WHAT’S ON / JULY 2017 THIS ISSUE:
THE BEGUILED RISK THE GRADUATE
DUNKIRK FROM CHRISTOPHER NOLAN, DIRECTOR OF THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY, INCEPTION AND INTERSTELLAR.
QUEEN’S FILM THEATRE – BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION
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TICKET PRICES
BOX OFFICE
QFT is the only cinema in Northern Ireland with a fully licensed bar, serving up a specially selected range of local and international beers, wines, spirits, tea, coffee and treats. Enjoy a drink with friends before and after the film, and as both our cinemas are now licensed you can bring your drink with you while you watch the movie.
Standard admission : £6.70 (after 5.30pm) / £5.00 (before 5.30pm)
The Box Office opens 30 minutes before the first screening of the day. This also applies to telephone bookings: 028 9097 1097.
HIRE QFT QFT is available for daytime hire for conferences, presentations, launches, training days, weddings, or simply for a fun event for you and your friends! Contact Lorraine Orr for more information: l.orr@qub.ac.uk.
Senior Citizens, Disabled Users (Carers’ tickets are free), Unwaged, QUB Staff: £5 (after 5.30pm) / £4 (before 5.30pm) QFT Film Card, Students (aged 16 and over), Children (under 16 years): £4 (all day) *ID required for discounted prices
Mondays £4 for every film*
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CHAMPIONING WOMEN IN FILM QFT applies the F-Rating to its film programme. The F-Rating is a classification for any film which: 1. is directed by a woman 2. is written by a woman 3. features significant women on screen in their own right The rating is designed to support and promote women and redress the imbalance in the film industry. Visit f-rated.org for more information.
QFT IS KINDLY SUPPORTED BY:
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ACCESSIBLE OFT
We at QFT believe everyone should be able to experience great films: every month we offer a range of accessible screenings and activities ensuring everyone can enjoy QFT’s unique programme.
SUPPORTED SCREENINGS
COMMUNITY TICKETS SCHEME QFT operates a Community Tickets Scheme. There are complimentary tickets and buses available to community groups attending the autism and dementia friendly screenings. For more information please go to queensfilmtheatre.com/Engage. For community group ticket requests please contact Marion Campbell: m.campbell@qub.ac.uk.
QFT LEARNING QFT is delighted to be able to offer monthly Autism friendly and Dementia friendly screenings. All are specially designed to create a welcoming and supportive environment with trained facilitators and are eligible for our Community Tickets Scheme (see opposite). This month’s Supported Screenings are: Dementia Friendly Screening: Love Me Tender Sat 22 Jul, From 10.30am (Film 11.00am) Autism Friendly Screening: Toy Story Tues 18 Jul, From 1.30pm (Film 2.00pm) For full details of these screenings please see page 13 or visit queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Supported-Screenings
ACCESS SCREENINGS QFT is fully wheelchair accessible with five wheelchair spaces in Screen 1 and four spaces in Screen 2. Free carer tickets for disabled customers are available on request. Both screens are fitted with an infrared assisted listening system with headphones. Audio enhancement is available for all screenings and audio description for selected screenings (check queensfilmtheatre.com/Whats-On/Access-Screenings for updates). We also endeavour to host access screenings with on-screen captioning as often as possible. This month’s access screenings are: Hampstead Tues 4 Jul, 6.20pm The Beguiled Tues 25 Jul, 6.40pm Dunkirk Tues 1 Aug, 6.20pm Funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.
QFT co-ordinates a year-round schools and colleges programme which is designed to support the national curriculum at KS1 to AS & A2 level. Teachers can arrange private screenings that are tailored for specific courses of study, or short film showcase screenings upon request. For more details please contact the Learning Co-ordinator, Marion Campbell, by email: m.campbell@qub.ac.uk. Schools can also book student groups in advance for selected films showing in QFT’s public programme by contacting the QFT Box Office: qftboxoffice@qub.ac.uk.
