Filmhouse Brochure - October 2016

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FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT

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

AMERICAN HONEY A FILM WRITTEN AND DIRECTED By ANDREA ARNOLD S IN S ID E 1 0 0 F IL M R E V O S P LU

Earplugs will be provided.

Well, it’s October again, and the leaves are well on their way off the trees (I’m using ‘poetic’ licence there as it’s only the 21st September today and the leaves are still very much attached), which means one thing: we’ll soon have to contend with that insufferably loud leaf blower who clears the car park adjacent to our offices. It is quite amusing when he does it in windy conditions, given he takes twice as long as usual. We’re always left thinking, there has to be a better way…

Come October, we invariably enter a really busy period at Filmhouse, replete, as it usually is, with a whole host of festivals and seasons. First up is the Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival, going from strength to strength in its 3rd incarnation; Play Poland kicks off and showcases the best in recent Polish Cinema; Scotland Loves Anime (which has sold out every screening for a few years now, so be warned!) is next up; and the month concludes with Africa in Motion, showing the very best cinema from across the continent.

Speaking of ‘loud’, we’ve arranged to screen Mark Cousins’ ace Nuclear Age doc, Atomic – which some of you may have been lucky enough to catch at EIF this year, accompanied by a thunderous rendering of its score, live, by Glasgow band Mogwai – in a recorded version, at the volume recommended by its creators. Great film. Great score. Played Loud. Earplugs will be provided where requested; you know, like they do at gigs!

‘First-run cinema’-wise, Andrea Arnold’s Cannes Jury Prize-winner American Honey gets its release, as does Raymond Briggs’ beautiful and poignant Ethel & Ernest, which tells the story of the lives of his parents through, among other things, The Blitz. We’re also taking the chance to catch up on David McKenzie’s marvellous Hell or High Water; and much, much more…!

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

Filmhouse Explorer Buy A TICKET FOR...

Cafe Society (p 4) American Honey (p 4) Hell or High Water (p 7) Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival (p 11-14)

GET A HALF PRICE TICKET for The Fencer (p 4) Ethel & Ernest (p 5) The Clan (p 5) Behemoth (p 5) Shakespeare on Film (p 29-31)

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

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

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

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

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

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ACCESS/AUDIO DESC./CAPTIONED 42 BABY & CARER SCREENINGS 42 SCREENING DATES AND TIMES 22-24 Accel World - Infinite Burst 19 Africa in Motion Film Festival 38-41 Africa in Motion Short Film Competition 40 African Storytelling 38 Amamas 11 American Honey 4 All the President’s Men 28 An Autumn Without Berlin 12 As I Open My Eyes 41 Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise 6 Bad Day to Go Fishing 14 Bad Education 7 Behemoth 5 Belladonna of Sadness 18 The Best Man 27 Black Girl 26 Blind Chance 36 Blindness 37 The Bride 11 Cafe Society 4 Chimes at Midnight 31 The Clan 5 Cuba. An African Odyssey - Part 1 39 David 34 Demon 37 Double Bill: All About My Mother + Talk...

9 Double Bill: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! +...

10 Double Bill: Young Frankenstein + Blazing.. 9 A Double Life 29 Education and Learning 16 Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 11-14 Egypt’s Modern Pharoahs: Nasser 39 ESFF Presents: Japanese Shorts 6 Ethel & Ernest 5 A Family Affair 34 The Fencer 4 Filmhouse Junior 32-33 Filmosophy: Mind and Consciousness 15 Food and Shelter 13 Forbidden Planet 31 Girls und Panzer: The Movie 21 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time 25 The Green March 41 Growing Pains 6 Harmony 19 Hell or High Water 7 Henry V 31 Her 15 The Ides of March 28 Independence 39 Innocence 6 Ixcanul 14 JFK 28 Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu 40 Kamper 36

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Kati Kati 41 The King of Havana 13 Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV 19 Kiss Me Kate (3D) 30 Kizumonogatari Parts 1&2 20 La Grande Illusion 6 Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance... 41 Lovers: A True Story 14 Mad Monster Party?

8 Makibefo 30 Memento 15 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy 30 Milk 27 Momotaro, Sacred Sailors 20 Moolaadé 26 Mr. Kaplan 14 Mr Smith Goes to Washington 28 Much Loved 40 O!PLA Across the Borders 36 The Olive Tree 13 Persona 3 - Movie 1 - Spring of Birth 21 Pete’s Dragon 7 Pigtails & Other Short Stories from I.G 21 The Place Promised in Our Early Days 18 Play Poland Film Festival 36-37 Princess Arete 19 Prospero’s Books 30 Psycho-Pass: The Movie 25 Rebel with a Camera: The Cinema of...

26 Redline 21 The Red Spider 37 Reyes’ Club 13 Romeo, Juliet & Darkness 29 Rumbos 11 Scotland Loves Anime 18-25 Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival 34-35 Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas 12 Shakespeare on Film 29-31 The Shining 8 The Shortest Afternoon 12 Short Works by Naoyoshi Shiotani 25 Shoulder the Lion 34 A Silent Voice 20 Soul Power 39 Source Code 15 Strange Heaven 37 Sunday Double Bills 9-10 Swallows and Amazons 7 Theo and Hugo 5 Those Who Jump 40 Touched with Fire 35 U.S. Politics in Film 27-28 Voices of a Distant Star + Garden of Words 18 The Wedding Ring 38 The World Goes On 12 Xala 26 Your Name 20 Zarafa 38

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New Releases

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NEW RELEASE

CafÉ Society Showing from Fri 30 Sep Woody Allen • USA 2016 • 1h36m • Digital • 12A Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively.

Set in the Hollywood Golden Age of the 1930s, Allen’s latest annual effort is a pleasingly charming comedy-of-manners with enjoyable turns from his young leads Jesse Eisenberg and (in particular) Kristen Stewart. Bobby, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary (Stewart) of his powerful uncle (Steve Carell), an agent to the stars. After returning to New York he is swept up in the vibrant world of high society nightclub life.

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The Fencer Miekkailija Showing from Fri 7 Oct Klaus Härö • Finland/Estonia/Germany 2015 • 1h33m • Digital Estonian, Russian and Armenian with English subtitles • PG Cast: Märt Avandi, Kirill Käro, Liisa Koppel, Lembit Ulfsak.

1952. Having fled the Russian secret police, young Estonian fencer Endel (Märt Avandi) assumes the role of sports master at a local school in a small town in his native land. The stern champion swordsman struggles to adjust to teaching such juvenile students, but over time a rapport begins to develop, while an upcoming national fencing tournament in Leningrad begins to loom... A well-acted drama, The Fencer was the fifth film by Klaus Härö submitted by Finland for Oscar® consideration, and the first of his to make the shortlist.

NEW RELEASE

American Honey Showing from Fri 14 Oct Andrea Arnold • UK/USA 2016 • 2h44m • Digital • 15 - Contains very strong language, strong sex, nudity, drug use. • Cast: Sasha Lane, Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, McCaul Lombardi.

Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank, Wuthering Heights) directs what is best described as a ‘road movie without a map’.

The Jury Prize winner at Cannes 2016, American Honey sees troubled adolescent Star (Sasha Lane) run away from home, criss-crossing the American Midwest with a door-to-door magazine subscription sales crew. Her newfound band of teenage misfits live free, bend laws and party without care, but where does this new life and love lead?

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NEW RELEASE

Theo and Hugo

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NEW RELEASE

Ethel & Ernest

Théo et Hugo dans le même bateau Fri 14 to Sun 16 Oct

Showing from Fri 28 Oct Previews on Fri 19 Oct & Sat 20 Oct at 3.35pm

Olivier Ducastel, Jacques Martineau • France 2016 • 1h37m • Digital French with English subtitles • 18 - Contains strong real sex. • Cast: Geoffrey Couët , François Nambot, Bastien Gabriel, Arthur Dumas.

Roger Mainwood • UK 2016 • 1h34m • Digital • cert tbc • With the voices of Jim Broadbent, Pam Ferris, Brenda Blethyn, Luke Treadaway.

In this beautifully shot nocturnal film - an awardwinner at Berlin (as Paris 05:59) - Theo and Hugo meet each other in a sex club. Having slept together, they exit into glow of pre-dawn Paris and wander the near-empty streets together, encountering a variety of characters - from food vendors, to metro passengers, to hospital staff - as the pair talk, eat and fall for one another. As ever, the course never runs smooth, but there’s a sincerity to both men that holds them together as they wander through the night.

NEW RELEASE

Based on the graphic novel by The Snowman creator Raymond Briggs - a funny and touching tribute to his parents. This is an enchantingly animated film adaptation of a heart-warming true story of two people (with voices provided by Pam Ferris and Jim Broadbent) who fall in love against the background of immense social change in the mid 20th Century - the Depression, the Second World War, post-war prosperity and cultural upheaval. One love, forty years, and always a cup of tea.

NEW RELEASE

The Clan

El Clan Fri 28 Oct to Thu 3 Nov

Behemoth Bei xi mo shou Wed 2 Nov & Thu 3 Nov

Pablo Trapero • Argentina/Spain 2015 • 1h50m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Guillermo Francella, Lili Popovich.

Zhao Liang • China/France 2015 • 1h35m • Digital • Chinese with English subtitles • cert tbc • Documentary.

Pablo Trapero’s tense thriller - the 2015 Silver Lion winner at Venice Film Festival - is based on the case of a Buenos Aires family that kidnapped people for ransom in the 1980s. We are placed in the strange, middle-class world of the Puccios in post-Falklands War Argentina, with the eldest son Alejandro (Peter Lanzani) initially turning to abducting wealthy persons for ransom after he becomes unemployed.

As other family members become involved, their nefarious work earns them money, influence and political connections, but are family ties enough to withstand the pressure?

A staggering portrait of modern China, embedded deep in the aggressive industrialisation that ravages huge regions through open-pit coal mining and steel production, Behemoth is a masterful fly-onthe-wall film of haunting, grotesque vision. Shot guerilla-style without permission, with references to the Old Testament and Dante’s Divine Comedy, Zhao Liang’s film takes us from panoramic views of scarred terrain, to the very human scars wreaked upon the workforce, to the uninhabited ‘ghost towns’ created by the unchecked surge of industry.

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Atomic/Special Events

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Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise (PLayed Loud*) Fri 28 to Sun 30 Oct Mark Cousins • UK 2015 • 1h11m • Digital • English, Japanese and Russian with English subtitles • cert tbc • Documentary.

Curie, Einstein, Hiroshima, the Cold War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, protest, medical research, Chernobyl, MRI scans, Fukushima. Using only archive footage – news reports, cosmic imagery, x-ray photography, astronaut training films, etc – Mark Cousins’ acclaimed film captures the dreams and nightmares of the atomic age, enhanced by a haunting and (at-times) thundering score by Mogwai. *The film was made to be be played loud. We are honouring the artists’ intentions. Ear plugs will be provided on request.

