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FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT
A FILM BY CÉLINE SCIAMMA
And the winner was... As avid readers of this column will know… I forgot to make my Oscar®-winners’ predictions this year. It’s probably just as well, for I would have looked like a fool - there being no likelihood I would have guessed in approximately one million years that the Academy members would break with exactly 91 years of tradition and vote a non-English language film the Best Film of the year. But do so, they did. And who could blame them? For what feels like the first time, I have absolutely no argument whatsoever with their choice - and that’s not just because we’re currently reaping the benefits of such a brilliant film getting its just desserts at the cinema. (For those of you that haven’t been paying any heed to such things – and who could blame you! – it’s Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite I’m talking about.) In my more extreme flights of fancy, I actually imagine the film’s success here at Filmhouse has as much to do with me describing it variously as “utterly brilliant”, and a “masterpiece” rather than any of the 5* reviews or awards… then I come back to earth and realise I’ve said that about many other films which played to one human and their canine companion. Anyway, who cares why?! Seeing great films find such a large, receptive audience is simply one of the great pleasures of this job. The film runs until March the 5th, but, if you miss it, don’t worry, we’ll be bringing it back in April. Oh yes, March… Céline Sciamma’s sublime Portrait of a Lady on Fire continues; Bacurau is a wonderfully strange, description-defying Brazilian rural parable; Hirokazu Kore-eda makes his non-Japanese debut with Binoche and Deneuve in The Truth; Misbehaviour is a whole heap of fun (with a message) set in and around protests surrounding the 1970 Miss World competition; and The Painted Bird is the harrowing (please, be warned) tale of a young boy adrift in Eastern Europe during WWII. There’s some restored Jodorowsky too, the annual week of new Japanese cinema and… a great deal more!
Rod White, Head of Programming
Filmhouse Explorer BUY A TICKET FOR... Portrait of a Lady on Fire (p 4) and get a half price ticket for And Then We Danced (p 6) Misbehaviour (p 4) and get a half price ticket for The Truth (p 5) Uncut Gems (p 7) and get a half price ticket for Bacarau (p 5) Half price ticket purchase must be made within the same transaction - at Box Office, by phone or online. Tickets subject to availability. The half price offer only applies to full price tickets. 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: £9.00 / £7.00 concessions Fri: All tickets £5.00 Sat - Sun: £11.00 / £9.00 concessions EVENING SCREENINGS (starting 5pm and later) £11.00 / £9.00 concessions
CONCESSIONS Young person aged under 16 (£5.00 for all screenings), people aged 16-25, Students (with matriculation card), Young Scot card, Senior Citizens (65 and over), Disability (carers go free), Claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit), NHS employees (with proof of employment).
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A Banana? At This Time of Night? 19 Adaptation 12 Amber and Me 8 And The Ship Sails On 20 And Then We Danced 6 And Your Bird Can Sing 19 Angel Heart 26 Another World 18 April and the Extraordinary World 28 Audition 27 Bacurau 5 Be Natural: The Untold Story... 5 Becoming Animal 13 Being There 13 The Big Lebowski 22 Birdman 15 City of Women 20 Cleo from 5 to 7 15 Cunningham 6 Dark Days 14 Dark Waters 5 Edinburgh Iranian Festival 10-11 Education and Learning 24-25 EIFF: Countdown to The Big Score 14 El Topo 9 The Elephant Man 7 Embrace of the Serpent 13 Eminent Monsters... 7 Empire Records 22 Fando y Lis 9 Federico Fellini 20-21 Fellini – Satyricon 21 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off 23 Filmhouse Junior 28 Filmosophy 15 Finding Farideh 10 Flora on Film 12-13 Forrest Gump 22 Gold – Tala 11 The Grand Budapest Hotel 22 Gregory’s Girl 22 Gummo 27
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Hackers 27 The Headless Woman 15 Her Sketch Book 19 The Holy Mountain 9 Honeyland 13 House Guest - Innis & Gunn 22-23 I Go Gaga, My Dear! 18 Japan Foundation Touring... 18-19 Jesus 19 Jodorowsky Restorations 9 Judy 23 Kakegurui-Compulsive Gambler 18 Killer Klowns from Outer Space 26 Leakage 10 Lights of Variety 21 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 4 Misbehaviour 4 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 14 Mon Oncle 23 Orange Days 11 Over the Rainbow 8 The Painted Bird 6 Permission – Cold Sweat 11 Planet of the Vampires 26 Portrait of a Lady on Fire 4 Push 7 Sea of Revival 19 Senior Selections 23 Short Films Curated by... 11 Silent Running 12 Son-Mother 10 Sound From the Edge of the World 14 Spies in Disguise 28 Tangled 28 Tehran: City of Love 10 Ten Dark Women 18 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 4 True History of the Kelly Gang 6 The Truth 5 Uncanny Valley 26-27 Uncut Gems 7 The Warden 11 Water Lilies 8 When Marnie Was There 28 Women According to Men 11
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
PORTRAIT DE LA JEUNE FILLE EN FEU Fri 28 Feb to Thu 19 Mar
Céline Sciamma • France 2019 • 2h2m • Digital • French with English subtitles • 15 - Contains sexualised nudity. • Cast: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire explores the achingly gradual romance between two women in Brittany in 1760. Marianne is commissioned to paint Héloïse’s wedding portrait, but - with Héloïse a reluctant bride - must do so without her knowledge. Masquerading as a walking companion, Marianne spends her days observing and long nights painting. But her looks do not go unnoticed and, as desire stirs, a new taste of freedom threatens to spoil the arrangement.
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THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE Fri 6 to Thu 12 Mar Terry Gilliam • UK 2018 • 2h13m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language, brief violence. • Cast: Adam Driver, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Olga Kurylenko.
A disillusioned film director, Toby, returns to a small Spanish town where he shot a low budget film a decade earlier. Whilst there, he’s approached by an old Spanish shoemaker who has a copy of said film, and finds himself pulled into a series of comic and increasingly surreal adventures, forcing Toby to confront the tragic repercussions of a film he made in his idealistic youth - a film that changed the hopes and dreams of a small Spanish village forever.
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TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
MISBEHAVIOUR
Sun 8 to Thu 12 Mar
Fri 13 Mar to Thu 2 Apr
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders • USA 2019 • 2h • Digital • 12A Contains images of real dead bodies, references to discrimination. Documentary featuring Toni Morrison.
Philippa Lowthorpe • UK 2020 • 1h46m • Digital • 12A - Contains infrequent strong language. • Cast: Keira Knightley, Gugu MbathaRaw, Jessie Buckley, Keeley Hawes.
Words have power and no-one knows this better than Toni Morrison. Her story-telling on race, black culture and the human condition has been said to be riot-igniting, provided a turning point in discussing slavery and has made people laugh as much as it has made them cry. The Pieces I Am unearths a humanistic side to the author through interviews with her peers, critics, colleagues and Toni Morrison herself. Bold, energetic and moving, this documentary is a profoundly intimate tribute to the literary legend. Screening to mark International Women’s Day on Sun 8 March.
London, 1970. Audiences flock to their televisions to watch the Miss World competition, enchanted by a host of swimsuit-clad, beautiful women. Conspiring to protest the big televised event, the Feminist uproar demanding an end to women’s objectification gains a growing following. And yet, as black women take to the stage for the first time, Miss World is also empowering for some. As Miss Grenada states her claim for the crown, Misbehaviour shows that feminism was built from multi-faceted dreams, ambitions and fighting-talk.
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BACURAU Fri 13 to Thu 19 Mar Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles • Brazil/France 2019 2h11m • Digital • Portuguese with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong bloody violence, gore. • Cast: Bárbara Colen, Sônia Braga.
Teresa travels home to her hometown of Bacurau for her grandmother’s funeral. On arrival in the Brazilian outback, she finds the town overrun with an intrusion of exploitative middle-class elites. Their arrival also marks the beginning of newly strange happenings that set the community of misfits on edge. This futuristic foray into a genre-blurring revenge western sees filmmaking duo Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles react defiantly to the election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, delivering a thrilling and hallucinatory experience.
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BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ Mon 16 & Tue 17 Mar Pamela B. Green • USA 2018 • 1h43m • Digital • English and French with English subtitles • PG - Contains discriminatory references, brief bloody image. • Documentary.
Alice Guy-Blaché is one of the most important figures in film, right back at its origins at the beginning of the twentieth century, but no one in Hollywood has ever heard of her. Following a two-decade career, writing, directing and producing on over 1000 films, Guy-Blaché disappeared. Follow Pamela B. Green’s astounding narrative documentary to uncover the ground-breaking and innovative character and story of a true female pioneer from the film industry.
