QFT May 2017 What's On Guide

WHAT’S ON / MAY 2017

MINDHORN JULIAN BARRATT IS MINDHORN. A MAN’S MAN. A LADIES’ MAN. A MODERN MAN. ON THE ISLE OF MAN.

THIS ISSUE:

RAW LADY MACBETH THE JOURNEY

QUEEN’S FILM THEATRE – BOOKING AND VENUE INFORMATION

GREAT FILMS FOR EVERYONE JOIN US AT THE QFT BAR

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*

Skip the queue by booking online at queensfilmtheatre.com and printing your tickets at home.

FREE PARKING QFT offers free on-site parking every night from 5.30pm, and all weekend, in the main Queen’s University site.

The ticket price for uncertified films includes a one-day QFT membership. * Certain exclusions may apply, Check website for details

QFT FILM CARD

Get discounted tickets plus invitations to special events, exclusive meal deals, free tea and coffee refills and much more. Buy online at queensfilmtheatre.com

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

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 Ticket Scheme (see below). This month’s Supported Screenings are:

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.

Dementia Friendly Screening: Moulin Rouge Sat 20 May, From 10.30am (Film 11.00am) Autism Friendly Screening: Kiki’s Delivery Service Sun 21 May, From 11.30am (Film 12.00pm) For full details of these screenings please see page 11 or visit queensfilmtheatre.com/whats-on/access-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: Mindhorn Tues 16 May, 8.45pm Colossal Tues 30 May, 8.10pm Funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.

DEMENTIA AWARENESS WEEK

IRIS

SAT 20 MAY, 1.30PM

DIR: RICHARD EYRE • UK/USA 2001 • 1 HR 31 MINS

To mark Dementia Awareness Week, QFT is screening the 2001 biopic of Irish novelist, Iris Murdoch. Featuring Dame Judi Dench, Kate Winslet and Jim Broadbent, the film follows Iris Murdoch through her early career and marriage to later life, where an Alzheimer’s diagnosis significantly impacts her writing and relationships. This screening will be introduced by Belfastbased writer, Jan Carson and will be followed by a short Q&A with Dementia NI representative, Tara Collins.

NEW RELEASES

LADY MACBETH FRI 28 APR – THURS 4 MAY

DIR: WILLIAM OLDROYD • UK 2016 • 1 HR 29 MINS

CERT TBC

A defiant, passionate young woman struggles against suffocating societal norms in this exceptional British debut starring the incandescent Florence Pugh (The Falling).

Rural England, 1865. Katherine (Pugh) is stifled by her loveless marriage to a bitter man twice her age, and his cold, unforgiving family. When she embarks on a passionate affair with a young worker on her husband’s estate, a force is unleashed inside her so powerful that she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

Lady Macbeth has grand ambitions, and exudes a rare vision and talent.

GRAVE

RAW

FRI 28 APR – THURS 4 MAY

DIR: JULIA DUCOURNAU FRANCE/BELGIUM • 2016 1 HR 39 MINS • SUBTITLED

A young woman discovers an insatiable appetite for flesh in this playful coming of age body horror tale from debut director Julia Ducournau.

When shy vegetarian Justine (Garance Marillier), enrols in veterinary school to follow in the footsteps of her parents and older sister, she is reluctant to join in the sex, drugs and party scene surrounding her. However, when she accidentally tries raw meat, a suppressed hunger in her is awakened. With an abundance of subtext to sink your teeth into, this feminist teen cannibal tale oozes with provocative, youthful exuberance.

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THEIR FINEST FRI 21 APR – THURS 4 MAY

DIR: LONE SCHERFIG • 2016 • UK 1 HR 57 MINS

Continuing her fascination with British manners, Danish director Lone Scherfig (An Education) delivers another evocative study of a transitional period in our history.

In 1940, a married woman (Gemma Arterton) and a screenwriter (Sam Claflin) develop a growing attraction while working together on a propaganda film about the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk. A beautifully crafted costume drama with terrific performances, Scherfig’s new film is a quietly subversive, funny and finally moving account of a little known story from one of the darkest, most uncertain periods of British history.

