Cambridge Film Festival 2011 Brochure

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to the 31st Cambridge Film Festival!

We’ve already received a huge number of film submissions from film-makers across the globe which brings a great wealth of new and exciting film-making talent to the screens of Cambridge. We’re also proud to say that we’ve got a record number of UK and World Premieres in the programme this year. Our cinema screens will be popping up in the largest number yet of outdoor locations, with spectacular open-air film screenings – now rightly feted nationally as Cambridge’s speciality – taking place right across the East Of England in Hertfordshire, Suffolk, and Bedfordshire, as well as at iconic spaces around Cambridge such as Jesus Green Lido, Magdalene Street, and Grantchester Meadows.

A Festival Director’s job is a tricky one. We’re at the mercy of the challenging financial situation as much as the vagaries of the international film industry – and the frustrating competition between film festivals for premieres is always a headache when all we strive for is to get films that we have enthusiastically championed in front of appreciative Cambridge audiences. Not everything eventually works out – our planned Premiere of Lars Von Trier’s MELANCHOLIA was a victim of a change in its star Kirsten Dunst’s schedule, for instance. Someone who knows more than most about the challenges – and the rewards – of launching independent cinema to UK audiences is one of our special guests this year, Hamish McAlpine, who will be at the Festival telling about the controversial boom – and the eventual bust – of his beloved Tartan Films, arthouse film distributor supreme.

However, when it all comes together, it makes all the blood, sweat and tears seem worthwhile. We’ve secured Tomas Alfredson’s TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY for Opening Night, and close with THE LOOK, a new film about on-screen and off-screen legend Charlotte Rampling. We

righted a wrong, giving UK audiences the chance to see the films of Joss Stelling – a great filmmaker from the Netherlands who has never had his works distributed here. And we coaxed composer and accompanist Neil Brand back with his unique accompaniment for the epic silent version of ROBIN HOOD – to be performed once in Rendlesham Forest, and then again in the dining hall at Trinity College – with dining option!

In some ways our programme proved rather prescient – our previews of PAGE ONE: INSIDE THE NEW YORK TIMES and TABLOID afforded the opportunity to explore the whole history of journalism in the movies, and as it was being planned the phone hacking scandal broke and Murdoch faced questions from MPs. Suddenly, ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN and CITIZEN KANE seemed more pertinent than ever.

We’re delighted to welcome New York Times columnist David Carr in connection with this season.

As ever we thank our generous sponsors and funders who enable us to present such an ambitious programme of films and events. We’ve been delighted with the manner in which EM Media have so enthusiastically taken on the responsibility for distributing film funding in the East of England, and the award of one-off Transition Funding from the BFI has given us a greater degree of financial stability to build on as the Festival continues to grow.

Special thanks are due this year to TTP and the Westbrook Foundation for their on-going commitment to funding the Festival. Film is a collaborative medium, but it relies on individuals and organisations having faith in that medium in order to make anything happen. That such faith is apparent all around, even in difficult financial times, is heartening indeed.

Tony Jones Director, Cambridge Film Festival

Contents Festival Guide Special Events Stop Press Opening and Closing Films Main Features Documentaries Timetable Contemporary German Cinema Revivals Tartan Films: A Tribute Hold The Front Page!

Cambridge Family Film Festival Jos Stelling: A Dutch Master The Romanian New Wave Shortfusion Ticket Prices & Map Venues Index

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YOUR GUIDE TO THE CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL 2011

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SELECT YOUR FILMS AND EVENTS What you have in your hands contains full information and listings for all the films and events confirmed at the time of going to print – complete with a handy day-by-day calendar in the centre pages to help you choose by time of day, or day of the week.

New films, guests, events and other surprises continue to be added to the Festival, so don’t forget to check the latest arrivals online at www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk

BOOK YOUR TICKETS Tickets are on sale from the 2 September (31 August for Picturehouse Members).

Advance tickets for all venues are available: in person at the Arts Picturehouse Box Office over the phone on 0871 902 5720 (9.30am – 8.30pm) as well as online via www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk For the best value snap up one of our money-saving Three Colours Passes! RED PASS (£25) gives 20% off all tickets, WHITE PASS (£50) 25% off all tickets, plus free tea and coffee at bar and BLUE PASS (£75) 30% off all tickets, plus free tea and coffee at the bar.

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GET ONLINE AND GET INTERACTIVE

Now for the fun part. The Festival takes place at a range of venues across the city, so to ensure things go with a swing check before setting out where your chosen screenings or events are taking place. If attending more than one venue on the same day, do also ensure you leave sufficient time between screenings.

See page 69 for more information on our venues.

It doesn’t have to end when the lights go up. Our website, built by our website sponsor Studio 24, offers a total multimedia experience of the Festival in addition to the latest news, film listings, venue info and much more. www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk keeps you in the loop with all the latest info, including: up to the minute details about every screening and event quick and easy online booking user comments, ratings and reviews Festival coverage from ‘Take One’, with articles, interviews & reviews in addition to the printed issues

We’ll also be regularly uploading a host of content to Cambridge Film Festival accounts on: Flickr – Facebook – Vimeo – YouTube - Twitter Links to our social media pages can be found on our main website. Follow us on Twitter @camfilmfest. We’d also be thrilled if you could tag your own content with ‘cff2011’ so that we can feature it on our site as well!

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6.00pm Director: Anonymous. Starring: Undisclosed. Country: Not Telling.

Picturehouse Membership

Every year we present a surprise movie – a film which has absolutely no advance warning of title, director, stars or genre – just a screening time and a venue. Every year, it sells out. Considering we lavish so much energy on providing full information for our screenings, it may seem odd to actively keep something secret – but we know from past experience that you love a mystery... What will it be this year? Only the Festival Director knows for certain, and neither truth drugs nor hypnotic flashing lights have persuaded him to divulge the information. Even the projectionists are kept in the dark.

Past Surprise Movies have included UP!, Herzog’s RESCUE DAWN, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, A COCK AND BULL STORY and BURN AFTER READING – all UK premieres! So with no hype and no reviews to distract you, simply sit back in your seat, let the lights dim and watch as the truth is finally revealed!

The Screen Team 2011

Cambridge Film Trust’s Events and Training Initiative This year sees our innovative Screen Team events and training programme – the first of its kind for any UK film festival – expand across the East of England as we deliver Cambridge Film Festival On Location events in Suffolk, Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire (see page 8).