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THE TRUTH LA VÉRITÉ Fri 20 Mar to Thu 2 Apr
Fri 20 to Thu 26 Mar
DARK WATERS
Hirokazu Kore-eda • France/Japan 2019 • 1h47m • Digital • French with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild sex references, language. Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke.
Todd Haynes • USA 2019 • 2h7m • Digital • 12A - Contains infrequent strong language, disturbing images. • Cast: Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, William Jackson Harper, Tim Robbins.
True icons of French cinema Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche join filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda to paint a moving portrait of family dynamics in The Truth . The story follows Fabienne, an ageing French movie star who, despite her fleeting lapses in memory, remains a force to be reckoned with. She reigns amongst men who love and admire her. However, she has a complicated relationship with her screenwriter daughter Lumir. As Fabienne’s memoirs surface, confrontation ensues between mother and daughter.
Corporate environmental defence attorney Rob Bilott has just been made partner at his prestigious Ohio law firm in large part due to his work defending Big Chem companies. He finds himself conflicted after he’s contacted by two neighbouring West Virginia farmers. They believe that a local chemical plant is dumping toxic waste, destroying their fields and killing their cattle. Hoping to learn the truth, Bilott files a complaint that marks the beginning of an epic 15-year fight for justice.
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AND THEN WE DANCED Fri 20 to Thu 26 Mar Levan Akin • Sweden/Georgia/France 2019 • 1h33m • Digital Georgian with English subtitles • 15 - Contains very strong language, strong sex. • Cast: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili.
A young folklore dancer lives in the constricting, conservative confines of modern Tbilisi in Georgia. Merab is intensely dedicated to his craft, working to meld his soft physique and unpolished form into the masculine strength desired by the National Georgian Ensemble, when the startling arrival of another male dancer throws him off balance. New passions arise, tensions simmer and rivalries are sparked, as the rebellious Irakli makes his own moves in and outside of the classroom. Please note: This film contains flashing lights.
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TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG Fri 27 Mar to Thu 2 Apr Justin Kurzel • UK/Australia 2019 • 2h5m • Digital • 18 - Contains very strong language, sexual threat. • Cast: George MacKay, Russell Crowe.
True History of the Kelly Gang is set against the backdrop of colonial Australia, where the English rule with a bloody fist. Coming from an already rebellious Irish immigrant family, Ned Kelly comes under the influence of the notorious bushranger Harry Power who has only contempt for colonial forces. Fuelled by the supposed unfair arrest of his mother, Ned Kelly recruits a gang to carry out acts of rebellion, resulting in an epic showdown. Please note: This film contains strobe lighting.
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THE PAINTED BIRD
CUNNINGHAM
Fri 27 Mar to Thu 2 Apr
Fri 27 to Tue 31 Mar
Václav Marhoul • Czech Republic/Slovakia/Ukraine 2019 • 2h50m Digital • Czech, German, Latin and Russian with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong violence, sexual violence, disturbing scenes. • Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Harvey Keitel, Barry Pepper, Julian Sands.
Alla Kovgan • Germany/France/USA 2019 • 1h33m • Digital • U Contains infrequent very mild bad language. • Documentary.
A young Jewish boy is sent away to live with his aunt in Eastern Europe to protect him from the rising persecution against European Jewry. When his aunt suddenly dies, he is left to fend for himself, but his new hostile surroundings are governed by fear, prejudice and distrust. Exposed to inhumane atrocity and subjected to violent encounters, the young boy treads a painful path to survival - but when the war ends, the fight for survival becomes a struggle with himself.
Legendary choreographer Merce Cunningham, and the last generation of his dance company, are stunningly profiled in Alla Kovgan’s documentary, through recreations of his landmark works. This poetic film also traces Merce’s artistic evolution over three decades, from his early years as a struggling dancer in post-war New York to his emergence as one of the most visionary and influential choreographers world-wide. Weaving together Merce’s philosophies and stories, the film creates a visceral journey through the choreographer’s world.
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MAYBE YOU MISSED
PUSH
UNCUT GEMS
Tue 31 Mar & Wed 1 Apr
Fri 6 to Sun 8 Mar
Fredrik Gertten • Sweden/Canada/UK 2019 • 1h32m • Digital English and Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary.
Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie • USA 2019 • 2h14m • Digital • 15 Contains strong language, sex, sex references, injury detail, violence. • Cast: Adam Sandler, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett.
Despite the fact that housing is a fundamental human right and a precondition to a safe and healthy life, it is becoming almost impossible to find an affordable place to live in cities across the world. Push sheds light on a new kind of faceless landlord, our increasingly unlivable cities and an escalating crisis that has an effect on us all. The film follows Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as she travels the globe, trying to understand who’s being pushed out of the city and why.
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EMINENT MONSTERS: A MANUAL FOR MODERN TORTURE + Q&A Sat 7 Mar at 3.10pm Stephen Bennett • UK 2020 • 1h29m • Digital • 15 - Contains references to torture, disturbing images. • Documentary.
In the 1950’s, Scottish born psychiatrist Dr. Ewen Cameron embarked on the darkest program of psychological experimentation in modern history. Subjecting his ‘patients’ to sensory deprivation, forced comas, LSD injections and extreme physical and mental torture, Cameron’s techniques have since been used in 27 countries around the world. Director Stephen Bennett lays bare the legacy of pain left behind by Cameron. Followed by a Q&A with director Stephen Bennett. Please note: This film contains strobe lighting.
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Adam Sandler gives a career-high performance as Howard Ratner, a charismatic New York City jeweller and degenerate gambler always on the lookout for the next big score. After coming into possession of some rare African stones, Howard makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. But faced with marital problems, business issues and vicious debt collectors, he soon finds himself in serious danger. The Sadfie brothers apply their signature gritty feel to the tale, delivering an edge-of-your-seat electrifying crime comedy.
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THE ELEPHANT MAN Fri 13 to Thu 19 Mar David Lynch • USA 1980 • 2h3m • Digital • PG - Contains mild horror and violence. • Cast: John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller.
John Merrick is the victim of a disease that has left him so horrendously deformed he’s spent most of his life as a carnival-show ‘freak’ with his exact condition never diagnosed. In time, Merrick comes under the care of Dr Treves, who installs the ‘Elephant Man’ in a hospital, where he studies him, helps him to overcome a seemingly insurmountable speech impediment, and - for a time - gives him back some human dignity. Through the striking cinematography of Freddie Francis, David Lynch’s moving retelling of a true story superbly invokes the bleak mood of an industrial Victorian England.
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Special Events/ Over the Rainbow
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OVER THE RAINBOW
WATER LILIES
NAISSANCE DES PIEUVRES Sat 21 & Sun 22 Mar Céline Sciamma • France 2007 • 1h24m • 35mm • French with English subtitles • 15 - Contains moderate sex and nudity. • Cast: Pauline Acquart, Louise Blachère, Adele Haenel, Warren Jacquin.
Water Lilies follows the achingly tender and complex sexual awakening of three 15-year-old girls over the course of one summer in the modern Parisian suburb of Cergy-Pontoise. Floriane is the blonde and beautiful star of the synchronised swimming team, loved and admired from afar, but shamed by her team for her supposed promiscuity. Marie is a tomboy taken to both the water and to Floriane, spending less and less time with Anne as her affections grow. Anne has a crush on male swimmer François, but he only has eyes for Floriane. As intimate affections run wild, the girls find out the true complexities of their feelings. Céline Sciamma’s directorial debut is a hypnotic exploration of female friendship, manipulated affections and uncontrolled desires. Girlhood, also directed by Céline Sciamma, will screen at the Institut Français d’Ecosse on Thu 5 Mar and Tue 10 Mar at 2.00pm and 6.45pm, with tickets costing £5/ 3. Please visit their website for more information on booking: www.ifecosse.org.uk/Cinema-Celebrating-Celine-Sciamma.
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AMBER AND ME + Q&A Tue 24 Mar at 6.00pm Ian Davies • UK 2020 • 59m • Digital • U - Contains scenes of mild emotional upset. • Documentary.
Amber has Down’s Syndrome and is about to start primary school with her twin sister, Olivia. Although at first her experience is positive, she starts to struggle and asks to stay at home. The film follows the challenges for both girls through 4 years of primary school and charts the changes in their relationship, uniquely from their own perspectives. Amber and Me is directed by their father Ian Davies. This screening marks World Down Syndrome Day, recognised on Saturday March 21. Followed by a Q&A with director Ian Davies.
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From legendary Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky come three visionary, surrealist classics, screening in stunning 4k restoration. Beloved by figures such as John Lennon, Dennis Hopper and David Lynch, Jodorowsky is a unique and extraordinary figure in the cinematic landscape. This is a rare opportunity to see his breathtaking filmmaking in all their glory on the big screen.
