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Wed 17 Aug 17:30 – Auditorium Thu 18 Aug 12:30 – Auditorium

Sat 13 Aug 13:30 – Auditorium Mon 15 Aug 18:30 – Auditorium

Germany – UK Premiere FABIAN: GOING TO THEDOGS

FABIAN ODER DER GANG VOR DIE HUNDE

Erich Kästner’s novel originally translated in 1932 as “Fabian. The Story of a Moralist” is a brilliantly astute rendering of life in Weimar Berlin, straightforward and yet surreal, witty and perverse. Berlin during the Weimar Republic, Fabian works in a cigarette factory by day and drifts through brothels, bars and artist studios at night with his wealthy friend Labude when he falls in love with an actress. As her career begins to blossom, prospects for his future begin to wane. The story draws parallels between then and now, underlining wherever possible an equivalence between the heated pre-war atmosphere of dissipated pleasure-seeking and today, deliberately acknowledging all the history in-between. The film has a freewheeling dynamism and allowing Fabian to shake off the stuffier tropes of historical drama. ‘Going to the Dogs’ is poetic, ugly, romantic, tragic and side-splitting. Superbly captures the Weimar period. Not to be missed. (Subtitles) GERMANY 2020 DOMINIK GRAF 177M We thank Les Filmes du Losange for this screening.

Italy – Preview THE BOOK OF VISION

Straddling the past and the present, and weaving ideas of physiology, psychology and spiritualism, ‘The Book of Vision’ is a bold and uncompromising feature. Following the fractured experiences of a young female doctor as her research into 18th century medicine chimes with her own biological challenges, the film is a beautifully shot, narratively complex exploration of our evolving relationship with our bodies and souls. Cinematographer Jorg Widmer, who also shot Malick’s ‘A Hidden Life’, treats each scene as a portrait to be savoured, filling the frame with exquisite detail drawn from Mariano Tufano’s gorgeous costumes. The presence of Charles Dance topping the cast, as well as of executive producer Terrence Malick, may help pique the interest of audiences interested in its themes of medicine, the occult and animism. ITALY/UK/BELGIUM 2020 CARLO HINTERMANN 95M

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Sat 20 Aug 20:45 – Auditorium Mon 22 Aug 13:00 – Auditorium Italy – Preview A CHIARA

Exploring the true meaning of family in ‘A Chiara’, a gritty neo-realist drama set in Italy that tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage girl grappling with the sins of her father. The Guerrasio family and friends gather to celebrate Claudio and Carmela’s oldest daughter’s 18th birthday. There is a healthy rivalry between the birthday girl and her 15-year-old sister Chiara as they compete on the dancefloor. It is a happy occasion, and the close-knit family are on top form. However, everything changes the next day when the father disappears. Chiara starts to investigate, and as she gets closer to the truth, she is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself. There is so much naturalism to Carpignano’s direction that it’s easy to imagine this might be some reconstruction of real events. But for all its social-realist tendencies, ‘A Chiara’ is told in a wonderfully fluid and poetic fashion, led by Tim Curtin’s photography and an emotive score. (Subtitles) ITALY/FRANCE 2021 JONAS CARPIGNANO 121M

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Fri 12 Aug 16:00 – Studio Tue 16 Aug 18:00 – Studio

Sat 13 Aug 13:45 – Pic Palace

HACKING JUSTICE (GERMANY)

Sun 14 Aug 18:00 & Mon 15 Aug 13:00 See Documentary section on pg36 for full details.

