WHAT’S ON / JULY-AUGUST 2015 THIS ISSUE:
THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMSON 13 MINUTES IRIS
PAUL DANO AND JOHN CUSACK SHINE IN A GROUNDBREAKING DUAL PERFORMANCE AS THE BEACH BOYS’ BRIAN WILSON.
BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION
OUEEN’S FILM THEATRE
THE HOME OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA IN NORTHERN IRELAND
JOIN US AT THE JAMESON BAR QFT is the only cinema in Northern Ireland with a fully licensed bar, serving up a range of local and international beers, wine, spirits, tea and coffee. It’s the perfect place to catch up with friends before catching a film. JULY’S BEER OF THE MONTH
SIERRA NEVADA PALE ALE (355ml) £3.00
FREE PARKING
ACCESS
TICKET PRICES
QFT offers free on-site parking every night from 5.30pm, and all weekend, in the main Queen’s University site.
QFT is wheelchair accessible We endeavour to host access screenings when possible. Access screenings include audio enhancement, audio description and on-screen captioning. See the website for more details.
Standard admission: £6.70
BOX OFFICE The Box Office opens 30 minutes before the first screening of the day. Queen’s University
20 University Sq, Belfast, BT7 1PA
QFT IS KINDLY SUPPORTED BY:
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 *ID required for discounted prices Mondays £4 for every film*
Skip the queue by booking online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com and printing your tickets at home.
The ticket price for uncertified films includes a one-day QFT membership.
Box Office: 028 9097 1097 (after 6pm only)
* Certain exclusions may apply, check website for details
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OFT FILM CARD Get £2.70 off every film you see plus invitations to special events, exclusive meal deals, free tea and coffee refills and much more. Buy online at www.queensfilmtheatre.com As a special thank you to all our Film Card holders, QFT would like to invite you to a summer get together on Sunday 15 August.
VISIT THE JAMESON BAR AT QFT
Tea, cakes and music in the foyer will be followed by your choice of not one but two exclusive film previews: 45 YEARS One of the best British films of the year, Andrew Haigh’s subtly devastating film is about the fractured relationship between a couple – delightfully played by Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay – as they head towards their 45th wedding anniversary party. 45 Years opens at QFT on 28 August. Thanks to Curzon Film World. ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is an original film about friendship, creativity, and mortality. With a great score by Brian Eno, this is a film full of humour and pathos – and a glorious love letter to cinema. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl opens at QFT on 4 September. Thanks to Twentieth Century Fox. Capacity is limited so advance booking is essential. Please note this event is exclusively for QFT Film Card holders. To book please ask at Box Office or visit queensfilmtheatre.com/films/specialevents
OFT FILM OUIZ WED 29 JUL, 9PM
Quizmasters Ricky ‘Richard’ Dreyfuss and Matt ‘Ralph’ Macchio return with questions so fiendish, so unexpected, they will blow your tiny, film-saturated minds. This is the QFT Film Quiz. You almost certainly haven’t got what it takes. But you should give it a go anyway. In fact, please come, otherwise there’s no quiz. It’s not that hard, honest. Some questions are insultingly easy. You’re bound to win. Tickets are free but must be booked in advance. Maximum five players per team.
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NEW RELEASES
LOVE & MERCY FRI 17 – THURS 30 JUL
DIR: BILL POHLAD • USA • 2014 • 2 HRS 1 MINS
John Cusack and Paul Dano give voice to Brian Wilson’s broken soul. Love & Mercy presents an unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era-defining catalogue of Wilson’s music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost. Paul Dano and John Cusack portray the former Beach Boys singer during two troubled periods of his life. The narrative unfolds across two timelines at once: the sixties, in the aftermath of the Beach Boys’ first wave of fame, when an emotionally disturbed Wilson breaks away from the group to craft more adventurous sounds; and his more perilous state some two decades later, when he’s forced into the dictatorial care of therapist Eugene Landy (Paul Giamatti). Paul Dano and John Cusack both do sterling work as the two halves of this broken soul, drawing us in and making us care about the man behind the star, so that when we do finally get a chance to see the real Brian Wilson at the end of the film, singing “Love & Mercy” live, it is thrilling and almost overwhelmingly beautiful. The 6.30pm screening on Wed 29 July will be an Access screening with audio description and on-screen captioning.
