Filmhouse Brochure - September 2016

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FILMS WORTH TALKING ABOUT

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“You’re not a real cinema. You don’t even sell popcorn!”

A cinema like us can have issues with perception. An old church with high windows you can’t see into, with less of the external paraphernalia one might associate with a cinema. It’s a marketing challenge, for sure. Everyone knows what a multiplex is and exists for. (It’s where you go to slurp Coke® and munch popcorn noisily, talk, text, and ‘smartphone’ your ‘friends’ to tell them you’re at the cinema, isn’t it?) Our core function is perhaps not quite so widely, readily understood, though I’m never entirely sure why. It is just films ultimately, albeit only the good ones… (?!)

I recall many years ago an elderly geezer I got talking to in an infamous Tollcross hostelry referring to Filmhouse as “that porn cinema on Lothian Road”; one time a taxi driver referred to it as “that private club place opposite The Bull and Bush?” when I asked to be ferried here. “That cinema opposite the Ambassador Sauna” was another, as written, drily, by an erstwhile manager of the Cameo (you know, the ‘independent’ Cineworld-owned cinema in Tollcross). More often than not though, I’d hear “the place that shows those weird foreign films”. Thankfully, such perceptions are less prevalent than they once were.

Too many films, too little space! If I were you I’d make sure I didn’t miss Julieta, Captain Fantastic and Hunt for the Wilderpeople, easily the staff favourite at EIFF this year. Oh, also, Woody Allen’s Café Society. The very fine Little Men. Oh, and the splendid wine doc, Sour Grapes. Oh, and Spanish classic El Sur. And then there’s the Take One Action Film Festival…

Incidentally, the quote at the top of the page was hurled at my then boss across the room by a Cameo staffer at a ‘Save The Cameo’ public meeting at the time of its proposed closure back in 2005. It’s a great quote. We still use it on occasion, in mocking self-deprecation.

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

Filmhouse Explorer Buy A TICKET FOR...

Julieta (p 4) Hunt for the Wilderpeople (p 4) Café Society (p 5) Captain Fantastic (p 5) Jason Bourne (p 8)

GET A HALF PRICE TICKET for Things to Come (p 4) Sour Grapes (p 5) Little Men (p 5) El Sur (p 9) Shakespeare on Film (p 34-37)

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 BABY & CARER SCREENINGS SCREENING DATES AND TIMES

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20,000 Days on Earth 19 10 Billion: What’s on Your Plate?

28 The Adventures of Prince Achmed 6 All the President’s Men 24 The Assassination of Jesse James...

18 At Home in the World 30 The Best Man 24 Beyond Borders Film Festival 16-17 Beyond My Grandfather Allende 17 The Bride 12 Café Society 5 Captain Fantastic 5 Checks and Balances 31 Chimes at Midnight 37 The Confession 9 Daesh Deserters Speak Out 16 Double, Double: Reflecting...

34 A Double Life 35 Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival 12 Education and Learning 14 El Sur 9 A Farm of Passage 29 Filmhouse Junior 26-27 The Fog of Srebrenica 10 Forbidden Planet 37 Fractured Land 31 Frost/Nixon 23 A Good American 28 Growing Pains 10 Hamlet 34 A Haunting History 30 Henry V 37 Hooligan Sparrow 29 Hunt for the Wilderpeople 4 The Ides of March 24 Jason Bourne 8 JFK 24 Julieta 4 Kafana 29 Kiss Me Kate (3D) 36 Lawless 19 Little Men 5 Little Miss Sunshine 6 Losing Ground 9

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Makibefo 36 The Manchurian Candidate 23 The Man Who Fell To Earth 9 A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy 36 Milk 24 Mr Smith Goes to Washington 24 Nick Cave, Warren Ellis & The Bad Seeds 18-19 Norfolk 11 One More Time With Feeling 16 Poverty Inc. 31 The Proposition 18 Prospero’s Books 36 Radical Grace 29 Real Boy 11 Rebel With a Camera: The Cinema of... 11 The Road 19 The Road to God Knows Where 19 Roald Dahl on Film 6-7 Romeo, Juliet and Darkness 35 Rough Stage 30 Salam Neighbour 16 Scottish Queer International Film Fest. 11 Secret Agent 7 Sembene! 11 Shakespeare on Film 34-37 Sonita 32 Sour Grapes 5 Sweet Bean 8 A Syrian Love Story 14 Take One Action Film Festival 28-32 Things to Come 4 Throne of Blood 35 To Be or Not To Be 35 Tomorrow 28 The Trials of Spring 31 U.S. Politics in Film 23-25 University of Edinburgh Short Courses 13 Valley of Love 8 Walls 32 A Walnut Tree 17 The Wave 8 What Tomorrow Brings 17 When Two Worlds Collide 30 Willow and Wind 10 The Witches 7+24 Wunder der Schöpfung 7 Yallah! Underground 17 You Only Live Twice 6

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Julieta

Things to Come

Showing to Thu 22 Sep

Showing from Fri 2 Sep

Pedro Almodövar • Spain 2016 • 1h39m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 - Contains strong sex.

Mia Hansen-Løve • France/Germany 2016 • 1h42m • Digital • French, English and German with English subtitles 12A - Contains infrequent strong language, drug misuse.

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

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

L’avenir

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, André Marcon, Roman Kolinka, Edith Scob.

Philosophy teacher Nathalie (Isabelle Huppert) abruptly finds herself in a summer of personal revolution. Upon finding out that her husband is leaving her and with her mother’s death imminent, she is faced with untethered freedom for the first time in many years. Wrestling with publishers over her book’s cover artwork, swithering about what to do with her mother’s pet cat and sparring with a young protégé (Roman Kalinka), Nathalie takes her first steps into an uncertain future...

NEW RELEASE

Hunt for the Wilderpeople Showing from Fri 16 Sep Taika Waititi • New Zealand 2016 • 1h42m • Digital • 12A • Cast: Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Rima Te Wiata, Rhys Darby.

One of the funniest and most delightful films of the year, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a pleasure from beginning to end. Writer/ director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows) has crafted an effortlessly funny odd-couple story about rap-loving troublesome orphan Ricky (newcomer Julian Dennison) and gnarly gruff loner Hec (Sam Neill) who end up being chased by police deep into the New Zealand bush. A compassionate, generous, engaging and often laugh-out-loud funny film.

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NEW RELEASE

Sour Grapes

Little Men

Showing from Fri 16 Sep

Showing from Fri 23 Sep

Jerry Rothwell, Reuben Atlas • UK 2016 • 1h26m • Digital • 15 Documentary

Ira Sachs • USA/Greece 2016 • 1h25m • Digital • English and Spanish with English subtitles • PG

Rudy Kurniawan was, it was rumoured, a wine savant, had an expert memory for taste and in 2006 made $35 million in two wine auctions from the sale of his wine. In 2008, however, a French wine producer realised that wine from his family’s domain was being sold from a year they hadn’t produced it...

Featuring obsessive collectors, outraged wine producers, suspect auction houses and specialist FBI personnel, Sour Grapes is a fascinating documentary telling of an ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ tale for the modern age.

NEW RELEASE

Cast: Theo Taplitz, Michael Barbieri, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Ehle.

Quiet, thoughtful Jake (Theo Taplitz) and street-wise Tony (Michael Barbieri) forge a fast friendship when Jake’s family inherit his late grandfather’s apartment and the unit below, which is leased by Tony’s mother for her dress shop. Soon, however, the tenant and her new landlords find themselves at crossed purposes about the fate of the property and, in a tense situation beyond their control, the close bond between them is tested to its limit.

NEW RELEASE

Captain Fantastic

CafÉ Society

Showing from Fri 30 Sep

Showing from Fri 30 Sep

Matt Ross • USA 2016 • 1h59m • Digital • 15

Woody Allen • USA 2016 • 1h36m • Digital • 12A

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Frank Langella, Kathryn Hahn.

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, Blake Lively.

Deep in the woodland of the Pacific Northwest, away from society, a father (Viggo Mortensen) dedicates his life to transforming his six young children into extraordinary adults through rigorous physical and intellectual training. When a tragedy strikes the family, however, they are forced to leave this self-created paradise and begin a journey into the outside world that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent and brings into question everything he’s taught them.