THE JOURNEY FRI 5 – THURS 11 MAY

DIR: NICK HAMM • UK • 2016 CERT TBC 1 HR 34 MINS

Timothy Spall (Ian Paisley) and Colm Meaney (Martin McGuinness) star in this dramatisation of the events preceding the historic 2006 St. Andrews Agreement.

The Journey is a fictional account of the negotiations between the two political adversaries that transpired, not in some hallowed hall but, rather, in a minivan traversing the Scottish countryside.

The charismatic Meaney and Spall embody these two contentious political figures as real live people, with all their tics and foibles – and what’s more, they show us how these mortal enemies came to see each other’s human sides.

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NEW RELEASES

MINDHORN FRI 5 – THURS 18 MAY

DIR: SEAN FOLEY • 2016 • UK 1 HR 29 MINS

Washed-up Richard Thorncroft (Julian Barratt) peaked with hit 1980s detective show Mindhorn, playing the titular Isle of Man sleuth with a robotic eye that allowed him to literally “see the truth”.

Decades later, when a deranged Manx criminal demands Mindhorn as his nemesis, Thorncroft returns to the scene of his greatest triumphs for one last chance to reignite his glory days and professional credibility. The Mighty Boosh’s Julian Barratt and co-writer Simon Farnaby’s joyously off-the-wall creation follows in the grand tradition of pompous, spectacularly oblivious yet vulnerable British losers, from Alan Partridge to David Brent.

JAWBONE FRI 12 – THURS 18 MAY

DIR: THOMAS NAPPER • 2017 • UK 1 HR 31 MINS

Jimmy McCabe (Johnny Harris) is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places.

When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner Bill (Ray Winstone), cornerman Eddie (Michael Smiley) and promoter Joe (Ian McShane).

A valuable addition to the boxing genre, this is also a potent and cliché free film about addiction and redemption. Michael Smiley is, as ever, terrific. The score is by Paul Weller and the boxing sequences were choreographed by Barry McGuigan.

ACCESS SCREENING The 8.45pm screening on Tues 16 May will include audio description and on-screen captioning.

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COLOSSAL FRI 19 MAY – THURS 1 JUN

DIR: NACHO VIGALONDO • SPAIN/ CANADA • 2016 • 1 HR 49 MINS

Anne Hathaway proves that there’s a giant, city-crushing monster in all of us in Nacho Vigalondo’s genrebending monster movie comedy.

Gloria (Hathaway) is an out-ofwork party girl who, after getting kicked out of her apartment by her boyfriend, is forced to leave her life in New York and move back to her hometown. When news reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, Gloria gradually comes to the realisation that she is somehow connected to this far-off phenomenon. Deconstructing the kaiju genre in wildly imaginative ways, writer-director Vigalondo unleashes a fantastical tale that also triumphs as a wholly original romantic comedy.

ACCESS SCREENING The 8.10pm screening on Tues 30 May will include audio description and on-screen captioning.

PREVIEW + STEPHEN FRY SATELLITE Q&A

THE HIPPOPOTAMUS SUN 28 MAY, 7.30PM

DIR: JOHN JENCKS • UK • 2017 1 HR 29 MINS

Join us for a special Q&A screening of The Hippopotamus with Stephen Fry, cast and filmmakers live by satellite from the Hay Festival.

When disgraced theatre critic and poet, Ted Wallace (Roger Allam), is fired from his job, he is asked to investigate the mystery of so-called miracle healings at Swafford Hall.

His natural cynicism makes him the ideal candidate to get to the bottom of what’s going on, as well as some good whisky bottles, in this hilarious tale based on Stephen Fry’s seminal novel.

NEW RELEASES

ESHTEBAK

CLASH FRI 5 – WED 10 MAY

DIR: MOHAMED DIAB • EGYPT/FRANCE 2016 • 1 HR 38 MINS • SUBTITLED

Mohamed Diab’s Clash is an unforgettable portrait of Egypt on the brink as rival protestors find themselves locked up in a police van.

Set in 2013, after mass protests saw the ruling Muslim Brotherhood thrown out of power by the army, Clash unfolds almost entirely within the claustrophobic confines of a police van as rival demonstrators find themselves caught in impossibly stifling heat.

From this simple set-up, Diab weaves a striking story of scale, ambition and pure cinematic verve, pulling off a remarkable feat; a road movie about confinement.