NEW RELEASES
THE LEGEND OF BARNEY THOMSON FRI 31 JUL – THURS 13 AUG
DIR: ROBERT CARLYLE • UK/CANADA CERT • 2015 • 1 HR 33 MINS TBC
Robert Carlyle makes his directorial debut with this delightful jet-black comedy about a downtrodden barber whose mundane life is turned upside down when he accidentally turns killer. Carlyle also plays the lead role as mild-mannered Barney Thomson, an old-fashioned barber who is slipping down the pecking order in the Glasgow barber shop where he works. After an accidental killing, he turns to his hilariously fierce mother (a quite wonderful Emma Thompson) for help.
THE CHOIR FRI 17 – TUES 21 & THURS 23 JUL
DIR: FRANÇOIS GIRARD • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 43 MINS
Anything Gareth Malone can do, Dustin Hoffman can do even better in this irresistible heart warmer from director François Girard (The Red Violin). A recently orphaned 12-year-old boy is sent to a boarding school, where he struggles to join an elite group of world-class singers. No one expects this rebellious loner to excel, least of all the school’s relentlessly tough conductor (Hoffman), who is forced into a battle of wills to bring out the boy’s extraordinary musical gift.
04/05
NEW RELEASES
EDEN
FRI 24 – THURS 30 JUL
DIR: MIA HANSEN-LØVE • FRANCE • 2014 • 2 HRS 11 MINS • SUBTITLED
Mia Hansen-Løve’s fictionalised account of the French house boom that spawned Daft Punk, Cassius et al. Eden revolves around aspiring DJ Paul (Félix de Givry), as he helps put the so-called ‘French Touch’ on the world dance map. With a supporting role for Greta Gerwig and cameos from real-life house names, this story of a briefly flaring idyll is a tender, exuberant, musically heady experience that comes across like Flaubert’s Sentimental Education with a Frankie Knuckles remix.
Please note this film features strobing effects in its early sections.
P’TIT OUINOUIN SAT 18 – SUN 19 JUL DIR: BRUNO DUMONT • FRANCE CERT • 2014 • 3 HRS 17 MINS • SUBTITLED TBC
An absurdist metaphysical murder mystery that opens with the discovery of human body parts stuffed inside a cow. Featuring Bernard Pruvost as the Clouseau-like detective on the case and charismatic young Alane Delhaye as the title prankster, P’tit Quinquin is proof that even an auteur like Bruno Dumont, best known for uncompromising and austere dramas, is capable of shifting gears without conceding his signature.
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MANGLEHORN FRI 7 – THURS 13 AUG
DIR: DAVID GORDON GREEN • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 37 MINS
In this magical romantic portrait, Al Pacino plays an eccentric locksmith left heartbroken by the woman he lost forty years ago. Unexpectedly, he tries to start his life over again with the help of a new friend played with charm and grace by the always wonderful Holly Hunter. Director David Gordon Green (Joe, Prince Avalanche) brings out the very best in Al Pacino, tapping into the nuance of his early roles.
ELSER
13 MINUTES FRI 14 – THURS 20 AUG
DIR: OLIVER HIRSCHBIEGEL • GERMANY • 2015 • 1 HR 54 MINS • SUBTITLED
13 Minutes tells the incredible true story of the man who nearly changed the world Georg Elser, a carpenter who attempted to carry out a bomb plot against Hitler at a Nazi convention in Munich, 1939. Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall), and with music by David Holmes, 13 Minutes follows Georg’s fascinating confession, of not only how a seemingly non-political man came to this point, but also delving into his personal relationships and how they were affected by his beliefs.
