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Adventure Film Fest Programmes 1-3 Adventures in Zambezia Africa in Motion Film Festival African Storytelling: Starbird L’Age d’Or + Un Chien Andalou AiM Short Film Competition Alfie the Little Werewolf Are You Listening!

L’Atalante Aura - Koga Maryuin’s Last War Aya of Yop City The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Blue Black Hussar Blue Jasmine Boudu Saved from Drowning The Children’s Republic Close Encounters of the Third Age...

Come and See...

Creation in Exile Difficult Love Durban Poison Education and Learning Evangelion 1.0/Evangelion 2.0 Evangelion 3.0 Filmhouse Cafe Bar & Quiz Filmhouse Membership Filmhouse Player First Cousin Once Removed The First Grader The Forgotten Kingdom FUSE - Memoirs of the Hunter Girl Garden of Words Girl Rising Gloria God Loves Uganda The Good Man Grigris HAL Harold and Maude Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages Hidden Beauties Horses of God The Human Scale In the Bedroom In the Name Of Introduction to European Cinema Kuma The Legend of Sarila Let’s Go Adventure Life After Service: My Reality The Life of Budori Gusuko Luminate

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Man on Ground 9 Man with a Movie Camera 24 Manhunt 32 Material 11 Metropolis 24 More Than Honey 31 Mother 12 Nairobi Half Life 9 Neu! Reekie! at Take One Action 27 October Workshops 37 Of Good Report 9 One Man’s Show 10 Pandora’s Promise 30 The Pardon 11 Patema Inverted 17 The Patience Stone 29 Perfect Blue 17 The Phantom Carriage 24 La pirogue 14 Planes 7 Play Poland 32-33 Powerless 30 Room on the Broom & Other Bewitching Tales 7 Running from Crazy 23 Salma 27 Scotland Loves Anime 16-18 Scotland: Short & Sweet 18 Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Fest 22-23 The Selfish Giant 6 Shameless 32 Shorts for Wee Ones 7 Siberian Exile 32 Sisters Seminar 28 SLA Mystery Film 17 SMHAFF Awards Ceremony/Award Winners 23 Something Necessary 12 Steins;Gate – The Movie 18 Summer Interlude 25 Sunshine on Leith 4 Surprise Screening: TOA Audience Award 31 Take One Action Film Festival 26-31 Take Shelter 23 A Thirsty World 27 This Is Martin Bonner 19 Three Sisters T 33 Thrillseekers Adventure Film Festival 34 Tomorrow 29 Touba 10 Virgin Margarida 13 The Virgin, the Copts and Me 10 Weans’ World 7 Le Week-End 5 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 5 Winter of Discontent 12 Winter, Go Away!

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

This issue, all screenings of Blue Jasmine, Le Week-End and The Selfish Giant will have audio description, and the following screenings will also have subtitles: Blue Jasmine: Sun 13 Oct, 1.15pm Le Week-End: Sun 20 Oct, 8.25pm The Selfish Giant: Sun 27 Oct, 3.30pm FORCRYINGOUTLOUD Screenings for carers and their babies! Tickets £4.50/£3.50 concessions per adult. Screenings are limited to babies under 12 months accompanied by no more than two adults. Babychanging, bottle-warming and buggy parking facilities are available.

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Mon 7 Oct, 11am Sunshine on Leith: Mon 14 Oct, 11am Blue Jasmine: Mon 21 Oct, 11am Please note there will be no screening on Monday 28 October.

Apologies for the repeat screening of Blue Jasmine – there are no other films with a 12A certificate or lower available to screen that week.

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Introduction

THE WICKER MAN

AFRICA IN MOTION - GRIGRIS

LE WEEK-END

SUNSHINE ON LEITH

“Well I would walk 500 miles...”

I was chatting on the phone the other day with a colleague from a film distribution company; we were talking about how well we thought Sunshine on Leith (playing from 4 October) would go down with Edinburgh audiences (we came to the conclusion, very well indeed), when he posited that because I live in Edinburgh/Scotland, I must know the Proclaimers. He was joking, but I had a surprise for him. I don’t know them from Edinburgh, no, but I do, or rather did, from shared time spent at Auchtermuchty Primary School back in the, ahem, 1970s. It’s been a dinner party story of mine for decades now – or rather it would have been had I ever been invited to any. I remember them well, and have met them a couple of times since but I doubt they remember me now. Coincidentally, I’m currently at the Toronto Film Festival and so are they, at the world premiere of the film, and I hear they were playing at the party after the screening last night. I didn’t get an invite, but hey, I was busy anyway.

And the film itself? I loved it, I had a lump in my throat (I know, I should get that seen to) for most of its 100 minutes, bristling as I was with an unusual national and civic pride that this homegrown love letter to our city is such a joy, shows ‘The Reekie’ in all its considerable splendour, and showcases a bunch of songs I confess I’d forgotten are so brilliant. And I haven’t had as much fun playing spot-the-location since... well... ever!

We are embarking on some essential There’s another beautiful city-specific film this month too, Roger Michell’s witty, poignant remedial works to upgrade our boilers, and hugely enjoyable Le Week-end, which sees a middle-aged couple (the ever-watchable water supply, heating control systems Jim Broadbent and Lindsay Duncan) having a city break in Paris, in an attempt to put some and back room facilities over the next few months. These works will result in life back into their marriage. And to complete a trio of excellent British films, Clio Barnard’s significant improvements in energy and award-winning The Selfish Giant tells the deeply affecting tale of two young boys’ dodgy operational efficiency for Filmhouse. dealings with a ruthless scrap-metal merchant.

We’ve three of our annual festivals too: Africa in Motion, Scotland Loves Anime and the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival. And seminal Scottish chiller The Wicker Man has been restored, in this its 40th anniversary year, to the version originally intended by its director. Careful Sgt. Howie, there’s no show without Punch!

Rod White, Head of Filmhouse

There may be some occasional noise disruption and access issues to Cinemas 2 and 3 during these works. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience, and be assured we are working with our contractors to keep this to a minimum.

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Main features

SUNSHINE ON LEITH

NEWRELEASE

BLUE JASMINE

NEWRELEASE

KUMA

NEWRELEASE

Sunshine on Leith

Blue Jasmine

Kuma

Showing from Fri 4 Oct

Showing until Thu 24 Oct

Sun 6 & Mon 7 Oct

Dexter Fletcher • UK 2013 • 1h40m • DCP PG – Contains mild language, violence and sex references Cast: George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Peter Mullan, Jason Flemyng, Jane Horrocks.

Woody Allen • USA 2013 • 1h38m • DCP 12A – Contains infrequent strong language and moderate references to sex and suicide Cast: Cate Blanchett, Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Peter Sarsgaard.

Umut Dag • Austria 2012 • 1h33m DCP • German and Turkish with English subtitles 12A – Contains moderate sex, violence and one use of strong language Cast: Nihal G Koldas, Begüm Akkaya, Vedat Erincin, Murathan Muslu, Alev Imak.

Dexter Fletcher directs this hugely enjoyable adaptation of the successful stage musical featuring the songs of the Proclaimers.

Home is where the heart is for best pals Davy and Ally.

Returning home to Leith from duty in Afghanistan, the lads kindle romances old and new: Ally with Davy’s sister Liz, and Davy with Yvonne, his wee sister’s best friend from work. Meanwhile, Davy’s parents Rab and Jean are busy planning their 25th wedding anniversary. Everything’s going swimmingly, until a revelation from Rab’s past threatens to tear the family and all three couples apart.

“Sunshine on Leith oozes crowd-pleaser from every frame... a soaring, big-hearted delight.” - Screen International

See Sunshine on Leith and get £1 off your next visit to Filmhouse!

When you buy a ticket to see Sunshine on Leith we’ll give you a voucher for £1 off any Filmhouse ticket. Voucher valid until 30 November. Offer subject to availability, and cannot be used in conjunction with any other ticket offer.

Woody Allen’s latest, featuring a brilliant, Oscar-worthy performance from Cate Blanchett, bears more than a passing resemblance to A Streetcar Named Desire.

Jasmine (Blanchett) is a Park Avenue socialite whose life takes a dramatic downturn after the deceptions of her Bernie Madoff-like husband, Hal (Alec Baldwin). Forced to crash with her sister Ginger (Sally Hawkins), a grocery store clerk in San Francisco, Jasmine self-medicates with a cocktail of vodka and Xanax, teetering on the brink of hysteria and panic as she attempts to put her life back together.

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 coffee and a traycake for only £7!

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 5.00pm that day only. Offer is subject to availability and only available in person.

This quiet domestic drama by young Austrian-Kurdish filmmaker Umut Dag packs a powerful emotional punch.

Ayse is given in a traditional Turkish marriage to handsome Hasan, whose extended family has come from Vienna to their native village for the celebration. The marriage is a sham, however, since Ayse will actually function as a kuma, a second wife, to Hasan’s 60-year-old father. Hasan and his assimilated Austrian sisters are horrified by the whole scheme, but they go along with it at the behest of their mother Fatma, who’s dying of cancer and hopes the new girl will take care of her six mostly adult children after she’s gone. Back in Vienna, Ayse is treated kindly by the older generation but frostily by the younger. However, she has a gentle ability to make every tense situation better, and the clan starts accepting her. But tragedy strikes and secrets threaten to throw the family into further turmoil.

Main features

LE WEEK-END

NEWRELEASE

GLORIA

NEWRELEASE

THE WICKER MAN: THE FINAL CUT

RESTOREDCLASSIC

Le Week-End

Gloria

The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

Showing from Fri 11 Oct

Sun 20 Oct at 6.00pm

Mon 21 to Sat 26 Oct

Roger Michell • UK 2013 • 1h33m • DCP 15 – Contains strong language, sex references and soft drug use Cast: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum, Olly Alexander, Xavier De Guillebon.

Sebastián Lelio • Chile/Spain 2013 • 1h49m DCP • Spanish and English with English subtitles 15 – Contains strong sex and soft drug use Cast: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora, Coca Guazzini.

Robin Hardy • UK 1973 • 1h35m • DCP 15 – Contains moderate horror, sex and nudity Cast: Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Eckland, Diane Cilento, Ingrid Pitt.

A married couple, Meg (Lindsay Duncan) and Nick (Jim Broadbent), visit Paris for the first time since their honeymoon thirty years previously, hoping to revitalise their marriage. They run into an insufferably successful old friend (played with glee by Jeff Goldblum) who gives them a new perspective on life and love.

By turns sharply comic and deadly serious, Le Week-End is full of surprises. The dialogue has both the heart and the crackle of Richard Linklater’s Before... series, delving deep into the tensions that shape this couple’s relationship while holding nothing back. Director Roger Michell (Notting Hill, Hyde Park on Hudson) has shown us the pleasures of complicated romance before, but never has his filmmaking felt freer. From the charged scenes at the hotel, to Goldblum’s delicious intervention, to a clever nod to Jean-Luc Godard at the end, this is one of the most enjoyable love stories you’ll see this year.

In Sebastian Lelio’s delightful, poignant yet gently funny drama, Paulina García delivers the performance of a lifetime, for which she deservedly won the Best Actress prize at Berlin. García plays Gloria, who is 58 years old but still feels young. She lives a lonely life, but remains hopeful in her search for love and spends time in ballrooms for older singles. When she meets the gentle Rodolfo, Gloria embarks on the new relationship with zeal, but Rodolfo’s deep ties to his adult children and ex-wife pose an obstacle.

The entire film is told from Gloria’s perspective and we see her face a great number of indignities with a courage and humour that are deeply endearing. Refreshing in the candour with which it depicts middle-age physicality and sexuality, and with a great soundtrack ranging from disco to cult Latin American hits, Gloria is an uplifting charmer with a transcendent climax.

This special preview screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Sebastián Lelio.

The film will screen again on its release next month.

Generally regarded as one of the best British horror films ever made, The Wicker Man focuses on a virginal police officer, who is sent to a remote Scottish island to investigate the case of a missing child. What he discovers, though, is a community that has renounced Christianity in favour of pagan fertility rites.

It’s a movie about religion, God, and the crisis of faith, with an ending that’s either devoutly Christian (Woodward’s Sergeant Howie continues praying right to the very end), or a nihilistic comment on God’s absence from the universe. And on top of all that, it’s bloody scary.

A newly restored and extended version of Robin Hardy’s classic horror, the result of an extensive worldwide search by UK distribution company Studiocanal for the missing original cut of the film. Extensively restored, this extended cut reinstates scenes that were missing from the UK release version, and is a fitting celebration of the film’s 40th anniversary.

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The Selfish Giant Showing from Fri 25 Oct Clio Barnard • UK 2013 • 1h31m • DCP 15 – Contains strong language, once very strong Cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder, Lorraine Ashbourne, Ian Burfield.

The notable British film at Cannes this year was the fiction debut of Bradford filmmaker Clio Barnard, who first came to attention with The Arbor, her unforgettable documentary about playwright Andrea Dunbar. This contemporary fable, partially based on Oscar Wilde’s story of the same name, is about the friendship of two troubled 13-year-old boys of strikingly different temperaments, who fall under the influence of a shady scrap metal dealer.

Exciting, tough and superbly acted by a mix of non-professional and recognisable character actors, this is a bracing addition to the British cinema tradition of heightened realism.

“So hauntingly perfect is Barnard’s film, and so skin-pricklingly alive does it make you feel to watch it, that at first you can hardly believe the sum of what you have seen.” - The Telegraph

Weans’ World

PLANES

Weans’ World Films for a younger audience, this month including a Canadian animation screening as part of Take One Action Film Festival (pages 22-27 or www. takeoneaction.org.uk), and three programmes from the annual Discovery Film Festival (www. discoveryfilmfestival.org.uk). Tickets cost £3.50 (£4.50 for 3D screenings) per person, big or small!

Please note: although we normally disapprove of people talking during screenings, these shows are primarily for kids, so grown-ups should expect some noise!

SHORTS FOR WEE ONES

Planes

Alfie the Little Werewolf

Sat 12 Oct at 1.00pm & Sun 13 Oct at 11.00am

Dolfje Weerwolfje

Klay Hall • USA 2013 • 1h31m • DCP U – Contains no material likely to offend or harm With the voices of Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher.

Mon 21 Oct at 3.00pm

Dusty Crophopper is a plane with a fear of heights. Despite this, he dreams of racing alongside the world’s best.

Together with his friends, Dusty embarks on an exciting adventure that will see him take part in the Wings Across the World race. Even with his lack of speed Dusty proves himself a plucky competitor, but can he actually win?