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THE HOLY MOUNTAIN Tue 24 & Wed 25 Mar Alejandro Jodorowsky • Mexico/USA 1973 • 1h54m • Digital • English and Spanish with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong bloody violence. • Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Horácio Salinas, Zamira Saunders, Juan Ferrara, Adriana Page.
The Holy Mountain is without doubt one of the weirdest movies ever made. Bizarre imagery fills every frame - costumed frogs and lizards reenacting the conquest of Mexico, processions of flayed lambs, armless dwarves smoking joints - and marks this out as an otherworldly vision of pure psychedelic intensity. This represents the pinnacle of Jodorowsky’s filmmaking achievements. Welcome to the crazy place.
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EL TOPO
FANDO Y LIS
Tue 10 to Thu 12 Mar
Wed 1 & Thu 2 Apr
Alejandro Jodorowsky • Mexico 1970 • 2h5m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong, bloody violence. • Cast: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio.
Alejandro Jodorowsky • Mexico 1968 • 1h37m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains sexual threat, nudity. • Cast: Sergio Kleiner, Diana Mariscal.
Let’s go back in a time for a moment. Midnight in New York City, 1970. A queue around the block at your local cinema, with a large celebrity following. The occasion is a screening of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s El Topo, a savagely bloody and insanely absurd psychedelic spaghetti western. It’s unlike any picture you have ever seen - a unique film experience which signals the birth of a cultural phenomenon called the Midnight Movie. El Topo’s long standing status as a cult masterpiece is stronger than ever.
Jodorowsky’s stunning feature-length directorial debut follows two young lovers as they go in search of a mystical city known as Tar. It is said that on arrival, they will know eternity and all their wildest wishes will come true. Navigating urban desolation, scorched deserts and towering mountains along the way, Fando and the partially paralysed Lis face disturbing characters and witness odd encounters that slowly drive them mad. Ambitious, intense and open to varying interpretations, this surreal film causeda riot upon its premier at the Acapulco Film Festival back in 1968.
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Edinburgh Iranian Festival
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Since its inception in 2009, the Edinburgh Iranian Festival has always aimed to build a greater understanding of the rich history and vibrant culture of the people of Iran. Taking place from 6 – 12 March 2020, the festival incorporates a dedicated and now annual Iranian Film Festival at Filmhouse. This year’s theme for the Iranian Film Festival is ‘Gender and Freedom of Movement in Iranian Society’ for which we’ve curated an extraordinary line-up of feature films, documentaries, and shorts. All screenings will be introduced, with Q&As at select screenings led by Dr Nacim Pak-Shiraz.
Welcome to the Festival! www.ediranfest.co.uk | info@ediranfest.co.uk
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SON-MOTHER + Q&A
FINDING FARIDEH + Q&A
Fri 6 Mar at 8.20pm
Sat 7 Mar at 3.00pm
Mahnaz Mohammadi • Iran/Czech Republic 2019 • 1h42m • Digital Persian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Raha Khodayari, Mahan Nasiri, Reza Behboodi.
Azadeh Mousavi, Kourosh Ataee • Iran/Netherlands 2019 • 1h28m Digital • Persian, Dutch and English with English subtitles • PG Documentary.
A widowed mother lives in sanctions-gripped Iran with her two children. When offered a marriage proposal, she hesitates as tradition frowns upon her son sharing a household with his potential step-sister. Followed by a Q&A with the director Mahnaz Mohammadi.
Farideh was adopted by a Dutch couple 40 years ago. She travels to Iran to find out about her Iranian identity and discover her real family. Followed by a Q&A with the documentary’s protagonist Farideh Koning and director Kourosh Ataee.
TEHRAN: CITY OF LOVE + Q&A
LEAKAGE + Q&A
Sat 7 Mar at 8.20pm
Sun 8 Mar at 2.45pm
Ali Jaberansari • Iran 2018 • 1h42m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Behnaz Jafari, Forough Ghajabagli, Mehdi Saki.
Suzan Iravanian • Iran 2018 • 1h45m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Ziba Eslamloo, Armik Gharibian, Hasti Khaledi.
Three disenchanted characters: an ex-champion bodybuilder, an overweight beauty clinic secretary and a dispirited religious singer, yearn for love and connection in Tehran. Follwed by a Q&A with the director Ali Jaberansari.
Crude oil comes out of a middle-aged woman’s body. On the one hand, it is empowering; on another it brings uncertainty. Her condition is exacerbated as male paranoia against her body is trivialised. Followed by a Q&A with the producer Majid Barzegar.
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PERMISSION COLD SWEAT Sun 8 Mar at 8.30pm Soheil Beiraghi • Iran 2018 • 1h25m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Baran Kosari, Sahar Dolatshahi, Amir Jadidi.
Based on a true story, Permission is a riveting drama about an Iranian futsal champion, Afrooz, who finds herself unable to travel to the biggest match of her life without her husband’s permission. Taut and timely, it is a powerful story of an athlete who can captain a team but cannot control her own movements.0
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SHORT FILMS + Q&A
CURATED BY MAJID BARZEGAR Mon 9 Mar at 8.35pm Various Directors • 1h24m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 15
CHELLAH - Davood Khayyam • Iran 2017 • 20min ZONA - Toofan Nahan Ghodrati • Iran 2018 • 20min MANICURE - Arman Fayaz • Iran 2018 • 14min COVER - Vahid Alvandifar • Iran 2019 • 15min FAULT LINE - Soheil Amirsharifi • Iran 2018 • 15min Followed by a Q&A with Majid Barzegar.
Mon 9 Mar 6.05pm
TALA GOLD Tue 10 Mar at 8.35pm
Arash Lahooti • Iran 2018 • 1h42m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • PG • Cast: Hediyeh Tehrani, Ali Mosaffa.
Parviz Shahbazi • Iran 2019 • 1h30m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Negar Javaherian, Tannaz Tabatabayi.
When Aban, tough, self-sufficient, and the only woman contractor in the orange fields of northern Iran, beats out the male competition for a big job, the operation seems to get off to a rocky start. But Aban won’t let go without a fight.
Mansour works as a private cab driver. Leila has little to show for ten years of hard work. Reza is home after finishing his military service, where his father implores him to go abroad in search of a better life. The group of friends decide to realise their dream of opening a small Tehran restaurant to earn a living.
WOMEN ACCORDING TO MEN
THE WARDEN
Wed 11 Mar at 6.00pm
Thu 12 Mar at 8.40pm
Saeed Nouri • Iran 2019 • 1h30m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary.
Nima Javidi • Iran 2019 • 1h40m • Digital • Persian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar.
With archival clips shot almost exclusively by male film-makers, this documentary portrays the position of Iranian women from 1932 to the 1979 revolution, focussing on education, emancipation and the salvation of those torn between tradition and modernity.
A prison is about to be evacuated to make room for an airport expansion project. Colonel Jahed and his officers are busy transferring all inmates to the new facility, but one is missing...
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Flora on Film
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In 2020 the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is celebrating its 350th anniversary. Established in 1670 as a physic garden near the Palace of Holyroodhouse, its aim was to study and supply plants for medicinal purposes. Today, faced with the threats of the climate emergency and increasing biodiversity loss, the role of the Botanics has never been more important. The Botanics’ vital science and conservation work is at the forefront of efforts to address these issues. Flora on Film: 350 Years of The Botanics celebrates the variety and complexity of botanical life, looking at everything from environmental challenges to comedy. Experts from the Garden will discuss a number of the films and offer a fascinating insight into the vital work of the Botanics. Flora on Film will continue in our next brochure with screenings of The Martian, The Biggest Little Farm, Annihilation, A New Leaf, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, An Inconvenient Truth and Little Shop of Horrors. Tickets are available online now! www.rbge.org.uk/350 #Botanics350
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SILENT RUNNING + DISCUSSION ADAPTATION Tue 10 Mar at 5.55pm
Sun 15 Mar at 3.15pm
Douglas Trumbull • USA 1972 • 1h29m • Digital • PG - Contains mild bad language, violence, injury. • Cast: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts.
Spike Jonze • USA 2002 • 1h54m • Digital • English and Latin with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tilda Swinton, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper.
Bruce Dern stars as Freeman Lowell, the caretaker of a greenhouse located on a space station. The Earth has been stripped clean of foliage, and the greenhouse contains the last remaining flora from the planet. When word arrives that the greenhouse is to be destroyed, Lowell ignores the order and fends off all outside attempts to eliminate his ecological paradise. Followed by a discussion with Ms Sadie Barber and Mr Martin Gardner MBE.
Charlie Kaufman is an insecure and self-loathing screenwriter struggling to adapt The Orchid Thief by writer Susan Orlean for the screen whilst also dealing with the presence of his reckless and charismatic twin brother. Kaufman blurs the line between reality and fiction, writing himself into this multi-layered take on the creative process and the apparent distinction between high and low art.