AQUARIUS FRI 12 – MON 15 MAY

DIR: KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO 2016 • BRAZIL/FRANCE 2 HRS 26 MINS • SUBTITLED

Neighboring Sounds director Kleber Mendonça Filho returns with another intriguing insight into the state of modern Brazil that also provides a magnificent central role for Sônia Braga, so fondly remembered for Kiss of the Spiderwoman.

Braga plays Clara, a retired music critic who is the sole resident of an old apartment block. She stubbornly refuses to move despite the blandishments and pressures of real estate developers. As the battle of wills intensifies, the film pits the brutal demands of big business against a view of the world in which places, objects and memories have a price far beyond money.

“You must see Clash, you simply must. The film will break your heart, but enlighten all.” – TOM HANKS

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FRANTZ FRI 19 – THURS 25 MAY

DIR: FRANÇOIS OZON • FRANCE/ GERMANY • 2016 • 1 HR 54 MINS SUBTITLED

François Ozon breaks fresh ground with this touching, beautifully crafted period drama set in the aftermath of World War One. In a small German town, Anna (Paula Beer) mourns her fiancée Frantz who was killed in combat.

She finds comfort in the arrival of Frenchman Adrien (Pierre Niney) who leaves flowers at Frantz’s grave. Sorrow draws them together but what does she really know about this mystery man?

Largely filmed in gorgeous black and white, this is an impeccably staged tale in which personal tragedies reflect the agonies of a shattered continent struggling to heal the wounds of war.

TOIVON TUOLLA PUOLEN

THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE FRI 26 MAY – THURS 1 JUN

DIR: AKI KAURISMÄKI • FINLAND/ GERMANY • 2017 • 1 HR 40 MINS SUBTITLED

Aki Kaurismäki won Best Director at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival for this tragicomic masterpiece, the story of Khaled, a Syrian asylum seeker whose life collides with that of Wikström, a Finnish salesman fleeing a miserable marriage.

Kaurismäki doesn’t duck the brutal realities of refugee life, but nonetheless finds courage, hope and kindness as these two mismatched outsiders rebuild their lives.

“A gently loving fable with a straightforward political message that home can be wherever you find it.” – NICK JAMES, SIGHT & SOUND

NEW RELEASES/SPECIAL EVENTS

LA TORTUE ROUGE

THE RED TURTLE FRI 26 MAY – THURS 1 JUN

DIR: MICHAEL DUDOK DE WIT • FRANCE/ BELGIUM/JAPAN • 2016 • 1 HR 21 MINS

Studio Ghibli’s first co-production is a mature, dialogue free-piece about a man getting to grips with life on a desert island.

A man is shipwrecked on a beautiful island devoid of humans.

Watched on by a group of sand crabs, he attempts to escape but is thwarted by the weather and a red turtle with a vendetta. Then an unexpected visitor arrives who will alter the man’s fate for all time. The debut feature by Michael Dudok de Wit, The Red Turtle is a brilliant twist on a familiar premise that packs a hefty emotional punch.

CINESEEKERS FILM CLUB

The CineSeekers Film Club host monthly screenings for young people, presenting a diverse and varied range of international children’s films. Tickets £4.

THE DRAGON SPELL SAT 27 MAY, 2.15PM

DIR: DEPOYAN MANUK • UKRAINE • 2016 1 HR 25 MINS • ENGLISH LANGUAGE VERSION • ALL AGES

Little Nick Tanner has a lot to live up to, what with his father being a famous Dragon slayer. But when an evil witch is possessed by the spirit of an ancient dragon, Nicky must embark on a fantastic quest to save both the world of humans and the world of magic. Along for the ride are best friends Eddie and Rocky, the feral wild child!

Ukraine’s first full-length 3D animation is an exciting adventure for children of all ages. Screening in 2D.

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SUPPORTED SCREENINGS

AUTISM FRIENDLY SCREENING

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE SUN 21 MAY, 11.30AM (FILM 12.00PM)

DIR: HAYAO MIYAZAKI • JAPAN • 1989 1 HR 43 MINS • ENGLISH DUBBED VERSION

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.

An exciting story from Studio Ghibli about a young girl named Kiki, who grows in confidence as she adapts her flying skills to create a broomstick delivery service. 30 mins before the film begins we will have free refreshments, a pre-screen art activity and short introduction to the film.