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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Special Events

6 | 2 SEP 16 - 6 OCT 16

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ROALd dahl on film

Little Miss Sunshine

You Only Live Twice

Wed 7 Sep at 6.00pm

Sun 11 Sep at 6.05pm

Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris • USA 2006 • 1h42m • 35mm 15 - Contains strong language and drug use

Lewis Gilbert • UK 1967 • 1h56m • Digital • English, Japanese and Russian with English subtitles • PG

Cast: Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Paul Dano, Toni Collette.

Cast: Sean Connery, Donald Pleasance, Bernard Lee.

Olive is a little girl with a dream: winning the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. Her family wants her dream to come true, but they are so burdened with their own problems, and, as they travel to the pageant in California, they find that they have embarked on a voyage of self-discovery...

In 1966 Roald Dahl was approached by Bond producers Harry Saltzman and Albert “Cubby” Broccoli, who asked him if he would be interested in writing the screenplay for the fifth film. So, as the space race heated up, so the Bond franchise looked to the stars, with SPECTRE hijacking US spacecraft to incite a war between Russia and the US. Bond armed with an array of gadgets - travels to Japan to find the secret base hidden beneath a volcano...

Screening during the week of World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday 10 September 2016.

More info at www.iasp.info

CINESCORE LIVE

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

WITH A LIVE SCORE BY SINK Sun 11 Sep at 4.00pm

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

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

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

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THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN CINEMA

ROALd dahl on film

Secret Agent

The Witches

Mon 12 Sep only

Tue 13 Sep at 6.30pm

Alfred Hitchcock • UK 1936 • 1h29m • 35mm • U

Nicolas Roeg • UK/USA 1990 • 1h31m • Digital • PG

The cost of deadly patriotic subterfuge is made clear in the tensions arising between three agents (John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll and Peter Lorre) sent to identify and kill an enemy operative in the Swiss Alps.

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

Cast: Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Jasen Fisher, Rowan Atkinson.

After his parents die in a car crash, Luke travels with his eccentric grandmother to a stark Cornish hotel.

Also checking in is the annual ladies meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Luke overhears a meeting only to discover they are actually a convention of ghastly witches hell bent on turning every child in Britain into a mouse.

With imaginative puppetry by Jim Henson’s creature shop, Roeg’s dark and witty retelling puts disturbing flesh on Dahl’s fancies...

CINESCORE LIVE

Wunder der Schöpfung

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

Hanns Walter Kornblum • Germany 1925 • 1h32m • Digital • German intertitles with English subtitles • U • Documentary

This ground-breaking silent documentary is an extraordinary and unique document of human knowledge about the world and the universe in the 1920s literally translated as ‘Wonder of Creation’ and combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact.

Herschel 36’s score was premiered at the Hippodrome Festival of Silent Cinema in March 2016 and tours Scotland this spring and autumn as part of CineScore Live, a touring season of live music and film events supported by Film Hub Scotland. Screening material courtesy of the Goethe-Institut Glasgow and the Munich Filmmuseum.

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Maybe You Missed

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Jason Bourne

Valley of Love

Showing from Fri 2 Sep

Fri 2 to Sun 4 Sep

Paul Greengrass • USA 2016 • 2h3m • Digital • 12A

Guillaume Nicloux • France/Belgium 2015 • 1h32m • Digital • French and English with English subtitles • 15

Cast: Matt Damon, Alicia Vikander, Tommy Lee Jones, Vincent Cassel.

Set 12 years after The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Jason Bourne returns Matt Damon to the hard-hitting role, with Paul Greengrass (Captain Phillips, The Bourne Supremacy) back in the director’s chair. Channelling contemporary real-world pressures of enforced austerity measures, information leaks and cyberterrorism, this fifth instalment sees Jason Bourne drawn out of the shadows - still pursuing answers about his mysterious past as the authorities struggle to keep pace.

Maybe you missed

Sweet Bean

An

Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Gérard Depardieu.

In this spare and intimate film, the compelling lead pairing of Isabelle (Huppert) and Gérard (Depardieu) go to a strange appointment in Death Valley. They have not seen each other for years and are here to answer a written invitation from their son Michael, which they received after his suicide six months ago.

Michael’s note details their exact itinerary in the arid Californian heat, and the couple must learn to coexist under the physical and emotional strain.

Maybe you missed

The Wave

Fri 9 & Sat 10 Sep

Fri 9 to Mon 12 Sep

Naomi Kawase • Japan/France/Germany 2015 • 1h53m • Digital Japanese with English subtitles • PG

Roar Uthaug • Norway 2015 • 1h45m • Digital • Norwegian with English subtitles • 15

Cast: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida.

Cast: Krisoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Thomas Bo Larsen, Edith Haagenrud-Sande.

A street food vendor (Masatoshi Nagasi) encounters an eccentric 76 year-old woman (Kirin Kiki) when he advertises a job. Initially rejecting her application due to her advancing years, he is soon swayed when he samples her home-made bean paste - superior in every way to the factory-made equivalent. Naomi Kawase’s skilful, tender-hearted film follows the changing relationship between the middle-aged baker, older woman and a local teenager (Kyara Uchida), while turning a critical eye towards how marginalised members of society are treated.

Geologist Kristian (Kristoffer Joner) is responsible for monitoring the the mountainous region surrounding the Geirangerfjord in western Norway. In a classic disaster movie set-up, on his last day of work before moving away he notices something on his equipment...

The impending giant tsunami that follows triggers a frenetic race against time for Kristian, his family and the people of Geiranger. Roar Uthaug directs The Wave with great tension and spectacular vision.

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Maybe you missed

Maybe you missed

The Idol

The Confession

Mon 12 to Thu 15 Sep

Wed 14 & Thu 15 Sep

Hany Abu-Assad • Netherlands/UK/Qatar/Argentina/Palestine 2016 1h39m • Digital • Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles • PG

Ashish Ghadiali • UK 2016 • 1h36m • Digital • 15 • Documentary

Cast: Tawfeek Barhom, Eyad Hourani, Hiba Attalah.

Acclaimed Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now, Omar) directs this rousing biopic about Mohammad Assaf, the Gazan wedding singer who became a worldwide sensation after winning the Arab Idol music competition in 2013. Shot on location in the devastated landscapes of Gaza, The Idol sidesteps the obvious political turmoil, favouring the human story of Assaf, his journey and the unifying power of music.

CLASSIC RE-RELEASE

Losing Ground Tue 13 Sep at 3.25pm & 6.10pm Kathleen Collins • USA 1982 • 1h26m • Digital Cast: Seret Scott, Bill Gunn, Duane Jones, Billie Allen.

The first feature directed by a black female American director, Losing Ground is a wry, smart comedydrama that was very nearly lost to obscurity following a meagre release in 1982. Philosophy professor Sara (Seret Scott) and her husband Victor (William Gunn) are entering the prime of their lives, and yet their interests are diverging rapidly. With Sara playing the lead in a smitten student’s amateur film and Victor living upstate surrounded by young women, it’s a perfect recipe for jealousy....

The Confession is a gripping account of the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the disastrous reaction of the West. In 2001, Moazzam Begg was abducted by the US military and under interrogation gave a forced confession, admitting to being an Al Qaeda operative. Begg was held and tortured in detention sites in Kandahar and Bagram.

This extraordinary documentary captures the entirety of Begg’s story in an in-depth interview, from his forced confession and testimony as a free man, to his experience as a British Muslim and living the War on Terror.

CLASSIC RE-RELEASE

El Sur The South Mon 26 to Thu 29 Sep Victor Erice • Spain/France 1983 • 1h34m • Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • PG Cast: Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, Icïar Bollaïn.

Based on the novel by Adelaida Garcïa Morales, El Sur is a delicately realised yet haunting portrait of maturation, estrangement, alienation, and dislocation, about a young girl, Estrella (played in her teenage years by a young Icïar Bollaïn), whose father harbours a secret. One of the great unfinished European films (originally scripted as two and a half hours long) it was recently listed by Pedro Almodóvar as one of his favourite films from Spanish cinema - “I cry every time I watch it”, he remarked.

Maybe You Missed/Classic Re-Releases

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CLASSIC RE-RELEASE

The Man Who Fell To Earth Sat 1 & Sun 2 Oct Nicolas Roeg • UK 1976 • 2h19m • Digital • 18 Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Bernie Casey.