Poland – Premiere BRIGITTE BARDOT FOREVER

Brigitte Bardot Cudowna The mid-20th century in communist Poland. Adam lives with his mother, who is persecuted by the state security service. Adam’s father fought in World War II as a pilot, defending Britain, and has not been heard from since. Packages and postcards arrive from him but Adam suspects someone else is sending them. He keeps dreaming that his father will one day land in the sports field at his school in his Spitfire. One day, as the boy is watching Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Contempt’ at the cinema, he is transported to the young Brigitte Bardot’s dressing room and her world of film and music stars. Maestro Majewski’s latest film, in which he settles accounts with his youth, childhood, and all that Poland meant to him. Echoes of ‘Cinema Paradiso’. (Subtitles) POLAND 2021 LECH MAJEWSKI 100M

Italy PUNCH OF A LATE SUMMER

A story of love, friendship and betrayal, told in three parts, with a musical interlude. Lorenzo Lanzillotti’s autobiographical study of a relationship under stress, recounted by a young man struggling with bipolar disorder, is a homage to 60s cinema, switching from black-and-white to colour and back again. Imaginatively photographed in the countryside near Lake Garda, and with an impressive score, the film rewards patience. Warning: during a protracted sequence on a golf course, anyone in the audience who loves the game is advised to avert his or her eyes. (Subtitles) ITALY 2022 LORENZO LANZILLOTTI 81M

INTER-CONTINENTAL BUNKER MISSION (SWEDEN)

Tue 16 Aug 18:30 See Documentary section on pg36 for full details.

Booking Ref

Sun 14 Aug 18:15 – Auditorium Mon 15 Aug 12:30 – Auditorium

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Wed 17 Aug 21:00 – Auditorium Fri 19 Aug 18:15 – Auditorium Poland – New Release LEAVE NO TRACES

ZEBY NIE BYLO SLADÓW

In 1983, communist Poland is shaken by the case of high school student Grzegorz Przemyk, who is beaten to death by police. There is only one witness. On May 12, whilst martial law is in force in the country, Grzegorz Przemyk, son of the opposition poet Barbara Sadowska, is arrested and badly beaten by a police patrol. Przemyk dies after two days of agony. The only witness to the fatal beating is one of Grzegorz’s colleagues, Jurek Popiel, who decides to fight for justice and to testify against the police. When twenty thousand march through the streets of Warsaw behind Przemyk’s coffin, the authorities decide to use any tools against the witness and the deceased’s mother to discredit them and prevent Jurek from testifying in court. Full of incident and invention, and a real treat. (Subtitles) POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC 2021 JAN P. MATUSZYNSKI 160M

Spain/France – UK Premiere ONE YEAR, ONE NIGHT

UN AÑO, UNA NOCHE

A young Spaniard and his girlfriend, both survivors of the Bataclan terrorist attack, attempt to battle its psychological trauma. An effective psychological drama grounded in realism and shot as a semi-documentary. In the 2015 Bataclan terrorist attack in Paris (killing at least 137 concertgoers at the nightclub), a young couple, the Frenchwoman Céline (Noémie Merlant) and her Spanish boyfriend Ramón (Nahuel Pérez), are survivors who wander through the streets dazed and wrapped in a foil recovery blanket, finding themselves frightened alongside other survivors. When back in their cramped Paris apartment the next morning, the hyper Ramón experiences flashbacks and is antsy. Meanwhile the calmer Céline goes back to her work at a young people’s shelter as if nothing happened, without mentioning (even to her parents) that she was at the concert. The drama questions how people are so different in the way they respond to tragedy in the age of social media and how disconnected some of us can get with those that don’t share the same experiences. Through flashbacks we see how Ramón is plagued by anxiety attacks and Céline, who repressed her memory of the attack, becomes so much like a mother figure to him. Premiered at the 2022 Berlinale. (Subtitles) SPAIN/FRANCE 2022 ISAKI LACUESTA 120M BOX OFFICE 01243 786 650 17

Sat 13 Aug 17:45 – Studio Sun 14 Aug 14:00 – Pic Palace

Germany SWEET DISASTER

Frida, a German-Finnish ‘painting therapist’, is 40 and facing two crises: she did not plan to become pregnant and the father, a pilot, is abandoning her to be reunited with his ex. Despite serious health problems caused by the late pregnancy, Frida attempts to lure him back. Her various ploys and the way in which she comes to terms with motherhood are presented in a refreshingly entertaining and colourful way, making for a delightful comic feature debut by a Finnish director already much garlanded for her short films. (Subtitles) GERMANY 2021 LAURA LEHMUS 90M