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EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT
EL ABRAZO DE LA SERPIENTE Wed 18 Mar at 6.05pm
Ciro Guerra • Colombia/Venezuela/Argentina 2015 • 2h2m • Digital German, Portuguese, Latin, Spanish and Catalán with English subtitles • 12A - Contains moderate violence, injury detail, threat. Cast: Nilbio Torres, Jan Bijvoet, Antonio Bolivar, Brionne Davis.
This deeply compelling, Oscar® nominated film tells two stories, taking place in 1909 and 1940, both featuring Karamakate, an Amazonian shaman. He travels with two scientists, German Theodor KochGrunberg and American Richard Evans Schultes, to look for the rare yakruna - a sacred plant.
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HONEYLAND Mon 23 Mar at 6.10pm Tamara Kotevska, Ljubomir Stefanov • Republic of Macedonia 2019 1h27m • Digital • Turkish with English subtitles • 12A - Contains infrequent strong language. • Documentary.
In a deserted Macedonian village, Hatidze tends to her bee colonies, handmade hives and her bedridden mother. When an itinerant family installs itself next door, Hatidze’s peaceful kingdom gives way to roaring engines, shrieking children, and 150 cows. While she is gracious, the itinerant family’s patriarch soon makes a series of decisions that could destroy Hatidze’s way of life forever.
BEING THERE
BECOMING ANIMAL
Fri 27 Mar at 3.15pm and 6.00pm
Mon 30 Mar at 6.05pm
Hal Ashby • West Germany/USA 1979 • 2h10m • Digital • English, Russian and Italian with English subtitles • 12A - Contains moderate sex. • Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley Maclaine, Jack Warden.
Emma Davie, Peter Mettler • Switzerland 2018 • 1h19m • Digital • 15 Documentary.
Chance is a simple gardener, who has worked in one place in Washington D.C. since childhood. In a sudden turn of events, Chance, a naive village idiot who can’t even read or write, finds himself on the rise in politics...
Becoming Animal is an immersive audiovisual quest through the Grand Teton Park in North America with the influential philosopher David Abram, tracing how we sense the more-than-human world and prompting us to reflect on what it means to inhabit our animal bodies.
To help celebrate 350 years of the Botanics, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is offering 2 for 1 entry to its Glasshouses. For every ticket purchased to a Flora on Film: 350 Years of The Botanics screening, you are entitled to buy-one-get-one-free entry (higher ticket price applies) to the Glasshouses. Children go free. Please refer to the terms and conditions below for more details. Only valid for Edinburgh Filmhouse tickets which are part of the Flora on Film: 350 Years of The Botanics film season. The offer is valid from 10th March 2020 until 30th April 2020 (excluding the weekend of 10th to 13th April 2020 inclusive). The Glasshouses are open daily from 10am – 5pm. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh has the right to refuse entry in the unlikely event of the venue reaching capacity, as well as other circumstances outside of its control. Tickets can be redeemed at any Visitor Welcome Desk when visitors arrive with their Flora on Film: 350 Years of The Botanics ticket. Children of 15 years and under must be accompanied by an adult. Please note that the Garden and Glasshouses can close in certain weather conditions. Please check rbge.org.uk for any closures prior to your visit.
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EIFF: Countdown to The Big Score
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As a precursor to this year’s EIFF retrospective, The Big Score, EIFF and Filmhouse are proud to present Countdown to The Big Score - a special retrospective screening once a month, running from January through to June. This season will acknowledge outstanding work by composers such as Wendy Carlos, Philip Glass, Angelo Badalamenti, Trent Reznor, DJ Shadow and more.
DARK DAYS Wed 11 Mar at 6.10pm Marc Singer • USA 2000 • 1h34m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language, drug misuse. • Documentary.
Featuring the only original score by world famous turntablist and producer DJ Shadow, director Marc Singer’s debut documentary feature is an absolutely unforgettable exploration of a homeless community living in abandoned train tunnels beneath New York City. The haunting soundtrack mixes Shadow’s original material with additional music from his landmark 1996 debut album Endtroducing... and his 1998 UNKLE collaboration with James Lavelle, Psyence Fiction.
MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS Thu 9 Apr at 8.30pm Paul Schrader • USA 1985 • 2h • Digital • Japanese and English with English subtitles • 15 - Contains suicide theme, strong bloody images, sex references, nudity. • Cast: Ken Ogata, Masayuki Shionoya.
A 4K restoration of director Paul Schrader’s extraordinary look at the life of famous Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, which features a stunning score by the brilliant Philip Glass. Described by Glass as a ‘turning point’ in his work, the superb Mishima soundtrack has reached new audiences over the years thanks to the use of its opening theme in The Truman Show (1998).
SPECIAL EVENT
SOUND FROM THE EDGE OF THE WORLD Thu 26 Mar at 7.30pm Various • UK • Digital • 1h25m • 15
Inspired by EIFF’s retrospective The Big Score, a celebration of musical innovation in cinema, Film Exhibition and Curation students at the University of Edinburgh have joined forces with their fellow Masters students in Sound Design to create a vibrant audiovisual event where newly composed sound will give a fresh perspective to archive film. Weaving a rich collage of archive footage of the landscape, traditions and rhythms of the Orkney islands – from spectacular Neolithic monuments and famous Ba’ festival to daily activity on land and at sea – and accompanied by an experimental live score, this vivid exploration of island life presents a powerful celebration of Scottish culture and heritage.
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6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
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CLEO FROM 5 TO 7
Filmosophy returns with a new season of thought-provoking films and philosophical discussions that focus on the meaning, nature and value of human life. Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by an informal post-screening discussion led by James Mooney (Teaching Fellow, Centre for Open Learning, University of Edinburgh).
CLÉO DE 5 À 7 Wed 25 Mar at 6.10pm
Agnès Varda • France/Italy 1962 • 1h30m• Digital• French with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild language and infrequent natural nudity. • Cast: Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller, Dominique Davray, Dorothée Blank, Michel Legrand.
While waiting for the result of a medical test, singer Cléo (Corinne Marchand) spends a couple of hours - shown in near real time - wandering the streets of Paris. Along the way, she passes time in conversation with friends and lovers as she contemplates the results of her potentially fatal diagnosis. Agnès Varda’s New Wave classic ponders existential questions regarding the meaning of life, in the face of death.
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BIRDMAN Wed 29 Apr at 5.50pm Alejandro G. Iñárritu • USA 2014 • 1h59m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references. • Cast: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Edward Norton.
Riggan (Michael Keaton) is a washed-up actor, remembered only for his portrayal of a winged superhero, attempting to revive his career on Broadway and establish himself as a serious artist. Riggan’s efforts are hampered by the intrusive presence of his on-screen alter-ego, who voices his fears and insecurities, making him doubt himself incessantly. Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s black comedydrama invites us to explore the absurdity of human existence and our potential responses to it.
THE HEADLESS WOMAN
LA MUJER SIN CABEZA Wed 20 May at 6.00pm
Lucrecia Martel • Argentina/France/Italy/Spain 2008 • 1h29m • Digital Spanish with English subtitles • 12A - Contains one use of strong language. • Cast: Maria Onetto, Claudia Cantero, César Bordón, Daniel Genoud, Guillermo Arengo.
After hitting something with her car on a deserted road, Vero (María Onetto), a bourgeois Argentinian, finds her life unravelling as she fears she may have killed someone. Lucrecia Martel’s psychological mystery serves as an enquiry into the nature of guilt and the way in which we assign moral responsibility for our actions, and those of others.
