Filmhouse Brochure - August 2016

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FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT

H O M E O F T H E E D I NB U RG H I N T E R N AT I O N A L F I L M F E S T I VA L

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Oh no, it’s that month again!

August. When the world descends on our fair city and everyone seeks their cultural nourishment elsewhere. Well, not quite everyone, but fo’ sure we find ourselves a little… quieter. August in Edinburgh is not a boom time for cinema outside of mainstream entertainments, and that is why we have put together a programme of films you may well find impossible to ignore. Turn these pages at your peril! And if you don’t come here for whatever bizarre reason – like you have something better to do? There is nothing better to do! – you’re only going to feel as if you’ve missed out on something. Trust me. Here’s some of the why…

Pedro Almodóvar films don’t come around that often. To be more precise, every 2 or 3 years, usually released on the last Friday in August – I’ll say one thing for the UK film industry: if it worked once, they stick with it! Julieta is no exception, and it’s a triumphant return to the female-centric storytelling wherein lies the man’s greatest acclaim. Studio Ghibli Forever showcases 12 of their very best, including early classics such as Only Yesterday and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind; and our quite frankly marvellous Adapting Miss Highsmith season concludes with rare screenings of some classic French – and some wonderful TV – adaptations.

Lastly, since we changed the shape of this publication last month, we have been in receipt of a few suggestions to improve the new format. We’re taking heed of those and making the changes where appropriate – but one thing that no-one has mentioned, strangely and shatteringly, is that it’s a bad thing that I get less room to write this. Yeah, thanks guys...

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

Filmhouse Explorer Buy A TICKET FOR...

The Carer (p 4) Born To Be Blue (p 5) Maggie’s Plan (p 5) Star Trek Beyond (p 7) Julieta (p 8)

GET A HALF PRICE TICKET for Barry Lyndon (p 4) Sid & Nancy (p 6) Weiner (p 8) Adapting Miss Highsmith (p 21-23) Ingrid Bergman season (p 26-27)

All tickets subject to availability. The half price voucher only applies to full price tickets. The Filmhouse Explorer ticket deal cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. The 50% discount is not valid for Friday matinee screenings.

Ticket Prices matinees (shows starting prior to 5pm) Mon - Thu: £8.00 / £6.00 concessions Fri: £6.00 / £4.50 concessions Sat - Sun: £10.00 / £8.00 concessions

evening screenings (starting 5pm and later) £10.00 / £8.00 concessions 3D SCREENINGS add £2 to ticket price.

filmhouse junior screenings Under 12s are £4.50 for any screening.

Filmhouse members get £1.50 off (excludes Friday Matinees and Filmhouse Junior)

CONCESSIONS Children (under 15s), Students (with matriculation card), Young Scot card, Senior Citizens, Disability (carers go free), Claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit), NHS employees (with proof of employees).

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ACCESS, CAPTIONED & AUDIO DESCR. GENERAL INFORMATION SCREENING DATES AND TIMES TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION

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Adapting Miss Highsmith 21 Adult Life Skills 4 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 33 The American Friend 23 Animation Workshops 10 Antonia Bird 24 Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to...

24 Author: The JT LeRoy Story 7 Autumn Sonata 27 Barry Lyndon 4 Born To Be Blue 5 Care 24 The Carer 4 Casablanca 26 The Childhood of a Leader 7 Closet Monster 15 Deep Water 22 Double Bills (Highsmith) Annabel + This Sweet Sweetness 21 A Curious Suicide + The Cry of the Owl 23 The Cat Brought It In + Deep Water 22 Sauce for the Goose + Enough Rope 22 Edinburgh International Television Fest. 30-32 Education and Learning 10 EIFF Short Film Challenge 4 Enough Rope 22 Face 25 The Fall 32 Fantastic Mr. Fox 28 The First World War in Cinema 6 Fortitude + Q&A 32 From Afar 9 The Girl King 15 Grave of the Fireflies 12 The Hamburg Cell 25 Harry Benson: Shoot First + Q&A 16 Holding the Man 15 Howl’s Moving Castle 14 Ingrid Bergman 26-27

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Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words 7 James and the Giant Peach 29 Journey to Italy 26 Julieta 8 Kiki’s Delivery Service 13 Laputa: Castle in the Sky 12 Maggie’s Plan 5 Matilda (Scratch ‘n Sniff ) 29 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 12 The Neon Demon 5 Notorious 26 Only Yesterday 13 People Just Do Nothing + Q&A 31 Priest 25 Poldark 32 Ponyo 14 Porco Rosso 28 Porridge + Q&A with Kevin Bishop...

31 POUTfest Tour 2016 15 Princess Mononoke 13 Queens of Syria + Q&A 9 Ratcatcher + Intro 8 Ravenous 25 Red Dwarf + Q&A with Doug Naylor 30 Robinson Crusoe 28 Ronald D. Moore’s Sci-Fi Masterclass...

30 Safe 24 The Scottish Endarkenment 11 Sid & Nancy 6 Spirited Away 13 Star Trek Beyond 7 Studio Ghibli Forever 12-14 Support Filmhouse 35 This Sweet Sickness 21 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya 14 The Talented Mr. Ripley 21 The Terrestrial Sea 6 U.S. Politics in Film 17 War Horse 6 The War Room + Discussion 17 Weiner 8 The Wind Rises 14 Wunder der Schöpfung + Live Score 33

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Main Features/Short Film Challenge

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NEW RELEASE

The Carer

JutalomJÁték Showing from Fri 5 Aug János Edelényi • UK/Hungary 2016 • 1h29m • Digital • English and Hungarian with English subtitles • 15 - Contains very strong language.

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Barry Lyndon Fri 5 to Mon 8 Aug Stanley Kubrick • UK/USA/Ireland 1975 • 3h7m • Digital • English, German and French with English subtitles • PG - Contains moderate violence, sex, nudity • No Intermission Cast: Ryan O’Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Krüger.

Cast: Brian Cox, Coco König, Emilia Fox, Anna Chancellor.

Brian Cox is at his theatrical best in this enjoyable comedy drama, starring as Sir Michael Gifford, a retired thespian suffering from Parkinson’s that has left him frustrated and gloriously grumpy at his country manor. His family insists he has a carer and he ends up with Hungarian refugee Dorottya (Coco König) who has acting aspirations of her own.

FREE Event

Kubrick’s epic costume drama tells the story of Redmond Barry, a young Irishman condemned to a life of wandering after he shoots an English officer in a duel over the hand of his cousin, whom he loves.

He is forced to enlist in the brutal Prussian army, becomes manservant to a card-sharp chevalier, a professional gambler himself, and marries the beautiful, newly widowed Lady Lyndon...

NEW RELEASE

EIFF Short Film Challenge

Adult Life Skills

Sat 6 Aug at 2.00pm

Tue 9 to Thu 11 Aug

2h50m • U

Rachel Tunnard • UK 2016 • 1h36m • Digital • 15

The third edition of the EIFF Short Film Challenge will screen the ten best submitted films from across Scotland. Join our guest jury to see work from the most exciting new and emerging filmmakers around at this free screening! Best Film and Most Promising Filmmaker awards to be presented.

Supported through the Scottish Government’s Edinburgh Festivals Expo Fund and by Creative Scotland. Most Promising Filmmaker award in partnership with the Saltire Society.

Cast: Jodie Whittaker, Lorraine Ashbourne, Alice Lowe, Ozzy Myers.

Expanding her BAFTA-nominated short film, writer/ director Rachel Tunnard has crafted a charmingly offbeat comedy-drama featuring a wonderful central performance by Jodie Whitaker as Anna, a young woman approaching 30 who has refused to deal with life after the death of her twin. Living in a shed in her mother’s backyard, she hides in her imagination (and makes amusing movies featuring her thumbs), but faces her arrested development when she bonds with a troubled young boy.

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Maybe you missed

Born to be Blue

The Neon Demon

Showing from Fri 12 Aug

Fri 12 to Mon 15 Aug

Robert Budreau • UK/Canada/USA 2015 • 1h38m • Digital 15 - Contains strong language, sex, violence, drug misuse.

Nicolas Winding Refn • France/USA/Denmark 2016 • 1h50m • Digital 18 - Contains strong bloody images, necrophilia, sexual assault

Cast: Ethan Hawke, Carmen Ejogo, Callum Keith Rennie, Tony Nappo.

Cast: Elle Fanning, Betha Heathcote, Christina Hendricks.

Witty and energetic imagining of the life of Chet Baker. Ethan Hawke embraces the role of the virtuoso trumpet player, pursuing his comeback in the 1960s after a spiralling battle with heroin addiction, and spurred on by an exciting new romance with the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Like Don Cheadle’s recent Miles Ahead, Budreau’s film seamlessly blends biography with engaging fiction and finds a keen balance between darkness and humour.