Shorts for Wee Ones The Legend of Sarila (3D)

Sat 19 Oct at 1pm & Sun 20 Oct at 11am

UK Premiere

45m • U – for ages 3+

Sat 5 Oct at 1.00pm & Sun 6 Oct at 11.00am

The Discovery team search throughout the year and across the globe for the best examples of short films for wee ones. Bouncing frogs, junk-collecting grandfathers and a masterclass in how not to take a photograph all feature, as well a very strange underwater creature called the ‘water-haggis’…

Nancy Florence Savard • Canada 2012 • 1h22m • DCP • PG With the voices of Christopher Plummer, Rachelle Lefevre, Dustin Milligan, Tim Rozon, Geneviève Bujold.

Life can be difficult if you live on the Arctic tundra. But when all the animals people hunt to eat and stay alive mysteriously disappear, young Markussi realises that brave action is required. Ignoring the clan spirit master Kiliq, he sets out with his friends in search of the legendary land of Sarila, where nature thrives and food is plentiful. Pursued by the jealous shaman and confronted with all kinds of hurdles along the way, the intrepid trio must restore the natural balance of the environment in order to save their people. Will they succeed?

ALFIE THE LITTLE WEREWOLF

These colourful stories will delight children aged three and over, and are a magical introduction to the cinema experience.

Joram Lürsen • Netherlands 2011 • 1h29m • Format TBC Dutch with English subtitles • PG Cast: Ole Kroes, Maas Bronkhuyzen, Remko Vrijdag, Kim van Kooten, Joop Keesmaat.

Alfie is an adopted seven-year-old boy. He lives with a loving family after being left on their doorstep when he was a baby. On the night of his seventh birthday he discovers he is actually a werewolf, with a taste for the chickens next door. The only person he feels he can confide in is his adoptive brother, Timmie. The film follows their attempts to hide the truth from his parents and everyone else, but as every full moon passes this becomes harder and harder...

Room on the Broom and Other Bewitching Tales Sat 2 Nov at 1.00pm & Sun 3 Nov at 11.00am 40m • U – For ages 3+

In Julia Donaldson’s bewitching story, a rather grumpy witch’s cat learns to get along with a dog, a bird and a frog, then they all band together to defeat a fire-breathing dragon. In addition to Room on the Broom, there are two other short films in this programme. Macropolis is the animated story of two faulty toys, discarded from a factory production line. Coming to life, they rebel and chase after the factory delivery van in the hope of rejoining their friends. Les Fables en délire: La Poule, l’Eléphant et le Serpent is a language-free animated fable – literally, a delirious tale – featuring three rather mismatched animals.

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Africa in Motion Film Festival

GRIGRIS

DURBAN POISON

Africa in Motion Film Festival Welcome to the 8th edition of the Africa in Motion Film Festival. We are here again warming up your winter with the vibrancy of African culture. As always we have brought to Scotland a fantastic showcase of awe-inspiring films from across the African continent. We will take you on a cinematic journey to discover how Africans see themselves in the world we all share. Following the spirit of Africa we will travel across forgotten Kingdoms, follow Islamic pilgrimages, see the life changing effects of revolutions and reimagine notions of what it means to be African in the modern world.

Our festival theme for 2013 is Twende: Africa on the Move (‘twende’ is a Swahili word which translates as ‘let’s go!’), capturing Africa’s diverse richness and beauty through movement.

Using this overarching theme we have devised a programme that encapsulates all types of movement, from the movement of people across regions and borders with films about immigration and asylum, to political, cultural and social movements, to movement in its more literal form with films about sport, dance and the vibrancy of African cities and street life. We hope you will enjoy the journey.

NAIROBI HALF LIFE

Grigris Thu 24 Oct at 8.00pm Mahamat-Saleh Haroun • France/Chad 2013 • 1h41m • DCP French and Arabic with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Souleymane Démé, Anaïs Monory, Cyril Guei, Marius Yelolo.

Grigris is the inspiring story of a 25-year-old man living in N’Djamena, capital of the central African country of Chad, with dreams of becoming a dancer in spite of his physical disability. It appears that his dreams may be shattered when his uncle falls ill and Grigris gets involved with a gang of petrol smugglers in an attempt to save him.

Deceptively simple, Grigris is yet another example of celebrated Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s (Abouna, Daratt, A Screaming Man) extraordinary ability to effortlessly engage audiences through a combination of beautiful visuals and universally recognisable parables.

For the full festival programme, including the Glasgow programme, additional screenings and complementary events, pick up a brochure in Filmhouse foyer or visit the AiM website: www.africa-in-motion.org.uk Principal funder: Creative Scotland. Principal corporate sponsor: Afrinolly. Principal venue partner: Filmhouse.

Sponsors: School of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling; Centre of African Studies, University of Edinburgh; Scottish Documentary Institute; Centre for Theology and Public Issues, University of Edinburgh; Rwanda Scotland Alliance; Rwandan High Commission; Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies; Buni TV; The Africa Channel

TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 25% off Buy any nine (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 35% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.

Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Africa in Motion Film Festival

THE GOOD MAN

MAN ON GROUND

OF GOOD REPORT

Durban Poison

The Good Man

Of Good Report

Fri 25 Oct at 6.10pm

Sat 26 Oct at 3.20pm

Sat 26 Oct at 8.25pm

Andrew Worsdale • South Africa 2013 • 1h33m • DCP Afrikaans and English with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Brandon Auret, Gys de Villiers, Danny Keogh, Frank Opperman, Cara Roberts.

Phil Harrison • South Africa/UK/Ireland 2012 • 1h15m Format TBC • English and Xhosa with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Aidan Gillen, Thabang Sidloyi, Kelly Campbell, Lunathi Mampofu, Jonathan Harden.

Jahmil Qubeka • South Africa 2013 • 1h44m • DCP Xhosa, Zulu and Sotho with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Mothusi Magano, Petronella Tshuma, Thobi Mkhwanazi, Nomhlé Nkyonyeni, Tshamano Sebe.

Durban Poison is an exposé of a relationship between two lovers whose passionate affair self-destructed: they ended up as serial-killers, South Africa’s version of Bonnie and Clyde, killing four people in a game of sex for money. Told in flashback this road movie follows the culprits and the police as they return to the scenes of the crime. Moving between the present and the past, the film is a tale of murder and romance, truth and lies, memory and regret, with the audiences becoming complicit witnesses of a powerful, combustible romance.

Michael (played by Aidan Gillen of Game of Thrones fame) is a young Irishman on the way up. Sifiso is a bright, sharp teenager living in an informal settlement in Cape Town.

Worlds apart, both men find themselves faced with the same question: how to be good. And when their stories unexpectedly collide, their impact on one another’s lives is far greater, and more surprising, than either could have imagined.

After engaging in an illicit affair with one of his pupils, English teacher Parker Sithole spirals into an abyss of obsession that eventually turns to murder. A cinephile’s passionate homage to classic film noir, Of Good Report is a dramatic yet humorous story about a demented teacher’s attempt to get away with the murder of a teenage beauty queen.

Nairobi Half Life Fri 25 Oct at 8.50pm David ‘Tosh’ Gitonga • Kenya 2012 • 1h36m • DCP English and Swahili with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Joseph Wairimu, Olwenya Maina, Nancy Wanjiku Karanja, Mugambi Nthiga, Paul Ogola.

A young, aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of success in the big city. In pursuit of this and to the chagrin of his brother and parents, he makes his way to Nairobi: the city of opportunity. Luck, or lack of it, brings him face to face with two groups of downtown crooks and he forms a friendship with a young small-time gang leader who takes him in.

Drawn into a new world of theft and violence, he continues to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Nairobi Half Life captures the vibrant street-life of Kenya’s capital city in a colourful tale where dreams are dashed but hope prevails.

Director Phil Harrison will be joining us for a Q&A following this screening.

Man on Ground Sat 26 Oct at 6.10pm Akin Omotoso • South Africa 2011 • 1h20m • Format TBC • English, Zulu, Southern Sotho and Yoruba with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Fabian Adeoye Lojede, Fana Mokoena, Thishiwe Ziqubu, Makhaola Ndebele.

“There are three sides to every story. Yours, mine, and the truth. No one is lying, but memories shared serve each differently.” Ade and Femi are two expatriate and estranged Nigerian brothers, living on different sides of the economic divide, their relationship tainted with unspoken betrayal, guilt and scorn which they have carried since the early days of their youth. When they reunite, the mounting violence of a young and struggling country forms the backdrop to their exchanges, eventually prompting an explosive revelation.

Controversially banned by the South African Film and Publication board, the film was pulled from the Durban International Film Festival in July 2013, where it was billed to be the opening film. The film was subsequently ‘unbanned’ on the last day of the festival.

In partnership with Film Africa we are delighted to have the director Jahmil Qubeka in attendance for a discussion following the screening.

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

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Africa in Motion Film Festival (continued)

TOUBA

HORSES OF GOD

ONE MAN’S SHOW

The Virgin, the Copts and Me UK Premiere Horses of God Les chevaux de Dieu

One Man’s Show

Le Vierge, les Coptes et moi

Sun 27 Oct at 8.25pm

Mon 28 Oct at 6.10pm

Sun 27 Oct at 3.20pm

Nabil Ayouch • Morocco 2012 • 1h45m • DCP Arabic and French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Abdelhakim Rachi, Abdelilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, Ahmed El Idrissi Amrani.

Newton Aduaka • France/Nigeria 2012 • 1h5m • DCP French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Emile Abossolo M’bo, Aïssa Maïga, Odile Roire, Fatima Adoum, Kwamé Pocrain.

Ten-year-old Yachine lives with his family in the Sidi Moumen slum in Casablanca. His older brother Hamid is the neighbourhood boss and Yachine’s protector. When Hamid is sent to jail, Yachine takes job after job, however hopeless, to try and uplift himself from the violence, misery and drugs that surround him. Released from prison, now an Islamic fundamentalist, Hamid persuades Yachine and his friends to join their ‘brothers’. Thoughtful and affecting, Horses of God retells a story of great political importance, reflecting on the terrorist attacks of May 2003 in Casablanca.

Recording key moments in the life of middle-aged actor Emile (played be celebrated Cameroonian-French actor Emile Abossolo Mbo, who also features in Ezra, Africa Paradis and Les Saignantes, screened at previous AiM festivals), One Man’s Show explores the life and existential crisis of a man attempting to make sense of his fragmented past and shattered ego. The film is a bold and intelligent portrayal of an individual’s search for meaning and identity.

Namir Abdel Messeeh • France/Qatar/Egypt 2012 • 1h25m Format TBC • Arabic and French with English subtitles • 15 Documentary

A non-believer born in Egypt and raised in France by his Copt parents, filmmaker Namir Abdel Messeeh has a complicated relationship with his ethno-religious heritage.

After watching a video said to depict an appearance of the Virgin Mary in the region of his birthplace, Abdel Messeeh decides to head to Egypt to explore the claims of Marian apparitions that have proliferated in the country since the famous apparitions in Zeitoun in the late 1960s.

The Virgin, the Copts and Me is a playful and warm personal account of the filmmaker’s attempt to better understand his roots, while making his first feature film.

Touba

UK Premiere

Sun 27 Oct at 6.10pm Chai Vasarhelyi • Senegal/Canada 2013 • 1h23m • Format TBC Wolof and French with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Touba reveals a different face of Islam, one which is essential in these divisive times. The film chronicles the annual Grand Magaal pilgrimage of one million Sufi Muslims to the holy Senegalese city of Touba. This dynamic and immersive observational film takes us inside the Mouride Brotherhood, one of West Africa’s most elusive organisations and one of the world’s largest Sufi communities. Shot on celluloid film, the film’s breathtakingly vivid cinematography and integrated soundtrack elevates it to the level of a humanist filmic poem.

Creation in Exile Mon 28 Oct at 3.30pm Daniela Ricci • France 2013 • 53m • DV-Cam French with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Newton Aduaka, John Akomfrah, Haile Gerima, Dani Kouyaté and Jean Odoutan: five major African filmmakers in ‘exile’. This documentary follows their personal and artistic paths from Paris to Washington, from Ouagadougou to London, via Uppsala. Their everyday lives echo with sequences of their films. Through the gazes of these filmmakers, in search of harmony between different cultures, masks fall and myths are smashed.

Director Daniela Ricci will be joining us for a Q&A following this screening.

UK Premiere

One of the directors interviewed in Creation in Exile (screening earlier on 28 Oct), we are delighted to have Newton Aduaka in attendance to talk to the audience after the screening. Our thanks to the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling for generously supporting Mr Aduaka’s attendance.

Africa in Motion Film Festival

MATERIAL

THE PARDON

GOD LOVES UGANDA

AiM Short Film Competition

The Pardon Imbabazi

God Loves Uganda

Mon 28 Oct at 8.25pm

Tue 29 Oct at 8.25pm

Wed 30 Oct at 6.00pm

2h • 15

Joel Karekezi • Rwanda 2013 • 1h13m • DCP • 15 Cast: Wilson Egessa, Okuyo Joel Atiku Prynce, Rehema Nanfuka, Brenda Ibarah, Benjamin Abemigisha.

Roger Ross Williams • Uganda/USA 2013 • 1h23m • HD-Cam 15 • Documentary

For the sixth consecutive year, AiM has invited African filmmakers to submit short films of up to 30 minutes for our annual Short Film Competition. The shortlist has been selected from over 70 entries, comprising a diverse and captivating collection of work from across the continent.

The Short Film Competition is part of AiM’s commitment to nurturing young African filmmaking talent. The winner is selected by our jury of acclaimed film practitioners and academics and will be announced immediately after the screening. The audience will also have the opportunity to vote for their favourite film, with the Audience Award winner announced at the closing screening of the festival on 3 November, where one of the winning shorts will be screened again.

Our thanks go to The Africa Channel and Buni TV for sponsoring the prize money for the competition.

Material Tue 29 Oct at 6.10pm Craig Freimond • South Africa 2012 • 1h33m • DCP • 15 Cast: Riaad Moosa, Vincent Ebrahim, Joey Yusuf Rasdien, Denise Newman, Krijay Govender.

Material is a warm and witty comedy of a dutiful Muslim son, Cassim (played by South African stand-up comedian Riaad Moosa), who works alongside his traditionalist father in the declining family-run textile store in Johannesburg. Cassim is expected to take over the family business one day, but unknown to his father, is secretly honing his skills as a standup comic. When his father finds out, it is no laughing matter...

Manzi and Karemera are best friends who seem inseparable, but as ethnic tensions mount in 1994 Rwanda, the forces of history and violence tear them apart and Manzi finds he must choose between friendship and family.

