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WHAT’S ON / November 2013
BURN, BABY, BURN! AT OFT
Crone, enchantress, succubus…the figure of the witch has inspired film-makers and terrified audiences since the earliest days of cinema. This season of spellbinding films explores the many faces of witchcraft on film and includes the long-banned Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages and the British classic Witchfinder General. With thanks to our very own Master of the Dark Arts, Ralph McLean.
Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages
FRI 1 NOV, 9PM DIR: Benjamin Christensen • SWEDEN • 1922 • 1 HR 15 MINS • HORROR • CAST: William S. Burroughs, Philippe Noiret, Benjamin Christensen • ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Introduction by Robert J. E. Simpson, writer and film historian. Grave robbing, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen’s legendary film explores the scientific hypothesis that the witches of the Middle Ages suffered the same hysteria as turn-of-the-century psychiatric patients. But the film itself is far from serious – it’s a witches’ brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous.
(La maschera del demonio)
BLACK SUNDAY SAT 2 NOV, 9PM
Tickets £6.50, £5/£4 concessions Book online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com
Rosemary’s Baby MON 4 NOV, 9PM
DIR: Mario Bava • ITALY • 1960 • 1 HR 27 MINS • HORROR • CAST: Barbara Steele, John Richardson, Andrea Checchi • ENGLISH SUBTITLES
DIR: Roman Polanski • USA • 1968 • 2 HRS 16 MINS • HORROR/DRAMA • CAST: Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
Legendary Scream Queen Barbara Steele (Shivers, Caged Heat) stars in this classic slice of gothic terror from the father of fantastic Italian cinema Mario Bava (Lisa & the Devil). Banned in the UK on its release, Black Sunday is a groundbreaking film that opened the door for Spaghetti horror in all its gory glory.
Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is a brooding, macabre film, filled with the sense of unthinkable danger. A young couple move into a new apartment, only to be surrounded by peculiar neighbours and occurrences. When the wife becomes mysteriously pregnant, paranoia over the safety of her unborn child begins controlling her life.
Witchfinder General SUN 3 NOV, 9PM
The Witches TUES 5 NOV, 9PM
cert TBC
DIR: Michael Reeves • UK • 1968 • 1 HR 26 MINS • HORROR • CAST: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies
DIR: Cyril Frankel • UK • 1966 • 1 HR 30 MINS • HORROR • CAST: Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen
In England during the time of Cromwell, the villainous lawyer Matthew Hopkins (Price) travels the country hunting down and torturing those he proclaims witches. Spreading violence and terror in his wake, Hopkins encounters little opposition until he persecutes the Marshall family, and young Richard Marshall (Ian Ogilvy) resolves to put an end to the witchfinder’s infamy.
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen Mayfield (Fontaine) takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
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TIME travel MOVIES THIS ISSUE:
The rule is you should never meddle with the past. And we can see the sense in that. What if you went back to 1780? What if you bumped into John Jameson? What if you accidentally changed his mind about going into the whiskey business? It just doesn’t bear thinking about.
DON JON THE SELFISH GIANT GOTHIC: THE DARK HEART OF FILM
judi dench and steve coogan star in this FUNNY AND HEARTFELT TRUE STORY FROM DIRECTOR STEPHEN FREARS (THE QUEEN).
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EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY
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SUN 17 NOV & SUN 2 FEB, 2.00PM
Dir: JAMES SCOTT • uK • 1985 • 1 HR 22 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: Phyllis Logan, Alex Norton, Leonard O’Malley
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This year marks the centenary of William Scott, the British artist who attracted international acclaim for his abstract paintings over the course of six decades.
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Every Picture Tells a Story, directed by William Scott’s son James, will screen at the Ulster Museum to coincide with a major new exhibition of the work of the acclaimed painter. TICKET PRICES Standard admission: £6.50 Senior Citizens, Disabled Users (Carers’ tickets are free), Unwaged, QUB Staff: £5 QFT Film Card, Students (aged 16 and over in full-time education), Children (under 16 years): £4 Mondays and Tuesdays: * £4 for every film Group Rate: 1 ticket free for every 10 purchased *Certain exclusions may apply, check website for details
QFT BOX OFFICE The box office opens 30 minutes before the first screening of the day. Daytime ticket sales available from Queen’s Welcome Centre, Monday to Friday 8am-6pm. You can book tickets via our app, available on Google Play for Android and iTunes for iPhone – search for ‘Queen’s Film Theatre’. QFT is kindly supported by:
SKIP THE QUEUE - PRINT AT HOME Skip the queue at box office by booking online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com, printing your tickets at home and going straight to the door of the auditorium. Simple! QFT FILM CARD Buy online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com and receive £2.50 ticket discount per film and a range of other benefits (see the website for details). PAYMENTS QFT does not accept payment by cheque or American Express and operates a minimum card transaction amount of £10 when paying in person or by telephone. SUBTITLED FILMS Customers are advised that viewing of subtitles may be restricted along the first few rows of Jameson Screen One.
THE JAMESON BAR AT QFT QFT offers a fully licensed bar, plus tea, coffee and a range of confectionery and snacks. FREE PARKING QFT offers free on-site car parking after 5.30pm within the main Queen’s University site (access via University Square). Disabled badge holders can access disabled bay parking in front of the main Queen’s University site. DISABILITY ACCESS Wheelchair users: Ramp access, 14 wheelchair spaces in cinema, accessible toilets. PROGRAMME CHANGES We reserve the right to change the published programme. Please check www.queensfilmtheatre.com for the most up to date information about film screening dates and times.
HE BROKEN CIRCLE T BREAKDOWN / MIELE / THE SELFISH GIANT
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UTBURST QUEER O ARTS FESTIVAL
James Scott reaches back into his family history to describe the adolescence of his father. The film traces William’s life from his childhood in Scotland to his teenage years in Enniskillen and Belfast.