DEMENTIA FRIENDLY SCREENING

MOULIN ROUGE SAT 20 MAY, 10.30AM (FILM 11.00AM)

DIR: BAZ LUHRMANN • AUSTRALIA/USA 2001 • 2 HRS 8 MINS

We’re marking Dementia Awareness Week with a Dementia Friendly screening of Baz Luhrmann’s cult classic musical starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman.

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 30 mins before the film. QFT is committed to the Age-Friendly Belfast Charter.

Funded by Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.

NEW RELEASES

DOCUMENTARY

WHO’S GONNA LOVE ME NOW? SUN 14 & WED 17 MAY

DIR: TOMER HERMANN & BARAK HEYMANN • ISRAEL/UK • 2016 • 1 HR 30 MINS • PARTIALLY SUBTITLED

After being driven away from his Kibbutz for being gay, 21 year old Saar Maoz arrived in the UK and made a new life for himself in the close-knit, loving community of The London Gay Men’s Chorus. 19 years later, Saar has reached out to his conservative Israeli family in an attempt at reconciliation. Now his parents are coming to visit…

LGBT Awareness Week 2017 takes place across Northern Ireland from May 14-21. The theme is ‘Stand By Us’ which aims to encourage allies of the LGBT community to support their friends, families and colleagues wherever and whenever they see inequality, discrimination or injustice.

DOCUMENTARY

LETTERS FROM BAGHDAD SAT 27 & TUES 30 MAY – THURS 1 JUN

DIR: SABINE KRAYENBÜHL & ZEVA OELBAUM • USA/UK/FRANCE 2016 • 1 HR 35 MINS

Gertrude Lowthian Bell, sometimes called “the female Lawrence of Arabia” was a British adventurer, archaeologist and political powerhouse, who helped shape the modern Middle East after World War I. Voiced and executive produced by Tilda Swinton, the film chronicles Bell’s journey into the uncharted Arabian desert and all-male halls of colonial power with never-seenbefore archival footage of the region shot a century ago. The film takes us into a past that is eerily current.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

DREDD SAT 6 MAY, 9.30PM

PRESENTED BY BANTERFLIX & COMIC BOOK GUYS

DIR: PETE TRAVIS • UK/USA/INDIA/ SOUTH AFRICA • 2012 • 1 HR 35 MINS

To celebrate Free Comic Book Day and the 40th anniversary of one of British comics’ most iconic creations, BanterFlix and the Comic Book Guys have joined forces with QFT to present a special screening of Dredd.

Boasting an ultra-violent screenplay

by Alex Garland, Pete Travis’ feature was a much more stripped down, grittier approach to Dredd than its 1995 predecessor and remained true to the ethos of John Wagner’s Dirty Harry-esque creation. Karl Urban gives a fantastic central performance as the grizzled law enforcer with that iconic jaw-line.

The screening will include a prize draw for Dredd goodies, including a hand drawn sketch by local artist and 2000 AD stalwart, P.J. Holden.

QFT LATE: CULT + CLASSIC

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME FRI 26 MAY, 10.00PM

DIR: DAVID LYNCH • USA/FRANCE 1992 • 2 HRS 14 MINS

Welcome to QFT Late: Cult + Classic, a new monthly late night slot presenting forgotten films, maligned movies and stone cold classics.

We begin with a 25th anniversary screening of David Lynch’s twisted Twin Peaks prequel. Panned upon release by critics and fans, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me has emerged as one of Lynch’s strongest films. His dreamlike, surreal Americana is in full effect here, burrowing into the darker side of the small town of Twin Peaks, exploring places where the ‘90s primetime TV show couldn’t venture.

SECOND SIGHT

Our pick of restored and reissued classics, back on the big screen where they belong.

MANHATTAN FRI 12 – WED 17 MAY

DIR: WOODY ALLEN • USA • 1979 1 HR 36 MINS

Woody Allen’s rapturous paean to New York features beautiful monochrome cinematography, is funny as hell, and is all wrapped up in the music of Gershwin.

By turns a rhapsodic city symphony and an astute character study, Manhattan is a portrait of a modern metropolis and the messy lives of its inhabitants. It’s a love letter from a hometown hero that remains ones of Woody Allen’s most successful explorations of his enduring themes: complex relationships, compromised romances and his own creative processes. Manhattan returns to the big screen in a new 4K digital print scanned from the original camera negative.