Jesse (Elle Fanning), a young aspiring model, quickly begins to turn heads following her arrival in Los Angeles. Thrust into stardom, at the expense of other models, she inhabits a world fuelled by narcissism, sex and violent intent. Nicolas Winding Refn (Only God Forgives, Drive) continues to divisively push the envelope, and his intoxicating blend of glittering visuals and lingering threat are bolstered by another masterful electronic score from Cliff Martinez.

NEW RELEASE

Maggie’s Plan Showing from Fri 12 Aug Rebecca Miller • USA 2015 • 1h38m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language.

Cast: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore, Bill Hader.

Pregnant New Yorker Maggie (Greta Gerwig) falls for married John (Ethan Hawke), whose relationship with Georgette (Julianne Moore) is on the rocks. Some years later, however, Maggie finds herself falling out of love and hatches a “perfect plan” to reunite the marriage she helped destroy...

A delightfully funny and cleverly interweaving story of mis-matched relationships, centred around the hapless love triangle between the independent Maggie, self-centred John and his intellectually intimidating Danish ex.

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The Terrestrial Sea

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The Terrestrial Sea

THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE

Tue 16 to Thu 18 Aug 45m • U • No Ads/Trailers • Screening on Wed 17 Aug is a ‘Relaxed Performance’ with low level lighting and allowance for noise.

Main Features/WWI in Cinema

The Terrestrial Sea highlights the diverse and ever-changing environments of the Cromarty Firth through music and film. In 2012, Mark Lyken was Artist in Residence at The Lighthouse Field Station in Cromarty, Scotland, where he worked alongside the Field Station’s team of ecologists and recorded The Terrestrial Sea album. In this Cryptic commission for Sonica, presented in partnership with Filmhouse as part of Made in Scotland, Lyken has developed The Terrestrial Sea into an enthralling audio-visual performance with regular collaborator Emma Dove. www.cryptic.org.uk/mark-lyken www.sonic-a.co.uk

CLASSIC RE-RELEASE

THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN CINEMA

Sid and Nancy

War Horse

Tue 16 to Thu 18 Aug

Wed 17 Aug at 1.00pm & 8.20pm

Alex Cox • UK 1986 • 1h51m • Digital • 18 - Contains very strong language, strong violence and hard drug use.

Steven Spielberg • USA 2011 • 2h26m • Digital • English and German with English subtitles • 12A

Cast: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Andrew Schofield.

Alex Cox’s seminal 1986 biopic is one of Gary Oldman’s earliest and most acclaimed roles. He plays Sid Vicious, bass guitarist of the Sex Pistols, with the outstanding Chloe Webb as his girlfriend Nancy Spungen: together, an ill-fated King and Queen of alternative rock. In 1978, following Nancy’s sudden, tragic death at the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan, Sid is arrested and taken for questioning, during which the full story of their passionate, mutually-destructive relationship unfolds...

Based on the best-selling play, War Horse is the story of Albert and his trusty thoroughbred horse Joey.

After being separated at the start of World War I, Joey is captured by the Germans and Albert becomes temporarily blinded by gas. After the Armistice is signed will they be able to reunite?

Screening as part of a four-year series of films, programmed in association with the University of Edinburgh, that relate to the First World War, some timed to coincide with the real events of 100 years ago and others which are not tied to specific dates.

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NEW RELEASE

Author: The JT LeRoy Story

Star Trek Beyond

Wed 17 & Thu 18 Aug

Fri 19 to Thu 25 Aug

Jeff Feuerzeig • USA 2016 • 1h51m • Digital • 15 - Contains references to child sexual abuse, very strong language, sex references.

Documentary

Justin Lin • USA 2016 • 2h5m • Digital • 12A

Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit-hole of how Laura Albert breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar/pseudonym for a decade. Albert’s epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation.

As she recounts this astonishing odyssey, Albert also reveals the intricate web spun by irrepressible creative forces within her...

NEW RELEASE

The Childhood of a Leader Showing from Fri 19 Aug Brady Corbet • UK/Hungary/France 2015 • 1h56m • Digital • English and French with English subtitles • 12A - Contains infrequent moderate sexual activity.

Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Idris Elba.

The crew of the USS Enterprise, halfway into their five-year mission, are attacked by a seemingly unstoppable wave of unknown aliens forcing them to abandon ship. Stranded on an unknown planet and with no apparent means of rescue, the crew find themselves in conflict with a new and ruthless enemy...

NEW RELEASE

Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words Fri 19 to Mon 22 Aug Stig Björkman • Sweden 2015 • 1h54m • Digital • Swedish and English with English subtitles • PG • Documentary

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Bérénice Bejo, Liam Cunningham.

Set against the backdrop of the 1919 Paris peace conference that led to the Treaty of Versailles, Brady Corbet’s directorial debut is a tautly drawn drama that juxtaposes the rise of fascism in context of an apparently angelic young boy’s tantrums and power struggles with his parents and carers in a large country house. At the heart of the film is 10 year-old Tom Sweet as the manipulative boy Prescott, tussling with his parents, played by Bérénice Bejo and Liam Cunningham.

Going beyond a mere career retrospective, this new documentary combines archive footage, interviews with her children, personal correspondence and, most remarkably, a wealth of never-seen-before home movies to paint a portrait of Ingrid Bergman in all aspects of her life. While exploring her rise to stardom, her magnificent and notorious romances and her adulthood as an international icon, the film is a testament to Bergman as a pioneer, mother and icon. See the best of Ingrid in our Bergman season more info on pages 26-27.

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Goriwng Pains/Main Features

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GROWING PAINS

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Ratcatcher

Weiner

Mon 22 Aug at 6.15pm

Tue 23 & Wed 24 Aug

Lynne Ramsay • UK/France 1999 • 1h33m • 35mm • 15

Josh Kriegman, Elyse Steinberg • USA 2016 • 1h36m • Digital 15 - Contains strong language, sex reference • Documentary

Growing Pains shows films dealing with some of the more complex aspects of childhood. All films followed by an informal chat and will be introduced by Jessie Moroney, a member of the programming team who attended the Practical Programming course with the Independent Cinema Office, which assists participants to develop a fresh programme for their venues.

12-year-old James is living through the 1970s garbage strikes in an impoverished Glasgow neighborhood. Emotionally estranged from his family due to a fatal accident he secretly feels responsible for, James’ increasingly introverted state is alleviated by a friendship with two young individuals whose naivety in spite of their austere reality allows them to drift into a dreamworld of their own.

The winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival, this strangely engrossing behind-the-scenes documentary follows the increasingly catastrophic campaign of former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner as he runs for Mayor of New York in 2013.

Having previously been entangled in a disastrous, career-stalling sex scandal, another one seems almost inevitable as Weiner negotiates a dizzying array of public appearances, press scrums and campaign meetings - with the filmmakers present all the way.

NEW RELEASE

Julieta Showing from Fri 26 Aug Pedro Almodóvar • Spain 2016 • 1h39m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong sex.

Cast: Emma Suárez, Adriana Ugarte, Inma Cuesta, Michelle Jenner, Daniel Grao.

Pedro Almadóvar’s twentieth feature, inspired by three short stories by Canadian writer Alice Munro, centres around twin performances by Emma Suárez and Adriana Ugarte as the titular character at different stages of life. From young Julieta’s (Ugarte) chance encounter and whirlwind romance with Xoan (Daniel Grao) to, via guilt-ridden loss, her relationship with teenage daughter Antïa (Priscilla Delgado) in later life, Julieta retains the colour and texture of the Spaniard’s previous work despite its deeply emotional dramatic focus.

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Matinee Special

BEYOND BORDERS

Queens of Syria Mon 29 Aug at 6.15pm Yasmin Fedda • Jordan/United Arab Emirates/UK 2014 • 1h10m Format TBC • Arabic with English subtitles • cert tbc • Documentary

The story of sixty women from Syria, all forced into exile in Jordan, who came together to create and perform their own version of the Trojan Women, the timeless Ancient Greek tragedy. What followed was an extraordinary moment of cross-cultural contact across millennia, in which women born in 20th century Syria found a vivid mirror of their own experiences in the stories of a queen, princesses and ordinary women like them.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A (guests TBC).

NEW RELEASE

From Afar Desde allà Mon 29 Aug to Thu 1 Sep Lorenzo Vigas • Venezuela/Mexico 2015 • 1h33m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Alfredo Castro, Luis Silva, Jericó Montilla, Catherina Cardozo.