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Please note: Screenings will take place at the Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast. Tickets £3. Book online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com
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OTHIC: THE DARK HEART G OF FILM
THE UK GOLD SUN 17 NOV, 3.30PM
Dir: MARK DONNE • uK • 2013 • 58 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
cert TBC
The Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign presents an award winning documentary: a story ‘seismic enough to shift perceptions of finance and flag forever.’ The film explores the global tax dodging industry through the eyes of an East London vicar, Reverend William Taylor, who takes a stand against unscrupulous companies who avoid paying tax. The documentary features original music by Thom Yorke from Radiohead and is narrated by actor Dominic West. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with representatives from the IF campaign in Northern Ireland. Tickets £4
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BURYING THE HATCHET BBC Radio 5 Live film critic and friend to the QFT, Mark Kermode will return on November 23rd for his always popular annual film night. As one of the UK’s best loved film journalists, Kermode became a household name thanks to his intolerance towards Michael Bay films, his unwavering stance against 3D cinema and more recently, as an advocate of the much criticised Twilight saga. Currently touring the UK with his latest book Hatchet Job – Love Movies, Hate Critics, Kermode puts the film critic firmly in the spotlight, questioning their validity and necessity in an internet driven society where everyone has the freedom to express their own opinions online. Driven by a historical examination of the profession, the book combines
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his trademark approach to film criticism with plenty of humorous autobiographical digressions; making it an essential read for anyone who loves a good film discussion upon leaving the cinema.
had tracked down an original, undamaged 35mm print of the film. Watching alongside his loyal fans last December, he even admits to shedding a few tears as he watched a distant memory from his youth unfold on the big screen.
The title refers to the entertaining yet often brutal method employed by professional critics when trashing films in their reviews. Indeed, the critic has been responsible for a few hatchet jobs himself throughout his career – with the Transformers or Pirates of the Caribbean franchises often in his sights – but last year’s film night brought out a softer side in the often outspoken critic, as recounted in great detail during the course of the book.
Kermode’s selection for this year’s film night is Edgar Wright’s graphic novel inspired comedy Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Released in 2010, the film stars Michael Cera as the titular Scott Pilgrim who upon meeting the alluring Ramona Flowers, soon discovers that he must defeat her seven evil exes in order to win her over. Despite being a financial disappointment at the box office, the film has since become a “cult movie by accident” in the eyes of Kermode.
The good doctor’s love affair with Arthur Barron’s Jeremy began when he first saw the film as a B-feature in 1975. After spending almost thirty years searching for the film, Kermode was both shocked and delighted to hear that QFT and Cinemagic staff
Prefaced with a question and answer session hosted by Brian Henry Martin, expect the esteemed critic to give his thoughts on this year’s films as well as taking part in a signing session after the credits roll.
FRI 1 – THURS 14 NOV
DON JON
FRI 15 – THURS 28 NOV
THE FIFTH ESTATE
FRI 25 OCT – THURS 11 NOV
Dir: STEPHEN FREARS • Uk/USA/FRANCE • 2013 • 1 HR 38 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Michelle Fairley
Dir: Joseph Gordon-Levitt • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 30 MINS • COMEDY/DRAMA • Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
Dir: Bill Condon • USA/BELGIUM • 2013 • 2 HRS 4 MINS • BIOGRAPHY/DRAMA • Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Brühl, Carice van Houten
Stephen Frears directs Judi Dench and Steve Coogan in the moving true story of a woman’s epic search for her son. Fifty years ago, naïve young Irish girl Philomena Lee fell pregnant. This landed her in one of the Catholic Church’s notorious Magdalene Laundries as a ‘fallen woman’. Her baby boy was subsequently snatched away by nuns and sold to a rich American couple. Today, Philomena (Dench) is a retired nurse who’s still desperate to track down her son. Former BBC TV correspondent turned government spin-doctor Martin Sixsmith (Coogan) is sufficiently intrigued to help her. The mismatched duo then embarks on a journey that creates a surprising bond between them. Adapted from Sixsmith’s book, and partly shot in Northern Ireland, this is a charming, touching and unexpectedly funny drama.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt makes his directorial debut with his sharp and funny tale of a young man addicted to pornography. Jon Martello (Gordon-Levitt) is a strong, handsome, good old fashioned guy. His buddies call him Don Jon due to his ability to “pull” a different woman every weekend, but nothing compares to the bliss he finds alone in front of the computer watching pornography. Barbara Sugarman (Scarlett Johansson) is a bright, beautiful, good old fashioned girl. Raised on romantic Hollywood movies, she’s determined to find her Prince Charming and ride off into the sunset. Wrestling with good old fashioned expectations of the opposite sex, Jon and Barbara struggle against a media culture full of false fantasies to try and find true intimacy in this unexpected comedy written and directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Actor of the moment, Benedict Cumberbatch, plays one of international politics most controversial figures, Julian Assange, in Bill Condon’s Wikileaks thriller. Based on a book about the Wikileaks affair, as well as personal accounts from activist and associate of Assange, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, The Fifth Estate has the ring of authenticity bolstered by a spellbinding performance from Cumberbatch. Following Assange from his first recruitment of Domscheit-Berg, through his early online celebrity, and on to his subsequent notoriety, this is a compelling and thought provoking interpretation of this intriguing news story.
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FOR THOSE IN PERIL
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LUX PRIZE 2013 THE CRASH REEL
Established in 2007, the LUX Prize is a film prize awarded each year by the European Parliament. Through the prize, the European Parliament supports cultural diversity and helps to build bridges among Europeans. QFT is delighted to present FREE screenings of two of the shortlisted films, The Broken Circle Breakdown and Miele, alongside a week-long run of the third film, The Selfish Giant.