THE BEGUILED FRI 14 – THURS 27 JUL
DIR: SOFIA COPPOLA • USA • 2017 • 1 HR 34 MINS
Sofia Coppola’s new film is a seductive thriller set in the Civil War era starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Elle Fanning. Employing her distinctive aesthetic and sensual style, with The Beguiled Sofia Coppola adapts Thomas Cullinan’s Civil War-set novel into a tale of desire, jealousy and revenge. The film is set in 1864, three years into the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school. In these perilous times, the girls left at the school are those with nowhere else to go, and they are under the care of Martha Farnsworth (Kidman). When one of the younger girls discovers an injured enemy soldier, it is decided that the ‘Christian thing to do’ would be to take him in until he is sufficiently recovered. As the soldier, John McBurney (Farrell), recovers he becomes the subject of fascination for the girls and women of the house. The prim and proper environment is taken over with sexual tension and rivalries. In this society of virtually no men, the ‘real Southern hospitality’ meted out to McBurney is of a quite unusual kind. Coppola and the excellent cast deal with this material with relish, creating a film filled with eerie tension and flashes of mischievous humour. “Beneath the exquisitely rendered visual and atmospheric gild is a passionate and brilliantly observed lament for female sexuality left to go to seed.” – SOPHIE MONKS KAUFMAN, LITTLE WHITE LIES Also see SOFIA COPPOLA’S LA TRAVIATA (page 19). ACCESS SCREENING “Beneath the exquisitely rendered The 6.40pm screening on Tues 25 Jul will include audio description and on-screen captioning. visual and atmospheric gild is a passionate and brilliantly observed
04/05
NEW RELEASES
DUNKIRK FRI 21 JUL – THURS 3 AUG
DIR: CHRISTOPHER NOLAN • 2017 • NETHERLANDS/UK/ FRANCE/USA • 1 HR 46 MINS
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When 400,000 men couldn’t get home… home came for them. From filmmaker Christopher Nolan (Interstellar, Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy) comes the epic action thriller Dunkirk. Nolan directed Dunkirk from his own original screenplay, utilising a mixture of IMAX® and 65mm film to bring the story to the screen. Dunkirk opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.
The film’s ensemble cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy and Barry Keoghan, with Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn, Hamlet, Henry V), Cillian Murphy (Inception, The Dark Knight Trilogy), Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies, Wolf Hall) and Tom Hardy (The Revenant, Mad Max: Fury Road, Inception). SPECIAL 35MM SCREENINGS QFT is delighted to present Dunkirk in 35mm for all screenings in its first week of release. Don’t miss this rare chance to experience the film on celluloid, Christopher Nolan’s format of choice. ACCESS SCREENING The 6.20pm screening on Tues 1 Aug will include audio description and on-screen captioning.
NEW RELEASES
DOCUMENTARY
KEDI
FRI 30 JUN – THURS 6 JUL
DIR: CEYDA TORUN • 2016 TURKEY/USA • 1 HR 19 MINS SUBTITLED
Enjoy a cat’s-eye-view of Istanbul’s streets in the ‘the Citizen Kane of cat documentaries’. Thousands of street cats have lived in the city of Istanbul for centuries, roaming freely and unencumbered virtually anywhere. The locals take care of them - or maybe it’s the other way round, with the human characters highlighting the redemptive benefits of taking care of these homeless felines. Turkish-born filmmaker Ceyda Torun takes us on an intimate tour through Istanbul’s streets, alleys and enclaves from a cat’s-eye-view with inventive camerawork. Cat people, this one’s for you.
DOCUMENTARY
RISK
FRI 30 JUN – THURS 6 JUL
DIR: LAURA POITRAS • 2016 GERMANY/USA • 1 HR 31 MINS
A complex and volatile character study of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Academy Award winning director Laura Poitras (Citizenfour). Cornered in a tiny building for half a decade, Julian Assange is undeterred even as the legal jeopardy he faces threatens to undermine the organisation he leads and fracture the movement he inspired. Capturing this story with unprecedented access, Laura Poitras finds herself caught between the motives and contradictions of Assange and his inner circle. In a new world order where a single keystroke can alter history, Risk is a portrait of power, betrayal, truth, and sacrifice.