EDINBURGH SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

ESFF Presents: Japanese Shorts Wed 26 Oct at 8.35pm 1h34m • 18

The Edinburgh Short Film Festival opens it’s 6th edition at Filmhouse and we’re very excited to be working with Tokyo’s Short Shorts Film Festival, an Academy Awards® accredited festival, one of the largest film festivals in Asia and whose patrons include George Lucas! To open our partnership, we’re delighted to bring some of the best contemporary Japanese-made shorts screened at SSFF to Filmhouse.

Including the winner of the 2016 Best Japanese Short Film award, alongside some outstanding Japanese animation, comedy and drama!

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THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN CINEMA

La grande illusion Mon 24 Oct at 8.30pm Jean Renoir • France 1937 • 1h54m • Digital • French, German and English with English subtitles • U - Contains mild violence and language • Cast: Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay, Erich von Stroheim.

One of the great anti-war statements, this humanist masterpiece draws on the director’s own experiences as a pilot. Rich with humour, poignance and humanity, it stars Jean Gabin and Pierre Fresnay as two French POWs whose repeated escape attempts lead to their transfer to Wintersborn fortress...

This screening is timed to mark the 100th anniversary of the recapture by the French Army of the strategically key Fort Douaumont, which had been taken, devastatingly for the French, by a small German raiding party only a matter of days into the Battle of Verdun. French PoWs can be seen celebrating the recapture in the film.

GROWING PAINS

Innocence Thu 27 Oct at 5.50pm Lucile Hadzihalilovic • Belgium/France/Britain 2004 • 2h1m • 35mm French with English subtitles • 15 Growing Pains shows films dealing with some of the more complex aspects of childhood. All films followed by an informal chat and will be introduced by Jessie Moroney, a member of the programming team who attended the Practical Programming course with the Independent Cinema Office, which assists participants to develop a fresh programme for their venues.

This haunting story follows the year in the life of three girls and their passage through their youth as they attend a secluded boarding school. Rarely coming into contact with the adult world, the dynamic of how these children relate to adults, failing to understand their behaviours while also seeing them as role models, forms the undercurrent to the girls’ discoveries as the year passes them by.

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Maybe you missed

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Swallows and Amazons

Pete’s Dragon

Mon 17 to Tue 18 Oct

Mon 17 to Thu 20 Oct

Philippa Lowthorpe • UK 2016 • 1h37m • Digital • PG • Cast: Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes.

David Lowery • USA 2016 • 1h42m • Digital • PG • Cast: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Karl Urban, Wes Bentley.

Based on Arthur Ransome’s classic novel, this new adaptation of Swallows and Amazons brings the timeless story of four children on an English island adventure back to the big screen for new audiences of all ages to enjoy. Set against the stunning Lake District and with a fine supporting cast, including Andrew Scott, Jessica Hynes and Kelly Macdonald, Philippa Lowthorpe’s version adds a mystery twist to the familiar tale...

A reimagining of Disney’s cherished 1977 film, Pete’s Dragon is the story of an orphaned boy - Pete (Oakes Fegley) - and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon... When Pete and Elliot, having lived in the woods alone for years, are discovered by locals, the young boy enlists the help of park ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her father (Robert Redford) to keep Elliot safe from the authorities.

Maybe you missed

OVer the rainbow

Hell or High Water

Bad Education

Fri 21 to Thu 27 Oct

Sat 29 & Sun 30 Oct

David Mackenzie • USA 2016 • 1h42m • Digital • 15 • Cast: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges, Katy Mixon, Dale Dickey.

Pedro Almodóvar • Spain 2004 • 1h45m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong language, sex references and hard drug use • Cast: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez

From director David Mackenzie (Hallam Foe, Starred Up) comes this gripping and thoroughly entertaining contemporary western. Scripted by Taylor Sheridan (Sicario) and with music from Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (The Assassination of Jesse James...), this tale of two brothers planning a heist to save their Texas farm from foreclosure - a hit at Cannes this year - is at the very least equal to the sum of its excellent parts.

La mala educación

A Hitchcockian thriller which enhanced Almodóvar’s reputation as one of the world’s most consistent and interesting directors. Two men, one of whom is a film director, meet up in the 1980s, twenty years after they attended a Catholic school together during Franco’s rule. A semi-autobiographical account of two teenage boys, falling in love and contending with sexual and emotional abuse. Visually sumptuous, with an intricate plot and excellent performances all round. There’s more Almodóvar to be found in our Sunday Double Bills this month - see pages 9-10

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Halloween

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Halloween

The Shining

Mad Monster Party?

Mon 31 Oct at 2.30pm & 8.40pm

Mon 31 Oct at 6.30pm

Stanley Kubrick • UK/USA 1980 • 2h24m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong violence and language • Cast: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson.

Jules Bass • USA 1967 • 1h35m • Digital • U With the voices of Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Phyllis Diller.

Hired as caretaker of an isolated and deserted mountain hotel, struggling author Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is haunted by his frustrated creative ambitions and fears of failure. Nurtured by the claustrophobia and isolation of his surroundings, his underlying insanity gradually evolves into rampant madness as he attempts to murder with an axe the only other occupants of the hotel - his wife and son (Shelley Duvall and Danny Lloyd). Truly hypnotic, disturbing, and ultimately entertaining.

Celebrating Halloween with a rarely screened stop-motion cult classic, EIFF plans to lure you to the island of Baron Frankenstein (voiced by Boris Karloff ), where preparations are underway for a very hip party indeed. The groovy skeleton band is tuning up, and invitations have been sent to all members of The Worldwide Organisation of Monsters. Be there or be a scared square!

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SUNDAY Double bill

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GENE WILDER DOUBLE BILL:

YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN + BLAZING SADDLES Sun 9 Oct at 1.15pm 3h32m • 12A • £12/£10 • 15 minute break between films

A special Double Bill in honour of the late, great Gene Wilder. As co-writer and star of Young Frankenstein (that’s ‘Fron-ken-steen’) he plays the embittered American grandson of the infamous mad scientist, who somehow finds himself following in his dark footsteps, assisted by his hunched assistant Igor (the wonderful Marty Feldman).

Blazing Saddles is both an irreverent, gag-strewn parody of classic westerns and a provocative assault on racism. Along the way we’re treated to musical theatre, fourth-wall-breaking, foul-mouthed seniors and Wilder as quick-draw sharpshooter The Waco Kid. YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Mel Brooks • USA 1974 • 1h46m • Digital • English and German with English subtitles • PG - Contains mild language and sex references, and comic horror

BLAZING SADDLES Mel Brooks • USA 1974 • 1h31m • Digital • English, German and Yiddish with English subtitles • 12A

SUNDAY Double bill

ALMODÓVAR DOUBLE BILL:

ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER + TALK TO HER Sun 23 Oct at 1.30pm 3h49m • 15 • £12/£10 • 15 minute break between films

Two very different stories that share common depths of character and emotion that cut through their melodramatic veneer. All About My Mother won the Best Director award at Cannes, and sees Cecilia Roth play a single mother to a young aspiring writer.

When he is tragically killed in an accident, she moves to Barcelona in search of his father - encountering a variety of other women in the midst of their own personal crises. Talk to Her followed - an offbeat story that brings together two men keeping separate vigils over two comatose women - a matador and a ballet student. In a surprisingly tender drama the two men grow closer through their love for two women who cannot reciprocate.

All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) Pedro Almodóvar • Spain/France 1999 • 1h41m Digital

Spanish with English subtitles • 15

Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Pedro Almodóvar • Spain 2002 • 1h53m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15

Sunday Double Bills

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Sunday Double Bills

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ALMODÓVAR DOUBLE BILL:

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! + Volver Sun 30 Oct at 1.15pm

3h57m • 18 • £12/£10 • 15 minute break between films

Our second Almodóvar Double Bill pairs two of the Spaniard’s more darkly comedic pieces. The brooding Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! sees unstable obsessive Ricky (Antonio Banderas) kidnap adult film actress Marina (Victoria Abril), before going on to prove that Almodóvar can find humour and romance in the unlikeliest of places... To follow, Penélope Cruz shines in the wonderfully vivacious Volver. A characteristically clever, intricate tale, brilliantly told, of death, superstition, secrets and lies amongst women of three generations of one family.

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Åtame!)

Pedro Almodóvar • Spain 1990 • 1h41m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 18

Volver

Pedro Almodóvar • Spain 2006 • 2h1m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains moderate sex references and violence

COMING SOON

Almodóvar Double Bill:

Broken Embraces + Live Flesh

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

Offer is subject to availability and only available in person.

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TICKET OFFER A very warm welcome to the 3rd edition. This year we are very proud to offer you an exciting and varied programme. We have ‘love’, ‘drama’ and ‘melodrama’.

Our opening film La Novia is the latest adaptation of one of Federico García Lorca’s most famous plays, Bodas de sangre.

We will continue with our windows to Catalan and Basque cinema. For the “cinema buffs” we have a masterpiece El Mundo Sigue - unmissable! - and Amantes, still hugely apt. We are also proud to open a window to Latin-American films with two talented directors, Álvaro Brechner and Jayro Bustamante.

The returning ‘Gastronomic Film Evening’ is on the theme of sustainable fishing (see ESFF brochure).

The Bride La novia Thu 6 at 6.00pm & Sat 8 Oct at 6.20pm Paula Ortiz • Spain 2015 • 1h33m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15

Directed by Paula Ortiz and based on Bodas de sangre (Blood Wedding) by Federico García Lorca, La Novia tells the story of an impossible love triangle between a bride, a groom and their lifelong friend Leonardo.

As the wedding day approaches complications emerge as true feelings are revealed and the struggle between desire and duty must be confronted in this tragic romance.

The screenings will be followed by a Q&A with director Paula Ortiz.

We hope to see you at our screenings and events!

Marian A. Aréchaga (Curator)

Amama

Rumbos

Fri 7 Oct at 3.30pm & Tue 11 Oct at 8.30pm

Fri 7 Oct at 6.00pm & Wed 12 Oct at 8.45pm

Asier Altuna • Spain 2015 • 1h43m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Kandido Uranga, Iraia Elias, Klara Badiola, Ander Lipus.

Manuela Burlo Moreno • Spain 2016 • 1h30m • Digital • Spanish and Catalán with English subtitles • 12A Cast: Carmen Machi , Ernesto Alterio, Pilar López de Ayala.

A story of family and of conflict between parents and children; urban and rural; past and present. The rebellious Amaia chooses to reject her father’s way of life in the countryside to pursue her own dreams as an artist in the city. Her grandmother watches silently as Amaia’s choices create uncertainty and turmoil in a once traditional and content household.

One warm summer’s night in a vast city, disparate love stories unfold and converge in the eternal thoroughfare at its heart. 6 vehicles driving 6 stories, drifting unknowingly into each other’s paths.

Their passengers’ lives running in parallel chasing abandoned dreams and hopeless desires until their destinations meet. A film of crossed paths whose stories are portrayed through a great ensemble cast.