Fifteen years later, as the former friends search for justice and absolution, they both find themselves at odds with a society eager to forget the trauma of the past. Rwandan filmmaker Joel Karekezi has crafted a beautiful film that reflects the horror of the 1994 genocide but advocates for reconciliation and a brighter future in the next generation.

This screening is kindly sponsored by the Rwanda Scotland Alliance and Rwandan High Commission, and will be followed by a discussion supported by the School of Arts and Humanities at the University of Stirling.

God Loves Uganda explores the role of the American evangelical movement in Uganda, where missionaries have been credited with both creating schools and hospitals and promoting dangerous religious bigotry. The film follows evangelical leaders in America and Uganda along with politicians and missionaries as they attempt the radical task of eliminating ‘sexual sin’ and converting Ugandans to fundamentalist Christianity. Shocking, touching and enlightening, the film records the culture clash between enthusiastic Midwestern missionaries and world weary Ugandans.

The screening is kindly sponsored by the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Part of the festival’s focus on sexuality in Africa, the screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring experts on African sexuality and religion.

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

Africa in Motion Exhibition: ProExposure – African Stories Eyes are turning to Africa and new pictures – fresh and dynamic and as diverse as the continent itself – are emerging. Now Africans are creating their own images and telling their own stories. They do not show an Africa full of poverty and war as so often seen in the Western media. They show an Africa of beauty and blessings, fun and joy, hope and possibility. They show an Africa that is ordinary and extraordinary – and real. This exhibition in Filmhouse café bar showcases the work of three Ethiopian photographers as they interpret Africa in Motion’s 2013 theme of ‘Twende’ – movement.

ProExposure trains photographers in Africa, enabling them to tell their own stories in images and ensuring their stories are told far beyond Africa.

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Africa in Motion Film Festival (continued)

DIFFICULT LOVE

WINTER OF DISCONTENT

SOMETHING NECESSARY

Difficult Love

Winter of Discontent El sheita elli fat

Something Necessary

Wed 30 Oct at 8.45pm

Thu 31 Oct at 8.25pm

Fri 1 Nov at 6.00pm

Zanele Muholi • South Africa 2010 • 48m • Beta SP • English, Zulu, Xhosa and Afrikaans with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

Ibrahim El-Batout • Egypt 2012 • 1h34m • SCP Arabic with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Moataz Mosallam, Amr Waked, Farah Youssef, Salah Hanafy.

Judy Kibinge • Kenya/Germany 2013 • 1h25m • DCP Swahili with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Susan Wanjiro, Walter Lagat, Kipng’eno Kirui Duncan, Benjamin Nyagaka, Carolyne Chebiwott Kibet.

Difficult Love is an intimate, thought-provoking portrait of internationally celebrated South African lesbian photographer Zanele Muholi, and her highly personal take on the challenges facing black lesbians in South Africa today. The film features interviews with Muholi as well as with her friends, colleagues and peers, and provides a compelling overview of the artist, her life and her work.

The screening is kindly sponsored by the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Screening as part of a focus on African sexualities, director and photographer Zanele Muholi will be in attendance following the screening.

Mother Yema Thu 31 Oct at 6.10pm Djamila Sahraoui • Algeria/France 2012 • 1h30m • DCP Arabic with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Djamila Sahraoui, Samir Yahia, Ali Zarif.

The story of a mother (played by director Djamila Sahraoui herself ) and her two sons, set against the backdrop of the barren landscape in a country torn apart by decades of civil war and fundamentalist terrorism. It shows how everyone’s life is touched by Islamic fundamentalism and how even within one close-knit family it can cause disruption and harm. A parable of the large as well as the small-scale consequences of war, this beautifully shot and powerfully acted film makes damning statements about the heartbreak of violent conflict.

This gripping political thriller delivers a searing account of the root causes of the Egyptian revolution. For 18 days in January and February 2011, people in Egypt rallied together to overturn decades of dictatorial rule. Set against the momentous backdrop of the whirlwind protests of Cairo’s Tahrir Square, the film takes us on a raw and moving journey into the lives of three protagonists.

Winter of Discontent poetically explores the anguish of a victim, a witness and a perpetrator of state terror. As the stories of the three characters unfold and overlap, we are propelled headlong into the heady, often surreal atmosphere of terror and uncertainty that characterised the last days of Mubarak’s rule.

The past weighs heavier for some than for others. For Anne, a Kenyan woman and a victim of political and racial violence, it is heavier than conceivable. Nor is the past that light for Joseph, even though he was the culprit. They must hate each other but their stories unfold otherwise.

Election violence based on ethnicity is a recurrent phenomenon in Kenya, but the destruction in 2007 was unparalleled. Something Necessary tells the true story, showing how complex things are when it is not about the statistics of a conflict but the people behind the numbers.

In partnership with festivals Film Africa and Afrika Eye, we are delighted to have director Judy Kibinge in attendance for a discussion following the screening.

Ms Kibinge will also present a free masterclass on her filmmaking practice at the Edinburgh College of Art earlier on Fri 1 Nov (see the AiM brochure or website for full details).

Africa in Motion Film Festival

THE FIRST GRADER

ADVENTURES IN ZAMBEZIA

VIRGIN MARGARIDA

The First Grader

Adventures in Zambezia

Aya of Yop City Aya de Yopougon

Fri 1 Nov at 8.30pm

Sat 2 Nov at 11.00am

Sat 2 Nov at 4.15pm

Justin Chadwick • UK/USA/Kenya 2010 • 1h43m • Digibeta • 15 Cast: Oliver Litondo, Emily Njoki, Hannah Wacera, Joh Kimani.

Wayne Thornley • South Africa/USA 2012 • 1h23m • Format TBC • U

Clément Oubrerie & Marguerite Abouet • Ivory Coast 2012 1h25m • DCP • French with English subtitles • 15

In a small, remote primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance to the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government.

One applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (played by famed Kenyan actor Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to reclaim the education he never had.

Full of vitality and humour, the film explores the remarkable relationships Maruge builds with his junior classmates, while reminding us of the neglected history of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule.

Part of Africa in Motion’s annual children’s day, this South African animated film is set in a bustling bird city on the edge of the majestic Victoria Falls. Adventures in Zambezia is the story of Kai, a naïve but high-spirited young falcon who travels to the city, where he discovers the truth about his origins and, in defending the city, learns how to be part of a community.

Also screening for primary schools on Wed 30 Oct as part of AiM’s collaboration with National Youth Film Festival – see page 38.

African Storytelling: Starbird Sat 2 Nov at 1.00pm 45m • U

The Starbird is a most beautiful bird, with sparkling wings that touch the sky. When the sun sets, she flies way up high, and magically lights up the stars until they sing, giggle and glow. What happens when a wicked hunter appears in the Starbird’s forest? Can she escape him and save her family?

Part of AiM’s annual children’s day, and inspired by Booker prize-winning Nigerian author Ben Okri, Starbird’s story is told through a dazzling combination of African-inspired music, story, dance, costume, puppetry and interactive storytelling by much-loved AiM storyteller Mara Menzies from Toto Tales.

A free, ticketed event.

Set against the colourful and spirited backdrop of the Ivory Coast in the 1970s, Aya of Yop City is a vibrant, beautifullyanimated film. From teen romance to parental tribulations, the film offers a rare glimpse into African daily lives, set to the funky beats of a groovy soundtrack.

Also screening for secondary schools on Tue 29 Oct as part of AiM’s collaboration with National Youth Film Festival – see page 38.

Virgin Margarida Virgem Margarida Sat 2 Nov at 6.10pm Licinio Azevedo • Mozambique 2012 • 1h30m • Digibeta Portuguese with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Iva Mugalela, Sumeia Maculuva, Ermelinda Cimela, Victor Gonçalves, Rosa Mario.

Set in Mozambique in 1975, this revealing and poignant film exposes the mindless violence perpetrated against women at the end of colonial rule. After five hundred years of Portuguese colonisation, Mozambicans raise their flag for the first time. Those who fought for independence are empowered and apply their revolutionary ideals. But thousands of women are arrested, prostitutes or presumed prostitutes, leaving their lives and sometimes their children behind. Amongst them, Margarida, a 16-year-old peasant girl, is wrongly arrested and sent to a rehabilitation camp.

Through such adversities the women are bound together as they discover their own humanity.

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Africa in Motion Film Festival (continued)

HIDDEN BEAUTIES

THE CHILDREN’S REPUBLIC

THE FORGOTTEN KINGDOM

Hidden Beauties Millefeuille

The Children’s Republic

The Forgotten Kingdom

Sat 2 Nov at 8.30pm

Sun 3 Nov at 6.10pm

Sun 3 Nov at 8.30pm

Nouri Bouzid • Tunisia 2012 • 1h45m • DCP Arabic with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Souhir Ben Amara, Nour Meziou, Brahim Aloui, Lotfi Abdelli.

Flora Gomes • France/Portugal 2013 • 1h15m • Digital projection 15 Cast: Danny Glover, Hedviges Mamudo, Melanie de Vales Rafael, Joyce Simbine Saiete.

Andrew Mudge • Lesotho/South Africa 2013 • 1h37m • DCP Sotho with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Zenzo Ngqobe, Nozipho Nkelemba, Jerry Phele, Jerry Mofokeng, Lebohang Ntsane.

In an unidentified African country, the citizens are ruled by a violent and unjust political and economic system.

One day the adults run away, exhausted by the wars they triggered themselves, leaving their children behind. The children must rebuild their world and form a stable and prosperous country. When a group of traumatised child soldiers enter their country, they threaten to disrupt the peace and order of the Children’s Republic.

Atang Mokoenya reluctantly leaves the hustle of Johannesburg to bury his estranged father in their remote ancestral land, the Kingdom of Lesotho, a tiny country landlocked by South Africa. Stirred by memories of his youth, he falls in love with his childhood friend Dineo, now a radiant young school teacher. Through her, Atang is drawn to the mystical beauty and hardships of the people and land he had forgotten.

This fantasy tale comes from renowned director Flora Gomes of Guinea-Bissau. Co-starring Danny Glover, the film transports the viewer to a surreal world ruled by children.

The Forgotten Kingdom takes us on a mesmerising road trip through the stunning rural hills of Lesotho, telling a story of romance and passion both for a country and for a woman.

Hidden Beauties is the striking tale of two young Tunisian women striving for gender equality, as their fellow citizens fight for freedom. Surrounded by the turmoil of revolution, Zaineb and Aisha are inspired to change the course of their own lives. As one woman resists putting on the veil and the other resists taking it off, the two friends stand together unrelenting in their fight.

La pirogue Sun 3 Nov at 4.05pm Moussa Touré • France/Senegal 2012 • 1h27m • DCP French and Wolof with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Laïty Fall, Malamine Drame, Balla Diarra, Salif Jean Diallo.

Illuminating the moving and often tragic human stories behind the headlines about illegal immigration, La pirogue follows Baye Laye, the captain of a fishing pirogue as he journeys from Senegal to mainland Europe. Leading a group of 30 men – and a stowaway woman – of different religions and speaking different languages, some of whom have never seen the sea, Baye Laye will confront many perils in order to reach the distant coasts of Europe.

Directed by Moussa Touré, this Un Certain Regard entry at Cannes is dedicated to the 5,000 or so Africans who have died trying to cross to Europe in the last decade.

The screening is kindly sponsored by the Society for Francophone Postcolonial Studies.

The screening is kindly sponsored by the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues and will be followed by a discussion on issues of peacemaking and reconciliation in film.

UK Premiere

The film will be preceded by the screening of one of the winners of the AiM Short Film Competitions.

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Scotland Loves Anime

EVANGELION 1.0

Scotland Loves Anime Moving into the fourth edition of the festival and this year is full colourful characters including a cast comprised entirely of cats (The Life of Budori Gusko) and a pair of gravity-crossed teenagers in a world where up is down and down is up (Patema Inverted). Best of all is that whatever you see at the festival it’s either a rare screening or the first chance to see the film in Scotland, the UK, Europe or the world!

We have an amazing guest to headline the Edinburgh screenings too, with Makoto Shinkai, acclaimed director of 5CM Per Second, attending the European premiere of his latest work, Garden of Words. It’s rare opportunities like this, for you to meet some of the rising stars in Japanese animation, that we aim to provide every year.

SLA want to thank everyone who made this year’s festival possible, including Filmhouse, Creative Scotland, Arts & Business Scotland, MCM Comic Con Scotland, Manga UK, Anime Limited, The Skinny and Neo Magazine!

GARDEN OF WORDS

THE LIFE OF BUDORI GUSUKO

Evangelion 1.0

Garden of Words

Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo

Koto no ha no niwa

Mon 14 Oct at 8.40pm

Thu 17 Oct at 8.30pm

Masayuki & Kazuya Tsurumaki • Japan 2007 • 1h41m • 35mm Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

Makoto Shinkai • Japan 2013 • 46m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • PG

The theatrical cuts of first three Evangelion films – see them exactly as they were meant to be.

When Takao, a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer, decides to skip school one day in favour of sketching in a rainy garden, he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino. Older but perhaps not wiser, she seems adrift in the world. Despite the difference in their ages, they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues and evolves, with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day.

Tokyo-3 remains standing after most of civilisation was destroyed in the Second Impact. Now the city endures ceaseless onslaught from deadly Angels, immense creatures bent on eradicating the human race. To combat this strange and ruthless enemy, the government agency NERV constructs a fleet of towering humanoid machines called Evas. Shinji Ikari is called into action, reluctantly taking his place at the controls of Eva Unit 01…

Evangelion 2.0 Evangerion shin gekijôban: Ha Wed 16 Oct at 8.30pm

European Premiere

From the director who brought you 5 Centimeters Per Second and hailed by Twitch Film as giving “a unique experience, exploring the visual and aesthetic language of love.”

We will be joined by director Makoto Shinkai and a 45-minute talk will follow the screening.

Masayuki & Kazuya Tsurumaki • Japan 2009 • 1h52m • 35mm Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Shinji Ikari is called into action to pilot Eva Unit 01 once more. He is joined by yet more EVA pilots to help him protect the world from the end of days. Will he be successful? What is NERV planning and who is the mysterious SEELE that is being whispered about in the shadows?