Armando (Alfredo Castro) is 50 years old and spends his spare time seeking out young men in Caracas, paying them simply for company. When he meets 17 year old gang leader Elder (Luis Silva) and negotiates a price, a complex relationship begins between the pair. Lorenzo Vigas’ debut feature - Golden Lion winner at Venice - is tightly-coiled, drifting between drama and gang thriller, while foregrounding this delicate bond between a troubled man and a youthful hustler.

If you’re a Senior Citizen you can go to a matinee screening and get either Soup of the Day OR a cup of tea or filter coffee and a traycake for the special discounted price of £8 Offer runs from Mondays to Thursdays inclusive and only applies to screenings starting before 5.00pm. Ask for the Matinee Special deal at the box office and you’ll receive a voucher which can be exchanged in the Café Bar between 1.30pm and 5.30pm that day only.

Offer is subject to availability and only available in person.

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Education and Learning

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Education and Learning/Schools Screenings Take One Action Film Festival Take One Action Shorts (Primary screening) • Thursday 15 September, 10am (90mins) A programme of short films and activities for P6-P7, focusing on Global Citizenship and the rights of the child.

Sonita (Secondary screening) • Tuesday 20 September, 10am (90mins) • Farsi/Afghan & English subtitles Sonita is a young Afghan refugee living in Tehran. In a country where women can’t sing, she wants to be a rapper; in a community where teenage girls are sold into marriage, she refuses to be a commodity.

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival – Secondary School screenings La novia (The Bride) • Friday 7 October, 10am (96mins) Based on the classic “Bodas de sangre” by Federico García Lorca, La novia tells the passionate and tragic story of a love triangle between two men and a woman. Spanish with English subtitiles. Suitable for 15+ El Olivo (The Olive Tree) • Wednesday 12 October, 10am (98mins) Directed by award-winning Icíar Bollaín (Even the Rain), this moving drama follows a determined young farmer as she travels across Europe to reclaim her grandfather’s beloved olive tree. Spanish with English subtitiles. Suitable for 15+.

Events for Teachers Teacher’s Meeting – Monday 22 August, 4.30pm Join us for an informal meeting to discuss the Autumn Filmhouse schools programme, including foreign language cinema and future learning events. Refreshments will be included.

Teacher’s Screening – Monday 5 September, 4.30pm A free screening for teachers to watch one of the films from the forthcoming French Film Festival and discuss practical ways it can be used with Primary pupils.

Tickets to Filmhouse school screenings are only £3 per pupil, teachers free. For more information and to book places for any of the above events please contact Flip Kulakiewicz at education@cmi-scotland.co.uk or on 0131 228 6382

Animation Workshops

Stop Motion Puppet MakinG

(11-17 yrs)

Sun 7 Aug at 10.00am 6h40m •£40 for full day

Cartoon Animation (7-12 yrs) Mon 8 Aug at 10.30am 2h10m • £15

Toys Alive Animation (7-12 yrs) Mon 8 Aug at 1.40pm 2h30m •£15

More details on these Animation Workshops, run by Animation Jam, can be found at: filmhousecinema.com/seasons/animation-workshops

Plasticine Creature Animation (7-12 yrs) Tue 9 Aug at 10.30am 2h10m • £15

Plasticine Creature Animation (12-16 yrs) Tue 9 Aug at 1.40pm 2h30m • £15

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The Scottish Endarkenment The conclusion of our season of films that deal with the dialectical struggles within the Scottish psyche between good and evil, Self and the Other...

Under the Skin

Macbeth

Mon 8 Aug at 6.00pm

Mon 15 Aug at 6.00pm

Jonathan Glazer • UK 2013 • 1h48m • Digital 15 - Contains infrequent strong sex and frequent nudity Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Antonia Campbell-Hughes

Justin Kurzel • UK 2015 • 1h53m • Digital 15 - Contains strong bloody violence • Cast: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Sean Harris, Elizabeth Debicki, Paddy Considine.

A beautiful woman (Scarlett Johansson) drives a white van along Scotland’s lonely back roads. Her identity and her motives unclear, her eyes deadened but alert, she prowls the night streets seeking male victims...

An ambitious Scottish duke is promised the throne by three mysterious witches, and his murderous coup begins to consume him...

The Scottish Endarkenment

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Studio Ghibli Forever

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Studio Ghibli Forever A sweeping season of Studio Ghibli - from the legendary Japanese animation house’s humble beginnings in 1984 with Nausicaä Of The Valley Of The Wind to its late masterpiece, The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya.

NausicaÄ of the Valley of the Wind Kaze no Tani no NausicaÄ Fri 5 to Tue 9 Aug (select dates only) Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 1984 • 1h56m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild violence, scary scenes

Set centuries in the future in a world almost swallowed by a polluted forest full of giant insects.

The titular heroine is a gentle, courageous girl whose peaceful country is caught up in a conflict between greater powers. The wind-riding Nausicaä remains one of the most popular animated characters in Japan.

My Neighbour Totoro

Laputa: Castle in the Sky

Tenku no Shiro Laputa Fri 5 to Wed 10 Aug (select dates only)

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 1986 • 2h4m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild violence and peril

Two children - Sheeta and Pazu - set off on a dangerous treasure hunt for the legendary flying castle, Laputa. Also chasing the treasure are a gang of airborne pirates and a sinister government agent...

The spectacular aerial battles, flying contraptions and warrior robots make this one of Studio Ghibli’s most beautiful and exhilarating adventures!

Grave of the Fireflies

Tonari no Totoro Mon 8 to Thu 11 Aug

Hotaru no haka Tue 9 to Fri 12 Aug (select dates only)

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 1988 • 1h27m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • U - Contains infrequent mild scary scenes.

Isao Takahata • Japan 1988 • 1h29m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A - Contains moderate war horror.

This iconic tale follows Satsuke and Mei, two young girls who find that their new country home is in a mysterious forest inhabited by a menagerie of mystical creatures named Totoros. The eldest of these creatures becomes their friend and, as their mother lies sick in the hospital, he takes the sisters on a magical adventure while also helping them to understand the realities of life.

Isao Takahata’s first Ghibli feature follows a teenage boy and his infant sister as they struggle to survive in wartime Japan. After losing their mother and their home in a fire-bomb attack, the pair gradually withdraw from adult society and find solace in each other as tragedy moves inevitably closer. Often heartbreaking, Grave of the Fireflies shows both the cruelties and joys of the characters’ short lives. Our knowledge of the outcome from the start makes the film all the more intense.

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Kiki‘s Delivery Service

Only Yesterday

Majo no takkyūbin Thu 11 to Sat 13 Aug

Omoide Poroporo Sat 13 to Tue 16 Aug

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 1989 • 1h43m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • U - Contains mild peril

Isao Takahata • Japan 1991 • 1h59m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains references to puberty.

Following tradition, 13 year-old Kiki must leave home and support herself for a year. Kiki is a witch, complete with broomstick and talking cat. Miyazaki’s delightful film is refreshingly down-to-earth about Kiki’s problems in adjusting to a new home, not to mention adolescence. The fantasy is enhanced by the extraordinary surroundings. Kiki’s new home is a gorgeously idealised composite of Stockholm, Napoli, Lisbon, Paris and even San Francisco.

This decade-crossing character study depicts the rapid changes in modern Japan through the eyes of twenty-seven year-old Taeko. Travelling to the country for a working holiday, she ponders the direction of her life and recalls her childhood in the ‘60s. The flashbacks are crammed with pop-culture references, presented in a simple water-colour style that contrast with the ‘realist’ present-day.

Princess Mononoke

Spirited Away

Mononoke Hime Sun 14 to Tue 16 Aug

Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi Thu 18 to Sat 20 Aug

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 1997 • 2h8m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains moderate violence, threat, scary scenes, mild language.

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 2001 • 2h5m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild peril and scary scenes

A young warrior is cursed by a demon. His search for a cure takes him far from home, to a forest where animal gods fight a losing battle with human invaders. The gods’ champion is San, an abandoned girl raised by wolves. With samurai swordfights and a showdown with the gods, Princess Mononoke echoes John Ford westerns as much as Kurosawa.

10-year-old Chihiro and her parents discover a tunnel in the countryside that leads them into an old, abandoned theme park. While her parents help themselves at a food stand, Chihiro goes exploring.

As night falls, she returns to find that mum and dad have been turned into pigs, leaving her trapped in the spirit realm. Sent to work in a bathhouse for the gods, Chihiro has to find a way to break the spell.

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Ponyo Gake no ue no Ponyo Sat 20 to Mon 22 Aug

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 2004 • 1h59m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • U - Contains mild threat

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 2008 • 1h41m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • U - Contains very mild threat

In a land of witches, wizards and war, Sophie is a young milliner befriended by Howl the wizard. The jealous Witch of the Waste loves Howl, and puts a spell on Sophie, turning her into an old lady. Sophie runs away and ends up working as a cleaning woman in Howl’s Moving Castle, the remarkable, magical contraption that walks the land.