Both screenings are followed by Q&As with Dr Miren Manias, Visiting Fellow at University of Glasgow.

Both followed by Q&As, the first with Dr David Sorfa and the second with Dr Pedro J. Castillo.

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An Autumn Without Berlin

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THE WORLD GOES ON

Un otoÑo sin Berlin Sat 8 Oct at 1.00pm

El mundo sigue Sat 8 Oct at 3.20pm

Lara Izagirre • Spain 2015 • 1h35m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 18 • Cast: Irene Escolar, Tamar Novas, Ramón Barea.

Fernando Fernán Gómez • Spain 1965 • 1h55m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Lina Canalejas, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Gemma Cuervo.

Having travelled far from her home town in search of a better life, June returns to where she grew up.

Life has not paused in her absence and the home and people she once knew have changed. June finds herself lost in what once was familiar as she attempts to reconnect with the past. Director Lara Izaguirre’s first feature film is a subtle and refreshing story of the heart.

The story of a family trying to find success, love and status in 1960s Madrid. Eloïsa, a loyal wife; her husband, a civil guard officer; their son, a lay brother; and his sisters, tumultuous rivals and obsessed with getting rich. Part of the neo-realism movement in Spain, it was first screened secretly in 1965. Today it is renowned as a work of art in Spanish Cinema.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Lara Izagirre.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Professor Nuria Capdevila from The University of Exeter and Juan Estelrich, restorer.

The Shortest Afternoon Sun 9 Oct at 1.00pm 2h8m • 12A • Spanish with English subtitles

A specially-curated selection of short films - perfect for a Sunday afternoon at the cinema!

ALIK Aitor Almuero • Spain 2016 • 25m Koturouram Nelisa Alcalde • India/UK 2016 • 3m Run Daniel Rendón • Spain 2014 • 16m The Wind Terry Berne, Cristina Rosselló • Spain 2015 •12m Funny Story Luis Sánchez-Polack • Spain 2014 • 1m It Wasn’t Me Ángel Ripalda • Spain 2015 • 12m Stalingrad Anyora Ripalda • Spain 2015 • 13m Interlining Luis Sánchez-Polack • Spain 2014 • 8m

Sex, Maracas & Chihuahuas

Sexo, Maracas y Chihuahuas Sun 9, Mon 10 & Fri 14 Oct

Diego Más Trelles • Spain 2016 • 1h27m • Digital • Spanish, Catalán and English with English subtitles • PG • Documentary.

Xavier Cugat was a musical genius, glitzy persona and the only Spaniard with two stars on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Spanning continents and decades of musical and cinematic progression, this documentary reveals the incredible life of a Spanish legend. Through the direction of Diego Más Trelles, this film helps us understand the role of Cugat as part of American history. A documentary that must be seen by any music-lover, it makes us realise that without Cugat, Latin music would be very different.

The Sun 9 and Mon 10 Oct screenings will be followed by Q&As with director Diego Más Trelles.

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The King of Havana

Food and Shelter

El rey de La Habana Sun 9 Oct at 6.20pm & Thu 13 Oct at 3.15pm

Techo y Comida Mon 10 Oct at 8.35pm & Thu 13 Oct at 8.45pm

Augustí Vilatonga • Spain 2015 • 2h5m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 18 • Cast: Maykol David Tortoló, Yodanka Ariosa.

Juan Miguel del Castillo • Spain 2015 • 1h30m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • PG • Cast: Natalia de Molina, Maríana Cordero, Jaime López.

Agusti Villaronga’s adaptation of a celebrated “dirty realism” novel by Pedro Juan Gutiérrez takes viewers on an immersive smutty tour of Old Havana. After escaping from a youth detention centre, Reinaldo has to survive on the streets of ‘90s Havana. His journey is filled with both hope and disillusionment and fuelled by rum and hunger until he meets fellow survivors, Magda and Yunisleidy. Together they attempt to forget the material misery surrounding them and overcome their moral despair by living life to its very limits.

Reyes’ Club Club de Reyes Tue 11 Oct at 6.00pm & Wed 12 Oct at 3.45pm Andrea Barrionuevo • Spain 2016 • 1h • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Over a period of 40 years a legendary music and arts club - El Johnny - grew out of a halls of residence in Madrid. This documentary transposes the viewer into the life and times of the venue through its silent creator, Alejandro Reyes. Director Andrea Barrionuevo perfectly captures the zeitgeist of Madrid before and during la Transición - a period of cultural liberation and political turmoil in the capital.

PLUS SHORT Without Your Heartbeat (Sin tu latido) Maria Posada, & Adrián Iglesias • Spain 2016 • 8m Digital • Spanish with English subtitles Both screenings will be followed by Q&As with director Andrea Barrionuevo.

Rocío struggles to provide for herself and her son with no permanent or reliable work to ensure food on the table and a roof over their heads. Fearful of losing custody and on the verge of being evicted, time is against her to find a seemingly impossible solution. A poignant and challenging story with an incredible cast and a stunning performances.

Both screenings will be followed by Q&A with Dr Antonio Sánchez from The University of Stirling.

The Olive Tree

El olivo

Wed 12 Oct at 6.00pm Icíar Bollaín • Spain/Germany 2015 • 1h38m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Anna Castillo , Javier Gutiérrez, Pep Ambrós.

Alma, a young impulsive woman, is determined to reclaim her grandfather’s beloved olive tree after the family are forced to abandon their livelihood.

We follow her emotional journey as all that she once knew is uprooted around her. Beautifully written

by Paul Laverty and directed by Icíar Bollaín, El Olivo (The Olive Tree) is a bittersweet tale of family, vindication and moral dilemma that wont leave you indifferent.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Paul Laverty and director Icíar Bollaín.

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Amantes Thu 13 Oct at 5.55pm

Mal dÍa para pescar Fri 14 Oct at 3.20pm & Sat 15 Oct at 6.00pm

Vincente Aranda • Spain 1991 • 1h43m • 35mm • Spanish with English subtitles • 18 • Cast: Jorge Sanz, Victoria Abril, Maribel Verdú.

Álvaro Brechner • Uruguay 2009 • 1h40m • 35mm • Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Gary Piquer, Jouko Ahola, Antonella Costa.

Based on a true story and set in 1950s Spain, Amantes tells the story of Paco, a young man who finds himself in Madrid in search of a job after leaving the army. His plans to return to his hometown and marry his girlfriend are threatened when he begins a torrid affair with his alluring older landlady. Seduced and obsessed, Paco is left to make an inescapable decision. 25 years on, this masterpiece by Vicente Aranda continues to play an important role in Spanish cinema.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with Dr José Saval from The University of Edinburgh.

Ex-wrestling star Jacob Van Oppen and his manager Orsini make a good living staging wrestling matches in small South American towns. Their arrival in yet another anonymous Uruguayan town is met with unusual and unsettling enthusiasm as they set out to stage another win for Van Oppen. But the unassuming town of Santa Marïa is more than they bargained for and events begin to spiral out of their control...

Both screenings followed by Q&As with director Álvaro Brechner and lead actor Gary Piquer.

Mr. Kaplan

Ixcanul

Fri 14 Oct at 6.05pm & Sat 15 Oct at 3.15pm

Sat 15 Oct at 1.00pm

Álvaro Brechner • Uruguay 2014 • 1h38m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • PG • Cast: Héctor Noguera, Néstor Guzzini.

Jayro Bustamante • Guatemala/France 2015 • 1h40m • Digital • Maya and Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Marvin Coroy, Manuel Antún, Justo Lorenzo.

After fleeing Europe for Uruguay during World War II, Jacob Kaplan has built himself a quiet life. But now, at 76 and in the throes of an existential crisis, he finds himself in the middle of one last unexpected adventure: to expose a mysterious, old German as an escaped Nazi in hiding. To help him on his mission, Kaplan recruits an ex-policeman, and together they embark on a wildly quixotic journey. With his second full length feature, the Uruguayan director Álvaro Brechner proves himself to be one of the most exciting voices in Latin American cinema today.

Both screenings followed by Q&As with director Álvaro Brechner.

In a village on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala, a marriage is arranged for 17-year-old Marïa by her Kaqchikel parents. Forbidden to leave the village, Marïa can only dream of seeing the big city but when events take an unexpected and sudden turn she finds herself catapulted into this unknown and alien world. This beautiful and gentle film is the debut feature of Jayro Bustamante and winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlinale.

The film will be introduced by Bárbara Fernández, PhD in Hispanic Studies from The University of Edinburgh.

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Filmosophy: Mind and Consciousness Filmosophy returns for a seventh season of original and thought-provoking films and discussions. The films featured in this season offer an opportunity to reflect on a range of issues in the philosophy of mind. We will explore the nature of mind and consciousness, the importance of memory, and the possibility of artificial intelligence. Along the way we will consider various arguments and thought experiments proposed by philosophers in an attempt to better understand what it means to be a person.

Each film will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by an accessible and informal postscreening discussion. Screenings will be introduced and discussion sessions hosted by James Mooney, Short Courses lecturer and course organiser at The University of Edinburgh. No previous knowledge of philosophy is required.

Source Code Wed 12 Oct at 6.10pm Duncan Jones • USA/France 2011 • 1h33m • Digital • 12A - Contains one use of strong language and moderate threat • Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright.

Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) finds himself transported via a unique government program into the body of a man riding on a doomed commuter train destined to carry a bomb into a crowded Chicago suburb. His mission is to prevent the impending disaster by re-living the same eight minutes again and again. A superb, mind-bending thriller from Moon director Duncan Jones.

For details of short courses, visit www.ed.ac.uk/short-courses. For more information on screenings and events or to continue the discussion, ‘like’ Filmosophy on Facebook or follow @film_philosophy on Twitter.

Memento

Her

Wed 16 Nov at 5.50pm

Wed 14 Dec at 5.50pm

Christopher Nolan • USA 2000 • 1h53m • 35mm • 15 - Contains strong language and violence • Cast: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Jorja Fox.

Spike Jonze • USA 2013 • 2h6m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language and sex references • Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt.

Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking neo-noir thriller follows Leonard Shelby (Guy Pearce) - who suffers from anterograde amnesia (the inability to form new memories) - as he searches for the man responsible for his wife’s death. The narrative unfolds in reverse chronological order, allowing us to identify with Leonard’s confused mental state in his quest for vengeance and his attempt to establish the truth.

Set in Los Angeles in the near future, Spike Jonze’s comedy-drama follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a lonely and introverted individual who develops a relationship with Samantha, an intelligent computer operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). As their relationship evolves, so does Samantha, and we are invited to reflect on the nature of love and what it means to be human.