An alien (Bowie) crash lands on Earth, seeking help for his drought-stricken planet. By securing patents to advanced technology, he becomes a fabulously wealthy industrialist. However, money and its attendant decadence ultimately exert a stronger gravitational pull. The otherworldly Bowie was perfectly cast as the space traveller, and the film further cemented director Nicolas Roeg’s status as one of the most unique filmmakers of the 1970’s.

SPECIAL EVENT

The Fog of Srebrenica Fri 30 Sep at 6.00pm Samir Mehanovic • UK/Bosnia and Herzegovina 2015 • 1h • Digital Bosnian with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

11th July, 2015 marked the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the only holocaust in Europe since World War II, when 8,372 Bosnian men and boys were killed in one week.

In this award-winning documentary - produced and edited in Scotland - we meet a cast of extraordinary characters. Their powerful stories raise serious and profound questions about the nature of human existence, war and forgiveness.

Followed by a Q&A with director Samir Mahanovic, chaired by Joyce McMillan.

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GROWING PAINS

Willow and Wind

Beed-o Baad

Wed 28 Sep at 6.00pm Mohammad Ali Talebi • Iran/Japan 1999 • 1h21m • Persian with English subtitles • PG - Contains potentially imitable behaviour 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.

How does a child deal with the burden of the world on their shoulders? Kuchakpourso is a young boy who is responsible for breaking a pane of glass during a playground football match. Threatened with expulsion if the window is not repaired, Kuchakpourso sets off alone to find funds for the pane of glass, ensure its carriage to the school during gale force winds, and replace it all by himself. Willow and Wind successfully conveys a sense of the fear of failure and abandonment, as well as the vulnerability and loneliness experienced in childhood.

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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OVer the rainbow

SPECIAL EVENT

Real Boy

Norfolk

Mon 3 Oct at 6.00pm

Wed 5 Oct at 6.10pm

Shaleece Haas • USA 2016 • 1h12m • Digital • 12A • Documentary

Martin Radich • UK 2015 • 1h27m • Digital • 15

‘I just want to be loved by my family,’ says Bennett, a nineteen year old trans man. Ben’s mum is having a hard time coming to terms with her child changing.

His dad and sister no longer speak to him. But thanks to social media, Ben meets a network of people, including best friend Dylan and Joe Stevens, a trans musician. With their support, Ben comes to terms with his identity and begins to build bridges.

We are delighted that Joe Stevens, musician and star of Real Boy, will be joining us after the screening for a Q&A. The film is screening with English subtitlesand BSL interpretation will be provided for the Q&A. Screening as part of SQIFF.

Cast: Denis Ménochet, Barry Keoghan, Goda Letkauskaite.

The second feature from UK director Martin Radich.

Another striking, genre challenging piece set on the flatlands of Norfolk. A father and son live a reclusive lifestyle in the middle of nowhere. The man, a disillusioned mercenary, has his final target in sight - a gang of foreign revolutionaries who lay low in a nearby derelict compound. As the man closes in on his target, the boy falls for the revolutionaries’ serving girl.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Martin Radich.

Rebel With a Camera: The Cinema of Ousmane Sembène SPECIAL EVENT

Sembene!

This screening is part of Rebel With a Camera: The Cinema of Ousmane Sembène supported by the British Film Institute, and will be followed by other screenings of Sembène’s films in October:

Thu 6 Oct at 8.30pm Samba Gadjigo & Jason Silverman • Senegal/USA 2015 • 1h29m Digital • English, French and Wolof with English subtitles • 12A Documentary

In 1952, Ousmane Sembène, a dockworker and school dropout from Senegal began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. Sembene! tells the extraordinary true story of this maverick writer and filmmaker, who fought for 50 years to give African stories to Africa, and who is now widely known as the father of African cinema.

Followed by Q&A with director Samba Gadjigo, Sembène’s biographer.

Black Girl Senegal/France 1966 • 1h French with English subtitles Sat 8 Oct at 6.30pm Xala Senegal 1974 • 2h3m French and Wolof with English subtitles Sun 9 Oct at 5.45pm Moolaadé Senegal/France/Burkina Faso 2004 • 2h5m Bambara and French with English subtitles Sun 16 Oct at 5.45pm

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Edinburgh Spansih Film Festival

12 | 2 SEP 16 - 6 OCT 16

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Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival on sale from Friday 2 September

OPENING FILM

The Bride

La novia

Thu 6 & Sat 8 Oct 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.

Amama - 7 & 11 Oct Rumbos - 7 & 12 Oct An Autumn Without Berlin - 8 Oct Life Goes On - 8 Oct The Shortest Afternoon - 9 Oct Sex, Maracas and Chihuahuas - 9, 10 & 14 Oct The King of Havana - 9 & 13 Oct Food and Shelter - 10 & 13 Oct Reyes’ Club - 11 & 12 Oct The Olive Tree - 12 Oct Lovers: A True Story - 13 Oct Bad Day to Go Fishing - 14 & 15 Oct Mr. Kaplan - 14 & 15 Oct Ixcanul - 15 Oct

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Short Courses Welcome to a new term of exciting film courses.

Starting in September, five courses are taking place at Filmhouse in the Edinburgh Film Guild Club Room and Cinema: French Cinema, Shakespeare on Film, Hollywood’s Unsung Heroes, New Iranian Cinema and The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock. All courses are taught by university tutors from the Centre for Open Learning at Edinburgh University and are open to all, with no previous knowledge required. Come and join us if you enjoy discussing films with like-minded movie lovers!

Martine Pierquin, Course Organiser For more information and how to enrol, go to: www.ed.ac.uk/short-courses www.ed.ac.uk/studying/short-courses/studentinfo/help-with-fees

Hollywood: The Unsung Heroes

French Cinema Mondays from 26 September 2016 • 6:10pm - 9:00pm (10 classes) Guild Cinema • Martine Pierquin • £121.00

Learn more about the popular stars and innovative directors of French cinema. Together we will examine critically acclaimed films, all introduced by a short lecture and followed by a group discussion.

In November, we will also attend a screening at the French Film Festival (not included in course fee).

Shakespeare on Film: The Bard for Particular Times Tuesdays from 27 September 2016 • 2:10pm - 5:00pm (10 classes) Guild Cinema • Derek Wilson • £121.00

Famously Ben Johnson said Shakespeare was for all time. The course examines films of his plays within their own times, their cultural and cinematic contexts while considering the universality of Shakespeare.

Tuesdays from 27 September 2016 • 6:30pm - 9:20pm • (10 classes) Guild Cinema • Rolland Man • £121.00

This is a chance to rediscover and discuss the wonderful films of the unsung heroes of Hollywood, from pioneers such as Rex Ingram and Clarence Brown to independent spirits like Don Siegel. They created some classics of American cinema, but often we are not familiar with the work of the directors not included in the ‘official canon’.

The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock Thursdays from 29 September 2016 • 6:30pm - 9:20pm (10 classes) Guild Cinema • James Dunnigan • £121.00

An introduction to the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock from the early British work onwards. The films will be studied with particular reference to genre and the star system. The key focus will be an examination of Hitchcock’s work in the light of the auteur theory.

New Iranian Cinema Tuesdays from 4 October 2016 • 6:30pm - 9:20pm • (5 classes) Guild Club Room • Farshid Kazemi • £61.00

This course showcases some of the most critically acclaimed Iranian films and film directors from the Iranian New Wave of the 1960s/70s to post -revolutionary New Iranian Cinema. We will see how, despite censorship codes, filmmakers have developed a distinctive cinematic language and framed the tensions that run through Iranian society.

University of Edinburgh Short Courses

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Education and Learning

14 | 2 SEP 16 - 6 OCT 16

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Education and Learning Autumn School Screenings Take One Action Shorts (Primary screening) Thursday 15 September, 10am • 1h30, cert PG, P6-P7, Global Citizenship A fun event combining a specially-curated programme of short films and creative learning activities for P6-P7, focusing on Global Citizenship and the rights of the child.

Sonita (Secondary screening) Tuesday 20 September, 10am • 1h30, est. cert 12A, Farsi/Afghan with English subtitles, S2-S6, Modern Studies, Global Citizenship, Music A surprising and engaging documentary, winner of multiple audience awards across the globe, which tells the story of Sonita, a young Afghan refugee living in Tehran. In a country where women can’t sing, she wants to be a rapper; in a community where teenage girls are sold into marriage, she refuses to be a commodity.

Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: The Bride (La Novia) Friday 7 October, 10am • 1h36m, est. cert 15, Spanish with English subtitles, S4 - S6, Modern Languages. Based on the classic Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca, La Novia tells the passionate and tragic story of a love triangle between two men and woman Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival: The Olive Tree (El Olivo) Wednesday 12 October, 10am • 1h38m, suitable for ages 14+, Spanish and German with English subtitles, S4 - S6, Modern Languages (Spanish), Social Studies.

Directed by award-winning Icíar Bollaín (Even the Rain), this moving drama follows a determined young farmer as she travels across Europe to reclaim her grandfather’s beloved olive tree.

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 masterpiece Romeo and Juliet, preceded by a talk by Dr Anthony Quinn on the various representations of Juliet on film.

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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Beyond Borders Film Festival

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The annual Beyond Borders Film Festival exhibits documentary-style films about individuals and communities caught in conflict, shedding light on themes often overlooked by mainstream media.

The 2016 Festival will explore What Comes After, bringing to life the experiences of others through storytelling: empowering and challenging audiences to engage with what they have seen. We ask what comes after you flee your home, settle in a refugee camp, experience the death of a family member who is a deposed President, or when education… is offered to girls never before sent to school. beyondbordersscotland.com

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A Syrian Love Story Mon 5 Sep at 6.10pm Sean McCallister • UK 2015 • 1h16m • Digital • English and Arabic with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Armer and Raghda met in a Syrian prison twenty years ago, arrested for protesting against al-Assad’s regime. When director Sean McAllister meets the couple in 2009, their love is stronger than ever. But in the five years the film shares with them, Syria is thrown into one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of our time. An intimate and unusually poignant love story from the epicentre of the war, about two people who love each other and their country more than anything else, and who are being torn apart by both.

The screening will be followed by discussion/Q&A.

Daesh Deserters Speak Out

Salam Neighbor

Tue 6 Sep at 6.10pm

Wed 7 Sep at 6.10pm

Thomas Dandois, François-Xavier Tregan • France 2016 • 52m Digital • German, English and French with English subtitles 12A Documentary

Zach Ingrasci, Chris Temple • USA 2015 • 1h15m • Digital English and Arabic with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Personal testimonies from Islamic State defectors and those who have helped them escape. This exceptional documentary reveals what daily life is like inside Daesh and looks at the conditions surrounding the dangerous work of exfiltration.

In southeast Turkey, a few dozen kilometres from Syria, at great risk to themselves, a clandestine network is exfiltrating fighters who have decided to leave. For the first time, these deserters have agreed to give a detailed account of the roles they played and what life is like under the yoke of Islamic State.

The screening will be accompanied by a short film.

What is it like to live in a refugee camp home to 80,000 other people? Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple chose to find out - by moving in themselves. The young filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to the refugee camp in Za’atari, Jordan: to live there for one month and film it all. This is a project that poignantly and with a youthful sensitivity explores the human nuances behind the media’s often one-sided coverage of life as a refugee.

The screening will be followed by a discussion/ Q&A.

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A Walnut Tree Thu 8 Sep at 6.10pm Ammar Aziz • Pakistan 2015 • 1h21m • Digital • Pashtu with English subtitles • Documentary

An elderly man, internally displaced as a result of the ongoing war between the Pakistan army and the Taliban and forced to live in a camp, wants to return home. He reminisces about a distant homeland as his family is caught between memories of what life was, an insecure present and a bleak future.

Yallah! Underground Sat 10 Sep at 6.10pm Farid Eslam • Germany 2015 • 1h24m • Digital • English and Arabic with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

In a region full of tension, young Arab artists in the Middle East have struggled for years to express themselves freely and to promote more liberal attitudes within their societies. During the Arab Spring, like many others of this new generation, local artists had high hopes for the future and took part in the protests. However, after years of turmoil and instability, young Arabs now have to challenge both old and new problems, being torn between feelings of disillusion and a vague hope for a better future.

Beyond My Grandfather Allende Fri 9 Sep at 6.10pm Marcia Tambutti Allende • Chile/Mexico 2015 • 1h30m • Digital Spanish with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Almost 42 years have passed since a military coup in Chile deposed President Salvador Allende.

In Beyond My Grandfather Allende, his granddaughter Marcia Tambutti Allende goes in search of Salvador Allende the man, quickly discovering that they don’t talk about “Chico” as he was affectionately known. Nevertheless, the filmmaker’s grandmother slowly becomes accustomed to her interviewing style and starts to talk more about Allende, her marriage and her role as the president’s wife...

The screening will be followed by a discussion/ Q&A.

What Tomorrow Brings Sun 11 Sep at 6.10pm Beth Murphy • USA/Afghanistan 2016 • 1h30m • Digital English and Dari with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

What Tomorrow Brings follows one year in the life of the first all-girls school in a remote, conservative Afghan village. The film traces the inter-connected stories of those who bring the school to life: students, teachers, village elders, parents, and school founder Razia Jan. While the girls learn to read and write, their education goes far beyond the classroom to become lessons about tradition and time. They discover their school is the one place they can turn to understand the differences between the lives they were born into and the lives they dream of leading.

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Nick Cave, Warren Ellis & The Bad Seeds

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A short season of films featuring the music of

Nick Cave, Warren Ellis & The Bad Seeds All tickets to films in this season cost £6 (unless otherwise stated)

One More Time With Feeling Thu 8 Sep at 9.00pm Andrew Dominik • UK 2016 • 1h50m • Digital • 18 • Documentary

A unique one night only cinema event directed by Andrew Dominik (Killing Them Softly), One More Time With Feeling will be the first ever opportunity anyone will have to hear Skeleton Tree, the sixteenth studio album from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. The film will screen in cinemas across the world on 8th September 2016, immediately prior to the release of Skeleton Tree the following day. £13/£10

The Proposition

Screenplay by Nick Cave; music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Fri 9 Sep at 3.30pm & 8.45pm John Hillcoat • Australia/UK 2005 • 1h44m • Digital • English and Aboriginal with English subtitles • 18

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Sat 10 Sep at 2.45pm & 8.00pm

Cast: Guy Pearce, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, Ray Winstone.

Andrew Dominik • USA 2007 • 2h40m • 35mm • 15 - Contains strong violence and sex references

A bloody, fascinating Aussie western, The Proposition stars Guy Pearce as an outlaw put in an unenviable position by a British copper (Ray Winstone): either track down and kill his loony older brother (Danny Huston), or his younger sibling will be executed. The desperate story plays out in the stunning but spartan barren Outback - a place as hard and unforgiving as the men who roam it. It’s a savagely entertaining look at the nature of man.

The 3.30pm screening is priced £6.00/£4.50

Cast: Brad Pitt, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell, Mary-Louise Parker.

This masterful Western by New Zealand director Andrew Dominik (Chopper) delves into the private life and public exploits of the US’s most notorious outlaw. As the charismatic and unpredictable Jesse James plans his next great robbery, he wages war on his enemies, who are trying to collect the reward money - and the glory - riding on his capture. But the greatest threat to his life may ultimately come from those he trusts the most.

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The Road

Music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Sun 11 Sep at 3.35pm & 8.45pm John Hillcoat • USA 2009 • 1h52m • 35mm • 15 - Contains infrequent strong violence, language and gory images

20,000 Days on Earth Mon 12 Sep at 3.25pm & 8.45pm Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard • UK 2014 • 1h37m • Digital 15 - Contains strong language, nudity detail Documentary featuring Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Ray Winstone.

Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron.

A brilliantly directed and largely faithful adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road is also an unforgettable piece of filmmaking in its own right.

A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) travel alone through a postapocalyptic landscape, ravaged by an unspecified catastrophe. Man and boy head towards the coast, not knowing if anything awaits them, trying to keep alive ideas of goodness and civilisation in a world where survival is a daily struggle.

