WHAT’S ON / MAY 2015
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD CAREY MULLIGAN LEADS THE CAST OF THIS SUMPTUOUS NEW TAKE ON THOMAS HARDY’S CLASSIC NOVEL.
THIS ISSUE:
SAMBA ROSEWATER MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA
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OFT FILM CARD ‘With Polish cinema, what I especially respond to is the mixture of passion, meticulous craftsmanship, dynamic deep focal-length compositions, moral dilemmas and religious conflicts, often done with a very sharp sense of humour. Humour and tragedy are very close in Polish cinema.’ - Martin Scorsese May at QFT sees one of the most truly international programmes of recent times with over 30 films from around 20 different countries making an appearance over the course of the month. Cream of the crop has got to be ‘Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema’, presented in association with Kinoteka Polish film festival. Featuring the legendary director’s personal choice of films from great Polish directors including Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski and Krzysztof Kieslowski, this is a rare delight for film lovers. New films this month also pick up on this international theme with a diverse selection including the fantastic comedy drama Samba from France (from the makers of the smash hit Untouchable), the uniquely eccentric A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence from Swedish master Roy Andersson, the powerful German post-war drama Phoenix and, from Wales, the wonderful and inspirational racehorse documentary Dark Horse: The Incredible True Story of Dream Alliance. Add to this a new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic (and quintessentually English) Far From the Madding Crowd, sparky French teen drama Girlhood and the snow-bound comedy-drama Force Majeure and you have a real smorgasbord of film treats in store. May also sees the return of the annual UK Green Film Festival on tour, as well as this month’s selection in our Conversations about Cinema: Impact of Conflict season, this time featuring films from Syria and Guatemala as well as the locally made documentary Ballymurphy. Last but not least, there is the second in our Project Monday series of screenings at Omniplex cinemas across NI. This time it’s the very cool music documentary Lambert & Stamp. Tracing the genesis of The Who, this is a must for music lovers. And speaking of music, don’t miss our unique screening of the classic documentary Drifters, with a live soundtrack from the Mercury prize shortlisted Field Music (9 May). Absolutely unmissable! Hope to see you soon Susan Picken, Head of QFT
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NEW RELEASES
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD FRI 1 – THURS 14 MAY
DIR: THOMAS VINTERBERG • USA/UK • 2015 • 1 HR 59 MINS
Carey Mulligan leads the cast of this sumptuous new take on Thomas Hardy’s classic novel. Bathsheba Everdene (Carey Mulligan) is an independent, headstrong young woman keen to make her own way in the male-dominated environment of late 19th century Dorset. Having inherited her uncle’s farm, Bathsheba gains a measure of social status, only to find herself being courted by three very different men. Sheep farmer Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a man of relatively lowly social status but possessed of strong moral fibre. Repressed landowner Boldwood (Michael Sheen) is wealthy and can promise Bathsheba lasting financial security. And soldier Sergeant Troy (Tom Sturridge) is dashingly charismatic. Can she find lasting happiness with any of them? Directed by Thomas Vinterburg (The Hunt), a leading figure of the Danish ‘Dogme’ realist movement, this is a visually rich, emotional take on Thomas Hardy’s beloved novel, with Oscar nominee Mulligan excelling in the role of the forward-thinking Bathsheba.
04/05
NEW RELEASES
SAMBA FRI 15 – THURS 28 MAY
DIR: ERIC TOLEDANO & OLIVIER NAKACHE • FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 58 MINS • SUBTITLED
CERT TBC
The directors of the French smash hit Untouchable reunite with the magnetic Omar Sy for another fantastic comedy drama. Sy plays Samba Cissé, a migrant from Senegal who works washing dishes in the kitchen of a fancy French hotel. A bureaucratic slip-up puts his immigration status in danger, which puts him into the path of Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg, playing charmingly against type), an immigration case worker new to the job and out of her depth. As professional roles begin to bleed into the personal, Samba and Alice find themselves drawn to each through their similarities, and even more so by their differences. Three years ago, Untouchable became one of France’s biggest breakout hits, charming audiences across Europe and then the world. Much of its charm flowed from its co-star, the exuberant Omar Sy. That performance soon led to a role in the X-Men franchise and the beginnings of a global career. If you’ve yet to discover the appeal of Omar Sy, just watch Samba.