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Education and Learning Autumn School Screening Modern Languages Screenings We are screening a range of films for schools in October and November as part of the French Film Festival, Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival and German Film Festival. Full details of the films can be seen on our website www.filmhousecinema.com/learning/

Romeo & Juliet: Portrayals of Juliet on Film Wednesday 26 October, 10am • 2hr29min + talk, cert PG, S4 - S6, English, Literacy, Media Studies, Social Studies A special screening of Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 masterpiece Romeo & Juliet, which remains the most successful and lionized film version of Shakespeare’s play to date. An Oscar-winning box office hit, it entranced the teenage generation of the 1960s, and transposed the character of Juliet from the world of academia to the very forefront of modern popular culture. Screening as part of our Shakespeare on Film season at Filmhouse, the film will be preceded by a talk by Dr Anthony Quinn on the various representations of Juliet on film.

The War Room Tuesday 1 November, 10am • 1h36m, cert PG, S3 - S6, Modern Studies, Media Studies, Social Studies, History Given unprecedented access, this documentary follows part of the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign.

In advance of one of the most uniquely unpredictable and interesting U.S. elections of recent times, this is a fascinating insight into the election process and the role of ‘spin doctors’ and the media. The screening will be introduced by guest speakers from the University of Edinburgh and followed by a discussion on the development of presidential campaigns from the 1990s to the present day.

Christmas Screenings Bringing your school to Filmhouse is a cost-effective Christmas treat to celebrate the end of year. If you are interested in organising a Christmas screening please contact Flip Kulakiewicz to discuss possible dates and films.

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

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The Place Promised in Our Early Days Scotland Loves Animation is an arts and education charity, here to promote animation and foster links between students and the animation industry.

Its annual film festival, Scotland Loves Anime, is now in its 7th year and has become renowned as the UK’s top festival for Japanese animation. It remains the first (and often last) chance to see the broadest range of work that Japanese animation has to offer...

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Voices of a Distant Star + Garden of Words Tue 18 Oct at 8.30pm 1h16m • Japanese with English subtitles • 15

A double screening of the first and most recent works of Makoto Shinkai before the Scottish Premiere of Your Name.

Voices of a Distant Star • Makoto Shinkao Japan 2002 • 15 • 25 mins - Mikako volunteers to be a pilot in the fight against a hostile alien race.

Leaving behind the man she loves, her only contact with him is via text messages, which take longer to reach him the further she travels from Earth.

Garden of Words • Makoto Shinkao • Japan 2013 12 • 46 mins When Takao, who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change...

Mon 17 Oct at 8.30pm Makoto Shinkai • Japan 2004 • 1h31m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Hiroki, Takuya and Sayuri are two young boys and a girl living in Aomori, at the northern tip of Japan’s main island. These three young classmates become fascinated by the gigantic yet mysterious tower that they see across the water, promising that one day they will build and fly an aircraft to the tower to unravel its mystery.

The screening will be introduced by Festival Director, Andrew Partridge

Belladonna of Sadness Wed 19 Oct at 8.30pm Eiichi Yamamoto • Japan 1973 • 1h33m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 18

This rarely seen 1973 anime is hailed as one of the most innovative and highly imaginative animated films of all time. Surreal, dreamy, violent, sexual and visceral, illustrator Juni Fukai’s style is vividly brought to the screen by director Eiichi Yamamoto in this adaptation of French historian Jules Michelet’s novel La Sorcière. This story of Joan of Arc sees her banished from her village and make a pact with the devil to gain magical abilities, while a folk-rock soundtrack helps define a medieval yet also otherworldly atmosphere.

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

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Princess Arete

UK Premiere

Harmony

Scottish Premiere

Thu 20 Oct at 8.30pm

Fri 21 Oct at 1.00pm

Sunao Katabuchi • Japan 2001 • 1h45m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG

Michael Arias, Takashi Nakamura • Japan 2015 • 2h • Digital Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Confined in the castle tower by her father, princess Arete spends her days watching the world outside her window. While she looks out at the common people working, the knights of the kingdom compete for her hand in marriage by searching for powerful magical items from a race of long-dead sorcerers. When a sorcerer called Boax comes to the castle, he sets about persuading the King to let him marry the princess. But he secretly fears a prophecy which foretells Arete ending his life - leading him to imprioson her the minute she’s in his castle! Based on the 1983 feminist fairy tale The Clever Princess by Diana Coles.

In a future ruled by an unwavering dedication to good health, three girls led by the defiant Miach Mihie attempt suicide as the ultimate act of rebellion. Tuan Kirie survives, but can’t shake the hatred she has for the perfect world she lives in.

Years later, a worldwide mass suicide sends society into a state of shock. A group stands up to take credit for the event. Everything about the terrorists’ message sounds too familiar to Tuan. She suspects her old friend Miach might be involved, but how could that be when she’d killed herself years earlier?

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV

Accel World - Infinite Burst

Fri 21 Oct at 3.45pm & Mon 24 Oct at 8.20pm

Fri 21 Oct at 6.20pm

Takeshi Nozue • Japan 2016 • 1h50m • Digital • English dub • 12A

Masakazu Obara • Japan 2016 • 1h22m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

War has raged for as long as most can remember.

The magical kingdom of Lucis is home to the hallowed Crystal, but the menacing empire of Niflheim will stop at nothing to make it theirs. King Regis of Lucis commands an elite force of soldiers dubbed the Kingsglaive. Wielding their king’s magic, Nyx Ulric and his fellow glaives stand before the crown city of Insomnia, fighting to stay the inexorable advance of Niflheim’s imperial army...

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In the future, many aspects of life are carried out on a virtual network. However, no matter how advanced the times becomes, bullying never seems to disappear. Haruyuki is proof of that until one day he is contacted by the most popular girl at school, Kuroyukihime - “Wouldn’t you like to ‘accelerate’ and go further ahead, boy?” Those words see Haruyuki introduced to the game called “Accel World”, where he decides to fight as Kuroyukihime’s knight The screening will be introduced by producer Kohei Kawase and followed by a Q&A.

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A Silent Voice

Fri 21 Oct at 9.00pm

Sat 22 Oct at 1.00pm

Tatsuya Oishi, Akiyuki Shinbo • Japan 2016 • 2h18m • Digital Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Naoko Yamada • Japan 2016 • 2h9m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG

Second year Koyomi Araragi befriends Tsubasa Hanekawa, the top honours student, who mentions a rumour about a ‘blonde vampire’ that has been sighted around their town. That evening, Koyomi encounters this alleged vampire, Kiss-shot. The vampire cries out for Koyomi to save her as she lies dying. Kiss-shot asks Koyomi to give her his blood in order to save her life, but when he does, Koyomi finds himself re-born as her vampire kin...

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

Shoya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shoko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the class starts to turn on Shoya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shoko and Shoya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shoya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shoko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

European Premiere

Momotaro, Sacred Sailors

Your Name

Sat 22 Oct at 4.00pm

Sat 22 Oct at 6.40pm

Mitsuyo Seo • Japan 1945 • 1h50m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • PG

Makoto Shinkai • Japan 2016 • 1h47m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

Fresh from the Cannes classic section comes the first fully animated feature film made in Japan, now digitally restored! Screened along with Kenzo Masaoka’s exquisite fairy-tale short, The Spider and the Tulip. Japanese fairy tale hero Momotaro leads a squad of heroic animal soldiers against evil British demons. Believed destroyed after Japan’s surrender, rediscovered in 1983 and digitally restored from the sole surviving negative, this infamous propaganda film finally receives its UK premiere at SLA. Funded by the Navy Ministry to promote recruitment, the film was a landmark event in anime history, and a seminal influence on the generation of animators that followed.

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Mitsuha and Taki are total strangers living completely different lives. But when Mitsuha makes a wish to leave her mountain town for the bustling city of Tokyo, they become connected in a bizarre way. She dreams she is a boy living in Tokyo while Taki dreams he is a girl from a rural town he’s never visited. What does their newfound connection mean? And how will it bring them together? Find out in the latest film from the acclaimed auteur Makoto Shinkai.

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

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Redline Sat 22 Oct at 9.10pm Takeshi Koike • Japan 2010 • 1h42m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 15 - Contains infrequent strong language

The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that’s tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed!

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Girls und Panzer: The Movie European Premiere Sun 23 Oct at 1.00pm Tsuotomu Mizushima • Japan 2015 • 2h • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

This is Japan, but not as we know it. Traditional Japanese girls are now expected to have “tank skills” as well as flower arrangement and tea ceremony.

Miho, a first-year, accidentally joins the struggling local tank club. The club is faced with closure unless it wins the next national tournament. Can Chihaya and her club mates, in their dilapidated tanks, win the tournament?

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

Pigtails & other short stories from I.G

Persona 3 - Movie 1 - Spring of Birth UK Premiere

Sun 23 Oct at 3.45pm

Sun 23 Oct at 6.15pm

Various • Japan 2005-2013 • 1h43m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Tadayoshi Yamamuro • Japan 2013 • 1h34m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

There is a small house standing by the seaside. A young girl has been living there alone since that fateful day. Mail is no longer delivered, but even this morning, she’s hanging out the laundry as usual.

She’s unaware that all around her, the clothes pegs are quarreling, the pillow argues with the umbrella about the outside world, and the new toothbrush is unsuccessfully trying to charm the grumpy older ones. Do objects exist to be used until they are consumed or broken? Screened alongside some of the finest shorts from Production I.G to date.

The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements

The Dark Hour: the time which exists between each day. During those hours, the town stands still, the people are transformed into mere objects, and countless monsters called ‘Shadows’ run rampant through the town. Only the Personas, beings with special powers, are able to combat these creatures.

Makoto Yuki, a transfer student, suddenly gains the powers to control a Persona. Yuki is recruited to join other Persona summoners from his school in the ‘Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad’ The screening will be introduced by Jonathan Clements.

