Foyle Film Festival Summer Programme

FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS

SUMMER CINEMA PROGRAMME @ NERVE CENTRE

MONDAY 18 JULY – WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST 2016 COMING THIS SEASON: VICTORIA // TOMBOY // VINCENT CASSEL SEASON // STAR WARS // THE JUNGLE BOOK

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WELCOME Foyle Film Festival’s Summer Cinema Programme launches with Victoria – acclaimed writer/director Sebastian Schipper’s heist drama, which was shot in one uninterrupted two and a half hour take on the streets of Berlin.

Other highlights include Bayou Maharaja – a documentary exploring the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr John described as “the best black, gay, oneeyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” We showcase the talent of celebrated French actor Vincent Cassel with a short season of his movies – including a special 15th Anniversary screening of Read My Lips. Cassel plays ex-conman Paul who befriends deaf secretary Carla and introduces her to the criminal underworld. Also screening is Cassel’s most recent success – romantic drama Mon Roi and an all-time classic of international cinema La Haine.

To celebrate Ken Loach’s second success at Cannes with I, Daniel Blake, we feature a special screening of Versus: The Life And Work Of Ken Loach, an affectionate look at Ken Loach’s career and an insight into the man himself.

It features well-chosen clips from his early groundbreaking work for the BBC, including Up the Junction and Cathy Come Home.

As part of the Foyle Pride Festival we’re running a week of special screenings, including Mapplethorpe: Look At The

Pictures – the first definitive portrait of the controversial American artist Robert Mapplethorpe since his death from AIDS in 1989. While the complementary documentary Black, White + Gray explores Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from museum curator to Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron.

As well as showcasing the best in documentary and contemporary film, the Foyle Film Festival is offering a series of fun and action-packed animated movies and hands-on workshops for our younger audience over the summer holidays. Spend two spellbinding weeks in the company of Harry Potter, wicked witches and wizards. Discover the magic of Disney, create your own animated movie and design your own characters based on The Jungle Book, The BFG, Finding Dory, Big Hero 6, Frozen, and more.

Bring LEGO to life by creating your very own short LEGO stop motion film, get to grips with green screen technology, or produce your own comic book story using LEGO. Or maybe you want to be a Jedi warrior – no problem – simply sign up for our Junior or Senior Jedi Film School and make it happen!

JULY FILMS PROGRAMME LAUNCH: COMPLIMENTARY REFRESHMENTS

TUESDAY 19 JULY @ 7.30PM

VINCENT CASSEL SEASON: MON ROI (MY KING) France.2016. Director: Maïwenn. Cast: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Bercot. Duration: 2hrs.5mins. Cert: 15. Language: French with English subtitles

MONDAY 18 JULY @ 7.30PM

VICTORIA ONE CITY. ONE NIGHT. ONE TAKE. Germany.2015. Director: Sebastian Schipper. Cast: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Max Mauff. Duration: 2hrs.15mins.

Cert: 15. Language: German, English, Spanish No editor is credited in writer/director Sebastian Schipper’s heist drama, which was shot in one uninterrupted take lasting two and quarter hours on the streets of Berlin. Leaving a techno club in the middle of the night, lonely 20-something Victoria is befriended by a friendly young hoodlum Sonne and his pals, but what starts out as a sweet-natured romance swiftly finds its lovers mounting an armed bank robbery.

“A film whose dizzying momentum never sacrifices the nuances of character.” Jonathan Romney, Sight & Sound

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French romantic drama starring Vincent Cassel and Emmanuelle Bercot. While recovering from a skiing accident in a rehabilitation clinic, Tony (Bercot) recalls her tumultuous ten-year relationship with Georgio (Cassel). After meeting him in a nightclub, Tony is instantly attracted to Georgio, a charismatic, successful businessman. They marry and have a son together but later Tony comes to realise Georgio is not the man she thought he was.

“Maïwenn injects freshness into that age-old cinematic staple, the love story.”

James Mottram, Total Film

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THURSDAY 21 JULY @ 7.30PM

RAMS (HRÚTAR)

Iceland/Denmark/Norway/ Poland.2015. Director: Grímur Hákonarson. Cast: Sigurður Sigurjónsson, Theodór Júlíusson. Duration: 1hr.33mins.

Cert: 15

WEDNESDAY 20 JULY @ 7.30PM

VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH UK.2016. Director: Louise Osmond. Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Nell Dunn, Cillian Murphy, Alan Parker.