06/07
NEW RELEASES
THE OVERNIGHT FRI 31 JUL – THURS 6 AUG DIR: PATRICK BRICE • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 19 MINS
Jason Schwartzman stars in this sexy, hilarious romp from writer-director Patrick Brice. L.A. parents Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling) are on the hunt for new friends after relocating from Seattle with their son. A trip to the playground lands them a family dinner invitation from Kurt (Jason Schwartzman), but as the night progresses it becomes unclear whether the play date is meant for the kids or the parents.
LA ISLA MÍNIMA
MARSHLAND FRI 7 – THURS 13 AUG DIR: ALBERTO RODRÍGUEZ • SPAIN • 2014 • 1 HR 44 MINS • SUBTITLED
Imagine True Detective set in the Andaluz swamplands and you begin to get the measure of Alberto Rodríguez’s atmospheric, richly textured Spanish murder mystery. In this multiple Goya Award-winning thriller set in 1980, a pair of detectives travels to southern Spain to investigate the brutal murder of two sisters. The clues lead them to drug trafficking and a race against the clock to stop a serial killer from striking again. A superb Southern gothic thriller.
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08/09
YOU’RE UGLY TOO FRI 7 – SUN 9 & TUES 11 – THURS 13 AUG DIR: MARK NOONAN • IRELAND • 2015 • 1 HR 21 MINS
CERT TBC
A Paper Moon-esque tale set in the Irish countryside. A bittersweet and gently humorous drama focusing on the relationship between newly orphaned, 11-year-old Stacey (Lauren Kinsella) and her recently-paroled uncle Will (Aidan Gillen). Two exceptionally engaging central performances breathe charm and laughs into the perfectly observed relationship at the heart of this moving, and uplifting story. “[A] tender snapshot of damaged lives intersecting.” – HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL FRI 14 – THURS 20 AUG
DIR: MARIELLE HELLER • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 42 MINS
Based on a graphic novel, Marielle Heller’s directorial debut is a warm, comic (and very frank) coming-of-age drama about a teenage girl discovering her sexuality. Bel Powley delivers a star-making performance as the awkward Minnie, who longs for love and acceptance. She begins an affair with her mother’s (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgård), which leads to both great joy and serious repercussions. Set in San Francisco in 1976, the film mirrors the graphic novel by featuring beautiful Aline Kominsky/Robert Crumb-like animation sequences.
NEW RELEASES
THEEB FRI 14 – THURS 20 AUG DIR: NAJI ABU NOWAR • UNITED ARAB EMIRATES/QATAR/JORDAN/UK CERT TBC • 2014 • 1 HR 40 MINS • SUBTITLED
Naji Abu Nowar’s debut feature is “a classic adventure film of the best kind.” – VARIETY Arabian Desert. 1916. Having recently lost his father, Theeb (wolf in Arabic), a young Bedouin boy, ventures on a treacherous journey across the desert only to discover his survival depends on a merciless raider. If Theeb is to survive he must quickly learn about adulthood, trust and betrayal. He must live up to the name his father gave him.
