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Winter Sleep A film by Nuri Bilge Ceylan

Mr. Turner Leviathan The Homesman My Old Lady Björk: Biophilia Live Gone Girl ‘71 The Riot Club Withnail & I Playtime Invasion of the Body Snatchers French Film Festival UK Edinburgh Greek Film Festival Satantango In a Foreign Land Filmhouse Junior Biomedical Ethics Film Festival Play Poland Filmosophy: The Double

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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 24 9-Month Stretch 12 45m2 21 ‘71 6 A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant? 21 Africa in Motion 29 Another Earth 25 Antboy 18 Ariane’s Thread 11 Arthur Christmas 19 Barbarella 22 Belle and Sebastian 18 Between Dog & Wolf: The New Model Army Story 27 Biomedical Ethics Film Festival: The Moral Status of the Embryo 24 Björk: Biophilia Live 6 The Blue Room 11 The Boxtrolls 18 Come and See... 22 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 28 The Double Life of Veronique 25 Edinburgh Greek Film Festival 20-21 Education and Learning 30 The Enemy Within 20 Filmhouse Cafe Bar + Quiz 29 Filmhouse Explorer 4 Filmhouse Junior 18-19 Filmhouse Loyalty Card 22 Filmhouse Player 28 Filmosophy: The Double 25 The Finishers 12 French Film Festival UK 10-14 French Riviera 12 Frozen 19 Gazelles 11 Get Well Soon 14 Going Away 12 Gone Girl 5 Goodbye to Language 14 The Great Abortion Divide 24 Hiroshima mon amour 13 The Homesman 8 Hope 13 In a Foreign Land 9 Introduction to European Cinema 28 Invasion of the Body Snatchers 9 Juno 24 Kebab & Horoscope 26

The Last Floor 26 Leviathan 5 Life of Riley 10 Longwave 11 Love at First Fight 10 Marie’s Story 13 Miss Violence 21 Mr. Turner 5 My Old Lady 7 Not My Type 14 Orphée 28 Our Summer in Provence 10 Paris Follies 12 Patchwork Family 10 Play Poland 26 Playtime 7 Postgraduate Films from ECA Screen Academy 27 The Rehearsal 21 The Riot Club 7 Rise of the Guardians 19 Satantango 22 September 21 Short Cuts 13 Turning Tide 13 Visions of the Future: African Sci-Fi Shorts 29 Welcome to Argentina 11 The Whistleblower 25 Wild Duck 20 Winter Sleep 9 Withnail & I 6 Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War 26 Wolfy, the Incredible Secret 18 Wooden Crosses 14 Write Shoot Cut: Skeletons 27 Young Voices 19

AUDIODESCRIPTIONANDCAPTIONS 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 sight-impaired. This issue, all screenings of Mr. Turner, Gone Girl and The Riot Club will have audio description, and the following screenings will have captions:

Mr. Turner: Sun 2 Nov, 2.00pm Gone Girl: Sun 9 Nov, 2.15pm The Riot Club: Mon 17 Nov, 8.50pm The Homesman: Sun 30 Nov, 3.25pm

FORCRYINGOUTLOUD Screenings for carers and their babies! Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings are limited to babies under 12 months accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging, bottlewarming and buggy parking facilities are available.

Mr. Turner: Mon 10 Nov, 11am Playtime: Mon 17 Nov, 11am Due to ongoing building work, there will be no For Crying Out Loud screening on Monday 24 November or Monday 1 December. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

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FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL - LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT

LEVIATHAN

MY OLD LADY

THE HOMESMAN

Stop me if you think that you’ve heard this one before... We regularly get asked by our customers, “why aren’t you showing this film, why aren’t you showing that film.” Occasionally, the answer is “because it’s not very good,” but more often than not the answer is “because the film’s distributor wouldn’t let us” – not until later in its release at any rate. Often, we simply don’t get access to many films as early as we’d like and so we play them when we’re, well… allowed. Every month there are likely to be one or two of these titles ‘missing’ from our programme, so we’ve taken to listing them (and some other upcoming titles) in this publication in advance, so that you’ll know that these marvellous films are coming up and we’re not not playing them on their release because they’re not very good, rather that sometimes the folks who control such things deem that supplying all our nearest competitors (all national commercial chain operators except the Dominion, the only other independent cinema in the city) and not us is the way to go. We’re hugely dependent on the revenue from these bigger titles, so this is a heartfelt plea to all of you to join us in exercising a little patience, and come and see them here when ‘market forces’ allow. If you like your cinemas local, fully independent and a registered charity, where every penny earned is ploughed straight back into the business of putting great films on screens, well, there’s only one choice, isn’t there? That was a party political broadcast on behalf of the Filmhouse cinema, Edinburgh… Now, to what films we were ‘allowed’… No less than four new releases in this month’s programme featured in the Cannes Film Festival competition earlier this year: Mike Leigh’s superb Mr. Turner continues well into November, followed swiftly by Andrey (The Return, Elena) Zvyagintsev’s stunning satire, Leviathan, which tells the tale of one man’s epic struggle with his faith, not in God, but in the Russian state (oddly enough, the film has been chosen as Russia’s Oscar entry this year…); The Homesman is Tommy Lee Jones’ original and hugely enjoyable frontier western, in which a doughty pioneer spinster (Hilary Swank) recruits a curmudgeonly old army deserter (Jones) to help her return three ‘crazy’ women, driven mad by their lives out west, to sanctuary back east; and lastly, though assuredly not leastly Cannes-wise, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s intimately epic, Palme d’Or winning character study Winter Sleep is, as Variety have said, “a richly engrossing and ravishingly beautiful magnum opus that surely qualifies as the least boring 196-minute movie ever made,” which is a statement likely to get no argument from me. Lastly, My Old Lady, in which a middle-aged American would-be writer (a welcome, rare big screen outing for Kevin Kline) inherits a Parisian house, only to discover he has also ‘inherited’, for life, its tenant, the redoubtable Mathilde (Dame Maggie Smith) and her frosty daughter, Chloé (Kristin Scott Thomas) to initially comedic, and growingly poignant, effect. We are currently undergoing some building There’s a trio of marvellous restorations as well: Don Siegel’s 1956 original and best paranoid sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Bodysnatchers; Bruce Robinson’s seminal British comedy, Withnail & I; and Jacques Tati’s late-career masterwork, Playtime. Our annual French Film Festival comes around in its 22nd(!) edition, and we’ve a special treat for all you Béla Tarr fans out there, for we’ve taken advantage of our cult film friends at Scalarama’s importing of a 35mm print of the Hungarian ‘arthouse’ doyen’s 7h12m epic, Satantango, to bring you a super-rare screening of this mesmerising masterwork. Get plenty of sleep the night before, you’ll be fine! Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

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Filmhouse Explorer

MR. TURNER

WINTER SLEEP

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

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LEVIATHAN

Main features

MR. TURNER

NEWRELEASE

LEVIATHAN

NEWRELEASE

GONE GIRL

MAYBEYOUMISSED

Mr. Turner

Leviathan

Gone Girl

Showing from Fri 7 Nov

Fri 7 to Thu 13 Nov

Mike Leigh • UK 2014 • 2h30m DCP • 12A – Contains moderate sex, sex references Cast: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey, Karl Johnson.

Andrey Zvyagintsev • Russia 2014 • 2h21m DCP • Russian with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language, moderate sex Cast: Elena Lyadova, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov, Anna Ukolova.

David Fincher • USA 2014 • 2h29m • DCP 18 – Contains strong bloody violence, very strong language Cast: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Scoot McNairy, Carrie Coon, Neil Patrick Harris.

Mike Leigh’s superb exploration of the last quarter century of the life of great if eccentric British painter JMW Turner (1775-1851), featuring a career-best performance from Timothy Spall. “What a glorious film this is, richly and immediately enjoyable, hitting its satisfying stride straight away. It’s funny and visually immaculate; it combines domestic intimacy with an epic sweep and has a lyrical, mysterious quality that perfumes every scene, whether tragic or comic.” - The Guardian

The boldest of contemporary Russian filmmakers, Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Elena) electrified the Cannes Competition earlier this year with Leviathan. Winner of the festival’s award for best screenplay, it is a thriller, a black social comedy and an astoundingly direct assault on the state of his native land. In a small seaside town, weather-beaten patriarch Kolya lives with his teenage son and second wife. Their idyllic homestead harbours deep-rooted familial resentments that are aggravated by the aggressions of the local mayor, a drunken, corrupt bureaucrat set on grabbing their land for himself. When Kolya calls in his lawyer friend from Moscow, this defensive tactic triggers a series of dramatic events.

Gone Girl, directed by David Fincher (The Social Network, Fight Club, Se7en) and based on the global bestseller by Gillian Flynn, unearths the secrets at the heart of a modern marriage. On his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) reports that his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behaviour have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? “Surgically precise, grimly funny and entirely mesmerising.” - Variety

Main features

WITHNAIL & I

BJORK: BIOPHILIA LIVE

RESTOREDCLASSIC

‘71

NEWRELEASE

MAYBEYOUMISSED

Withnail & I

Björk: Biophilia Live

‘71

Fri 7, Sat 8, Mon 10, Tues 11 & Wed 12 Nov

Tue 11 Nov at 9.00pm

Fri 14 to Sun 16 Nov

Bruce Robinson • UK 1987 • 1h48m • DCP 15 – Contains very strong language, drug use, strong sex references Cast: Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick.