The Road to God Knows Where Tue 13 Sep at 3.30pm & 8.45pm Uli M. Schüppel • Germany 1990 • 1h29m • Digital • 12A Documentary

With The Road to God Knows Where, young German director Uli M. Schüppel - armed with a 16mm camera and a cassette machine - set out on a fiveweek odyssey of the USA with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Sch√ºppel was primarily interested in the six personalities of the band, unobtrusively observing their days, nights and on-stage performances. A far cry from the usual rock’n’roll tour film, the result is a documentary packed with candid, amusing and surprisingly profound moments.

A fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. With frank insights and an intimate portrait of the artistic process, the film examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit. We meet those who have affected his life, personally and professionally, including hilarious moments shared with his regular collaborator Warren Ellis. These voices from the past revisit Cave in daydream-like scenes as he drives through his adopted hometown of Brighton.

Lawless

Screenplay by Nick Cave; music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Wed 14 Sep at 3.35pm & 6.10pm John Hillcoat • USA 2012 • 1h56m • Digital • 18 - Contains strong bloody violence and strong language Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska.

Set during the Depression in Virginia, Lawless sees three brothers start a bootlegging business.

They must contend with rival operations, crooked Government types, mobsters and others all trying to get a share of the profits. Featuring an all-star cast including Tom Hardy and Gary Oldman, Lawless is the second John Hillcoat film written by Nick Cave, and is packed with Southern wit and brilliant action.

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Screenings and Times

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(AD) Audio Description (see p 38) Seasons (C) Captioned for deaf or hard of hearing (BB) Beyond Borders (p 16-17) (see p 38) (FJ) Filmhouse Junior (p 26-27) DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Fri 9 Sep

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Julieta (AD) Sweet Bean The Proposition (NC) The Wave Beyond My... Allende (BB)

1.15/3.40/6.15/8.40

Sat 10 Sep

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The Assassination of...(NC) Julieta (AD) Julieta (AD) Sweet Bean The Assassination of... (NC) Sweet Bean The Wave Yallah! Underground (BB)

2.45 (£6) 6.15/8.40 1.00/3.15 5.30 8.00 (£6) 1.05 3.35/8.55 6.10

Sun 11 Sep

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The Witches (FJ) 11.00am The Adventures..Prince Achmed 4.00 + Live Score You Only Live Twice (RD) 6.05 Julieta (AD) 8.40 Julieta (AD) 1.15/3.45/6.15 The Road (NC) 8.45 (£6) The Wave 1.10/8.55 The Road (NC) 3.35 (£6) What Tomorrow Brings (BB) 6.10

Julieta (AD) Things to Come Jason Bourne Valley of Love Things to Come

1.15/3.40/6.15/8.40

Sat 3 Sep

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Julieta (AD) Things to Come Jason Bourne Valley of Love Things to Come

1.15/3.40/6.15/8.40

Sun 4 Sep

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Matilda (FJ) (Scratch’n’Sniff) Julieta (AD) Things to Come Jason Bourne Valley of Love Things to Come

1.00/8.45 3.25/6.05 1.10/8.50 3.30/6.10 1.00/6.05 3.25/8.35 1.10/6.10 3.30/8.50 11.00am 1.15/3.40/6.15/8.40

1.00/6.05 3.25/8.35 1.10/6.10 3.30/8.50

Mon 1 Julieta (AD) 2.30/6.15/8.40 5 2 Things to Come 1.00/6.05 Sep 2 Jason Bourne 3.25/8.35 3 Julieta (AD) 1.05 3 Things to Come 3.45/8.50 3 A Syrian Love Story (BB) 6.10 +Discussion For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - see page 38

Wed 1 7 2 Sep 2 2 3 3 3 3 Thu 8 Sep

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(GP) Growing Pains (p 10) (NC) Nick Cave, Warren Ellis... (p 18-19) (OR) Over the Rainbow (p 11)

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2.30 6.15/8.40 1.00/3.25/9.00 5.50 +Discussion 1.05/3.30 6.10 + Short 8.35

Julieta (AD) Things to Come Jason Bourne Little Miss Sunshine Julieta (AD) Things to Come Salam Neighbor (BB) Jason Bourne

2.30/6.15/8.40 1.00/8.50 3.20 6.00 1.15 3.45 6.10 +Discussion 8.35

Julieta (AD) One More Time With... (NC) Things to Come Jason Bourne Julieta (AD) Julieta (AD) Things to Come A Walnut Tree (BB)

2.30/6.15 9.00 1.00 3.20/6.05 8.45 1.15 3.45/8.50 6.10

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1.00/6.00 3.30/8.45 (£6) 1.05/3.35/8.55 6.10 +Discussion

Mon 1 Julieta (AD) 2.30/8.40 6.15 (captioned) 12 1 Julieta (AD) (C) Sep 2 Secret Agent (WW) 1.15/6.30 2 20,000 Days on Earth (NC) 3.25/8.45 (£6) 3 The Idol 1.10/8.50 3 The Wave 3.30/6.20 For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - see page 38 Tue 13 Sep

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Wed 1 14 1 Sep 2 2 3 3

Julieta (AD) The Witches (RD) Julieta (AD) The Road to God Knows...(NC) The Idol Losing Ground

2.30/8.40 6.30 1.15/6.15 3.30/8.45 (£6) 1.10/8.50 3.25/6.10

Julieta (AD) Tomorrow (TOA) Julieta (AD) Lawless (NC) The Confession The Idol

2.30/6.00 8.30 + Short 1.15/8.40 3.35/6.10 (£6) 1.10/8.50 3.30/6.05

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(SQ) Scottish Queer Int’l... (p 11) (TOA) Take One Action (p 28-32) (WW) First World War in Cinema (p 7)

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2.30/6.00/8.40 1.15 3.30 5.50 +Q&A 8.55 1.10/6.05/8.20 3.25

Wed 1 21 2 Sep 2 2 2 3 3

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 Sour Grapes 1.15 Julieta (AD) 3.30 Rough Stage (TOA) 5.50 + Short The Trials of Spring (TOA) 8.35 + Short Julieta (AD) 1.20/8.45 Sour Grapes 3.35/6.15

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 Sour Grapes 1.15 Julieta (AD) 3.30/8.40 Poverty Inc (TOA) 6.00 + Short Julieta (AD) 1.20 Sour Grapes 3.35/6.15/8.45

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Julieta (AD) Julieta (AD) The Idol A Good American (TOA) The Confession The Idol The Confession

Fri 16 Sep

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 1.30/3.50/6.10/8.30 A Good American (TOA) 1.00 Sour Grapes 3.40 10 Billion: What’s On... (TOA) 5.50 + Short Julieta (AD) 8.50 Sour Grapes 1.15/8.45 Julieta (AD) 3.30/6.00

Sat 17 Sep

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 1.30/3.50/6.10/8.30 Sour Grapes 1.15 Julieta (AD) 3.30 Radical Grace (TOA) 6.00 + Short Hooligan Sparrow (TOA) 8.35 + Short Julieta (AD) 1.00/8.45 Sour Grapes 3.20/6.15

Sun 18 Sep

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Wunder der Schöpfung 3.30 + Live Score Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 6.30/8.45 Charlie and the Chocolate... (FJ) 11.00am Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 1.25/3.45 Julieta (AD) 6.05 A Farm of Passage (TOA) 8.35 + Short Sour Grapes 1.35/6.00 Julieta (AD) 3.40/8.45

Mon 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 19 2 Sour Grapes 1.15 Sep 2 Julieta (AD) 3.30 2 Kafana (TOA) 5.50 + Shorts 2 When Two Worlds... (TOA) 8.35 +Discussion 3 Julieta (AD) 1.20/6.00 3 Sour Grapes 3.35/8.45 For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - see page 38

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 Sour Grapes 1.15 Julieta (AD) 3.30 A Haunting History (TOA) 6.00 + Short At Home In The World (TOA) 8.35 + Shorts Julieta (AD) 1.20/8.45 Sour Grapes 3.35/6.15