LA STRADA FRI 19 – THURS 25 MAY (NOT SCREENING WED 24 MAY)

DIR: FEDERICO FELLINI • ITALY • 1954 1 HR 48 MINS • SUBTITLED

A brutish travelling strongman (Anthony Quinn) acquires a waiflike young assistant (Giulietta Masina) before taking to the road in Federico Fellini’s (8½, La Dolce Vita) acclaimed neo-realist fable.

Over sixty years since it won the first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and launched both its director and lead actress to international stardom, La Strada returns to cinemas in a new digital restoration.

“Unadorned, strikingly realistic and yet genuinely tender and compassionate.”

- THE NEW YORK TIMES

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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST FRI 26 – MON 29 MAY

DIR: MILOS FORMAN • USA • 1975 2 HRS 14 MINS

Starring the incomparable Jack Nicholson, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is one of American cinema’s most iconic films.

Re-released to coincide with Nicholson’s 80th birthday, this Oscar®-winning film remains a high point of his astonishing career. Nicholson’s unforgettable performance as the ingenious, heroic free spirit RP ‘Mac’ McMurphy, who leads an uprising in the men’s ward of a mental hospital run by callous Nurse Rached (Louise Fletcher), won him his first Best Actor Oscar®.

This rare chance to see one of the classics of ‘70s cinema back on big screen again is not to be missed.

NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR SUN 30 APR, 3.40PM

DIR: MICHAEL RADFORD • UK • 1984 1 HR 50 MINS

QFT presents a screening of the classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother - is demanded.

In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston (the late, great John Hurt), a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia (Suzanna Hamilton), and becomes the target of a brainwashing campaign to force him to conform. Big Brother is watching you.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

UK GREEN FILM FESTIVAL The UK Green Film Festival returns with a new programme of environmentally themed films from around the world, highlighting topics from climate change and food sustainability, to land rights and politics. Get ready to join the green cause this May! Visit queensfilmtheatre.com for more info about each film.

DOCUMENTARY DOCUMENTARY

BUGS

SAT 6 MAY, 3.00PM

THE AGE OF CONSEQUENCES SAT 6 MAY, 4.50PM

DOCUMENTARY

WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE SUN 7 MAY, 3.30PM

DIR: ANDREAS JOHNSEN • DENMARK/ NETHERLANDS/FRANCE/GERMANY CERT TBC 2016 • 1 HR 13 MINS

DIR: JARED P. SCOTT • GERMANY/ CERT SPAIN/JORDAN/USA • 2016 • 1 HR 20 MINS TBC

DIR: HEIDI BRANDENBURG & MATHEW ORZEL • PERU/USA/UK 2016 • 1 HR 43 MINS • SUBTITLED

Will eating insects save our Earth? Bugs is a gastronomic adventure into the newest superfood with a team from Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab, as they forage, farm, cook and taste insects with communities in Europe, Australia, Mexico, Kenya, Japan and beyond.

The Hurt Locker meets An Inconvenient Truth: The Age of Consequences explores the risk of climate change and resource scarcity through the lens of US national security and global stability. The film’s unnerving assessment is a call to action to rethink how we use and produce energy.

An indigenous Peruvian environmental activist takes on the large businesses that are destroying the Amazon in this tense Sundance award winner.

Filmmakers Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel capture all angles of a volatile political and environmental crisis with breathtaking access and bold, unflinching camera work.

CERT TBC

16/17

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NI MENTAL HEALTH ARTS & FILM FESTIVAL NI Mental Health Arts & Film Festival (NIMHAFF) sparks inspiring and challenging conversations about mental health issues. The festival, spearheaded in 2013 by a wide range of individuals from social work, arts and faith organisations, exists to celebrate and promote mental health and to combat stigma via active creativity.

ESC: SECOND CHANCE FOR CHANGE

SOUL SHORTS

DIR: TOM MAGILL • UK • 2017 • 40 MINS + 20 MINS Q&A • AGE 16+

50 MINS + 20 MINS Q&A • AGE 16+

Second Chance for Change is a ground-breaking therapeutic film project involving a group of men with criminal justice backgrounds and severe and enduring mental health issues and/or learning disabilities.