Filmosophy 2020
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Screenings and Times
16
| 6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
All screenings in 2D unless marked (3D) (3D) - £2 charge for 3D (AD) Audio Description (p 30) DATE
SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
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Captioned for deaf/ hard of hearing (p 30) (AJ) Alexjandro Jodorowsky (p 9) (BS) EIFF: Big Score Countdown (p 14) (EIF) Edinburgh Iranian Festival (p 10-11)
SCREENING TIMES
Fri 6 Mar
1 1 2 2 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 12.30/3.05/5.45/8.25 Killer Klowns... Outer Space (UV) 11.00pm The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 2.30/5.30 Son-Mother (EIF) 8.20 + Q&A The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 12.00 Uncut Gems (AD) 2.50/5.40/8.30
Sat 7 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 12.35/3.15/5.55 Uncut Gems (AD) 8.35 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 12.10/5.30 Finding Farideh (EIF) 3.00 + Q&A Tehran: City of Love (EIF) 8.20 + Q&A Uncut Gems (AD) 12.20 Eminent Monsters... (AD) 3.10 + Q&A City of Women (FF) 5.35 + Intro Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 8.40
Sun 8 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
April and the Extraordinary... (FJ) 11.00am Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30/5.15/8.00 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 12.05 Leakage (EIF) 2.45 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 5.30 City of Women (FF) 8.15 Uncut Gems (AD) 12.00/2.50 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 5.40 Permission (Cold Sweat) (EIF) 8.30 + Intro
Mon 1 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30/6.00/8.40 9 2 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 12.40/3.15/5.55 Mar 2 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 8.30 3 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 2.15 3 Orange Days (EIF) 6.05 + Intro 3 Short Films curated by... (EIF) 8.35 + Q&A For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer screening - see page 30
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SCREENING TIMES
Fri 13 Mar
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) Bacurau Portrait Of A Lady On Fire The Elephant Man (AD) Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Bacurau And the Ship Sails On (FF) Another World (JF)
Sat 14 Mar
1 2 2 3 3 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) 1.00/3.30/6.00/8.30 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 12.20/5.45 Bacurau 3.00/8.25 Bacurau 12.30 I Go Gaga, My Dear! (JF) 3.25 The Elephant Man (AD) 6.05 Kakegurui-Compulsive Gambler (JF) 8.40
Sun 15 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Tangled (FJ) Misbehaviour (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) (C) Adaptation (RB) Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Bacurau Bacurau Ten Dark Women (JF) Her Sketch Book (JF) The Elephant Man (AD)
1.00/3.30/6.00/8.30 12.20/5.50 3.10 8.40 12.10 2.55 5.45 + Intro 8.35
11.00am 3.00/5.30/8.00 12.50 (captioned) 3.15 5.45 8.25 12.40 3.30 5.50 8.15
Mon 1 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30 16 1 Misbehaviour (AD) 6.00/8.30 Mar 2 Misbehaviour (AD) 1.00/3.25 2 Bacurau 5.50 2 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 8.40 3 The Elephant Man (AD) (C) 12.55 (captioned) 3 Be Natural: The Untold Story... 3.30/6.10 3 Sea of Revival (JF) 8.35 For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer screening - see page 30
Tue 10 Mar
1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30/6.00/8.40 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 12.40 The Big Lebowski (HG) 3.30/8.45 El Topo (AJ) 6.05 Judy (SR) (AD) (C) 12.45 (captioned) (Over-60s) Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 3.15 Silent Running (RB) 5.55 + Discussion Gold - Tala (EIF) 8.35
Tue 17 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Misbehaviour (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) (C) Misbehaviour (AD) Bacurau Portrait Of A Lady On Fire The Elephant Man (AD) Be Natural: The Untold Story... And Your Bird Can Sing (JF)
Wed 11 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30/5.55 El Topo (AJ) 8.35 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 12.35 El Topo (AJ) 3.10 Women According to Men (EIF) 6.00 + Intro Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 8.35 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 12.40/8.25 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 3.30 Dark Days (BS) 6.10
Wed 18 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30 Misbehaviour (AD) 6.00/8.35 Misbehaviour (AD) 1.00/3.25 Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 5.50 Bacurau 8.30 Bacurau 12.40 The Elephant Man (AD) 3.30 Embrace Of The Serpent (RB) (AD) 6.05 Jesus (JF) 8.45
Thu 12 Mar
1 2 2 2 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire 2.30/5.55/8.35 El Topo (AJ) 12.55 Empire Records (HG) 3.35/6.05 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 8.30 The Man Who Killed Don Quixote 12.35 Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 3.25/6.00 The Warden (EIF) 8.40 + Intro
Thu 19 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Misbehaviour (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) Portrait Of A Lady On Fire Bacurau Lights of Variety (FF) The Elephant Man (AD) A Banana? At This Time of... (JF)
2.30 6.00/8.30 1.00 (captioned) 3.25 5.50 8.40 12.55 3.30/8.20 5.55
2.30 6.00/8.35 1.00/3.25 5.50 8.30 12.55/8.40 + Intro 3.10 5.45 + Q&A
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(FJ) Filmhouse Junior (p 28) (FF) Federico Fellini Retrospective (p 20-21) (F) Filmosophy (p 15) DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE
6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
(HG) House Guest - Innis & Gunn (p 22-23) (JF) Japan Foundation (p 18-19) (OV) Over the Rainbow (p 8)
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Royal Botanic: Flora on Film (p 12-13) Senior Selections (p 23) Uncanny Valley (p 26-27)
SCREENING TIMES
DATE
Fri 20 Mar
1 1 1 2 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) (C) Misbehaviour (AD) Angel Heart (UV) The Truth And Then We Danced (AD) Dark Waters (AD)
1.00 (captioned) 3.30/6.00/8.30 11.00pm 1.20/3.45/6.10/8.40 12.50/6.05 3.20/8.35
Fri 27 Mar
1 1 2 2 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) True History Of The Kelly... (AD) Cunningham The Painted Bird The Truth Being There (RB)
12.45/8.35 3.10/5.55 12.00/5.50 2.15/8.00 12.50/8.45 3.15/6.00
Sat 21 Mar
1 2 2 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) The Truth Water Lilies (OR) And Then We Danced (AD) Dark Waters (AD)
1.00/3.30/6.00/8.30 1.20/6.10/8.40 3.45 12.50/6.05 3.20/8.35
Sat 28 Mar
1 1 2 3 3
True History Of The Kelly... (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) The Painted Bird Cunningham The Truth
1.05/8.35 3.45/6.10 1.00/4.30/8.00 1.15/8.30 3.30/6.00
Sun 22 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
When Marnie Was There (FJ) Misbehaviour (AD) Dark Waters (AD) The Truth Water Lilies (OR) The Truth Forrest Gump (HG) Dark Waters (AD) And Then We Danced (AD)
11.00am 2.30/5.30/8.00 12.45 3.30/8.15 6.00 12.20 2.45 5.45 8.30
Sun 29 Mar
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
Spies in Disguise (FJ) (AD) True History Of The Kelly... (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) Cunningham The Painted Bird Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (HG) Misbehaviour (AD) The Truth Cunningham
11.00am 3.30/8.35 6.10 12.00 2.15/8.00 5.40 1.00 3.30/6.00 8.30
Screenings and Times
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SCREENING TIMES
Mon 1 The Painted Bird 2.30 30 1 Misbehaviour (AD) 6.10 Mar 1 True History Of The Kelly... (AD) 8.35 2 The Truth 1.10 2 Misbehaviour (AD) 3.40 2 Becoming Animal (RB) 6.05 2 The Painted Bird 8.00 3 True History Of The Kelly... (AD) 1.00 3 Cunningham 3.40/6.00 3 The Truth 8.15 For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer screening - see page 30
Mon 1 Misbehaviour (AD) 2.30/6.00/8.25 23 2 Dark Waters (AD) 1.00 Mar 2 The Truth 3.45/8.15 2 Honeyland (RB) 6.10 3 The Truth 12.50 3 And Then We Danced (AD) 3.15 3 Dark Waters (AD) (C) 5.45 (captioned) 3 Fellini - Satyricon (FF) 8.30 + Intro For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer screening - see page 30 Tue 24 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) The Holy Mountain (AJ) The Truth The Holy Mountain (AJ) Amber and Me Mon Oncle (SR) Dark Waters (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) And Then We Danced (AD) (C)
2.30/8.25 5.55 1.00/8.15 3.30 6.00 + Q&A 12.50 (Over-60s only) 3.20 6.10 8.35 (captioned)
Tue 31 Mar
1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
The Painted Bird 2.30 Misbehaviour (AD) 6.10 True History Of The Kelly... (AD) (C) 8.35 (captioned) The Truth 12.55 Misbehaviour (AD) 3.25 Cunningham 5.50 The Painted Bird 8.00 True History Of The Kelly... (AD) 1.00 Push 3.45/8.25 The Truth 6.00
Wed 25 Mar
1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) The Holy Mountain (AJ) The Truth Cleo from 5 to 7 (F) Dark Waters (AD) (C) And Then We Danced (AD) The Grand Budapest Hotel (HG) Misbehaviour (AD)
2.30/6.15 8.40 1.00/8.25 6.10 12.45 (captioned) 3.30 6.00 8.20
Wed 1 Apr
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
The Painted Bird 2.30 True History Of The Kelly... (AD) 5.55 Misbehaviour (AD) 8.35 Push 1.10/5.50 Misbehaviour (AD) 3.25 The Painted Bird 8.00 True History Of The Kelly... (AD) (C) 1.00 (captioned) Fando y Lis (AJ) 3.40/8.25 The Truth 6.00
Thu 26 Mar
1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Misbehaviour (AD) EIFF: Sound from the Edge... (BS) The Truth Misbehaviour (AD) (C) Misbehaviour (AD) The Grand Budapest Hotel (HG) Dark Waters (AD) And Then We Danced (AD) The Truth
2.30 7.30 1.00/3.25 6.10 (captioned) 8.35 12.55 3.15 6.00 8.30
Thu 2 Apr
1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3
The Painted Bird True History Of The Kelly... (AD) Misbehaviour (AD) Gregory’s Girl (HG) Misbehaviour (AD) The Painted Bird True History Of The Kelly... (AD) The Truth Fando y Lis (AJ)
2.30 5.55 8.35 1.10/5.50 3.25 8.00 1.00 3.40/8.25 6.10
Japan Foundation Touring Programme
18
| 6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
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Happiness is A State of Mind: JOY AND DESPAIR IN JAPANESE CINEMA The UK’s largest festival of Japanese cinema is back for its 17th edition under the concept of ‘happiness’. Though the concept is very elusive, happiness has long provided Japanese cinema with a staple theme, and it is within its framework that the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2020 has been curated. The programme seeks to present the highs and lows experienced in pursuit of happiness in Japan, showcasing diverse cinematic voices as they shine a light on stories of love, social inclusion, the resilience of humankind, and non-conventional paths to joy. With an exciting line-up of contemporary titles that have never had a UK release, there is always something for everybody.