Five-year-old Sosuke lives with his mum in a house on a cliff overlooking the sea. One day Sosuke finds a strange-looking goldfish with a human face; he rescues her and calls her Ponyo. Ponyo is so enamoured with Sosuke that she decides she wants to become human, but her father, Fujimoto, is determined that won’t happen...

The Wind Rises Kaze tachinu Sun 21 to Sat 27 Aug (select dates only)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 2013 • 2h7m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains brief bloody image, smoking scenes

Sat 27 & Sun 28 Aug

A decades-spanning epic inspired by the life of Jiro Horikoshi, visionary designer of one the most beautiful aeroplanes in history and the writer Tatsuo Hori.

Jiro dreams of flying and designing aeroplanes. In his fantasy world, up in the clouds, he befriends Caproni, an Italian aeronautical engineer who designs amazing flying machines. Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927. He becomes an elite engineer, and creator of the state-of-the-art fighter bomber put into service just as Japan enters war with the US...

Isao Takahata • Japan 2013 • 2h17m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • U - Contains mild violence, natural nudity

Isao Takahata’s serene, hand-drawn impressionism is the perfect medium for an enchanting story that dates back to the 10th century. Discovered inside a luminous stalk of bamboo, a magical newborn lights up the life of a childless woodcutter and his wife. The family become wealthy and move to a city mansion, where Kaguya is courted by the most eligible bachelors far and wide. However, the role of ‘princess’ is not to her liking, and she yearns for the countryside and the carefree life she once knew...

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POUTfest Tour 2016 Time to POUT again, like you did last summer…

Yes indeed, POUTfest returns, bigger, better, bolder and brighter, so come join us for one incredible summer of exceptional LGBTQI films!

Holding the Man

The Girl King

Sat 6 & Sun 7 Aug

Sat 13 & Sun 14 Aug

Neil Armfield • Australia 2016 • 2h8m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong sex, drug misuse, strong language.

Mika Kaurismäki • Finland/Germany/Canada/Sweden/France 2015 • 1h46m • Digital • English, French and German with English subtitles •15

Cast: Ryan Corr , Craig Stott, Sarah Snook, Lee Cormie.

Tim (Ryan Corr) and John (Craig Stott) fell in love as teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor. Their romance endures for 15 years - through distance, discrimination, temptations, jealousies and losses - until an insurmountable problem tragically rears its head...

Girls Lost

Pojkarna

Cast: Malin Buska, Sarah Gadon, Michael Nyqvist, Lucas Bryant.

In 1632, at the age of 6, Kristina Vasa became the first native, female sovereign of Sweden. Raised as a prince under a conservative Lutheran court, Kristina grows up with ideas for modernising Sweden and bringing an end to war. Upon her ascent to the Swedish throne, Kristina is thrust into a labyrinth of power in a court dominated by men.

Closet Monster

Sat 20 & Sun 21 Aug

Sat 27 & Sun 28 Aug

Alexandra-Therese Keining • Finland/Sweden 2015 • 1h46m • Digital Swedish with English subtitles • cert tbc

Stephen Dunn • Canada 2015 • 1h30m • Digital • cert tbc

Cast: Tuva Jagell, Louise Nyvall, Wilma Holmen, Emrik Ohlander.

Kim, Momo and Bella - three girls for whom life is a daily struggle - find themselves wondering it would be easier if they were boys. They soon find out when a mysterious and beautiful black flower grows overnight in Bella’s back garden - the nectar of which causes them to turn temporarily male...

Cast: Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Isabella Rossellini, Joanne Kelly, Aliocha Schneider.

Closet Monster tells the story of Oscar Madly (Connor Jessup), a creative and driven teenager who hovers on the brink of adulthood. Affected by his dysfunctional parents, unsure of his sexuality, and haunted by horrific images of a tragic gay-bashing he witnessed as a child, Oscar dreams of escaping the town he feels is suffocating him.

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Harry Benson: Shoot First Fri 12 Aug at 6.00pm Justin Bare, Matthew Miele • USA 2016 • 2h8m • Digital • 12A • Documentary

This new documentary offers a captivating survey of the life and work of Harry Benson CBE, the Scots-born photographer who captured some of the most iconic moments in the 20th Century. Much of what we know today about many famous musicians, politicians and actors is due to the work of the man whose vibrant and intimate photos of The Beatles and many others have become instantly recognisable touch points in our popular culture.

Benson’s astonishingly extensive portfolio includes iconic photos of Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the civil rights movement in America, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Fischer, Greta Garbo, Michael Jackson and the Robert F. Kennedy assassination, not to mention every American President since Eisenhower. Benson’s wide-ranging work has appeared in publications such as Life, Vanity Fair and the New Yorker. Now aged 86, Harry Benson CBE is still taking photographs and has no intention of stopping.

With running commentary by Benson himself, the film features appearances by a range of his subjects including Sharon Stone, Alec Baldwin, Donald Trump, Dan Rather, James L. Brooks, Henry Kissinger, Ralph Lauren, Joe Namath and many others.

After the film there will be an on-stage discussion with Harry Benson CBE in person, hosted by the Scottish Parliament’s Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP. This unique event will coincide with the Harry Benson: Seeing America exhibition on display at the Scottish Parliament from 12 August to 3 December 2016. More information on this FREE exhibition can be found at www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/98066.aspx

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U.S. Politics in Film The next few months promise high political drama as the race for the White House heats up, in what has proved a uniquely unpredictable and interesting U.S. election year. There’s a long history of great filmmaking about U.S. elections, and about American politics more generally. Over the coming weeks we’ll be working in partnership with The Scottish Parliament’s Festival of Politics and the University of Edinburgh, with the support of the U.S. Consulate General Edinburgh, to present some of the highlights of this tradition.

Each screening will be followed by a discussion about the film and the issues it raises. Guests will include politicians and others working in frontline politics, as well as scholars and commentators. We’ll launch the series on 17 August by screening Hegedus and Pennebaker’s masterful documentary The War Room.

Full listings for U.S. Politics in Film, running at Filmhouse through November, will appear in the September issue of our brochure.

The War Room Wed 17 Aug at 6.05pm Chris Hegedus, DA Pennebaker • USA 1993 • 1h36m • 35mm • PG • Documentary

Given unprecedented access, documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follow part of the 1992 Clinton campaign for President of the U.S.A. During the New Hampshire primary, the campaign hits some stumbling blocks, chief among them the Gennifer Flowers scandal, but nevertheless manages to pull out a second-place finish. From there strategists George Stephanopoulos and James Carville return to the national campaign headquarters in Little Rock to monitor the remaining duration of the campaign.

Taking place on the eve of the Festival of Politics which takes place at the Scottish Parliament, the Parliament’s Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh MSP will chair a 20 minute post-film discussion with US pollsters and political strategists for the Democratic and Republican parties, Jason Boxt and Robert Moran. They will discuss the factual accuracy of the Clinton campaign portrayed in the documentary and examine the development of Presidential campaigns from the 1990s to the current day. Both Jason and Robert will be appearing at the Festival of Politics on Saturday 20 August to discuss ‘Who Will Win America’. Tickets for the Festival of Politics can be booked at www.festivalofpolitics.scot

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Fri 1 Nausicaä of the Valley... (SG) 2.00 5 1 Laputa: Castle in the... (SG) 5.00 7.45 Aug 1 Barry Lyndon 2 This Sweet Sickness (PH) 1.00/6.00 3.30/8.30 2 The Carer *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Sat 1 EIFF Short Film Challenge 2.00 (Free) 6 1 Nausicaä of the Valley... (SG) 5.15 7.45 Aug 1 Barry Lyndon 2 Barry Lyndon 1.00 2 The Carer 4.45/6.50 8.55 2 This Sweet Sickness (PH) 3 Holding the Man (PF) (OR) 3.30 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Sun 1 Robinson Crusoe (FJ) 11.00am 7 1 Nausicaä of the Valley... (SG) 1.15 Aug 1 Laputa: Castle in the... (SG) 4.00 7.00 1 Barry Lyndon 2 The Carer 1.00/6.45 2 Double Bill: Annabel + This Sweet Sickness (PH) 3.10 2 This Sweet Sickness (PH) 8.50 3 Holding the Man (PF) (OR) 5.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Mon 1 My Neighbour Totoro (SG) 1.00/5.45 8 1 Laputa: Castle in the... (SG) 3.05 Aug 1 Barry Lyndon 7.45 2 Barry Lyndon 2.00 2 Under the Skin (SE) 6.00 2 The Carer 8.40 3 The Carer 1.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 34 Tue 1 Nausicaä of the Valley... (SG) 1.00 9 1 My Neighbour Totoro (SG) 3.45 Aug 1 Grave of the Fireflies (SG) 6.15 1 Adult Life Skills 8.30 2 The Carer 1.15/8.40 2 Adult Life Skills 3.30 2 Antonia Bird: From... (AB) 6.10 +Q&A *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20)