For their 4th festival, NIMHAFF presents three thoughtful, unique, and gorgeously-made short films.

TUES 16 MAY, 9.00PM

Belfast-based charity ESC (esc-film.com) created a series of hard-hitting, transformative films about the participants’ real lived experiences. This film showcases each of the short films plus a behindthe-scenes documentary explaining more about the impact of the group and the filmmaking process on the participants’ lives. There will be a postscreening Q&A with the director, Tom Magill.

TICKETS FOR EACH SCREENING £5 (£4 concessions and Film Card holders)

THURS 18 MAY, 6.30PM

MENTALLY ILL WORLD FIND YOUR SOUL (Dir. Paul Butterfield Jnr, Northern Ireland, 6 mins) DROP (Dir. John Deery, Northern Ireland, 18 mins) BROKEN (Dir. Gwen Nieuwenhuize, Netherlands, 25 mins) See queensfilmtheatre.com for full details. The audience will have a chance to meet and talk with the filmmakers at a post-screening Q&A.

“Fresh, funny, grim and glorious.”

- Londonist

24 - 27 May 7pm, 8.45pm & 10.30pm £12.50 - £20 An unmissable 21st-anniversary production of the infamous Trainspotting.

This is your ticket to a ride you won’t soon forget. Not for the faint hearted.

Warning: 18 years +. Contains nudity, strong language, violent and sexual scenes and heavy drug use.

On sale at themaclive.com

18/19

SPECIAL EVENTS

LIVE EVENTS NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

OBSESSION

THURS 11 MAY, 7.00PM 2 HRS APPROX. (NO INTERVAL)

Jude Law (The Young Pope, Closer, The Talented Mr Ripley) stars in the stage production of Obsession, broadcast live from the Barbican Theatre in London.

Ivo van Hove (NT Live: A View from the Bridge, Hedda Gabler) directs this new stage adaptation of Luchino Visconti’s 1943 film.

NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? THURS 18 MAY, 7.00PM

3 HRS 30 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)

Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), Luke Treadaway (The Hollow Crown) and Imogen Poots (Jane Eyre) star in James Macdonald’s critically acclaimed, 5 star production of Edward Albee’s landmark play, broadcast live to cinemas from the Harold Pinter Theatre, London.

ENCORES NT Live: Twelfth Night – Sat 29 Apr, 2.00pm NT Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead – Sat 20 May, 2.00pm TICKETS Live: £15 (£12.50 concessions and Film Card holders) Encore: £12.50 (£10 concessions and Film Card holders)

RSC LIVE

ANTONY & CLEOPATRA WED 24 MAY, 7.00PM 3 HRS 20 MINS (INCL. INTERVAL)

Iqbal Khan returns to the RSC to direct, following his critically acclaimed productions of Othello (2015) and Much Ado About Nothing (2012). Following Caesar’s assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

APRIL

AT A GLANCE Tues 16 3.40pm/6.10pm 4.30pm/6.30pm/8.30pm 8.50pm

Mindhorn Jawbone Manhattan Mindhorn (Access) NIMHAFF:SecondChanceforChange

4.30pm 6.20pm 6.40pm 8.45pm 9.00pm

Wed 17

Their Finest NT Live: Twelfth Night Lady Macbeth Raw

1.45pm/6.10pm 2.00pm 4.30pm/6.30pm/8.30pm 8.50pm

Mindhorn Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? Manhattan Jawbone

4.30pm/8.45pm 6.20pm 6.40pm 8.20pm

Thurs 18

Their Finest Nineteen Eighty-Four Lady Macbeth Raw

3.10pm/5.40pm 3.40pm 6.00pm/8.00pm 8.20pm

Mindhorn NIMHAFF: Soul Shorts NTLive:Who’sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?