Mon 15 Aug 18:45 – Pic Palace

Germany THE UGLY TRUTH

DIE WAHRE SCHÖNHEIT

Mona, a lawyer with a drink and associated snoring problem, lives in style on the outskirts of Berlin with her dishevelled husband Theo and daughter Hanna. When Alina, the 18-year-old daughter of Mona’s best friend, comes to stay, the family’s fragile unity is put under severe stress. With echoes of Lolita, this is an accomplished and cleverly scripted tragi-comedy in which an undertone of pain and frustration is conveyed by the excellent principal performances, notably that of Eva Habermann, the film’s co-writer/producer. (Subtitles) GERMANY 2021 KRISHNA ASHU BHATI 96M

ALAIN RESNAIS CENTENARY

Three films and a talk. See the Resnais section on pg46 for full details. PASOLINI CENTENARY

Seven films and a talk. See the Pasolini section on pg79 for full details.

Booking Ref

Thu 18 Aug 18:15 – Main Auditorium Fri 19 Aug 15:45 – Main Auditorium

Booking Ref

Sat 27 Aug 21:00 – Main Auditorium

Poland – Preview OFFICIAL COMPETITION

In this comedic satire on the film industry, a wealthy businessman hires a famous filmmaker to help make a smash hit film. starring Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas. A billionaire businessman in search of fame and social prestige decides to make a unique, ground-breaking film. He hires the best of the best: famous filmmaker Lola Cuevas and two well-known actors who boast not only an enormous talent, but also an even bigger ego – Hollywood star Félix Rivero (Antonio Banderas) and aging theatre thespian Iván Torres (Oscar Martínez). If awards season gets up your nose, with its self-congratulatory speeches and luvvie back-patting, this playful and wildly entertaining satire on the filmmaking process is the perfect antidote. The co-directors Mariano Cohn and Gaston Duprat, along with co-writer Andres Duprat, strike just the right chord and deliver a gem that is funny, insightful, and quite entertaining. The film was very well received at last year’s Venice Film Festival. (Subtitles) SPAIN /ARGENTINA 2022 MARIANO COHN & GASTON DUPRAT 115M Our thanks to Curzon Films for this film.

Finland – Preview GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS

TYTÖT TYTÖT TYTÖT

Three young women explore love and sex in this spirited coming-of-age drama, which won the Audience Award at Sundance. High school best friends Mimmi and Rönkkö work at a smoothie parlour, exchanging gossip and taking delight in the puntastic names of the drinks they sell. (Lime of Passion anyone?) Both single, Rönkkö is after that elusive spark of instant attraction, whilst the tempestuous Mimmi scoffs there’s no such thing until elite skater Emma queues for a drink. It’s not long before they are diving headfirst into a passionate relationship, becoming all-consuming in the way only first love can be. With a smart and energetic script whose narrative unfurls over three consecutive Fridays, this boasts a trio of fantastic lead performances. These intertwining love stories are nuanced and relatable to everyone, whether or not you believe in love at first sight. FINLAND 2022 ALLI HAAPASALO 100M Our thanks to Vertigo Releasing for this film.

Sun 28 Aug 15:30 – Auditorium

Preview SILENT LAND

CICHA ZIEMIA

A handsome couple rents a holiday home on a sunny Italian island. Their perfect holiday begins to unravel in increments delivered sparingly in this wonderfully atmospheric film. The reality of their idyllic holiday fails to live up to their expectations. Initially, when they find out that the pool in the house is broken, they ask for someone to fix it. However, they are unaware that the island faces awater shortage, The constant presence of a stranger challenges their boundaries and initiates a chain of events making them act instinctively and irrationally, heading to the darkest place in their relationship. The film explores various themes such as immigration, masculinity and self interest. Director Agnieszka Woszczyńska eschews a musical soundtrack in favour of quiet but disconcerting revelations. POLAND 2021 AGA WOSZCZYNSKA 112M

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