Nick Fenton & Peter Strickland • UK 2014 • 1h33m DCP • U – Contains strong flashing images

Yann Demange • UK 2014 • 1h39m • DCP 15 – Contains very strong language, strong bloody violence, injury detail Cast: Jack O’Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Charlie Murphy, Paul Anderson.

A new restoration of this intelligent, beautifully acted, and gloriously funny British comedy. At the end of the ‘60s, two ‘resting’ young actors – Withnail, a cadaverous upper middle class hedonist with an acid wit and soleless shoes, and the seemingly innocent unnamed ‘I’ – live on a diet of booze, pills, and fags in their cancerous Camden flat, until a Lakeland cottage is offered for their use. A rambling roadtrip ensues, involving various oddball characters including Withnail’s uncle Monty...

Biophilia Live is a concert film by Nick Fenton and Peter Strickland that captures the human element of Björk’s multi-disciplinary multimedia project: Biophilia. Recorded live at Björk’s show at London’s Alexandra Palace in 2013, the film features Björk and her band performing every song on Biophilia and more, using a broad variety of instruments – some digital, some traditional and some completely unclassifiable. The film has already been hailed as “a captivating record of an artist in full command of her idiosyncratic powers” (Variety) and “an imaginative standalone artwork” (Hollywood Reporter), and is a vital piece of the grand mosaic that is Biophilia.

A gritty, relentless drama set in 1970s Belfast, written by Scottish playwright Gregory Burke (Black Watch). New army recruit Private Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell) is deployed to Belfast during the Troubles in 1971. Shortly after arriving his unit are supporting a routine house search operation which escalates into a terrifying street riot, and during the chaos Hook is accidentally left behind. Unable to tell friend from foe, the raw recruit must survive the night alone and find his way to safety through a disorientating, alien and deadly landscape. “Brings a fresh perspective and a piercing urgency to a well-worn scenario.” - The Times

Main features

PLAYTIME

THE RIOT CLUB

RESTOREDCLASSIC

MAYBEYOUMISSED

MY OLD LADY

NEWRELEASE

Playtime

The Riot Club

My Old Lady

Sun 16 to Wed 19 Nov

Mon 17 to Wed 19 Nov

Showing from Fri 21 Nov

Jacques Tati • France/Italy 1967 • 2h4m DCP • French with English subtitles • U Cast: Jacques Tati, Barbara Dennek, Jacqueline Lecomte, Valérie Camille.

Lone Scherfig • UK 2014 • 1h47m • DCP 15 – Contains strong violence, very strong language, strong sex, sex references, drug use Cast: Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Jessica Brown Findlay, Natalie Dormer.

Israel Horovitz • UK/France/USA 2014 • 1h47m • DCP 12A – Contains suicide references, moderate sex references Cast: Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Dominique Pinon, Noémie Lvovsky.

Jacques Tati’s spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of this film. Playtime takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on the people living within it. Tati constructed an enormous set, Tativille, rendering a high modern contemporary Paris decked in chrome, mirrors, and glass within which the surreal slapstick of Playtime unfolds. As in most Tati films, a minimal plot (the parallel paths of Monsieur Hulot and a group of American tourists) is held together by a seamless ballet of visual, aural, and conceptual gags.

Two young men are inducted into the exclusive, debaucherous company of Oxford University’s elite, in this scathing dissection of the British class system from Danish director Lone Scherfig (An Education). Miles and Alistair, two first year students at Oxford, are determined to be a part of the infamous Riot Club, where reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening. As the excesses of the privileged elite lead into dark territory, not all of the members are willing to follow...

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Mathias Gold (Kevin Kline) is a down-on-his-luck New Yorker who inherits a Parisian apartment from his estranged father. But when he arrives in France intending to sell his newly-acquired property, he’s shocked to discover a live-in tenant who is not prepared to budge – feisty Englishwoman Mathilde Girard (Maggie Smith), who has lived in the apartment with her daughter Chloé (Kristin Scott Thomas) for many years. With no place to go, Mathias strikes a tentative lodging arrangement with Mathilde, instantly clashing with suspicious Chloé over his private dealings with a rapacious property developer. An uneasy détente gradually settles in as the quarrelling Mathias and Chloé come to discover common ground. Filmed on location in a ravishing Paris of quiet back streets, and with wonderful performances from its superb ensemble cast, My Old Lady is a touching romantic drama about past secrets coming home to roost.

NEWRELEASE

The Homesman Showing from Fri 21 Nov Tommy Lee Jones • USA/France 2014 • 2h3m DCP • 15 – Contains strong violence, sex, scene of self-harm Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee Steinfeld.

Tommy Lee Jones’ second film as director (his first was underrated gem The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) is an original and intelligent take on the Western genre. When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven to the brink of sanity, the task of saving them from their surroundings falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank). She is to transport the women by covered wagon to Iowa, where a minister and his wife have offered to take them in. Cuddy soon realises just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a feisty low-life drifter, George Biggs (Tommy Lee Jones), to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, across harsh territory marked by stark beauty, psychological peril and constant threat. “Tommy Lee Jones shows some true storytelling grit in this superbly watchable frontier western.” - the Guardian

Main features

WINTER SLEEP

NEWRELEASE

INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

RESTOREDCLASSIC

IN A FOREIGN LAND

SPECIALSCREENINGS

Winter Sleep Kis uykusu

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

In a Foreign Land En tierra extraña

Showing from Fri 28 Nov

Fri 28 to Sun 30 Nov

Mon 1 to Thu 4 Dec

Nuri Bilge Ceylan • Turkey 2014 • 3h16m DCP • Turkish with English subtitles • cert tbc Cast: Haluk Bilginer, Melisa Sözen, Demet Akbag, Ayberk Pekcan, Serhat Mustafa Kiliç.

Don Siegel • USA 1956 • 1h20m • DCP • PG Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones.

Icíar Bollaín • Spain 2014 • 1h17m DCP • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, Winter Sleep is the new film from Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, Three Monkeys). Inspired by several short stories by Anton Chekhov, Winter Sleep is set in Anatolia, in the stunning Cappadocia region where homes are carved into the volcanic rock. It is here that Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel with his young wife Nihal, with whom he has a stormy relationship, and his recently-divorced sister Necla. As winter arrives and the snow begins to fall, the guests leave and lingering resentments come to the surface in the hotel and beyond. Strikingly beautiful and with incisive dialogue, Winter Sleep is another milestone in Ceylan’s ongoing, illuminating exploration of the human condition.

Don Siegel’s classic exercise in psychological science fiction has often been interpreted as a cautionary fable about the blacklisting hysteria of the McCarthy era. It can be read as a political metaphor or enjoyed as a fine lowbudget suspense movie, and it works well either way. Kevin McCarthy stars as Miles Bennel, a doctor in the small California community of Santa Mira, where several patients begin reporting that their loved ones don’t seem to be themselves lately. They look the same but seem cold, emotionally distant, and somehow unfamiliar. The longer Miles looks into these reports, the more stock he places in them, and in time he makes a shocking discovery: aliens from another world are taking over Santa Mira, one citizen at a time... “It’s still a chilling picture, gaining over Phil Kaufman’s smart remake by virtue of its intimate small town setting, and it has one of the greatest endings ever filmed.” - Time Out

The current financial crisis in Spain has forced many young people to emigrate in the hope of a better life. Edinburgh is one of the most popular destinations, and the city is home to more than 20,000 Spanish people. Award-winning Spanish filmmaker Icíar Bollaín followed three expatriates in her latest film, In a Foreign Land. One of them is Gloria, a teacher from Spain who works in Edinburgh as a shop assistant. Gloria decided to create the collective, ‘Ni perdidos ni callados’ (Not lost and not silenced), to express the anger and frustration felt by many Spaniards who have moved to Scotland’s capital. Back by popular demand after its sold-out screenings at the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival in October.

COMINGSOON

Coming soon to Filmhouse: excellent British drama The Imitation Game; Steve James’ sad and beautiful film about Roger Ebert, Life Itself; EIFF hit Stations of the Cross; new digital restorations of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Zabriskie Point and, of course, It’s a Wonderful Life!

French Film Festival UK

LOVE AT FIRST FIGHT

OUR SUMMER IN PROVENCE

French Film Festival UK The annual celebration of the best of classic and contemporary French cinema, now in its 22nd year! As well as an eclectic selection of new features and shorts the Festival pays tribute to the great Alain Resnais, who died earlier this year, with screenings of a new restoration of his first feature, Hiroshima mon amour, starring Oscarnominated Emmanuelle Riva (Amour), and also the director’s last film, Life of Riley (Aimer, boire et chanter). www.frenchfilmfestival.org.uk

PATCHWORK FAMILY

LIFE OF RILEY

Special Preview Screening Love at First Fight Les combattants

Patchwork Family

Sat 8 Nov at 8.15pm

Thu 13 Nov at 6.00pm

Thomas Cailley • France 2014 • 1h38m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Adèle Haenel, Kévin Azaïs, Antoine Laurent, Brigitte Roüan, William Lebghil.