We’ve already selected fifteen lucky Screen Team participants for this year, who have been receiving specialist training from the Festival team since July and have been working hard behind-the-scenes at our outdoor screenings and other special events. The Screen Team is a Cambridge Film Trust initiative which has been funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting cultural and sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. For more information email: becky@cambridgefilmtrust.org.uk

REMEMBER – AS PICTUREHOUSE MEMBER YOU GET PRIORITY BOOKING FOR FESTIVAL FILMS AND EVENTS AND A £2 DISCOUNT ON EACH FESTIVAL FILM YOU ATTEND. THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE YEAR, YOU’LL ALSO BENEFIT FROM: H H Three free tickets (six for Joint Members) when you join H Up to £2 discount on full-price tickets for a year (for the Member only) H Priority booking for selected premium events H No booking fee (save £1.60) H 10% off the Member’s food and drink H Picturehouse publications posted to your home H Discounts at all Picturehouse cinemas nationwide H Discounts and offers with local and national business partners

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Membership costs just £27 (£17 concessions) or £47 for joint Membership Call 0871 902 5720 or visit www.picturehouses.co.uk

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SURPRISE MOVIE (CFF 15)

Bernard Herrmann

Knowing The Score

Mark Kermode

The Good, The Bad, and the Multiplex Tuesday 20 September, 7.00pm Arts Picturehouse Join leading UK film critic, broadcaster and award-winning purveyor of wittertainment, Mark Kermode for a Q&A session and signing of his latest book The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex.

Written and presented by Neil Brand

Tuesday 20 September, 3.30pm Arts Picturehouse This year marks the centenary of the birth of film composer Bernard Herrmann, creator of some of the most powerful and instantly recognisable film scores in cinema history.

Although best remembered for his collaborations with Hitchcock – from the shrieking, stabbing violins of PSYCHO to the uneasy rise and fall of VERTIGO’s romance theme – Herrmann was far more than merely accompanist to the Master of Suspense. Thanks to him we have the jaunty theme and brooding chords of CITIZEN KANE, the haunting, iconic theremins of THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, the sleazy sax and doom-laden percussion of TAXI DRIVER. Herrmann’s groundbreaking work impacted upon almost every genre, and forever changed the way film music was regarded.

Using film clips and interviews, fellow composer, acclaimed silent film accompanist and Festival favourite Neil Brand reveals some of the techniques employed by Herrmann in crafting his scores. An afternoon of unique insight into one of cinema’s undisputed geniuses.

Bernard Herrmann redefined how music could be used in film with his heart racing, tense, luscious, atmospheric, inventive scores. His musical influence still resonates in contemporary cinema.”

His previous book, It’s Only a Movie, plunged us into the weird world of a film critic’s life. Now, in The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex he takes us into the belly of the beast to ask: “What’s wrong with the modern movie business – and how can we make it right?” If blockbusters make money no matter how bad they are, then why not make a good one for a change? How can 3-D be the future of cinema when it’s been giving audiences a headache for over a hundred years? Why pay to watch films in cinemas which don’t have a projectionist but do have a fast-food stand? And, in a world in which SEX AND THE CITY 2 was a hit, what the hell are film critics for?

If you crave answers to these questions – or simply wish to challenge the belief that THE EXORCIST is the greatest movie ever made and that the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN films should be buried in a very deep hole – then put away your 3D glasses, resist the urge to Tweet and join us for what promises to be a lively and outspoken evening’s entertainment.

MARK COSGROVE, WATERSHED

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Adults £15 Picturehouse Members £12 Concessions £13

@ Cambridge Film Festival Thursday 15 September, 2011, 4.00pm–6.30pm Harrods Room, Emmanuel College Screen Agency EM Media is in its tenth year of successfully supporting and developing film talent in the East Midlands. Following the closure of Screen East its support has recently been extended to include the East of England.

The agency will be holding a road show during the Cambridge Film Festival offering film professionals a chance to find out more about EM Media’s Skillset supported Career Acceleration Programme EAST (CAPE).

CAPE enables film professionals to apply for up to 50% towards costs of a bespoke package of training and skills support, supported by Skillset’s Film Skills Fund, as part of the UK film skills strategy, A Bigger Future 2. The road show will also give attendees the opportunity to discuss the future of film support for the East of England. Film industry professionals are invited to sign up to the Cambridge Film Festival event via Eventbrite www.emmediaroadshowcambfilmfest.eventbrite.com There is also an opportunity for one-to-one career development meetings throughout the day with members of the EM Media team, for more information or to book a slot please contact Sam Burton – sam.burton@em-media.org.uk before 5.00pm on 13 September 2011.

The Tartan Terror

Hamish McAlpine in conversation with Peter Bradshaw Thursday 22 September 8.00pm Arts Picturehouse

Eccentric and flamboyant,

McAlpine was an adventurous distributor with a taste that ranged from the best US independent cinema to turn-of-thecentury pornography (THE GOOD OLD NAUGHTY DAYS) to films about serial killers (ED GEIN, TED BUNDY) and classic European arthouse cinema (Tartan has released far more Ingmar Bergman titles on DVD than any Swedish distributor). He championed free speech, constantly jousting with the BBFC over ratings for films such as THE PORNOGRAPHER and THE ISLE. He was pioneering in introducing British cinemagoers to the work of Asian directors like Park Chanwook, Wong Kar-wai and Kim Ki-duk.” Geoffrey Macnab, The Guardian Few independent film distribution companies make a name for themselves – one that is remembered and recognised – but before it folded in 2008, Tartan Films had achieved that honour – largely due to the bold and unorthodox leadership of Hamish McAlpine.

A man with an uncanny eye for a great film, who established Tartan’s reputation as a the distributor of great arthouse and horror cinema, he also allegedly dressed up as Béatrice Dalle when the French actress failed to turn up to a press junket, and held a knife at the throat of a US executive in order to demonstrate that film was ‘a cutthroat business’.

To get the inside story, join us as the enfant terrible himself talks with Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw for one night only.

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CAMBRIDGE FILM FESTIVAL ON LOCATION

August and September 2011

The Festival’s screens will be popping up across the East of England this summer as we present our most ambitious range of outdoor screenings yet. Please check our website for event location, booking and ticket information. >> www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk Enjoy two evenings of cinematic thrills and spills beside the rapids at the UK’s brand new state-of-the-art white water centre – the host venue for the Canoe Slalom events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

ROBIN HOOD

Spectacular outdoor screenings at the Theatre in the Forest, Rendlesham.

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (12) Friday 9 September, at dusk (approx 8.00pm) Director: Gore Verbinski. Starring: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush. United States 2003. 143 mins

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Monday 29 August, at dusk (approx 8.15pm)

The first – and best – of the Pirates series; a fantastic swashbuckling yarn with thrilling battles, dazzling sword play and a dark edge.

Director: Allan Dwan. Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, William Lowery. USA 1922. 105 mins.

Fairbanks shines in the role of the English aristocrat who turns outlaw to protect the poor, easily outdoing Errol Flynn in terms of stunts and spectacular set pieces. To add to the magic, this rare screening takes place in the heart of an English forest, and features the world premiere of a new LIVE score by Neil Brand.

