training? Our Industry Programme this year is focusing on the transition from initial success to sustainable career, and the reasons why this is a stumbling block for so many aspiring filmmakers. Why is it that so many acclaimed first time filmmakers fail to make a successful second film?! Our teams of industry experts have been drafted in to analyse why this happens and offer insider tips on how to identify and avoid the often hidden pitfalls that stop us in our tracks. Participants will enjoy panels, Q&As, workshops, interviews, speed mentoring and even a studio tour!
Forewarned is forearmed!
Although targeting filmmakers embarking on their second feature, this unique training scheme is designed for any filmmaker in any genre at any point in their career. Shorts, features, docs, fiction, artists’ film and video, directing, producing, production management and technical are all covered in these sessions. We believe that the better equipped you are in advance in this industry, the better you will survive.
SESSIONS Names to look out for include: Penny Woolcock (director, One Mile Away), Johanna von Fischer (director, British Independent Film Awards), Joe Dunthorne (Author, Submarine), Nick Gonda (producer Tree of Life, Founder Tugg. Inc.), Fiona Neilson (producer, 24 Hour Party People), Marc Isaacs (director), Rob Savage (director), Sally El Hosaini (director, My Brother the Devil), Alex Boden (producer, Cloud Atlas), Matt Harlock (director, American: The Bill Hicks Story). Enjoy workshops with:
Creative Skillset, Crossover Labs, Film London, BECTU, Pulse, Limehouse Academy, School for Creative Start-Ups, Film 4, Native LDN. Panels featuring:
Vodo, TUGG, Soda Pictures, Dogwoof, Film4, Ingenious Media, British Council, PleaseFundUs. … and many more to follow
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Although you can come down for 1 day at a time, we highly recommend that you attend all three days to get the benefit of the full programme. Who can attend?
Anyone at any stage of their career – the sessions are designed to give you insight to the internal workings of the film industry and allow pause for thought, planning, re-evaluating, expert and peer feedback and more.
PLUS: more speakers & sessions tbc For full information, including times on all events and workshops please visit www.eastendfilmfestival. com/industry-sessions 3 & 4 July will take place in:
The Attic, Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, London E8 1HE 5 July will be hosted by Industry Sponsor:
3 Mills Studios, Sugar House Lane, London E15 2QS (just 5 minutes walk from Bromley-by-Bow station on the District Line) You can also email us at Rachael@eastendfilmfestival.com
SEssions will include: Why the gap?
Key experts across varying strands of the film industry debate ‘the gap’. What can we, as an industry, do to support filmmakers heading for a career transition, and what do filmmakers really need to know – even before they pick up a camera – to avoid falling off the edge. Speakers: Chris Collins (BFI)| Johanna von Fischer (BIFA) | Penny Woolcock (director, One Mile Away)
Let’s Keep It Short presents: filmmaker case Studies – Shorts To Features A panel of filmmakers will discuss that crazy journey from short to feature film. During this session they will discuss what changes and what stays the same, as well as delving into the issues with casting, scripting and that all important word, funding. Speakers: Rob Savage | Martina Amati | Anthony Wilcox | Tom Geoffrey
Creative Skillset and Crossoverlabs present: Defining Roles
Participants divide into two groups (documentary and fiction) to work with facilitators Emily Man, Creative Skillset and Mark Atkin, Crossoverlabs and identify their core strengths in an industry where many filmmakers find themselves doing everything. These workshops will outline how crews change as your career progresses – particularly in the jump from first to second film, and how and where to position yourself most strongly within them.
dealing with Second Album Syndrome Whether you’re a musician, a filmmaker or an artist, the same obstacles apply when you leave your passion project behind and start putting a business head onto creative shoulders. From the difficulties in letting go of the freedom and creative control you enjoy as an unknown, or in dealing with the multiple ‘interested parties’ who move in with your success, creative careers are challenging. Speakers: Joe Dunthorne (Author Submarine) | Matt Harlock (director The Bill Hicks Story) | and more guests tbc
Film 4 and Marc Isaacs present: The Art of Development
Participants divide into two groups: factual or fiction to work with either: a) As your career progresses, chances are more people are going to want to see your work from the early stages, which can be challenging. Sue Breen from Film 4 demonstrates why industry assistance can be invaluable in this handson workshop in script and story development. OR b) Marc Isaacs will talk candidly about his career as one of Britain’s leading documentary makers. Marc will relate the highs, lows and transition points of his own career, embedding his learning in the landscape of today’s doc-world.