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06/07
EN MAN SOM HETER OVE
A MAN CALLED OVE FRI 30 JUN – THURS 6 JUL
DIR: HANNES HOLM • SWEDEN 2015 • 1 HR 56 MINS • SUBTITLED
Based on the international bestseller by Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove has received widespread international acclaim, picking up multiple accolades, including a European Film Award for Best European Comedy. Ever since his wife died, Ove (Rolf Lassgård) has promised to join her. If only life didn’t get in the way. His new Iranian neighbours seem to be the final straw, but could they instead be his salvation? Funny, graceful, and deeply moving, this Oscar-nominated delight shows that even a grumpy, narrow-minded old man can learn tolerance and kindness.
HAMPSTEAD FRI 23 JUN – THURS 6 JUL
DIR: JOEL HOPKINS • UK • 2017 1 HR 43 MINS
The legendary Diane Keaton plays an American widow who stumbles across Brendan Gleeson’s shackdwelling recluse on Hampstead Heath in Joel Hopkins’ lifeaffirming romantic drama. Donald Horner (Gleeson) has lived quietly on the Heath for seventeen years but now his home is under threat from property developers who want to build luxury apartments on the land. Emily Walters (Keaton) offers to help him fight the threat, determined to defend the man who might just be the person to put the spring back in her step.
ACCESS SCREENING The 6.20pm screening on Tues 4 Jul will include audio description and on-screen captioning.
NEW RELEASES
SAGE FEMME
THE MIDWIFE FRI 14 – WED 26 JUL (NOT SCREENING SUN 23 JUL)
DIR: MARTIN PROVOST • FRANCE 2017 • 1 HR 57 MINS • SUBTITLED
Two of French cinema’s most beloved stars, Catherine Deneuve and Catherine Frot, are brought together in this charming comedy-drama. Frot plays an ordered and sensible midwife whose life gets unexpectedly complicated when her father’s flighty and disorganised former lover (Deneuve) arrives back in Paris having been given just a year to live. Funny, astute and gently melodramatic, this latest film from Martin Provost (who made the award-winning Séraphine) is a delightful character study driven by two wonderful performances.
THE BIG SICK FRI 28 JUL – THURS 3 AUG
DIR: MICHAEL SHOWALTER 2017 • USA • 2 HRS
Based on the true story of the films’ writers Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick is a sensitive, funny and truthful take on modern romance. Pakistan-born comedian Kumail (Nanjiani, playing himself) and grad student Emily (Zoe Kazan) fall in love, but they struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail must navigate the crisis with her parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano) and the emotional tug-of-war between his family and his heart.
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EDITH WALKS SAT 15 – SUN 16 JUL
DIR: ANDREW KÖTTING • UK • 2017 1 HR 6 MINS + 11 MINS SHORT
Inspired by a walk from Waltham Abbey in Essex via Battle Abbey to St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, the latest film from Andrew Kötting (Swandown) documents a pilgrimage in memory of Edith Swan Neck. After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, parts of King Harold’s body were taken to Waltham Abbey for burial and his mistress Edith is seen cradling him in a remarkable sculpture on the sea front in St Leonards. Edith Walks re-connects the lovers after 950 years of separation. Preceded by the short film Forgotten the Queen.
CINESEEKERS FILM CLUB
ERNEST & CELESTINE SAT 29 JUL, 1.30PM
BENJAMIN RENNER, VINCENT PATAR & STÉPHANE AUBIER • FRANCE/BELGIUM/ LUXEMBOURG • 2012 • 1 HR 19 MINS SUBTITLED
The CineSeekers Film Club host monthly screenings for young people, presenting a diverse and varied range of international children’s films. Tickets £4. This charming animated film is based on the popular children’s books by Gabrielle Vincent. In a world where bears are in charge and mice are downtrodden creatures, an unlikely friendship is formed: Ernest, a large brown bear working as a clown and musician, meets tiny Celestine, a clever little orphan mouse who has run away from a life where she doesn’t fit in. This delightful film explores themes of friendship, belonging and tolerance as Ernest and Celestine embark on exciting and fun adventures.