THE BROKEN CIRCLE BREAKDOWN SUN 24 – THURS 28 NOV Dir: PAUL WRIGHT • UK • 2013 • 1 HR 32 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: George MacKay, NICHOLA BURLEY, Kate Dickie, Michael Smiley
FRI 22 – MON 25 NOV Dir: JAMES TOBACK • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 38 MINS • DOCUMENTARY • Cast: ALEC BALDWIN, JAMES TOBACK, Ryan Gosling
Unable to remember the details of their trip, and feeling the weight of the community’s collective grief, Aaron’s sense of helplessness escalates into the belief that Michael and the other men somehow survived - and possessed by grief, madness and magic, Aaron sets out to find him. Beautifully shot and sensitively performed, Paul Wright’s extraordinary folkloric film imaginatively explores love and loss and its sometimes surreal nature. Rising stars George MacKay (Sunshine on Leith) and Nichola Burley (Jump) star alongside Kate Dickie (Red Road) and Michael Smiley (Kill List).
MIELE
TUES 26 – THURS 28 NOV
Seduced and Abandoned combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback (Tyson) as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey attempting to raise finance for their next feature film in Cannes.
Two-time Oscar-nominated director Lucy Walker (Waste Land) is at the top of her game in this brilliantly told account of the rise and literal fall of snowboarding champ Kevin Pearce, whose career was cut short at age 22 in a near-fatal crash.
Moving from director to financier to star actor, the two players provide us with a unique look behind the curtain at the world’s biggest and most glamorous film festival, shining a light on the bittersweet relationship filmmakers have with Cannes and the film business. Seduced and Abandoned features fascinating insights from Ryan Gosling, Diane Kruger, Jessica Chastain, Martin Scorsese, Bérénice Bejo, Roman Polanski and many others.
Through her use of vérité footage, Walker delivers an exhilarating, at times jaw-dropping, insight into the sport, which is counterbalanced by the horror of Pearce’s accident and his long rehabilitation at the side of his close-knit family. At its heart the film poses the ultimate question: how much risk is too much?
“The movie business is the worst girlfriend in the world. You are seduced and abandoned over and over again.” – Alec Baldwin
THE SELFISH GIANT
(Honey)
Dir: LUCY WALKER • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 48 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/BIOGRAPHY • Cast: Kevin Pearce, Shaun White, Mason Aguirre
MON 11 NOV, 8.40PM
Aaron, a young misfit in a remote Scottish community, is the lone survivor of a fishing trip that claimed the lives of five men including his older brother, Michael.
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Winner of the Audience Award: Festival Favourite at SXSW Film Festival. “By turns pulse-quickening and contemplative, The Crash Reel is a thoroughly winning portrait of former pro snowboarder Kevin Pearce.” – Variety
TUES 12 NOV, 8.30PM
Dir: Felix Van Groeningen • BELGIUM • 2012 • 1 HR 52 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse • ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Dir: Valeria Golino • ITALY/FRANCE • 2013 • 1 HR 36 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo • ENGLISH SUBTITLES
Elise has her own tattoo shop; Didier plays the banjo in a band.
Directed by Naples born actress-turned-director Valeria Golino, Miele tells the story of Irene and her clandestine job to help terminally-ill people die in dignity.
It is love at first sight, in spite of many differences that stand between them. Their happiness is complete after their little girl Maybelle is born. Unfortunately, Maybelle, at six years old, becomes seriously ill. Didier and Elise respond in very different ways but Maybelle does not leave them any choice; they will have to fight for her together. Tickets for this screening are FREE but must be booked in advance at www.queensfilmtheatre.com
FRI 8 – THURS 14 NOV cert TBC
One day she supplies a new “client” with a fatal dose only to find out afterwards he is perfectly healthy. Irene is determined not to be responsible for his suicide. From this moment on, Irene and Grimaldi are locked unwillingly in a tense and extraordinary relationship which will change both their lives forever. Tickets for this screening are FREE but must be booked in advance at www.queensfilmtheatre.com
Dir: CLIO BARNARD • UK • 2013 • 1 HR 31 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Conner Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder QFT LEARNING SEE PAGE 11
The notable British film at Cannes this year was the fiction debut of Bradford filmmaker Clio Barnard (The Arbor). 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. Introduction by Amy Moore, Film Studies undergraduate, on Mon 11 Nov, 6.30pm
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Outburst brings you the very best in new queer cinema from around the world, in partnership with QFT.
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR
ask her out. After meeting a blue-haired stranger, the confident and assertive Emma, Adele soon finds herself tentatively visiting gay bars and, shortly afterwards, wrapped in the arms of her new lover. Then, her true journey begins.
WED 20 NOV, 6.30PM
Dir: James Franco & Travis Mathews • USA • 2013 • 1 HR (+ IN THEIR ROOM 32 MINS) • DRAMA • Cast: Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, Brenden Gregory • AGE 18+
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VALENTINE ROAD TUES 19 NOV, 6.30PM
MON 18 NOV, 8.45PM Dir: Abdellatif Kechiche • FRANCE • 2013 • 2 HRS 59 MINS • DRAMA/ROMANCE • Cast: Léa Seydoux, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Salim Kechiouche • ENGLISH SUBTITLES
We kick off this year’s queer cinema programme with the winner of the 2013 Palme d’Or at Cannes. Blue Is the Warmest Colour is an exquisite film; an honest and hair-raising study of first love, sex and a maturing relationship, capturing the confusion of teenage sexuality and the intensity of exploring its social taboos. Adele is a sensitive fifteen-year-old student. Her days pass like any other until she realises that her sexual desires turn more towards her own gender than the boys who
Dir: Marta Cunningham • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 29 MINS • DOCUMENTARY • age 18+
Winner of Best Documentary at this year’s Frameline (San Francisco’s LGBT Film Festival) this is one of our favourite, if heart-wrenching, films of the year. In 2008, a 15-year-old boy named Larry King asked another boy to be his valentine in a suburban schoolyard in California. The next day Larry was dead, shot in cold blood by his 14-year-old crush Brandon McInerney in the middle of class. Valentine Road is gob-smacking in its bluntness, exposing the realities of homophobia, bullying, social inequalities and intolerance of gender non-conformism amongst young people. Valentine Road will be followed by a discussion on the impact of homophobia in Northern Ireland’s school system.