Duration: 1hr.33mins. Cert: 12 An affectionate appraisal of the work of Ken Loach, and an insight into the man himself, following closely on his most recent film success, I, Daniel Blake, winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes. The real bonus here for fans are the well-chosen clips from his incendiary early work for the BBC: a glimpse of the earthy, sexy energy of Up the Junction; the heartrending rawness of Cathy Come Home.

The rams in question belong to elderly Icelandic sheep farmers Gummi and Kiddi who, despite being neighbours in a remote valley, have not spoken to one another in 40 years. But when their flocks are threatened by disease, the estranged siblings must co-operate in defying the authorities.

“Hákonarson proves himself a master of his material – a sort of rural Ken Loach – shooting sparingly yet dramatically against extreme weather conditions.”

Richard Mowe, Eye For Film

“An insightful, surprising and moving portrait of a quiet man with a will of steel.” Dave Calhoun, Time Out

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MONDAY 25 JULY @ 7.30PM

VINCENT CASSEL SEASON: LA HAINE (HATE)

France.1995. Director: Mathieu Kassovitz. Cast: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Said Taghmaoui.

Duration: 1hr.38mins. Cert: 15. Language: French with English subtitles The film follows three young men and their time spent in the French suburban “ghetto,” over twenty-four hours. Vinz, a Jew, Saïd, an Arab, and Hubert, a black boxer, have grown up in these French suburbs where high levels of diversity coupled with the racist and oppressive police force have raised tensions to a critical breaking point.

“A brutally brilliant masterpiece.”

NME

TUESDAY 26 JULY @ 7.30PM

THE DRESSMAKER

Australia.2015. Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse. Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Kate Winslet, Hugo Weaving, Judy Davis. Duration: 1hr.58mins. Cert: 12 Based on Rosalie Ham’s best-selling novel, The Dressmaker is the story of femme fatale Tilly Dunnage (Kate Winslet) who returns to her small Australian hometown Dungatar to right the wrongs of the past. A stylish drama with comic undertones about love, revenge and haute couture.

“Seamless performances bolster this stylish…revenge tale.”

Ben Rawson-Jones, Digital Spy

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WEDNESDAY 27 JULY @ 7.30PM

MUSTANG

France/Germany/Turkey/ Qatar.2015. Director: Deniz Gamze Ergüven. Cast: Günes Sensoy, Doga Zeynep Doguslu.

Duration: 1hr.37mins. Cert: PG-13. Language: Turkish with English subtitles When five orphan girls are seen innocently playing with boys on a beach, their scandalised conservative guardians keep them captive while forced marriages are hastily arranged.

Nominated for an Oscar® “Tells a sweet and enraging coming of age story.”

Travis Hopson, Examiner.com

THURSDAY 28 JULY @ 7.30PM

OPEN BETHLEHEM

Palestine/United Arab Emirates/UK/USA.2014. Director: Leila Sansour. Cast: Leila Sansour. Duration: 1hr.30mins. Cert: PG Film director Leila Sansour returns to Bethlehem to make a film about her hometown, soon to be encircled by a wall. Open Bethlehem is a story of a homecoming to the world’s most famous little town. The film spans seven momentous years in the life of Bethlehem, revealing a city of astonishing beauty and political strife under occupation.

“One of the most remarkable and moving documentaries I have seen about this unreported story. The tragedy of the Palestinians encapsulated in the life of one family and one town – Bethlehem.

See the film, then go to Bethlehem and see for yourself.”

Jon Snow

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TUESDAY 2 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

BAYOU MAHARAJAH USA.2013. Director: Lily Keber.

Cast: James Booker, Joe Boyd, Douglas Brinkley, Harry Connick Jr, Dr John. Duration: 1hr.30mins. Cert: TBC

MONDAY 1 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

VINCENT CASSEL SEASON: READ MY LIPS (SUR MES LÈVRES) SPECIAL 15TH ANNIVERSARY SCREENING France.2001. Director: Jacques Audiard. Cast: Vincent Cassel, Emmanuelle Devos. Duration: 1hr.58mins. Cert: 15. Language: French with English subtitles Deaf secretary Carla is bullied by her mean-spirited male colleagues. When they suggest she needs an assistant it seems like the final insult, but when the first applicant is ex-con Paul she seizes the chance to change her life. Paul is clueless about clerical work as he has experience only of being a thief, but he is desperate for a job. Carla covers his mistakes, and he, anxious to go straight, reluctantly helps her take revenge on her colleagues. But one good turn deserves another, and when Paul asks Carla to return the favour, she finds herself drawn into the criminal underworld.