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Wed 1 Laputa: Castle in the Sky (SG) 1.00 10 1 Grave of the Fireflies (SG) 3.45 Aug 1 My Neighbour Totoro (SG) 6.15 1 The Talented Mr Ripley (PH) 8.20 2 The Talented Mr Ripley (PH) 1.10 2 The Carer 4.05/6.10 2 Adult Life Skills 8.25 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Thu 1 My Neighbour Totoro (SG) 2.30 11 1 Kiki’s Delivery Service (SG) 6.00 Aug 1 The Talented Mr Ripley (PH) 8.20 1.10/6.10 2 The Carer 2 The Talented Mr Ripley (PH) 3.15 8.25 2 Adult Life Skills *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Fri 1 Grave of the Fireflies (SG) 1.00 12 1 Kiki’s Delivery Service (SG) 3.20 6.00 +Discussion Aug 1 Harry Benson: Shoot First 1 The Neon Demon 9.15 2 Deep Water + Short (PH) 1.10/6.10 3.40/8.40 2 Born to be Blue 3 The Neon Demon 1.05 3 Maggie’s Plan 8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Sat 1 Kiki’s Delivery Service (SG) 1.00 13 1 The Neon Demon 3.20/8.40 Aug 1 Only Yesterday (SG) 6.00 2 Deep Water + Short (PH) 1.10/8.30 2 Born to be Blue 3.40/6.10 3 The Girl King (PF) (OR) 3.35 3 Maggie’s Plan 8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Sun 1 Fantastic Mr. Fox (FJ) 11.00am 14 1 Only Yesterday (SG) 3.30 Aug 1 Princess Mononoke (SG) 6.05 1 The Neon Demon 8.50 2 Double Bill: The Cat Brought It In + Deep Water (PH) 2.15 2 Deep Water + Short (PH) 5.45 2 Born to be Blue 8.15 3 Maggie’s Plan 1.10 3 Born to be Blue 3.25 3 The Girl King (PF) (OR) 5.40 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20)

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(POL) U.S. Politics in Film (p 17) (SE) Scottish Endarkenment (p 11) (SG) Studio Ghibli Forever (p 12-14) SCREENING TIMES

Mon 1 Only Yesterday (SG) 1.00/6.20 15 1 Princess Mononoke (SG) 3.35 8.55 (captioned) Aug 1 The Neon Demon (C) 2 The Neon Demon 1.05 3.40/8.40 2 Born to be Blue 2 Macbeth (SE) 6.00 3 Maggie’s Plan 1.10/8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Tue 1 The Terrestrial Sea 4.30 16 1 Sid and Nancy 6.10 Aug 1 Only Yesterday (SG) 8.35 1.05 2 Princess Mononoke (SG) 2 Born to be Blue 3.50/8.40 6.15 +Discussion 2 Safe (AB) 3 Maggie’s Plan 1.10/8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Wed 1 War Horse (WW) 1.00 4.30 17 1 The Terrestrial Sea Aug 1 The War Room (POL) 6.05 +Discussion 1 Sid and Nancy 8.55 1.15 2 Maggie’s Plan 2 Born to be Blue 3.45/6.05 2 War Horse (WW) 8.20 3 Author: The JT LeRoy Story 3.40/8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Thu 1 Sid and Nancy 1.30/8.40 18 1 The Terrestrial Sea 4.30 Aug 1 Spirited Away (SG) 6.00 2 Maggie’s Plan 1.15 2 Born to be Blue 3.45/8.30 2 Care (AB) 6.05 3 Author: The JT LeRoy Story 3.40/8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Fri 1 Spirited Away (SG) 3.00 19 1 Howl’s Moving Castle (SG) 5.55 Aug 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 8.30 2 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 1.00 2 The Childhood of a Leader 3.40/8.40 2 Enough Rope (PH) 6.15 3 Ingrid Bergman in Her...

1.10/6.05 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20)

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1.10/8.45 3.40 3 Girls Lost (PF) (OR) *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Sun 1 Porco Rosso (FJ) 11.00am 21 1 Ponyo (SG) 1.10 Aug 1 Howl’s Moving Castle (SG) 3.25 1 The Wind Rises (SG) 6.00 8.45 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 2 Double Bill: Sauce for the Goose + Enough Rope (PH) 2.00 5.30 2 Ingrid Bergman in Her...

2 The Childhood of a Leader 8.00 3 The Childhood of a Leader 1.00 3 Girls Lost (PF) (OR) 6.05 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) Mon 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 2.30 22 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) (C) 8.20 (captioned) Aug 1 Ponyo (SG) 6.00 2 The Childhood of a Leader 1.10/8.40 2 Ingrid Bergman in Her...

3.45 2 Ratcatcher (GP) 6.15 +Discussion 3 Ingrid Bergman in Her...

1.00/8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 34 Tue 1 Casablanca (IB) 3.00/6.00 23 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 8.20 Aug 2 The Childhood of a Leader 1.00/8.40 2 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 3.30 2 Ravenous (AB) 6.15 3 Weiner 3.50/6.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 20)

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Wed 1 Ronald D Moore’s Sci-Fi.. (TV) 12.45 2.45 + Q&A 24 1 Red Dwarf (TV) Aug 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) 4.30 7.30 + Q&A 1 Porridge (TV) 1 People Just Do Nothing (TV) 8.50 + Q&A 2 Casablanca (IB) 1.10/8.40 2 The Childhood of a Leader 3.30/6.05 3 Weiner 1.00/8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) Thu 1 Notorious (IB) 25 1 Star Trek Beyond (AD) Aug 2 The Childhood of a Leader 2 Fortitude (TV) 2 Poldark (TV) 2 The Fall (TV) 3 Notorious (IB) 3 The Childhood of a Leader *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

5.55 8.15 1.30 5.00 + Q&A 7.00 8.20 1.00 6.05

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Mon 1 Julieta (AD) 2.45/6.10/8.30 1.00 29 2 Julieta (AD) Aug 2 Journey to Italy (IB) 3.30/8.50 6.15 +Q&A 2 Queens of Syria 3 From Afar 1.05 3 The Hamburg Cell (AB) 6.00 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 34 Tue 1 Julieta (AD) 30 1 Julieta (AD) (C) Aug 2 Julieta (AD) 2 The American Friend (PH) 2 Autumn Sonata (IB) 3 From Afar *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

2.45/8.30 6.10 (captioned) 1.00 3.15/8.25 6.15 1.05/6.00

Wed 1 Julieta (AD) 31 2 Julieta (AD) Aug 2 The American Friend (PH) 2 Autumn Sonata (IB) 3 From Afar *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

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Thu 1 Julieta (AD) 1 2 Julieta (AD) Sep 2 The American Friend (PH) 2 Priest (AB) 3 From Afar *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

2.45/6.10/8.30 1.00 3.15/8.25 6.00 3.45/8.45

Sun 1 James and the Giant Peach (FJ) 11.00am 28 1 The Tale of the Princess... (SG) 1.00 Aug 1 Julieta (AD) 3.55/6.10/8.30 2 Journey to Italy (IB) 1.10/6.35 2 Double Bill: A Curious Suicide + The Cry of the Owl (PH) 3.15 2 The Cry of the Owl (PH) 8.40 3 Julieta (AD) 1.05 3 Closet Monster (PF) (OR) 6.00 *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

* The majority of our screenings are scheduled well in advance, and times published in the brochure and online. Most weeks we leave spaces in the schedule in order to allow us to keep on films that are proving popular for a little longer; these screenings will be added to our website on the Tuesday preceding the start of the new cinema week on Friday.

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Described by Graham Greene as the ‘poet of apprehension’, Patricia Highsmith specialised in tightly plotted thrillers exploring the fear, jealousy, guilt and violence bubbling under the surface of outwardly civilised characters. Neurotic men dominate her fiction, antiheroes with a plethora of dark secrets and obsessions, though she was equally capable of studies of great sensitivity and tenderness, as evidenced by one of her few forays outside the thriller genre, Carol.

The artistry and intelligence of her work is widely considered to have transcended the thriller genre and rival that of mainstream literature, and has made for much compelling cinema. This season showcases the very best of them…

Double Bill: Annabel + This Sweet Sickness Sun 7 Aug at 3.10pm

Annabel

From TV’s The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Talented Mr Ripley Wed 10 & Thu 11 Aug Anthony Minghella • USA 1999 • 2h19m • Digital • English and Italian 15 - Contains infrequent strong language and violence.