FINDING NEMO (U) Saturday 10 September, at dusk (approx 8.00pm) Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich. With the voices of: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres. United States 2003. 100 mins.

ROBIN HOOD will have a second performance in the hall of Trinity College, Cambridge, on 19 September, with Neil Brand again performing his new score LIVE. See page 12 for details.

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (PG) Tuesday 30 August, at dusk (approx 8.15pm) Director: Steven Spielberg. Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban. USA 1977. 137 mins.

To celebrate Rendlesham’s reputation amongst ufologists as ‘Britain’s Roswell’ we present Spielberg’s classic take on the flying saucer movie.

A gloriously rich, uplifting film, featuring Oscar-winning cinematography

by Vilmos Szigmond, here presented in the director’s definitive 1998 cut.

Pixar’s classic comedy-adventure about finding a very small fish in a very large ocean...

These events are part of the Cambridge Film Trust’s Screen Team training and events initiative and are funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to help build a lasting legacy from the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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The Screen Team will be re-grouping in Silsoe, near Luton in Bedfordshire, on Saturday 29th October to present an evening of very special Halloween screenings and events at English Heritage’s Wrest Park - a stylish French-style 18th century mansion, which is surrounded by some of the most magnificent but least well-known gardens in England.

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Outdoor Screenings for August Bank Holiday Weekend

Follow the River Cam out to Grantchester on August Bank Holiday weekend for another round of cinematic pleasures under the stars, as Movies on the Meadows return to what Pink Floyd once dubbed ‘a pastoral dream-like scene’.

Have the time of your life and enjoy the sweet end of the lollipop with special screenings of DIRTY DANCING and SOME LIKE IT HOT in this idyllic open-air cinema, made possible by the Festival’s unique, inflatable Airscreen. So, bring a blanket and a picnic (refreshments also available on site) and enjoy classic films in this fabulous riverside setting!

Gates open at 6.30pm with the films starting as night falls – approximately 8.15pm.

Ticket price includes hire of FM receivers for personalised sound (£5 cash deposit required). Bring your own headphones (or use ours) to plug in and enjoy the fun. Numbers are strictly limited to 1,000.

How to get there

Erected on the banks of the River Cam, the Airscreen can be found in Spring Lane Field, behind the picturesque Orchard Tearooms. Walk or cycling through the Meadows from the city centre via Newnham, or access the venue via the main Orchard Tea Garden’s entrance located on 45-47 Mill Way, Grantchester, Cambridge CB3 9ND. You could also make your way through the Green Man Pub’s beer garden at 59 High Street CB3 9NF.

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Sunday 28 August

DIRTY DANCING (12A)

SOME LIKE IT HOT (PG)

Director: Emile Ardolino. Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach. USA, 1987. 100 mins.

Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon. USA. 120 mins.

What could be more romantic or thrilling then swaying with Swayze under the stars? Part of a troupe of 80s dance flicks, the light-hearted – and light footed – love shared between dance instructor Johnny Castle (Swayze) and blossoming student ‘Baby’ (Grey) still sparkles more than 30 years on. Sashaying her way out of the corner with her hunk Johnny, ‘Baby’ puts on an unforgettable show - a perfect curtain raiser for the 31st Film Festival.

For returning fans and fresh eyes the comedy caper SOME LIKE IT HOT has it all; Joe (Curtis) and Jerry (Lemmon) in drag on the run from mobsters, a hilariously complicated romance, and the breath-taking beauty Marilyn Monroe. Monroe dazzles as Sugar Kane, a ukulele player in search of something a little sweeter... that is before she bumps into ‘Josephine’ and ‘Daphne’. From sweet to screwball to slapstick and back again, there is never a dull moment in Billy Wilder’s wonderful comedy classic.

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MOVIES ON GRANTCHESTER MEADOWS

Halloween Punting & Walking Ghost Tours Come with us to explore the darker side of Cambridge this Halloween. Tours run from 21st to 31st October 2011, departing at regular intervals from Scudamore’s Mill Lane punt station. Tours last 90 minutes.

Prices Adult £18.50 Concession £17.00 Under-12 £9.25

Tickets 01223 359750 www.scudamores.com 01223 457574 www.visitcambridge.org

Join us...if you dare!

Sunday 11 September, 8.00pm • Jesus Green Outdoor Pool Join us again for our annual family film event at Cambridge’s renowned open-air swimming pool.

Situated a duck’s waddle away from the river, the Jesus Green Outdoor Pool is not only a Cambridge institution, but also one of the few of its kind remaining in Britain – and one of the largest in Europe.

To help you enjoy this delightful and unique setting, we have put together an exciting collection of shorts – including a selection from the Disposable Film Festival, fresh from San Francisco – as well as early silent films and other aquatically-themed classics.

Pack a picnic or choose from a delicious range of drinks and snacks from the poolside cafe, then simply sit back and enjoy a relaxed evening with the whole family. With punts drifting past the light-filled pool, and a medley of your favourite films playing against the backdrop of the surrounding trees, this is lounging by the pool as you’ve never experienced it before!

Sunday 11th is also the last night of the Lido Summer Season - last chance to swim until 2012, with swimming until 7.30pm.

Tickets £7 Members £5 Concessions £6 Family group ticket £16

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MAGDALENE STREET SCREENINGS (CFF U) Sunday 18 September, from 8.00pm The Festival is delighted to return again to Cambridge’s oldest shopping street, where we will set up our screens to present you with a special evening out, giving you the opportunity to watch films completely FREE. Taking place along Bridge Street and Magdalene Street, these public screenings give you the chance to discover film in an entirely new way. We invite you to come along and stroll from the top of Magdalene Street down to Quayside to view screens on Magdalene College’s immaculate lawns, and on to Bridge Street and the stunning backdrop of St John’s College.

The screenings begin at 8.00pm – but arrive any time until 10.00pm. There will be a continuous programme so if you miss the beginning, you can simply stay until it comes around again.

Archive film productions courtesy of Norwich HEART’s Digital Heritage Project, a cross channel Interreg IVA project bringing the films of East Anglia and Upper Normandy alive – on screen, online, on mobile. www.heritagecity.org

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THE LIDO PICTURE SHOW (CFF U)

DINE WITH ROBIN HOOD AT TRINITY!

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Monday 19 September, dinner at 7.00pm, screening at 8.30pm Following its world premiere at the Festival’s ‘On Location’ screening in Rendlesham Forest (see page 8), composer and acclaimed silent film accompanist Neil Brand brings his new composition to the magnificent dining hall at Trinity College – the largest dining hall in Cambridge, built in 1604 – to once again accompany a rare screening of Allan Dwan’s epic silent version of the classic English legend, ROBIN HOOD. And epic it certainly was. An entire medieval village and a huge castle set were built for Dwan’s milliondollar film, which also became the first movie to boast a glamorous Hollywood premiere. To add to the excitement of the evening, we are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity to dine in this historic setting prior to the screening of the film.