TUES 19 NOV, 8.30PM Dir: Darren Stein • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 38 MINS • COMEDY • Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Sasha Pieterse, Evanna Lynch • AGE 18+
G.B.F. is a comic send-up of the rabid madness of school cliques. The fight for supremacy between a school’s most popular girls takes an unexpected turn when Tanner becomes its first openly gay student. As they race to bag the big trend in fashion accessories, the Gay Best Friend, Tanner, must choose between skyrocketing popularity and the friends he is leaving behind. A Clueless for the Millennials with hilarious appearances by both Megan Mullally (Karen from Will & Grace) and Natasha Lyonne (But I’m a Cheerleader).
The 1980 film Cruising (starring Al Pacino as an undercover cop investigating a murder in the NYC gay leather bar scene) was plagued with controversy, its director forced to cut 40 minutes of sexually explicit material. Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews set out to reimagine what might have transpired in those lost scenes in this intriguing film about the making of a film. The result is a provocative exploration of the importance of the radical and transgressive in society and the value of engaging with things that scare us.
In the clamour of a youth obsessed 21st Century, these stories are becoming harder to hear and yet have so much to offer. Their stories are exhilarating and incredibly entertaining - from shagging in hedgerows to burning bras in the ‘60s, discovering same sex love late in life to inspiring new ways of family-living, these are people you’ll want to invite to dinner and talk to all night.
STRANGER BY THE LAKE THURS 21 NOV, 6.30PM
LES INVISIBLES WED 20 NOV, 8.30PM
cert TBC
Sébastien Lifshitz (Presque Rien, Wild Side) offers us beautifully photographed and intimate portraits of 11 lesbian and gay people born between the wars,
WHO’S AFRAID OF VAGINA WOLF?
(L’inconnu du lac)
Dir: Alain Guiraudie • FRANCE • 2013 • 1 HR 40 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d’Assumçao • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 18+
Interior. Leather Bar. will be preceded by the latest instalment in Travis Matthews’ In Their Room series, which continues to explore gay men’s experience of intimacy, this time set in London.
Dir: Sébastien Lifshitz • FRANCE • 2012 • 1 HR 55 MINS • DOCUMENTARY • ENGLISH SUBTITLES
sharing stories of their experiences in a less open and tolerant society.
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants to live out his passion anyway. Another Cannes Film Festival award-winner, in a surprisingly queer year for the world’s most prestigious film festival, Stranger by the Lake is a tense thriller set against the secluded back drop of, what becomes inevitably, the most dangerous lake in France. It’s probably best to say very little about its plot, only that it grabs you like an erotically charged and over-passionate lover and leaves you wanting more! Both sinister and arousing, this is probably one you shouldn’t take your parents to...
THURS 21 NOV, 8.40PM Dir: Anna Margarita Albelo • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 23 MINS • COMEDY/DRAMA • Cast: Anna Margarita Albelo, Guinevere Turner, Janina Gavankar • AGE 18+
The day after her fortieth birthday, Anna comes to the conclusion that it’s time for the madness to stop. She lives in her friend’s back yard tool shed, her career as a filmmaker isn’t paying her bills and, worst of all, it’s been ten years since she’s had a girlfriend. A hardscrabble life that seemed charming and adventurous in her twenties seems desperate and dire in middle age. Something has to change. Making Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf? is her last ditch attempt to make all her dreams come true; a film inspired by her favourite movie, starring her new romantic obsession in a leading role. Of course, little goes to plan.
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QFT LEARNING
November Sun 17
Bolshoi: Le Corsaire The UK Gold + Q&A Soul Power Don Jon Muscle Shoals
3.00pm 3.30pm 6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.40pm 8.30pm
Mon 18
Don Jon Muscle Shoals Blue Is the Warmest Colour Don Jon
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.45pm 9.00pm
Tues 19
Valentine Road Don Jon G.B.F.
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.40pm 8.30pm
Wed 20
Interior. Leather Bar. + In Their Room: London Don Jon Les Invisibles
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.40pm 8.30pm
Thurs 21
Stranger by the Lake Don Jon Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.40pm 8.40pm
Fri 22
Hide Your Smiling Faces Don Jon Seduced and Abandoned Sleepy Hollow
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 9.00pm
Sat 23
Mark Kermode Film Night Touch of the Light Seduced and Abandoned Don Jon
5.30pm 6.30pm 8.50pm 9.10pm
Sun 24
The Rocket For Those in Peril Seduced and Abandoned Don Jon
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 8.40pm
Mon 25
Jîn For Those in Peril Seduced and Abandoned Don Jon
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 8.40pm
Tues 26
Regret! For Those in Peril The Crash Reel Don Jon
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 8.40pm
3.00pm 6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 8.30pm
Wed 27
Baby Blues For Those in Peril The Crash Reel Don Jon
3.00pm 6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 8.30pm
Philomena RSC Live: Richard II The Selfish Giant
6.30pm 7.00pm 8.40pm
Thurs 28
Arena: Joe Meek + Bob Stanley Q&A Don Jon Muscle Shoals Don Jon
Shifting the Blame For Those in Peril The Crash Reel Don Jon
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 8.40pm
6.30pm 6.40pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
Little Shop of Horrors RSC Live: Richard II Elvis: That’s the Way It Is Taking Off Don Jon Muscle Shoals
1.00pm 3.00pm 3.30pm 6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.40pm 8.30pm
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Fri 1
The Fifth Estate Philomena Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages + intro
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm
Sat 2
Corpse Bride The Fifth Estate Philomena Black Sunday
3.00pm 6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 9.00pm
Sun 3
The Fifth Estate Philomena Witchfinder General
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 9.00pm
Mon 4
The Fifth Estate Philomena Rosemary’s Baby
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 9.00pm
Tues 5
The Fifth Estate Philomena The Witches
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 9.00pm
Wed 6
Project Wild Thing Philomena The Fifth Estate
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 8.40pm
Thurs 7
Philomena NT Live: The Habit of Art The Fifth Estate
6.30pm 7.00pm 8.40pm
Fri 8 Sat 9
The Selfish Giant Philomena Nosferatu the Vampyre
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 8.30pm
Sun 10
NT Live: Frankenstein The Selfish Giant Philomena Nosferatu the Vampyre
3.00pm 6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 8.30pm
Mon 11
The Selfish Giant + intro Philomena The Broken Circle Breakdown
6.30pm 6.40pm/8.50pm 8.40pm
Tues 12
The Selfish Giant Philomena Miele
6.30pm 6.40pm / 8.50pm 8.30pm
Sun 10
NT Live: Frankenstein The Selfish Giant Philomena Nosferatu the Vampyre
Wed 13 – Thurs 14 Fri 15
Sat 16
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Sun 17
Every Picture Tells a Story
2.00pm
QFT LEARNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL QFT Learning provides opportunities for people of all ages to engage with film. For more information go to www.queensfilmtheatre.com/learning
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Takeover film presents
SLEEPY HOLLOW THURS 28 NOV, 10.30AM-12.30PM DIR: Candida Brady • USA • 2012 • 1 HR 38 MINS & INTRODUCTION 10 MINS • DOCUMENTARY
Introduction by James Orr, Director, Friends of the Earth NI.