NEW RELEASES EN DUVA SATT PÅ EN GREN OCH FUNDERADE PÅ TILLVARON
A PIGEON SAT ON A BRANCH REFLECTING ON EXISTENCE FRI 1 – THURS 7 MAY
DIR: ROY ANDERSSON • SWEDEN/ GERMANY/NORWAY/FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 40 MINS • SUBTITLED
Swedish master Roy Andersson’s defiantly weird vision of humanity continues to mark him out as one of contemporary cinema’s most singular voices. This tragicomedy follows two travelling salesmen as they pedal their suitcase full of joke toys from one door to the next, encountering a wonderful mixture of strange, eccentric characters. Andersson’s cinema exists in some surreal place where Ingmar Bergman meets ‘The Office’.
ROSEWATER FRI 8 – THURS 14 MAY DIR: JON STEWART • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 43 MINS
Jon Stewart makes an impressive directorial debut with a political drama inspired by events in which The Daily Show played a critical role. In June 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) was covering Iran’s election. He was arrested by the Revolutionary Guard on a charge of treason and held in Evin prison. It becomes the mission of Javadi (Kim Bodnia) to break his spirit and obtain a confession that he is a spy.
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BANDE DE FILLES
GIRLHOOD FRI 15 – THURS 21 MAY
DIR: CÉLINE SCIAMMA • FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 53 MINS • SUBTITLED
In a tough Parisian suburb, shy, 16-year-old Marieme (Karidja Touré) lives with her oft-absent mother, domineering brother, and two younger, dependent sisters. Facing high school failure, she is lured from her shell by three vivacious local teens. Adopting their flashier look and often reckless behaviour, Marieme makes both foolish and brave choices as she struggles towards independence. Director Céline Sciamma (Tomboy) provides irresistible, kinetic energy to an unforgettable story of female empowerment.
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA FRI 22 – THURS 28 MAY
DIR: OLIVIER ASSAYAS • FRANCE/ SWITZERLAND/GERMANY/USA/ BELGIUM • 2014 • 2 HRS 4 MINS
A bewitchingly and complex drama – and English-language debut – from French auteur Olivier Assayas (Something in the Air). A veteran stage and screen star (Juliette Binoche) turns to her assistant (Kristen Stewart) for solace as she prepares for a new production with a Hollywood It Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz). A captivating study in not one but three psyches; it’s All About Eve shaken and stirred with some Bergman-esque psycho-sexual female misbehaving.
06/07
NEW RELEASES
PHOENIX FRI 8 – WED 13 MAY DIR: CHRISTIAN PETZOLD • GERMANY/POLAND • 2014 • 1 HR 38 MINS • SUBTITLED
German auteur Christian Petzold (Barbara) delivers another superbly crafted, emotionally resonant vehicle for his star Nina Hoss. A disfigured concentration-camp survivor (Hoss), unrecognisable after facial reconstructive surgery, searches ravaged post-war Berlin for the husband (Ronald Zehrfeld) who might have betrayed her to the Nazis. Phoenix is both a powerful allegory for post-war regeneration and a rich Hitchcockian tale of mistaken identity.
TURIST
FORCE MAJEURE SAT 16 – WED 20 MAY DIR: RUBEN ÖSTLUND • SWEDEN/ FRANCE/NORWAY/DENMARK • 2014 • 1 HR 59 MINS • SUBTITLED
This wickedly funny psychodrama from Swedish director Ruben Östlund tells the story of a model family on a skiing holiday in the French Alps. When an avalanche comes rumbling toward Tomas and his family during lunch, he follows his first instincts and runs leaving his wife and children behind. This betrayal may have caused more damage than a wall of snow ever could.
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UNE NOUVELLE AMIE
THE NEW GIRLFRIEND FRI 22 – THURS 28 MAY DIR: FRANÇOIS OZON • FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HRS 45 MINS • SUBTITLED
CERT TBC
François Ozon’s delicious new drama is a smart and sly satire – with some jaw-dropping twists – about love, desire, gender and sexuality. Claire (Anaïs Demoustier) is devastated by the death of her closest friend but is determined to make good on a deathbed promise to watch over her friend’s widower David (Romain Duris) and newborn baby. She heads to their suburban home only to discover a big surprise that will change both their lives.
