Timetable Date
Apr
Matinees
Early Evening
Main Evening Trishna (8pm)
Mon 2
The Muppets (11am)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (5.20pm) (Subtitled and audio described) Trishna (2pm)
Tue 3
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Trishna (6pm) (2pm)
Wed 4
The Muppets (11.45am)
Trishna (7pm) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2pm) (Subtitled and audio described)
Thu 5
The Muppets (2pm)
Trishna (6pm)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (8.25pm)
Fri 6
Cinema Bambino: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (11am)
This Is Not a Film (6pm)
Bel Ami (8pm)
Sat 7
This Is Not a Film (6pm)
Bel Ami (8pm)
Sun 8
Bel Ami (5pm) (subtitled and audio described)
This Is Not a Film (7.30pm)
Sun 1
Mon 9 Tue 10
Bel Ami (2pm) (Subtitled and audio described) Bel Ami (2pm)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (7pm) Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (8.25pm)
This Is Not a Film (7pm) Bel Ami (6pm)
This Is Not a Film (8.30pm)
Wed 11
Hadewijch (6pm)
Bel Ami (8.15pm)
Thu 12
Bel Ami (6pm)
Hadewijch (8.15pm)
Fri 13
The Hunger Games (2pm)
In Darkness (7pm)
Sat 14
The Hunger Games (5pm)
In Darkness (8pm)
Sun 15
In Darkness (5pm)
The Hunger Games (8pm)
Mon 16
In Darkness (2pm)
The Hunger Games (7pm)
Tue 17
In Darkness (2pm)
The Hunger Games (5.40pm)
Wed 18
Ordet (2pm)
The Hunger Games (7pm) The Hunger Games (5.15pm)
Departure Lounge: Titanic Love + Q&A (8pm)
Fri 20 Sat 21
Carancho (6pm) Carancho (6pm)
Headhunters (8.20pm) Headhunters (8.20pm)
Headhunters (6pm)
Carancho (8.15pm)
Mon 23
Headhunters (2pm)
If Not Us, Who? (7pm)
Tue 24
If Not Us, Who? (2pm)
Headhunters (6pm)
Headhunters (8.20pm)
Wed 25
Headhunters (2pm)
Man on Wire (6pm)
Headhunters (8pm)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2pm) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2pm) West Side Story (2pm)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (7pm)
Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun 29 Mon 30
If Not Us, Who? (8.10pm)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (6pm)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (8pm)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (5pm) Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2pm) The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (7pm)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (7.40pm)
Subtitled and audio described screening Please note screenings and times may be subject to change. Registered company no: 718349 Registered charity no: 528979
Apr 2012
Ordet (8.25pm)
Thu 19
Sun 22
Cinema The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Directors: Peter Lord, Jeff Newitt Cast: Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant (voices) UK | USA | (2012)
Director: Stephen Daldry Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock USA | (2011)
U (88mins)
The Pirate Captain sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Pirate of the Year Award. His quest takes him and his rag-tag crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London in this swashbuckling adventure from Aardman Animations.
12A (129mins)
An exceptional child searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on 9/11. Includes subtitled and audio described screenings: Sun 1 Apr, 5.20pm, and Wed 4 Apr, 2pm Cinema Bambino screening Fri 6 Apr, 11am
Ticket Prices Full price £7 Concession: £5 Cinema Bambino: £5 (under 12 months free) Family screenings (inc Colour Box) £3 all tickets Sales and Information | 0121 446 3232 | www.macarts.co.uk Cannon Hill Park | Birmingham | B12 9QH
Two screenings as part of LIGHT FANTASTIC, a season of films showing throughout International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) 2012 (23 April - 19 May). Curated by Flatpack Festival. www.idfb.co.uk
West Side Story
15 (93mins) Director: James Marsh Cast: Philippe Petit UK | USA (2008)
PG (152 mins) Directors: Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins, USA (1961)
Acclaimed documentary from James Marsh that looks at tightrope walker Philippe Petit’s daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City’s World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974. Introduced by iconic Canadian dance Louise Lecavalier
Breathtaking, finger-clicking movie version of the Bernstein/Sondheim musical about two warring New York gangs, with Romeo and Juliet providing the template. IDFB director David Massingham will introduce the film.
To accompany the screening of Titanic Love we will also be screening the short:
(25mins) Director: Mark Pressdee UK | (2012)
Eleanor
Titanic-obsessed Lucy has found a ‘Titanic 100 Year Memorial Cruise’ and wants to relive the Hollywood dream. Her beloved Jack doesn’t, he calls on his friends Delroy & Jaz for help, they decide to bring Titanic to the Midlands. Filmed in Birmingham, this romantic comedy short promotes creative filmmaking in the Midlands.