08/09
SECOND SIGHT
Our pick of restored and reissued classics, back on the big screen where they belong.
THE GRADUATE FRI 14 – THURS 20 JUL
DIR: MIKE NICHOLS • USA • 1967 1 HR 45 MINS
Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Graduate with a 4K restoration of Mike Nichols’ coming-of-age touchstone. Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman in his breakout performance), a recent graduate, collected every conceivable honour at university, yet the real purpose of life and the future is an elusive and intangible concept. Easily persuaded into an affair with the predatory Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), things become complicated when his parents insist he takes her daughter Elaine (Katherine Ross) out on a date. Throw Simon & Garfunkel’s songs into the mix and you have an American classic.
HOWARDS END FRI 28 JUL – THURS 3 AUG
DIR: JAMES IVORY • UK/JAPAN/ USA • 1992 • 2 HRS 22 MINS
Arguably the finest film of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory’s acclaimed partnership, Howards End celebrates its 25th anniversary by returning to screens newly restored as a 4K digital print. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave and Helena Bonham Carter, this classic adaptation of E.M. Forster’s 1910 novel is a compelling tale of class relations and changing times in Edwardian England. Foreshadowing the style and spectacle of contemporary heritage dramas such as Downton Abbey and The Crown, the film remains a dazzling experience that demands to be seen on the big screen.
SPECIAL EVENTS
FRI 28 JUL, 10.00PM
THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
DIR: STEPHAN ELLIOTT • AUSTRALIA 1994 • 1 HR 43 MINS
Suggested by QFT’s Facebook followers, join us to celebrate the start of Belfast Pride with a flamboyant, modern classic starring Terence Stamp, Guy Peace and Hugo Weaving. Priscilla took two drag queens and a transgender woman in an infamous lavender bus across Australia, turning writer/director Stephan Elliott’s wild, glittering, and fabulously queer road movie into a watershed moment for the LGBT movement. Costumes, cabaret, lip-syncing, fights, bigotry AND solidarity – Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is at once clever, funny and beautiful.
QUEERAMA SAT 29 JUL, 9.30PM
DIR: DAISY ASQUITH • UK • 2017 CERT TBC 1 HR 15 MINS
Queerama is a film created from the treasure trove of the BFI National Archive. The story traverses a century of gay experiences, encompassing persecution and prosecution, injustice, love and desire, identity, secrets, forbidden encounters, sexual liberation and Pride. The soundtrack weaves the lyrics and music of John Grant and Hercules & Love Affair with the images and guides us intimately into the relationships, desires, fears and expressions of gay men and women in the 20th century – a century of incredible change. Screening to mark 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act and to celebrate the start of Belfast Pride.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
DOCUMENTARY
BRITAIN ON FILM: COAST AND SEA SUN 23 JUL, 4.10PM
DIR: VARIOUS • UK • 1901-1978 1 HR 33 MINS
Let’s go to the seaside! Travel round Britain’s gorgeous, varied coast, filmed throughout the 20th century from 1901 to 1978, in the fourth programme from Britain on Film on Tour. Enjoy a lush travelogue around the coast via Claude Friese-Greene’s wonderfully re-coloured footage, as eloquent as a painting. Learn about lifeboats via the RNLI’s brisk, engaging promotional film; the private life of seabirds in Julian Huxley’s pioneering, Oscarwinning short film, a triumph of early environmentalism and explore the world of shipbuilding with the construction of the SS Olympic. All the while, in the background: the shimmering sea.