DOCUMENTARY
LAMBERT & STAMP FRI 15 – THURS 21 MAY
DIR: JAMES D. COOPER • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 57 MINS
Lambert & Stamp is both the greatest untold story of rock ‘n’ roll and the definitive cinematic record of The Who. Two aspiring filmmakers set out to document the rebellious youth culture of the ‘60s only to end up managing their musical subjects to international stardom. Featuring refreshingly candid – and often hilarious – interviews with the surviving members of The Who, interspersed with positively electric footage of the band that pounds harder than Keith Moon’s kick-drum.
Also screening at selected Omniplex Cinemas as part of Project Monday – see page 13.
NEW RELEASES
DOCUMENTARY
ARGERICH SAT 2, SUN 3 & THURS 7 MAY DIR: STÉPHANIE ARGERICH • FRANCE/ SWITZERLAND • 2012 • 1 HR 40 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED
A warm, intimate and often funny family portrait of internationally renowned pianist, Martha Argerich. Seen through the eyes of her daughter Stéphanie, this deeply personal film explores her mother’s love, life and extraordinary talent, and exposes the joys and challenges of combining motherhood with a global artistic career. An inspiring and often surprising journey into Argerich’s world, complete with eccentricities, idiosyncrasies and – most importantly – love of music.
DOCUMENTARY
DARK HORSE: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF DREAM ALLIANCE TUES 12 & WED 13 MAY DIR: LOUISE OSMOND • UK • 2015 • 1 HR 26 MINS
The true story of how a barmaid in a former mining village in South Wales bred a racehorse on her allotment that went on to become a champion. Jan had successfully bred dogs and birds but knew nothing about racing. Convincing a handful of locals to part with £10 a week, she found a thoroughbred mare with a terrible racing record, a stallion past his best, put them together and – against all the odds – bred a winner.
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DOCUMENTARY
BOOM BUST BOOM THURS 7 MAY, 3.30PM
DIR: TERRY JONES, BILL JONES & BEN TIMLETT • UK/NETHERLANDS/ CERT TBC USA • 2014 • 1 HR 12 MINS
Terry Jones presents Boom Bust Boom. A unique look at why economic crashes happen, Boom Bust Boom is a feature documentary combining live action, animation, puppetry and song to explain economics to everyone. Featuring John Cusack, Nobel Prize winners and Puerto Rican monkeys, the film is part of a global movement to change the economic system through education to protect the world from boom and bust.
Tickets £3. Followed by a panel discussion chaired by Professor Geraint Ellis, School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Queen’s University.
DOCUMENTARY
WE ARE MANY THURS 21 (PREVIEW), SAT 23, SUN 24 MAY
DIR: AMIR AMIRANI • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 50 MINS
We Are Many is the story of 15 February 2003, when over 30 million people in over 800 cities across the world marched in demonstration against the Iraq War. How did this day come about? Who organised it? And was it, as many people claimed, a total failure? Amir Amirani’s documentary charts the events and discourse that led to the day of protest, the biggest global demonstration in history.
Thurs 21 May: Special Preview followed by a live satellite panel discussion with Amir Amirani, Omid Djalili (Producer), Brian Eno (tbc), Hans Blix (tbc) and more.
AT A GLANCE
Times are subject to change. Please check www.queensfilmtheatre.com for up-to-date information.