“An absorbing character study of two lonely and fearful outsider figures, who gradually recognise their mutual dependency.”

Tom Dawson, BBCi-Movies

8 AUGUST FILMS

Explores the life and music of New Orleans piano legend James Booker, the man Dr John described as “the best black, gay, one-eyed junkie piano genius New Orleans has ever produced.” A brilliant pianist, his eccentricities and showmanship belied a life of struggle, prejudice and isolation. Illustrated with never-before-seen concert footage, rare personal photos and exclusive interviews, the film paints a portrait of this overlooked genius.

“Ecstatic, sorrowful, beautiful, pained, full of anger, joy and something otherworldly.”

Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman “Bayou Maharajah shines – especially when Booker plays those 88s.”

Hollywood Reporter

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WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

HEART OF A DOG France/USA.2015. Director: Laurie Anderson. Cast: Archie, Jason Berg, Heung-Heung Chin.

Duration: 1hr.15mins. Cert: PG Inspired by Director and artist Laurie Anderson’s beloved rat terrier Lolabelle, who died in 2011, Heart of a Dog is a personal essay that weaves together childhood memories, video diaries, philosophical musings on data collection, surveillance culture and the Buddhist conception of the afterlife, and heartfelt tributes to the artists, writers, musicians and thinkers who inspire her.

Nominated for an Oscar® “As Heart of the Dog plays through, its junky, rinky-tink imagery acquires a sense of greater depth and weight, even elegance – the expression of a story that discovers itself in the telling.” Nick Pinkerton, Sight & Sound

MONDAY 8 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

BLACK MASS

USA/UK.2015. Director: Scott Cooper. Cast: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Dakota Johnson, Benedict Cumberbatch. Duration: 2hrs.3mins. Cert: 15 Based on the true story of a gangster in Boston in the 1970s, who collaborates with an FBI agent in the hope of eliminating their common enemy – the Italian Mafia. But the plan soon spirals out of control as the mobster uses insider information to outwit the law and consolidate his own power.

Won an Oscar® “Johnny Depp finally hits the mother lode in Black Mass.” Neil Smith, Total Film

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WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

DHEEPAN

France.2015. Director: Jacques Audiard. Cast: Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan. Duration: 1hr.55mins. Cert: 15. Language: Tamil, French, English

TUESDAY 9 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

THE LADY IN THE VAN UK.2015. Director: Nicholas Hytner. Cast: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent. Duration: 1hr.44mins. Cert: PG-13 Based on the true story of Alan Bennett’s strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, an eccentric homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her temporarily to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home. She stayed there for 15 years. As the story develops Bennett learns that Miss Shepherd is really Margaret Fairchild, a former gifted pupil of the pianist Alfred Cortot. She had played 10 AUGUST FILMS

Chopin in a promenade concert, tried to become a nun, was committed to an institution by her brother, escaped, had an accident when her van was hit by a motorcyclist for which she believed herself to blame, and thereafter lived in fear of arrest.

“Smith’s performance, honed from the previous stage and radio versions, is terrifically good.”

Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter, a Tiger. In Sri Lanka, the Civil War is reaching its end, and defeat is near. Dheepan decides to flee, taking with him two strangers – a woman and a little girl – hoping that they will make it easier for him to claim asylum in Europe. Arriving in Paris, the ‘family’ moves from one temporary home to another until Dheepan finds work as the caretaker of a run-down housing block in the suburbs. He works to build a new life and a real home for his ‘wife’ and his ‘daughter’, but the daily violence he confronts quickly reopens his war wounds, and Dheepan is forced to reconnect with his warrior’s instincts to protect the people he hopes will become his true family.

“An immensely powerful film.”

Andrew Pulver, The Guardian

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TUESDAY 16 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

BRIDGE OF SPIES USA/Germany/India.2015.

Director: Steven Spielberg. Cast: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda. Duration: 2hrs.22mins.

Cert: 12

MONDAY 15 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA)

Hungary.2015. Director: László Nemes. Cast: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn. Duration: 1hr.47mins. Cert: 15 Amidst the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival upon trying to salvage from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son.

Won an Oscar® and a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film 2016

“László Nemes’s extraordinary, devastating debut takes us straight into the Holocaust’s heart of darkness, daring to depict the ‘reality beyond belief’ of life inside Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1944 as a prisoner tries to arrange a Jewish burial for his son.” Nikolaus Wachsmann, Sight & Sound

In 1957, with the Cold War at its highest level, Soviet spy Rudolph Abel (Mark Rylance) is arrested in New York by the FBI. Reluctantly, lawyer James Donovan (Tom Hanks) agrees to defend him, arguing in court that Abel’s no traitor but a brave man serving his country.