Join us for an evening of wine, fine feasting and medieval derring-do!

ROBIN HOOD (PG)

Creative Front and Wired Present:

THE PRICE OF STORYTELLING Wednesday 21st September, 2.00–6.00pm Emmanuel College

Independent film-making has entered a new era with regards to financing films. New models enabled by crowd-funding, partnerships with online distributors and low cost, high-quality filming equipment have started to change the way films are being made – and the cost of doing so.

This event brings together filmmakers, distributors and producers to explore new forms of funding filmmaking and the use of online/social media to tell great stories – brought to you by Creative Front – the business network for creative professionals in Cambridgeshire – and Audio Visual special interest group Wired.

Speakers and our panel include Sloane U’Ren and Anthony Neely, Cambridgeshire-based director and producer, who mortgaged their house to fund their new feature DIMENSIONS; Heather Leach of Ginger Army Productions who produces long and short form media for multiple platforms and recently won the Current Crowd-Funding Pitch at Sheffield DocFest to make her new film, DANCING WITH HUGO BOSS; Head of the new Film 4.0 from Channel 4; Sean Coleman from Red Kingdom, a screenwriter and producer who specialises in cross-platform drama with recent projects for Bebo and MSN; and more to be confirmed.

There is also an opportunity to see DIMENSIONS by Sloane U’Ren and Anthony Neely in the evening of Wednesday 21 September at 8.15pm – see the listing in the brochure’s main feature pages.

Live Score

Director: Allan Dwan. Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery. USA 1922. 105 mins.

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The radiant Douglas Fairbanks launches into action in his role as the Earl of Huntingdon – better known as Robin Hood – champion of the underdog and righter of wrongs. Wallace Beery’s King Richard proved so popular that the character starred in his own spin-off film the following year.

Film only Film only (Members) Film + Dinner

£10 £8 £35

Please note – dining is limited to 50 places. Unfortunately Festival Pass discounts do not apply to this unique event.

This event is free for Creative Front members and £125 for non-members. You can join Creative Front from as little as £25 at www.creativefront.org/register to enjoy this and many other events like it for free!

For more information and to book a place visit www.creativefront.org/events

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The Contemporary Women’s Programme Funded by Cambridgeshire County Council, for the second year running, Cambridge Film Festival 2011 is proud to present a series of Film and Creative Writing Workshops with writer in-residence, Jane Monson.

Published writer and tutor, Dr Jane Monson, will lead creative writing workshops after selected screenings at the Arts Picturehouse throughout the Festival. All ages and levels are welcome and no experience of creative writing is necessary – just a passion for film and an interest in developing and learning how to use cinematic themes, images, and sounds as stimuli and material for new writing. The focus this year is on women and film and is open to ALL. Using featured and short films from the Festival – directed by women exploring the relationship between art, film and gender – these three-hour workshops will offer a chance to view, discuss, create, develop ideas and put them to paper.

Screenings and Workshops: Tuesday 20 September, 12.00 – 3.00pm, Timmy Hele Room @ Emmanuel College Friday 23 September, 12.00 – 3.00pm, Buckingham House, Murray Edwards College Sunday 25 September, 12.00 – 3.00pm, Buckingham House, Murray Edwards College All workshops are 3 hours, including selected short screenings. Please see Cambridge Film Festival website for updated details.

TICKETS £20 per session CONTACT jemonson@eircom.net/ 07818 255 469 BOX OFFICE 0871 902 5720 www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk

Supported by Cambridgeshire Libraries Literature Development

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ICO: THE BUSINESS AND CREATIVITY OF PROGRAMMING CULTURAL FILM

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A selection of shorts about dreams, danger and discovery by filmmakers from the East Midlands. The films were made with the support of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and received National Lottery through EM Media’s Regional Investment Fund for England.

WINGS Writer: Catharine Ashdown. Director: Ester Richardson. UK 2011. 13 mins.

A mother’s love threatens to ruin Ellie’s dream of leaving home to join the RAF.

A BOATLOAD OF WILD IRISHMEN (CFF 12)

MY LONG DISTANCE FRIEND (CFF 15)

Director: Mac Dara Ó’Curraidhín. Ireland/UK 2011. 84 mins. English and Gaelic with English subtitles.

Director: Carina Molier, Maria Mok. The Netherlands 2011. 73 mins.

Dutch/German with English subtitles.

Co-produced by the University of Lincoln, A BOATLOAD OF WILD IRISHMEN explores the moral complexities of controversial American documentary-maker Robert Flaherty, regarded as the father of the modern documentary – largely as a result of his hugely successful film NANOOK OF THE NORTH in 1922. Flaherty’s groundbreaking and intimate film of an Inuit family was a unique record of a traditional way of life – but as with his later films of life in Samoa, the Aran Islands and the Louisiana bayou, he was perfectly happy to stage scenes in order to make a better film, raising accusations of ethnographic falsification and exploitation of his subjects.

Through archive film and interviews, Ó’Curraidhín’s film tackles the contradictions of the man and his work head on, painting a vibrant portrait of this complex and controversial figure.

Print source: Wavelength Pictures

Since the age of 9, when she ran away from her home country of Zimbabwe, Og has led a nomadic existence.

Moving between countries and people, in an incredible tale that sees her falling pregnant when she was 14 and losing custody of her daughter, then eventually meeting director Carina Molier – her long distance friend – who tells Og’s story. Desperate to be reunited with her daughter, Og returns to her homeland – not only to fulfil her quest, but to face her past and her demons. It is through this search for inner peace that Molier is able to examine her own, and indeed all of our lives, in a beautiful film about being human. MY LONG DISTANCE FRIEND is not just about streetwise Og’s story, but identity, home, and finding oneself in the transient world in which we live.

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HIT AND RUN Director: Al Mackay. UK 2011. 17 mins.

When Michael leaves Shelley lying injured in the middle of the road he soon realises he can run but he really can’t hide.

PORK Director: Sally-Anne Betts. UK 2011. 12 mins With the weight of hundreds of years of racial oppression bearing down on him, a boy of dual heritage finds it hard to takes sides when his parents fight.

DIARY OF A THAGEE Director: Charlie Sen. UK 2011. 10 mins.

A man roams the streets at night looking to enact a ritual of Thagee heritage.

PAPA Directors: Carolina Giammetta & Schuman Hoque. UK 2011. 11 mins.

A father and daughter embark on a journey of discovery and understanding when they find themselves working side by side over the Christmas period.

JAM TODAY Director: Simon Ellis. UK 2011. 14 mins.

A young boy’s sexual awakening propels him into a curious and surprising new world.

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TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY (CFF 15) Director: Tomas Alfredson. Starring: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Ciarán Hinds, John Hurt, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Stephen Graham. UK/France 2011. 128 mins.