DOCUMENTARY
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FRI 14 JUL, 6.20PM
DIR: ERROL MORRIS • USA • 2008 1 HR 56 MINS
As much about the ambiguity of images as the scandal of detainee abuse, Errol Morris’ Standard Operating Procedure examines the photographs taken by the 372nd US Military Police Company at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. The film is being screened in association with the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice at Queen’s University, and will be introduced by Dr. Des O’Rawe. 35mm screening.
12/13
SUPPORTED SCREENINGS
AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING
TOY STORY TUES 18 JUL, 1.30PM (FILM 2.00PM)
DIR: JOHN LASSETER • USA • 1995 1 HR 21 MINS
Our monthly screenings provide opportunities for people with autism or sensory sensitivity and their families, friends and carers to enjoy great films in a sensory friendly environment. Old-fashioned cowboy toy Woody (Tom Hanks) is threatened by a new arrival in his owner’s bedroom. At the time of its release, Toy Story was hailed as a pioneering moment in computer animation, but what makes the film work is the way that the technological wonders are there to support a great piece of characterdriven storytelling.
DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SCREENING
LOVE ME TENDER SAT 22 JUL, 10.30AM (FILM 11.00AM)
DIR: ROBERT D. WEBB • USA • 1956 1 HR 29 MINS
We’re continuing our popular series of Dementia Friendly screenings with the 1956 musical western, Love Me Tender, featuring a young Elvis Presley in his acting debut. Our Dementia Friendly screenings aim to make cinema more accessible by providing a fun and inclusive experience for people living with dementia, their families and carers. Free tea, coffee, biscuits and interactive themed activities are available half an hour before the film. QFT is committed to the Age-Friendly Belfast Charter.
Funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.
SPECIAL EVENTS
HIJACK!
MIXTAPE
I’ve got a tape I want to play. Hijack! is back with an entire weekend of music-themed films selected by the staff of your friendly neighbourhood cinema. Classics rub shoulders with NI premieres in an eclectic weekend brought to you in partnership with The Thin Air. The weekend also features unique and intimate acoustic sets by some of Belfast’s best up-and-coming bands and artists, thanks to Bird & Bramble. Detailed info about all films can be found at queensfilmtheatre.com. Does anybody have any questions? DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY CHASING TRANE: JAZZ ON A THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY NI PREMIERE SUMMER’S DAY
FRI 7 JUL, 6.20PM
FRI 7 JUL, 4.40PM & SUN 9 JUL, 3.00PM
DIR: JOHN SCHEINFELD • USA • 2016 CERT TBC 1 HR 39 MINS
DIR: BERT STERN & ARAM AVAKIAN USA • 1959 • 1 HR 28 MINS
Veteran documentarian John Scheinfeld (The U.S. vs. John Lennon) explores the life and work of jazz legend John Coltrane, with commentary and appreciations from such diverse Trane devotees as Common, Kamasi Washington, Carlos Santana, Wynton Marsalis, Bill Clinton, Sonny Rollins, and Dr. Cornel West. Combining archival footage, photographs and performances, Chasing Trane digs deep, chronicling a story of harrowing lows and interstellar highs.
Celebrated fashion photographer Bert Stern captures the performances, people, and setting during one Saturday of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Jazz on a Summer’s Day features fantastic performances from an unbelievably talented and diverse line-up, including Louis Armstrong, Anita O’Day, Dinah Washington, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, and Mahalia Jackson. 35mm screening.
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DELIA DERBYSHIRE DOUBLE BILL
THE DELIAN MODE + CIRCLE OF LIGHT SAT 8 JUL, 6.00PM
THE DELIAN MODE DIR: KARA BLAKE • CANADA • 2009 • 25 MINS CIRCLE OF LIGHT: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF PAMELA BONE DIR: ANTHONY ROLAND • UK 1972 • 32 MINS
The Delian Mode is a short documentary revolving around the life and work of electronic music pioneer and BBC Radiophonic Workshop innovator Delia Derbyshire, best known for her groundbreaking sound treatment of the Doctor Who theme music. The documentary will be followed by a rare screening of the 1972 film Circle of Light, featuring the photography of Pamela Bone with music by Delia and Elsa Stansfield.