Cast: Matt Damon, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett.

Paul Henreid • USA 1962 • 48m • Digital

Scripted by Robert (Psycho) Bloch, this heavily-adapted version of Highsmith’s This Sweet Sickness makes for a deliciously dark tale of unrequited love and obsession, featuring a couple of splendid performances.

This Sweet Sickness Dites-lui que je l’aime Claude Miller • France 1977 • 1h47m • Digital • French with English subtitles • cert tbc • Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Claude Piéplu, Jacques Denis, Dominique Laffin, Christian Clavier.

Fifteen years after Annabel came the first film version by director Claude Miller (Garde à Vue, The Little Thief). It features a boyish Gérard Depardieu - still fresh from acting opposite Robert De Niro in Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1900 - as David, an accountant hopelessly obsessed with a woman he has carried a torch for since his youth but who’s now married to another man.

This Sweet Sickness will also screen individually from Fri 5 Aug to Sun 7 Aug, for times see page 18.

After the Oscar®-laden success of his Michael Ondaatje adaptation The English Patient, Anglo-Italian filmmaker Anthony Minghella tackled a very different literary source - the book that first introduced the character of Tom Ripley. Casting Matt Damon as the protagonist opposite Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow, Minghella sought to be more faithful to the original text than Clément’s Plein Soleil, a film he nonetheless keenly admired.

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Double Bill: Sauce for the Goose + Enough Rope

Sun 14 Aug at 2.15pm

Sun 21 Aug at 2.00pm

The Cat Brought It In

Sauce for the Goose

An EPISODE OF TV SERIES Mistress of Suspense Nessa Hyams • UK/France 1992 • 50m • Format TBC • Cast: Edward Fox, Bill Nighy, Michael Hordern.

A country gentleman starts a private investigation after his housecat, Portland Bill, brings a pair of severed human fingers into his home... A fiendishly clever social satire, and a deadpan delight.

Deep Water

Eaux Profondes

Michel Deville • France 1981 • 1h41m • Digital • French with English subtitles • cert tbc • Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Sandrine Kljajic, Éric Frey, Christian Benedetti.

Middle-aged perfumer Vic Allen (Jean-Louis Trintignant) lives on the island of Jersey with his young wife Mélanie (Isabelle Huppert) and their daughter Marion (Sandrine Kljajic). Mélanie embarks on a string of extra-marital flirtations, all with her husband’s apparent approval, but mild-mannered, chess-playing Vic soon has murder on his mind...

Deep Water will also screen individually from Fri 12 Aug to Sun 14 Aug with short A Mighty Nice Man, for times see page 18.

A MIGHTY NICE MAN Jonathan Dee • USA 2014 • 12m • Digital

Adapted from the eponymous story in Patricia Highsmith’s short story collection Nothing that Meets the Eye, A Mighty Nice Man tells the haunting tale of two small, bored sisters in a dusty Deep South town, who vie for the attention of a mysterious stranger. He seems like a mighty nice man, but is he?

Clare Peploe • UK/France 1990 • 50m • Digital • Cast: Ian McShane, Gwen Taylor.

A shady nightclub crooner (Ian McShane in top form) and his seaside guesthouse landlady plot to murder the woman’s husband. But can they trust one another...? Dark and twisted, with a couple of terrific performances.

Enough Rope

Le meurtrier

Claude Autant-Lara • France/West Germany/Italy 1963 • 1h44m Digital • French with English subtitles • cert tbc • Cast: Gert Fröbe, Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein, Harry Meyen, Maurice Ronet, Yvonne Furneaux.

Shot in glorious monochrome ‘Scope, the big screen version of Highsmith’s The Blunderer stars a pre-Goldfinger Gert Fröbe as boorish bookseller Melchior Kimmel. After seeming to escape justice for killing his wife, Kimmel comes to the attention of philandering husband Walter Saccard (Maurice Ronet). When the Saccard’s own spouse Clara (Yvonne Furneaux) comes to a tragic end, the police are quick to link the two deaths.

Enough Rope will also screen individually on Fri 19 Aug & Sat 20 Aug, for times see page 19.

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Double Bill: A Curious The American Friend Der Amerikanische Freund Suicide + The Cry of the Owl Sun 28 Aug at 3.15pm

A Curious Suicide

Tue 30 Aug to Thu 1 Sep

Wim Wenders • West Germany/France 1977 • 2h5m • Digital • German and English with English subtitles • 15

An EPISODE OF TV SERIES Mistress of Suspense

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Gérard Blain, Lisa Kreuzer.

Robert Bierman • UK/France 1990 • 50m • Format TBC Cast: Nicol Williamson, Jane Lapotaire.

New German Cinema auteur Wim Wenders followed up his acclaimed road movie trilogy (Alice in the Cities, Wrong Move, Kings of The Road) with an adaptation of Ripley’s Game, the third of Highsmith’s five Ripley novels. Also incorporating strands of earlier book Ripley Under Ground, The American Friend sees the protagonist (broodingly played by counter-culture icon Dennis Hopper) involve terminally ill picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman (Bruno Ganz) in an underworld murder plot.

An American doctor visits an old friend with revenge on his mind. But some people aren’t cut out for murder...

The Cry of the Owl

Le cri du hibou

Claude Chabrol • France/Italy 1987 • 1h42m • Digital • French with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Jacques Penot, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Virginie Thévenet.

Highsmith and Claude Chabrol seemed to be made for each other so it’s surprising that the prolific French director (La Femme Infidèle, Le Boucher) didn’t turn to the writer’s work more regularly.

Although Highsmith herself considered The Cry of the Owl a lesser novel, Chabrol recognised its great power. The film centres on the unusual relationship between Robert (Christophe Malavoy) and Juliette (Mathilda May), which develops after Robert, a draughtsman and part-time artist, admits to having spied on her for several months.

The Cry of the Owl will also screen individually from Fri 26 Aug to Sun 28 Aug, for times see page 20.

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Antonia Bird Six one-off screenings of work by Antonia Bird, inspired by Susan Kemp’s documentary Antonia Bird: From EastEnders to Hollywood.

From her EIFF premiere of Safe in 1993, starring a young Aidan Gillen and Kate Hardie, to the intensity of 9/11 dramatisation The Hamburg Cell in 2004, Antonia Bird packed seven featurelength productions into a blazing decade, where she distinguished herself as one of the most passionate and incisive British directors of her era.

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Antonia Bird: From Eastenders to Hollywood Tue 9 Aug at 6.10pm Susan Kemp • UK 2016 • 1h33m • Digital • cert tbc • Documentary

The remarkable and turbulent career of film and TV director Antonia Bird - the first British woman to direct a Hollywood movie, who died in 2013. This film explores her work and battles to break down the barriers against her gender and her politics, and to bring a radical edge to popular drama.

The screening will be introduced by director Susan Kemp, who will take part in a Q&A hosted

by Jane Sillars, Programme Director - MSc in Film, Exhibition and Curation, University of Edinburgh.

Safe

Care

Tue 16 Aug at 6.15pm

Thu 18 Aug at 6.05pm

Antonia Bird • UK 1993 • 1h6m • Format TBC • 12A

Antonia Bird • UK 2000 • 1h45m • Format TBC • 12A

Cast: Aidan Gillen, Kate Hardie, Steven Mackintosh, Robert Carlyle.

Cast: Steven Mackintosh, Jaye Griffiths, Maria Pride, Richard Harrington, Daniel Parker.

Bird’s first film for TV follows the harrowing and violent lives of two homeless youngsters. Gypo (Aidan Gillen) is disturbed and dependent on his relationship with Kaz (Kate Hardie), who is living on the streets to escape a deeply troubled home life.

The screening will be introduced by filmmaker, writer and Antonia Bird collaborator Mark Cousins, who will also take part in a post-screening discussion with Alchemy Film & Arts Producer, freelance critic and EIFF Programmer Harriet Warman. The discussion will include Antonia Bird’s many unmade films, and will feature a first ever public reading of segments of her unmade, Edinburgh-set film, The Meat Trade, as well as some of her correspondence.

Heart-rending, BAFTA-winning drama about a young man struggling to piece his life together after years of childhood abuse in a children’s home and how he learns, despite his best efforts, that he can’t escape his past, nor a crusading media determined to make it public knowledge.

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Ravenous

Face

Tue 23 Aug at 6.15pm

Fri 26 Aug at 6.00pm

Antonia Bird • UK/USA/Czech Republic 1999 • 1h41m • Digital • English, Italian, Spanish and Washoe with English subtitles • 18

Antonia Bird • UK 1997 • 1h45m • Digital • 18

Cast: Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette, Neal McDonough.