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Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Scotland Loves Anime

FUSE - MEMOIRS OF THE HUNTER GIRL

PATEMA INVERTED

PERFECT BLUE

The Life of Budori Gusuko

SLA Mystery Film

Evangelion 3.0

Guskô Budori no Denki

Sat 19 Oct at 2.15pm

Evangerion shin gekijôban: Kyu

Fri 18 Oct at 6.05pm

1h50m approx • PG

Sat 19 Oct at 7.00pm

Gisaburo Sugii • Japan 2012 • 1h46m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • PG

That’s right folks – the return of the mystery film! For those wanting to guess, we can confirm the following:

Hideaki Anno & Mahiro Maeda • Japan 2012 • 1h46m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

Budori lives happily in the woods with his parents and his little sister until an endless winter snatches them away from him. Alone, the young cat sets out on a quest to save his sister and his homeland from the punishing cold.

He’s struck by the kindness of the colourful strangers he meets on his travels as they help him along the way.

Budori Gusuko is based on the novel by Kenji Miyazawa, considered in Japan to be the greatest children’s writer of the 20th century. Behind the cute, feline characters, this fairytale is imbued with environmentalism that reflects on the place we occupy in the world.

• It’s a European Premiere – so be the first to see it.

• It’s a film for all the family.

• It’s a traditional animation – not 3D CG or anything else.

• It’s actually not out in Japan yet either!

We highly recommend this film, well worth taking a risk and trying it out!

Patema Inverted Sakasama no Patema Sat 19 Oct at 4.45pm

FUSE - Memoirs of the Hunter Girl Fuse: teppô musume no torimonochô Fri 18 Oct at 8.45pm Masayuki Miyaji • Japan 2012 • 1h50m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • 15

Hamaji is a strong and independent girl who lives alone on a mountainside, surviving as a hunter. After her grandfather passes away, she receives a letter from her brother in Edo. He wants her help in hunting ‘fuse’, half-human half-dog beings that consume human souls. When she arrives in Edo, she crosses paths with Shino, a mysterious, white-haired member of a travelling performing troupe, who isn’t all he seems…

FUSE is directed by Miyaji Masayuki, who worked as an assistant director on Spirited Away. Beautiful pastel-coloured visuals complete the folklore-inspired feel of the story.

Yasuhiro Yoshiura • Japan 2013 • 1h39m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • PG

Patema has lived her whole life underground. Following a catastrophic attempt to harness alternative power sources, her community were driven to settle in a dark, cramped network of tunnels below ground. She roams them by torchlight, dreaming of adventures on the surface.

But she gets more adventure than she bargained for when she sneaks into a forbidden area of the settlement that takes her above ground. Patema’s world is turned upsidedown – literally! Gravity pulls her away and she must rely on Age, a local boy, to help keep her on the ground.

Gravity isn’t the only force at work here though: the pair are about to be pulled into something much bigger...

The third of four films in the Rebuild of Evangelion tetralogy directed by Hideaki Anno. Fourteen years after the third impact, Shinji awakens to a world he does not recognise and his body has not aged a single day. Earth lies in ruins and those he once fought valiantly to protect have cruelly turned against him. Nerv is nothing but a distant memory.

Trapped in a harrowing cycle of death and rebirth, Shinji continues to courageously battle the angels – even as the world spirals down towards what could be a tragic end.

Perfect Blue Sat 19 Oct at 9.25pm Satoshi Kon • Japan 1997 • 1h30m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • 18

Mimi Kirigoe is one third of the chart topping girl-pop group CHAM!. But she is keen to put the childish career of the pop singer behind her and pursue her dream of becoming an actress. The transition, however, is nowhere near as easy or enjoyable as she’d hoped. After securing a part in an adult murder-mystery drama, her life takes a turn for the worse.

She uncovers a blog detailing her life in intimate detail, which she is advised to ignore, but the pressure becomes too much for her when several people involved with her latest work are murdered. Reality and delusions begin to blur and she questions her own identity…

SEASON CONTINUES OVERLEAF

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Scotland Loves Anime (continued)/Scotland: Short & Sweet

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AURA

STEINS;GATE - THE MOVIE

Aura - Koga Maryuin’s Last War

HAL Haru

European Premiere Aura: Maryuinkoga Saigo no Tatakai

Sun 20 Oct at 8.45pm

Sun 20 Oct at 3.50pm Seiji Kishi • Japan 2013 • 1h36m • HD-Cam Japanese with English subtitles • 15

As a child, Ichir ‘Menzu’ Sat suffered from delusions of grandeur. To fit in better at high school, he keeps quiet about them – until Ry ko comes along. She’s beautiful and she claims to be a witch from a parallel universe...what’s a boy to do? Suddenly, he finds himself in a world beyond his imagining!

Steins;Gate – The Movie European Premiere Steins;Gate: Fuka Ryouiki no Déjà vu Sun 20 Oct at 6.00pm Kanji Wakabayashi • Japan 2013 • 1h30m • HD-Cam Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

Kurisu has returned to Akihabara after a year in America, and although she and Okabe have a somewhat romantic reunion, their time together does not last long when Okabe begins to have images of other timelines, and ultimately disappears. Kurisu must fight against her own heart to decide whether to follow the path of a scientist and obey Okabe’s orders to not go back in time to get him back, or let her emotions drive her to save her most precious person, no matter what dangerous effects it may have on the world.

This screening will be followed by a 30-minute discussion.

STAY THE SAME

European Premiere

SPECIALEVENT

Ryoutarou Makihara • Japan • 2013 • 1h40m • DCP Japanese with English subtitles • 12A

Scotland: Short & Sweet

Hal is set in a technologically advanced society where androids can be programmed to behave like humans.

The story focuses on Kurumi, who is struggling with the devastating loss of her boyfriend Hal. She shuts herself away from the outside world and loses the will to live. In an attempt to help her adjust, android Q01 is remodelled to resemble Hal and is sent in to help her cope. Will he be able to turn things around?

1h35m • 12A

Screening with a mystery OVA that fits in with the theme of ghosts in the shell very well too… From a promising new director housed at the studio behind Attack on Titan, this short took us by surprise!

Tue 15 Oct at 6.05pm Join us for an evening of Scottish short documentaries to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Bridging the Gap, one of the leading documentary new talent initiatives for cinema and broadcast in the UK. In addition to this year’s new crop of films, two Bridging the Gap alumni, Sam Firth and Jane McAllister, will present their brand new shorts and take part in a Q&A. www.scottishdocinstitute.com Nae Pasaran Felipe Bustos Sierra, 13min The true story of Scottish workers’ defiant stand against Pinochet’s Chilean Regime.

Inorganica Valerie Mellon, 15min Evolution of life on earth took 14 billion years. A scientist claims he can do it in a matter of hours.

Swallow Genevieve Bicknell, 9min A short experimental film about the power of food.

Buffalo Dreams Maurice O’Brien, 15min The harsh reality facing Scotland’s only commercial buffalo farm.

Stay the Same Sam Firth, 14min A collection of moments over the course of a year, exploring our relationship with time.

The Registrars Jane McAllister, 29min An intimate insight into the busiest Register House in Scotland.

Luminate/Come and See... Harold and Maude

THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

Luminate Two screenings and a panel event, part of this year’s Luminate festival.

Luminate is an annual festival celebrating our creative lives as we age. Each October Luminate’s diverse programme attracts audiences from across the generations, showcasing dance, theatre, music, visual arts and community projects across the length and breadth of Scotland.

For more information about the festival and the 2013 programme please go to www.luminatescotland.org

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Mon 7 Oct at 5.45pm (Also at 11am for babies & carers only, see page 2) John Madden • UK 2011 • 2h4m • DCP 12A – Contains strong language, moderate sex references and racist remarks.

Cast: Bill Nighy, Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Dev Patel.

A group of British retirees decide to ‘outsource’ their retirement to less expensive and alluringly exotic India.

Attracted by the newly restored Marigold Hotel and with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the ancient palace a shadow of its former self. They begin to forge new experiences and memories together despite their less than luxurious surroundings.

THIS IS MARTIN BONNER

Close Encounters of the Third Age: Representing an Ageing Society in the Cinema Sat 12 Oct at 10.30am 1h30m

British Film Institute statistics indicate that the power of older audiences is increasing. Cinema audiences are seeing more substantial roles for older artists, from Judi Dench as a widowed housewife seeking fulfilment in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, to Emmanuelle Riva’s Oscar-nominated performance in Amour. But how accurately do these roles represent older people today? What messages do these films give about ageing? And do younger audiences relate to characters with a life beyond 60? Join this lively discussion with industry professionals and moviegoers of all ages.

Tickets £4/£3 including tea/coffee.

This Is Martin Bonner Tue 22 Oct at 5.45pm Chad Hartigan • USA 2013 • 1h23m • DCP • 12A Cast: Paul Eenhoorn, Richmond Arquette, Sam Buchanan, Robert Longstreet, Demetrius Grosse.

A gentle and absorbing study of loneliness and friendship.

Martin Bonner is at a crossroads in life; he has just moved to Reno to work for an organisation helping newly released prisoners adapt to life outside the prison system.

Travis Holloway meanwhile has recently completed a twelve-year prison sentence. Cut adrift in a strange city, they find a common ground that belies their very different backgrounds, and, against all the odds, an unlikely friendship blossoms.

HAROLD AND MAUDE

Come and See...

A monthly one-off screening of a great film we simply thought you might like to see, again or for the first time, on the big screen.

Harold and Maude Tue 29 Oct at 8.30pm Hal Ashby • USA 1971 • 1h31m • DCP 15 – Contains dangerous stunts Cast: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack, Charles Tyner.

A young man with a death wish and a 79-year-old high on life find love in Hal Ashby’s cult black comedy.

Deadpan rich boy Harold (Bud Cort) keeps staging elaborate suicide tableaux to get the attention of his mother (Vivian Pickles), but she keeps planning his brilliant future for him instead. Obsessed with the trappings of death, Harold freaks out his blind dates, modifies his new sports car to look like a mini-hearse, and attends funerals, where he meets the spirited Maude (Ruth Gordon). An eccentric to the core, Maude lives exactly as she pleases, with avid collecting and nude modelling among her many pursuits. To the disgust of his relatives and the befuddlement of his shrink, Harold falls in love with her.

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FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

4 - 31 October 2013

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DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

Fri 1 Sunshine on Leith 4 2 A Thirsty World + short (TOA) Oct 2 Salma (TOA) 2 Neu! Reekie! at TOA (TOA) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

1.00/3.30/6.15/8.30 2.35 + discussion 5.45 + discussion 9.00 (£7) 1.30/3.45/6.00/8.25

Sat 1 The Legend of Sarila [3D] (TOA) 5 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Sisters Seminar (TOA) 2 Girl Rising (TOA) 2 Are You Listening! (TOA) 3 First Cousin Once Removed (MH) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

1.00 + intro (£4.50) 3.30/6.15/8.30 1.00 (£5/£3) 5.30 + discussion 8.25 + Q&A 1.00 + Q&A 3.30/6.00/8.15

Sat 1 Planes (WW) 1.00 12 1 Sunshine on Leith 3.30/6.15/8.30 Oct 2 Close Encounters of the 3rd Age (L) 10.30am (£4//£3) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 1.10/3.15/8.45 2 Surprise Screening: TOA... (TOA) 6.00 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 1.15/3.25/8.25 3 Le Week-End (AD) 6.10

Sun 1 The Legend of Sarila [3D] (TOA) 6 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Kuma 2 The Patience Stone + short (TOA) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 The Blue Black Hussar (MH)

11am + intro (£4.50) 1.15/3.30/6.15/8.30 3.15/8.55 6.00 + discussion 1.00/3.30/8.25 5.45 + Q&A

Mon 1 The Best Exotic Marigold... (B) 7 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Kuma 2 The Best Exotic Marigold... (L) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

11am (babies & carers) 3.00/6.15/8.30 3.30/8.35 5.45 3.15/6.10/8.25

Tue 1 Sunshine on Leith 8 2 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Tomorrow + short (TOA) 2 Winter, Go Away! (TOA) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

3.00/6.15/8.30 3.30 6.00 8.10 + discussion 3.15/6.10/8.25

Wed 1 Sunshine on Leith 9 2 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Powerless (TOA) 2 Pandora’s Promise (TOA) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 The Phantom Carriage (EC)

3.00/6.15/8.35 3.30 5.50 + discussion 8.30 + discussion 3.15/8.25 5.55 + intro

Thu 1 Sunshine on Leith 10 2 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 The Human Scale + short (TOA) 2 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Manhunt (PP)

3.00/6.15/8.30 3.30 6.00 + Q&A 8.45 3.15/6.10 8.25

Fri 1 Sunshine on Leith 11 2 The Patience Stone + short (TOA) Oct 2 More Than Honey (TOA) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

3.30/6.15/8.30 3.00 + discussion 6.00 + discussion 8.45 3.15/6.10 8.25

Sun 1 Planes (WW) 13 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 Take Shelter (MH) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) + (S) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

11.00am 1.00/3.30/6.15/8.30 1.10/3.15/8.45 5.45 (£4/£2) 1.15 (subtitled) 3.25/8.25 6.10

Mon 1 Sunshine on Leith (B) 14 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 1 Le Week-End (AD) 1 Evangelion 1.0 (SLA) 2 Sunshine on Leith 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Sunshine on Leith

11am (babies & carers) 6.15 3.10 8.40 + intro 3.00 6.10/8.45 3.15/6.00 8.30

Tue 1 Le Week-End (AD) 15 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Sunshine on Leith 2 Scotland: Short & Sweet 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Life After Service: My Reality (MH)

3.10 6.15/8.30 3.00 6.05 + Q&A 8.50 3.15/8.25 6.00 + Q&A (FREE)

We are embarking on some essential remedial works to upgrade our boilers, water supply, heating control systems and back room facilities over the next few months. These works will result in significant improvements in energy and operational efficiency for Filmhouse.

There may be some occasional noise disruption and access issues to Cinemas 2 and 3 during these works. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience, and be assured we are working with our contractors to keep this to a minimum.