LE MERAVIGLIE
THE WONDERS FRI 21 – TUES 25 & THURS 27 AUG
DIR: ALICE ROHRWACHER • ITALY/ SWITZERLAND/GERMANY • 2014 • 1 HR 51 MINS • SUBTITLED
A dreamlike pastorale set in the idyllic Italian countryside, The Wonders is all at once a coming-of-age story, a satire on Italian television and a paean to the decline of rural agriculture. Teenager Gelsomina helps her chaotic family tend their beehives and produce honey, the family business. When she convinces her family to enter a popular TV show (hosted by a goddess-like Monica Bellucci) the consequences are bizarre…
NEW RELEASES/SPECIAL EVENTS
10/11
SONG OF THE SEA SAT 25 – SUN 26 JUL & SAT 1 – SUN 2 AUG DIR: TOMM MOORE • IRELAND/ DENMARK/BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG /FRANCE • 2014 • 1 HR 34 MINS
Irish animator Tomm Moore follows his celebrated feature debut, The Secret of Kells, with another ravishing - and Oscar-nominated - fantasy based on Irish folklore. Song of the Sea tells the story of Ben and his little sister Saoirse - the last Seal-child - who embark on a fantastic journey across a fading world of ancient legend and magic in an attempt to return to their home by the sea. Tickets £4
DOCUMENTARY
THE FIRST FILM THURS 16 JUL, 6.15PM
DIR: DAVID NICHOLAS WILKINSON • UK/FRANCE/USA • 2015 • 1 HR 50 MINS
Filmmaker David Nicholas Wilkinson has spent 33 years trying to prove that the inventor of the moving picture was a Leeds-based Frenchman named Louis Le Prince. In 1888 Le Prince disappeared under mysterious circumstances, just as he was about to travel to America to demonstrate his revolutionary ‘projection machine’. Using archive footage and expert commentary, Wilkinson presents a convincing case for his contention that the forgotten inventor should finally be accorded due honour.
Followed by a Q&A with director David Nicholas Wilkinson, hosted by film critic and broadcaster Mike Catto.
Dates/times of film introductions and Access screenings are not listed on this page. Please see main programme for details.
AT A GLANCE
JULY
DATE
EVENT
TIME
Mon 3
The Overnight Legend of Barney Thomson Iris Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.10pm 8.35pm
DATE
EVENT
TIME
Thurs 16
The First Film + Q&A NT Live: Everyman The Damned + Q&A Amy
6.15pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 9.10pm
Tues 4 – Thurs 6
Fri 17
Love & Mercy The Choir Amy
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
The Overnight Legend of Barney Thomson Iris Touch of Evil
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.10pm 8.35pm
Fri 7
Sat 18 – Sun 19
P’tit Quinquin The Choir Love & Mercy Amy
2.15pm 3.30pm/6.00pm 5.50pm/8.20pm 8.10pm
Manglehorn Marshland Legend of Barney Thomson You’re Ugly Too
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 8.45pm
Sat 8
Mon 20 – Tues 21
Love & Mercy The Choir Amy
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Wed 22
Love & Mercy RSC: Merchant of Venice Amy
6.30pm 7.00pm 9.00pm
You’re Ugly Too Touch of Evil + discussion Manglehorn Marshland Legend of Barney Thomson
2.50pm/9.00pm 3.00pm 4.40pm/6.20pm 6.45pm 8.30pm
Sun 9
Thurs 23
Love & Mercy The Choir Amy
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Manglehorn Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Marshland Legend of Barney Thomson You’re Ugly Too
3.40pm/5.50pm 3.50pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.15pm
Fri 24
Eden The Salt of the Earth Love & Mercy
6.20pm/9.00pm 6.30pm 8.50pm
Mon 10
Manglehorn Butter on the Latch + Q&A Legend of Barney Thomson Marshland
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.30pm 9.00pm
Sat 25
Song of the Sea Eden The Salt of the Earth Love & Mercy
3.30pm 3.50pm/6.20pm/ 9.00pm 6.30pm 8.50pm
Tues 11 – You’re Ugly Too Thurs 13 Legend of Barney Thomson Marshland Manglehorn
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.10pm 8.35pm