Captain John Boyd (Guy Pearce), an inadvertant hero during the Mexican-American War, is re-assigned to a remote military outpost in the Sierra Nevada mountains. One day, a stranger (Robert Carlyle) approaches, claiming to have been lost in the mountains, at which point his party survived through cannibalism. The ensuing search party becomes a dark journey into the brutal, supernatural ‘Wendigo’ myth - in which consuming the dead allows one to inherit their power...

Cast: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Lena Headley, Philip Davis, Damon Albarn.

Disillusioned ex-socialist Ray (Robert Carlyle) is released from prison and plans one last major bank heist with a selection of other washed-up associates including Dave (Ray Winstone), Stevie (Steven Waddington) and Jason (a debuting Damon Albarn). Following the robbery, it doesn’t take long before the deep-rooted regrets and anxieties within this ragtag group begin to surface...

The Hamburg Cell

Priest

Mon 29 Aug at 6.00pm

Thu 1 Sep at 6.00pm

Antonia Bird • UK 2004 • 1h46m • Digital • English, Arabic and German with English subtitles • 15

Antonia Bird • UK 1994 • 1h38m • Digital • 15

Cast: Karim Saleh, Maral Kamel, Agni Scott, Omar Berdouni.

A skilfully directed, understated dramatisation of the events of 11 September 2001, released just three years after their occurrence, The Hamburg Cell was billed as the first coherent attempt to bring these events to the screen. Instead of centring on the leader of the group, Mohamed Atta (Kamel Boutros), Bird’s film focuses on Ziad Jarrah (Karim Saleh), a young student who gradually becomes more intensely involved with the radical fundamentalists at his German university.

Cast: Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Carlyle, Lesley Sharp, Cathy Tyson.

Cracker creator/writer Jimmy McGovern wrote the script for Antonia Bird’s provocative and deeply timely cinematic feature debut, which assaults the ethics of the Catholic church. Linus Roache plays Father Greg Pilkington, a deeply conflicted priest of a Liverpool parish who harbours secret homosexual desires and must decide between morality or church regulations when confided in by a desperate young girl.

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Ingrid Bergman Inspired by Stig Björkman’s new documentary Ingrid Bergman in Her Own Words (page 7), this month we present four of Ingrid Bergman’s finest and most memorable performances.

Spanning thirty-six years and directed by four of the true greats - Michael Curtiz, Alfred Hitchcock, Roberto Rossellini and Ingmar Bergman - these films demonstrate just how in-demand her talents were to filmmakers of the highest calibre.

So join us as we celebrate Ingrid Bergman, a silver screen icon and a woman who remains an enduring figure in cinema history, as time goes by...

Notorious Thu 25 & Fri 26 Aug Alfred Hitchcock • USA 1946 • 1h42m • Digital • U - Contains mild sex references and threat Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin.

A US agent (Cary Grant) plies his charm on an executed traitor’s tormented, alcoholic daughter (Ingrid Bergman) until she makes up to a German friend and admirer (Claude Rains) suspected of consorting with Nazis in Brazil. Undercover work, starting with guilt, desire and idealism, proceeds to betrayal, (partly self-)loathing and still murkier emotions. A dark love story which rivals, in terms of its bitter overtones, even Hitchcock’s later Vertigo.

Casablanca Tue 23 & Wed 24 Aug Michael Curtiz • USA 1942 • 1h42m • Digital • U Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet.

The world’s favourite Hollywood love story.

Humphrey Bogart is at his best as Rick, an American opportunist in 1940 French Morocco with a gruffly cynical exterior that belies his wary idealism and wounded heart. Ingrid Bergman is luminous as Ilsa, who arrives in Casablanca with resistance leader Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), but clearly has a history with Rick. Cynicism and self-interest contend with idealism and self-sacrifice as Rick and Ilsa’s past weighs against the world’s future.

Journey to Italy

Viaggio in Italia Sun 28 to Mon 29 Aug

Roberto Rossellini • Italy/France 1954 • 1h26m • Digital • English and Italian with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild sex references Cast: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban.

Hailed as one of the finest films ever made and recognised as one of Rossellini’s most masterful works, Journey to Italy is a deceptively simple portrait of a marriage in crisis. Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders play a quiet English couple who travel to Naples seeking a buyer for a property that has been left to them by a relative. Separated from the social whirl and hectic days of their London life, they are forced to confront a relationship that has crumbled into weariness, mistrust and mutual disdain.

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Tue 30 & Wed 31 Aug Ingmar Bergman • France/West Germany/Sweden/UK 1978 • 1h32m 35mm • Swedish and English with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Liv Ullmann, Ingrid Bergman, Lena Nyman, Halvar Björk.

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Bergman meets Bergman - at last. Early friction on set in Norway almost torpedoed this comeback for Ingmar, but in the end marks a triumph for Ingrid, as a concert pianist forced to recognise her wilful egotism. The Chopin sequence, with first Liv Ullmann and then Ingrid Bergman playing the A Minor Prelude, ranks among the finest in Ingmar Bergman’s distinguished filmography.

Special thanks to the Swedish Film Institute for allowing us to use their special 35mm archive

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JUN I OR Films for a younger audience, weekly on Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £4.50 (£5.50 for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!

For these shows we choose to screen dubbed versions where these are available, but some films will be in their original language with subtitles – these are marked on individual film descriptions.

Please note: although we normally disapprove of people talking during screenings, these shows are primarily forkids, so grownups should expect some noise!

Robinson Crusoe Sun 7 Aug at 11.00am

The Wild Life

Vincent Kesteloot, Ben Stassen • Belgium/France 2016 • 1h30m Digital • English, German and French with English subtitles • PG With the voices of Ron Allen, George Babbit, Laila Berzins.

On a tiny exotic island, Tuesday, an outgoing parrot lives with his quirky animal friends in paradise.

However, Tuesday can’t stop dreaming about discovering the world. After a storm, Tuesday and his friends wake up to find a strange creature on the beach: Robinson Crusoe.

Fantastic Mr. Fox Sun 14 Aug at 11.00am

Porco Rosso Kurenai no Buta Sun 21 Aug at 11.00am

Wes Anderson • USA/UK 2009 • 1h27m • Digital • PG - Contains mild violence and scary scenes With the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray.

Hayao Miyazaki • Japan 1992 • 1h42m • Digital • PG - Contains moderate fantasy violence, frequent smoking With the voices of Michael Keaton, Susan Egan, Cary Elwes.

Based on Roald Dahl’s classic, this quirky animation tells the story of Mr. Fox, who promised his wife that he would give up a life of henhouse robbery when their son was born. After years of going straight, Mr. Fox longs for the thrill of the perfect crime, and begins planning one last job...

In the skies over the Adriatic in the 1920s, the greatest fighter ace is...a pig? Miyazaki’s nonchalant hero shuns society and his own courageous past, but still inspires those around him. A stunning fantasy interlude was drawn from Roald Dahl’s aviation stories.

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James and the Giant Peach Sun 28 Aug at 11.00am

Matilda SCRATCH ‘N SNIFF Sun 4 Sep at 11.00am

Henry Selick • UK/USA 1996 • 1h20m • 35mm • U With the voices of Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon, Simon Callow.

Danny DeVito • USA 1996 • 1h38m • Digital • PG

Recently orphaned James Henry Trotter finds himself living with two horrid aunts, who work him all day long with no hope of escape. When an encounter with a mysterious old man leads to a peach in their garden magically growing to giant proportions, James discovers a group of friendly insects living inside, who he quickly befriends. A fantastic adventure begins when the peach rolls into the sea, and they set sail for New York City...

Matilda Wormwood is an extremely curious and intelligent little girl who is very different from her parents, who quite cruelly ignore her. As she grows older, she begins to discover that she has telekinetic powers....

Cast: Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman

This screening will feature special Scratch ‘n Sniff cards with different odours to smell at points in the film - from chocolate cake, to fresh pancakes, to smelly fish-paste sandwiches!

YOUNG ARTISTS WANTED Feeling inspired by a Filmhouse Junior screening on a Sunday morning? We’re looking for your artwork of the films you’ve seen here - you might just get your artwork up on our big Cinema 1 screen before our next Filmhouse Junior screening!

Either drop in your artwork at Box Office/post it (addressed to Education) or email your creative designs to families@filmhousecinema.com

Roald Dahl ON FILM We are delighted to be part of Roald Dahl on Film, a national programme of events and screenings to celebrate Roald Dahl 100 - the centenary of the world’s number one storyteller - with Fantastic Mr. Fox, Porco Rosso, James and the Giant Peach and a special Scratch ‘n Sniff screening of Matilda all in store this month!

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The Edinburgh International Television Festival brought to you

by YouTube and BT is one of the most prestigious media events in the UK – bringing together all parts of the television and digital world to celebrate the creativity, diversity and inspirational talent in our field, and to debate the major issues facing the industry.