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

Wed 1 Le Week-End (AD) 16 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 1 Evangelion 2.0 (SLA) 2 Sunshine on Leith 2 Metropolis (EC) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Sunshine on Leith

3.10 6.15 8.30 + intro 3.00 5.45 + intro 8.55 3.15/6.00 8.30

Thu 1 Le Week-End (AD) 17 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 1 Garden of Words (SLA) 2 Sunshine on Leith 2 Running from Crazy (MH) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Shameless (PP)

3.10 6.15 8.30 + Q&A 3.00 5.45 + Q&A (tbc) 8.45 3.15/8.25 6.00

Fri 1 Sunshine on Leith 18 1 The Life of Budori Gusuko (SLA) Oct 1 FUSE - Memoirs... (SLA) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 Sunshine on Leith 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

3.00 6.05 + intro 8.45 + intro 3.10 6.15/8.30 3.15 6.10/8.25

Sat 1 Shorts for Wee Ones (WW) 19 1 SLA Mystery Film (SLA) Oct 1 Patema Inverted (SLA) 1 Evangelion 3.0 (SLA) 1 Perfect Blue (SLA) 2 Sunshine on Leith 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

1.00 2.15 + intro 4.45 + intro 7.00 + intro 9.25 + intro 1.15/3.30/6.15/8.30 1.30/6.10/8.25 3.45

Sun 1 Shorts for Wee Ones (WW) 20 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 1 Aura - Koga Maryuin’s... (SLA) 1 Steins;Gate – The Movie (SLA) 1 Hal + Mystery OVA (SLA) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 Sunshine on Leith 2 Gloria 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) + (S)

11.00am 1.00 3.50 + intro 6.00 + discussion 8.45 + intro 1.15 3.30/8.50 6.00 + Q&A 1.30/3.45 6.10 8.25 (subtitled)

Mon 1 Blue Jasmine (B) 21 1 Alfie the Little Werewolf (WW) Oct 1 Adventure Film Fest Prog 1 (AFF) 1 Sunshine on Leith 2 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 2 Sunshine on Leith 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

11am (babies & carers) 3.00 6.15 8.30 3.10 6.00 8.15 3.15 6.10 8.25

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4 - 31 October 2013

FILMHOUSE PROGRAMME

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

SCREENING TIMES

DATE SCREEN NUMBER & FILM TITLE

Tue 1 Sunshine on Leith 22 2 Blue Jasmine (AD) Oct 2 This Is Martin Bonner (L) 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD) 3 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut

3.00/8.30 3.10 5.45 8.15 3.15 6.10 8.25

Mon 1 Sunshine on Leith 28 1 Adventure Film Fest Prog 2 (AFF) Oct 2 Creation in Exile (AiM) 2 One Man’s Show (AiM) 2 AiM Short Film Comp (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

3.00/8.30 6.15 3.30 + Q&A 6.10 +Q&A 8.25 3.15/8.20 6.00

TICKET PRICES & INFORMATION

Wed 1 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 23 1 SMHAFF Awards Ceremony (MH) Oct 1 Sunshine on Leith 2 Blue Jasmine (AD) 2 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Man with a Movie Camera (EC) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

3.00 5.45 (FREE) 8.30 3.10 6.05 8.15 3.15 6.00 + intro 8.25

Tue 1 Sunshine on Leith 29 1 Harold and Maude Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 Material (AiM) 2 The Pardon (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

3.00/6.15 8.30 3.10 6.10 8.25 + discussion 3.15/8.20 6.00

Thu 1 Sunshine on Leith 24 1 Grigris (AiM) Oct 2 Blue Jasmine (AD) 2 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 2 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD) 3 Siberian Exile (PP) 3 Blue Jasmine (AD)

3.00/5.45 8.00 + intro 3.10 6.15 8.30 3.15 6.00 8.45

Wed 1 Sunshine on Leith 30 1 Le Week-End (AD) Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 God Loves Uganda (AiM) 2 Difficult Love (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 L’Age d’Or + Un Chien... (EC)

3.00/6.15 8.30 3.10 6.00 + discussion 8.45 + Q&A 3.15/8.20 5.50 + intro

Fri 1 Sunshine on Leith 25 1 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 Durban Poison (AiM) 2 Nairobi Half Life (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

3.00/5.15/7.30 9.45 3.10 6.10 8.50 3.15/8.20 6.00

Thu 1 Sunshine on Leith 31 1 Le Week-End (AD) Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 Mother (AiM) 2 Winter of Discontent (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 Three Sisters T (PP)

3.00/6.15 8.30 3.10 6.10 8.25 3.15/6.00 8.15

Sat 1 The Wicker Man: The Final Cut 26 1 Sunshine on Leith Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 The Good Man (AiM) 2 Man on Ground (AiM) 2 Of Good Report (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 SMHAFF Award Winners (MH) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

1.00/8.30 3.15/6.15 1.10 3.20 + Q&A 6.10 8.25 + Q&A 1.15/6.00 3.30 (FREE) 8.20

Sun 1 Sunshine on Leith 27 1 The Selfish Giant (AD) Oct 2 Le Week-End (AD) 2 The Virgin, the Copts & Me (AiM) 2 Touba (AiM) 2 Horses of God (AiM) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) 3 The Selfish Giant (AD) + (S) 3 Le Week-End (AD)

1.00/3.15/6.15 8.30 1.10 3.20 6.10 8.25 1.15/6.00 3.30 (subtitled) 8.20

KEY (AD) – Audio Description (see page 2) (B) – Carer & baby screening (see page 2) (S) – Subtitled (see page 2) All screenings in 2D unless marked [3D] SEASONS: (AFF) – Thrillseekers Adventure Film Festival (page 34) (AiM) – Africa in Motion Film Festival (pages 8-14) (EC) – Introduction to European Cinema (pages 24-25) (L) – Luminate (page 19) (MH) – Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival (pages 22-23) (PP) – Play Poland (pages 32-33) (SLA) – Scotland Loves Anime (pages 16-18) (TOA) – Take One Action Film Festival (pages 26-31) (WW) – Weans’ World (page 7) Full index of films on page 2

SCREENING TIMES

MATINEES (Shows starting prior to 5pm) Mon - Thu: £6.50 full price, £4.50 concessions Friday Matinees: £5.00/£3.50 concessions Sat - Sun: £8.20 full price, £6.00 concessions EVENING SCREENINGS (Starting 5pm and later) £8.20 full price, £6.00 concessions All tickets to Weans’ World screenings (marked WW on grid) are £3.50. Tickets for children under 12 are £3.50 for any screening.

For screenings in 3D add £2 to ticket price.

Filmhouse Members get £1.50 off every ticket (excludes Friday matinees and Weans’ World) Concessions available for: children (under 15); students (with valid matriculation card); school pupils (15-18 years); Young Scot cardholders; senior citizens; people with disability or invalidity status (carers go free); claimants (Jobseekers Allowance, Disability Living Allowance, Housing Benefit); NHS employees (with proof of employment).

We participate in the Orange Wednesdays 2 for 1 scheme.

There are usually ticket deals available on film seasons.

All performances are bookable in advance, in person, online at www.filmhousecinema.com or by phone on 0131 228 2688. We do not charge a fee for bookings made by telephone or on the website. Tickets may also be reserved without payment, in which case they must be collected no later than 30 minutes before the performance starts.

Tickets cannot be exchanged nor money refunded except in the event of a cancellation of a performance.

Screenings are subject to change, but only in extraordinary circumstances.

All seats are unreserved. If you require seats together please arrive in plenty of time. Cinemas will be open 15 minutes before the start of each screening. The management reserves the right of admission and will not admit latecomers. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Double bills are shown in the same order as indicated on these pages. Intervals in double bills last 10 minutes.

BOX OFFICE: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm daily) PROGRAMME INFO: 0131 228 2689 BOOK ONLINE: www.filmhousecinema.com

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Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival

FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED

THE BLUE BLACK HUSSAR

Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival This year’s Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival breaks new ground with new and previously unreleased films, accompanied by live discussion with guests and filmmakers on the theme of ‘reality’.

Running from Crazy features Oscar-winner Barbara Kopple detailing how Mariel Hemingway deals with her family’s history of mental illness. Alan Berliner’s First Cousin Once Removed is a moving portrait of the director’s poet, friend and mentor Edwin Honig. Festival favourite Jack Bond presents The Blue Black Hussar, a dynamic story of recovery featuring Adam Ant. Jeff Nichols’ drama Take Shelter features Michael Shannon as a man struggling with a breakdown. And veterans’ issues will be tackled by Peter Carruthers in a discussion after a screening of two of his films in Life After Service: My Reality.

Go to www.mhfestival.com for details of other SMHAFF events.

TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.

Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

TAKE SHELTER

First Cousin Once Removed Sat 5 Oct at 1.00pm Alan Berliner • USA 2012 • 1h18m • HD-Cam • 15 • Documentary

First Cousin Once Removed is another beautifully composed documentary by Alan Berliner. This sympathetic yet honest portrayal of Berliner’s cousin Edwin Honig was filmed over the course of five years, as the poet, playwright and translator began showing signs of Alzheimer’s.

Gradually but inexorably, the condition led to the loss of his memory, command of language and relation to the past, and yet Berliner finds something human and universal in his situation. First Cousin Once Removed is an unflinching portrayal of the fragility of the human mind and a stark reminder of the profound role that memory plays in all of our lives.

Director Alan Berliner will take part in a Q&A after this screening.

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Scottish Mental Health Arts & Film Festival

LIFE AFTER SERVICE: MY REALITY

RUNNING FROM CRAZY

SMHAFF AWARDS

The Blue Black Hussar

Life After Service: My Reality

SMHAFF Awards Ceremony

Sun 6 Oct at 5.45pm

Tue 15 Oct at 6.00pm – FREE

Wed 23 Oct at 5.45pm – FREE

Jack Bond • UK 2013 • 1h40m • Format TBC • 15 • Documentary

1h30m • 15

2h15m

Filmmaker Jack Bond, who has made documentaries about Salvador Dali, Patricia Highsmith, Roald Dahl and Werner Herzog, returns to direct The Blue Black Hussar, which captures the latest developments in musician Adam Ant’s extraordinary story. This highly personal profile follows Ant on his first tour for 15 years as he plays small London clubs, culminating in a performance before 55,000 people at Hyde Park. The film features Adam meeting up with actress Charlotte Rampling, who was the inspiration for his first album Dirk Wears White Sox, producer Mark Ronson and the artist who was a mentor to him, Allen Jones.

Filmmaker Peter Carruthers presents two of his short films which explore experiences of some military veterans.

Carruthers is an actor, writer and filmmaker based in the North West of England. His passionate interest in mental health issues led him to him to research, write, produce and play the lead role in Fallout, a film which aims to increase awareness and understanding of the reality of living with PTSD.

Eddie Harrison, producer of The Blue Black Hussar, will take part in a Q&A after this screening.

Running from Crazy

The Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival’s annual open film submission gives filmmakers from all over the world the platform to challenge perceptions of mental health, share their ideas with new audiences and explore the realities of mental health through film. This year the film submission returned for its seventh year and saw a diverse range of submissions from as far afield as Iran, India, Turkey, the US, Canada and Australia as well as homegrown talent from Scotland, the UK and Europe.

The annual film awards ceremony honours the very best of these films at this not to be missed event. Expect to be moved and inspired by the films themselves and the stories behind them.

Take Shelter Sun 13 Oct at 5.45pm – Tickets £4/£2 Jeff Nichols • USA 2011 • 2h1m • DCP 15 – Contains strong language and sustained psychological threat Cast: Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon.

A psychological drama that builds a suffocating knot of tension around a brilliant performance by Michael Shannon as Curtis, a devoted family man who experiences terrifying nightmares. Curtis watches as storms gather in the distance. Convinced that the fearful storm that haunts his dreams will happen soon he begins to build a shelter to protect his family. Take Shelter is a compelling exploration of masculinity in an increasingly troubled world.

Peter will be taking part in a Q&A after the film to discuss his experiences of making these films.

Thu 17 Oct at 5.45pm Barbara Kopple • USA 2013 • 1h40m • DCP • 15 • Documentary

Running from Crazy, double Academy Award winner Barbara Kopple’s documentary about the Hemingway family, is an insight into one of the most distinguished dynasties in America. The story focuses on Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of legendary writer Ernest, as she explores the family’s history of mental illness and suicide. As Mariel comes to terms with the tragedies of her family’s past that have shaped the course of her life, deeply hidden secrets are revealed and truths emerge in a remarkably insightful and often funny portrait of a woman dealing with family, celebrity and self-actualisation.

We are hopeful that Barbara Kopple will be present for a Q&A after this screening; check our website nearer the time for confirmation.

SMHAFF Award Winners Sat 26 Oct at 3.30pm – FREE 2h • 15

Join us for a special SMHAFF evening featuring suprise screenings of winning films from this year’s international competition. Expect a thought-provoking selection, exploring the realities of mental health through a wide range of local and international productions.

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Introduction to European Cinema

THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE

Introduction to European Cinema Now in its ninth year at Filmhouse, Introduction to European Cinema returns for 2013/14 with a completely new programme of films. The only season of its kind in the UK, IEC provides a great opportunity to see some of the classics of European cinema on the big screen, many of which are very rarely shown.

Curated in collaboration with specialists in European cinema from the University of Edinburgh’s Division of European Languages and Cultures, the screenings form part of study programmes in cinema at the University of Edinburgh, but you don’t need to be a student to come along – we are very keen to invite all members of the Filmhouse public to see these masterful and often thought-provoking films!

Each screening will be preceded by a short introduction

by Dr Claire Boyle (Lecturer in French and IEC Course Organiser), or one of the other core members of the Introduction to European Cinema course team, which also comprises Dr Leanne Dawson (Postdoctoral Research Fellow in German) and Dr Pasquale Iannone (Film Studies).

To keep up to date with screening dates and times, please ‘Like’ IEC’s Facebook page ‘Introduction to European Cinema at Filmhouse’ or follow @Filmhouse on Twitter.

METROPOLIS

UN CHIEN ANDALOU

The Phantom Carriage Körkarlen

Man with a Movie Camera

Wed 9 Oct at 5.55pm

Chelovek s kino-apparatom

Victor Sjöström • Sweden 1921 • 1h35m • 35mm Silent with live musical accompaniment U – Contains very mild violence and scary scenes Cast: Victor Sjöström, Hilda Borgström, Tore Svennberg, Astrid Holm, Concordia Selander.

Wed 23 Oct at 6.00pm

An alcoholic ne’er-do-well dies at midnight on New Year’s Eve, and, as legend dictates, must take over the job of driving the chariot of the dead for the next year. In doing so he comes face to face with the consequences of his actions during his life. An extraordinarily rich and innovative silent classic, which Ingmar Bergman credited with inspiring him to become a filmmaker.

Dziga Vertov • Soviet Union 1929 • 1h8m • 35mm Silent with live musical accompaniment U – Contains funeral and childbirth images

A cameraman travels around a city with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life in the Soviet Union with dazzling inventiveness. Vertov’s exhilarating exploration of the relationships between cinema, actuality and history opened up all the issues Godard, the avantgardes, and political filmmakers have been wrestling with ever since. A truly radical and liberating work.