The Third Man Song of the Sea Eden The Salt of the Earth Love & Mercy
3.20pm 3.30pm 5.50pm/8.30pm 6.00pm 8.20pm
Mon 27 – Wed 29
The Third Man Love & Mercy Eden The Salt of the Earth
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.35pm 9.00pm
Thurs 30
Eden Something Must Break + discussion Love & Mercy The Salt of the Earth
6.20pm
Iris Legend of Barney Thomson The Overnight Future Shock! 2000AD Freaks
6.00pm 6.30pm 7.45pm 8.35pm 9.30pm
Sun 26
Fri 31
6.30pm 9.00pm 9.10pm
AUGUST DATE
EVENT
TIME
Sat 1
Iris Song of the Sea Freaks The Overnight Legend of Barney Thomson Station to Station
2.40pm/6.00pm 3.00pm 4.30pm/9.30pm 5.10pm/7.45pm 7.00pm 9.00pm
Sun 2
Song of the Sea Iris Station to Station Freaks Legend of Barney Thomson The Overnight Ecstasy of Wilko Johnson
2.45pm 3.10pm/6.30pm 4.50pm 5.00pm 6.30pm 8.20pm 8.35pm
Fri 14 – Sat 15
13 Minutes The Diary of a Teenage Girl Theeb
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Sun 16
Film Card Summer Screening 13 Minutes The Diary of a Teenage Girl Theeb
From 2.30pm 6.00pm/8.30pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Mon 17 – Thurs 20
13 Minutes Theeb The Diary of a Teenage Girl
6.20pm/8.50pm 6.30pm 8.40pm
Fri 21
The Wolfpack Precinct Seven Five The Wonders Jodorowsky’s Dune
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.20pm 8.45pm
Sat 22
Jodorowsky’s Dune Man With a Movie Camera Precinct Seven Five The Wolfpack The Wonders The Last Waltz
3.00pm 4.40pm/7.15pm 5.00pm 6.20pm 8.20pm 9.00pm
Sun 23
NT Live: Everyman Man With a Movie Camera The Wolfpack Precinct Seven Five The Wonders
4.00pm 4.10pm/8.15pm 5.50pm 6.00pm 7.50pm
Mon 24 – Tues 25
Precinct Seven Five The Wonders The Long Good Friday The Wolfpack
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.35pm 8.50pm
Wed 26
Precinct Seven Five RSC Live: Othello The Wolfpack
6.20pm 7.00pm 8.35pm
Thurs 27
Precinct Seven Five The Wonders The Long Good Friday The Wolfpack
6.20pm 6.30pm 8.35pm 8.50pm
12/13
SPECIAL EVENTS
TWO FILMS BY JOSEPHINE DECKER
The Independent Cinema Office is proud to present a nationwide tour of two films by a powerful new voice in independent filmmaking, Josephine Decker.
Sensual, experimental and hypnotic, recalling the natural wonder of Terence Malick, the uncanniness of Peter Weir’s Picnic at Hanging Rock and the unsettling dreamworld of David Lynch, these two features mark Decker out as one of the brightest hopes for American film.
THOU WAST MILD AND LOVELY SUN 9 AUG, 3.50PM
BUTTER ON THE LATCH + Q&A MON 10 AUG, 6.30PM
DIR: JOSEPHINE DECKER • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 34 MINS
DIR: JOSEPHINE DECKER • USA • 2013 • 1 HR 12 MINS
Thou Wast Mild and Lovely, starring underground filmmaking godfather Joe Swanberg and Sophie Traub, is the story of a long hot summer at a remote ranch. Akin (Swanberg) is tempted by the daughter of the farmer, until his past begins to catch up with him, with irreparable consequences.
Butter on the Latch is the tale of an entangled female friendship, set in a real-life Balkan music camp in upstate New York, told with avant-garde flourishes and disturbing psycho-sexual undercurrents. Followed by a Q&A with Josephine Decker.
NEW RELEASES
DOCUMENTARY
THE SALT OF THE EARTH FRI 24 – THURS 20 JUL
DIR: WIM WENDERS & JULIANO RIBEIRO SALGADO • FRANCE/BRAZIL /ITALY • 2014 • 1 HR 50 MINS
For the last 40 years, photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, witnessing some of the major events of our recent history: international conflicts, starvation and exodus. Now embarking on a huge photographic project, a tribute to the planet’s beauty, Sebastião Salgado’s life and work are revealed by his son, Juliano, and German director Wim Wenders, himself a photographer. Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at both the 2015 Academy Awards and Independent Spirit Awards.