Pascal Rabaté • France 2014 • 1h31m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Sami Bouajila, Isabelle Carré, Daniel Prévost, Zinedine Soualem, Talina Boyaci.

An energetic crowd-pleasing comedy, surely destined for an English-language remake. Easy-going Arnaud has few plans for his summer, other than helping his brother with the family carpentry business. Whilst on a job he meets an enigmatic girl, Madeleine, and is attracted to her somewhat domineering personality. When she signs up for an army training course, Arnaud follows suit, in the hope of getting to know her better.

A touching, bittersweet comedy set in provincial France. Feckless Christian (Sami Bouajila) is divorced and lives alone, doting on his only daughter Vanessa, with whom he spends every other weekend. Vanessa is a member of the local baton-twirling group and, while watching one of their rehearsals, Christian meets Christine (Isabelle Carré) the single mother of one of Vanessa’s team mates, and sets out to impress her.

Opening Night

Life of Riley Aimer, boire et chanter

Our Summer in Provence Avis de mistral Wed 12 Nov at 8.30pm Rose Bosch • France 2014 • 1h45m DCP • French and English with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Jean Reno, Anna Galiena, Chloé Jouannet, Hugo Dessioux, Aure Atika.

Writer-director Rose Bosch follows up her Second World War tearjerker The Roundup with this light family drama set in the south of France and starring Jean Reno. After their parents separate, teenage Parisian siblings Léa and Adrien, along with their younger brother Théo, are shipped off to Provence to spend the summer with their grandparents. At first they behave like typical teenagers, glued to their iPhones, but soon the many charms of the region begin to win them over.

Du goudron et des plumes

Fri 14 Nov at 8.45pm Alain Resnais • France 2014 • 1h48m DCP • French with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Sabine Azéma, Sandrine Kiberlain, Caroline Sihol, André Dussollier, Hippolyte Girardot.

The cinema world is still mourning the great Alain Resnais, who passed away earlier this year at the age of 91. Fortunately, we have the pleasure and privilege of enjoying his final film, the deliciously theatrical Life of Riley, based on an Alan Ayckbourn play about three couples dealing with the news that their mutual friend is terminally ill. Shot on sound stages with painted backgrounds bursting with candy colours, the film has all of the energy and inventiveness of the work of a young artist, and Ayckbourn’s fascination with love and marriage serves as perfect inspiration for Resnais’ playful and witty style.

French Film Festival UK

ARIANE’S THREAD

LONGWAVE

GAZELLES

Welcome to Argentina

Longwave

Sat 15 Nov at 4.00pm

Sun 16 Nov at 5.45pm

Edouard Deluc • France/Argentina/Belgium 2012 • 1h31m DCP • French, English and Spanish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Nicolas Duvauchelle, Philippe Rebbot, Gustavo Kamenetzky, Paloma Contreras, Benjamin Biolay.

Lionel Baier • Switzerland/France/Portugal 2013 • 1h25m DCP • French and Portuguese with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Valérie Donzelli, Michel Vuillermoz, Patrick Lapp, Francisco Belard, Jean-Stéphane Bron.

In this charming road movie, Marcus and his brother Antoine head to Argentina for their cousin’s wedding. Marcus is thrilled to be on the road and determined to have fun, while Antoine is depressed after being dumped by his wife, who refused to come with them at the last minute. After exploring Buenos Aires, they hit the road to Mendoza, discovering Argentina vineyards and encountering a variety of characters, both human and animal...

It’s 1974, and a Swiss radio crew has been dispatched to Portugal for a puff piece on Swiss philanthropy in the then-developing country. Vying for command of this fool’s errand are faltering feminist Julie (Valérie Donzelli), who’s been sleeping with the boss in the hopes of getting a primetime slot for her women’s issues show, and Cauvin (Michel Vuillermoz), a weathered war reporter whose memory is as spotty as his Portuguese. Just when it seems their report is a total bust, fortune arrives in the form of Lisbon’s ‘Carnation Revolution’, sweeping the inhibited Swiss up in a tide of political and sexual liberation – and the scoop of a lifetime.

Mariage à Mendoza

Ariane’s Thread Au fil d’Ariane

Les grandes ondes (à l’ouest)

Sat 15 Nov at 6.10pm Robert Guédiguian • France 2014 • 1h32m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Ariane Ascaride, Jacques Boudet, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Anaïs Demoustier, Youssouf Djaoro.

A charming fantasy about a lonely middle-aged woman’s quest for a more exciting life. It’s Ariane’s birthday. The candles on her birthday cake are lit. But all of her loved ones have sent their apologies – they’re not coming. So Ariane leaves her pretty suburban neighbourhood in search of adventure in the big city of Marseille.

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THE BLUE ROOM

Gazelles Les gazelles Sun 16 Nov at 8.15pm Mona Achache • France 2014 • 1h39m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Camille Chamoux, Audrey Fleurot, Joséphine de Meaux, Naidra Ayadi, Anne Brochet.

An insightful comedy about a woman experiencing independence for the first time. Marie and Eric, a couple in their thirties who have been together since college, have just bought their first apartment when Marie is suddenly overcome by doubt. Her encounter with a handsome, dark-haired man forces her to make a decision, and, with the support of her friends, she leaves Eric. But life as a single woman turns out to be less exciting than she thought...

The Blue Room La chambre bleue Mon 17 Nov at 6.00pm Mathieu Amalric • France 2014 • 1h16m DCP • French with English subtitles • 18 Cast: Mathieu Amalric, Léa Drucker, Stéphanie Cléau, Laurent Poitrenaux, Serge Bozon.

A perfectly twisted, timeless noir, Mathieu Amalric’s adaptation of Georges Simenon’s novel also tips its hat to Alfred Hitchcock/Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train. Married man Julien (Amalric) is conducting a passionate affair with pharmacist’s wife Esther (Stéphanie Cléau, coauthor of the script with Amalric). But their commitment to the relationship is unequal, and her obsessive desire proves dangerous for Julien and those close to him. SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

French Film Festival UK (continued)

9-MONTH STRETCH

FRENCH RIVIERA

PARIS FOLLIES

THE FINISHERS

9-Month Stretch 9 mois ferme

Paris Follies La ritournelle

Going Away Un beau dimanche

Mon 17 Nov at 8.15pm

Wed 19 Nov at 6.00pm

Fri 21 Nov at 8.30pm

Albert Dupontel • France 2013 • 1h22m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Albert Dupontel, Sandrine Kiberlain, Nicolas Marié, Philippe Uchan, Bouli Lanners.

Marc Fitoussi • France 2014 • 1h38m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Michael Nyqvist, Pio Marmaï, Marina Foïs.

Nicole Garcia • France 2013 • 1h35m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Pierre Rochefort, Louise Bourgoin, Dominique Sanda, Déborah François, Eric Ruf.

A visually inventive pitch black satire from writer/director/ actor Albert Dupontel. Judge Ariane Felder (Sandrine Kiberlain) is a confirmed bachelorette and icy careerist who discovers that she’s six months pregnant. Even worse, somehow the most likely father is Bob (Dupontel), aka The Eye Gobbler, a murder suspect with a rap sheet that reads like a Dickens novel...

Isabelle Huppert leads an exceptional cast in the poignant new romance from writer/director Marc Fitoussi. Long married 50-somethings Brigitte (Huppert) and Xavier (Jean-Pierre Darroussin) are prize cattle breeders in rural France. Life is good, but the departure of their children from home has thrown Brigitte’s world into flux. Impulsively she sets off for Paris under the guise of a doctor’s appointment, and there is flattered by the attentions of a charming Dane (Michael Nyqvist).

Mistakes from the past come back to haunt three drifting souls in this intimate character-driven thriller. Baptiste is an inspiring primary school teacher who finds himself looking after one of his pupils, Mathias, for a weekend. When Baptiste takes Mathias back to his mother, the radiant, impulsive Sandra, he is instantly enchanted. But all too soon Sandra’s problems threaten their fragile idyll, and Baptiste is forced to make a choice: face his dark past and help Sandra, or walk away.

French Riviera L’homme qu’on aimait trop Tue 18 Nov at 8.30pm André Téchiné • France 2014 • 1h56m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Guillaume Canet, Catherine Deneuve, Adèle Haenel, Judith Chemla, Mauro Conte.

André Téchiné’s cool, intelligent thriller stars Catherine Deneuve as real-life casino owner Renée Le Roux, who went up against the mob in Nice 40 years ago. Determined to protect her business from shady rival Fratoni, Le Roux relies on the advice of lawyer Maurice Agnelet (Guillaume Canet), who has also attracted the romantic attentions of Le Roux’s daughter Agnès. But can either woman really trust Agnelet?

The Finishers De toutes nos forces Thu 20 Nov at 3.30pm + 8.30pm Nils Tavernier • France/Belgium 2013 • 1h26m DCP • French with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Fabien Héraud, Jacques Gamblin, Alexandra Lamy, Sophie de Furst, Pablo Pauly.

Confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy, seventeenyear-old Julien (Fabien Héraud) is the apple of his mother’s eye, but constantly yearns for the approval of his distant father, Paul (Jacques Gamblin). In a bid to bond with his father, Julien comes up with the seemingly crazy idea of asking him to participate with him in the prestigious Ironman race, a triathlon in which his father has previously competed. Julien and Paul must work together to complete an epic journey of patience, resilience and determination.