FRI 22 NOV, 9PM
Supports K3 & 4, Sixth Form, Geography/Citizenship. Areas of Learning: LLW (Local and Global Citizenship: Sustainable Development).
DIR: TIM BURTON • USA/GERMANY • 1999 • 1 HR 45 MINS • ADVENTURE/MYSTERY • CAST: Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
QFT’s Youth Panel presents a gothic film night during the Cinemagic Film and Television Festival for Young People, in association with the BFI’s Gothic season. Be chilled and thrilled at QFT for this cult gothic horror film presentation, based on the novel by Washington Irvine. Constable Ichabod Crane (Johnny Depp) of the New York police arrives in the small village of Sleepy Hollow in
1799, to solve a series of mysterious murders. When victims are found with their heads missing, everybody in Sleepy Hollow is petrified by the ghost of the “headless horseman”. Don’t dare go see it alone! And don’t miss a surprise guest appearance, plus best costume and ballot prizes. QFT’s youth panel is programming the fourth Takeover Film Festival with more BFI Gothic events in store from 7-8 February 2014. For more details go to www.takeoverfilm.com.
For more information on QFT Learning please contact Marion Campbell, QFT Learning, m.campbell@qub.ac.uk
In a meticulous, brave and investigative journey, Jeremy Irons travels around the world to beautiful destinations tainted by pollution, uncovering the extent and effects of the global waste problem. The beauty of our planet from space forms a violent contrast to the scenes of human detritus across the globe. Children swim among leaking bags; mothers wash in the sewage filled water. We buy it, we bury it, we burn it and then we ignore it. Does anyone think about what happens to all the trash we produce? Tickets £3 per pupil. Online booking available with promo code, please email m.campbell@qub.ac.uk for details.
SPECIAL EVENTS
12/13
NEW RELEASES/SPECIAL EVENTS
YEAH YEAH YEAH
Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley curates a short film season as part of Belfast Music Week to mark the publication of his new book, Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Bob Stanley is a writer, musician, DJ and film producer. Since founding influential pop group Saint Etienne, he has enjoyed a parallel career as a music journalist, contributing to publications such as the Times, Smash Hits, NME, the Guardian and the Face. Bob will be signing copies of his new book at QFT on Friday 15 November.
PROJECT WILD MUSCLE SHOALS THING
MARK KERMODE FILM NIGHT
TAKING OFF SAT 16 NOV, 6.30PM
Belfast Music Week takes place at venues throughout the city from 11-17 November. Special thanks to the Barbican and Faber and Faber. Visit yeahyeahyeahbook.tumblr.com
ARENA: JOE MEEK + BOB STANLEY O&A
ELVIS: THAT’S THE WAY IT IS
Dir: MILOS FORMAN • USA • 1971 • 1 HR 29 MINS • COMEDY/DRAMA/MUSIC • Cast: Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Georgia Engel
Milos Forman’s first American film follows a girl who runs away from home to audition for a fictional singer-songwriting superstar along with dozens of others. This bittersweet comedy, with a wonderful soundtrack, includes a couple of unexpected cameos from pre-fame hopefuls Carly Simon and Kathy Bates.
SOUL POWER SAT 16 NOV, 3.30PM
FRI 15 NOV, 6.30PM Dir: ALAN LEWENS • Uk • 1991 • 60 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC
cert N/A
Arena: The Very Strange Story of the Legendary Joe Meek tells the story of Britain’s - arguably the world’s - first record producer. Meek is best remembered for the Tornados’ futuristic 1962 hit Telstar. Originally from rural Gloucestershire, his life was spent closeted and ended in tragedy on Holloway Road but his music, years ahead of its time, was his real legacy. Bob Stanley will join broadcaster and writer Ralph McLean after the film for a discussion and special book signing. Tickets £8
Dir: DENIS SANDERS • USA • 1970 • 1 HR 33 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC
After his stunning 1968 Comeback Special, Elvis went back on the road for the first time since the fifties. Behind the scenes footage and terrific live performances capture him in a playful mood, looking tremendous, and clearly enjoying himself on songs like Suspicious Minds and In The Ghetto.
SUN 17 NOV, 6.30PM Dir: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte • USA • 2009 • 1 HR 32 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC
A 1974 celebration of soul music in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974 preceded the legendary Ali-Foreman world heavyweight fight. James Brown, Bill Withers, Sister Sledge and Hugh Masekela were among the stars of a terrific three-day festival that showed African-American musical links in a new light.