The outcome of the trial sees Donovan incur widespread public hostility...

Mark Rylance won an Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor “Conveying the mood of the era through exceptional performances, direction and design, this is drama of the highest class.” Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

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MONDAY 22 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES

WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

LOUDER THAN BOMBS

Norway/France/Denmark/USA.2015. Director: Joachim Trier.

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert. Duration: 1hr.49mins. Cert: 15. Language: English, French An upcoming exhibition celebrating photographer Isabelle Reed three years after her untimely death, brings her eldest son Jonah back to the family house – forcing him to spend more time with his father Gene and withdrawn younger brother Conrad than he has in years. With the three of them under the same roof, Gene tries desperately to connect with his two sons, but they struggle to

reconcile their feelings about the woman they remember so differently.

“Beautifully shot…and with a score…that veers between discreet and propulsive as the mood demands, Louder Than Bombs is emotionally intelligent and certainly holds the attention…”

Nick Roddick, Sight & Sound

USA/Germany.2016. Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato.

Cast: Robert Mapplethorpe, Debbie Harry, Fran Lebowitz.

Duration: 1hr.48mins. Cert: 18 The first definitive portrait of the controversial American artist Robert Mapplethorpe since his death from AIDS in 1989. The one thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs was his life. Intimate revelations from family, friends and lovers are topped only by Mapplethorpe’s candour, revealed in a series of rediscovered, never before heard interviews, made public here for the first time. A unique portrait of an artist who turned photography into contemporary fine art with a bold vision that ignited a culture war still raging to this day. Should be seen by any art lover or gay history buff.

“Every bit as candid as his work.”

Wendy Ide, Screen International

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WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

TOMBOY

France.2011. Director: Céline Sciamma. Cast: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson.

Duration: 1hr.20mins. Cert: U

TUESDAY 23 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

BLACK, WHITE + GRAY

USA.2008. Director: James Crump. Cast: Sam Wagstaff, Robert Mapplethorpe, Patti Smith. Duration: 1hr.17mins. Cert: 15 Sam Wagstaff’s transformation from innovative museum curator to Robert Mapplethorpe’s lover and patron is intensively probed in Black, White + Gray. During the heady years of the 1970s and 1980s, the New York City art scene was abuzz with a new spirit, and Mapplethorpe would be at the centre of it. Wagstaff pulled him from his suburban Queens existence, gave him a camera and brought him into an art world that seemed to be waiting for him, creating the man whose infamous images instilled emotions ranging from awe to anger.

In turn, Mapplethorpe brought the formerly starched-shirt

preppie to the world of drugs and gay S-and-M sex, well documented in his still-startling photographs. Twenty-five years separated the lovers, but their relationship was symbiotic to its core, and the two remained together forever.

Wagstaff’s death from AIDS in 1987, and later Mapplethorpe’s, in 1989, marked the end of an era. Black, White + Gray reveals the powerful influence their collective work continues to have over present-day art and culture.

A family moves into a new neighbourhood, and a 10-yearold named Laure deliberately presents as a boy named Mikhael to the neighborhood children. It is heavily implied that Mikhael is a closeted transgender boy. This film follows his experiences with his newfound friends, his potential love interest, Lisa, his younger sister and his parents.

It focuses in on the significance of gender identity in social interaction from an early age, and the difficulties of being transgender and young.

“The film is a charm, filled with great moments which will make you laugh and/or well up.”

Paul Heath, The Hollywood News

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THURSDAY 25 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR (LA VIE D’ADELE) Belgium/France/Spain.2013.

Director: Abdellatif Kechiche.

Cast: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Jérémie Laheurte. Duration: 3hrs.

Cert: 18 Adele’s life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.

Nominated for a Golden Globe “Epic and erotic yet intimate – Abdellatif Kechiche’s uncompromising story of an affair makes other films look tame.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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MONDAY 29 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

HAIL, CAESAR!

UK/USA/Japan.2016. Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. Cast: George Clooney, Josh Brolin, Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, Channing Tatum. Duration: 1hr.46mins. Cert: 12A Follows a day in the life of Eddie Mannix, a Hollywood fixer for Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, who cleans up and solves problems for big names and stars in the industry.

But when studio star Baird Whitlock disappears, Mannix has to deal with more than just the fix.