Metropolis

L’Age d’Or

Wed 16 Oct at 5.45pm

Wed 30 Oct at 5.50pm

Fritz Lang • Germany 19272010 • 2h25m • DCP • Silent PG – Contains mild horror and violence Cast: Alfred Abel, Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Helm, Fritz Rasp.

Luis Buñuel • France • 1930 • 1h3m • 35mm French with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Gaston Modot, Lya Lys, Caridad de Laberdesque, Max Ernst, Josep Llorens Artigas, Lionel Salem.

Fritz Lang’s sci-fi epic in a newly reconstructed and restored version, as visionary and iconic as ever thanks to the discovery of 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world. In the titular futuristic city, a ruling class live in opulence, while a literal underclass toil in a vast subterranean workshop. Lured from his Edenic existence by the saintly Maria (Brigitte Helm), Freder Fredersen (Gustav Fröhlich) witnesses the misery of the working class and vows to persuade his despotic father, Joh (Alfred Abel), to change the system. But Joh has no qualms about the status quo, and works with a loony scientist to create a robotic ‘Evil Maria’, who they hope will turn the workers from revolutionary thoughts...

Nonsensical, erotic, scandalous, revolutionary: the surrealist masterpiece L’Age d’Or is not for those of a nervous disposition. After premiering in Paris in November 1930, the film caused a riot. Eighty-odd years on, this provocative tale of two lovers and their thwarted attempts to consummate their passion has lost none of its power to shock.

PLUS SHORT Un Chien Andalou

Luis Buñuel • France • 1929 • 17m • 35mm Silent with French intertitles (and English subtitles) • 15

Sensual, shocking and subversive, Buñuel and Dali’s surreal short from 1929 is a masterpiece of provocation.

Introduction to European Cinema/Häxan

L’ATALANTE

BOUDU SAVED FROM DROWNING

HAXAN

L’Atalante

Boudu Saved from Drowning

Wed 6 Nov at 5.50pm

Boudu sauvé des eaux

Jean Vigo • France 1934 • 1h29m DCP • French with English subtitles PG – Contains brief nudity and infrequent sex references Cast: Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis, Louis Lefebvre.

Wed 13 Nov at 5.50pm

Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages

Jean Renoir • France 1932 • 1h25m • DCP French with English subtitles • PG Cast: Michel Simon, Marcelle Hainia, Sévérine Lerczinska, Jean Gehret, Charles Granval.

Screening with live musical accompaniment

Jean Vigo’s first and only full-length feature is one of the cinema’s greatest masterpieces. The story is very simple: newly-weds Jean Dasté and Dita Parlo find living on a cramped Seine barge brings tension to their relationship; their naivety falls prey to the volatile eccentricity of second mate Père Jules, the temptations of a flirtatious pedlar, and their own unreadiness to compromise. But to this stark narrative Vigo brings a rich array of moods (comic, suspenseful, heart-rendingly romantic) to explore the nuances of every single emotion.

Shot in 1932, when sound at the movies was still in its infancy, and later lamely remade as Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Boudu Saved from Drowning is one of Jean Renoir’s most enjoyable films, and its wit, freshness and spontaneity continue to impress more than eighty years later. Pioneering in its use of authentic locations, it stars Michel Simon as the anarchic tramp Boudu, who’s rescued from drowning by a kindly Parisian bookseller and then installed in the latter’s household, with chaotic results.

Summer Interlude Sommarlek Wed 20 Nov at 5.50pm

TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 25% off Buy any nine (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 35% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.

Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Ingmar Bergman • Sweden 1951 • 1h36m • 35mm Swedish with English subtitles • PG Cast: Maj-Britt Nilsson, Birger Malmsten, Alf Kjellin, Annalisa Ericson, Georg Funkquist.

In this melancholy romance, a not-so-young ballerina recalls an earlier, tragic love affair. A pivotal film in Ingmar Bergman’s oeuvre, Summer Interlude marked his maturation as a master filmmaker capable of evocative imagery and poignant expression. Of particular note are the unsettling scenes between Marie and her uncle, framed and lit to emphasise the disturbing nature of their relationship.

SPECIALEVENT

Fri 1 Nov at 9.00pm - Tickets £13/£10 Benjamin Christensen • Sweden 1922 • 1h54m • 35mm Silent with live musical accompaniment by Verity Susman • 15 Cast: Maren Pedersen, Clara Pontoppidan, Elith Pio, Oscar Stribolt, Tora Teje.

Since its premiere in 1922, Benjamin Christensen’s exploration of the role of superstition in medieval minds has caused outrage and protest from both the general public and religious groups. Dramatising satanic activities and rituals, including the ways in which suspected witches were tortured and killed, Haxan is a deliriously imaginative masterpiece.

This screening will be accompanied by a live score, specially commissioned by Filmhouse, written and performed by composer and musician Verity Susman of Electrelane. www.veritysusman.tumblr.com This is the first screening in Dark Visions, a season of films exploring representations of witchcraft and gothic horror in cinema, including classics such as Carl Theodor Dreyer’s austerely beautiful allegory of Nazi occupation, Day of Wrath, Jack Clayton’s supernatural chiller The Innocents and two classics starring Vincent Price, Witchfinder General and Roger Corman’s The Masque of the Red Death.

More information in next month’s programme.

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Take One Action Film Festival

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SALMA

WINTER, GO AWAY

GIRL RISING

“Take One Action’s focus on empowering people to engage with issues of global concern through great cinema is unique in the UK. This work is really, really important.” - Ken Loach and Paul Laverty, Patrons “Take One Action brings to light stories from across the planet which – like South Africa’s injustices, courage and beauty – were once hidden.”

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu “Want to change the world but not sure where to start? These guys will rouse you into action.” - The Guardian

27 September to 12 October Take One Action – Scotland’s global change cinema project – is back in Edinburgh, premiering two weeks of the most acclaimed cinema about global social change.

Understanding our power and interdependency with others around the world is more essential and valuable than ever. Take One Action is your gateway to: enjoy amazing films; listen and take part in discussions to connect them back to our lives in Scotland; be inspired to use our hands and voices more courageously to shape a world we’re really proud to live and work in; be active in seeking out the connections and support we need, to be all we can be. Our staff, partners, volunteers and fellow audience members have lots of pointers: there for the asking.

For the full programme including outdoor screenings, workshops and talks, pick up a festival guide available in the cinema or visit www.takeoneaction.org.uk Festival loyalty card: bring friends, grab a freebie See five Take One Action films at the festival or through the year to get into a sixth free. Get stamps when tickets are collected in person. Cards available at the Box Office. Or... bring 5 friends and you’ll go free!

Take One Action Film Festival

A THIRSTY WORLD

A Thirsty World

A THIRSTY WORLD

UK Premiere

Fri 4 Oct at 2.35pm

SALMA

SISTERS

Yann Arthus-Bertrand • France • 2012 • 1h31m Non-DCI Digital projection • French and English with English subtitles • PG • Documentary

Take One Action presents SISTERS – a weekend of films and events celebrating progress made for women’s empowerment throughout the world and highlighting the challenges for the decade ahead.

After Home, the stunning debut film from photographer Yann Arthus Betrand, the master of aerial cinema revisits our fragile planet to foreground the wonders of the world’s fresh water sources and the ordinary heroes fighting to protect them.

Salma

Accounting for the food we eat and the clothes we wear, a European family of four consumes some 140,000 litres of water every week. Much of that water comes from developing countries that produce our coffee, jeans and cheap meat, where water is often scarce and, in the face of climate change, increasingly a cause of conflict. At the same time, these water sources are among the most beautiful natural wonders of the world – from the Congo basin to the Cambodian deltas. The film dives in from its bird’s eye view perspective to meet the campaigners, entrepreneurs and women on the frontline. A beautiful, urgent call to everyday action.

PLUS SHORT Merfolk

Rory Wauby-Tolley • UK 2012 • 3m

Followed by discussion with special guests including Jon Rathjen (HydroNation) and Nick Hepworth (Water Witness). Supported by NIDOS and SCIAF.

Scottish Premiere Neu! Reekie! at Take One Action

Fri 4 Oct at 5.45pm

Fri 4 Oct at 9.00pm

Kim Longinotto • UK/India 2013 • 1h30m • Digibeta Tamil with English subtitles • PG • Documentary

SISTERS WEEKEND | MUSIC AND POETRY NIGHT

“It’s very rare that something can resonate and leave me in such a state of fulfilment as this film.” - Huffington Post

“I can’t take my ears off her” - Benjamin Zephaniah, on Holly McNish

Official Selection, Sundance and Berlinale.

Curated by Neu! Reekie! – neureekie.tumblr.com

As violence against women in India hits global headlines in 2013, festival favourite Kim Longinotto tells the extraordinary story of a Tamil woman locked up for more than 25 years, whose defiant poetry escapes to represent the hopes of millions. When Salma, was 13 years old, her family forbade her to study and eventually forced her into marriage. Gradually, she began covertly composing poems on scraps of paper and, through intricate design, was able to sneak them into the hands of a publisher. Against the odds, her poetry took Tamil society by storm: the first step to Salma discovering her freedom and challenging the traditions and code of conduct in her own village.

Following a run of sell-out shows that have seen the likes of Primal Scream and Liz Lochhead take to the stage alongside the upcoming performers they most admire, Edinburgh’s almighty poetry squad are back – taking over Filmhouse with lyricism and musicality on a starburst of gender, justice and human-being themes, especially for Take One Action. The bill includes Holly McNish, much published slam queen and curator, fresh from sonic booms on Women’s Hour, Ronnie Scott’s and Glastonbury… Plus Jamaican poet and novelist, Kei Miller (Commonwealth First Book Nominee). Music acts still to be confirmed at time of going to press, but expect to be expanded.

We hope to be joined after the film by director Kim Longinotto and guests including Mridul Wadhwa (Shakti Women’s Aid).

TICKETS £7

Ticket deal: buy a joint ticket for Salma and Neu! Reekie! at Take One Action for just £13/£11 when booked via Filmhouse in person or on the phone.

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Take One Action Film Festival (continued)

GIRL RISING

ARE YOU LISTENING!

THE PATIENCE STONE

SISTERS Sisters Seminar

Girl Rising

Sat 5 Oct at 1.00pm

Sat 5 Oct at 5.30pm

4h

Richard Robbins • USA 2013 • 1h44m • Non-DCI Digital • 12A Documentary

2013 sees us launch a new strand into the festival: Sisters – casting a positive and critical lens on the vital role played by women in global development, activism and environmental sustainability, as well as injustices resulting from unjust gender norms. The event will combine powerful presentations with debates, audience discussions and short films, and will conclude with a special panel session exploring the voices of women on film and women in film. The event will conclude with a panel discussion exploring opportunities for strengthening the voices of women both in and on film, with Sara Afreen (producer, Are You Listening!) and Noe Mendelle (Director, Scottish Documentary Institute) among others. We also hope to be joined by director Iciar Bollain.

Join us for an inspiring and insightful afternoon.

Supported by Zero Tolerance.

TICKETS £5/£3

Take One Action Dialogues Join free, facilitated small group conversations at Filmhouse after selected screenings/panel discussions to meet other enquiring souls and reflect on the story.

The first drink’s on us.

Register at dialogues@takeoneaction.org.uk

UK Premiere Are You Listening!

Shunte Ki Pao!

“Illuminating and hopeful.” - Los Angeles Times With voiceover from Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson, this spirited film tells, in their own words, how nine (extra)ordinary girls from all corners of the globe faced down and overcame all-too-common barriers to education.

In 2012 Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban for trying to go to school. Like Malala, 66 million girls worldwide are being denied a basic education, mostly as a result of poverty and gender norms. But “change is like a song you can’t hold back” says Suma from Nepal, who escaped bonded labour to learn how to read, and to write music.

Like Azmera from Ethiopia, whose brother is her biggest champion, and Senna from Peru, who is learning to demand basic rights for her community, Suma represents the awesome difference that educating all girls would make in the world. Screening on World Teachers’ Day, Girl Rising celebrates that change, and points to an urgent need to take it further.

Followed by discussion with special guests including David Mundell MP (Under-Secretary of State for Scotland) and Mukami McCrumb (Africa Council Scotland/Scottish Government). Supported by NIDOS.

UK Premiere

Sat 5 Oct at 8.25pm Kamar Ahmad Simon • Bangladesh 2012 • 1h30m • HD-Cam Bengali with English subtitles • 12A • Documentary

A Bangladeshi family battle the surging front line of climate change in this critically acclaimed, mesmerising and pared-back testament to the hidden cost of highcarbon living. Rakhi’s son Rahul was only four in 2009, when a powerful tidal wave destroyed everything they owned. Her husband Soumen has had no work since, as every day remains a battle to defend the community’s land from typhoons and further flooding. Shot from immersive low camera angles which pull the viewer head first into scenes suggestive of science fiction, the film presents Rakhi and her family at an impasse, struggling to keep their home out of the mud, while governments, both national and international, sit on their hands. Will there be a future for Rahul on his ancestral land? Or will he – like millions of others – be forced to make a life in the impoverished slums, churning out poverty-wage garments to keep the West happy?

We are delighted to be welcoming to Scotland the film’s producer, Sara Afreen for a Q&A following the screening.

Supported by Oxfam.

Co-operative Members: bring your membership card to the box office and get concessionary rates for any screening. Available to the first 20 members when booking in person only.

Take One Action Film Festival

THE PATIENCE STONE

THE LEGEND OF SARILA

The Legend of Sarila (3D)

SISTERS The Patience Stone

TOMORROW

UK Premiere Tomorrow Zavtra

Scottish Premiere

Sat 5 Oct at 1.00pm & Sun 6 Oct at 11.00am

Scottish Premiere

Sun 6 Oct at 6.00pm & Fri 11 Oct at 3.00pm Atiq Rahimi • Afghanistan/France/Germany • 2012 • 1h38m • DCP Persian with English subtitles • 15 Documentary featuring Golshifteh Farahani, Hamid Djavadan, Hassina Burgan, Massi Mrowat, Mohamed Al Maghraoui.

“A luminous central performance distinguishes this ambitious adaptation of a prize-winning best-seller.”

- Hollywood Reporter “One of the year’s best films... Not to be missed.” - Indiewire Somewhere in the Middle East, a young woman tends to her comatose husband in their bomb-shelled bedroom.

Fighting rages outside while she clings to the hope – embodied by the film’s vivid, transformative hues – that he will wake up and recover consciousness.