Family Films at the French Film Festival UK Check out page 18 for details of Wolfy, the Incredible Secret and Belle and Sebastian, screening in our Filmhouse Junior strand on 9 and 23 November respectively.

French Film Festival UK

HIROSHIMA MON AMOUR

TURNING TIDE

SHORT CUTS - M HUBLOT

HOPE

Hiroshima mon amour

Turning Tide En solitaire

Marie’s Story Marie Heurtin

Sat 22 Nov at 3.30pm

Sat 22 Nov at 6.00pm

Sun 23 Nov at 6.10pm

Alain Resnais • France/Japan 1959 • 1h30m DCP • French, Japanese and English with English subtitles 12A – Contains documentary images of atomic bomb victims Cast: Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dallas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson.

Christophe Offenstein • France 2013 • 1h37m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: François Cluzet, Samy Seghir, Virginie Efira, Guillaume Canet, Karine Vanasse.

Jean-Pierre Améris • France 2014 • 1h35m DCP • French with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Isabelle Carré, Brigitte Catillon, Laure Duthilleul, Martine Gautier, Sonia Laroze.

A thrilling adventure set on the open seas, starring François Cluzet as Yann Kermadec, a taciturn Breton. After his friend Franck breaks a leg, Yann steps in to skipper a high-tech yacht for the Vendee Globe, a strictly solo three month round-the-world yacht race. Early misfortune sees Yann’s boat briefly laid up in the Canary Islands, and when he rejoins the race, he discovers he is now carrying a teenage stowaway, Mano (Samy Seghir).

Inspired by the true story of Marie Heurtin, a girl born at the end of the 19th century with the combined afflictions of blindness, muteness and deafness, Jean-Pierre Améris’ film is a poignant drama of individual challenge. Newcomer Ariana Rivoire is a revelation as the young girl who exults in the joy of discovering the world’s bounties, and Isabelle Carré is wonderful as Sister Marguerite, a nun who was sanctified for her selfless dedication to Marie.

Short Cuts

Hope

While in Hiroshima making a film, a French actress (Emmanuelle Riva) begins an affair with a Japanese architect (Eiji Okada). Her passion for her new lover forces her to confront painful memories of a youthful affair she had with a German soldier in France during the occupation, and her subsequent shaming as a Nazi collaborator. Alain Resnais’ first feature, with its complex structure and innovative use of flashbacks and sound, was one of the first and most influential films of the French New Wave movement. Newly-restored by Argos Films, Fondation Groupama Gan, Fondation Technicolor, and Cineteca Bologna, with support from the CNC. This screening will be introduced by Dr Pasquale Iannone (University of Edinburgh).

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Sun 23 Nov at 3.30pm 1h35m • French with English subtitles • 15

Presenting another crop of shorts from directors who represent the future of Francophone cinema. Already they’re gaining attention with awards (in one case an Oscar, for animated winner M Hublot) as well as appearances in festivals around the world. Several will accompany their films to the screening. Curated by Irvine Allan, Cannes award-winning filmmaker and lecturer at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.

Mon 24 Nov at 5.45pm Boris Lojkine • France 2014 • 1h26m DCP • English and French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Endurance Newton, Justin Wang.

A moving tale of the power of the human spirit. As Léonard treks across the Sahara Desert, trying to make his way from Cameroon to Europe, he encounters and rescues Hope, a Nigerian woman. Continuing their journey together, the two attempt to connect with each other amidst the hostile conditions.

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

French Film Festival UK (continued)

WOODEN CROSSES

GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE

Wooden Crosses Les croix de bois

Goodbye to Language (3D)

Mon 24 Nov at 8.30pm

Adieu au langage

Raymond Bernard • France 1932 • 1h55m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Pierre Blanchar, Gabriel Gabrio, Charles Vanel, Raymond Aimos, Antonin Artaud.

Tue 25 Nov at 6.15pm

Raymond Bernard’s superb adaptation of Roland Dorgelès’ novel chronicling life in the trenches, screening in a new restoration. Gilbert Demachy (Pierre Blanchar), a student, enlists when war breaks out. The illusions of this young soldier soon come into contact with the hard realities of war. “A masterpiece of realism and simplicity.” - New York Times Part of our four-year series of films relating to the First World War, programmed in association with the University of Edinburgh. This screening will be introduced by Professor Jolyon Mitchell, Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) and Academic Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH).

GET WELL SOON

Jean-Luc Godard • France 2014 • 1h10m DCP • French with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong sex, sexualised nudity Cast: Héloise Godet, Kamel Abdeli, Richard Chevallier, Zoé Bruneau, Christian Gregori.

This experimental 3D film by the legendary Jean-Luc Godard covers a broad range of topics and visual motifs, but in the end it’s all in the pursuit of a simple story. A couple falls in love at the wrong time, time passes, and the world changes around them. Godard weaves literal and metaphorical storytelling to tell his story, and draws inspiration from great artistic minds of various times.

Get Well Soon Bon rétablissement! Wed 26 Nov at 6.15pm Jean Becker • France 2014 • 1h21m DCP • French with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Gérard Lanvin, Fred Testot, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Swann Arlaud, Daniel Guichard.

A warmly comic drama from veteran director Jean Becker. Following an accident, Pierre winds up in hospital, confined to bed with his leg in plaster. A misanthropic widower in his sixties, he doesn’t welcome the stream of visitors and medical staff who waltz through his hospital room. As he gradually gets to know some of the more regular visitors and their personal stories, however, he realises he has been too quick to pass judgement.

NOT MY TYPE

Not My Type Pas son genre Thu 27 Nov at 8.45pm Lucas Belvaux • France 2014 • 1h51m DCP • French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Émilie Dequenne, Loïc Corbery, Sandra Nkake, Charlotte Talpaert, Anne Coesens.

A charming across-the-tracks romance that asks if love can be sustained between opposites. Parisian philosophy teacher Clément is horrified to be sent to teach in the small northern town of Arras, but, once there, finds a ray of sunshine in Jennifer, a local hairdresser and single mother with a beautiful smile and a karaoke obsession. Although the two are very clearly attracted to each other, their initially charming cultural differences soon give way to deeper problems ingrained in their respective insecurities, shortcomings, and fears.

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7 November - 4 December 2014

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DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

Fri 7 Nov

1 2 3 3

Mr. Turner (AD) Leviathan Gone Girl (AD) Withnail & I

2.00/5.05/8.10 2.30/5.25/8.20 2.45/8.15 5.50

Fri 14 Nov

1 2 2 3 3

Mr. Turner (AD) ‘71 Life of Riley (F) Leviathan ‘71

2.00/5.05/8.10 3.30/6.15 8.45 3.10/6.05 9.00

Sat 8 Nov

Mr. Turner (AD) Leviathan Love at First Fight (F) Withnail & I Gone Girl (AD) Leviathan

2.00/5.05/8.10 2.15/5.20 8.15 2.30 5.15 8.20

Sat 15 Nov

1 1 2 2 2 3 3

‘71 Mr. Turner (AD) Leviathan Welcome to Argentina (F) Ariane’s Thread (F) Satantango ‘71

2.30 5.05/8.10 1.00/8.20 4.00 6.10 11.00am (£15/£12) 8.15

Leviathan The Riot Club (AD) Mr. Turner (AD) Playtime Paris Follies (F) Between Dog and Wolf:

2.30 5.50 8.10 3.15 6.00

1 2 2 3 3 3

Wed 1 19 1 Nov 1 2 2 2

The Riot Club (AD) Orphée (EC) Leviathan

3.20 6.00 + intro 8.20

Sun 9 Nov

1 1 2 3 3 3

Wolfy, the Incredible Secret (FJ) Mr. Turner (AD) Leviathan Gone Girl (AD) + (C) Gone Girl (AD) Visions of the Future... (AiM)

11.00am 2.00/5.05/8.10 2.15/5.20/8.15 2.15 (captioned) 5.30 8.45 + discussion 11am (babies + carers) 2.00/5.05/8.10 3.00/5.40/8.30 2.55/5.55 8.55

1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3

The Boxtrolls (FJ) Leviathan ‘71 Mr. Turner (AD) Mr. Turner (AD) Longwave (F) Gazelles (F) ‘71 Playtime Leviathan

11.00am 2.00 5.50 8.10 2.30 5.45 8.15 1.10/3.25 5.40 8.20

2.50/5.55 9.00 3.10 8.30 3.30 5.45 8.20

Mr. Turner (AD) (B) Mr. Turner (AD) Leviathan Gone Girl (AD) Withnail & I

Sun 16 Nov

Mr. Turner (AD) Barbarella + Super Pink (CS) Leviathan The Finishers (F) The Finishers (F) The Last Floor (PP) Leviathan

3.10/5.55/8.35 8.30 3.15/8.45 5.45 + discussion

3.10 5.50 9.00 3.10 5.30 8.20 2.55 5.45 + Q&A 8.00

11am (babies + carers) 2.25/8.10 5.30 3.15 6.00 8.15 3.00/5.55 8.50 (captioned)

The Homesman Going Away (F) My Old Lady 4 Months, 3 Weeks and... (BE)