Jawbone

4.30pm 6.30pm 7.00pm 8.20pm

Fri 19

Frantz Colossal La Strada

3.45pm/6.10pm 6.30pm/8.35pm 8.50pm

Sat 20

DATE

EVENT

TIME

From10.30am(Film11am) 1.30pm

Mon 1

Their Finest Lady Macbeth Raw

6.10pm 6.30pm/8.30pm 8.50pm

Dementia Friendly: Moulin Rouge Iris + intro/discussion NT Live: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead La Strada Frantz Colossal

Tues 2

Their Finest Lady Macbeth Raw

3.40pm/6.10pm 6.30pm/8.30pm 8.50pm

Sun 21

Wed 3

Their Finest Lady Macbeth Raw

6.10pm 6.30pm/8.30pm 8.50pm

AutismFriendly:Kiki’sDeliveryService Frantz La Strada Colossal

From11.30am(Film12pm) 2.45pm/5.10pm 3.10pm/7.50pm 5.30pm/7.35pm

Mon 22

Thurs 4

Their Finest Lady Macbeth Raw

3.40pm/6.10pm 6.30pm/8.30pm 8.50pm

Frantz Colossal La Strada

6.10pm 6.30pm/8.35pm 8.50pm

Tues 23

Fri 5

The Journey Mindhorn Clash

4.15pm/6.20pm 6.40pm/8.25pm 8.40pm

Frantz La Strada Colossal

4.00pm/8.50pm 6.10pm 6.30pm/8.35pm

Wed 24

Sat 6

UKGFF: Bugs The Journey UKGFF: The Age of Consequences Mindhorn Clash Dredd

3.00pm 3.15pm/5.20pm 4.50pm 6.40pm/7.25pm 8.40pm 9.30pm

Colossal RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra Frantz

4.00pm/6.30pm 7.00pm 8.50pm

Thurs 25

Frantz La Strada Colossal

4.00pm/8.50pm 6.10pm 6.30pm/8.35pm

Fri 26

Sun 7

The Journey UKGFF: When Two Worlds Collide Mindhorn Clash

3.15pm/5.20pm 3.30pm 5.40pm/7.25pm 7.40pm

The Other Side of Hope One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Red Turtle Colossal Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

4.00pm/8.10pm 6.00pm 6.20pm 8.50pm 10.00pm

Mon 8

The Journey Mindhorn Clash

6.20pm 6.40pm/8.25pm 8.40pm

Sat 27

Tues 9 – Wed 10

The Journey Clash Mindhorn

4.15pm/8.40pm 6.20pm 6.40pm/8.25pm

Cineseekers: The Dragon Spell Letters from Baghdad The Red Turtle The Other Side of Hope One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Colossal

2.15pm 2.30pm 4.10pm/6.20pm 4.30pm/6.40pm 8.10pm 8.50pm

Sun 28

Thurs 11

Mindhorn NT Live: Obsession The Journey

6.20pm 7.00pm 8.20pm

2.30pm/5.30pm 2.45pm 4.30pm/6.40pm

Fri 12

Manhattan Jawbone Mindhorn Aquarius

4.30pm/8.40pm 6.20pm 6.40pm 8.20pm

The Red Turtle One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest The Other Side of Hope The Hippopotamus + Stephen Fry satellite Q&A Colossal

Mon 29

Sat 13

Aquarius Manhattan Jawbone Mindhorn

3.25pm/8.20pm 4.30pm/8.40pm 6.20pm 6.40pm

The Red Turtle The Other Side of Hope One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Colossal

6.20pm 6.40pm 8.10pm 8.50pm

Tues 30

Sun 14

Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? Manhattan Jawbone Mindhorn Aquarius

3.10pm 3.30pm/7.40pm 5.20pm 5.40pm 7.20pm

Letters from Baghdad The Red Turtle Colossal (Access) The Other Side of Hope

4.15pm/6.40pm 6.20pm 8.10pm 8.45pm

Wed 31

Letters from Baghdad The Red Turtle Colossal The Other Side of Hope

4.15pm/6.40pm 6.20pm 8.10pm 8.45pm

Mon 15

Jawbone Manhattan Aquarius Mindhorn

6.20pm 6.40pm 8.20pm 8.45pm

Thurs 1 June

Letters from Baghdad The Red Turtle Colossal The Other Side of Hope

4.15pm/6.40pm 6.20pm 8.10pm 8.45pm

DATE

EVENT

TIME

Fri 28

Their Finest Lady Macbeth Raw

Sat 29

Sun 30

MAY

2.00pm 4.10pm/8.50pm 6.10pm 6.30pm/8.35pm

7.30pm 8.50pm