FRI 15 – MON 18 NOV
WED 6 NOV, 6.30PM
SAT 23 NOV, 5.30PM
Dir: Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 51 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/MUSIC • Cast: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards
Dir: DAVID BOND • UK • 2013 • 1 HR 23 MINS • DOCUMENTARY/ ADVENTURE/DRAMA • Cast: Michael Depledge, Susan Greenfield, Jay Griffiths
Dir: EDGAR WRIGHT • USA/UK/CANADA/JAPAN • 2010 • 1 HR 52 MINS • ACTION/COMEDY/FANTASY • Cast: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin
The backwater town of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, has long been a hotbed of musical creativity ever since the early 60s, when wannabe-producer Rick Hall opened a studio there and recorded Arthur Alexander’s smash hit ‘You Better Move On’.
The roaming radius of British children — i.e. the distance they wander from their home — has shrunk by 90 per cent in the last 30 years.
Film critic, broadcaster and journalist Mark Kermode returns to Cinemagic following last year’s tear-stained screening of Jeremy.
Overcoming crushing poverty and staggering tragedies, Hall brought black and white together in Alabama’s cauldron of racial hostility to create music for the generations. Musical greats such as Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Etta James and later The Rolling Stones, all performed and recorded some of their most well-known tracks with Hall. Greg Allman, Bono, Clarence Carter, Mick Jagger, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge and others bear witness to Muscle Shoals’ magnetism, mystery and why it remains influential today.
It’s a disheartening statistic, but one that has inspired award-winning filmmaker David Bond, who, keen for future generations not to miss out on the magic of the great outdoors, dreamed up Project Wild Thing. The film itself is only one part of Bond’s campaign, which enlists a number of scientists, nature experts, sociologists, as well as the National Trust, to set about selling nature to kids. Conscious that it will take more than eulogising to prise them away from their TVs and games consoles, Bond also recruits a marketing team to lend their branding savvy and repackage the countryside.
Mark will introduce and discuss Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, his 2013 festival pick. Edgar Wright’s modern cult classic stars Michael Cera as Scott Pilgrim, who must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes in order to win her heart. Before the screening, Mark will also share his thoughts on the year’s film releases in an extended discussion with the “vivacious” (Mark’s word) Brian Henry Martin and answer questions from the audience. Mark will be taking part in a public signing for his new book Hatchet Job - Love Movies, Hate Critics after the screening. Tickets £10
CINEMAGIC
The Coca-Cola Cinemagic Film Festival’s programme of film screenings, workshops and masterclasses takes place throughout Belfast from 18-28 November. (Ni guang fei xiang)
Irish Premiere
Hide Your Smiling Faces
14/15
SPECIAL EVENTS
SPECIAL EVENTS
Irish Premiere
Touch of the Light
Preview Screening
The Rocket
T ickets for Cinemagic screenings £6 (£5 concessions). Visit www.cinemagic.org.uk for full details.
SUN 24 NOV, 6.30PM
Dir: Kim Mordaunt • AUSTRALIA/LAOS • 2013 • 1 HR 36 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Sitthiphon Disamoe, Loungnam Kaosainam, Thep Phongam • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 12+
A boy who is believed to bring bad luck to everyone around him leads his family and two new friends through Laos to find a new home.
(Schuld sind immer die Anderen) (Spijt!)
(Bejbi blues)
UK Premiere
IRISH Premiere
Regret!
BABY BLUES
UK Premiere
Shifting the Blame
After a calamity-filled journey, through a land scarred by the legacy of war, and to prove he’s not bad luck, he builds a giant rocket to enter the most exciting and dangerous competition of the year: the Rocket Festival! Set amidst a beautiful landscape, and with fantastic performances by the young actors, The Rocket is a sensitive and uplifting film. FRI 22 NOV, 6.30PM Dir: Daniel Patrick Carbone • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 21 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O’Leary • AGE 15+
TUES 26 NOV, 6.30PM
SAT 23 NOV, 6.30PM Dir: Rong-ji Chang • TAIWAN • 2012 • 1 HR 50 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Huang Yu-Siang, Sandrine Pinna, Amy Sisson • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 12+
Irish Premiere
Jîn
MON 25 NOV, 6.30PM
Hide Your Smiling Faces is an atmospheric exploration of life and death in rural America, as seen through the distorted lens of youth. The film vividly depicts the young lives of two brothers as they abruptly come of age through the experience of a friend’s mysterious death. The event ripples under the surface of their town, unsettling the brothers and their friends in a way that they can’t fully understand. Hide Your Smiling Faces is a true, headlong glimpse into the raw spirit of youth.
The moving, real-life story of renowned Taiwanese piano prodigy Huang Yu-siang. Born to a rural family unprepared for the birth of a blind son, Yu-siang was a precocious child who used touch and sound to negotiate his world. The film follows him as he leaves home to attend university and pursue his musical education. Here he meets Jie, a beautiful drinks vendor who dreams of becoming a dancer. Touch of the Light is an uplifting tale of determination, love, friendship and self-belief.
Dir: Reha Erdem • TURKEY/GERMANY • 2013 • 2 HRS 2 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Deniz Hasgüler, Onur Ünsal, Yildirim Simsek • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 15+
The new film from Reha Erdem, Turkish cinema’s great maverick movie-maker, is an existential thriller with touches of magic realism. Seventeen year old Kurdish rebel-fighter Jîn is on the run through the dangerous forests and mountains of the Turkish outback, but both man and nature have conspired to make her journey a treacherous one. In search of a family and a quiet existence, she crosses over enemy lines and embarks on a harrowing odyssey through a threatening landscape.