Leviathan Mr. Turner (AD) Björk: Biophilia Live Withnail & I Leviathan Mr. Turner (AD) Mr. Turner (AD) Wojtek: The Bear That Went... (PP) Gone Girl (AD)

Playtime (B) Mr. Turner (AD) Playtime The Riot Club (AD) The Blue Room (F) 9-Month Stretch (F) Leviathan The Riot Club (AD) + (C)

Fri 1 21 2 Nov* 3 3 Sat 1 22 2 Nov* 2 2 3

The Homesman The Great Abortion Divide (BE) Hiroshima mon amour (F) Turning Tide (F) My Old Lady

2.30/5.55/8.35 1.30 + discussion 3.30 + intro 6.00 1.10/3.45/6.10/8.30

Mr. Turner (AD) Withnail & I Our Summer in Provence (F) Leviathan Mr. Turner (AD) Gone Girl (AD) Leviathan

2.00 6.00 8.30 2.50 5.30/8.20 2.50/5.40 8.30

Leviathan Playtime Mr. Turner (AD) Playtime Another Earth French Riviera (F) The Riot Club (AD) Leviathan

2.30 5.30 8.10 3.15 6.00 + discussion 8.30 3.20/8.50 5.55

Sun 1 23 1 Nov* 2 2 2 3 3

Belle and Sebastian (FJ) The Homesman Juno (BE) Short Cuts (F) Marie’s Story (F) The Homesman My Old Lady

11.00am 2.30/5.55/8.35 1.00 + discussion 3.30 6.10 1.10 3.45/6.10/8.30

Mon 1 24 2 Nov* 2 3 3

The Homesman Write Shoot Cut: Skeletons Wooden Crosses (F) My Old Lady Hope (F)

3.10/5.55/8.35 6.15 + Q&A (£6/£5) 8.30 + intro 3.15/8.30 5.45

Mr. Turner (AD) Patchwork Family (F) Leviathan Mr. Turner (AD) Gone Girl (AD) Kebab & Horoscope (PP)

2.00/8.10 6.00 2.50/8.30 5.30 2.55/8.00 5.45

Tue 1 25 1 Nov* 1 2 3

The Homesman Goodbye to Language [3D] (F) Postgraduate Films from ECA... The Homesman My Old Lady

3.10 6.15 8.30 5.55/8.35 3.15/6.10/8.30

Mon 1 10 1 Nov 2 3 3 Tue 11 Nov

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3

Wed 1 12 1 Nov 1 2 2 3 3 Thu 13 Nov

1 1 2 2 3 3

Mon 1 17 1 Nov 1 2 2 2 3 3 Tue 18 Nov

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

* The majority of our screenings are scheduled well in advance, and times published in this monthly brochure and on our website. Some weeks we leave some spaces in the schedule in order to allow us to keep on films that are doing well for a little longer; these late-scheduled screenings will be added to our website from midday at the latest on the Tuesday preceding the start of the new cinema week on Friday, and listed in our weekly screenings email – sign up at www.filmhousecinema.com/news

3 3 3 Thu 20 Nov

1 1 2 2 3 3 3

The New Model Army Story

8.30 + Q&A

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DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Wed 1 26 2 Nov* 3 3

3.10/5.55/8.35 6.15 3.15/8.30 5.45 + intro

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TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

In a Foreign Land My Old Lady The Homesman My Old Lady In a Foreign Land Winter Sleep The Homesman September (G)

3.30 6.10 8.30 3.20 5.45 7.35 3.15/5.55 8.35

MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm) Mon - Thu: £6.50 full price, £4.50 concessions Friday Matinees: £5.00/£3.50 concessions Sat - Sun: £8.20 full price, £6.00 concessions

All tickets to Filmhouse Junior screenings (marked FJ on grid) are £3.50. Tickets for children under 12 are £3.50 for any screening.

Thu 1 The Homesman 27 2 Not My Type (F) Nov* 3 My Old Lady

3.10/5.55/8.35 8.45 3.15/6.10/8.30

Tue 2 Dec

Fri 28 Nov

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman My Old Lady Invasion of the Body Snatchers Winter Sleep The Homesman The Enemy Within (G)

2.15 6.10 8.30 3.15 5.40 7.35 3.10/5.45 8.20 + Q&A

Wed 1 3 1 Dec 1 2 2 2 3 3

Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman My Old Lady Winter Sleep In a Foreign Land The Homesman 45m2 (G)

2.15 6.10 8.30 3.10 5.30 9.20 3.15/5.55 8.35

Sat 29 Nov

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3

Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman My Old Lady Invasion of the Body Snatchers Winter Sleep Invasion of the Body Snatchers The Homesman Wild Duck (G)

2.15 6.10 8.30 12.50/3.15 5.40 7.35 1.00 3.00/5.40 8.20 + Q&A

Thu 4 Dec

1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3

Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman My Old Lady Winter Sleep In a Foreign Land The Homesman Miss Violence (G)

2.15 6.10 8.30 3.10 5.30 9.20 3.15/5.55 8.35

Sun 30 Nov

1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3

Antboy (FJ) Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman The Whistleblower Invasion of the Body Snatchers Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman (C) The Homesman A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant? (G)

11.00am 2.15 6.10 8.30 2.00 + discussion 5.40 7.35 1.00 3.25 (captioned) 6.05 8.45

Winter Sleep My Old Lady The Homesman My Old Lady In a Foreign Land Winter Sleep The Homesman The Rehearsal (G)

2.15 6.10 8.30 3.20 5.45 7.35 3.15/5.55 8.35

Mon 1 1 1 Dec 1 2 2 2 3 3

The Homesman Get Well Soon (F) My Old Lady The Discreet Charm of... (EC)

FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

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SEASONS: (AiM) – Africa in Motion (page 29) (BE) – Biomedical Ethics Film Festival: The Moral Status of the Embryo (page 24) (CS) – Come and See... (page 22) (EC) – Introduction to European Cinema (page 28) (F) – French Film Festival UK (pages 10-14) (FJ) – Filmhouse Junior (pages 18-19) (G) – Edinburgh Greek Film Festival (pages 20-21) (PP) – Play Poland (page 26)

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Filmhouse Junior

THE BOXTROLLS

Filmhouse junior

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN

Wolfy, the Incredible Secret Loulou, l’incroyable secret

ANTBOY

FFF UK Belle and Sebastian Belle et Sébastien

FFF UK

Sun 9 Nov at 11.00am

Sun 23 Nov at 11.00am

Films for a younger audience, weekly on Sundays at 11am. Tickets cost £3.50 (£4.50 for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!

Eric Omond • France/Belgium/Hungary 2013 • 1h20m Digital • French with English subtitles • U With the voices of Malik Zidi, Stéphane Debac, Anaïs Demoustier, Carlo Brandt.

Nicolas Vanier • France 2013 • 1h44m • Digital French and German with English subtitles • PG Cast: Félix Bossuet, Tchéky Karyo, Margaux Châtelier.

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.

Young wolf Loulou and his best friend Tom the rabbit set off on an adventure to find out what became of Loulou’s mother. But in Wolfenberg an old wolf prince is hosting the Carnivore Games, and doesn’t want a kind-hearted young wolf or (heaven forbid) a rabbit upsetting proceedings. Can Loulou find his mother, remain true to his friend, and work out the big secret about his identity? This delightful, award-winning animated film will charm all ages.

This issue several screenings are part of the Discovery Film Festival’s touring programme (www.discoveryfilmfestival.org.uk) and two are part of this year’s French Film Festival UK (www. frenchfilmfestival.org.uk). Please note: although we normally disapprove of people talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!

World War II is underway and life is on hold in a small village in the Alps: the German army has taken over the region and the villagers are understandably dejected. Then Belle, a beautiful sheepdog, arrives and chooses Sebastian, a plucky little boy, as her master. Together, they defy the Nazis and offer help to those who are deserving. Nicolas Vanier has successfully adapted the famous 1965 TV series by Cécile Aubry for the big screen.

Antboy The Boxtrolls Sun 16 Nov at 11.00am Graham Annable & Anthony Stacchi • USA 2014 • 1h37m DCP • PG – Contains mild violence, threat With the voices of Elle Fanning, Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Isaac Hempstead Wright, Ben Kingsley.

A community of quirky, mischievous creatures, the Boxtrolls, have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy called Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they’ve built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town’s villain comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, the boy decides to venture above ground, where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnifred. Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs’ family.

Discovery

Sun 30 Nov at 11.00am Ask Hasselbalch • Denmark 2013 • 1h17m DCP • English language version • PG Cast: Oscar Dietz, Amalie Kruse Jensen, Samuel Ting Graf.

12-year-old Pelle is a loner at school, picked on by bullies and ignored by Amanda, the beautiful classmate he pines for. But then one day he is bitten by a large and strangelooking ant and things begin to change. Developing a range of (very) unusual powers, Pelle still tries not to draw attention to himself, until comic book nerd Wilhelm finds out and encourages him to take full advantage. But then an equally powerful opponent called The Flea shows up... Re-energising the superhero genre for a younger audience, this is a rollickingly good fun caper movie – who needs Spiderman when Antboy is in town?