From this deceptively simple but richly metaphorical premise, director Atiq Rahimi’s Oscar-tipped adaptation of his eponymous novel gradually turns the table on the patriarchal society into which the wife – in a spectacular performance by Iranian actress Golshifteh Farahani – was born. Free to speak openly for the first time, she begins to reveal her deepest secrets and desires, setting the stage for a breathless climax that will leave audiences surprised and hopeful.

PLUS SHORT: No Women No Peace

GAPS UK • UK 2012 • 3m

Followed by discussion with special guests to explore the current fight against gender-based violence in conflict zones and across the world. Supported by Oxfam.

Plus Take One Action Dialogue – see page 24.

Nancy Florence Savard • Canada 2012 • 1h22m • DCP • PG With the voices of Christopher Plummer, Rachelle Lefevre, Dustin Milligan, Tim Rozon, Geneviève Bujold.

Tue 8 Oct at 6.00pm

“Beautiful, ambitious… breathtaking.” - (The Huffington Post)

“An oddly stirring, gripping and thought-provoking piece of work… with a good deal of humour.” - Screen Daily

Canada’s first 3D animated feature is an exciting adventure about three youths living in the Arctic who are chosen to save their community from a strange threat to its wildlife and habitats.

Official Selection, Berlinale.

Life can be difficult if you live on the Arctic tundra. But when all the animals people hunt to eat and stay alive mysteriously disappear, young Markussi realises that brave action is required. Ignoring the clan spirit master Kiliq, he sets out with his friends in search of the legendary land of Sarila, where nature thrives and food is plentiful. Pursued by the jealous shaman and confronted with all kinds of hurdles along the way, the intrepid trio must restore the natural balance of the environment in order to save their people. Will they succeed? And mums, dads: as we watch a race for oil and gas now starting in the arctic, and hear about oceans swimming with plastic waste that poisons arctic wildlife, what about us? Will we and our children ‘succeed’?

Tickets £4.50 (includes £1 supplement for 3D).

Andrey Gryazev • Russia • 2012 • 1h30m • HD-Cam Russian with English subtitles • 15 • Documentary

This quasi-satirical and strangely moving documentary reads like Lars Von Trier in real life, embedding in the chaotic evolution of anarchist art movement Voina as their ‘interventions’ light a fire to spread across Russia.

Vor (Thief ) and Koza (Goat) lead an underground existence as they balance raising their one-year-old son Kasper with going out at night to steal, to topple cars and graffiti public monuments in what gradually emerges as the beginnings of a coherent and considered resistance to the political and social repression they see pervading Putin’s Russia. They live for the day, hoping to change the world of tomorrow. As the stakes quickly escalate, questions about “what is art,”“what is activism,” and “what is civilised” can only be answered at deep personal cost.

PLUS SHORT Rabbitland

Nikola Majdak Jr & Ana Nedeljkovic • Serbia 2012 • 7m

Russia double bill ticket deal: See both Tomorrow and Winter, Go Away! for £13.50 (£10 concession). Only valid when tickets are bought by phone or in person.

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Take One Action Film Festival (continued)

WINTER, GO AWAY!

POWERLESS

PANDORA’S PROMISE

Winter, Go Away! Zima, ukhodi!

Powerless

Tue 8 Oct at 8.10pm

Wed 9 Oct at 5.50pm

Wed 9 Oct at 8.30pm

Elena Khoreva, Denis Klebeev, Askold Kurov, Dmitry Kusabov, Nadezhda Leonteva, Anna Moiseenko, Madina Mustafina, Sofia Rodkevich, Anton Seregin & Alexey Zhiriakov • Russia 2012 1h19m • Digibeta • Russian with English subtitles • 12A Documentary

Fahad Mustafa & Deepti Kakkar • India/USA 2013 • 1h20m HD-Cam • Hindi and English with English subtitles • 15 Documentary

Robert Stone • USA 2013 • 1h20m • Format TBC • 12A Documentary

“A self-deprecating, darn good piece of journalism.” - Scene Stealers

For the 3.5 million citizens of Kanpur, India, blackouts last longer than normal electrical service, setting the stage for a farcical and arguably avoidable standoff between the city’s elect and its self-proclaimed Robin Hood. As sparks fly and people rush to pour water on burning transistors, everything goes dark. It’s business as usual for Loha Singh, whose mission is to reconnect small-time entrepreneurs with power they can’t afford.

Official Selection, HotDocs 2012 Ten young Russian directors turn their cameras to the streets to capture the explosive political climate in the months leading up to Vladimir Putin’s third re-election. The result is a witty and thought-provoking tapestry enriched with a menagerie of characters – from artists, politicians and middleaged men drinking vodka at work, to overexcited journalists, nuns and young demonstrators – organising protests, joining rallies and voting. Arguments break out in shopping streets, and irony bristles into open humour when crowds start singing, “No Putin, no cry.” A haunting reality pervades, though, sharpened by the knowledge that in the wake of these scenes, (including Pussy Riot’s famous protest), Putin’s beleaguered government will unleash an unprecedented crackdown against civic activism and political opposition.

Followed by discussion and ideas for practical action with special guests including Dr Luke March (The Dashkova Russian Centre at the University of Edinburgh) and Mark Bevan (Director, Amnesty Scotland).

Supported by NUJ. Russia double bill ticket deal: See both Tomorrow and Winter, Go Away! for £13.50 (£10 concession). Only valid when tickets are bought by phone or in person.

Scottish Premiere Pandora’s Promise

“Gritty and eye-opening.” - Hollywood Reporter

Followed by discussion with special guests about the challenges and opportunities afforded to those tackling energy poverty, and the global implications of Scotland’s own energy development agenda. Supported

by The World Development Movement.

Fair Energy Future ticket deal: See all three films about fair energy futures at Filmhouse (Promised Land, Powerless and Pandora’s Promise) for just £21 (£15 concessions) when tickets are bought by phone or in person.

Edinburgh’s Powerful – A scandalous walking tour Join the World Development Movement for an entertaining walking tour immediately prior to Powerless and unearth related stories from our own financial district.

Book in for this special eco-adventure at www.wdm.org. uk. Walk finishes at Filmhouse in time for the screening – advance booking for Powerless advised.

Scottish Premiere

Winner: Green Award, Sheffield DocFest

“Well reasoned and urgent, this couldn’t be more timely.”

- Chicago Tribune Academy Award nominee Robert Stone’s animated and compelling pro-nuclear doc comes at a critical time for the global environmental movement.

Will Scotland’s political voice help eliminate nuclear energy from the world – synonymous with the darkest nightmares of the modern age? Or has the time come to re-examine our assumptions? Promising to alter the debate for years to come, this provocative Sundance hit introduces us to the passionate scientists and environmentalists – such as Britain’s Mark Lynas – who are starting to put their reputations on the line as they ask whether a new generation of nuclear power could tackle climate change and provide enough carbon-free energy to lift billions of people out of poverty.

Technology permitting, we hope to join Mark Lynas in a live Skype debate with Pete Roche.

Fair Energy Future ticket deal: See all three films about fair energy futures at Filmhouse (Promised Land, Powerless and Pandora’s Promise) for just £21 (£15 concessions) when tickets are bought by phone or in person.

Take One Action Film Festival

THE HUMAN SCALE

The Human Scale

MORE THAN HONEY

Scottish Premiere More Than Honey

MORE THAN HONEY

Surprise Screening: Take One Action Audience Award

Thu 10 Oct at 6.00pm

Fri 11 Oct at 6.00pm

Andreas Dalsgaard • Denmark/Bangladesh/China/New Zealand/ USA • 2012 • 1h23m • Non-DCI Digital projection • PG Documentary

Markus Imhoof • Switzerland/Germany/Austria 2012 • 1h36m DCP • German, Swiss German, English and Mandarin with English subtitles • PG • Documentary

Sat 12 Oct at 6.00pm

Official selection, Sydney Film Festival

“Without preachiness… magically beautiful.” - The New York Post

Take the plunge and join us for the final screening of Take One Action 2013 as voted for by you from our host of critically acclaimed European, UK and Scottish premieres.

By 2050, 80% of humanity will live in urban areas. Resisting the predominance of car and office block, this visionary film asks how we can build cities in developed and developing countries that balance the human need for inclusion and relationship with travel and productivity.

According to Danish architect Jan Gehl, “we [sometimes] know more about making a good habitat for mountain gorillas than we do about making one for man.” This challenge runs at the heart of director Andreas Dalsgaard’s exploration of how city planning – for good or ill – defines and shapes our lives, from China to Europe.

Pitting sustainable, urban development against endless highways designed for an elite to escape to the country, The Human Scale celebrates the interactions that unfold in well-designed cities, leaving you dreaming new dreams for Edinburgh and Glasgow as you step back out into your streets.

PLUS SHORT Hedgehogs and the City

Evalds Lacis • Latvia 2012 • 10m

We are delighted to welcome David Sim (Gehl Architects) to Edinburgh for a Q&A after the film.

Supported by Architecture and Design Scotland.

Walking tour: the film will be preceded by a guided walk of Edinburgh, led by Gehl Architects’ David Sim. For more details, go to www.ads.org.uk

This award-winning, immersive visual symphony to the honey bee and the quirky people who nurture them is a humble battle cry against a global food system that rests on unsustainable methods of pollination.

Albert Einstein famously said that “If the bee disappears, mankind will have four years left to live.” Today, in regions right across the world, 50% to 90% of local bee colonies have collapsed in an epidemic that continues to spread from from beehive to beehive. While the cause is still debated, it’s clear that the increasingly industrialised nature of beekeeping for pollination is causing the disease to spread faster than it can be contained. Director Markus Imhoof has made the holy grail of bee films. But what can Scotland do to change the outcome?

Followed by discussion and ideas for practical action with guests including Craig Macadam, Conservation Director at Buglife. Presented in association with The Co-operative.

The best film of the Festival – as voted for by YOU.

Last year it was our premiere of Oscar nominee Chasing Ice. This year, it could be a Sundance or Berlin winner, a gripping feature drama or an awe-inspiring doc. What’s certain is that it will have fired the imagination and social spirits of hundreds of festival goers in the preceding days and weeks: so whatever you do, don’t miss it!

Go for £3 Present a ticket stub from another Take One Action 2013 festival film at the Filmhouse box office any time up to Friday 11 October to get your Audience Award Screening ticket for just £3.

One reduced price ticket per stub. Only valid when booking in person by 9pm on Friday 11 October. All tickets bought for this event are non-refundable. Please note: the surprise screening will be anticipated as a certificate 15 and children may therefore not be admitted.

More Power To You Register for our free workshop, Campaigning for Beginners, in Edinburgh on Sunday 6 October, or find out about our March 2014 weekend retreat, How To Change The World and Stay Human, at www.takeoneaction.org.uk/participate

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Play Poland

IN THE NAME OF

SHAMELESS

SIBERIAN EXILE

Play Poland

In the Name Of W imie...

Shameless Bez wstydu

Thu 3 Oct at 5.55pm

Thu 17 Oct at 6.00pm

Malgorzata Szumowska • Poland 2013 • 1h42m • DCP Polish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Lukasz Simlat, Maja Ostaszewska, Maria Maj.

Filip Marczewski • Poland 2012 • 1h21m • DCP Polish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Anna Próchniak, Maciej Marczewski, Pawel Królikowski.

The Play Poland Film Festival is the largest mobile film event in the United Kingdom, aiming at presenting and promoting contemporary Polish cinema.

In the Name Of earned the prestigious Teddy award at this year’s Berlinale for its intense, beautifully shot tale of a Catholic priest, Adam, struggling to reconcile his deeprooted faith with the desires he has long fought to suppress.

Adam is transferred from Warsaw to a rural community in Poland to oversee a centre for troubled and orphaned boys.

There, amidst the sprawling countryside, Adam quickly becomes the boys’ respected mentor, as well as an object of blossoming desire for some, including a local woman named Ewa. But when Adam meets Lukasz, the withdrawn son of a local family, it becomes clear that Adam’s isolation, and his reason for joining the priesthood, have arisen out of desperate attempts to escape his sexuality.

18-year-old Tadek finds himself attracted to his older, emotionally unstable half-sister Anka. Meanwhile he is blind to the attentions of Irmina, a bright, confident Romany girl hoping to become a doctor, who sees Tadek as a possible way out of the arrange marriage her father has planned for her.

www.playpoland.org.uk

Manhunt Oblawa Thu 10 Oct at 8.25pm

TICKETDEALS Buy any three (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 15% off Buy any six (or more) tickets for films in this season and get 25% off These offers are available online, in person and on the phone, on both full price and concession price tickets.

Tickets must all be bought at the same time.

Marcin Krzysztalowicz • Poland 2012 • 1h36m • DCP Polish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Marcin Dorocinski, Maciej Stuhr, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Weronika Rosati, Andrzej Zielinski.

In this bleak but gripping WWII drama Marcin Dorocinski plays a Polish partisan who acts as a merciless executioner of informants. He must carry out a death sentence on Kondolewicz, the owner of a local mill who reports to the Gestapo, but the man turns out to be an old friend from before the war. Critically acclaimed and shot on a very small budget, the story was inspired by real events.

Siberian Exile Syberiada polska Thu 24 Oct at 6.00pm Janusz Zaorski • Poland/Russia 2013 • 2h5m • Format TBC Polish, Russian, Ukrainian and German with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Adam Woronowicz, Pawel Krucz, Andriy Zhurba, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Igor Gnezdilov.

A young boy from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands, together with his family and their Jewish and Ukrainian neighbours, are deported to Siberia when their homeland is taken over by the Russians in 1939. This compelling drama follows their struggle for survival.

Exhibitions: Polish Film Posters 6 Oct - 19 Oct Andrzej Pagowski 20 Oct - 2 Nov Jerzy Flisak I 3 Nov - 16 Nov Jerzy Flisak II Stunning work by two of Poland’s leading poster artists.

Play Poland/Filmhouse Cafe Bar/Let’s Go Adventure

THREE SISTERS T

Three Sisters T Trzy siostry T Thu 31 Oct at 8.15pm Maciej Kowalewski • Poland 2011 • 1h25m • DCP Polish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Rafal Mohr, Ewa Szykulska, Malgorzata Rozniatowska, Boguslawa Schubert, Natalia Szygula.

A dark psychological thriller, based on a true story. A 35year-old man named Robert has always lived at home with his over-protective mother and her two sisters, all of whom treat Robert as if he was a small child. We quickly learn that the three women torture Robert, both physically and mentally. One day, a beautiful hairdresser pays a visit to the family and inspires Robert to break free from this living hell.