MAY DATE
EVENT
TIME
Fri 1
Far From the Madding Crowd A Pigeon Sat on a Branch 8½
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Sat 2
Argerich Far From the Madding Crowd A Pigeon Sat on a Branch 8½
4.20pm
8½ Argerich Far From the Madding Crowd Bikes vs Cars A Pigeon Sat on a Branch
3.10pm 4.00pm
Sun 3
Mon 4 – Wed 6
Far From the Madding Crowd A Pigeon Sat on a Branch 8½
Thurs 7
Boom Bust Boom + discussion Far From the Madding Crowd Argerich A Pigeon Sat on a Branch
Fri 8
Sat 9
Sun 10
Mon 11
Tues 12
Wed 13
Thurs 14
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
2.15pm
4.00pm 4.20pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 9.00pm
Samba Chimes at Midnight Lambert & Stamp Girlhood Force Majeure
3.50pm/6.20pm 4.00pm 6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
Sun 17
Samba German Concentration Camps Factual Survey Lambert & Stamp Girlhood Force Majeure
3.20pm/5.50pm
Samba Project Monday: Lambert & Stamp Girlhood Force Majeure
6.20pm
Tues 19 – Samba Wed 20 Force Majeure Girlhood Lambert & Stamp
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
Samba Girlhood We Are Many + satellite Q&A Lambert & Stamp
5.30pm 6.00pm
Fri 22
Clouds of Sils Maria Ashes and Diamonds Samba The New Girlfriend
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
Sat 23
We Are Many The New Girlfriend Clouds of Sils Maria Mother Joan of the Angels Samba
4.00pm 4.15pm/9.00pm 6.20pm
Sun 24
We Are Many The New Girlfriend Clouds of Sils Maria Knife in the Water Samba
3.30pm 3.45pm/8.30pm 5.50pm 6.00pm 8.20pm
Mon 25
Clouds of Sils Maria The Hourglass Sanatorium Samba The New Girlfriend
6.20pm
Tues 26
The Promised Land Clouds of Sils Maria Samba The New Girlfriend
6.00pm 6.20pm 8.50pm 9.15pm
Wed 27
Clouds of Sils Maria Provincial Actors Samba The New Girlfriend
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
Thurs 28
Clouds of Sils Maria A Short Film About Killing The New Girlfriend Samba
6.20pm
Mon 18
Thurs 21
3.30pm/8.15pm 3.40pm 6.00pm 6.10pm 8.25pm 6.20pm 6.30pm 8.40pm 8.50pm
Far From the Madding Crowd Phoenix Dark Horse Rosewater
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.40pm 8.50pm
Far From the Madding Crowd Phoenix Dark Horse Rosewater QFT Film Quiz
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.40pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
Far From the Madding Crowd NT Live: Man and Superman Rosewater
Sat 16
3.30pm
H2Omx + intro
Far From the Madding Crowd Granito: How to Nail a Dictator Phoenix Rosewater
TIME
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
6.00pm/8.30pm 6.10pm 8.10pm
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.25pm 8.50pm
Far From the Madding Crowd Sud Eau Nord Déplacer + intro Ballymurphy + discussion Rosewater Phoenix
EVENT
Samba Lambert & Stamp Girlhood L.A. Confidential
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Far From the Madding Crowd Our Terrible Country Phoenix Rosewater
Far From the Madding Crowd Phoenix No Fire Zone + discussion Field Music Live: Drifters Rosewater
DATE
Fri 15
6.20pm 7.00pm 8.50pm
4.00pm 6.00pm 8.20pm 8.30pm
6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
8.00pm 8.25pm
6.30pm 8.50pm
6.30pm 8.50pm 9.00pm
6.30pm 8.25pm 8.50pm
May
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FRI 1 – WED 6 MAY
DIR: FEDERICO FELLINI • ITALY/FRANCE • 1963 • 2 HRS 18 MINS • SUBTITLED
Newly restored and often cited (especially by other filmmakers) as one of the greatest movies ever made, Fellini’s autobiographical extravaganza blends drama, fantasy, social satire and self-critique. Struggling with the big-budget follow-up to his recent hit, Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni) – clearly the director’s alter ego – retreats into a realm of reminiscence, anxiety and fantasy that reflects his feelings both about the film folk constantly pestering him and about the various women in his life: his wife (Anouk Aimée), his mistress (Sandra Milo) and an idealised actress (Claudia Cardinale). Gianni Di Venanzo’s striking black-and-white camerawork blends realist observation with an evocation of Guido’s inner dreamworld, Mastroianni manages to invest the self-centred protagonist with charm and a degree of dignity, and Nino Rota’s score succeeds in bringing coherence to the chaotically freewheeling circus that is Guido’s daily routine. Creative block rarely resulted in such feverish invention. Geoff Andrew, BFI
14/15
SPECIAL EVENTS
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT SAT 16 MAY, 4PM
DIR: ORSON WELLES • FRANCE/SPAIN/ SWITZERLAND • 1965 • 1 HR 55 MINS
To mark the 100th anniversary of his birth, QFT presents Orson Welles’ majestic portrayal of Falstaff. Welles considered Chimes at Midnight, now restored for its 50th anniversary, his personal favourite of all his films. Perhaps the most radical and groundbreaking of all Shakespeare adaptations, the film condenses the Bard’s Henriad cycle into a single focused narrative. Its international cast includes John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau, Fernando Rey, and Ralph Richardson as the narrator.
GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMPS FACTUAL SURVEY SUN 17 MAY, 4PM
PROD: SIDNEY BERNSTEIN • UK • 1945/2014 • 1 HR 28 MINS
The extraordinary, original cut of an ambitious postwar documentary about German concentration camps masterminded by Sidney Bernstein, and restored by the Imperial War Museum. Created by carefully following the original filmmakers’ directions and drawing on seventeen hours of rushes, the museum has for the first time completed the original film, detailing the liberation of German concentration camps.
Part of Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict (see page 18). conversationsaboutcinema.co.uk
SPECIAL EVENTS
OFT HIJACK
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL FRI 15 MAY, 9PM DIR: CURTIS HANSON • USA • 1997 • 2 HRS 18 MINS
This month’s staff pick features a special 35mm screening of a modern crime classic. Based on the novel by James Ellroy and set in the Hollywood of the early ‘50s, the multi-Oscar winning L.A. Confidential is a twisting tale of cops, crime and corruption that fuses period authenticity with searing, full-blooded performances from the charismatic trio of Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce as three mismatched, but equally ambitious, cops.
OFT FILM OUIZ WED 13 MAY, 9PM
“We’re putting you on what we call sudden death academic probation.” Can you solve the hardest geometry problem in the world? Can you tell us who Keyser Soze is? If you know your Insomnia from your Sleepless in Seattle, your Cool Runnings from your Silent Running then sign up for class. It’s time to go back to school… way back! Tickets are free but must be booked in advanced. Maximum five players per team.
16/17
UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL The UK Green Film Festival, sponsored by Friends of the Earth, is a nationwide network of film lovers and green thinkers. This year the festival takes place from 3rd to 10th May in more than 20 cinemas across the country, including a welcome return to Belfast and QFT.
BIKES VS CARS SUN 3 MAY, 6.10PM DIR: FREDRIK GERTTEN • SWEDEN • 2015 • 1 HR 31 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED
From bike activists in Sao Paulo and Los Angeles, fighting for safe bike lanes, to Copenhagen, where 40% commute by bike daily, Bikes vs Cars looks at both the struggle for bicyclists in a society dominated by cars, and the revolutionary changes that could take place if more cities moved away from car-centric models.
H20MX SAT 9 MAY, 2.15PM
SUD EAU NORD DÉPLACER SUN 10 MAY, 3.40PM
DIR: JOSÉ COHEN & LORENZO HAGERMAN • MEXICO • 2014 • 1 HR 22 MINS • SUBTITLED
DIR: ANTOINE BOUTET • FRANCE/CHINA • 2014 • 1 HR 50 MINS • SUBTITLED
Built in a basin surrounded by mountains and with inadequate drainage, Mexico City is facing an escalating water crisis. H2Omx meticulously examines the water shortage and the economic, political and geographical difficulties that stand between Mexico City’s 22 million residents and a safe, reliable water supply.
This film follows in the steps of the Nan Shui Bei Diao, the world’s largest water transfer project, stretching between southern and northern China. Director Antoine Boutet takes us on an incredible journey that uncovers the enormous scale of China’s attempt to re-route nature, introducing us to the communities displaced and affected by this audacious project.
H20mx and Sud Eau Nord Déplacer will be introduced by Niall Bakewell, Activism Coordinator, Friends of the Earth.