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(AD) Audio Description (see p 42) (AiM) Africa in Motion (p 38-41) (C) Captioned for deaf or hard of hearing (F) Filmosophy (p 15) (see p 42) (FJ) Filmhouse Junior (p 32-33) DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

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Fri 1 Cafe Society (AD) 1.00/3.35/8.45 7 1 Rumbos (SP) 6.00 +Q&A 1.10/8.35 Oct 2 The Fencer 2 Amama (SP) 3.30 +Q&A 6.20 2 Cafe Society (AD) *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Sat 1 Cafe Society (AD) 12.55/8.50 8 1 The World Goes On (SP) 3.20 +Q&A 6.20 +Q&A Oct 1 The Bride (SP) 2 An Autumn Without... (SP) 1.00 +Q&A 2 The Fencer 3.40/8.45 6.30 3 Black Girl (OS) *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Sun 1 Pete’s Dragon (FJ) 11.00am 9 1 Double Bill: Young Frankenstein Oct + Blazing Saddles (SDB) 1.15 (£12/£10) 1 Cafe Society (AD) 8.45 2 The Shortest Afternoon (SP) 1.00 2 Sex, Maracas &... (SP) 3.45 +Q&A 2 The King of Havana (SP) 6.20 9.00 2 The Fencer 3 The Fencer 3.30 3 Xala (OS) 5.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Mon 1 Cafe Society (AD) 2.30 10 1 Sex, Maracas &... (SP) 6.00 +Q&A Oct 1 Food and Shelter (SP) 8.35 +Q&A 2 The Fencer 1.15/3.30/9.00 2 Milk (POL) 5.45 +Discussion *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 42 Tue 1 Cafe Society (AD) 2.30 11 1 Cafe Society (AD) (C) 8.45 (captioned) Oct 1 The Fencer 6.05 2 The Fencer 1.15/3.30 2 Reyes’ Club + Short (SP) 6.00 +Q&A 2 Amama (SP) 8.30 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24)

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Wed 1 Cafe Society (AD) 2.30 12 1 The Olive Tree (SP) 6.00 +Q&A 8.45 +Q&A Oct 1 Rumbos (SP) 2 The Fencer 1.15/8.30 3.45 +Q&A 2 Reyes’ Club + Short (SP) 2 Source Code (F) 6.10 +Discussion *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Thu 1 Cafe Society (AD) 2.30 6.10 13 1 The Fencer Oct 1 Food and Shelter (SP) 8.45 +Q&A 2 The Fencer 1.00 3.15 2 The King of Havana (SP) 2 Lovers: A True Story (SP) 5.55 +Q&A 8.50 2 Cafe Society (AD) *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Fri 1 American Honey (AD) 1.15/4.50/8.10 14 2 Sex, Maracas &... (SP) 1.05 Oct 2 Bad Day to Go Fishing (SP) 3.20 +Q&A 2 Mr. Kaplan (SP) 6.05 +Q&A 2 Theo and Hugo 8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Sat 1 Mr. Kaplan (SP) 3.15 +Q&A 15 1 American Honey (AD) 8.10 Oct 2 Ixcanul (SP) 1.00 +Q&A 2 Bad Day to Go Fishing (SP) 6.00 +Q&A 2 Theo and Hugo 8.45 3 American Honey (AD) 1.30/5.00 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Sun 1 Ice Age: Collision Course (FJ) 11.00am 16 1 American Honey (AD) 1.15/4.50/8.10 Oct 2 Theo and Hugo 8.45 3 Romeo and Juliet 2.30 3 Moolaadé (OS) 5.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Mon 1 American Honey (AD) 1.45/5.10 17 1 The Place Promised in... (SLA) 8.30 +Intro Oct 2 Pete’s Dragon 1.15 2 Swallows and Amazons 3.35 2 A Double Life (SH) 6.00 +Intro 3 Swallows and Amazons 5.55 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 42

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(POL) U.S. Politics in Film (p 27-28) (PP) Play Poland Film Festival (p 36-37) (SDB) Sunday Double Bills (p 9-10) DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

(SH) Shakespeare on Film (p 29-31) (SLA) Scotland Loves Anime (p 18-25) (SM) Scottish Mental Health... (p 34-35) SCREENING TIMES

Tue 1 American Honey (AD) 1.45/5.10 18 1 Double Bill: Voices of a Distant Star Oct + Garden of Words (SLA) 8.30 2 Swallows and Amazons 1.15 3.30 2 Pete’s Dragon 2 A Family Affair (SM) 6.00 +Q&A (£6/£4) 3 Swallows and Amazons 5.55 8.10 3 American Honey (AD) *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Wed 1 American Honey (AD) 1.45 19 1 American Honey (AD) (C) 5.10 (captioned) Oct 1 Belladonna of Sadness (SLA) 8.30 +Intro 2 Pete’s Dragon 1.15 3.35 (PREVIEW) 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 2 David (SM) 6.00 +Discussion 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Thu 1 American Honey (AD) 1.45/5.10 20 1 Princess Arete (SLA) 8.30 Oct 2 Pete’s Dragon 1.15 3.35 (PREVIEW) 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 2 Blind Chance (PP) 5.50 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Fri 1 Harmony (SLA) 1.00 +Intro 21 1 Kingsglaive - Final...(SLA) 3.45 +Intro Oct 1 Accel World - Infinite... (SLA) 6.20 +Q&A 1 Kizumonogatarin...1&2 (SLA) 9.00 +Intro 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 3.40/6.05 3 American Honey (AD) 1.30/8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Sat 1 A Silent Voice (SLA) 1.00 +Intro 22 1 Momotaro, Sacred...(SLA) 4.00 +Talk Oct 1 Your Name (SLA) 6.40 +Intro 1 Redline (SLA) 9.10 +Intro 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 3.40/6.05 3 American Honey (AD) 1.30/8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24)

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Sun 1 Long Way North (FJ) 11.00am 23 1 Girls und Panzer: The... (SLA) 1.00 +Intro Oct 1 Pigtails & other short...(SLA) 3.45 +Intro 1 Persona 3... Spring of... (SLA) 6.15 +Intro 1 The Girl Who Leapt... (SLA) 8.30 +Intro 2 Double Bill: All About My Mother + Talk to Her (SDB) 1.30 (£12/£10) 6.10 +Intro 2 Romeo, Juliet and... (SH) 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 8.45 1.30/8.10 3 American Honey (AD) *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Mon 1 American Honey (AD) 2.30 24 1 Hell or High Water (AD) 5.55 8.20 +Intro Oct 1 Kingsglaive - Final...(SLA) 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 1.10/3.30 2 Shoulder the Lion (SM) 6.00 +Discussion 8.30 2 La grande illusion (WW) 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 42 Tue 1 American Honey (AD) 2.30 25 1 Hell or High Water (AD) (C) 6.00 (captioned) Oct 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 1.10/3.30 2 The Best Man (POL) 5.50 +Discussion 2 O!PLA Across the Borders (PP) 8.45 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Wed 1 American Honey (AD) 2.30 26 1 Hell or High Water (AD) 6.05 Oct 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 1.10/3.30 2 Touched with Fire (SM) 6.00 +Discussion 2 ESFF Presents: Japanese...

8.35 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24) Thu 1 American Honey (AD) 2.30 27 1 Hell or High Water (AD) 6.00 Oct 2 Hell or High Water (AD) 1.10/3.30 2 Innocence (GP) 5.50 +Discussion 2 Prospero’s Books (SH) 8.30 +Intro 3 Kamper (PP) 5.55 3 American Honey (AD) 8.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 24)

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Fri 1 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 28 1 Atomic: Living in Dread...

Oct 1 The Wedding Ring (AiM) 2 The Clan 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 2 Atomic: Living in Dread....

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Tue 1 The Clan 2.30 1 1 Psycho-Pass: The Movie (SLA) 5.30 +Q&A Nov 1 Short Works by...(SLA) 8.30 +Q&A 1.30/3.45 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 2 Kalushi: The Story of... (AiM) 5.55 +Q&A 2 The Red Spider (PP) 8.45 3.20 3 The Clan 3 Ethel & Ernest (AD) (C) 6.00 (captioned) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

Sat 1 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 1.30/6.15 29 1 Atomic: Living in Dread...

4.00/8.45 12.00 (£3) Oct 2 African Storytelling (AiM) 2 Zarafa (AiM) 1.15 3.45 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 2 Egypt’s Modern...Nasser(AiM) 5.55 +Q&A 2 Cuba, an African...(AiM) 8.40 +Q&A 3.30 3 Bad Education (OR) 3 The Clan 6.00 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) Sun 1 Mad Monster Party? (FJ) 11.00am 30 1 Double Bill: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!

Oct + Volver (SDB) 1.15 (£12/£10) 6.15 1 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 1 Atomic: Living in Dread...

8.45 2 The Clan 12.35 2 Mr Smith Goes to... (POL) 3.00 +Discussion 2 Independence (AiM) 6.20 +Discussion 2 Soul Power + Short (AiM) 8.50 3 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 3.45 3 Bad Education (OR) 6.10 *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

SCREENING TIMES

Wed 1 The Clan 2.30/8.35 6.10 2 1 Ethel & Ernest (AD) Nov 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 1.30/3.45 6.15 2 Makibefo (SH) 2 Those Who Jump+Short (AiM) 8.30 + Discussion 3 Behemoth 3.35/6.00 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) Thu 1 The Clan 3 1 Ethel & Ernest (AD) Nov 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 2 Strange Heaven (PP) 2 Much Loved (AiM) 3 Behemoth *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

2.30/8.35 6.10 1.30/3.45 5.50 8.45 3.35/6.00

Mon 1 The Shining 2.30/8.40 31 1 Kiss Me Kate (SH) (3D) 6.05 +Intro Oct 2 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 1.30/3.45 2 Short Film Competition (AiM) 8.30 3 The Clan 3.20 3 Mad Monster Party?

6.30 3 Ethel & Ernest (AD) 8.45 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - page 42

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

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Sun 23 Oct at 8.30pm Mamoru Hosoda • Japan 2006 • 1h44m • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

What would you do if you could leap backward through time? When tomboyish 17-year-old Makoto Konno gains this ability after an accident in her high school chemistry lab, she immediately sets about improving her grades and preventing personal mishaps. Before long, however, she realizes that even innocuous changes can have terrible consequences...

The screening will be introduced by Festival Director, Andrew Partridge

Psycho-Pass: The Movie Tue 1 Nov at 5.30pm Naoyoshi Shiotani • Japan 2015 • 2h • Digital • Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Set in a futuristic Japan, the Sibyl System uses surveillance and biological monitoring to gauge the likelihood that individuals will commit a crime, removing potential criminals from the population before they become a problem. With trouble abroad with the first trial of the System - Inspector Akane Tsunemori is sent to bring terrorists to justice. But when her investigation forces her into a standoff with an old ally, will she be able to pull the trigger?

Followed by a Q+A with Naoyoshi Shiotani.

Short Works by Naoyoshi Shiotani Tue 1 Nov at 8.30pm Naoyoshi Shiotani • Japan Various Years • 1h54m • 12A

Scotland Loves Anime is proud to present the second screening of the evening with Naoyoshi Shiotani. Join us for, among other things, his directorial debut - Tokyo Marble Chocolate.

Serious and generous, but a bit shy, Yuudai has been unsuccessful with the opposite gender. Chizuru is an energetic and cheerful girl, but when it comes to boyfriends, she’s been unlucky and clumsy. This is the first Christmas the couple spends together. Chizuru loves animals and Yuudai plans to give her a rabbit, but it turns out to be... a mini donkey?! As the funny creature escapes, Chizuru goes after it, and Yuudai loses sight of them both!

Followed by a Q&A with Naoyoshi Shiotani.

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Rebel with a Camera: The Cinema of Ousmane Semebene

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Rebel with a Camera: The Cinema of Ousmane Sembene Ousmane Sembène, otherwise known as the father of African cinema, is one of the key figures of world cinema, and yet his works, still relevant today, remain unknown to many. Following the screening of the new and highly acclaimed documentary Sembene!, we’re screening three of Sembène's films explored in the documentary: Xala, Moolaadé and Black Girl, each of which was in itself a key and groundbreaking work of world cinema.

The programme is coordinated by Aya Distribution with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from The National Lottery.