Nominated for a Golden Globe “The Coen brothers take on Hollywood in this riotous comedy about an old-time studio fixer.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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TUESDAY 30 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

TROPICAL MALADY (SUD PRALAD) Thailand/France/Germany/ Italy.2004. Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

Cast: Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee. Duration: 1hr.54mins. Cert: 12. Languague: Thai with English subtitles A masterpiece of contemporary world cinema and cements Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s reputation as one of the most original film directors of the 21st century. Mysterious and beautiful, it is a film of two halves: the first part is a romance story between two men, the second half tells the tale of a soldier lost in the jungle beset by what might be spirits. The film won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004 (chaired by Quentin Tarantino) and received outstanding reviews.

“A work of outstanding originality and power.” Sight & Sound

WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

THE WITCH

USA/UK/Canada/Brazil.2015. Director: Robert Eggers. Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie. Duration: 1hr.32mins. Cert: 15 New England, 1630: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life, homesteading on the edge of an impassible wilderness, with five children. When their newborn son mysteriously vanishes and their crops fail, the family begins to turn on one another. The Witch is a chilling portrait of a family unravelling within their own fears and anxieties, leaving them prey for an inescapable evil.

“Writer-director Robert Eggers makes an impressive feature debut with this gripping historical horror-thriller.”

Justin Chang, Variety

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WEDNESDAY 20 JULY @ 2PM

THE BFG

UK.1989. Director: Brian Cosgrove. Cast: David Jason, Amanda Root, Angela Thorne.

Duration: 1hr.27mins. Cert: U

TUESDAY 19 JULY @ 2PM

THE JUNGLE BOOK USA.1967. Director: Wolfgang Reitherman. Cast: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Bruce Reitherman, Louis Prima.

Duration: 1hr.18mins. Cert: U Walt Disney’s 1967 classic animated feature is the heartwarming story of baby Mowgli who is abandoned after an accident and then raised by a family of wolves.

Nominated for an Oscar® “Loved the world over for its memorable ditties and spectacular animation.” Stella Papamichael, BBCi Movies

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Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities, and whisked away to Giant Country.

She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG’s job is to collect, catalogue and deliver pleasant dreams to children.

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THURSDAY 21 JULY @ 2PM

LEGO SHORTS DOUBLE BILL (STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT & THE PADAWAN MENACE) Overall Duration: 44mins

FRIDAY 22 JULY @ 2PM

STAR WARS

USA.1977. Director: George Lucas. Cast: Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.

Duration: 2hrs. Cert: U

STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT

LEGO STAR WARS: THE PADAWAN MENACE

USA.2012.

Director: Guy Vasilovich.

Cast: Anthony Daniels, Kenneth Colley, Brian Blessed.

Duration: 22mins. Cert: U

USA/Australia.2011.

Director: David Scott.

Cast: Anthony Daniels, Nika Futterman, Phil LaMarr.

Duration: 22mins. Cert: U

Luke Skywalker embarks on a mission to find and destroy an Imperial base on Naboo, but is relentlessly chased by a group of fanatic girls, who think of him as a celebrity for destroying the Death Star. Meanwhile, Darth Vader engages a “sibling” rivalry with Darth Maul, in order to prove he’s the best Sith Lord to Emperor Palpatine.

Ian, a young boy, Commander Cody and Yoda must go to rescue the secret battle plans.

However, when substitute teacher C-3PO and a class of padawans go too, things become more complicated...

Luke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire’s world-destroying battle-station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the evil Darth Vader.

The original and the best!

“Remains one of the most memorable and glorious fantasies ever made.”

Matt Ford, BBCi-Films

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MONDAY 25 JULY @ 2PM

STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS USA.2015. Director: J.J. Abrams.

Cast: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher.

Duration: 2hrs.16mins.

Cert: PG-13 Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance.

Nominated for 5 Oscars®

TUESDAY 26 JULY @ 2PM

THE GAMES MAKER Argentina/Canada/Italy.2014.

Director: Juan Pablo Buscarini.

Cast: David Mazouz, Joseph Fiennes, Edward Asner.

Duration: 1hr.48mins. Cert: PG Young Ivan Drago is a genius games maker. When his amazing inventions win an out of this world competition, Ivan is suddenly catapulted into the fantastical and competitive world of game invention and pits him against an evil rival called Morodian.

“A wonderful mix of The Wizard Of Oz and Harry Potter.”

Slug Magazine “Timeless.”

The Hollywood Reporter

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WEDNESDAY 27 JULY @ 2PM

BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE

USA.2016.