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Organised by the Japan Foundation with Major Support from Japan Airlines, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, and Yakult, with Sponsorship in Kind from SUQQU, and in Cultural Partnership with Modern Culture.
© 2018 “Another World” FILM PARTNERS
ANOTHER WORLD HAN SEKAI Fri 13 Mar at 8.35pm Junji Sakamoto • Japan 2018 • 2h • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Goro Inagaki, Hiroki Hasegawa, Mayu Harada.
Koh leads a mundane life as a village charcoal maker and Mitsuhiko runs a used car dealership - both professions inherited from their fathers. When their old military buddy makes an unexpected return to the scene, complex old memories come to the fore.
I GO GAGA, MY DEAR!
BOKEMASUKARA, YOROSHIKU ONEGAISHIMASU. Sat 14 Mar at 3.25pm Naoko Nobutomo • Japan 2018 • 1h42m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG • Documentary.
An intimate portrait of the highs and lows of a family living with Alzheimer’s and the reality of geriatric care in Japan’s ageing society, chronicling the filmmaker’s devotion to support her own parents.
© KADOKAWA CORPORATION 1961
KAKEGURUI-COMPULSIVE GAMBLER EIGA: KAKEGURUI Sat 14 Mar at 8.40pm Tsutomu Hanabusa • Japan 2019 • 1h59m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Minami Hamabe, Aoi Morikawa.
At Hyakkaoh Private Academy, students are ranked on their gambling. The coveted prize for the ultimate gambling champion is a ‘blank future’ giving the winner autonomy over their life after graduation.
TEN DARK WOMEN
KUROI JUUNIN NO ONNA Sun 15 Mar at 3.30pm
Kon Ichikawa • Japan 1961• 1h43m• 35mm • Japanese with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Fujiko Yamamoto, Kyôko Kishida, Eiji Funakoshi.
Exceedingly lucky in love, Kaze divides his time and affection between one wife and nine mistresses. But the women in his life have joined forces in conspiring to kill him - and Kaze’s luck might have just run out.
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HER SKETCH BOOK
SEKAI WA KYO KARA KIMI NO MONO Sun 15 Mar at 5.50pm Masaya Ozaki • Japan 2017 • 1h46m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Takahiro Miura, Mugi Kadowaki.
Mami suffers from a condition that leads her to hide away from society. Worried about her future, Mami’s father finds her a job as a videogame tester.
AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
KIMI NO TORI WA UTAERU Tue 17 Mar at 5.55pm
6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
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SEA OF REVIVAL NAGI MACHI Mon 16 Mar at 8.35pm Kazuya Shiraishi • Japan 2019 • 2h4m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Shingo Katori, Lily Franky, Yuri Tsunematsu.
Ikuo moves to his partner’s coastal hometown to rid himself of his crippling gambling addiction. Initially adapting to the new environment, his gambling vice soon catches up with him.
JESUS BOKU WA IESU-SAMA GA KIRAI Wed 18 Mar at 8.45pm
Sho Miyake • Japan 2018 • 1h46m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 18 • Cast: Shôta Sometani, Tasuku Emoto, Shizuka Ishibashi.
Hiroshi Okuyama • Japan 2018 • 1h18m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Yura Satô, Chad Mullane, Riki Ôkuma, Hinako Saeki.
Three friends fight the sense of being adrift, enjoying late night escapades and making bad decisions. But their happy days hinge on a delicate balance, as relationships drift and a love triangle threatens.
Having relocated from the big city to a rural town, timid Yura feels isolated and unenthused by his new Christian school. He begins to have apparitions of a tiny, mute Jesus who seems to answer his prayers.
© 2018 “A Banana? At This Time of Night?” Film Partners
A BANANA? AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT? + Q&A
KONNA YOFUKE NI BANANA KAYO: KANASHIKI JITSUWA Thu 19 Mar at 5.45pm
Tetsu Maeda • Japan 2018 • 2h • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Yô Ôizumi, Mitsuki Takahata, Haruma Miura, Raita Ryû.
Afflicted by muscular dystrophy, Yasuaki doesn’t let his condition slow him down. Rather than remain in hospital, Yasuaki coerces his cohort of carers into supporting his independence and helping him fulfill his dreams. Based on a true story, Yasuaki’s eccentric manners and demanding requests may drive his carers mad, but ultimately show his determination to make the most out of life. A charming story reflecting on the importance of friends, freedom and laughter. Followed by Q&A with director Tetsu Maeda.
Japan Foundation Touring Programme
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Federico Fellini Retrospective 2020
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| 6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
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One of world cinema’s most exuberantly playful filmmakers, Federico Fellini’s career stretches from post-war neorealism to the MTV era. Although best known for his epochal early 60s films La Dolce Vita and 8 1/2, he first came to international prominence as a director in the mid-1950s, thanks to back-to-back Oscar® wins for La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, both featuring unforgettable central performances from his wife and muse Giulietta Masina as well as the bittersweet music of Nino Rota. Fellini’s kaleidoscopic, often sharply satirical narratives draw freely from his own personal obsessions, fantasies and memories and have gone on influence several generations of directors, from David Lynch to Pedro Almodóvar, Sofia Coppola to Paolo Sorrentino. This season marks the centenary of his birth and offers a rare opportunity to savour Fellini’s extraordinary body of work on the big screen. Here we present the final four films of the 2020 Retrospective. This retrospective is part of the Fellini 100 official international tour, coordinated by the Italian Ministry of Culture, led by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, who have provided the films. All films have been digitally restored by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna and Cineteca Nazionale, with the exception of Lights of Variety which will be screening in a 35mm print kindly loaned to us by Istituto Luce-Cinecittà. With thanks to the Italian Institute of Culture in Edinburgh. All text is courtesy of Dr. Pasquale Iannone, who will introduce selected screenings.
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CITY OF WOMEN LA CITTÀ DELLE DONNE Sat 7 Mar at 5.35pm & Sun 8 Mar at 8.15pm
Fri 13 Mar at 5.45pm
AND THE SHIP SAILS ON
Federico Fellini • Italy/France 1980 • 2h25m • Digital • Italian with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong nudity, sex references and one use of very strong language. • Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Anna Prucnal, Bernice Stegers, Iole Silvani, Donatella Damiani.
Federico Fellini • Italy/France 1983 • 2h6m • Digital • Italian, German, Serbian and Russian with English subtitles • 12A - Contains moderate sex references. • Cast: Freddie Jones, Barbara Jefford, Victor Poletti, Peter Cellier.
Two decades after their first collaboration on La Dolce Vita, Fellini and Marcello Mastroianni are reunited for a free-form fantasia on gender and sexuality. The film showcases some of production designer Dante Ferretti’s most spectacular sets, including the home of prodigious womanizer Dr Katzone, a character based on Belgian author (and friend of Fellini) Georges Simenon.
Production Designer Dante Ferretti followed up - and arguably outdid - his stunning work on City of Women with Fellini’s next feature. The story of a cruise ship sailing out from Naples to scatter the ashes of a famed opera singer in the weeks before WWI, the film was shot entirely in Cinecittà and is suffused with a dreamlike air of melancholy.
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6 MAR 20 - 2 APR 20
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LIGHTS OF VARIETY
FELLINI - SATYRICON
Thu 19 Mar at 12.55pm and 8.40pm
Mon 23 Mar at 8.30pm
Federico Fellini • Italy 1950 • 1h40m • 35mm • Italian, English and Russian with English subtitles • PG • Cast: Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina, Peppino De Filippo, John Kitzmiller, Folco Lulli, Franca Valeri.
Federico Fellini • Italy/France 1969 • 2h9m • Digital • Latin and Italian with English subtitles • 18 • Cast: Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Max Born, Salvo Randone Mario Romagnoli.