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DOCUMENTARY
THE UNSEEN: A DETROIT BEAT TAPE NI PREMIERE SAT 8 JUL, 9.30PM
DIR: GUS SUTHERLAND • USA/UK 2017 • 1 HR 2 MINS
CERT TBC
The Unseen explores the soul and roots of Detroit Hip Hop production. It provides rare insights into a scene that has remained distant from the public eye while giving birth to some of the culture’s richest and most influential sounds. Gus Sutherland’s film glimpses the hidden and elusive characteristics inherent in a city often depicted in a one dimensional light.
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DOCUMENTARY
TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM SUN 9 JUL, 2.00PM
DIR: MORGAN NEVILLE • USA 2013 • 1 HR 31 MINS
This joyous and inspiring Oscarwinning documentary shines the spotlight on the untold stories of the incredibly talented and charismatic back-up singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. With interviews from artists including Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Wonder this documentary sheds light on the world that lies just behind the spotlight.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST DIRECTOR’S CUT AMADEUS SING-ALONG SUN 9 JUL, 12.20PM
SUN 9 JUL, 4.00PM
DIR: BILL CONDON • USA/UK • 2017 2 HRS 9 MINS
DIR: MILOS FORMAN • USA/FRANCE 1984 • 3 HRS (NO INTERMISSION)
Join us as we celebrate the brand new, Emma Watson-starring adaptation of Disney’s iconic fairy tale with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in! This is your chance to sing your heart out to the Disney songs of your childhood such as ‘Be Our Guest’, ‘Belle’, ‘Gaston’ and not forgetting ‘Beauty and The Beast’.
Amadeus is the magnificent and exhilarating epic about the genius of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and its impact on rival composer Antonio Salieri that deservedly won 8 Oscars and scores of other international awards. The film is filled with Mozart’s timeless music as its story unfolds in the streets, homes and palaces of a remarkable recreation of 18th Century Vienna.
SPECIAL EVENTS
SCHOOL OF ROCK FRI 7 JUL, 4.00PM
DIR: RICHARD LINKLATER • USA/ GERMANY • 2003 • 1 HR 45 MINS
Richard Linklater directs this comedic gem about a fake substitute teacher (Jack Black) who turns a fourth-grade prep school class into a rock ‘n’ roll band in an attempt to win a Battle of the Bands. School of Rock is a foot-stomping blast of fresh air for kids of all ages!
DOCUMENTARY
AMERICAN VALHALLA
NI PREMIERE
SAT 8 JUL, 8.30PM
STOP MAKING SENSE
DIR: ANDREAS NEUMANN & JOSHUA HOMME • USA • 2017 1 HR 22 MINS
DIR: JONATHAN DEMME • USA • 1984 1 HR 28 MINS
American Valhalla tells the story of an unlikely musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock: Joshua Homme, frontman of Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop, the Godfather of Punk. Featuring stunning cinematography and intimate access, the film follows the recording of Iggy’s album ‘Post Pop Depression’ in the California desert. Tickets £10 (£8 concessions and Film Card holders).
FRI 7 JUL, 8.30PM
QFT remembers director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs, Something Wild) with this one-off screening of his masterful concert film, Stop Making Sense. Shot over the course of three nights in Hollywood, December 1983, the film is an uplifting insight into the singular Talking Heads; their electricity, their charm, their eccentricity, and their music.
16/17
DOCUMENTARY
L7: PRETEND WE’RE DEAD
THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION PARTS I & II
DOCUMENTARY
DOCUMENTARY
NI PREMIERE
SAT 8 JUL, 6.30PM
OUTCASTS BY CHOICE
PART I: FRI 7 JUL, 6.40PM
SAT 8 JUL, 7.25PM
DIR: SARAH PRICE • USA • 2016 CERT TBC 1 HR 33 MINS
DIR: KATE & PAUL MCCARROLL IRELAND • 2016 • 1 HR 15 MINS
Culled from over 100 hours of vintage home movies taken by the band, never-before-seen performance footage, and candid interviews, L7: Pretend We’re Dead is an engrossing time capsule told from the perspective of L7, these true insiders who brought their signature blend of grunge punk to the masses. Presented in association with Girls Rock School NI.