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Fri 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 1.30/3.50/6.10/8.30 23 2 Little Men 1.10/3.20/6.00 Sep 2 Fractured Land (TOA) 8.35 + Shorts 3 Little Men 8.40 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 22) Sat 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 1.30/3.50/6.10/8.30 24 2 Little Men 1.10 Sep 2 Checks and Balances (TOA) 3.15 + Short 2 Walls (TOA) 6.00 + Shorts 2 Sonita (TOA) 8.35 + Short 6.05 3 Little Men *Plus films and times TBC (see page 22) Sun 1 Finding Dory (FJ) 11.00am 25 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 1.30/6.10/8.30 Sep 2 Little Men 1.10/8.45 2 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 3.30 2 TOA Audience Award Winner 6.00 3 Little Men 6.05 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 22) Mon 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 26 2 Little Men 1.10/6.00/8.45 Sep 2 El Sur 3.20 3 El Sur 8.35 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 22) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - see page 38 Tue 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/8.30 27 1 Hunt for the... (AD) (C) 6.10 (captioned) Sep 2 Little Men 1.10/9.00 2 El Sur 3.20 2 Frost/Nixon (POL) 5.45 +Discussion 3 El Sur 8.35 *Plus films and times TBC (see page 22)

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Wed 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 28 2 El Sur 1.10/8.40 Sep 2 Little Men 3.20 2 Willow and Wind (GP) 6.00 +Discussion 3 Little Men 6.05 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) Thu 1 Hunt for the Wilderpeople (AD) 2.30/6.10/8.30 29 2 El Sur 1.10 Sep 2 Little Men 3.20/8.55 2 Hamlet (SH) 5.40 +Intro 3 El Sur 6.00 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) Fri 1 Captain Fantastic 30 2 Café Society (AD) Sep 2 The Fog of Srebrenica *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

1.00/3.35/6.10/8.45

Sat 1 Captain Fantastic 1 2 Café Society (AD) Oct 2 The Man Who Fell To Earth *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

1.00/3.35/6.10/8.45

Sun 1 Swallows and Amazons (FJ) 2 1 Captain Fantastic Oct 1 The Man Who Fell To Earth 2 Café Society (AD) 2 Double, Double...(SH) 2 Captain Fantastic *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

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Wed 1 Captain Fantastic 5 2 Café Society (AD) Oct 2 Norfolk 3 To Be or Not To Be (SH) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

2.30/8.45 1.30/3.45/8.35 6.10 + Q&A 6.00 +Intro

Thu 1 Captain Fantastic 6 1 The Bride (SP) Oct 2 Café Society (AD) 2 Sembene! (OS) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

2.30/8.45 6.00 1.30/3.45/6.10 8.30 +Q&A

1.10/3.25/8.40 6.00 +Q&A

1.10/3.25/6.00 8.15

Mon 1 Captain Fantastic 2.30 3 1 Captain Fantastic (C) 6.10 (captioned) Oct 1 Café Society (AD) 8.45 2 Café Society (AD) 1.30/3.45 2 Real Boy (OR) (SQ) (AD) (C) 6.00 +Q&A 2 Captain Fantastic 8.40 *Plus films and times TBC (see below) For Crying Out Loud Baby & Carer Screening - see page 38 Tue 1 Captain Fantastic 4 2 Café Society (AD) Oct 2 Café Society (AD) (C) 2 Throne of Blood (SH) *Plus films and times TBC (see below)

2.30/6.10/8.45 1.30/3.45 8.35 (captioned) 6.00 +Intro

* 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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U.S. Politics in Film

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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 from 12 August to 3 December 2016. More information on this FREE exhibition can be found at www.parliament.scot/visitandlearn/98066.aspx

The Manchurian Candidate

Frost/Nixon

Tue 6 Sep at 5.50pm

Tue 27 Sep at 5.45pm

John Frankenheimer • USA 1962 • 2h6m • Digital • 12A • Cast: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury.

Ron Howard • USA/UK/France 2008 • 2h2m • Digital • 15 Cast: Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell.

Korean War veteran Major Marco (Frank Sinatra) is troubled by a recurring nightmare in which Congressional Medal of Honor hero Raymond Shaw (Laurence Harvey) carries out Communist instructions to shoot fellow American PoWs. Working for Intelligence, Marco unravels a cunning Red plot to brainwash his old platoon and to turn Shaw into an assassin.

The 1977 interview of disgraced post-Watergate ex-President Nixon by British chat show host David Frost turned out to be one of the most explosive in American TV history. Here, Michael Sheen and Frank Langella reprise the roles they originally played on stage. Gripping and funny, the film is a verbal boxing match, the razor-sharp script filled with timely insights into the power of the media.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, The Manchurian Candidate will be introduced by leading politicians, who will also host a postscreening discussion about the themes in the film.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, Frost/ Nixon will be introduced by leading politicians, who will also host a post-screening discussion about the themes in the film.

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U.S. Politics in Film

24 | 2 SEP 16 - 6 OCT 16

Milk Mon 10 Oct at 5.45pm Gus Van Sant • USA 2008 • 2h8m • Digital • 15 - Contains strong language and sex references • Cast: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin.

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.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, Milk will be introduced by leading politicians, who will also host a post-screening discussion about the themes in the film.

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 Wisconsin senator, upholding true American values in a Senate House riddled with wrongdoing, is quintessential Capra. Sidney Buchman’s crackling dialogue is also lent sharptongued conviction by Claude Rains as the slimy senior senator.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, Mr Smith Goes to Washington will be introduced by leading politicians, who will also host a postscreening discussion about the themes in the film.

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The Best Man Tue 25 Oct at 5.50pm Franklin J Schaffner • USA 1964 • 1h42m • 35mm • PG • Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams, Margaret Leighton.

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.

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.

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.

George Clooney directs/stars in this 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), an experienced 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 an academic expert, who will also lead a postscreening discussion about the themes in the film.

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All the President’s Men Wed 9 Nov at 5.40pm 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.

Artistically and commercially, All the President’s Men is one of the most successful American political movies ever made. Released in 1976, during the Carter-Ford presidential campaign, it may even have helped to turn the tide in Carter’s favour. Structured as a gripping thriller, 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 in Washington DC’s Watergate complex.

In association with The Scottish Parliament, All the President’s Men will be introduced by leading politicians, who will also host a post-screening discussion about the themes in the film.

JFK Tue 22 Nov at 6.00pm 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, Sissy Spacek, Joe Pesci.

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, and transforms the dry minutiae of every JFK assassination conspiracy theory of the past three decades into riveting screen material.

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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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!

Matilda SCRATCH ‘N SNIFF Sun 4 Sep at 11.00am Danny DeVito • USA 1996 • 1h38m • Digital • PG

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

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

The Witches Sun 11 Sep at 11.00am Nicolas Roeg • UK/USA 1990 • 1h31m • Digital • PG

After his parents die in a car crash, Luke travels with his eccentric grandmother to a stark Cornish hotel. Also checking in is the annual ladies meeting of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Luke overhears a meeting only to discover they are actually a convention of ghastly witches hell bent on turning every child in Britain into a mouse...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Sun 18 Sep at 11.00am Tim Burton • USA/Britain 2005 • 1h56m • 35mm PG - Contains mild language and peril

Director Tim Burton brings his vividly imaginative style to the beloved Roald Dahl classic, about eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp) and Charlie Bucket (Freddie Highmore), a goodhearted boy from a poor family who is one of five children to win a tour of Wonka’s extraordinary factory.

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Finding Dory Sun 25 Sep at 11.00am

Swallows and Amazons Sun 2 Oct at 11.00am

Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane • USA 2016 • 1h43m Digital • U

Philippa Lowthorpe • UK 2016 • 1h37m • Digital • PG

The much-anticipated follow-up to Pixar’s delightful 2003 hit Finding Nemo. Accompanied

by Nemo (Hayden Rolence) and Nemo’s father Marlin (Albert Brooks), she heads off to try and find her family, and they make their way to the Monterey Marine Life Institute.

There they meet Hank (Ed O’Neill) a grumpy octopus who becomes their guide, beluga whale Bailey (Ty Burrell) and whale shark Destiny (Kaitlin Olson).

Based on Arthur Ransome’s classic children’s 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 to enjoy. Set against the stunning Lake District and with a fine supporting cast including Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald and Andrew Scott, Philippa Lowthorpe’s version adds a mystery twist to the familiar tale....

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

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

Roald Dahl ON FILM We are delighted to be part of Roald Dahl on Film, a national programme of events and screenings to celebrate Roald Dahl 100 - the centenary of the world’s number one storyteller - with a special Scratch’n’Sniff screening of Matilda, plus The Witches and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory all lined up for Filmhouse Junior!