Who’s got the money and how do I get it?
Nowadays it seems that although there is ‘less money around’, there are more ways to access it. But what’s best for you at this stage of your career: crowd-funding, EIS schemes, public money, branded content, or something else? Funders, producers and directors discuss what approaches work where, and how to secure finance for your film. Speakers: Alex Boden (UK producer, Cloud Atlas) | Fiona Neilson (producer, 24 Hour Party People) | and more tbc
Running throughout the three days 30 MINUTES WITH... (Limited to 30 people) Creating a slate. How to make your first feature work towards your second (and your third, and...)
Successful filmmaking is often about identifying your area of expertise and building a career incrementally over a number of projects. The LOCO London Comedy Film Festival team are joined by expert guests to discuss the best ways to build a long-term film-making career.
The British Council present: Creating Your International Festival Strategy
Film festivals are often the first opportunities for your early films to find their audience, their champions and potentially distribution. But once you’ve done the rounds once, how do you play the circuit to your advantage? Rachel Robey of the British Council talks us through potential festival strategies and how to make sure you maximise international opportunities as your career develops.
Being seen: Making Distributable Films and Finding Your Audience
Distribution channels have diversified enormously with the advent of digital, but have the tenets of distributability changed? What do audiences really want to see and how do filmmakers find their audiences successfully? Speakers: Nick Gonda (CEO, TUGG) | Jamie King (CEO,Vodo)| Rachel Woodward (Head of Distribution, Soda Pictures) | Oli Harbottle (Head of Distribution, Dogwoof)
SCHOOL FOR Creative Start-ups present: Business Planning for Creatives This workshop will offer empathetic yet practical advice for the artist who is struggling to find their business head. You will look at business planning, cashflow, time management and all the boring but vital skills needed to survive the early stages of your career.
Pulse Films present: How to Get an Agent
Pulse Films will talk participants through the steps involved in getting an agent, how to work with them to create a dynamic and engaging showreel, and some good old-fashioned networking tips.
The legal loop: the legal things you actually need to know
As confusing and overwhelming as legal procedures can seem in the film biz, there are some which we simply cannot avoid. This session will take participants through the core elements of the legalities you ignore at your peril as you transition into a professional career in film.
Native LDN present: creating a successful online profile
The most superficial but often most valuable area of creative work is in our public face online. The online afficionados from this leading online agency will demonstrate what elements you need to embrace to keep up with the game.
Limehouse Academy present: How filmmakers can break into the publishing industry without breaking the bank
As the book publishing industry rises to the challenge of digitisation and convergence with film, app development and gaming, there has never been a greater time to offer creative services to publishing houses on a freelance, contract or salaried level. The question is: how do you go about this in a way that ensures you can do what you do best – make films – and still be able to pay your rent at the end of the month?
These intimate sessions, will allow a small group of filmmakers direct access to some of the Industry’s key movers and shakers. (Keep an eye on the website for details.)
ALSO Speed mentoring: the best five minutes of your life?
Got your elevator pitch down, your question honed or your plea for funding perfected to a T? Sign up for speed mentoring with our industry mentors and it might just be the best 5 minutes of your life. Full schedule will be published on the website.
Offered / Wanted Filmcycle
Got something to give? Missing something or someone? Looking for that special editor / production manager / after-effects whizz to spice up your life and make things complete? Visit our matchmakers corner and find your one true special FX supervisor.
Peer to peer mentoring
It’s hard to work alone. Let’s share.
PROGRAMME CORRECT AT TIME OF PRINT. DETAILS Subject to change.
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A Field in England
Ben Wheatley’s (Down Terrace, Kill List, Sightseers) 4th feature (see page 10) will be the first ever film to be released nationwide simultaneously in cinemas, on free TV, on DVD and video ondemand. Join Ben and crew to discuss the journey of the film.
EMERGE
Emerge (see page 28) is a celebration of innovation in filmmaking through convergence and emerging digital technologies. Introduced by Mike Figgis.
East End Live
(see page 22) East London’s own one day music festival with TOY, The Monochrome Set and more.