Three brothers and a friend. In war-torn Belfast 1977, they formed a band and led the Punk Explosion - rejecting the status quo and the sectarian violence... But who are The Outcasts now? Are they still punks? And what is punk anyhow? This film starts in tumult, and ends up somewhere else entirely.
CERT TBC
DIR: PENELOPE SPHEERIS • USA 1981 • 1 HR 36 MINS
PART II: THE METAL YEARS: FRI 7 JUL, 8.50PM DIR: PENELOPE SPHEERIS • USA 1988 • 1 HR 29 MINS
The Decline of Western Civilization was originally released in 1981 causing outrage and controversy with its candid portrait of the burgeoning L.A. hardcore punk scene. This was followed in 1988 by the equally celebrated and revealing Part II: The Metal Years. Featuring interviews and performances from some of the most influential musicians and bands of their time (Germs, Black Flag, Fear, Circle Jerks, Alice Copper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Ozzy Osbourne and many more), these legendary films stand among the greatest in the history of the music documentary.
Get ready to play as gaming culture returns to QFT. The QFT bar and cinema screens will be transformed into gamer heaven with a range of games and consoles available to play all day, courtesy of QUB Dragonslayers and Jack Straws Board Game Café. ‘Marvel’ at the Comic Book Guys’ impressive selection of comic and game merchandise. Drinks promos and on-the-spot prizes throughout the day!
SAT 8 JUL, 10AM-4PM
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18/19
SPECIAL EVENTS
LIVE EVENTS NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE
SOFIA COPPOLA’S LA TRAVIATA
ANGELS IN AMERICA ANGELS IN AMERICA PART ONE: MILLENNIUM PART TWO: APPROACHES PERESTROIKA
2 HRS 22 MINS (NO INTERVAL)
3 HRS 45 MINS (INCL. INTERVALS)
4 HRS (INCL. INTERVALS)
A collaboration between American filmmaker Sofia Coppola and Italian haute couture king Valentino Garavani comes in the form of a revival of Giuseppe Verdi’s classic opera, La Traviata. Coppola brings new life into Verdi’s 1853 opera that tells the story of tempestuous love and heartbreak. Recorded at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.
America in the mid-1980s. In the midst of the AIDS crisis and a conservative Reagan administration, New Yorkers grapple with life and death, love and sex, heaven and hell. This new staging of Tony Kushner’s two-part play is directed by Olivier and Tony award winning director Marianne Elliott (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and War Horse).
Part Two of this new staging of Tony Kushner’s multi-award winning two-part play. Andrew Garfield (Silence, Hacksaw Ridge) plays Prior Walter along with a cast including Denise Gough (People, Places and Things), Nathan Lane (The Producers), James McArdle (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Russell Tovey (The Pass).