DOCUMENTARY
IRIS
FRI 31 JUL – THURS 6 AUG
DIR: ALBERT MAYSLES • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 18 MINS
CERT TBC
Age definitely is no barrier in this fascinating, warm and uplifting documentary. Directed by veteran documentarian Albert Maysles (who died in March this year aged 88), Iris gives us a glimpse into the life and wardrobe of New York style icon and collector Iris Apfel. More than a fashion film, the documentary is a story about creativity and how a soaring free spirit continues to inspire. 94 years young and still going strong, Iris really is one of a kind.
14/15
NEW RELEASES
DOCUMENTARY
PRECINCT SEVEN FIVE FRI 21 – THURS 27 AUG
DIR: TILLER RUSSELL • USA • 2014 • 1 HR 44 MINS
Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. In the 1980s, Michael Dowd patrolled the mean streets of one of Brooklyn’s toughest precincts. He also headed a ruthless criminal network of cops that stole money and drugs. In this explosive true-crime saga, Dowd tells all, reliving his days as a mobster with a badge for a riveting, real-life thriller of outsized personalities, stunning double crosses and epic downfalls.
DOCUMENTARY
THE WOLFPACK FRI 21 – THURS 27 AUG
DIR: CRYSTAL MOSELLE • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 30 MINS
CERT TBC
In this stranger-than-fiction documentary, we meet six brothers who have spent their entire lives locked by their father into their Manhattan apartment – where they watch movies obsessively and film their own ingenious re-enactments. Director Crystal Moselle draws on a vast video archive of their housebound lives to delight and disturb us in equal measure, but her portrait is a gently hopeful one, capturing them at a moment when they are making tentative forays into the world outside.
NEW RELEASES/SPECIAL EVENTS
DOCUMENTARY
AMY
THURS 16 – THURS 23 JUL
DIR: ASIF KAPADIA • UK • 2015 • 2 HR 8 MINS
Amy Winehouse’s combination of raw honesty and talent resulted in some of the most original and adored songs of the modern era. Her huge success, however, attracted relentless media attention which, coupled with Winehouse’s troubled relationships and precarious lifestyle, saw her life tragically begin to unravel. Featuring unseen archive footage and previously unheard tracks, this strikingly modern, moving and powerful film, from director Asif Kapadia (Senna), shines a light on an artist who saw the world in her own unique way.
DOCUMENTARY
THE DAMNED: DON’T YOU WISH THAT WE WERE DEAD THURS 16 JUL, 9PM DIR: WES ORSHOSKI • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 50 MINS
CERT TBC
From Lemmy filmmaker Wes Orshoski comes the story of the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first UK punks on wax and the first to cross the Atlantic. Shot around the world over three years, this authorised doc includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones (The Clash), Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, GNR, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, Buzzcocks, and more.
Followed by a Q&A with director Wes Orshoski, hosted by broadcaster Ralph McLean.
NEW RELEASES
DOCUMENTARY
16/17
THE ECSTASY OF WILKO JOHNSON SUN 2 – MON 3 AUG DIR: JULIEN TEMPLE • UK • 2015 • 1 HR 32 MINS
A film directed by Julien Temple (Oil City Confidential, Absolute Beginners) that confronts our worst nightmares of impending death, confounding expectations and turning them upside down. It tells the extraordinary, yet universal story of legendary musician Wilko Johnson, who diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer and given a few months to live, managed to accept his fate with uplifting positivity and defy the death sentence handed down to him.
DOCUMENTARY
STATION TO STATION SAT 1 – SUN 2 AUG
DIR: DOUG AITKEN • USA • 2015 • 1 HR 11 MINS
A high-speed road trip through modern creativity made-up of 62 one-minute films. In the summer of 2013, Station to Station crossed North America by train from the Atlantic to the Pacific over 24 days. The train set in motion a series of happenings, each unique to its location and mix of creative participants, which included Beck, Ariel Pink, Patti Smith, Dan Deacon, Mavis Staples, Thurston Moore and Savages, alongside flamenco dancers, marching bands, and the kinetic drawing machine of artist Olafur Eliasson.