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Take One Action Take One Action celebrates the people and the movies that are changing the world, from Argyll to Zimbabwe. Back at Filmhouse for a ninth year, the festival premieres 12 days of the most acclaimed cinema about global social change.

2016 has brought seismic changes in both the UK political landscape and our relationship with the wider world. At a time when isolationism and uncertainty may seem to prevail, it is vital to explore our connectedness, resourcefulness and creativity.

Our programme brings together a plurality of voices that offer a guaranteed antidote to powerlessness. Seeking inspiration beyond the screen? All our screenings and events provide opportunities for audience interaction – fun, empowering, and gentle – and our website puts more power in our audience’s hands. takeoneaction.org.uk

Tomorrow

Demain

Wed 14 Sep at 8.30pm Cyril Dion, Mélanie Laurent • France 2015 • 1h58m • Digital English and French with English subtitles • PG • Documentary

Taking in agriculture, energy, education and the economy, this upbeat and inspiring documentary, co-directed by French actress Mélanie Laurent, highlights countless examples of how ordinary men and women across the globe are devising local, sustainable solutions to turn the climate-change tide.

PLUS SHORT - Traditional Healing Raymond Caplin • Canada 2014 • 3m In association with Friends of the Earth Scotland.

A Good American

10 Billion: What’s on Your Plate?

Thu 15 Sep at 5.50pm & Fri 16 Sep at 1.00pm

Fri 16 Sep at 5.50pm

Friedrich Moser • Austria 2015 • 1h40m • Digital • 15 • Documentary

Valentin Thurn • Germany 2015 • 1h42m • Digital • English and German with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Before Snowden, there was Bill Binney: the captivating portrait of a high-ranking NSA analyst turned whistleblower. In the late 1990s, William Binney helped devise ThinThread: a cheap and effective meta-data analysis programme with builtin privacy protections. Keen to boost its budget, the NSA shut ThinThread down, mere weeks before 9/11, in favour of a more expensive, privacy-invasive system that would prove one of the largest failures in the agency’s history.

Followed by a Q&A with director Friedrich Moser and protagonist William Binney.

With the support of the Scottish Documentary Institute and the Austrian Cultural Forum

With the world population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050, how will the world feed itself?

Tackling the environmental and socio-political impact of global food production - and the root causes of world hunger - head-on, 10 Billion presents an opportunity to reflect on the role we all play in food sustainability and the future of our planet.

PLUS SHORT - La Botanique des Amours Anne-Sophie Cayon, Laura Nicolas • Belgium 2014 5m • French with English subtitles In association with Christian Aid. We will be joined after the screening by representatives from Christian Aid and Nourish Scotland.

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Radical Grace

Hooligan Sparrow

Sat 17 Sep at 6.00pm

Sat 17 Sep at 8.35pm

Rebecca Parrish • USA 2015 • 1h17m • Digital • 15 • Documentary

Nanfu Wang • USA/China 2016 • 1h24m • Digital • Mandarin with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

In this moving and insightful documentary, a group of U.S. nuns take on their bishops, the Vatican and a Republican senator in their battle for social justice, affordable healthcare and the place of women in the church. Reprimanded for their “radical” feminism and their “excessive” focus on the poor, the sick and the disenfranchised, they embark on a journey of courage, faith and determination.

PLUS SHORT - Gratitude Louie Schwartzberg USA 2012 • 6m Join us after the film for inspiring conversations on feminism and social justice, with guests including Justice and Peace Scotland.

A Farm of Passage Sun 18 Sep at 8.35pm Siliva Munt • Spain 2015 • 1h22m • Digital • Spanish and Catalán with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Turning your back on the system to keep your head high: an inspiring story of solidarity, hope and civil disobedience. Spain’s economic crisis in 2008 heralded a wave of unemployment and evictions.

This documentary provides fascinating insight into a social movement that offers those left behind a chance to build a new sense of dignity: one born of defiance and mutual support.

What begins as a portrait of maverick gender activist Ye Haiyan takes a different turn when the film’s director becomes a target of intimidation. Forced to film in secret, she documents harassment and surveillance by uniformed and secret police. Her nervy camerawork vividly conveys the grip of repression that leads so many in China to police themselves into silence - and embodies the courage of those who refuse to give in.

PLUS SHORT - No Offense Kris Borghs • Belgium 2016 • 7m After the film we’ll be joined by guests including Naomi McAuliffe (Amnesty International).

Kafana Enough, Already!

Mon 19 Sep at 5.50pm Juan Antonio Moreno,Silvia Venegas • Spain 2015 • 1h12m • Digital Spanish and Arabic with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

Though Western Sahara has been under Moroccan occupation since 1975, its exiled population have built a democratic administration that boasts equal rights for women, religious freedom, universal access to healthcare and education. After 40 years of hardships, they have had enough of waiting. Kafana, meaning “Enough, Already!” is their cry of anger.

PLUS SHORT - No Place Like Home Cat Bruce • UK 2015 • 13m

PLUS SHORTS Body Team 12 David Darg • USA 2015 • 13m Fences Natalia Krawczuk • Poland 2015 • 7m

In association with Oxfam Scotland and Unison.

Join us after the film to explore ‘economy for wellbeing’ and inspiring responses to inequality.

Presented in association with the Global Health Academy (University of Edinburgh).

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When Two Worlds Collide

A Haunting History

Mon 19 Sep at 8.35pm

Tue 20 Sep at 6.00pm

Heidi Brandenburg-Sierralta, Mathew Orzel • Peru 2016 • 1h43m Digital • Spanish with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Femke van Velzen, Ilse van Velzen • Netherlands 2015 • 1h10m Digital • English and Dinka with English subtitles • 15

This Sundance award winner charts the titanic clash between Peru’s president and his country’s most outspoken environmentalist, desperate to protect indigenous lands from destruction. Shot over eight years with breath-taking access and bold, unflinching camerawork, it sheds light on the conflicting visions that are shaping the fate of the Amazon - and our planet’s future.

In association with Global Justice Now and Unison Scotland. Join us after the film for conversations with guests including Nick Dearden (Global Justice Now) and representatives from Unison Scotland.

Anuol Deng is a young, idealistic lawyer returning to South Sudan to play his part in helping to build the world’s youngest nation. A Haunting History captures the hope and frustration of a young man attempting to heal himself and his country and to overcome the trauma of violence through the fight for peace and justice.

At Home In The World Tue 20 Sep at 8.35pm Andreas Koefoed • Denmark 2015 • 58m • Digital • Danish with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

At Home in the World offers a moving glimpse into the lives of five children trying to adapt to a new language and a new country. With astonishing restraint, the film captures its young protagonists’ extraordinary resilience and fragility - while quietly paying tribute to their Danish teachers’ humanity.

PLUS SHORTS Fences Natalia Krawczuk • Poland 2015 • 7m The Girl, Whose Shadow Reflects the Moon Walaa Al Alawi • Jordan 2015 • 5m • Arabic with English subtitles I Am Not Afraid of the Soldiers Rinske Bosch • Netherlands 2015 • 20m Arabic with English subtitles

PLUS SHORT Nascent Lindsay Branham & Jon Kasbe • Central African Republic/USA 2015 • 6m • Sangho with English subtitles

Rough Stage Wed 21 Sep at 5.50pm Toomas Järvet • Estonia 2015 • 1h14m • Arabic and English with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Facing down lack of funds and his own family’s disapproval, Maher, a contemporary dancer from Ramallah, vows to perform in his hometown. In Rough Stage, Maher’s choreography takes centre stage, expressing a stance in its own right. It ebodies a relationship between oppression, personal identity and community expectations - and the wider struggle for free expression in Palestine.

PLUS SHORT One Million Steps Eva Stotz Germany/Netherlands 2015 • 21m • Turkish with English subtitles Supported by the Estonian Film Institute and DanceBase. Followed by a performance by Maher Shawamreh and Q&A with director Toomas Järvet.

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The Trials of Spring

Poverty Inc.

Wed 21 Sep at 8.35pm

Thu 22 Sep at 6.00pm

Gini Reticker • USA/Egypt 2015 • 1h20m • Digital • Arabic and English with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Michael Matheson Miller • USA 2015 • 1h31m • Digital • English and Creole with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

What is the legacy of the Arab Spring for the Egyptian women who joined the Tahrir Square protests? The Trials of Spring explores their dashed hopes, resilience, the will to keep on fighting - and the realisation, if it were still needed, that there can be no victory for human rights without women being granted theirs.