SUN 9 JUL, 5.00PM
THURS 20 JUL, 7.00PM
THURS 27 JUL, 7.00PM
TICKETS Live broadcasts: £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders) Recorded and encore screenings: £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)
AT A GLANCE
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Hampstead Risk Kedi A Man Called Ove The Big Lebowski
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Sat 8
Sun 9
From1.30pm(Film2pm) 4.00pm/6.20pm 4.30pm/6.40pm/8.45pm 8.35pm
Wed 19
The Graduate The Beguiled The Midwife
4.00pm/6.20pm 4.30pm/6.40pm/8.45pm 8.35pm
Thurs 20 The Midwife The Graduate The Beguiled NT Live: Angels in America Part One: Millennium Approaches
3.50pm 4.00pm 6.20pm/8.25pm
Fri 21
Dunkirk (35mm) The Midwife The Beguiled
4.00pm/6.20pm/8.40pm 4.15pm 6.40pm/9.00pm
Sat 22
Dementia Friendly: Love Me Tender Dunkirk (35mm)
7.00pm
The Beguiled The Midwife Sun 23
Dunkirk (35mm) Britain on Film: Coast and Sea The Beguiled
3.30pm/5.50pm/8.10pm 4.10pm 6.10pm/8.30pm
Mon 24
Dunkirk (35mm) The Midwife The Beguiled
4.00pm/6.20pm/8.40pm 4.15pm 6.40pm/9.00pm
3.50pm/8.30pm 4.30pm/6.20pm 6.40pm 8.40pm
Tues 25
Dunkirk (35mm) The Midwife The Beguiled (Access) The Beguiled
4.00pm/6.20pm/8.40pm 4.15pm 6.40pm 9.00pm
School of Rock Jazz on a Summer’s Day Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Stop Making Sense The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
4.00pm 4.40pm
Wed 26
Dunkirk (35mm) The Midwife The Beguiled
4.00pm/6.20pm/8.40pm 4.15pm 6.40pm/9.00pm
PlaySpace Delia Derbyshire Double Bill L7: Pretend We’re Dead Outcasts By Choice American Valhalla The Unseen: A Detroit Beat Tape
10.00am-4.00pm 6.00pm 6.30pm 7.25pm 8.30pm 9.30pm
Beauty and the Beast Sing-Along Twenty Feet From Stardom Jazz on a Summer’s Day Amadeus (Director’s Cut) Sofia Coppola’s La Traviata
12.20pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm 5.00pm
6.20pm 6.40pm 8.30pm 8.50pm
Thurs 27 Dunkirk (35mm) The Beguiled NT Live: Angels in America Part Two: Perestroika
4.00pm/6.20pm 4.15pm/9.00pm
Fri 28
Howards End Dunkirk The Big Sick The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
3.10pm/6.00pm 5.30pm/7.45pm 9.00pm
Sat 29
Cineseekers: Ernest & Celestine Howards End The Big Sick Dunkirk Howards End Queerama
1.30pm 2.00pm 3.30pm/9.00pm 5.00pm/7.20pm 6.00pm 9.30pm
Sun 30
The Big Sick Dunkirk Howards End
3.00pm/8.30pm 3.30pm/5.50pm/8.10pm 5.30pm
Mon 31
Howards End Dunkirk The Big Sick
3.10pm/6.00pm 4.00pm/6.20pm/8.40pm 9.00pm
SUMMER CLOSURE The Graduate The Beguiled Standard Operating Procedure + intro The Midwife
4.00pm 4.30pm/6.40pm/8.45pm
The Beguiled Edith Walks The Midwife The Graduate
4.30pm/6.40pm/8.45pm 4.40pm 6.20pm 9.00pm
Sun 16
The Beguiled Edith Walks The Midwife The Graduate
4.00pm/6.10pm/8.15pm 4.10pm 5.50pm 8.30pm
Mon 17
The Graduate The Beguiled The Midwife
4.00pm/9.00pm 4.30pm/6.40pm/8.45pm 6.20pm
Sat 15
Autism Friendly: Toy Story The Graduate The Beguiled The Midwife
From10.30am(Film11am) 1.40pm/4.00pm/ 6.20pm/8.40pm 2.00pm/6.40pm/9.00pm 4.15pm
Mon 10 – Thurs 13 Fri 14
Tues 18
6.20pm 9.00pm
7.00pm
10.00pm
AUGUST DATE
EVENT
TIME
Tues 1
Howards End Dunkirk The Big Sick Dunkirk (Access)
3.10pm/8.30pm 4.00pm/8.40pm 6.00pm 6.20pm
Wed 2 – Thurs 3
Howards End Dunkirk The Big Sick
3.10pm/8.30pm 4.00pm/6.20pm/8.40pm 6.00pm