SPECIAL EVENTS
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CINEMA:
IMPACT OF CONFLICT Our ongoing strand of film screenings, events and conversations exploring the repercussions of conflict and the multiple ways these have been represented in and through film. Over the next few months we will continue to present this series of films, events and panel discussions that will explore the wider cultural, human and socio-political implications of conflict and the countless ways this has been presented through film, both historically and in contemporary cinema. Our programme this month features a selection of documentaries from around the world, exploring different facets of conflict, past and present; from the Syrian revolution to civil wars in Sri Lanka and Guatemala, and events closer to home in Seán Murray’s Ballymurphy. Presented as part of Conversations About Cinema: Impact of Conflict, a BFI FAN initiative led by Watershed in partnership with QFT, Chapter Arts and supported by the BFI’s Programme Development Funds from the National Lottery. Join the conversation at conversationsaboutcinema.co.uk and @ConvoCinema.
18/19
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DOCUMENTARY BALADNA ALRAHEEB
OUR TERRIBLE COUNTRY FRI 8 MAY, 6:30PM
NO FIRE ZONE: THE KILLING FIELDS OF SRI LANKA SAT 9 MAY, 6:30PM
DIR: MOHAMMAD ALI ATASSI • SYRIA • 2014 • 1 HR 25 MINS • SUBTITLED
DIR: CALLUM MACRAE • UK • 2013 • 1 HR 33 MINSV
This documentary portrays the perilous journey of intellectual Yassin Haj Saleh and young photographer Ziad Homsi through Syria, at a time when the country edges towards the brink. The film represents the stages of the Syrian Revolution, from its pacifist beginnings to its militarisation, the bombardment and destruction of cities by the Syrian Regime, and the emergence of extremist Islamist currents and their quest to take hold of the revolution.
No Fire Zone is the definitive story of the final awful months of the 26-year-long Sri Lankan civil war told by the people who lived through it. It’s a chilling exposé of some of the worst war crimes and crimes against humanity of recent times.
DOCUMENTARY
BALLYMURPHY SUN 10 MAY, 6:00PM
Followed by a panel discussion with the film’s director and award-winning journalist, Callum Macrae.
DOCUMENTARY
GRANITO: HOW TO NAIL A DICTATOR MON 11 MAY, 6:30PM
DIR: SEÁN MURRAY • IRELAND • 2014 • 39 MINS
DIR: PAMELA YATES • USA/GUATEMALA/SPAIN • 2011 • 1 HR 43 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED
In August 1971, eleven unarmed civilians were killed under suspicious circumstances by the British Parachute Regiment in Ballymurphy, West Belfast. Over forty years on, eye witness accounts and testimonies from family members offer a vivid depiction of what has been now described as Belfast’s own ‘Bloody Sunday’.
When Pamela Yates made her first documentary, When the Mountains Tremble (1982), she could not have imagined that 30 years later it would be used as forensic evidence in the trial against Guatemalan ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt. Part political thriller, part memoir, Granito: How to Nail a Dictator shows how the filmmaker’s first documentary became a granito — a tiny grain of sand — that helped to tip the scales of justice.
Tickets £4. Followed by a panel discussion with family members, director Seán Murray, Human Rights lawyer Padraig O’ Muirigh and Alliance MLA Trevor Lunne.
SPECIAL EVENTS
MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA Following on from its run in the US throughout 2014, Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema is a touring film season which introduces British audiences to a personal selection of brilliant, digitally restored classics of Polish cinema, some never before screened in the UK.
POPIÓŁ I DIAMEN
NÓŻ W WODZIE
ASHES AND DIAMONDS
KNIFE IN THE WATER
FRI 22 MAY, 6.30PM
SUN 24 MAY, 6PM
DIR: ANDRZEJ WAJDA • POLAND • 1958 • 1 HR 44 MINS • SUBTITLED
DIR: ROMAN POLANSKI • POLAND • 1962 • 1 HR 36 MINS • SUBTITLED
Long established as one of Polish cinema’s supreme masterpieces, Wajda’s film vividly captures the turbulence and confusion immediately following the Second World War, as a former resistance hero turns antiCommunist assassin.