Ronald D. Moore’s Sci-Fi Masterclass:

From Star Trek to Outlander and Beyond

Red Dwarf + Q&A with Doug Naylor Wed 24 Aug at 2.45pm 1h • 12A

Wed 24 Aug at 12.45pm 50m • PG

Multi award-winning screenwriter and producer Ronald D. Moore is the creative force behind some of the biggest and most loved franchises in television history: Battlestar Galactica, not one but three Star Trek franchises and currently the acclaimed Outlander.

Offering an intriguing perspective from the point of view of both showrunner and writer, Ronald will provide fascinating insight into what it takes to bring compelling sci-fi stories, characters and worlds to devoted audiences, as well as revealing the challenges and motivations he has faced along the way and introduce us to his new venture, Electric Dreams: The World of Philip K. Dick.

Red Dwarf writer, director and co-creator, Doug Naylor joins SFX magazine editor Richard Edwards in a Q&A after the exclusive screening of the first episode of the new series.

The show’s six episode run sees two of the Dwarfers’ dreams come true: Rimmer accidentally saves the life of a Space Corps Captain and is promoted to Officer, while Cat takes time off from being in love with himself to fall in love with a female Cat with a secret... Meantime, Lister wakes up to discover a deranged droid has stolen some of his body parts and Kryten has a mid-life crisis and considers leaving the Dwarfers for a younger crew.

Chaired by editor of SFX magazine Richard Edwards.

The posse also find themselves in an alternative America where modern technology is outlawed, making both Kryten and Rimmer illegal. With big laughs and dazzling effects, Red Dwarf XI recaptures the show’s golden age.

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Porridge

People Just Do Nothing +

+ Q&A with Kevin Bishop and Shane Allen

Q&A with Ash Atalla, STevE STAMP, ALLAN MUSTAFA AND JON PETRIE

Wed 24 Aug at 7.30pm

Wed 24 Aug at 8.50pm

1h5m • PG

1h5m • 12A

Actor and comedian Kevin Bishop (The Kevin Bishop Show) joins Shane Allen, Controller of BBC Comedy Commissioning in a Q&A following an exclusive screening of a brand new episode of Porridge.

Writers, creators and stars Steve Stamp and Allan Mustafa, co-founder/MD at Roughcut TV Ash Atalla and producer Jon Petrie join Boyd Hilton for a Q&A after the screening of a brand new episode of BAFTA-nominated BBC Three hit mockumentary People Just Do Nothing.

Kevin plays Nigel ‘Fletch’ Fletcher - the grandson of Ronnie Barker’s iconic character Norman Stanley Fletcher - in the new episode. Written by the original series creators, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, the one-off special will air in September on BBC One as part of a landmark sitcom season.

Nearly 40 years after his grandfather served his time, Nigel - ‘Fletch’ to his friends - has landed himself in a spot of bother. Imprisoned for a series of cybercrimes, Fletch finds himself beholden to Richie Weeks and forced to use his hacking skills to get Weeks off the hook. The problem being that wily Officer Meekie has got his beady eye on Fletch - he knows a wrong ‘un when he sees one.

In this episode, which follows the West London pirate radio station Kurupt FM, Chabuddy organizes a performance at a club in Ipswich. With emotions running high and groupie action on the cards, only Steves’ travel sickness can kill the vibe now. Back in Brentford, Miche goes out for her first ever work drinks. £10

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Fortitude

+ Q&A with Simon Donald and Patrick Spence Thu 25 Aug at 5.00pm 1h30m • 15

Creator and executive producer Simon Donald and executive producer Patrick Spence discuss the new series after an exclusive showing of the first episode of the highly anticipated new series.

After last year, Fortitude will never be the same again. The community is doing their best to keep going. They’ve wiped out any trace of the wasps the source of the contamination - but residents are still leaving and the mainland is trying to suffocate the town by cutting off its funding and supplies.

Those who stay are doing so because their life is here and they wouldn’t have it any other way - this is, after all, still the most staggeringly beautiful place on earth and many still feel the thrill and the wonder of it all. People are still falling in love and flourishing despite it all. But out in the wilderness, nature is growing ever more restless, more unpredictable, more dangerous. And the very sky itself has turned red - it’s called a Blood Aurora - and the omens are not good at all. £10

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Poldark Thu 25 Aug at 7.00pm William Sinclair • UK 2016 • 1h • Digital • 12A Cast: Aidan Turner, Eleanor Tomlinson, Heida Reed, Kyle Soller.

Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson return as Ross Poldark and Demelza for a further 10 episodes of Debbie Horsfield’s BAFTA-winning adaptation of Winston Graham’s acclaimed Poldark.

1790 and there is riot and revolution in the air. Ross Poldark must once again fight for his freedom when George Warleggan tries desperately to steal his mine and have him hanged as a revolutionary. Can Demelza save Ross from himself? £9

The Fall Thu 25 Aug at 8.20pm Allan Cubitt • UK 2016 • 1h • Digital • 15 Cast: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, Aisling Bea, Sophie Harkness.

Picking up at the moment where the heart-stopping series finale left off in series two, Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan return to BBC Two in their iconic roles as the battle between Detective Superintendent Gibson and Paul Spector reaches its terrifying conclusion in Allan Cubitt’s intense psychological thriller. As The Fall reaches its inexorable conclusion, it’s clear that the rules of this deadly game of cat and mouse are set to shift once again... £9

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COMING SOON

The Adventures of Prince Achmed WITH A LIVE SCORE BY SINK Sun 11 Sep at 4.00pm

COMING SOON

Wunder der Schöpfung

WITH A LIVE SCORE BY HERSCHEL 36 Sun 18 Sep at 3.30pm

Hanns Walter Kornblum • Germany 1925 • 1h32m • Digital German Intertitles, English Subtitles • U • Documentary

Lotte Reiniger • Germany 1926 • 1h5m • Digital • Silent • U

Widely considered to be the first full-length animated feature in the history of cinema, The Adventures of Prince Achmed is a beautifully crafted piece of storytelling based loosely on the Arabian Nights. The film is an exciting tale of sword fights, genies and adventure told using a pioneering silhouette animation technique. Filmhouse is delighted to commission acoustic trio Sink to bring their live sounds to this extraordinary film for a Scotland-wide tour. By creating a score that is in part conjured, Sink set the quiet air into magical vibration.

Part of CineScore Live, a touring season of live music and film events supported by Film Hub Scotland.

COMING SOON Café Society Captain Fantastic Hunt for the wilderpeople

This ground-breaking silent documentary is an extraordinary and unique document of human knowledge about the world and the universe.

Fifteen special effects experts and nine cameramen were involved in the production of this beautifully tinted and toned film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.

Herschel 36’s score for Wunder der Schöpfung premiered at the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema in March 2016 and tours Scotland this spring and autumn as part of CineScore Live, a touring season of live music and film events supported by Film Hub Scotland.

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Access Filmhouse foyer and Box Office are accessed from Lothian Road via a ramped surface and two sets of automatic doors. Our Cafe Bar and accessible toilet are also at this level.

The majority of seats in the Cafe Bar are not fixed and can be moved.

There is wheelchair access to all three screens. Cinema One has space for two wheelchair users and these places are reached via the passenger lift. Cinemas Two and Three have one space each and to get to these you need to use our platform lifts.

Staff are always on hand to help operate them – please ask at the box office when you purchase your tickets. A second accessible toilet is situated at the lower level close to Cinemas Two and Three.

Advance booking for wheelchair spaces is recommended. If you need to bring along a helper to assist you in any way, then they will receive a complimentary ticket. There are induction loops and infra-red in all three screens for those with hearing impairments.

This programme and our website carry information on which films have subtitles. We regularly have screenings with audio description for customers with visual impairments and subtitles for those with hearing difficulties – see below for details of these.

Email admin@filmhousecinema.com or call the Box Office on 0131 228 2688 if you require further information or assistance.

There is a large print version of the programme available which can be posted to you free of charge Audio Description and Captions

For Crying Out Loud

In all three screens we have a system which enables us, whenever the necessary digital files are available, to show onscreen captions for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and provide audio description (via infra-red headsets) for those who are sightimpaired.

Screenings for carers and their babies!

Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings are strictly limited to babies under 12 months accompanied by no more than two adults.

Babychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available.

This issue, all screenings of Star Trek Beyond and Julieta have audio description, and the following screenings will have onscreen captions: Mon 15 Aug at 8.55pm The Neon Demon Mon 22 Aug at 8.20pm Star Trek Beyond Tue 30 Aug at 6.10pm Julieta

Mon 8 Aug at 11am

My Neighbour Totoro

Mon 22 Aug at 11am Star Trek Beyond Mon 29 Aug at 11am Journey to Italy

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