After several years working as a screenwriter and assistant on films such as Roberto Rossellini’s neorealist classics Rome Open City and Paisan, Fellini was given the chance to co-write and direct his first feature. It was inspired by the director’s memories of touring the Italian provinces with a variety show and offers a fascinating glimpse of themes and situations which would be more fully developed in later works.
Fellini bookended the 1960s with two distinctive visions of Rome. La Dolce Vita explored the modern Eternal City, while Satyricon was the director’s loose adaptation of Petronius’ novel written during the reign of Emperor Nero. Fellini himself described it as a science fiction rather than historical film, with Ancient Rome ‘as remote and fantastical as the planets of Flash Gordon’.
Federico Fellini Retrospective 2020
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House Guest - Innis & Gunn
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House Guests provides a unique insight into the minds of some of Scotland’s leading artists, writers and musicians. At Innis & Gunn, we are delighted to have the opportunity to add our name to the roster of inimitable Scottish voices who have gone before.
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Canvassing input from across the team at Innis & Gunn, we’ve created a shortlist of truly original films; an eclectic mix of movies that make our heart sing, make us belly laugh, ugly cry, and just about everything in between. This season offers a variety of films that we believe best represent our commitment to not only originality, but also creativity, craft and truly enjoyable moments. So sit back, crack open a bottle of Innis & Gunn Original (of course) and enjoy the film... The Innis & Gunn Team
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THE BIG LEBOWSKI
EMPIRE RECORDS
Tue 10 Mar at 3.30pm and 8.45pm
Thu 12 Mar at 3.35pm and 6.05pm
Joel Coen • USA/UK 1998 • 1h57m • Digital • 18 - Contains occasional violence, frequent strong language and coarse sexual references. Cast: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi.
Allan Moyle • USA 1995 • 1h30m • 35mm • 12A - Contains one use of strong language, moderate sex and drug references. • Cast: Anthony Lapaglia, Rory Cochrane, Liv Tyler, Renée Zellweger.
A case of mistaken identity leads a couple of thugs to the Venice Beach home of Jeff ‘The Dude’ Lebowski. With endless quotes, psychedelic dream sequences and great music, The Big Lebowski’s popularity endures.
Showcasing true teenage angst, Empire Records watches as the drama unfolds between colleagues - with wild identities and blossoming desires - as they try to save the odd-ball independent record store they love so much.
FORREST GUMP
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Sun 22 Mar at 2.45pm
Wed 25 Mar at 6.00pm & Thu 26 Mar at 12.55pm
Robert Zemeckis • USA 1994 • 2h22m • Digital • 12A - Contains one use of strong language, implied hard drug use and moderate sex. Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Sally Field.
Wes Anderson • UK/Germany 2014 • 1h40m • Digital • English and French with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references and brief gory images. • Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Saoirse Ronan, Edward Norton, Jude Law, Tilda Swinton.
This Oscar® winner for Best Picture stars Tom Hanks as the good hearted, but painfully slow Forrest Gump. The film spans the course of Forrest’s life, from a weak child to a Vietnam war hero to a shrimp boat captain, all the while pining for the love of his childhood friend Jenny.
The adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.
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GREGORY’S GIRL
Sun 29 Mar at 5.40pm
Thu 2 Apr at 1.10pm and 5.50pm
John Hughes • USA 1986 • 1h43m • Digital • English • 12A - Contains one use of strong language and infrequent moderate sex references. • Cast: Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey.
Bill Forsyth • UK 1981 • 1h31m • Digital • 12 - Contains moderate nudity, moderate bad language, sex references. • Cast: John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D’Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan.
Matthew Broderick stars as a teenager hatching an elaborate plan to play hooky from high school with his friend Cameron and girlfriend Sloane - while evading the attentions of the Dean of Students. With a fantastical musical number on the streets of Chicago and lots of ‘fourth wall’ breaking dialogue right into the camera, Hughes was no longer speaking for young audiences - he was speaking to them.
BAFTA-winning Gregory’s Girl is one of the most beloved Scottish films ever made. John Gordon Sinclair is the gangly teenager besotted with the new star player on the school football team (the gorgeous Dorothy), but fate has other plans in story for his romantic longings. Writer-director Bill Forsyth beautifully portrays the awkwardness and cockeyed optimism of adolescence in a film that captures school life like no other.
Senior Selections invites older audiences to enjoy classic and contemporary cinema, chosen by our Senior Volunteers, and share their thoughts over a cuppa after the film. These fortnightly screenings are for audiences aged over-60. They screen where possible with on-screen captions/subtitles. Tickets are £4 each and include tea, coffee and biscuits after the film. Places are limited, booking essential!
Tue 10 Mar at 12.45pm
JUDY
MON ONCLE MY UNCLE Tue 24 Mar at 12.50pm
Rupert Goold • UK 2019 • 1h58m • Digital • 12A - Contains scenes of drug misuse, infrequent strong language. • Cast: Renée Zellweger, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Bella Ramsey.
Jacques Tati • France/Italy 1958 • 1h56m • Digital • French with English subtitles • U - Contains no sex, violence or bad language. Cast: Jacques Tati, Adrienne Servantie, Jean-Pierre Zola.
Thirty years after The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland arrives in London to perform a sold-out run at The Talk of the Town. After working for most of her life, the showbiz star is exhausted and fragile, gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Featuring an Oscar® winning performance from Renée Zellweger, Judy celebrates the voice, the capacity for love, and the sheer pizzazz of “the world’s greatest entertainer.”
In Jacques Tati’s second feature film, we find him contrasting the provincial home life of his gangling alter ego Monsieur Hulot with the modern concrete and glass home belonging to Hulot’s sister, where Hulot’s nephew, Gerard, is drowning in boredom. When Hulot comes for a visit, the modern gadgets get the better of him, in a spectacle of electric switches, slamming doors and malfunctioning accoutrements.
Thank you to our supporters who make Senior Selections possible: The Colin Weir Charitable Foundation, Crerar Trust, The W.G. Edwards Charitable Trust, Miss I F Harvey Charitable Trust, Tesco’s Bags of Help and all those who wish to remain anonymous.
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Education and Learning
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Education and Learning SCHOOL SCREENING
MODERN LANGUAGES: FRENCH AVRIL ET LE MONDE TRUQUÉ APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD Thu 19 Mar at 10.30am 1h41min • £3/Free for teachers • PG • French with English Subtitles • Advisory: Contains mild violence, threat, mild bad language • Suitable for P6-S6 • Modern Languages: French, Literacy & English, Social Studies, Expressive Arts: Art & Design.
It is 1941 and France is trapped in a fascinating alternative historical period - the nineteenth century, governed by steam and Napoleon V, where scientists vanish mysteriously. Our teenage heroine, Avril, goes in search of her missing scientist parents, in this extraordinary, compelling, animated tale.
EIFF EDINBURGH AND LOTHIANS SCHOOLS FILM COMPETITION Do you have a class of budding filmmakers? Showcase their creative talents at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. The competition is free to enter and open to classes of all ages so we encourage all schools to get involved. In previous years we have had animations from nurseries, awareness videos, comedy sketches, dramas, music videos, film trailers and every other genre you can think of. It’s simple. Make your film. Submit to us and you and your class could be watching it premiere at a special screening and awards ceremony at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2020. The closing dates for EIFF Edinburgh & Lothians Schools Competition are: 5pm - Friday 27 March 2020 for Nursery & Primary schools. 5pm - Friday 24th April 2020 for Secondary schools & Special schools. For more information and how to submit your film please visit: screen-ed.org/edinburgh-schools-film-competition/ or contact laura@screen-ed.org. Edinburgh & Lothians Schools Film Competition is a partnership between Screen Education Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Council, Arts & Creative Learning, Communities & Families, Centre for the Moving Image and Edinburgh International Film Festival.
For more information, to book places at any of these events or to receive our monthly newsletter, please contact Chloé at education@cmi-scotland.co.uk or call 0131 228 6382. When making a booking please include: Film Title/ Event name · Date of screening/ event · Name of school · Lead teacher email and mobile number · Number of students · Number of adults This will help us process your request quickly and efficiently. Thanks!
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EIFF YOUTH NEW VISIONS SHORT FILM COMPETITION Do you know any budding filmmakers aged 15-25? Submissions are now open for the EIFF Youth New Visions Short Film Competition – designed to discover the newest voices in Scottish film and bring their visions to the global stage. The finalists will attend a public screening of their work at Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2020, and compete for one of two New Visions awards. Each award comes with a £300 cash prize. Submitted films must be Scottish premieres, no longer than 15min run-time and the lead creative must be based in Scotland. Deadline for submission is Friday 17 April at 5pm. For more information on the competition guidelines and how to submit please visit: www.edfilmfest.org.uk/new-visions or contact us at newvisions@edfilmfest.org.uk. EIFF Youth is funded through the PLACE Programme, a partnership between the Scottish Government through Creative Scotland, the City of Edinburgh Council and the Edinburgh Festivals.