The charming love between a fisherman and a mermaid....
In Darkness (W ciemnoci) 15 (144mins)
Director: Agnieszka Holland Cast: Robert Wickiewicz Poland | Germany | Canada (2011) Subtitled A dramatisation of one man’s rescue of Jewish refugees in the Nazi-occupied Polish city of Lvov. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Director: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed UK | (2012)
Director: Bruno Dumont Cast: Julie Sokolowski, Yassine Salime, Karl Sarafidis France | (2009) Subtitled
The son of a property developer and the daughter of an auto rickshaw owner begin a relationship in this adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbevilles, relocated to modern-day Rajasthan.
This Is Not a Film (75mins)
Directors: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi Cast: Jafar Panahi Iran | (2011)
Departure Lounge Titanic Love plus Q&A
Hadewijch
15 (114mins)
International Dance Festival Birmingham
Man on Wire
Trishna
(3 mins) Directors: Jim Martin, Oli Rothwell. UK | (2011)
Headhunters
Projectionist Pick
If Not Us, Who?
Hodejegerne (100mins)
(Wer wenn nicht wir) 15 (126mins)
Director: Marten Tyldum Cast: Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund Norway | (2011)
Director: Andres Veiel Cast: August Diehl, Lena Lauzemis, Alexander Fehling Germany (2011) Subtitled
Subtitled
A successful headhunter risks everything in his efforts to steal a valuable painting. Based on the novel by critically acclaimed Norwegian thriller writer Jo Nesbo.
Iranian film director Jafar Panahi is under house arrest, awaiting the result of his appeal on a six year prison sentence and twenty year ban on filmmaking. Smuggled out of Iran to its Cannes premiere on a USB stick hidden inside a cake, this documentary uses the everyday to highlight the political implications of Panahi’s arrest.
In the early 60s, a pair of university students begin a passionate love affair in the stifling atmosphere of provincial West Germany. Setting out to challenge the establishment, they become part of the global uprising joining forces with leftist writers and political activists.
12A (105mins)
Céline, a young novice nun, is expelled due to her overzealous faith and sent back into the world. An encounter with a young Arab boy and his devout Muslim brother leads Céline down a dangerous path between grace and madness. Winner of the International Critics Prize at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival.
Ordet
(126mins) Director: Carl Theodor Dreyer Cast: Henrik Malberg, Emil Hass Christensen Denmark (1955) New digital reissue of the classic film by the Danish auteur Carl Theoder Dreyer. Centred around a family in rural Denmark, the film considers faith, prayer and miracles, and won the Golden Lion at the 1955 Venice Film Festival
Carancho
The Hunger Games
15 (107mins)
12A (142mins)
Director: Pablo Trapero Cast: Ricardo Darín, Martina Gusman Argentina | (2010)
Director: Gary Ross Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth USA | (2012)
Subtitled
A lawyer with questionable ethics and an idealistic doctor begin an unlikely romance in Argentina, where 8,000 yearly traffic accidents provide a black market of medical and legal costs.
Highly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins popular novel of the same name, set in a post-apocalyptic vision of North America. Each year, a boy and girl from each of the twelve districts are selected by lottery to compete in a televised battle in which only one person can survive.
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (150mins)
(Bir zamanla Anadolu’da)
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Cast: Muhammet Uzuner, Yilmaz Erdogan, Taner Birsel Turkey | (2011) Based on the true experience of one of the film’s writers, the film follows a group of men as they search for a dead body through one long night on the Anatolian steppe. Co-winner of the Grand Prix at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.
The Muppets U (103mins)
Director: James Bobin Cast: Amy Adams, Jason Segel USA (2011) The world’s biggest Muppet fan and his friends must raise $10 million to save the Muppet Theatre. But first they have to help Kermit find and reunite The Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways in this family adventure from Disney.
Bel Ami
15 (103mins) Directors: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod. Cast: Robert Pattinson, Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas UK | France | Italy | (2012) Based on Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel, Bel Ami follows a young man’s rise to power in 19th century Paris through his manipulation of the city’s most influential women. Donnellan and Ormerod bring together an impressive cast for this scandalous tale of ambition, power and seduction. Includes subtitled and audio described screenings: Sun 8 Apr, 5pm, and Mon 9 Apr, 2pm