WED 27 NOV, 6.30PM
THURS 28 NOV, 6.30PM
Dir: Dave Schram • NETHERLANDS • 2013 • 1 HR 30 MINS • DRAMA/FAMILY • Cast: Robin Boissevain, Dorus Witte, Stefan Collier • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 15+
DIR: KATARZYNA ROSLANIEC • POLAND • 2012 • 1 HR 40 MINS • DRAMA • CAST: MAGDALENA BERUS, NIKODEM ROZBICKI, MIKOLAJ LUBEK • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 15+
Dir: Lars-Gunnar Lotz • GERMANY • 2013 • 1 HR 33 MINS • DRAMA • Cast: Edin Hasanovic, Julia Brendler, Marc Benjamin Puch • ENGLISH SUBTITLES • AGE 15+
David finally defends his friend Jochem who is bullied at school, but do his actions come too late?
Polish director Katarzyna Roslaniec follows her controversial, irresistibly scrappy debut Mall Girls with this edgy and disarmingly frank look at teen pregnancy.
A violent young criminal and his victim come face to face in this tightly wound study of guilt and redemption.
Jochem’s classmates bully him all the time. His friend David doesn’t join in, but he is scared to say anything. On the face of it Jochem doesn’t seem to let the harassment get to him, but one morning the headmaster tells the class that he didn’t come home after a party. David feels guilty. Together with a friend, he sets out to find Jochem and tell him they are sorry. But during their search, they find Jochem’s backpack in a lake…
Natalia is a 17-year-old mum living with her mother and son, Antos. She wanted to have a baby because it was a “cool” thing to do (her role models Britney Spears and Nicole Richie have kids), and because she feels she has someone to love; someone who can love her in return. Everything changes when Natalia’s mother decides to move out, giving Natalia a chance to lead a “normal life.”
The twist is that Eva, a social worker at an experimental rehabilitation centre for young prisoners, is unaware that angry young inmate Ben Graf is the thug who once brutally attacked her. Scared of eventually being recognised by his victim, Ben is forced to confront the demons driving his aggression and consider feelings of guilt and remorse for the first time in his troubled life.
SPECIAL EVENTS
CORIOLANUS
THURS 30 JAN, 7PM (LIVE) / SAT 1 FEB, 3PM (ENCORE) / SAT 8 FEB, 3PM (ENCORE)
National Theatre Live will broadcast the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus, Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, with Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, BBC’s The Hollow Crown) in the title role and Mark Gatiss (BBC’s Sherlock) as Menenius, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke.
NT LIVE ENCORES The Habit of Art Thurs 7 Nov, 7pm A play by Alan Bennett, starring the late Richard Griffiths as W H Auden FRANKENSTEIN Sun 10 Nov, 3pm In this version, Danny Boyle directs Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature. Frankenstein Thurs 5 Dec, 7pm In this version, Danny Boyle directs Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature.
Richard ii
WED 13 NOV, 7PM (LIVE) / THURS 14 NOV, 7PM (ENCORE)/ SAT 16 NOV, 3PM (ENCORE) DIR: Gregory Doran • UK • 2013 • 3 HRS • Drama • CAST: David Tennant, Nigel Lindsay, Oliver Ford Davies
We’re thrilled to be screening the first ever live cinema broadcast from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Company. We kick-start an exciting new season of three RSC plays with the sellout production of Richard II (the fastest selling show in the RSC’s history), with David Tennant in the title role and directed by RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran. Richard is King, ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years. NT LIVE AND RSC LIVE TICKETS Live performances: £15 (£12.50 concessions) and Film Card holders Recorded Encore performances: £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)
BOLSHOI LIVE
The 2013-14 Bolshoi season continues with the romantic swashbuckling pirate adventure Le Corsaire in November, and Tchaikowsky’s timeless fairy-tale classic Sleeping Beauty in time for Christmas. LE CORSAIRE Sun 17 Nov 2013, 3pm (recorded live) (Adolphe Adam - Petipa - Ratmansky/Burlaka) SLEEPING BEAUTY Sun 22 Dec 2013, 3pm (recorded live) (Tchaikowsky - Petipa - Grigorovich) JEWELS Sun 19 Jan 2014, 3pm (Fauré/Stravinsky/Tchaikovsky - Balanchine) LOST ILLUSIONS Sun 2 Feb 2014, 3pm (Leonid Desyatnikov - Alexei Ratmansky) THE GOLDEN AGE Sun 30 Mar 2014, 4pm (Shostakovitch - Grigorovich) Ticket Prices £15 full, £12.50 concession, £7.50 QFT Film Card holders
SPECIAL EVENTS: GOTHIC: THE DARK HEART OF FILM
Gothic
THE DARK HEART OF FILM Welcome to the dark nights of winter and the dark side of cinema as we unveil our programme dedicated to all things Gothic, happening at QFT and across Northern Ireland over the coming months. Featuring an uncanny cast of ghosts and witches, vampires and demons, we will be chilling and thrilling you with our unique selection of screenings, seasons and events including a devilishly scary all-nighter at QFT (details coming soon), a close encounter with Dracula at the Belfast Harbour Commissioner’s Office and a spooky screening of Don’t Look Now in Ballymena. Gothic NI has been produced by QFT, Belfast Film Festival, Cinemagic, Takeover Film Festival and Film at the Braid, Ballymena and is supported by the British Film Institute’s Programme Development Fund. This programme is presented by Film Hub NI and QFT as part of the BFI Film Audience Network and funded by British Film Institute through National Lottery Funding. www.facebook.com/GothicNI
SPECIAL EVENTS: GOTHIC: THE DARK HEART OF FILM
The Haunted Screen
CINEMAGIC PRESENTS JUNIOR GOTHIC
Belfast Film Festival presents site specific screenings throughout Northern Ireland. Book online at ww.belfastfilmfestival.org (Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht)
NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE FRI 8 – SUN 10 NOV
DRACULA
REBECCA
THURS 21 NOV, 8PM
Cinemagic presents a season of ghoulish film screenings and monstrous film events for kids. Venue for all Junior Gothic screenings: QFT • Tickets £5, £4 concessions
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL SAT 30 NOV, 5PM
Dir: Werner Herzog • WEST GERMANY/FRANCE • 1979 • 1 HR 47 MINS • HORROR • Cast: Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, Bruno Ganz
DIR: Alfred Hitchcock • USA/UK • 1940 • 2 HRS 10 MINS • DRAMA/MYSTERY/THRILLER • CAST: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders
DIR: William Castle • USA • 1959• 1 HR 15 MINS • HORROR • CAST: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
Werner Herzog’s typically personal contribution to vampire lore is both a luminous tribute to the great Gothic landmarks of an earlier era of German cinema and a remarkably resonant and powerful film in its own right.