SECOND SIGHT
ORSON WELLES: 100 YEARS
QFT’s celebration of all things Orson continues with glorious restorations of one of his most iconic (if brief) starring roles and the noir masterpiece that challenges Citizen Kane as his greatest work.
THE THIRD MAN SUN 26 – WED 29 JUL DIR: CAROL REED • UK • 1949 • 1 HR 45 MINS
Frequently hailed as one of the greatest films ever made, Carol Reed’s classic thriller showcases the director, and screenwriter Graham Greene’s talents, at the peak of their powers. To damaged, divided, deeply cynical post-war Vienna comes American author Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), promised work by his friend Harry Lime. But now they say Harry’s dead. How can that be? Orson Welles effortlessly steals the show in his brief but unforgettable scenes as the mysterious Mr. Lime.
TOUCH OF EVIL TUES 4 – THURS 6 & SAT 8 AUG DIR: ORSON WELLES • USA • 1958 • 1 HR 50 MINS
Orson Welles’ last Hollywood feature, the deliciously dark and sleazy Touch of Evil, returns to cinemas in the 1998 re-edit, newly remastered in 2013. In a seedy US-Mexican border town, detective Miguel Vargas (Charlton Heston) and his newly wed wife Susie (Janet Leigh) become embroiled in a deadly maelstrom of crime and corruption as Miguel’s investigations into a narcotics ring bring him into conflict with local law-enforcer Hank Quinlan (Orson Welles). A ferocious battle of wits ensues…
ORSON WELLES: CINEMATIC CONTRADICTIONS Sat 8 Aug, following Touch of Evil Film historian Robert JE Simpson chairs a panel discussion examining the screen career and legacy of Orson Welles with Rachael Kelly (writer), Reggie Chamberlain-King (Wireless Mystery Theatre) and Conor Smyth (Belfast Film Blog).
SECOND SIGHT
18/19
OFT’s pick of restored and re-released classics, back on the big screen where they belong.
FREAKS FRI 31 JUL – SUN 2 AUG DIR: TOD BROWNING • USA • 1932 • 1 HR 2 MINS
Banned for many years by the BBFC on the grounds that it ‘…exploited for commercial reasons the…people that it claimed to dignify…’, Tod Browning’s 1932 tale of not-so-ordinary circus folk is now rightly regarded as a classic of shock cinema. Forcing the audience to reassess their perception of what is normal (and what isn’t), Freaks used real sideshow performers to disturbing and powerful effect.
DOCUMENTARY
MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA SAT 22 – SUN 23 AUG
DIR: DZIGA VERTOV • USSR • 1929 • 1 HR 8 MINS • SILENT FILM
One of the most groundbreaking, inventive and influential films ever made, Man with a Movie Camera is a strikingly modern look at urban life in 1920s Russia, an extraordinary portrait of the city at work and at play. Directed by the visionary Soviet film pioneer Dziga Vertov and made over the course of three years, this newly restored version is accompanied by a soundtrack from Alloy Orchestra inspired by Vertov’s own notes.
Introduction by filmmaker Stephen Mullan on Sat 22 Aug, 7.15pm
SECOND SIGHT
THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY MON 24 – TUES 25 & THURS 27 AUG DIR: JOHN MACKENZIE • UK • 1980 • 1 HR 55 MINS
A 35th anniversary restoration of this iconic and influential London gangland thriller. In his breakthrough role Bob Hoskins is the fierce, muscular gangland boss Harry Shand, while Helen Mirren is every inch his equal as his moll. In an eerily premonitory narrative, Shand devises a plan to transform London’s Docklands into a global capital for business, one that might one day host the Olympics, but his world comes crashing down as the IRA takes an interest.