Black Girl

La noire de...

Sat 8 Oct at 6.30pm Ousmane Sembene • Senegal/France 1966 • 1h • Digital • French with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, AnneMarie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine, Momar Nar Sene.

The film tells the tragic story of Diouana, a young Senegalese woman who finds work as a childminder for a French couple in Dakar. When the couple return to the south of France, she goes with them, dreaming of a life of luxury and fine clothes on the Côte d’Azur. However, things don’t turn out as she planned...

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Xala The Curse Sun 9 Oct at 5.45pm Ousmane Sembene • Senegal 1974 • 2h3m • 35mm • French and Wolof with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Thierno Leye, Seune Samb, Myriam Niang, Douta Seck, Makhouredia Gueye.

A businessman is struck with impotence and his attempts at a cure prove disastrous. In this fierce satire, Ousmane Sembène lashes the bourgeoisie of an unnamed, newly independent, African state (but clearly Senegal) for their slavish imitation of their past colonial masters, down to their corruption and conspicuous consumption.

MoolaadÉ Sun 16 Oct 5.45pm Ousmane Sembene • Senegal/France/Burkina Faso/Cameroon/ Morocco/Tunisia 2004 • 2h5m • 35mm • Bambara and French with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong language, sex and female circumcision theme • Cast: Fatoumata Coulibaly, Maimouna Hélène Diarra, Salimata Traoré, Dominique Zeïda.

Collé Gallo Ardo Sy, a circumcised woman, has managed to help her only daughter escape from the ritual of ‘purification’ organised every seven years.

Now that the next ritual is about to happen, four young girls have fled from the village to escape from excision. Moolaadé is a moving, embracing and lifeaffirming film with the power to change long-held attitudes, a film regarded as Sembène’s masterpiece, made when he was already 81 years old.

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

Each screening will be followed by a discussion about the film and the issues it raises. Guests will include leading politicians and others working in frontline politics, as well as scholars and commentators.

This unique season will coincide with the Harry Benson: Seeing America exhibition on display at the Scottish Parliament until 3 December 2016. More information on this FREE exhibition can be found at www.visitparliament.scot/Benson

Milk

The Best Man

Mon 10 Oct at 5.45pm

Tue 25 Oct at 5.50pm

Gus Van Sant • USA 2008 • 2h8m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language and sex references • Cast: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin.

Franklin J Schaffner • USA 1964 • 1h42m • 35mm • PG • Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton.

This superb biopic, with a transformative performance from Sean Penn, covers the final years of Harvey Milk’s life. He faces bigotry based on his sexual orientation, but responds by spearheading a campaign of activism that organises the gay community into a group with genuine financial strength - that Milk translates into political muscle.

Adapted by Gore Vidal from his play of the same name, The Best Man is a biting political melodrama about a presidential race between an honest but flawed liberal (Henry Fonda) and a brash but ruthless Southerner (Cliff Robertson). Both vying for approval from the outgoing President (Lee Tracy), Franklin Schaffner’s film is an entertaining battle of oneupmanship and political sabotage.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, Milk will be introduced by the Deputy Presiding Officer Linda Fabiani MSP, who will also lead a post-screening discussion with Patrick Harvie MSP, Co-Convenor, Scottish Greens, about the themes in the film.

The Best Man will be introduced by Owen Dudley Edwards, Honorary Fellow at The University of Edinburgh, who will also host a post-screening audience discussion about the historical and political themes raised by the film.

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Mr Smith Goes to Washington Sun 30 Oct at 3.00pm Frank Capra • USA 1939 • 2h9m • Digital • U • Cast: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold.

James Stewart’s young senator, upholding true American values in a corrupt Senate House, is quintessential Capra. Sidney Buchman’s crackling dialogue is also lent sharp-tongued conviction by Claude Rains as the slimy senior senator.

In association with the Scottish Parliament, Mr Smith Goes to Washington will be introduced by Presiding Officer Ken Macintosh MSP who will also lead a post-screening discussion with Fiona Hyslop MSP about the themes in the film.

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The Ides of March Mon 7 Nov at 5.55pm George Clooney • USA 2011 • 1h41m • Digital • 15 • Cast: George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood.

An incisive exploration of dirty politics on the campaign trail. Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) is the ambitious press spokesman for Democrat Governor Morris (Clooney). Stephen reports to Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a campaign manager who is willing to do anything to beat the opposition...

In association with the University of Edinburgh, The Ides of March will be introduced by Frank Cogliano, Professor of American History at the University. Joined by Mike Moffo, deputy field director for the Obama campaigns of 2008 and 2012, he will also lead a post-screening discussion.

All the President’s Men

JFK

Wed 9 Nov at 5.40pm

Tue 22 Nov at 6.00pm

Alan J Pakula • USA 1976 • 2h18m • 35mm • English and Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards.

Oliver Stone • USA/France 1991 • 3h26m • Digital • English and Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Michael Rooker, Jack Lemmon.

Released during the Carter-Ford presidential race, this film may even have helped to turn the tide in Carter’s favour. It chronicles the real-life story of journalists Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), as they uncover the facts behind an attempted burglary at the Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate...

Three years after the death of John F. Kennedy, District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) decides to conduct an in-depth investigation into the President’s murder. Oliver Stone seamlessly blends real footage of Kennedy’s murder with his own re-staged scenes.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, All the President’s Men will be introduced by Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP who will lead a post-screen discussion with Kezia Dugdale MSP about the themes in the film.

The screening of JFK, hosted jointly by The University of Edinburgh and The Scottish Parliament, will be followed by a post-screening discussion with academic experts and leading politicians.

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In association with The University of Edinburgh, Filmhouse will present a varied programme of Shakespeare adaptations by some of the great filmmakers. Pushing across boundaries of language, genre and culture, the programme emphasises the diversity of approaches filmmakers have taken in responding to Shakespeare’s plays, going far beyond ‘conventional’ renditions of the text.

The majority of screenings will be introduced by academics or other experts, thanks to a collaboration between The University of Edinburgh English and Film Studies departments. Filmhouse will also host a free hour long lecture by Dr David Sorfa, the University’s Senior Lecturer in Film Studies

A Double Life

Romeo, Juliet & Darkness

Mon 17 Oct at 6.00pm

Sun 23 Oct at 6.10pm

George Cukor • USA 1947 • 1h44m • 35mm • English and Italian with English subtitles • PG • Cast: Ronald Colman, Signe Hasso, Edmond O’Brien, Shelley Winters.

Jiri Weiss • Czechoslovakia 1960 • 1h32m • 35mm • Czech with English subtitles • PG • Cast: Ivan Mistrík, Daniela Smutná.

Earning both an Oscar® and a Golden Globe for its star Ronald Colman, George Cukor’s A Double Life is the suitably dark and melodramatic tale of an impressionable actor - recently divorced from his co-star wife (Signe Hasso) - whose starring role in a hit production of Shakespeare’s Othello turns his mind to murder...

Pavel (Ivan Mistrík), a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl (Daniela Smutná) in his building’s attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms. When the two are discovered by his mother, she forces the residents of the building to decide whether Hana can remain.

The forbidden love of Romeo and Juliet is skilfully placed into this turbulent period of Czech history.

The screening will be introduced by Dr David Sorfa, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at The University of Edinburgh.

The screening will be introduced by Dr David Sorfa, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at The University of Edinburgh.

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Shakespeare on Film

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Kiss Me Kate (3D)

Thu 27 Oct at 8.30pm

Mon 31 Oct at 6.05pm (£2 extra charge for 3D)

Peter Greenaway • UK/Netherlands/France/Italy/Japan 1991 • 2h4m 35mm • 15 Cast: John Gielgud, Michael Clark, Michel Blanc.

George Sidney • USA 1953 • 1h49m • Digital • English, French and Italian with English subtitles • U • Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn.

Prospero’s Books engages with Shakespeare’s The Tempest, not as theatre transposed to film but rather through the figure of Prospero (Sir John Gielgud) with issues of art and science, human intelligence and the powers of reason and unreason. The most striking aspect of the film has to do with role of “books”, covering the natural sciences, history, magic, painting, and calligraphy.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Suzanne Trill, Senior Lecturer in English at The University of Edinburgh.

Makibefo Wed 2 Nov at 6.15pm Alexander Abela • UK/Madagascar/France 2001 • 1h13m • Digital Malagasy and English with English subtitles • cert tbc - Guideline cert 12A • Cast: Martin Zia, Neoliny Dety, Gilbert Laumord.

This unique adaptation of Macbeth was filmed in Faux Cap on the southern tip of Madagascar and acted (with a great deal of impressive improvisation)

by Antandroy fishermen. Shot in high-contrast blackand-white, the austerity of dialogue (all in native Malagasy) gives way to striking visuals that tell the familiar story in a captivating new context.

In association with Africa in Motion film festival.

A ‘50s MGM adaptation of the Broadway hit, shot in groundbreaking 3-D, Kiss Me Kate takes The Taming of the Shrew and places it front and centre as the setting for this entertaining tale. Two musical theatre actors - a divorced couple - are cast opposite each other in a major musical version of the Shakespeare play, which has come to the attention of local gangsters who arrive to collect a debt... Conflict, confusion and slapstick naturally ensues.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Annette Davison, Senior Lecturer in Music.

A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy Mon 7 Nov at 8.50pm Woody Allen • USA 1982 • 1h28m • 35mm • 15 Cast: Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Tony Roberts, Mary Steenburgen.

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s Smiles of a Summer Night as well as A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this 1982 ensemble comedy was described by Woody Allen as “a small intermezzo with a few laughs” . Set in the early 1900s at a weekend party attended by three couples, the tone is light as their emotional, intellectual and sexual entanglements play out.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Andrew Taylor, Head of the Department of English at The University of Edinburgh.

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Henry V

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Forbidden Planet

Tue 8 Nov at 5.45pm

Mon 21 Nov at 6.00pm

Kenneth Branagh • UK 1989 • 2h17m • Digital • English and French with English subtitles • 12A • Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi

Fred M Wilcox • USA 1956 • 1h38m • 35mm • U - Contains mild horror sequence Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen.

Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, Henry V is a gritty adaptation of Shakespeare’s epic and brutal play. The BAFTA and Academy Award® winning film is widely considered one of the best film adaptations of The Bard’s work, commended for the performances and direction as well as the accessibility of its Shakespearean language.

A US spaceship comes across a remote planet, deserted except for world-wearied Dr. Morbius (Water Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis) and their robot Robby. Something has destroyed the other inhabitants, and now begins to pick on the crew... An iconic sci-fi flick, surprisingly but effectively based on The Tempest, with an ingenious script and special effects, Forbidden Planet also features a youthful Leslie Nielsen as Commander Adams.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Dermot Cavanagh, Senior Lecturer in English at The University of Edinburgh.

The screening will be introduced by Professor James Loxley, Professor of Early Modern Literature at The University of Edinburgh.