Hitchcock’s first American film (and his only Best Picture winner), Rebecca is a masterpiece of haunting atmosphere, Gothic thrills, and gripping suspense.
Vincent Prices invites five people to survive the night in the titular mansion in one of the camp classics of the haunted house genre; the perfect film for the atmospheric Lissan House in the dark woods near Cookstown.
Jonathan Harker (Bruno Ganz), happily married to his young wife Lucy (Isabelle Adjani), works as an estate agent in the small town of Wismar. When his employer sends him off to Transylvania to close a property deal with Count Dracula (Klaus Kinski), Lucy immediately senses danger. He is greeted by the Count, an eerie, rodent-like apparition, with his white bald head, dark-rimmed eyes, pointed teeth and ears and gruesomely long nails. While dining that night, Jonathan cuts his finger, provoking a very strange reaction in his host… Venue: Queen’s Film Theatre
TUES 19 NOV, 8PM DIR: Terence Fisher • UK • 1958 • 1 HR 22 MINS • HORROR • CAST: Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Michael Gough
Maligned and misunderstood by critics on first release, Hammer’s bloodily beautiful reworking of Dracula has grown in reputation over the decades and is widely regarded as the definitive film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel The film will be introduced by Robert J.E. Simpson, Belfast-based film historian, archivist, writer, broadcaster and a Hammer films’ archivist. VENUE: Harbour Office, Corporation Square, Belfast. Tickets £7
Part of the BFI Gothic season. For more information, visit bfi.org.uk/gothic
VENUE: Hillsborough Castle, The Square, Hillsborough. Tickets £7
SUN 24 NOV, 7PM
DIR: Jacques Tourneur • UK • 1957 • 1 HR 35 MINS • HORROR• CAST: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall MacGinnis
Night of the Demon is a spooky tale of witchcraft in modern Britain adapted from M.R. James story Casting the Runes. This is a chance to see this classic at one of Northern Ireland’s finest stately homes; preceded by the short film Return to Glennascaul starring Orson Welles. VENUE: Ballywalter Park, Ballywalter, Newtownards. Tickets £8
QFT is a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network.
VENUE: Lissan House, Drumgrass Road, Lissan, Cookstown. Tickets £8
NIGHT OF THE DEMON
18/19/20
SPECIAL EVENTS: GOTHIC: THE DARK HEART OF FILM
THE INNOCENTS SAT 30 NOV, 7.15PM
DIR: Jack Clayton • USA/UK • 1961 • 1 HR 40 MINS • HORROR • CAST: Deborah Kerr, Peter Wyngarde, Megs Jenkins
With its superlative script (largely by Truman Capote) and arguably the finest performance of Deborah Kerr’s career, Jack Clayton’s film of Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is one of cinema’s greatest ghost stories. VENUE: Lissan House, Drumgrass Road, Lissan, Cookstown. Tickets £8
Little Shop of Horrors
Frankenweenie
Dir: TIM BURTON • USA/UK • 2005 • 1 HR 17 MINS • ANIMATION/FANTASY/MUSICAL • Cast: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson
Dir: FRANK OZ • USA • 1986 • 1 HR 34 MINS • COMEDY/MUSICAL • Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, STEVE MARTIN
Dir: TIM BURTON • USA • 2012 • 1 HR 27 MINS • ANIMATION/COMEDY/FAMILY • Cast: Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short
This stop-motion animated feature follows the story of Victor, a young man who is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride. Before the screening make-up artists will be turning brave young audience members into super scary zombies! Come along to QFT for some ghoulish fun and monstrous surprises!
Seymour, a shy young man working for a cruel florist, finds a vehicle for success in the form of a man-eating plant from outer space! Before the screening audience members can enjoy a ‘Fiendish Feast’ in the QFT foyer, including Spicy Bat Wings, Ferocious Fruit, Vicious Veggies, Bowls of Boils, Creepy Crackers and Wriggly Chewy Worms!
After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life with just a few minor adjustments. After the screening young audience members will be guided by a storyboard artist to create their very own ghoulish and grisly characters and stories!
Corpse Bride SAT 2 NOV, 3PM
SAT 16 NOV, 1PM
SAT 30 NOV, 2.30PM
GOTHIC AT BRAID FILM THEATRE
Venue for all Braid Film Theatre screenings: The Braid, 1-29 Bridge Street, Ballymena Tickets £4 • Book online at www.thebraid.com
Young Frankenstein WED 30 OCT, 7PM
Don’t Look Now
DIR: MEL BROOKS • USA • 1974 • 1 HR 45 MINS • COMEDY/HORROR • CAST: Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Marty Feldman
Introduction by Queen’s Film Theatre’s Susan Picken. Mel Brooks’ comedy classic receives its HD premiere at The Braid and launches our BFI Gothic Horror season. Halloween Blood Sucking Cocktails will be served free of charge so you can sip and snigger your way through the film and, remember, it’s pronounced “Fronkensteen!”
WED 13 NOV, 7PM DIR: Nicolas Roeg • UK/ITALY • 1973 • 2 HRS • HORROR/ROMANCE • CAST: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie
Video introduction by composer, Pino Donaggio. With recurring themes of water and the colour red, Don’t Look Now is as visually stunning and atmospheric now as it was 40 years ago. The shocking ending ranks as one of cinema’s greatest and the opulent, yet decidedly creepy streets of Venice are beautifully filmed by Nic Roeg. Complimentary red wine will be served.