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN director Alfredson adapts the classic John le Carré 1974 espionage novel with a little help from the crème de la crème of British acting talent. Gary Oldman (THE DARK KNIGHT) is George Smiley, a retired intelligence agent recalled to sniff out a Soviet mole who’s managed to infiltrate the MI6.

Set in the 1970s, TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY promises to be an intelligent old-school spy caper that prizes atmosphere over whiz-bang special effects, painting a portrait of international espionage very much at odds with the glitz and glamour of Bond. A fantastic cast and an internationally revered director mark this as an unmissable post-Bourne crime drama – already being tipped as an awards season contender.

We hope to welcome director Tomas Alfredson and members of the cast to this screening.

Print source: Studio Canal UK

THE LOOK (CFF 15)

UK Premiere

Director: Angelina Maccarone. France. 2011. 94 mins. French and German with English subtitles.

Perhaps more than any other woman, Charlotte Rampling epitomizes sexual liberation, from the swinging sixties when she was a young woman in fashionable Chelsea, to the attractive mature woman that she is today.

To capture the person – the “phenomenon” Charlotte Rampling; breaker of taboos, icon, superstar and avant-gardist – is a cinematic adventure that can only succeed by being as brave as the woman herself. While presented in countless films and photographs as the classic “object of desire”, THE LOOK takes on her perspective, and we see the world through her eyes. Going far beyond anecdotal trivia or linear biography, Rampling fearlessly fathoms the major questions of life with companions such as Peter Lindbergh and Paul Auster.

This extremely watchable film about actress Charlotte Rampling is a fascinating series of discussions between her and a series of photographers, writers and filmmakers” SCREEN DAILY 8.30pm

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AS IF I AM NOT THERE

Director: Noreen Kershaw. Starring: Leo Gregory, Jody Latham, UK Premiere David Yip. UK 2010. 95 mins.

Director: Niall MacCormick. Starring: Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, Felicity Jones, Jessica Brown Findley. UK 2011. 90 mins. English

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East meets North-West in this gritty crime thriller, based on a true story. When Dezzie (Leo Gregory) protects Chinese immigrant Yasin at school from bullying little can he dream where his compassion will lead. Years later Yasin returns to Manchester only to make Dezzie an offer he can’t refuse: a position within the family business. Dezzie has been invited to join the Chinese mafia – the Triads – running businesses in Manchester and Liverpool... Two of the three writers Marc Pye and Alan Field met whilst scripting episodes for the Emmy award-winning BBC series The Street where they first discussed the idea. Shanghaiing a mob of UK acting talent, including Gregory (STONED) and Jody Latham (Shameless) ACT OF GRACE carves out a story of friendship and betrayal on the mean streets of Salford.

Vivacious 17-year-old Emilia (Findlay) works at The Cliff House, run by a squabbling couple Jonathan (Sebastian Koch, from THE LIVES OF OTHERS), his wife Joa (Julia Ormond) and their children. Emilia’s sense of adventure soon has an impact on the family. She begins an affair with Jonathan that threatens to have devastating consequences, and, finding herself at the middle of a family set to implode, she must face up to truths of her own background as well as the implications of her actions.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Fri 16 screening.

Print source: KWA Associates

Echoes of David Leland’s much-loved 1987 British feature Wish You Were Here very deliberately come through in accomplished comedy drama Albatross, which features a star-in-the-making performance by film newcomer Jessica Brown Findlay.” SCREEN INTERNATIONAL Print source: Cinemanx

Director: Juanita Wilson. Starring: Stellan Skarsgaard, Miraj Grbic, Natasa Petrovic, Irina Apelgren. Ireland 2010. 109 mins. Bosnian with English subtitles.

AS IF I AM NOT THERE is a story of a young woman from Sarajevo whose life is shattered the day a young soldier walks into her apartment and tells her to pack her things. Rounded up with the other women from the village and imprisoned in a warehouse in a remote region of Bosnia, she quickly learns the rules of camp life. The day she is picked out to ‘entertain’ the soldiers, the real nightmare begins. Stripped of everything she ever had and facing the constant threat of death, she struggles against all the hatred she sees around her. In a final act of courage or madness, she decides to make one last stand: to dare to be herself. It’s when she realises that surviving means more than staying alive that she has to make a decision that will change her life forever.

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ATROCIOUS (CFF 18) Director: Fernando Barreda Luna. Starring: Rafael Amaya, Jose Masegosa, Chus Pereiro. Spain/Mexico 2010. 75 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.

In April 2010, the Quintanilla family travelled to their farmhouse in Sitges, Spain, for their summer vacation. Not keen on the countryside, siblings Christian and July started investigating the strange legend of the girl in the Garraf woods to while away the time. All day, they recorded whatever they did. On the fifth day after their arrival the entire family was found brutally murdered, leaving only the siblings’ recordings as a clue to what happened.

Based on a true story, the 37 hours of footage – from which this film is made – was used by the local police department to find clues as to what happened. Or so the filmmakers claim... But can they be trusted? We’re saying nothing!

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Director: Michael R. Roskam. Starring: Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy. Belgium 2011. 124 mins. Dutch and French with English subtitles.

BULLHEAD, a thriller about gangsters and farmers, is set against the backdrop of the Belgium cattle hormone mafia. Young Limburg cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a mysterious secret from Jacky’s past, set in motion a chain of events with far-reaching consequences. Filmmaker Roskam says about his debut film. “It is a film about people being driven to extremes. It is not about good or evil, but about how seemingly small events can sometimes have huge consequences for the people involved. Their fate is also their destiny.”

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DIMENSIONS: A LINE, A LOOP, A TANGLE OF UK Premiere THREADS (CFF 12A) Director: Sloane U’Ren. Starring: Henry Lloyd-Hughes, Camilla Rutherford, Olivia Llewellyn, Sean Hart, Patrick Godfrey. UK 2011. 99 mins.

Privately funded by writer/composer Ant Neely (Six Feet Under, Boston Legal) and director/production designer Sloane U’Ren (HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE, BATMAN BEGINS) – who sold their house to realise the project – this intelligent period science fiction drama shows what can be done on a micro budget. Made entirely on location in Cambridge using professional expertise, good will and volunteers, it tells the story of Stephen, a brilliant young boy who lives in England in what appears to be the 1920s. But nothing in Stephen’s life is quite as it seems. By chance he meets a charismatic professor at a garden party, who explains that by manipulating other dimensions, time travel is theoretically possible. But events soon compel Stephen to turn the Professor’s theories into reality...

We are delighted to welcome the filmmakers and members of the cast to the Wed 21 screening.

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DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (CFF 18) Director: Troy Nixey. Starring: Guy Pearce, Katie Holmes.

USA/Australia/Mexico 2011. 99 mins. English.