Director: Zack Snyder.

Cast: Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg.

Duration: 3hrs.2mins. Cert: 12 In this no-holds-barred Ultimate Edition, with 30 minutes of additional footage not seen in cinemas, titans of justice Batman/Bruce Wayne and Superman/Clark Kent face off in the most anticipated showdown of our time. But while Gotham City’s formidable vigilante takes on Metropolis’ revered saviour, the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs... and a new danger arises to threaten all of humanity.

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THURSDAY 28 JULY @ 2PM

FRIDAY 29 JULY @ 2PM

MONDAY 1 AUGUST @ 2PM

Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller.

Cast: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Will Ferrell.

Duration: 1hr.40mins. Cert: U

USA/China/Canada.2015.

Director: Chris Columbus.

Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Peter Dinklage. Duration: 1hr.46mins. Cert: PG-13

USA.2014. Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams. Cast: Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung. Duration: 1hr.42mins.

Cert: PG

THE LEGO MOVIE

Animated feature film, which follows lead character, Emmet, a completely ordinary LEGO mini-figure who is identified as the most “extraordinary person” and the key to saving the Lego universe. Emmet and his friends go on an epic journey to stop the evil tyrant, Lord Business.

Nominated for an Oscar®

PIXELS

Sam Brenner, Will Cooper, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant all played classic arcade video games as teenagers. But now they have to use their skills to try to save the world from aliens.

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The special bond that develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

Won an Oscar® “It takes a lot to make an animated movie feel heartwarming, but Disney pulled it off while not sacrificing the dazzling animations for which they are known.” Scott Clark, The Hollywood Outsider

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TUESDAY 2 AUGUST @ 2PM

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

USA.2015. Director: Joss Whedon. Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth. Duration: 2hrs.21mins. Cert: PG-13 Tony Stark creates the Ultron Program to protect the world, but when the peacekeeping program becomes hostile, The Avengers go into action to try and defeat a virtually impossible enemy together.

Earth’s mightiest heroes must come together once again to protect the world from global extinction.

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WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST @ 2PM

ZOOTROPOLIS

USA.2016. Directors: Byron Howard, Rich Moore. Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Jenny Slate, Shakira.

Duration: 1hr.48mins. Cert: PG From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps becomes the first rabbit to join the police force, she quickly learns how tough it is to enforce the law.

“Funny, smart, thoughtprovoking, and musical too.”

Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

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MONDAY 8 AUGUST @ 2PM

TUESDAY 9 AUGUST @ 2PM

USA.2013. Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee. Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff.

Duration: 1hr.42mins. Cert: PG

Denmark.2011. Director: Esben Toft Jacobsen. Cast: Markus Rygaard, Alberte Blichfeldt, Flemming Quist Møller.

Duration: 1hr.16mins. Cert: PG. Language: English

FROZEN

When the newly-crowned Queen Elsa accidentally uses her power to turn things into ice and curse her home in infinite winter, her sister, Anna, teams up with a mountain man, his playful reindeer, and a snowman to change the weather conditions.

Won 2 Oscars® “There are a lot of laughs and some strong action beats along the way.” Helen O’Hara

THE GREAT BEAR

Eleven-year-old Jonathan looks forward to summer vacations with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast enchanted forest populated with mythical animals.

Annoyed, his kid sister Sophie is tagging along this year, Jonathan does his best to lose her. This he succeeds in doing when Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1,000-year-old bear the size of a mountain! Now Jonathan must be brave and venture into the depths of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and rescue his little sister.

WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST @ 2PM

A WARRIOR’S TALE Russia.2015. Director: Maksim Fadeev. Cast: Maksim Chukharyov, Konstantin Khabensky, Fedor Bondarchuk.

Duration: 1hr.25mins. Cert: PG A fairytale about a grand life journey of a 10-year old boy Savva devoted to help his Mom and fellow village people to break free from the vicious hyenas.

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SUMMER WORKSHOPS JUNIOR PROGRAMME SUITABLE FOR 8-12 YEAR OLDS JUNIOR WORKSHOPS: £5 MONDAY 18 JULY

TUESDAY 19 JULY

HARRY POTTER DAY DEATHLY HALLOWS iPAD ANIMATION WORKSHOP

FANTASTIC! DISNEY DAY

SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM

Come join us in this animation workshop where you will get to recreate the story of The Three Brothers.

WICKED WITCHES & WIZARDS SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM

Are you a witch or wizard on the run from Azkaban? Design your Harry Potter poster to take home!