Chimes at Midnight Wed 23 Nov at 6.00pm Orson Welles • France/Spain/Switzerland 1965 • 1h53m • Digital • PG - Contains moderate violence • Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau.

Falstaff was described by Orson Welles as “Shakespeare’s greatest creation”. Often directly compared to him, his connection to the character is perhaps one of the most organic in all of cinema. Sir John Falstaff is re-imagined and resplendent through Welles’ vision and performance in this portmanteau of five plays. The comedy and warmth remain but, inevitably, these give way to tragedy.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Daniel Yacavone, Lecturer in Film Studies at The University of Edinburgh.

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

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

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

Pete’s Dragon Sun 9 Oct at 11.00am David Lowery • USA 2016 • 1h42m • Digital • PG • Cast: Oakes Fegley, Bryce Dallas Howard, Robert Redford, Karl Urban.

A reimagining of Disney’s cherished 1977 film, Pete’s Dragon is the story of an orphaned boy - Pete (Oakes Fegley) - and his best friend Elliot, who just so happens to be a dragon... When Pete and Elliot, having lived in the woods alone for years, are discovered by locals, the young boy enlists the help of park ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) and her father (Robert Redford) to keep Elliot safe from the authorities...

Ice Age: Collision Course Sun 16 Oct at 11.00am

Long Way North Sun 23 Oct at 11.00am

Mike Thurmeier, Galen T. Chu • USA 2016 • 1h34m • Digital • U With the voices of John Leguizamo , Simon Pegg, Ray Romano.

Rémi Chayé • France/Denmark 2015 • 1h21m • Digital • PG Contains mild violence, threat • With the voices of Chloé Dunn, Vivienne Vermes, Peter Hudson, Antony Hickling.

Scrat’s epic pursuit of his elusive acorn catapults him outside of Earth, where he accidentally sets off a series of cosmic events that transform and threaten the planet. Manny, Sid, Diego, and the rest of the herd leave their home and embark on a quest full of thrills, spills, laughter and adventure while travelling to exotic new lands and encountering a host of colourful new characters.

1892, Saint Petersburg. Sasha, a teenage girl from a Russian aristocratic family, has always been fascinated by her grandfather’s life as an adventurer.

A renowned explorer, he captains a magnificent Arctic ship, but hasn’t returned from his last expedition to the North Pole.

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Mad Monster Party?

Sun 30 Oct at 11.00am Jules Bass • USA 1967 • 1h35m • Digital • U With the voices of Boris Karloff, Allen Swift, Phyllis Diller.

With the ominous voice of Baron Frankenstein unmistakably provided by none other than the legendary Boris Karloff himself, and featuring a superb soundtrack that has deservedly achieved cult status in its own right, this enchanting, rarely screened stop-motion animation sees all the classic movie monsters brought joyously back to life to celebrate Halloween in unforgettably cool 60s style.

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Discovery Film Festival: Shorts for Wee Ones Sun 13 Nov at 11.00am 46m • U

We know your little ones like nothing more than a colourful collection of animated stories from around the world. So we’ve looked high and low and found these wee treasures from Belgium, Brazil, Germany, the USA, France and the UK. You’ll meet a baby lamb who definitely thinks outside the field, an elephant who dreams of riding a shiny new bicycle and a cartoon stick-man who refuses to stay on the page. There is a rather vain fox with the most beautiful tail in the world, and a cat and a dog for whom a lightning storm brings amazing changes to their lives.

All these short films are in English or are dialogue free, so will be accessible for everyone. These magical tales will delight children age 3+ and are a colourful introduction to the cinema experience.

The New Kid Le nouveau Sun 6 Nov at 11.00am Rudi Rosenberg • France 2015 • 1h21m • Format TBC • French with English subtitles • cert tbc - Expected 12A • Cast: Réphaël Ghrenassia, Joshua Raccah, Géraldine Martineau.

Benoît is 13 years-old, a bit shy and wants to make friends so that he can stop worrying about where to sit in the school canteen and wandering around on his own in the playground. But how?

He organises a party, and only three students turn up... but what if this bunch of losers turned out to be the best gang ever?

YOUNG ARTISTS WANTED Feeling inspired by a Filmhouse Junior screening?

We’re looking for your artwork of the films you’ve seen here - you might just get your artwork up on our big Cinema 1 screen before our next Filmhouse Junior screening!

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

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Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival

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A Family Affair Tue 18 Oct at 6.00pm Tom Fassaert • Netherlands 2015 • 1h56m • Digital • Dutch and English with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary.

One of the world’s largest social justice festivals, with annual attendances of over 25,000, this year’s SMHAFF will see over 300 events staged throughout the country, including film, performing arts, literature, music and visual arts.

Led by the Mental Health Foundation, the festival aims to support the arts and challenge preconceived ideas about mental health. www.mhfestival.com

When Tom Fassaert first visits his 95-year-old grandmother in South Africa, all he knows are stories his father told him about the 1950s femme fatale who put her two sons in a children’s home. An unexpected confession makes things even more complicated.

Best Feature Documentary in SMHAFF’s International Film Competition. £6/£4 Co-presentation with Luminate, Scotland’s creative ageing festival. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Tom Fassaert and his father.

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David

Shoulder the Lion

Wed 19 Oct at 6.00pm

Mon 24 Oct at 6.00pm

Jan Těšitel • Czech Republic 2015 • 1h18m • Digital • Czech with English subtitles • 15 - Contains sexualised nudity. Trigger warning: suicide references • Cast: Patrik Holubar, Ondrej Pavelka.

Erinnisse Rebisz, Patryk Rebisz • USA 2015 • 1h14m • Digital • 12A Documentary.

Suffocated by his overprotective parents and tired of being a burden on their lives, a troubled young man decides to leave the security of his family to find himself and his place in life. An intimate comingof-age story about independence, acceptance and the importance of letting go. Best Feature Drama in SMHAFF’s International Film Competition. £6/£4

A blind photographer questions the power of images in our visually saturated culture. A hearing-impaired musician is forced to give up his dream of the stage. A brain-damaged boxer and painter searches for her new place in life. A stunning and innovative film about losing everything and reinventing your future. Experimental Award in SMHAFF’s International Film Competition. £6/£4

A discussion on issues raised by the film will follow the screening.

A discussion on issues raised by the film will follow the screening.

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Touched with Fire Wed 26 Oct at 6.00pm Paul Dalio • USA 2015 • 1h46m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language. Trigger warning: suicide references Cast: Katie Holmes, Luke Kirby, Griffin Dunne, Bruce Altman, Christine Lahti.

Katie Holmes and Luke Kirby shine in this drama about two bipolar patients who feel their poetry is fuelled by emotional highs and lows. When they meet in a psychiatric hospital, a romance blooms. Ultimately, they are forced to examine the consequences of their love for each other. £6/£4 A discussion on issues raised by the film will follow the screening.

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All our dishes are prepared using fresh ingredients with our chefs serving up imaginative, fresh, affordable and exciting food from all round the world. We cater for most dietary needs and have a variety of daily specials which often can be adapted.

The bar has an impressive range of wines as well as fair trade coffees, real ales, beers & spirits all served by our friendly, talented bar staff.

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Every month, our infamously tricky (but fun) Film Quiz, hosted by Sam Kitchener. Free to enter, teams of up to eight people to be seated in the Café Bar by 9pm. Next quiz is on Sunday 9 October We now offer an extensive and affordable Breakfast Menu including Full Scottish and Vegetarian cooked breakfast options, Eggs Benedict and hot fillings for Morning Rolls.

Breakfast served every day until 12pm and Sunday till 3pm.

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Play Poland Film Festival

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Thu 20 Oct at 5.50pm Play Poland Film Festival is an annual event promoting Polish art and cinema abroad, especially in Great Britain. Each year in mid October and November several British cities present screenings of the best contemporary Polish films as well offer a series of accompanying events.

At the festival apart from feature films, there are also short films and animations. All of them specially selected in cooperation with strategic partners from Poland – film schools, production studios, film festivals. The aim is to reach to the widest audience possible, both Polish and local. www.playpoland.org.uk

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Krzysztof Kieslowski • Poland 1987 • 2h3m • Digital • Polish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains moderate sex and nudity Cast: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz.

Poland, in the politically turbulent late 1970s: Witek is running to catch a train. From this banal event, Krzysztof Kieslowski imagines three different possible outcomes in the young man’s life. In the first scenario, Witek catches the train on which he meets some hard line communists and joins the party. In the second, as Witek runs for the train, his path is blocked by a ticket inspector; the ensuing struggle leads to his arrest and subsequent involvement in the political underground. In the final scenario, Witek misses the train and he returns to the medical studies that he intended to abandon. He falls in love, gets married and lives a quiet life...

O!PLA Across the Borders

Kamper

Tue 25 Oct at 8.45pm

Thu 27 Oct at 5.55pm

1h42m • 15

Lukasz Grzegorzek • Poland 2016 • 1h30m • Digital • Polish, English and Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Piotr Żurawski, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Jacek Braciak, Sheily Jimenez.

With 7287 Jury members and 69 festival venues located between the Baltic Sea and Tatra Mountains and 6 competition categories - O!PLA is the biggest Polish celebration of animated film.

Now O!PLA returns with a new programme bringing the newest and coolest Polish animation from the last 2 years to viewers around the world - 19 films in total. As always, the programme is created by “the biggest Jury in the world” - our Polish audiences.

It seems just OK. Your car is nice and your wife even nicer, and you test video games for a living. Then something hits you right between the eyes. You stand up, ready to fight. But fight whom really?

Your wife? Her celebrity chef lover? Or your very own life made of innocent lies, tiny delusions and jokes that have ceased to be funny?

Pull yourself together, Kamper.

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The Red Spider

Czerwony pajak Tue 1 Nov at 8.45pm

Marcin Koszałka • Poland/Czech Republic/Slovakia 2015 • 1h30m Digital • Polish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Filip Pławiak, Adam Woronowicz, Julia Kijowska, Małgorzata Foremniak.

Karol is a teenager from a good family. He is talented and a little bit shy. He learns well, has success in sport. His parents are proud of their son - they are planning a medical career for him. Everything changes when he witnesses a murder.

He doesn’t panic or call the police Pushed by strange ‘needs’ he starts to search and follows the killer striving to uncover the truth about the murderer.

Research slowly turns into a journey into the darkest recesses of human nature...

Strange Heaven

Obce Niebo

Thu 3 Nov at 5.50pm Dariusz Gajewski • Poland 2015 • 1h50m • Digital • Polish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Agnieszka Grochowska, Bartłomiej Topa, Ewa Fröling , Tanja Lorentzon.

Award for Best Actress (Agnieszka Grochowska) at Polish Film Festival 2015 in Gdynia.

Basia and Marek are a young couple of Polish immigrants in Sweden. One innocent lie triggers a family drama; their daughter is taken away by social services and placed with a foster family. The couple is divided by their approach to a fight against ruthless procedures of a modern state. Finally, feeling powerless and desperate, they decide to act beyond the law.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A.