Guillermo del Toro’s DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (he wrote the screenplay) is a reworking of a telefilm that terrified him as a tiny. Ten-year-old rebel Sally lives with her remote father Alex (Guy Pearce) and his new wife Kim (Katie Holmes) in Falling Mill, a dilapidated Gothic mansion. Unbeknownst to the young family, the house they are lovingly renovating harbours something more sinister than dry rot in its shadows, and when Alex re-opens a hidden basement room, its occupants make their furious feelings clear. This creepy New England fairytale feels like a sketchbook for PAN’S LABYRINTH but is very much its own film, and persistent lapses into horror cliché are redeemed by nuanced performances from Katie Holmes and the outstanding young actress Bailee Madison.

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DRIVE (18) Director: Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Ron Perlman. USA 2011. 95 mins.

Based on a short story by the neo-noir crime novelist James Sallis, DRIVE is a taught thriller spliced with high-octane chases to match the pace of the FAST & FURIOUS series. Gosling stars as the Hollywood stunt driver with no name, who dabbles as a wheelman and becomes involved in a botched bank heist. When things kick off, the ‘driver’ has to fall back on his death-defying skills to save his own skin. This roaring, road-rage rampage may invite comparisons with Quentin Tarantino’s DEATH PROOF, but don’t let that fool you – and director Refn’s slick action movie has already claimed pole position, winning him the Best Director Award at Cannes. B-Movie thrills combined with a star-studded cast look set to make DRIVE a runaway festival favourite.

We are delighted to welcome director Nicolas Winding Refn to the Monday 19th screening.

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GUILTY OF ROMANCE (CFF 18)

THE HELP (CFF 12)

(CFF 15) Director: Maxì Dejoie. Starring: Valentina Bartolo, Sax Nicosia, Luigi Piluso. Italy 2011. 88 mins. Italian with English subtitles.

Director: Sono Sion. Starring: Miki Mizuno, Makoto Togashi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Kanji Tsuda, Kazuya Kojima. Japan 2011. 112 mins.

UK Premiere Japanese with English subtitles.

Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain. USA 2011. 146 mins.

UK Premiere

Italian newcomer Maxì Dejoie infects our fears of global pandemic to critical levels in THE GERBER SYNDROME. When a new virus strikes a TV crew reports events from ground zero in the Italian suburbs. The accounts of three people directly involved with the disease are revealed: a doctor, an infected girl, a young security agent. Naturally the authorities are holding back on the violent truth for our own protection. Dejoie plays it strictly low-key by making his film resemble a documentary, recalling the all-too-real horrors of real-life emergent epidemics such as the 2009 Swine Flu outbreak. Chillingly Dejoie understands that people’s emotional reactions to tragedy are what makes a horror story unforgettable. Don’t watch without a face mask.

Last in cult director Sono Sion’s Hate Trilogy (LOVE EXPOSURE and COLD FISH) GUILTY OF ROMANCE is nothing short of his previous provocative, sexually-charged signature films. Bending genres such as film noir, melodrama, thriller and soft porn, GUILTY OF ROMANCE tells the story of three women. Izumi, obedient but bored wife of a famous author, finds distraction in modelling naked, discovering secret desires and meeting shadowy people from the Tokyo Love Hotel red-light area – including literary professor Mitsuko who works as a prostitute at night (and becomes Izumi’s dark mirror image). Intertwined is the story of female detective Kazuko who finds a dismembered body near the hotel. As these Freudian-charged stories unfold, all grow closer together to culminate in a gruesome, phantasmagorical finale.

Print source: London Sci Fi Festival

With its hallucinatory, eye-popping visuals, Guilty Of Romance takes us on an odyssey into the heart of sexual identity.” ICA Print source: Eureka!

Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends’ lives – and their 1960s Mississippi town – upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter’s best friend’s housekeeper, is the first to open up – to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community.

Despite Skeeter’s life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories – and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly – and unwillingly – caught up in the changing times.

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ISPANSI (CFF 15)

JO FOR JONATHAN (CFF 15)

Director: Nir Bergman. Starring: Roee Elsberg, Orly Zilbershatz, Yehuda Almagor, Yael Sgersk. Israel 2010. 110 mins. Hebrew with English subtitles.

Director: Carlos Iglesias. Starring: Esther Regina, Carlos Iglesias, Eloísa Vargas, Isabel Blanco. Spain/Germany 2010. 100 mins.

UK Premiere Spanish and Russian with English subtitles.

UK Premiere Director: Maxime Giroux. Starring: Raphael Lacaille, Jean-Sebastien Courchesne, Vanessa Pilon, Jean-Alexandre Letourneau. Canada 2010. 78 mins. French with English subtitles.

In Israel in the early 1960s, a new generation is growing up: the militant Israeli, the generation that will not go through another Holocaust. But Hinda’s son, Aharon, a sensitive eleven year old boy with a highly developed inner world, does not quite fit the mould. His soul seeks refinement, art – everything he is unable to find at home. Aharon refuses to become like his parents for whom human existence is reduced to war and survival. As an expression of protest he does not grow an inch during three years. Betrayed by his family, by his best friend and his beloved, lonely in his small body, but aware of his maturing soul, he realizes something must be done. Aharon crosses the boundary dividing childhood and adolescence in a dangerous inner journey, but determined to treasure the child within. Based on the acclaimed novel by David Grossman, INTIMATE GRAMMAR took the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2010.

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Paula and Alvaro belong to opposite social and ideological classes. Turbulent times in their homeland have led to them being sent to the USSR, two of the 30,000 ‘war children’ evacuated abroad in 1937-38 by the Spanish Republican government to spare them Franco’s bombings during the Civil War. But when the Germans invade Russia in 1941, far tougher times lie ahead. ISPANSI follows the epic journey of a group of children and accompanying adults as they struggle for survival, fleeing north from Stalingrad to spend a harsh winter in a village of the Volga region, then being forced out by hunger to face the long walk to the Ural Mountains. Though both may be losers in the face of history and ideology, Alvaro and Paula grow closer during their terrible journey, finally developing a love freed from political hatred.

Print source: Un Franco 14 Pesetas

(JO POUR JONATHAN)

JO FOR JONATHAN captures the adolescent life of its main protagonist with great delicacy and control. A water bottle left on top of a car dances to the rhythm of the car’s (unheard) sound system – it parallels the inner turmoil of Jonathan (Raphael Lacaille) as he deals with his failures and his guilt. Having failed his driving test, he decides to pretend that he passed and unwittingly kickstarts a chain of events which begins with illegal car racing and ends with an irretrievable separation from his much-adored older brother. JO FOR JONATHAN offers no glamourised version of what it means to grow up in Canadian Quebecois suburbia, but its honesty and cinematic achievement make director Maxime Giroux a serious talent to watch.

Raphael Lacaille is impressive” VARIETY

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emiere Director: Reha Erdem. Starring: Sermet Yesil, Türkü Turan. UK Pr Turkey/Bulgaria 2010. 122 mins. Turkish with English subtitles.