Filmhouse Junior

RISE OF THE GUARDIANS

ARTHUR CHRISTMAS

Young Voices

Arthur Christmas

Sun 7 Dec at 11.00am

Sun 21 Dec at 11.00am

1h15m • PG

Sarah Smith • UK/USA 2011 • 1h37m • DCP U – Contains very mild language and mild comic threat With the voices of James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Ashley Jensen.

A selection of films made by young people who participated in our Understanding Cinema project at schools and cinemas across Scotland in 2013/14. The young filmmakers examined the technique of ‘the long take’ and worked through exercises before making these final films. Most of these films were made by primary school pupils and demonstrate wonderful imagination, skill and creativity.

Rise of the Guardians

A wonderful family film from the team at Aardman. Santa Claus is nearing retirement, with his super-efficient but joyless son Steven ready to take over. But the future of the position of Head of Christmas looks less certain when a child is left without a present and the only person prepared to put things right is Steven’s hapless brother, Arthur.

Sun 14 Dec at 11.00am

Frozen

Peter Ramsey • USA 2012 • 1h37m DCP • PG – Contains mild threat and language With the voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law.

Sun 28 Dec at 11.00am

A fantastic animation for the festive season. An evil spirit named Pitch enacts a plan to take over the world using fear. Jack Frost, Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and the Sandman need to join forces in order to protect the Earth’s children and stop this new menace.

Chris Buck & Jennifer Lee • USA 2013 • 1h48m DCP • PG – Contains mild threat With the voices of Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Santino Fontana.

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Edinburgh Greek Film Festival

THE ENEMY WITHIN

WILD DUCK

Edinburgh Greek Film Festival The Greek Film Festival is back. Greece, and Greek film, has been living in interesting times and, as the country makes its way towards what has to be a different future, Greek filmmakers have responded to crisis with great daring and inventiveness. Our festival reflects this new energy and presents some of the most exciting new films alongside a modest masterpiece of Greek resistance. In 1974, at the lowest point of the Colonel’s dictatorship, Jules Dassin hustled his famous friends into a warehouse in New York and made The Rehearsal, a film bursting with energy, anger and wonderful songs. Greek filmmakers are now, in their own way, doing something similar: making films without the usual funding structures, often without studios but with an urgent need to understand and communicate their own culture and their own time. It’s an exciting time for Greek Cinema. Come and see. www.edinburghgreekfestival.com Presented by The Edinburgh Greek Festival Trust with special thanks to James McKenzie.

EXHIBITION: ΣΚΟΤÍΑ Artists in dialogue on the café walls – Scots artists on Greece, Greeks on Scotland – themes, places and people, an exhibition curated and presented by Syn, the Edinburgh Greek Artists’ Festival. www.facebook.com/SynEdinburgh

A.C.A.B. ALL CATS ARE BRILLIANT?

The Enemy Within O ehthros mou Fri 28 Nov at 8.20pm Yorgos Tsemperopoulos • Greece 2013 • 1h47m DCP • Greek with English subtitles • 18 Cast: Manolis Mavromatakis, Maria Zorba, Yiorgos Gallos, Antonis Karistinos, Thanasis Papageorgiou.

Kostas is a good man, an easy-going father who likes people and is liked. But when his house is broken into and his daughter raped he has the thoughts we all would have. The police are useless and, while his family cope with their trauma privately, he feels he has to act. We follow him through the very mean streets of vigilante Athens, through revenge, regret and towards equilibrium in this humane and honest film. Followed by a Q&A with director Yorgos Tsemperopoulos.

Wild Duck Agriopapia Sat 29 Nov at 8.20pm Yannis Sakaridis • Greece 2013 • 1h28m DCP • Greek with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Alexandros Logothetis, Themis Bazaka, Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos, Yannis Stankoglou, Ilias Logothetis.

In a subtle echo of the 2005 incident known as the ‘Greek Watergate’, two telecom engineers investigate hacker activity and make a scandalous discovery. For his first feature film, veteran editor Yannis Sakaridis developed a project with Attenberg star Vangelis Mourikis, but, in the Greek crisis of 2009, funding fell through, so Sakaridis assembled a crew of friends and former collaborators and took to the streets for a 23-day, guerilla-style shoot of a story of Greece’s crisis seen from the inside. Followed by a Q&A with director Yannis Sakaridis.

Edinburgh Greek Film Festival

THE REHEARSAL

SEPTEMBER

A.C.A.B. All Cats Are Brilliant? Sygharitiria stous aisiodoxous? Sun 30 Nov at 8.45pm Constantina Voulgaris • Greece 2012 • 1h28m DCP • Greek with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Maria Georgiadou, Dimitris Xanthopoulos, Themis Bazaka, Dimitris Piatas, Kostas Ganotis.

Like most young Greeks, Electra is making her life up as she goes along – babysitting, flyposting her art, talking, listening and wondering what she or anybody else can do about things. We follow her encounters with the police, her imprisoned boyfriend, her community and her puzzled, concerned parents in one of the most accurate, funniest and most heartbreaking scenes of Greek family life ever filmed. Constantina Voulgaris’ film has a sceptical and ironic view of optimism but is committed to it all the same.

45M2

The Rehearsal

45m2

Mon 1 Dec at 8.35pm

Wed 3 Dec at 8.35pm

Jules Dassin • UK/Greece 1974 • 1h32m • 35mm English and Greek with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Melina Mercouri, Arthur Miller, Laurence Olivier, Olympia Dukakis, Maximilian Schell.

Stratos Tzitzis • Greece 2010 • 1h20m Digital • Greek with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Efi Logginou, Rania Ekonomidou, Antinoos Albanis, Giorgos Giannopoulos, Eirini Antypa.

When students of the Athens Polytechnic rose up against the Colonels’ Junta, Jules Dassin, in exile, gathered a cast including his wife Melina Mercouri, Mikis Theodorakis, Laurence Oilvier, Arthur Miller and Lillian Hellman and shot this inspiring account of the students’ heroism. It features the great resistance music of the time, songs that Greeks still sing, and a magnificent sense of a nation’s resistance and hope. The Colonels fell and the film was not released. In a print from the Greek Film Archive, this is a rare chance to see Dassin’s favourite of all his films.

Christina is 23 and wants a room of her own unlike her friends, who are happy to live at home on their mothers’ cooking and spending their minimum wages going out. With only enough for two months, she rents a 45-metresquare apartment and begins to work, free from the assumptions of others and the endemic corruption of Greek public life. This is a precisely observed and coherent portrait of Greece as it is now, from handbag shops to rotten boroughs.

September Tue 2 Dec at 8.35pm

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MISS VIOLENCE

Miss Violence Thu 4 Dec at 8.35pm

Penny Panayotopoulou • Greece/Germany 2013 • 1h39m DCP • Greek with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Kora Karvouni, Maria Skoula, Nikos Diamandis, Christos Stergioglou, Youlika Skafida.

Alexandros Avranas • Greece 2013 • 1h39m DCP • Greek with English subtitles 18 – Contains child abuse theme, sexual violence Cast: Themis Panou, Eleni Roussinou, Reni Pittaki, Sissy Toumasi, Maria Skoula.

A gentle film about loneliness in the suburbs of Athens. Anna’s life revolves around her dog and she is devasted when it dies. She reaches out to a family because her dog used to play in their garden, and is welcomed until they realise there are limits to the friendship. The family’s settled world has no room for lonely Anna despite the tender friendship between her and the mother. Kora Karvouni won Best Actress of the Hellenic Film Academy for her performance.

On her 11th birthday, Angeliki jumps from a balcony to her death with a smile on her face. Angeliki’s family insist it was an accident. What is the secret that young Angeliki took with her? How can Social Services understand what happens in clean, orderly homes like this? Alexandros Avranas says of his powerful film: “I always wonder who has the power: the one who strikes or the one who feels the pain? The harshest violence is that of silence. Of the unspoken.”

Come and See... Barbarella/Satantango

BARBARELLA

Come and See... A monthly one-off screening of a great film we simply thought you might like to see, again or for the first time, on the big screen. Now with added panther!

Barbarella Thu 20 Nov at 9.00pm Roger Vadim • France/Italy 1968 • 1h38m • DCP 15 – Contains infrequent sexualised nudity and moderate sex references Cast: Jane Fonda, John Philip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O’Shea, Marcel Marceau.

In the 40th century, Barbarella (Jane Fonda) is assigned by the President of Earth to retrieve Doctor Durand-Durand from the planet Tau Ceti in order to save Earth. During her quest, Barbarella learns the joys of old-fashioned sex, seduces an angel, and almost dies from pleasure at the hands of the evil Doctor Durand-Durand. PLUS SHORT Super Pink Hawley Pratt • USA 1966 • 6m • DCP • U

The Pink Panther, after reading a super-hero comic, fancies himself as a caped crusader...

SATANTANGO

SPECIALSCREENING

Satantango Sátántangó Sat 15 Nov at 11.00am • Tickets £15/£12 Béla Tarr • Hungary/Germany/Switzerland 1994 • 7h12m 35mm • Hungarian with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language, once very strong Cast: Mihály Vig, Putyi Horváth, László feLugossy, Éva Almássy Albert, János Derzsi.