Roman Polanski’s first feature mixed ostensibly simple ingredients: two men; a woman; a yacht; a vast expanse of water, and a haunting jazz score by the great Krzysztof Komeda. It resulted in not just one of the most psychologically gripping films of its era, but also Poland’s first Oscar nominee.
MATKA JOANNA OD ANIOŁÓW
SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDRA
MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS
THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM
SAT 23 MAY, 6.30PM
MON 25 MAY, 6.30PM
DIR: JERZY KAWALEROWICZ • POLAND • 1961 • 1 HR 51 MINS • SUBTITLED
DIR: WOJCIECH JERZY HAS • POLAND • 1973 • 2 HRS 5 MINS • SUBTITLED
In an extraordinary performance, Lucyna Winnicka plays an allegedly possessed abbess who’s investigated by a priest (Mieczysław Voit), hopelessly out of his depth when confronted with forces he doesn’t understand.
A hallucinatory head-swiveller of a film, which combines several of Bruno Schulz’s short fantasy works into a floridly baroque journey of a man visiting a mysterious sanatorium.
SPECIAL EVENTS
20/21
ZIEMIA OBIECANA
THE PROMISED LAND TUES 26 MAY, 6PM DIR: ANDRZEJ WAJDA • POLAND • 1975 • 2 HRS 50 MINS • SUBTITLED
Andrzej Wajda’s viscerally vivid adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Władysław Reymont’s late-19th-century novel is a ruthlessly clear-eyed anatomising of the industrial revolution from the perspective of three young entrepreneurs vying to be the most ruthless. AKTORZY PROWINCJONALNI
PROVINCIAL ACTORS WED 27 MAY, 6.30PM DIR: AGNIESZKA HOLLAND • POLAND • 1979 • 1 HR 50 MINS CERT • SUBTITLED TBC
The story of a trendy young theatre director attempting a politically controversial reinterpretation of a well-known Polish play provides both an allegorical study of cultural interference and a lacerating portrait of a withering marriage. KRÓTKI FILM O ZABIJANIU
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING THURS 28 MAY, 6.30PM DIR: KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI • POLAND • 1988 • 1 HR 26 MINS • SUBTITLED
Kieslowski’s masterpiece contributed to a national debate that ultimately ended capital punishment in Poland - for who could still justify it after seeing it? Cinematographer Sławomir Idziak’s inspired use of bilious coloured filters turns 1980s Warsaw into a living hell.
Martin Scorsese presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema is currently organised by DI Factory, all DOTS, Propaganda Foundation and The Film Foundation, in cooperation with Tor, Zebra and Kadr film studios, in partnership with the National Audiovisual Institute of Poland, and with the support of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Film Institute.
SPECIAL EVENTS
FIELD MUSIC LIVE: DRIFTERS SAT 9 MAY, 8.30PM 1 HR 45 MINS (APPROX.)
We are very (very) excited to welcome Field Music to QFT for this special screening and live performance. Mercury Prize-shortlisted band, Field Music, present Drifters - John Grierson’s seminal silent documentary which follows the working day of a herring fishing fleet as they set sail from the Shetland Islands and battle the elements of the North Sea fishing grounds.
Drifters will be accompanied by a live score, composed and performed by the Sunderland based band, David Brewis, Peter Brewis and Andrew Moore, otherwise known as Field Music. Supported by Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival and PRS for Music Foundation.
TICKETS - £10.00
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SPECIAL EVENTS
MAN AND SUPERMAN THURS 14 MAY, 7PM 4 HRS (INCL. INTERVAL)
Academy Award® nominee Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler’s List; Oedipus at the National Theatre) plays Jack Tanner in this exhilarating reinvention of Shaw’s witty, provocative classic. A romantic comedy, an epic fairytale, a fiery philosophical debate, Man and Superman asks fundamental questions about how we live. TICKETS £15.00 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)
EVERYMAN THURS 16 JUL, 7PM 1 HR 30 MINS (NO INTERVAL)
BAFTA winner and Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) takes the title role in this dynamic new production of one of English drama’s oldest plays, directed by the National Theatre’s new Director Rufus Norris (Broken, London Road). One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives.
TICKETS £15.00 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)
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