Set in a small, snowbound village, this is the story of a man with extraordinary powers, who arrives unannounced just in time to restore a young boy to life after drowning. Welcomed as a miracle-worker, the tide soon changes as he turns to stealing and his inability to become part of the community becomes apparent. With this, his sixth feature, director Reha Erdem has once again created a film completely different from his previous work. The complex Kosmos is perfectly portrayed

by Sermet Yesil, with his worldly, wise and profound ramblings about life, love and those around him, and the intricate plot, with its simple, but visually stunning approach, makes this a beautiful work to behold. The film bursts with philosophical ideas, mystical subplots and some truly surreal moments, while capturing the haunting sense of a seemingly never-ending winter and exploring the primal nature of man.

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LION KING 3D (U)

Director: Jon Sanders. Starring: Anna Mottram, Richard Vanstone, re Charlotte Palmer, Bob Goody. UK 2010. 87 mins.

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Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff. Voices: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones. USA 1994. 89 mins.

LATE SEPTEMBER takes place over a 24 hour period, following the course and aftermath of a birthday celebration organised by a woman for her husband to whom she has been married for nearly 40 years. As the day and night progress, the question of whether it is better to live alone or to live with someone with whom you feel lonely is played out through all the different characters in a beautiful Kent house, its garden and the surrounding countryside. Old rifts, new relationships and secrets emerge amongst friends, a tragedy occurs and eventually the underlying tensions in the marriage can no longer be contained. Although begging for comparisons, Von Trier’s FESTEN this ain’t – LATE SEPTEMBER prefers to stay on the side of its characters and seeks a truthful portrayal of universally asked questions about modern relationships.

What could be better than talking, singing lions? Talking, singing lions in 3D of course! Nearly a decade since THE LION KING last appeared on the big screen, Disney’s Oscar® and Golden Globe® winning film is back; bolder and brighter and, um, in 3D. Disney’s Bob Chapek, president of distribution, announces that “the all-new 3D format immerses viewers in the epic settings and puts them face-to-face with these beloved characters.” Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. Helped by wandering misfits Timon and Pumbaa, wise old Rafiki, and his childhood love Nala, Simba journeys to reclaim his role in the great circle of life.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Sun 18 screening.

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This screening is open to all. LION KING 3D will also be playing on the same day at 6.00pm as part of the Family Film Festival at the Arts Picturehouse, with additional activities and events. Please see page 53 for full details of the special Family Film Festival screening.

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MADEMOISELLE CHAMBON (CFF 15) Director: Stéphane Brizé. Starring: Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Kiberlain, Aure Atika.

France 2009. 101 mins. French with English subtitles.

After the international success of NOT HERE TO BE LOVED, Stéphane Brizé returns with his usual elegance and subtle scriptwriting, in a story that echoes in each and every one of us. Jean leads a pretty ordinary life: he spends his days happily between his construction sites and his house, with his loving wife and son. He feels comfortable in this routine.

One day, as he’s picking up Jérémy from school, he stumbles upon Mademoiselle Chambon, his son’s teacher. She’s discreet, elegant, mesmerizing, in a way completely foreign to his environment. This chance encounter will be a turning point in his well-organized life. An opportunity for change or a folly to regret...

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MYSTERIES OF LISBON

Director: Woody Allen. Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Adrien Brody. USA 2011. 100 mins.

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(CFF 15) (MISTÉRIOS DE LISBOA)

In this romantic fantasy adventure Woody Allen indulges his passion for France’s capital amid an exploration of the fallacy of nostalgia. When wealthy Hollywood scriptwriter Gil (Wilson) and fiancé Inez (McAdams) join Inez’ parents on a trip to Paris, Gil is entranced by his idealised view of the city’s bygone days and becomes increasingly distanced from the rest of the party.

While on a solitary midnight stroll Gil is picked up by mysterious revellers and is transported through time to the golden age he dreams of, and in which he meets artistic greats such as Hemingway, Picasso, TS Eliot, and Adriana (Cotillard), Picasso’s beautiful mistress. In her, and in her era, Gil finds a new source of inspiration and passion, but it appears that Adriana is suffering from a similar sense of disenchantment with her own time.

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Director: Raoul Ruiz. Starring: Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, Ricardo Pereira.

Portugal 2010. 272 mins. Portuguese and French with English subtitles.

Raoul Ruiz’s masterful adaptation of the nineteenth-century Portuguese novel (by Camilo Castelo Branco) represents the rare combination of a director at the top of his game working with material perfectly suited to his unique sensibilities. Evoking the complex intertwined narratives of Victor Hugo and Charles Dickens, the story centers on Joao, the bastard child of an ill-fated romance between two aristocrats who are forbidden to marry, and his quest to discover the truth of his parentage.

But this is just the start of an engrossing tale that follows a multitude of characters whose fates conjoin, separate and then rejoin again over three decades in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy.

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RED STATE (18)

RED, WHITE AND BLUE (18)

Director: John Akomfrah. Voices: Sean Barrett, John Barrymore, Richard Burton.

UK 2010. 92 mins.

Director: Kevin Smith. Starring: Michael Parks, Melissa Leo. USA 2011. 88 mins.

Director: Simon Rumley. Starring: Noah Taylor, Amanda Fuller. USA 2011. 103 mins.

RED STATE was conceived by Kevin Smith as a vehicle for Tarantino stalwart Michael Parks, who features as Abin Cooper in this ultra low-budget, blood-spattered satire on religious fanaticism. Peppered with plot twists and acts of unique depravity, RED STATE is a cut above the usual splatter and torture. Among its quirks of originality is the lack of musical score: the soundtrack consists of songs performed by the cast as part of the story. Smith has intimated that there are ten ‘Easter Eggs’ to spot throughout the film – for instance, keep an eye out for Sheriff Wynan’s explosive motif. Actions might speak louder than words, but this is a Kevin Smith film, so expect skull cracking and wisecracking in equal measure – not least from John Goodman as the volatile Agent Keenan.

This stunning, complex and original psychological drama opens with a mostly dialogue-free portrait of promiscuity and disaffection, but steadily evolves into a thought-provoking revenge tragedy and culminates in Shakespearian levels of violence. The story’s heavy reliance on coincidence and irony can be easily overlooked in light of the powerfully sympathetic characters, in particular the soft-spoken warhorse Nate (Taylor) and Erica (Fuller), an uptight, loose woman with a ghastly hidden agenda. Completing the triangle of core performances is Marc Senter’s Franki, a rock star wannabe whose mother is dying of cancer. It’s hard to understand at first how three such disparate individuals could be brought together, but as events provoke a series of shocking character revelations, feelings of foreboding set in and we begin to glimpse the “barren rage of death’s eternal cold”.