A rare opportunity to see Béla Tarr’s extraordinary epic,screening here from a new 35mm print. The film, based on a novel by László Krasznahorkai about the arrival of a false prophet in a small farming collective during the waning days of Communism, is divided into twelve distinct episodes that weave us in and out of the lives of the locals, as the silver-tongued Irimiás (played by Tarr’s longtime musical composer Mihály Vig) promises a bright future in a new promised land. The result is a bleak yet blackly comic study of domestic and social decay that has deservedly been hailed as one of the landmarks of contemporary world cinema. “A movie in which emptiness becomes amazingly rich, textured and visceral.” - the Village Voice Special thanks to Scalarama for their help with this screening. N.B. Due to the film’s running time of 7 hours 12 minutes, the screening will include an hour-long break for lunch and one fifteen-minute interval.

SATANTANGO

This AuTumn AT The FesTivAl TheATre

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Biomedical Ethics Film Festival: The Moral Status of the Embryo

4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS

Biomedical Ethics Film Festival: The Moral Status of the Embryo Is the human embryo just a pile of cells or is it a person like any other human being who has been born? What are the ethical consequences of each position for society? Will a consensus on this issue ever be reached? What is the definition of a person anyway? This festival, the first in the world to look at the moral status of the embryo, will seek to answer some of these questions. At the end of each screening, a discussion will take place between the audience and a panel of invited experts in bioethics, science, law, medicine and politics.

THE GREAT ABORTION DIVIDE

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days 4 luni, 3 saptamani si 2 zile

JUNO

The Great Abortion Divide Sat 22 Nov at 1.30pm

Fri 21 Nov at 5.45pm

Elizabeth Byrne • UK 2013 • 30m • Digital • 15 • Documentary

Cristian Mungiu • Romania 2007 • 1h53m 35mm • Romanian and English with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language and abortion theme Cast: Anamaria Marinca, Laura Vasiliu, Vlad Ivanov, Alexandru Potocean, Ion Sapdaru.

Abortion is more controversial than ever, with pro-life activists challenging pregnant women as they try to enter clinics. Doctors in most of the UK are signing off terminations on questionable mental health grounds, while in Northern Ireland women and doctors risk life in prison over abortion. So is our legislation hopelessly outdated? In this Panorama documentary, Victoria Derbyshire investigates the great abortion divide and asks if it is time to change the law.

In Communist Romania, 1987, a poor college student has become pregnant. After much hesitation (four months, three weeks and two days of hesitation, to be exact), she finally decides to seek out an illegal abortion, and with some money she and her roommate have mustered they rent a hotel room and hire a seedy doctor to perform the operation. With a stark visual style perfectly suited to the material, and superb performances from the leads, Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Palme d’or winner is harrowing, intensely absorbing and deeply powerful, without an ounce of manipulation.

This screening will be followed by an extended discussion around the issues raised by the film.

Juno Sun 23 Nov at 1.00pm Jason Reitman • USA 2007 • 1h36m • DCP 12A – Contains strong language and moderate sex references Cast: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Alison Janney, JK Simmons.

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Smart and funny, the eponymous Juno is a 16-year-old US high school student who discovers she’s pregnant with a child fathered by her classmate Bleeker. She initially considers an abortion but ultimately decides to have the baby and find adoptive parents. With a little help from best friend Leah, Juno soon comes into contact with an affluent suburban couple who have been unable to conceive a child of their own.

The Whistleblower/Filmosophy: The Double

THE WHISTLEBLOWER

SPECIALSCREENING Scottish Women’s Aid, in partnership with Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, are proud to host a screening of The Whistleblower as part of their programme for 16 days of action against gender based violence. The 16 days are a global opportunity to come together and challenge gender based violence in all its forms. This year’s theme focuses on militarism. Women are disproportionately affected by rape and sexual violence during wartime, and The Whistleblower tells the story of one woman’s experience of uncovering corruption and sexual violence. www.scottishwomensaid.org.uk

The Whistleblower Sun 30 Nov at 2.00pm Larysa Kondracki • Canada/Germany 2010 • 1h52m • Digital English, Romanian, Russian and Serbian with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong language and sexual threat Cast: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, Nikolaj Lie Kaas.

Inspired by true events. Kathy (Rachel Weisz) is an American police officer who takes a job working as a UN peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia. Her expectations of helping to rebuild a devastated country are dashed when she uncovers a dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue that implicates US and British contractors and multinational diplomats in protecting sex trafficking. After the screening there will be a short panel discussion around war, peace and violence against women.

ANOTHER EARTH

Filmosophy: The Double The idea of the double – or doppelganger – has a long tradition in folklore and mythology, where it is often considered a harbinger of bad luck or even an omen of death. In literature too, the double is often employed to portend ill-fortune, or to highlight internal conflict. More recently, this phenomenon has found its ideal expression through film – a medium well-suited to creating facsimiles and likenesses. Each screening will allow us to address a range of philosophical questions generated by the possibility that we may one day meet our double, such as: What is the self? Does fate exist? Do I have a soul? Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by an opportunity to discuss the philosophical issues raised in an informal and accessible manner. The screenings will be introduced and discussion sessions hosted by James Mooney (Lecturer in Film and Philosophy and Open Studies Course Organiser at The University of Edinburgh). For more details on screenings or to continue the discussion, please ‘like’ Filmosophy’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/thinkingfilm) or follow @film_philosophy on Twitter.

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE

Another Earth Tue 18 Nov at 6.00pm Mike Cahill • USA 2011 • 1h32m • DCP 12A – Contains moderate sex and one scene of bloody accident injury Cast: Brit Marling, William Mapother, Matthew-Lee Erlbach, DJ Flava, Meggan Lennon.

On the night a duplicate planet is discovered in our solar system, Rhoda Williams makes a momentary lapse of judgement which results in a devastating car accident that takes the life of a mother and her son, leaving only the husband behind to deal with the aftermath. After paying her debt to society, Rhoda attempts to put her life back together, but is still haunted by the events of that tragic evening. Finding solace in the other earth that is visible in the sky, she imagines that everything might be different, maybe better, on that parallel planet.

The Double Life of Veronique La Double vie de Véronique Tue 9 Dec at 6.00pm Krzysztof Kieslowski • France/Poland/Norway 1991 1h38m • 35mm • French and Polish with English subtitles 15 – Contains moderate sex Cast: Irène Jacob, Philippe Volter, Claude Duneton, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Jerzy Gudejko.

Weronika and Véronique are two young women in Poland and France, both singers, the same age and physically the same in every respect, unaware of each other’s existence, yet unconsciously sensing a spectral companion. Weronika, who has a weak heart, dies onstage mid-song, and, hundreds of miles away, Véronique, without knowing why, senses that there is danger in pursuing a demanding singing career.

Play Poland

WOJTEK: THE BEAR THAT WENT TO WAR

KEBAB & HOROSCOPE

Play Poland

Wojtek: The Bear That Went to War

The final three screenings in this year’s selection from the Play Poland Film Festival, the largest mobile film event in the United Kingdom, presenting and promoting the best of contemporary Polish cinema.

Will Hood & Adam Lavis • UK/Germany/Poland 2011 • 1h DCP • 12A • Documentary, narrated by Brian Blessed.

As is the case each year, a complementary exhibition of Polish film posters will be held in the corridor gallery at Filmhouse. This year, for the very first time, as part of the festival, Polish artists will take part in the 10th edition of the prestigious Edinburgh Art Fair. Play Poland is is organised by Polish Art Europe Ltd. For more information on the festival

Wojtek. Niedźwiedź, który poszedł na wojnę Tue 11 Nov at 5.45pm

A BBC Scotland co-production first broadcast in 2011, this is the story of Wojtek – a magnificent 500lb bear who fought in World War Two alongside a band of Polish soldiers, shared their beer and cigarettes, and eventually their fate. Told by those that knew him and those who are captivated by his legend, his story captures the imagination and tells a very different war tale. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Krystyna Szemelukowa, one of the founders of the Wojtek Memorial Trust.

THE LAST FLOOR

Kebab & Horoscope Kebab i Horoskop Thu 13 Nov at 5.45pm Grzegorz Jaroszuk • Poland 2014 • 1h15m • DCP Polish and English with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Bartlomiej Topa, Piotr Zurawski, Toasz Schuchardt, Justyna Wasilewska, Barbara Kurzaj.

Kebab quits his job in a fast food shop after reading his horoscope, then meets the (newly redundant) man who wrote it. The pair decide to reinvent themselves as marketing experts, aiming to turn around a failing carpet shop. A stylish and deliciously absurd black comedy.

The Last Floor Ostatnie piętro Thu 20 Nov at 5.45pm Tadeusz Krol • Poland 2013 • 1h24m DCP • Polish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Janusz Chabior, Joanna Orleanska, Barbara Garstka, Wojciech Zielinski, Przemyslaw Bluszcz.

A psychological thriller based on events that took place in a small town in southern Poland several years ago. Army Captain Derczynski lives a peaceful life with his beloved wife and three children. One day he comes across a swindle committed by his superiors. Believing he has discovered a fraud, or even an anti-Polish conspiracy, the captain decides to protect himself and his family with all his strength.