Can giving be wrong? To solve a problem as complex as poverty, good intentions obviously don’t suffice, but could some charities be making the problem worse? Investigating the darker side of generosity, this challenging documentary asks some of the most pressing questions facing international development and aid agencies the world over.

PLUS SHORT - Suleima Jalal Maghout • Syria/ Lebanon 2014 • 15m • Arabic with English subtitles Join us after the film for a conversaton with guests including Dr Ebtihal Mahadeen, Jordanian feminist and Chancellor’s Fellow at the University of Edinburgh.

PLUS SHORT Tablo A (Haiti: The Blackboard) Mario Torrecillas Spain 2015 • 6m • Creole with English subtitles

Fractured Land Fri 23 Sep at 8.35pm Damien Gillis, Fiona Rayher • Canada 2015 • 1h18m • Digital • 12A Documentary

Caleb Behn is a First Nations law graduate, taking on the oil and gas industry to protect his people’s land, water and culture in the wilds of Northern Canada.

Mixing breath-taking cinematography with candid interviews, Fractured Land captures Caleb’s emerging sense of purpose and leadership as he represents his people in the centuries-long battle to protect their land and the very core of their culture.

PLUS SHORT - No Place Like Home Cat Bruce UK 2015 • 13m In association with Christian Aid. Followed by Q&A with Caleb Behn, and representatives from Christian Aid.

Join us after the film for a conversation with guests including Jane Salmonson (NIDOS) and Chris Hegarty (Christian Aid).

Checks and Balances

Contre-Pouvoirs Sat 24 Sep at 3.15pm

Malek Bensmaïl • Algeria/France 2015 • 1h24m • Digital • French, Berber and Arabic with English subtitles • Documentary

The 2014 Algerian presidential election is in full swing when documentary filmmaker Malek Bensmaïl embeds himself in the newsrooms of independent newspaper El Watan. Capturing the journalists’ daily reality, the film highlights their camaraderie, dark humour and dedication.

PLUS SHORT - Concerning the Bodyguard Kasra Farahani • USA 2016 • 10m • Digital In association with Africa in Motion Film Festival.

Join us after the film to explore the importance of and challenges faced by an independent press.

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Walls

Sonita

Sat 24 Sep at 6.00pm

Sat 24 Sep at 8.35pm

Pablo Iraburu, Migueltxo Molina • Spain 2015 • 1h23m • Digital English, Spanish & Arabic with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami • Iran/Germany/Switzerland 2015 1h30m • Digital • Arabic with English subtitles • PG • Documentary

More than 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the appetite for erecting barriers between nations shows no sign of abating. Seeking to understand the impact of separation walls, this stunningly cinematic documentary focuses on individuals living on either side of three borders. It eschews crude polarity to present a nuanced portrait of lives shaped by division - and our common humanity.

This Sundance Audience Award winner captures a teenage Afghan rapper’s journey to empowerment.

As an illegal immigrant in Iran, Sonita should be keeping her head down yet, in a country where women are not allowed to sing solo, she wants to succeed as a rapper. Her family have other plans.

When Sonita learns she is to be sold as a bride, she pleads with the film’s director to intervene, turning her story - and the documentary - around.

PLUS SHORTS About a Mother (Pro Mamu) Dina Velikovskaya • Russia 2015 • 7m My Brother Audrey Yeo • USA 2016 • 2m Refugee Blues Stephan Bookas, Tristan Daws France/UK 2016 • 6m Join us after the film for a conversation with guests including Dr Sarah-Jane Cooper-Knock (Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh).

PLUS SHORT Another Kind of Girl Khaldiya Jhibawi • Jordan 2015 • 9m • Arabic with English subtitles In association with Shakti Women’s Aid. We look forward to welcoming director, Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami, as well as a representative from Shakti Women’s Aid.

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Audience Award Winner Sun 25 Sep at 6.00pm Cert: 15+

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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

Hamlet

Double, Double:

Thu 29 Sep at 5.40pm

Reflecting Shakespeare in Cinema

Lawrence Olivier • UK 1948 • 2h35m • Digital • U Cast: Laurence Olivier, Eileen Herlie, Peter Cushing, Basil Sydney.

Dr David Sorfa, Film Studies, University of Edinburgh Sun 2 Oct at 4.00pm

With this celebrated adaptation, Laurence Olivier was the first person ever to direct himself to a Best Actor /Actress Oscar®. Olivier plays The Prince of Denmark opposite Eileen Herlie as his mother Gertrude.

Greatly influenced by the pioneering camerawork of Gregg Toland (Citizen Kane), the striking monochrome adds greatly to this masterpiece.

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

1h10m • 12A

There are over four hundred film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays and more appear every year. The bard does indeed seem to be for all times... In this lecture and discussion, David Sorfa will give an overview of the ways in which Shakespeare has been adapted for the screen with a particular emphasis on the films included in this season. We will try and identify exactly what draws cinema to Shakespeare and what this has to tell us about the way in which we thought 400 years ago and how we think now. £5

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Throne of Blood

Kumonosu jo Tue 4 Oct at 6.00pm

Akira Kurosawa • Japan 1957 • 1h50m • 35mm • Japanese with English subtitles • PG - Contains infrequent moderate horror and violence • Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura.

Considered by many the finest of all film versions of Shakespeare, this rendering of ‘The Scottish Play’ translates the story to medieval Japan. With Macbeth as the samurai Washizu (Toshiro Mifune), the adaptation deletes most of the minor characters and conceives a stunningly graphic fate for the usurper.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Chris Perkins, Lecturer in Japanese at The University of Edinburgh.

To Be or Not To Be Wed 5 Oct at 6.00pm Ernst Lubitsch • USA 1942 • 1h39m • 16mm • English and German with English subtitles • U • Cast: Jack Benny, Carole Lombard.

Released two months after Carole Lombard lost her life in a plane crash, Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not To Be is a quite astonishing anti-Nazi satire that sees a troupe of actors in occupied Warsaw use their abilities to deceive the invading force. Featuring references to Hamlet and The Merchant of Venice, our thespian protagonists, led by Joseph Tura (Jack Benny) and his wife Maria (Lombard), lead the Nazis a merry dance with various charades and escapes.

The screening will be introduced by Dr Jonny Murray, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture and Film at Edinburgh College of Art.

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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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

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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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 Julieta, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Café Society and Real Boy have audio description, and the following screenings will have captions: Mon 12 Sep at 6.15pm Julieta Tue 27 Sep at 6.10pm Hunt...Wilderpeople Mon 3 Oct at 6.00pm Real Boy (SQIFF) Mon 3 Oct at 6.10pm Captain Fantastic Tue 4 Oct at 8.35pm Café Society

Mon 5 Sept at 11am Jason Bourne Mon 12 Sept at 11am The Idol Mon 19 Sept at 11am Hunt for the...

Mon 26 Sept at 11am Little Men Mon 3 Oct at 11am Café Society

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Support Filmhouse Donations Filmhouse is a registered charity and one of the few truly independent cinemas left in Scotland.

Make a donation today and help us to do more!

Donations are vital in enabling us to continue in our mission to provide a diverse and ambitious programme of films and events for our audiences, as well as helping us to run educational projects, community activities, school screenings and other work to engage people with the moving image throughout the year. Your support is greatly received and, big or small, your donation will be helping us in our ambitions to do more.

You can also increase your charitable donation at no extra cost, thanks to the Gift Aid scheme that allows Filmhouse to reclaim the tax on donations.

If you wish to make a donation, please fill in and sign the form available at Box Office and send it back to us or give it directly to our Front of House staff.

Legacy For almost 35 years Filmhouse has been Edinburgh’s foremost independent cinema. We wish to ensure that future generations are able to enjoy and be inspired by the exciting programme of films, events and learning opportunities we are presenting all year round.

By remembering Filmhouse in your will, you will be helping us to continue investing in showing incredible films each year, celebrating world cinema in all its brilliance and diversity as well as in continuing to develop our ambitious film education programme.

If you wish to discuss donations, Gift Aid or Legacies, please feel free to contact the Filmhouse Development team development@filmhousecinema.com or call 0131 228 6382

Funding Filmhouse

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