MAGICAL SCENES – GREEN SCREEN TECHNOLOGY

SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM (SUITABLE FOR 12-16 YEAR OLDS) Recreate pivotal scenes from Harry Potter using the best green screen techniques to put yourself right in the action.

22 SUMMER WORKSHOPS

SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM Create your own Disney animated movie using iPads and Toontastic.

2PM

SCREENING: THE JUNGLE BOOK FREE to workshop participants

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WEDNESDAY 20 JULY

THURSDAY 21 JULY

FRIDAY 22 JULY

10AM – NOON

10AM – NOON

Celebrate 100 years of Roald Dahl and learn how to animate a ‘BFG’.

Create your very own short LEGO stop motion film, get to grips with green screen technology and finish it off by adding sound, music and effects using iMovie.

JUNIOR JEDI FILM SCHOOL

DREAM COUNTRY

Help him to gather dreams using iPads, stop-motion animation and green screening.

2PM – 4PM

DREAM CATCHING WITH THE BFG

Create your own game based on the ‘BFG’ and help him gather your dreams. Using iPads and Sketch Nation, create characters, backgrounds and power ups for your own super charged game.

2PM

SCREENING: THE BFG

Original 1989 animated feature FREE to workshop participants

BRING LEGO TO LIFE!

SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM

Film your own Jedi fight scene in our green screen studio and immerse yourself into your very own Star Wars film!

2PM – 4PM

CREATE YOUR OWN LEGO COMIC!

Ever wanted to create a comic book story using your own Lego? Bring along your favourite kit and let us help you bring it to life using Comic Life on the iPad.

2PM

SCREENING: STAR WARS

Original 1977 feature FREE to workshop participants

LEGO SHORTS DOUBLE BILL (STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT & THE PADAWAN MENACE) FREE to workshop participants

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SUMMER WORKSHOPS SENIOR PROGRAMME SUITABLE FOR: 13-16 YEAR OLDS SENIOR WORKSHOPS: £10 MONDAY 25 JULY

TUESDAY 26 JULY

WEDNESDAY 27 JULY

10AM – 4PM

10AM – 4PM

10AM – 4PM

Learn how to program your very own BFG games using illustrations by Quentin Blake to recreate scenes from the book. Want to catch dreams for little kiddles and have some whoopsy whiffling fun?

How about challenging your very own giants and see how many times you can catch the BFG? Come and join us!

We’re sure you’ll have a phizz-whizzing time!

Celebrate Roald Dahl’s centenary by designing your own characters based on Quentin Blake’s timeless illustrations from the ‘BFG’.

Using a drawing app, such as SketchBook Express on the iPad, create your own original cast of characters and bring them to life by animating them using stop motion, green screen and iMovie.

JEDI FILM SCHOOL

Film a Jedi fight scene and use After Effects to create a realistic CGI glowing lightsaber effect. Course covers key frame animation, chroma key compositing and visual effects using After Effects including filming techniques and green screen.

2PM

SCREENING: STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS FREE to workshop participants

THE BIG FRIENDLY GAMER!

2PM

SCREENING: THE GAMES MAKER FREE to workshop participants

24 SUMMER WORKSHOPS

CHARACTER DESIGN & ANIMATION

2PM

SCREENING: BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE FREE to workshop participants

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THURSDAY 28 JULY

FRIDAY 29 JULY

10AM – 4PM

10AM – 4PM

CREATE YOUR OWN LEGO COMIC!

Ever wanted to create a comic book story using your own Lego?

Bring along your favourite kit and let us help you!

Begin writing your comic by exploring storytelling techniques and camera shot types before producing a detailed shot-by-shot storyboard complete with character and story arcs. Using Comic Life and Do Ink Green Screen on iPad, you will then bring your story to life by taking pictures of your Lego against green screens and inserting backdrops before combining images and words on the comic page.

2PM

SCREENING: THE LEGO MOVIE FREE to workshop participants

CREATE 3D IMAGES USING PHOTOSHOP

Participants will learn basic photography skills to take a photograph against a green screen and then create a still 3D image using Photoshop.

The images will become 3D when viewed through red and cyan filter glasses (Anaglyph 3D glasses, the ‘original’ 3D glasses). This workshop gives participants the chance to learn the concepts behind creating these eye-popping optical illusions which also apply to more modern approaches to 3D image generation such as VR.