Special Events

BETWEEN DOG AND WOLF: THE NEW MODEL ARMY STORY

WRITE SHOOT CUT: SKELETONS

SPECIALEVENT

Between Dog and Wolf: The New Model Army Story

Postgraduate Films from ECA Screen Academy

Write Shoot Cut: Skeletons

Wed 19 Nov at 8.30pm

Tue 25 Nov at 8.30pm

1h45m • 15

Matt Reid • UK 2013 • 1h31m • DCP • cert tbc • Documentary

2h • 15

New Model Army have been one of the biggest underground music artists for over quarter of a century. To their global community of fans they mean everything. Yet mainstream success has so far eluded them. This film is the story of the band and in particular their charismatic and unconventional lead singer, songwriter and founder Justin Sullivan. His refusal to compromise his principles has meant that his audience has stayed loyal, and their support has helped the band endure some difficult moments.

Join us for this screening of postgrad work from Screen Academy, the award-winning film department at Edinburgh College of Art. Short fiction and documentary films take us from Malaysian infidelity to a one man village in Bulgaria via the joys of taxidermy!

The Write Shoot Cut platform is dedicated to showcasing independent film from Scotland and beyond. This month we are delighted to be screening Skeletons, the debut feature film from Scottish filmmaker Craig-James Moncur. Craig started off as an actor in television programmes Looking after Jo Jo and Jeopardy before deciding to pursue a career behind the camera. Building up his company and reputation through corporate work and short films, he pulled together a host of established local actors to shoot this micro-budget feature right here in Edinburgh. Tom, Rachel and Vincent are all people going through dark times in their lives. Living as social recluses their paths cross with truly cataclysmic outcomes. At times uncomfortable but incredibly real, Skeletons is a voyeuristic assessment of what goes on behind closed doors. Screen Education Edinburgh in partnership with Filmhouse is committed to supporting new talent through the Write Shoot Cut platform, offering local filmmakers the opportunity to screen their work to new audiences.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Matt Reid and NMA lead singer Justin Sullivan. Filmhouse email list For screening times, news and competitions, join our email list at www.filmhousecinema.com/email/subscribe Filmhouse mailing list To have this monthly programme sent to you for a year, send £7 (cheques payable to Filmhouse Ltd) with your name and address and the month you wish your subscription to start, or subscribe in person at the box office or by phone on 0131 228 2688. Facebook News, updates and competitions: www.facebook.com/filmhousecinema Twitter Follow @Filmhouse for news and updates

Mon 24 Nov at 6.15pm • Tickets £6/£5

We are delighted to showcase Craig’s film and will welcome him along with various cast and crew for a special Q&A after the screening. Skeletons is part of a wider movement of micro-budget feature filmmaking in Scotland collectively known as Tartan Features www.tartanfeatures.com

Introduction to European Cinema

ORPHEE

Introduction to European Cinema

Orphée

The final two films in this season, curated by specialists in European cinema from the University of Edinburgh’s Division of European Languages and Cultures. The screenings form part of a University course, Introduction to European Cinema, but you don¹t need to be a student to come along! They provide a great opportunity to see some of the classics of European cinema on the big screen, many of which are rarely shown. Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction by Dr Leanne Dawson (Lecturer in German and Film Studies at the University of Edinburgh and IEC Course Organiser) or another University of Edinburgh academic working on European Cinema.

Cocteau’s luminous adaptation of the famous Greek myth, set in post-occupation Paris, remains one of the most stunning achievements of the auteur’s career. Orpheus, now transformed from a musician into a poet, has achieved fame and wealth; still, he wants something more. When he witnesses a biker gang, led by a mysterious dark-haired woman, run over and kill his wife while speeding down the Paris streets, he follows them in hopes of retrieving her – and enters the underworld through mirrors that turn liquid at his touch.

To keep up to date with screening dates and times, ‘like’ IEC’s Facebook page ‘Introduction to European Cinema at Filmhouse’ or follow @Filmhouse on Twitter. Filmhouse Explorer Get a half-price ticket to any of the films in this season with Filmhouse Explorer – see page 4 for details!

THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie

Wed 19 Nov at 6.00pm

Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

Jean Cocteau • France 1949 • 1h35m • 35mm French with English subtitles • PG – Contains mild violence Cast: Jean Marais, François Périer, María Casares, Marie Déa, Henri Crémieux.

Wed 26 Nov at 5.45pm Luis Buñuel • France/Italy/Spain 1972 • 1h41m DCP • French and Spanish with English subtitles 15 – Contains moderate violence, gore and soft drug use Cast: Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig, Stéphane Audran, Bulle Ogier, Jean-Pierre Cassel.

One of Luis Buñuel’s greatest and funniest films, a scathing and surrealistic political comedy masterpiece about a wealthy group of friends repeatedly prevented from beginning their elaborate dinner by increasingly strange events. Although Buñuel made Discreet Charm... at the age of 72, it has a delightful ebullience and an effortless charm.

Africa in Motion/Cafe Bar and Quiz

ROBOTS OF BRIXTON

Africa in Motion The final screening in this year’s Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival, bring audiences a diverse array of inspiring, innovative and challenging stories from across the African continent. For the full festival programme, including the Glasgow programme, additional screenings and complementary events, pick up an AiM brochure in Filmhouse foyer or visit www.africa-in-motion.org.uk Principal funder: Creative Scotland Funders and supporters: Awards for All, Voluntary Action Fund, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling; Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh; British Film Institute; Scottish Documentary Institute; Global Development Academy, University of Edinburgh; Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies; Buni TV.

JONAH

Visions of the Future: African Science Fiction Shorts Sun 9 Nov at 8.45pm 1h13m • 15

As part of the BFI Sci-fi season, Days of Fear and Wonder, we are screening five African sci-fi shorts, exploring futuristic and fantastic alternative futures for the continent. The shorts will also tour to three further venues across the UK – see www.bfi.org.uk/sci-fi Afronauts Frances Bodomo • USA 2014 • 14m • Digital Afronauts tells an alternative history of the 1960s space race. Robots of Brixton Kibwe Tavares • UK 2011 • 6m • Digital Brixton has degenerated and is inhabited by London’s new robot workforce. Jonah Kibwe Tavares • UK/Tanzania 2013 • 18m • Digital Mwbana and his best friend Juma are two Zanzibar beach hustlers with big dreams. Touch Shola Amoo • UK/Nigeria 2013 • 13m • Digital Touch tells the story of Jessica and George, two lovers navigating desire and technology in the expansive green field of a futuristic Lincolnshire. Pumzi Wanuri Kahiu • Kenya/South Africa 2009 • 22m • Digital Pumzi imagines a dystopian future 25 years after water wars have devastated the world. The screening will be followed by a discussion.

FILMHOUSE CAFE BAR

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Film Quiz Sunday 9 November Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful (and rather tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams of up to eight, to be seated in the cafe bar by 9pm.

Education and Learning

WINDSTORM

A VERY SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS

FROZEN

Education and Learning Filmhouse offers schools the opportunity to engage with a variety of films which support moving image literacy and a variety of subjects. To book (apart from Into Film screenings, see below) call 0131 228 2688. Details at www.filmhousecinema.com/learning Into Film Festival 4-21 November The Into Film Festival takes place 4-21 November with free film screenings, workshops and masterclasses taking place all over the UK. Filmhouse is delighted to be part of the Festival and we are particularly looking forward to meeting director Rob Brown when he presents his new film Sixteen. Our lineup also includes screenings of The Lion King and Gravity (3D), both including presentations by the BBFC, and films in French, Spanish and Gaelic. For more details and to book go to www.intofilm.org/festival

Juno - Screening and debate Wednesday 19 November • 10am • 1h36m + discussion • Free Smart and funny, the eponymous Juno is a 16-year-old US high school student who discovers she’s pregnant with a child fathered by her best friend Bleeker. She initially considers an abortion but ultimately decides to have the baby and find adoptive parents. Presented as part of the Bioethics Film Festival, this screening will be followed by a discussion led by Dr Calum MacKellar, Director of Research of the Scottish Council of Human Bioethics, on the ethical issues of the moral and legal rights of the foetus.

Windstorm Monday 1 December • 10am • 1h45m • Suitable for P5 - S3 • In German with English subtitles • Tickets £3 per pupil, teachers free Teenager Mika is smart and independent, but hardly a model student. When she is sent to live with her grandmother she encounters a beautiful but unpredictable black stallion with whom she has an instant connection. Will this unlikely friendship be the making of Mika?There is a teachers’ resource pack for this film.

Workshop: A Very Scottish Christmas Tuesday 9 December • 10am • 1h30m • Suitable for P4 & P5 • Free Polish up your party shoes and bring your favourite toy to this special Christmas-themed screening and workshop created by the Scottish Screen Archive. Mrs Claus has forgotten what Christmas in Scotland is like, but she’s got some home movies from the past to help her remember. Can you help her understand the Christmas traditions and write a letter for her to take back to Santa? Includes colour and black and white footage from 1930s to 1960s.

Frozen Sing-Along Screening Monday 15 December • 10am • 1h50m • Tickets £3 per pupil, teachers free Fearless adventurer Anna enlists the help of thrill-seeking Kristoff, loyal reindeer Sven, and hapless snowman Olaf to find her sister Elsa, who has unintentionally trapped the kingdom in eternal winter using her icy powers. Sing along with Anna and friends as they go on an epic journey and battle the elements in a bid to save their land.

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