In the Bedroom W sypialni Thu 7 Nov at 6.15pm Tomasz Wasilewski • Poland 2012 • 1h18m • Format TBC Polish with English subtitles • 15 Cast: Katarzyna Herman, Tomasz Tyndyk, Agata Buzek, Miroslaw Zbrojewicz.

Edyta is forty and in the midst of a crisis. She has left her husband and son behind her, and spends her nights in a Warsaw hotel room and her days driving around the unfamiliar city. When she runs out of cash, she hatches a plan: An ad in the newspaper – sex for money. Edyta never lets things get that far though, as she drugs her clients and then uses their apartments as a refuge for the night. Then she meets an artist, Patryk...

IN THE BEDROOM

Filmhouse Cafe Bar

LET’S GO ADVENTURE

SPECIALEVENT

Drop in for a cappuccino, espresso or herbal tea and enjoy one of our superb cakes.

Let’s Go Adventure

Our full menu runs from noon to 10pm seven days a week!

1h30m • 15

Wed 6 Nov at 9.00pm

All our dishes are prepared on the premises using fresh ingredients.

Two short comedy films, written by Josie Long and directed by Douglas King, about one young woman’s awkward rite of passage into modern adulthood.

We have an extensive vegetarian range with a variety of daily specials.

Let’s Go Swimming

A special event? Just ask, we can probably help.

Josie has left her life in London for a better one in Glasgow, the indie band theme park where she will finally be happy and accepted. But sitting in cafes and going to gigs on your own isn’t as fulfilling as she’d hoped.

Or just come and relax in the ambience!

Romance and Adventure

Opening hours:

Darren is Josie’s best friend. Josie is Darren’s flatmate.

Approaching 30, Josie is desperate to travel, to escape, to do something big. Darren is happy having his meals cooked by someone other than his mum. Together they drink Buckfast and wander the streets, wondering why their friends are becoming old and boring, with houses and marriages and kitchens to retile. Together they make fun of squares and make up games, it’s them against the world, or so Josie hopes. How much can you rely on a friend who doesn’t want to grow up?

A glass of wine? Choose from nine! The bar has real choice in ales, beers and bottles.

Monday to Thursday: 8am - 11.30pm Friday: 8am - 12.30am Saturday: 10am - 12.30am Sunday: 10am - 11.30pm 0131 229 5932

cafebar@filmhousecinema.com

Film Quiz Sunday 13 October Filmhouse’s phenomenally successful (and rather tricky) monthly quiz. Free to enter, teams of up to eight, to be seated in the cafe bar by 9pm.

Josie Long will take part in a Q&A after the screening.

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Thrillseekers Adventure Film Festival

PROGRAMME 1 - CASCADA

PROGRAMME 2 - MOONWALK

PROGRAMME 3 - DUCT TAPE SURFING

Thrillseekers Adventure Film Festival The Adventure Film Festival travels the UK each year showcasing the best in extreme sports and adventure films.

Experience an evening of adrenaline-pumping action through a selection of films that celebrate pushing mind and body to the limits. Whether your passion is mountainbiking, skiing, kayaking or BASE-jumping, each of our three exciting adventure programmes includes something for everyone. www.adventurefest.co.uk

Adventure Film Fest Programme 1

Adventure Film Fest Programme 2

Adventure Film Fest Programme 3

Mon 21 Oct at 6.15pm

Mon 28 Oct at 6.15pm

Mon 4 Nov at 6.15pm

1h33m • Non-DCI Digital projection

1h29m • Non-DCI Digital projection

1h20m • Non-DCI Digital projection

Way of Life Teton Gravity Research • 30m For some, embracing the mountains is not just part of life, it’s a way of life. Shot on location in 2013, Teton Gravity Research’s Way of Life takes you on a journey to the mountains and inside the minds of today’s top athletes.

Into the Wilderness Paul Mungeam • 15m In Into the Wilderness, Frank Dias jets far away from his 9-5 desk job and heads into the Alaskan wilderness.

Into the Empty Quarter Alastair Humphreys & Leon McCarron • 20m Hardened British adventurers Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron follow in the footsteps of Wilfred Thesiger.

Moonwalk Mikey Schaefer • 4m The sun sets on a beautifully clear evening in Yosemite National Park, California, and Dean Potter highlines with one of the most spectacular backdrops imaginable.

Why Corey Rich • 7m What drives some of the world’s most talented adventure athletes to do what they do?

Cascada Anson Fogel & Skip Armstrong • 8m A team of kayakers and filmmakers, including Erik Boomer, Tyler Bradt, Galen Volckhausen, Anson Fogel, Blake Hendrix and Skip Armstrong, head to Veracruz State in Mexico in search of the perfect waterfall and the perfect shot.

Not Bad Anthill Films • 25m The tale of seven riders who come together for 30 days of bicycle tomfoolery in New Zealand.

The Last Great Climb Alastair Lee • 30m The Last Great Climb documents top adventure climber Leo Houlding as he takes on the stunning mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

Karakoram Highway Olivier Boonjing • 40m In June 2011, three experienced paragliding pilots arrive in the Karakoram mountain range in Northern Pakistan aiming to break records.

Stealth Hayley Easton Street • 5m A young man seeks to break into a bank during the early hours of an urban morning.

Flow Hunters Ben Brown • 25m Pro-kayaker Ben Brown had a dream to chase and paddle some of the biggest and most dangerous white water found in his home, New Zealand.

How of Why Corey Rich • 11m A glimpse into the challenging lives of the production crew behind many of the world’s best adventure films.

The Kyrgyzstan Project Jim Aikman & Matt Segal • 17m In 2000, John Dickey went on an expedition to Kyrgyzstan and was kidnapped by violent militants, eventually escaping after six days. In 2012 John returned to Kyrgyzstan.

Duct Tape Surfing Mark Tipple • 5m With the help of a family friend and a roll of duct tape, paraplegic Pascale Honore can feel what it’s like to be amongst the waves.

The Beginning Warren Verboom • 20m Warren Verboom takes the sport of canyoning to a new level.

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Filmhouse Player

WEEKEND

Our online viewing platform allows you to enjoy a selection of Filmhouse-curated films whenever suits you and wherever you are.

Some films will screen at Filmhouse as well, some will only be available online.

New films are being added all the time, but here’s a small selection of what’s currently available, with prices starting from only £2.99! www.filmhousecinema.com/player The Filmhouse Player is a pilot project, in collaboration with GFT and video-on-demand providers Distrify, supported by NESTA’s Digital R&D Fund, Scotland.

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THE STOKER

Weekend

The Stoker Kochegar

Andrew Haigh • UK 2011 • 1h37m 18 – Contains strong sex, sex references and hard drug use Cast: Tom Cullen, Chris New.

Alexey Balabanov • Russia 2010 • 1h27m • Russian with English subtitles • 15 – Contains strong sex, violence and sexual violence Cast: Mikhail Skryabin, Yuri Matveev, Alexander Mosin, Aida Tumutova, Anna Korotayeva.

Writer-director Andrew Haigh’s account of an intense Friday-to-Sunday affair is a moving and intelligent romance. After a casual Friday night dinner with his straight friends, the semi-closeted Russell sets off for a gay club. Feeling that his life needs to be kick-started, he hooks up with Glen, a feisty, artsy type. The intended one night stand develops into something more, and the two continue on through the weekend, hanging out in bars, having sex, taking drugs and telling endless stories as they get to know each other better. But the end is already in sight, since Glen is about to leave for America.

Filmhouse’s first film as distributor is a fascinating, atmospheric, stylistic tour-de-force of idiosyncratic filmmaking. Set in the mid 1990s outside St Petersburg, The Stoker tells the story of an ethnic Yakut, Major Skryabin, a shell-shocked veteran of the Afghan-Soviet War, who works as a stoker. Living in the incinerator room, the Major shovels coal all day, and fills his spare time writing a novel about a Russian criminal sent into exile in Yakutia in the XIX century, whilst turning a blind eye to his former military comrade-turned-hitman, the Sergeant, who arrives to dispose of bodies. But even our compliant stoker has his limits...

A Late Quartet Yaron Zilberman • USA 2012 • 1h46m 15 – Contains strong language and sex Cast: Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, Wallace Shawn.

Stories We Tell

A powerhouse cast brings vivid life to Yaron Zilberman’s engrossing drama about an illustrious string quartet, whose quarter-century anniversary precipitates a tempestuous release of repressed feelings, long-held resentments and painful betrayals. Peter (Christopher Walken), the group’s founding member, is diagnosed with a degenerative illness that forces him to confront the troubling question of who will succeed him. Meanwhile the marriage between second violinist Robert (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and violist Juliette (Catherine Keener) goes suddenly south when infidelity rears its head.

Actor and director Sarah Polley’s first feature documentary is a beautifully-structured investigation into the history of her own family – in particular her mother, who died when Polley was eleven. Layering interviews with family members and friends with archive footage and a recording of her father’s witty and revealing memoir, Polley builds up an enthralling collage of fact, hearsay and memory as she strives to find out the truth about her mother, and, by extension, herself.

Sarah Polley • Canada 2012 • 1h49m • 12A – Contains one use of strong language and infrequent moderate sex references Documentary

October Workshops

BEGINNERS 2D ANIMATION

INTRODUCTION TO ANIMATION FOR ADULTS

October Workshops Enjoyable and inspiring animation courses for all ages.

Beginners 2D Animation Saturday 12 October, 10am-12pm • 7-11 years • £14 Our very popular Red Kite animation workshops are a fun introduction to the world of animation. Make your own 2D cartoon character and bring it to life with cameras and computers.

Beginners 3D Animation Saturday 12 October, 12.45pm-2.45pm & 3.30pm-5.30pm (2 slots) • 7-11 years • £14 Make a plasticine creature and animate funny scenes with Red Kite Animation. Monsters with tentacles, tigers with two heads or just an alien blob beast…it’s easy to make them come alive and do what you want.

Excellent 3D Model Making for Animation Monday 14 October, 10.30am-4.30pm • 12-17 years • £40 Make a full animation puppet with a wire skeleton, just like the professionals! Master ways to keep your characters lightweight using a variety of materials and techniques. Try animating during the day to test how well they work and keep your expert model to make more films at home.

Introduction to Animation for Adults Saturday 19 October, 10.30am-4.30pm • 18+ years • £40 This full day beginners workshop gives a practical introduction to a variety of animation techniques, including stop frame, 2D cut-out and 3D model, drawn animation and experimental techniques such as sand on glass or Pixelation. Whether you’re an artist, a teacher or just curious, this informal day will give you the skill and technical knowledge to continue animating with confidence. Provided by Red Kite.

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Education and Learning

ONE MILE AWAY

HORIZON BEAUTIFUL

AYA OF YOP CITY

Education and Learning CMI Education and Learning offers a range of screenings, workshops and events for all ages, year-round at Filmhouse and during the Edinburgh International Film Festival. We arrange schools screenings, supporting a variety of curriculum areas for Primary and Secondary schools. Details of current events can be found at www.filmhousecinema.com/learning, or for further information please email education@cmi-scotland.co.uk

Schools Screenings Tickets £2.60 per pupil, teachers free. To book tickets, please contact the box office on 0131 228 2688.

One Mile Away Wed 2 Oct, 10am • 91min • Age 15+ The film follows two young men from rival gangs as they attempt to put their differences aside and end the violent war that has been raging on the streets of Birmingham for over 20 years. This film covers key themes for Advanced Higher/Int 2 Modern Studies such as why people commit crime, citizenship, social exclusion, conflict resolution and is suitable for S4 – S6. A teaching resource from EIFF 2012 is available.

Horizon Beautiful Wed 23 Oct, 10am • 90min • Age 10+ • In Amharic, German and English with English subtitles When a Swiss football magnate travels to Ethiopia, his plan is to promote football as a global commodity. 12-year-old Admassu sees a chance to impress with his skills and secure a future as a soccer pro. Issues in this film support learning on Global Citizenship and Discovery Film Festival have produced a teaching resource which is available on the Filmhouse website.

Discovery Film Festival Shorts Fri 25 Oct, 10am • 50min • Age 8+ • English or dialogue free, with one film (6min) in French with subtitles How to adapt when moving to the city and important lessons when learning to fly are just two of the subjects in this delightful programme of international liveaction and animation short films. Inspiring for those making their own films, these brilliant short narratives are great fun for young people. Discovery Film Festival for children and young people takes place in Dundee 19 Oct-3 Nov with many films screening at Filmhouse during the same period.

National Youth Film Festival 29 Oct - 7 Nov FREE screenings and workshops for schools including: Aya of Yop City and Adventures in Zambezia in partnership with Africa in Motion Film Festival (see page 13); The Bling Ring with BBFC workshop; Room on the Broom with a Magic Light workshop; Patty’s Catchup in German for S1-S6; Gattu which charmed schools audiences at EIFF in 2011. Screenings start at 10am. For full details and to book FREE tickets please go to www.nationalyouthfilmfestival.org

French Film Festival: Little Lion (Comme un lion) Tue 12 Nov, 10am • 101min • P7 - S4 • In French ad Senegalese with English subtitles.

Talented footballer Mitri dreams of leaving Senegal and playing soccer for one of the big European clubs. Curriculum for Excellence subjects: Literacy / French / Social Studies / Religious and Moral Education.

French Film Festival: Day of the Crows Tue 19 Nov, 10am • 96min • P5 - S2 • In French with English subtitles.

Deep in the forest, a boy and his father lead a wild life in complete isolation. The child grows up with the forest spirits as his only companions until the day he discovers a village where he meets a young girl and discovers the existence of love. This c harming and fast-paced animation is a joy. Suitable for 8+, P5-S2. Curriculum for Excellence subjects: Literacy / French / English / Sciences / Religious and Moral Education. Resource: www.glasgowfilm.org/assets/0002/7148/education_pack_4.pdf

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Box Office: 0131 228 2688 (10am-9pm) Recorded Programme Info: 0131 228 2689 There is wheelchair access to all three Administration: 0131 228 6382 screens. Cinema one has space for two wheelchair users and these places are Fax: 0131 229 6482 reached via the passenger lift. Cinemas email: admin@filmhousecinema.com two and three have one space each and to Ken Hay get to these you need to use our platform CEO lifts. Staff are always on hand to help operate them – please ask at the box office Rod White when you purchase your tickets. A second Head of Filmhouse accessible toilet is situated at the lower Robert Howie level close to cinemas two and three.

Customer Experience Manager Advance booking for wheelchair spaces is recommended. If you need to bring along Holly Daniel & Nicola Kettlewood a helper to assist you in any way, then they Knowledge & Learning will receive a complimentary ticket.

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