2PM

SCREENING: PIXELS FREE to workshop participants

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CINEMA PROGRAMME @ A GLANCE MONDAY 18 JULY – WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST JULY MONDAY 18 JULY @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 19 JULY @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 20 JULY @ 7.30PM THURSDAY 21 JULY @ 7.30PM MONDAY 25 JULY @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 26 JULY @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 27 JULY @ 7.30PM THURSDAY 28 JULY @ 7.30PM

VICTORIA VINCENT CASSEL SEASON: MON ROI VERSUS: THE LIFE AND FILMS OF KEN LOACH RAMS (HRÚTAR) VINCENT CASSEL SEASON: LA HAINE THE DRESSMAKER MUSTANG OPEN BETHLEHEM

AUGUST MONDAY 1 AUGUST @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 2 AUGUST @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST @ 7.30PM MONDAY 8 AUGUST @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 9 AUGUST @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST @ 7.30PM MONDAY 15 AUGUST @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 16 AUGUST @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 17 AUGUST @ 7.30PM MONDAY 22 AUGUST @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 23 AUGUST @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 24 AUGUST @ 7.30PM THURSDAY 25 AUGUST @ 7.30PM MONDAY 29 AUGUST @ 7.30PM TUESDAY 30 AUGUST @ 7.30PM WEDNESDAY 31 AUGUST @ 7.30PM

VINCENT CASSEL SEASON: READ MY LIPS BAYOU MAHARAJAH HEART OF A DOG BLACK MASS THE LADY IN THE VAN DHEEPAN SON OF SAUL (SAUL FIA) BRIDGE OF SPIES LOUDER THAN BOMBS MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES BLACK, WHITE + GRAY TOMBOY BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR HAIL, CAESAR! TROPICAL MALADY THE WITCH

FAMILY FILMS TUESDAY 19 JULY @ 2PM WEDNESDAY 20 JULY @ 2PM THURSDAY 21 JULY @ 2PM FRIDAY 22 JULY @ 2PM MONDAY 25 JULY @ 2PM TUESDAY 26 JULY @ 2PM WEDNESDAY 27 JULY @ 2PM THURSDAY 28 JULY @ 2PM FRIDAY 29 JULY @ 2PM MONDAY 1 AUGUST @ 2PM TUESDAY 2 AUGUST @ 2PM WEDNESDAY 3 AUGUST @ 2PM MONDAY 8 AUGUST @ 2PM TUESDAY 9 AUGUST @ 2PM WEDNESDAY 10 AUGUST @ 2PM 26 CINEMA PROGRAMME @ A GLANCE

THE JUNGLE BOOK THE BFG LEGO SHORTS DOUBLE BILL (STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES OUT & THE PADAWAN MENACE) STAR WARS STAR WARS THE FORCE AWAKENS THE GAMES MAKER BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE THE LEGO MOVIE PIXELS BIG HERO 6 AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON ZOOTROPOLIS FROZEN THE GREAT BEAR A WARRIOR’S TALE

FOR BOOKINGS VISIT NERVECENTRE.ORG

SUMMER WORKSHOPS JUNIOR PROGRAMME MONDAY 18TH JULY

TUESDAY 19 JULY WEDNESDAY 20 JULY @ 10AM – NOON WEDNESDAY 20 JULY @ 2PM – 4PM THURSDAY 21 JULY @ 10AM – NOON THURSDAY 21 JULY @ 2PM – 4PM FRIDAY 22 JULY

HARRY POTTER DAY DEATHLY HALLOWS ANIMATION WORKSHOP SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM WICKED WITCHES & WIZARDS SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM MAGICAL SCENES SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SUITABLE FOR 8-12 YEAR OLDS SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM SUITABLE FOR 12-16 YEAR OLDS FANTASTIC! DISNEY DAY SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM DREAM COUNTRY DREAM CATCHING WITH THE BFG BRING LEGO TO LIFE! CREATE YOUR OWN LEGO COMIC! JUNIOR JEDI FILM SCHOOL SESSION 1: 10AM – NOON SESSION 2: 2PM – 4PM

SUMMER WORKSHOPS SENIOR PROGRAMME MONDAY 25 JULY @ 10AM – 4PM TUESDAY 26 JULY @ 10AM – 4PM WEDNESDAY 27 JULY @ 10AM – 4PM THURSDAY 28 JULY @ 10AM – 4PM FRIDAY 29 JULY @ 10AM – 4PM

JEDI FILM SCHOOL THE BIG FRIENDLY GAMER! CHARACTER DESIGN & ANIMATION CREATE YOUR OWN LEGO COMIC! CREATE 3D IMAGES USING PHOTOSHOP

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