F R EE WIFI F O O D T H AT M AT T E R S
Filmhouse Café Bar is a lively venue within Filmhouse Cinema where we provide a relaxed, safe and comfortable environment to meet, eat, drink and chat. We are committed to serving freshly prepared quality food from local Scottish suppliers made on the premises with a great range of vegetarian, vegan and wheat free options. OPENING TIMES Mon - Thur: 9am - 11:30pm Fri: 9am - 12:30am Sat: 10am - 12:30am Sun: 10am - 11:30pm
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FILM QUIZ Every month, our infamously tricky (but fun) film quiz, hosted by Raymah Tariq. Free to enter, teams of up to eight people to be seated in the Cafe Bar by 9pm. The next quiz will be on Sunday 8 March.
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Uncanny Valley
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Uncanny Valley is a place for dreams as well as nightmares. We shine a lantern on the nocturnal neo-classics lurking in the shadows. The unsung heroes of grungy science-fiction, Lovecraftian terrors, social commentary in the form of farce comedies and strange and uncanny tales that evade definition. Be it a journey into the darkest depths of the imagination or whimsical flights of hysteria, we showcase the cult flicks of decades now adrift.
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Uncanny Valley screenings are fortnightly on Friday nights and cost £9/£7 concessions (£6 students).
KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE Fri 6 Mar at 11.00pm Stephen Chiodo • USA 1988 • 1h28m • Digital • 12A - Contains moderate horror and one use of strong language. • Cast: Grant Cramer, Suzanne Snyder, John Allen Nelson, John Vernon, Michael Siegel.
A clan of evil alien clowns from parts unknown invade a small town to harvest its locals into candy floss. This Chiodo Brothers cult sci-fi horror comedy is the king of 80s B-movies with its inventive visuals, slapstick humour and crazy levels of absurdity. The Killer Klowns are packing popcorn guns and this is one unforgettable blast you won’t want to miss. This screening is presented by Neon Frights.
ANGEL HEART Fri 20 Mar at 11.00pm Alan Parker • UK/Canada/USA 1987 • 1h53m • Digital • English and French with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong sex and bloody violence. • Cast: Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet.
Starting as a neo-noir thriller and descending into psychological horror fever dream, the story follows NYC private eye Angel who is hired to investigate the disappearance of a New Orleans singer. Angel soon finds himself wrapped in a cover-up where witnesses and accomplices are in danger for their lives.
PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES
TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO Fri 3 Apr at 11.15pm
Mario Bava • Italy/Spain/USA 1965 • 1h28m • Digital • 15 • Cast: Barry Sullivan, Norma Bengell, Angel Aranda, Evi Marandi.
A visual spectacle that encapsulates the spirit of pulp science fiction. Eerie and atmospheric, this richly coloured flick is filled with cheesy dialogue, impractical space suits, surprisingly graphic living dead creatures, and fantastic practical effects.
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GUMMO
Fri 17 Apr at 11.00pm
Fri 1 May at 11.15pm
Takashi Miike • Japan 1999 • 1h55m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong gory violence, torture. • Cast: Ishibashi Ryo, Shiina Eihi, Matsuda Miyuki, Ishibashi Renji.
Harmony Korine • USA 1997 • 1h29m • 35mm • 18 - Contains adult themes, strong language, sexual references and substance abuse. Cast: Jacob Reynolds, Nick Sutton, Jacob Sewell.
Urged by his teenage son to start dating again, middle-aged widower Shigeharu and his filmmaker friend stage a phoney audition for a leading female role. The mysterious dancer Asami seems a match to die for. This slow-burning, shocking, and horrifyingly memorable tale is one of the first successes of J-horror, paving the way for the entire genre’s international popularity.
A gritty, graphic, and highly stylized portrait of Middle America. The camera loosely follows around some bored teenagers who engage in destructive ways to pass the time, in the backdrop of a decaying tornado-ravished small town. Stirring controversy in the festival circuit for being at the same time too arty and not artistic enough, Gummo has conserved its ‘cult’ status despite a very limited theatrical run.
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HACKERS Fri 15 May at 11.00pm Iain Softley • USA 1995 • 1h47m • 35mm • English, Italian, Japanese and Russian with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard.
Banned from using a computer until the day he turns 18, hacker Zero Cool assumes a new alias Crash Override and begins a new life in a new highschool. Here, he meets cool chick Acid Burn and her gang of cyber-punks. While pushing their curiosity into illegality, the group get tangled up in a government conspiracy. Technically inaccurate, visually stylish, this thrilling flick with cheesy dialogue and fun music is a staple of the genre and a ‘90s cult classic.
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APRIL AND THE EXTRAORDINARY WORLD AVRIL ET LE MONDE TRUQUÉ Sun 8 Mar at 11.00am Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci • France/Belgium/Canada 2016 • 1h43m • Digital • English • PG - Contains mild violence, threat, mild bad language.
A beautiful, inventive and uncannily satisfying example of animated sci-fi. In the late 19th century, a scheme hatched by Napoleon III to engineer supersoldiers scientifically goes horribly awry...
WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE
OMOIDE NO MÂNÎ Sun 22 Mar at 11.00am
Hiromasa Yonebayashi • Japan 2014 • 1h43m • Digital • English • U Contains very mild threat, scenes of emotional distress.
Anna, a keen artist, is sent to live with relatives on the coast. She meets and befriends Marnie, who lives nearby in an old mansion. Sometimes this strange house looks new, clean and full of guests; but sometimes it’s empty and dilapidated. Which is real?
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Films for a younger audience, weekly on Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £5.00 per person, big or small!
TANGLED Sun 15 Mar at 11.00am Nathan Greno & Byron Howard • USA 2010 • 1h40m • Digital • English PG - Contains mild violence, threat and brief sight of blood.
When charming bandit Flynn hides out in a mysterious tower, he’s taken hostage by Rapunzel - a feisty maiden with 70 feet of magical, golden hair. Rapunzel, who’s looking to escape the tower, strikes a deal with the handsome thief, and they set off on an action-packed adventure...
SPIES IN DISGUISE Sun 29 Mar at 11.00am Troy Quane, Nick Bruno • USA 2019 • 1h42m • Digital • English and Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild violence, threat, rude humour.
The world’s least likely undercover duo take on a revenge-seeking villain, using scientist Walter’s supertech skills to disguise legendary spy Lance Sterling... as a pigeon. Their mission takes on new levels of crazy, as Lance deals with his existence as a very tiny bird and the two work together to save the world!
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Access/ Audio Description and Captions/ For Crying Out Loud
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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. Staff are always on hand to help operate lifts – 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. See below for details of captioned screenings and films with Audio Description. Email admin@filmhousecinema.com or call the Box Office on 0131 228 2688 if you require further information or assistance.
Audio Description and Captions In all screens we have a system which enables us, whenever available, to show onscreen captions, and provide audio description (via infra-red headsets) for those who are sight-impaired. All screenings of Uncut Gems, Eminent Monsters: A Manual for Modern Torture, Senior Selections: Judy (Over-60s Only), Misbehaviour, The Elephant Man, Embrace of the Serpent, Dark Waters, True History of the Kelly Gang, And Then We Danced and Spies in Disguise have audio description. See pages 16-17 for times. The following screenings have captions:
There is a large print version of the programme available which can be posted to you free of charge. For Crying Out Loud Screenings for carers and their babies! Tickets ÂŁ5.00 concessions per adult. Screenings are strictly for babies under one year accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging, bottlewarming, buggy parking are available.
Tue 10 Mar at 12.45pm
Judy (SR) (Over-60s Only) Mon 9 Mar at 11.00am
Sun 15 Mar at 12.50pm
Misbehaviour
Mon 16 Mar at 11.00am
Misbehaviour
Mon 16 Mar at 12.55pm
The Elephant Man
Mon 23 Mar at 11.00am
The Truth
Tue 17 Mar at 1.00pm
Misbehaviour
Mon 30 Mar at 11.00am
Misbehaviour
Fri 20 Mar at 1.00pm
Misbehaviour
Mon 23 Mar at 5.45pm
Dark Waters
Tue 24 Mar at 8.35pm
And Then We Danced
Wed 25 Mar at 12.45pm
Dark Waters
Thu 26 Mar at 6.10pm
Misbehaviour
Tue 31 Mar at 8.35pm
True History of the Kelly...
Wed 1 Apr at 1.00pm
True History of the Kelly...
The Man Who Killed...
Audio Description/Captioned information is correct at time of print, and is subject to change. Check www.filmhousecinema.com or with Filmhouse Box Office for up-to-date AD/captioning information. All brochure information is correct at the time of print and subject to change.
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