Demon

Blindness

Tue 8 Nov at 8.50pm

Thu 10 Nov at 6.00pm

Marcin Wrona • Poland/Israel 2015 • 1h34m • Digital • Polish, English and Yiddish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Itay Tiran, Tomasz Schuchardt, Andrzej Grabowski, Adam Woronowicz, Włodzimierz Press, Tomasz Ziętek.

Ryszard Bugajski • Poland 2016 • 1h50m • Digital • Polish with English subtitles • 15 • Cast: Maria Mamona, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Janusz Gajos, Marek Kalita.

A young man is a stranger visiting the hometown of his future wife. As a wedding gift from the bride’s grandfather, he receives a piece of land where the two can build a house and raise a happy family.

While preparing the land to build the house, he finds the bones of human bodies in the ground beneath his new property. Strange things begin to happen to change this happy couple’s life forever.

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Zacma

A Stalinist criminal, Julia Brystiger’s nickname was “Bloody Luna” because of her extreme cruelty. At the beginning of the 1960s she appeared in Laski near Warsaw in the Institute for the Blind, where the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, was also a frequent visitor. His imprisonment between 1953-1956 was supervised by Brystiger.

During a difficult and tempestuous conversation with the Primate, Julia Brystiger rejects the communist ideology, asks for her crimes to be forgiven and for help in finding God...

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Africa in Motion is Scotland’s major annual celebration of African cinema, and is delighted to return for the 11th year to bring audiences in Edinburgh and Glasgow a wide variety of creative stories from across the African continent. Artistically innovative and thought-provoking, the programme takes on bold narratives through a range of features, documentaries and shorts. In addition to screenings, the programme is once again packed with an eclectic array of director Q&As, discussions, children’s workshops and more.

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The Wedding Ring

Zin’naariyâ!

Fri 28 Oct at 8.30pm Rahmatou Keïta • Niger/Burkina Faso/France 2016 • 1h36m Digital Songhay, Zarma, Hausa and Fulani with English subtitles 15

For the full festival programme, including the Glasgow programme, additional screenings and complementary events, pick up an AiM brochure in Filmhouse foyer or visit the AiM website.

This vibrant and beautiful female-led story touches upon themes of love, longing, sensuality, marriage and community. The Wedding Ring, Rahmatou Keïta’s second feature, pays homage to the fading customs of the Songhay people in Niger, documenting their ways of life and cultural traditions in order to preserve their memory for generations to come.

We are delighted to welcome Rahmatou Keïta to Africa in Motion to take part in a Q&A following the screening.

TICKET OFFER

Following the opening screening everyone is warmly invited to celebrate AiM’s 11th Opening in Filmhouse Cafe Bar.

African Storytelling

Zarafa

Sat 29 Oct at 12 noon

Sat 29 Oct at 1.15pm

45m • U

Rémi Bezançon & Christophe Lie • France/Belgium 2012 • 1h15m Digital • PG - Contains mild violence, threat

Join in with this interactive and engaging storytelling session with Mara the storyteller and her exciting animal stories from across Africa. A perfect opportunity to let your imaginations run wild, practice your roars and meet other cheeky monkeys! Then stay on for our screening of Zarafa. £3

Under a baobab tree, an old man tells the story of the unusual friendship between Maki, an escaped Sudanese slave, and Zarafa, an orphaned giraffe.

They share a great adventure from Sudan to Paris as they pass the snow-capped Alps, cross paths with aviators and fight pirates, forging an unbreakable friendship along the way.

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Egypt’s Modern Pharaohs: Nasser

Cuba, an African Odyssey - Part 1

Sat 29 Oct at 5.55pm

Sat 29 Oct at 8.40pm

Jihan El-Tahri • France/South Africa/Egypt 2015 • 1h37m • Digital Arabic, Russian and English with English subtitles • 15 Documentary.

Jihan El-Tahri • Cuba/Egypt/South Africa/France 2007 • 59m • Digital French, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and English with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary.

Award-winning Egyptian documentarist Jihan ElTahri explores the history of Gamal Abdel Nasser, the revolutionary army officer whose decade-long reign as president of Egypt saw him defy the West during the 1956 Suez Crisis. Several years in the making, this sweeping documentary arrives at an opportune moment as the region grapples with new upheavals.

From Che Guevara’s military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. Cuba, an African Odyssey is the previously untold story of Cuba’s support for African revolutions, one of the Cold War’s most vigorous contests over resources and ideology.

The screening will be followed by Q&A with director Jihan El-Tahri.

The screening will be followed by Q&A with director Jihan El-Tahri.

Independence

IndependÊncia Sun 30 Oct at 6.20pm

UK PREMIERE

Mário Bastos • Angola 2015 • 1h50m • Digital • Portuguese with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary.

“We had one of the longest liberation struggles in Africa, with a war that lasted 13 years. We weren’t just a generation of young people with revolutionary ideas. We were ordinary men and women, of several generations, from different regions of Angola and from different walks of life. This is our memory.”

Through archive footage, testimonies and animation, this documentary presents the stories of those who fought for the liberation of Angola.

Soul Power Sun 30 Oct at 8.50pm Jeffrey Levy-Hinte • USA 2008 • 1h33m • 35mm • English and French with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary.

Kinshasa, Zaire 1974. James Brown, B.B. King, Miriam Makeba, the Spinners and some of the other most celebrated African and African American music acts of the time came together for a three-day concert preceding the famous ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman. In the year of Ali’s death, it is fitting to pay tribute to his legacy and connection with Africa.

PLUS SHORT

Rythmes et Images: Impressions du Premier Festival Mondial des Arts Negres-Dakar Virgil Calotescu and C. Ionescu-Tonciu • Senegal 1966 • 20m Digital • French with English subtitles

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Africa in Motion Short Film Competition

UK Premieres Mon 31 Oct at 8.30pm

Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu Mandla Dube • South Africa 2016 • 1h47m • Digital • Afrikaans, Zulu, Portuguese and English with English subtitles • 15

For the last nine years AiM has run an annual Short Film Competition aimed at supporting young African filmmaking talent. The shortlist has been selected from over 200 entries, comprising a diverse and captivating collection of work from across the continent, including South Africa, Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritius.

Les Sauteurs

Wed 2 Nov at 8.30pm Abou Bakar Sidibé, Moritz Siebert and Estephan Wagner • Denmark 2016 • 1h22m • Digital • Bambara, French, Hebrew and English with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

In northern Morocco lies the Spanish enclave of Melilla - Europe on African land. On the mountain above live over a thousand hopeful African migrants, watching the fence separating Morocco and Spain.

Through hand-held cameras we get a glimpse of the hopes, fears and determination of those who dream of a better life in Europe by jumping the fence.

Followed by a discussion on the current migrant crisis.

PLUS SHORT

This Migrant Business Ng’endo Mukii • Kenya

2015 • 6m • Digital • 15

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Tue 1 Nov at 5.55pm

1h44m • Digital • Various languages • 15

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Almost 40 years after his execution, Solomon ‘Kalushi’ Mahlangu’s story as a forgotten hero of the anti-apartheid struggle is finally being told in this powerful biopic. The film unflinchingly shows the violence and brutality of the apartheid regime, but also traces Kalushi’s courage and determination in the struggle for freedom and democracy in South Africa, and his transformation into an iconic leader of the liberation struggle.

The screening will be followed by Q&A with Mandla Dube and lead actor Thabo Rametsi.

Much Loved

Zin Li Fik Thu 3 Nov at 8.45pm

Nabil Ayouch • Morocco/France 2015 • 1h44m • Digital • Arabic with English subtitles • 15

This film is one of the first features to address the issue of sex work in Morocco. Noha is an experienced prostitute, and a mother figure to two young sex workers, Soukaina and Randa. With driver/ protector Said in tow, they spend a lucrative night at a villa rented by a group of Saudi businessmen.

Much Loved stirred the censors and created an outcry in Morocco even before its release.

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Kati Kati Fri 4 Nov at 8.45pm Mbithi Masya • Kenya/Germany 2016 • 1h15m • Digital • Swahili and English with English subtitles • 15 • .

When Kaleche, a young amnesiac, wakes up in the middle of the Kenyan wilderness, she has no memories and no idea how she got there. She makes her way to Kati Kati, a nearby lodge, where she meets a mysterious motley crew of residents.

This unusual fantasy, set in a purgatory space-time, is an allegory of finding peace and reconciliation against the backdrop of Kenya’s violent recent past.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Mbithi Masya.

The Green March

Al Massira: La Marche Verte Sun 6 Nov at 3.30pm Youssef Britel • Morocco 2015 • 1h30m • Digital • Arabic, French and Spanish with English subtitles • 15

Youssef Britel’s La Marche Verte is a patriotic account of 350,000 Moroccan civilians’ dramatic 1975 March into the Southern Moroccan territory of the Western Sahara. The ensemble of diverse characters has one thing in common: a deep, uncomplicated love for their country. This sweeping historical drama, boasting fantastic settings and grand location shooting, won awards at the Festival National du Film in Tangiers in February 2016.

The screening will be followed by panel discussion on migration, post-colonialism and the Western Sahara.

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As I Open My Eyes

À peine j’ouvre les yeux Sat 5 Nov at 8.40pm

Leyla Bouzid • France/Tunisia/Belgium/United Arab Emirates 2015 • 1h42m • Digital • Arabic and French with English subtitles • 15

It is summer 2010 in Tunis, at a point when the first waves of the Arab Spring are beginning to swell.

Ben Ali’s government nears the end as Farah joins ‘Joujma’, a political underground rock band. She is a principled and articulate young girl, but also strong-willed and searching, constantly pushing boundaries. This highly acclaimed debut by Leyla Bouzid advocates the noble idealism, determination and exuberance of youth.

Life is Waiting: Referendum and Resistance in Western Sahara Sun 6 Nov at 6.00pm Iara Lee • Western Sahara/USA/Spain 2015 • 59m • Digital • Hassaniya Arabic, Spanish, French and English with English subtitles 15 • Documentary.

Most people think that colonialism in Africa has ended. But in the territory of Western Sahara, the end of European rule only gave way to a new occupation, this time by Morocco. Four decades later the Sahrawi people still face arrests, torture and disappearances for demanding their independence.

The film gives voice to a brave cast of Sahrawi activists and artists as they offer their points of view.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For Crying Out Loud

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

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

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

This issue, all screenings of Café Society, Hell or High Water, American Honey and Ethel & Ernest have audio description, and the following screenings will have captions: Tue 11 Oct at 8.45pm Café Society Wed 19 Oct at 5.10pm American Honey Tue 25 Oct at 6.00pm Hell or High Water Mon 1 Nov at 6.00pm Ethel & Ernest

Mon 10 Oct at 11am The Fencer Mon 17 Oct at 11am Swallows and Amazons Mon 24 Oct at 11am La Grande Illusion Mon 31 Oct at 11am Ethel & Ernest

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