THE LAST WALTZ SAT 22 AUG, 9PM DIR: MARTIN SCORSESE • USA • 1978 • 1 HR 57 MINS
Martin Scorsese’s pioneering musical portrait of The Band, filmed at their all-star final bow in 1976. Scorsese enlisted Hollywood’s top cameramen and legendary production designer Boris Leven (West Side Story) to ensure the whole event was produced and captured like a movie with its own visual identity. Interspersed with recollections from Robbie Robertson and cohorts, the result seems both spontaneous and seamless as Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters and high-steppin’ Van Morrison share the stage with the quintet.
20/21
SPECIAL EVENTS
IRISH PREMIERE
FUTURE SHOCK! THE STORY OF 2000AD FRI 31 JUL, 8.35PM DIR: PAUL GOODWIN • UK • 2014 • 1 HR 45 MINS
CERT TBC
The entertaining and comprehensive story of British sci-fi comic institution, 2000AD, presented in association with the Belfast Film Festival. Future Shock! is a long overdue document of the magazine that kick-started the careers of Alan Moore (Watchmen) and Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman), created Judge Dredd and inspired Hollywood (RoboCop, Alien). Featuring interviews with 2000AD creator Pat Mills, writers Neil Gaiman and Dave Gibbons, and Dredd screenwriter Alex Garland, this fascinating documentary can only be described as: Zarjaz!
DOCUMENTARY
JODOROWSKY’S DUNE FRI 21 – SAT 22 AUG DIR: FRANK PAVICH • USA/FRANCE • 2013 • 1 HR 30 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED
In 1975, Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky (El Topo, The Holy Mountain) began work on his most ambitious project yet. Starring his own 12-year-old son Brontis alongside Orson Welles, Mick Jagger, David Carradine and Salvador Dali, featuring music by Pink Floyd and art by some of the most provocative talents of the era, including HR Giger and Jean ‘Moebius’ Giraud, Jodorowsky’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune was poised to change cinema forever.
SPECIAL EVENTS
GENDER ESSENCE SCREENING & DISCUSSION
SOMETHING MUST BREAK THURS 30 JUL, 6.30PM
DIR: ESTER MARTIN BERGSMARK • SWEDEN • 2014 • 1 HR 24 MINS • SUBTITLED
A striking coming-of-age tale about a young transgendered teen set in present-day Stockholm. Dissecting the line that defines antiquated notions of gender and sexuality, Ester Martin Bergsmark’s distinctive mood piece follows Sebastian, a shy transgendered teen whose world is rocked by the arrival of an alluring young man named Andreas. Offering far more than mere romance, Something Must Break is also a subversive and erotic reflection on the body and what it means to forge your own identity.
Screening with ‘…like a ball of wool’ (Dir. Jiann Hughes, 5 mins) and followed by a panel discussion hosted by Keira McCormack, Gender Essence Support Services.
EVERYMAN THURS 16 JUL, 7PM (LIVE) SUN 23 AUG, 4PM (ENCORE) 1 HR 30 MINS
A new adaptation by Carol Ann Duffy. 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. One of the great primal, spiritual myths, Everyman asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A startling production with words by Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate, and movement by Javier de Frutos.
TICKETS Live: £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders) Encore: £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)
22/23
SPECIAL EVENTS
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE WED 22 JUL, 7PM
3 HRS 30 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)
Treasure Island director Polly Findlay makes her RSC Shakespeare debut with the Bard’s great tragedy. In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all, as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made. With the gold flowing all is well, but when a contract between Bassanio and Shylock is broken, simmering racial tensions boil over.
TICKETS £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)
OTHELLO WED 26 AUG, 7PM 3 HRS 30 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)
Shakespeare’s timeless classic of love, jealousy and revenge broadcast live from Stratford-upon-Avon. Holby City actor Hugh Quarshie returns to the RSC to play the iconic Othello, following his roles in Faust and Julius Caesar, whilst film and theatre actor Lucian Msamati plays the scheming Iago. This riveting new production is directed by Iqbal Khan, who directed the Bard’s Much Ado About Nothing to great success back in 2012. TICKETS £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders)
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