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VENUES & BOOKING The Aubin Cinema 64–66 Redchurch Street Shoreditch, London E2 7DP Box Office: 0845 604 8486 www.aubincinema.com By rail: Shoreditch High street By bus: 8 By tube: Old Street, Aldgate east Ticket price: £6, £8 , £10, £13, £15 Barbican Cinema Silk Street, City of London, London, EC2Y 8DS Box Office: 020 7638 8891 www.barbican.org.uk/film By tube: Barbican, Moorgate By bus: 8 / 11/ 23 / 56 / 100 / 153 Ticket price: Genesis Cinema 93–95 Mile End Road, Whitechapel, London E1 4UJ Box Office: 0207 780 2000 To book tickets: www.genesiscinema.co.uk By tube: Stepney Green / Whitechapel By bus: 25 / 205 Ticket price: £8 Adult, £5.50 Students /NHS, £4.50 child, £3.50 pensioner, £20 family Hackney Picturehouse 270 Mare Street London E8 1HE Box Office: 0871 902 5734 www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/ Hackney_Picturehouse/ By bus: 48 Ticket Price: Little White Lies 71A Leonard Street, London EC2A 4QS To book tickets: tbd By tube: Old Street / Shoreditch high street / Liverpool Street Rich Mix 35–47 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6LA Box Office: 020 7613 7498 To book tickets: www.richmix.org.uk By tube: Liverpool Street By bus: 8 / 388 /26 / 242 / 35 / 47 / 48 / 47 / 135
Rio Cinema 107 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2PB Box Office: 020 7241 9410 To book tickets: www.riocinema.ndirect.co.uk By rail: Dalston Kingsland By bus: 149 / 242 / 76 Spitalfields Market & Old Spitalfields Market 16 Horner Square , Spitalfields, London E1 6EW All events are FREE Seating available on a first come, first served basis. By tube: Liverpool Street By bus: 135 / 26 / 35 / 388 / 47/ 48 / 78 / 8 Stratford Picturehouse – East London Salway Road, London E15 1BX Box Office Number: 0871 902 5740 www.picturehouses.co.uk/ cinema/Stratford_London/ By tube: Stratford By rail: Maryland Vibe Gallery & Vibe Bar The Old Truman Brewery, 91–95 Brick Lane, London E1 6QL Telephone: 020 7247 3479 www.vibe-bar.co.uk By tube: Liverpool Street By rail: Shoreditch High Street By bus: 8 / 26 / 242 / 388
Troxy 490 Commercial Road, London E1 0HX Box office: 0844 888 0440 Telephone: 020 7790 9000 www.troxy.co.uk By rail: Limehouse By bus: 135 / 115 Cargo 83 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3AY www.cargo-london.com Telephone: 020 7739 3440 By rail: Shoreditch high Street By tube: Old Street, Liverpool street By bus: 26 / 35 / 47 / 48 / 67 / 78 / 242 Netil House 1 Westgate Street, Hackney, London E8 3RL www.netilhouse.com Telephone: 020 3095 0900 (reception) 020 3095 9718 By rail: London Fields By bus: 26 / 48 / 388 Red Gallery 1-3 Rivington Street, London EC2A 3DT www.redgallerylondon.com Telephone: 02076 133 620 By tube: Old Street, Liverpool Street By rail: Shoreditch high street By bus: 8 / 388 / 43 / 242 / 26
3 Mills Studios London Telephone: 020 7363 3336 www.3mills.com By tube: Bromley By bow By rail: Stratford By bus: 8 / 108 / 276 / 425
Please check your journey time before travelling in London; all information is available at www.tfl.gov.uk For detailed information about our events, venues and programme, please visit www.eastendfilmfestival.com, follow us @eastendfilmfest and check the #EEFF2013 hashtag on twitter, like us on Facebook or call our information line: 020 7364 7917 open daily between 11.00am – 5.00pm during the festival All venues are fully accessible for disabled visitors, except for the following areas: Rio viewing balcony is not accessible by wheelchair. Genesis Screen 1 is not accessible by wheelchair.
Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen 2-4 Hoxton Square, London, Greater London N1 6NU www.hoxtonsquarebar.com Telephone: 020 7613 0709 By tube: Old Street By bus: 47 / 149 / 135 / 35 The Old Blue Last 38 Great Eastern Street, London EC2A 3ES Telephone: 020 7739 7033 www.theoldbluelast.com By tube: Liverpool Street, Old Street By rail: Shoreditch High street By bus: 135 / 47 / 35 / 8
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EAST END fILM fESTIVAL 2013 WeDneSDaY 26 JUne
tHUrSDaY 27 JUne
rich Mix
tUe 25 JUne
7.00pm: UK Gold 7.15pm: Smash & Grab 8.30pm: Overhill 9.00pm: Pilgrim Song
SatUrDaY 29 JUne
SUnDaY 30 JUne
6.30pm: Miss Lovely 8.30pm: Sommarstället 9.00pm: Riot on Redchurch Street
3.00pm: Inch’Allah 6.00pm: The Wild Ones 8.30pm: Kuro
6.00pm: Television 8.00pm: The Man Whose Mind Exploded
8.30pm: 2 Graves
7.00pm: Dollhouse
3.00pm: Zoom Films 5.00pm: Life Begins With Tears
8.45pm: El Ultimo Elvis
8.45pm: Satellite Boy
6.00pm: Shorts: Family Ties
8.30pm: Burn it up Djassa
6.00pm: Shorts: Battles
Mon 1 JUlY
tUeSDaY 2 JUlY
6.30pm: Mosaic Drinks @ Bar
Genesis cinema
6.45pm: 99% 7.00pm: Omit The Logic (Richard Prior) + Comedy Bar
FriDaY 28 JUne
Stratford Picturehouse
Hackney Picturehouse
8.45pm: The East
1.30pm: All Eye on Us 2.00pm: Blackout 2.50pm: Platform 12 3.00pm: Railway Redemption 3.35pm: Tik and the Turkey
Parties
other venues
Barbican
aubin
rio cinema
1.30pm: Blackfish 3.30pm: When Derin Falls
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6.30pm: Viola
6.30pm: Documentary Shorts: The Truth Don’t Hurt
Disaronno Drinks BAR PARAGON
Riot on Redchurch St Party VENUE TBC
Opening night Gala Troxy
Comedy BAR PARAGON
Mosaic Drinks BAR PARAGON 6.30pm
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MonDaY 8 JUlY
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6.30pm: In The Name Of 8.30pm: Colors
6.30pm: East One 9.00pm: Leones
6.30pm: The Cleaner 8.30pm: The Heart of Bruno Wizard
1.00pm: Extraordinary Stories 7.00pm: Soldate Jeanette
6.00pm: Underground On The Surface
6.00pm: Rocker 9.00pm: Baby Blues
6.30pm: Songs of Redemption 8.30pm: Call Girl
7.00pm: The Colour Of The Chameleon
6.30pm: Prospects 7.00pm: The Brightest Colours Make Gray 8.00pm: One Night in Powder
6.30pm: We Are The Freaks 7.00pm: Shorts: Lakino Argentine Shorts Films 8.45pm: Die Welt
2.00pm: Trois Exercises d’Interpretation 4.00pm: War Matters + The Tony Benn Film 6.30pm: Suspension of Disbelief 7.00pm: Discoverdale 6.15pm: Shorts: Lost in the Other 9.00pm: Miss Lovely
2.30pm: Pharmakon 4.00pm: Leones 5.30pm: And Day Now 6.00pm: Shorts: How Did It Come To This?
6.30pm: Annelie
7.00pm: Inch’Allah 8.30pm: Halley
6.30pm: A Field in England
8.45pm: Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas
8.45pm: Last Time I Saw Macao
6.30pm: We Ain’t Stupid
8.45pm: Frances Ha
6.30pm: Lovelace
8.30pm: Shorts: Come and Go as One Pleases
11.30pm: Beyond the Grave
6.45pm: Una Noche
WeDneSDaY 10 JUlY
1.30pm: Shorts: Tomorrow is Promised to No One 3.30pm: Dummy Jim
6.30pm: Breathe In
9.15pm: Generation Um
8.30pm: Pussy Riot
11.00am: Satellite Boy 4.00pm: After Tiller
1.30pm: The Fade 3.30pm: A World Not Ours
5.00pm: Penance
6.30pm: EMERGE Vibe Bar
8.00pm: Songs of Redemption Music Night Rich Mix Bar Drinks BAR PARAGON
Bruno Wizard Party VENUE TBC
Discoverdale Drinks BAR PARAGON
LipSinkers BAR PARAGON
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