Divided into nine musical chapters and mixing a vast array of archival material, THE NINE MUSES reforges The Odyssey as a reflection upon journeys, migration, memory and the power of elegy. John Akomfrah, co-founder of the Black Audio Film Collective, expands his exhibition Mnemosyne beyond the gallery in this visual-poem telling the story of Britain’s post-war migrations. Using spectacular landscape imagery from Alaska with rare archive footage from the BBC, Akomfrah sets the writings of Dante, Beckett and Basho to an equally wide-ranging musical selection with readings from Richard Burton, John Barrymore and Michael Sheen. THE NINE MUSES unfolds as an utterly absorbing meditation on a journey towards self-discovery, a ‘sorrow song’ on a quest for knowledge and identity.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to this screening.

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Includes a specially recorded introduction by director Kevin Smith.

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RESISTANCE (CFF 15)

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Rheon, Andrea Riseborough.

UK Premiere UK 2011. 92 mins.

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As the them all-female huddlesof their mutual dependency. together, a group of German Wehrmacht soldiers invade the valley. A cruel winter season forces the two groups to put aside their differences and build a cautious entente Michael Sheen (FROST/NIXON), Iwan Rheon (E4’s cordiale, MISFITS), but as farmer’s wife Sarah Lewis(MADE (Andrea Riseborough) and Andrea Riseborough IN DAGENHAM) stargrows in thiscloser to the patrol’sthriller commanding officer,valley the spirit of the the Black valley is supernatural set in a Welsh among threatened by the war raging beyond the mountain, and the Mountains. unlikely community is faced with unimaginable devastation.

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Director: Jean-Pierre Améris. Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Isabelle Carré, Lorella Cravotta. Belguim/France 2010. 80 mins. French with English subtitles.

What happens when a gifted chocolate-maker with a lifelong case of uncontrollable shyness meets a similar case of total discomfiture? Director Jean-Pierre Améris offers these two characters a chance to own up to their hidden affections in a delectable comedy of everyday embarrassment. Little does chocolate factory owner Jean-René (Benoît Poelvoorde) know that he will soon end up facing his greatest fears after hiring Angélique (Isabelle Carré) as his new sales associate. While the fate of the business hangs in the balance, the two lovable protagonists fight for their emotional freedom in this funny and romantic modern fairy tale.

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African Parliament in 1994,Natasa readsDorcic, IngridIvana Jonker’s Croatia 2010. 80 mins.poem Croatian withchild English ‘The whosubtitles. was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga’ that she finds beingfuture, hailed During a ‘Big Brother’ style reality showrecognition, set in the near one of the greatest poetsconfrontation, in South Africa.. a war starts and as escalates towards nuclear but BUTTERFLIES riveting love- and lifethe producer willBLACK do anything to hideisitthe from the contestants. storythe of the young poet –aakind powerful portrait of a As the war escalates, show becomes of escape strong-headed and talented yet troubled for the general population who woman enjoy watching the pointless artist during theincreasing Apartheidratings, regime.how Carice antics of the housemates.

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THE SILVER CLIFF (CFF 15)

UK Premiere Director: Karim Ainouz. Starring: Alessandra Negrini, Otto Jr., Thiago Martins, Gabi Pereira, Carla Ribas. Brazil 2011. 85 mins. Portugese with English subtitles.

(O ABISMO PRATEADO)

THE SILVER CLIFF was inspired by a song by Brazilian musician Chico Buarque, called Eye to Eye, about the impossibility of love and forgiveness. Having already won many admirers with MADAM SATA, SUELY IN THE SKY and I TRAVEL BECAUSE I HAVE TO, I COME BACK BECAUSE I LOVE YOU. Director Karim Ainouz here takes us on the lyrical and poetic journey of Violeta, who retrieves a voicemail during her work at a dentail clinic, in which her husband informs her he won’t be returning.

Confusion, despair and hurt propel her all over the city, as she tries and fails to reach Djalma or gather information about his unexplained decision. Arriving at the airport too late to catch the last flight to Porto Alegre, on an impulse she takes a taxi to Copacabana...

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Director: Julia Leigh. Starring: Emily Browning, Rachel Blake.

Australia 2011. 101 mins.

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Director: Rudolf van den Berg. Starring: Gijs Scholten van Asschat, Sylvia Hoeks, Johanna ter Steege, Abbey Hoes. Netherlands 2010. 100 mins.

UK Premiere Dutch with English subtitles.

“You will go to sleep: you will wake up. It will be as if those hours never existed.” Death-haunted, quietly reckless Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy’s absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy’s daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. A disturbing sexual nightmare, with shades of Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT, Julia Leigh’s adaptation of her own novel is a technically elegant directorial debut – and was part of the Official Selection at Cannes.

There is force and originality in Leigh’s work” THE GUARDIAN

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Jörgen Hofmeester’s world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part of his life that makes sense is his beloved daughter Tirza. But now even this certainty is shattered when she disappears on holiday in Namibia. After weeks of terrifying uncertainty, Jörgen goes searching for her, but the heat, his drinking and bad memories combine to unhinge him. His only ally is a child prostitute called Kaisa. Together they journey into the wilderness on Tirza’s trail to discover her fate. With a powerful, multifaceted performance from Gijs Scholten van Asschat as Jörgen and featuring the stunning Sylvia Hoeks (named as one of European films’ Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion) this is a journey that is full of subtle twists, and with dark and unsettling depths.

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TOMORROW AT DAWN (CFF 15)

TYRANNOSAUR (18)

Director: Céline Sciamma. Starring: Zoé Héran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson.

France 2011. 84 mins. French with English subtitles.

UK Premiere Director: Denis Dercourt. Starring: Vincent Perez, Jérémie Reiner, Aurélien Recoing, Anne Marvin. France 2009. 96 mins. French with English subtitles.

Director: Paddy Considine. Starring: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan. UK 2011. 91 mins.

Michaël (Zoe Héran) enjoys playing football with the boys, swimming and sharing quiet conversations with his girlfriend Lisa. He is so popular with the locals one would hardly believe he has only just arrived in suburban Paris. But Michaël isn’t an ordinary boy – in fact he isn’t a boy at all, but a product of 10-year-old Laure’s androgyny, and it’s got everyone fooled. In this vivid chronicle of ambiguous emotions, French director Céline Sciamma (WATER LILIES) ponders on the issue of sexual identity at an early age. Treating the subject with grace and intelligence, TOMBOY attempts to protest the proverbial childhood innocence above all.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Thu 15 screening.

One of the great films made by adults for adults about children.” LITTLE WHITE LIES Print source: Peccadillo Pictures

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Denis Dercourt presents his follow-up to the UK arthouse THE PAGE TURNER, again drawing his inspiration from classical music (he also teaches music at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg). In his latest film, Napoleonic France looms large. Mathieu is a virtuoso pianist who goes home to care for his sick mother. He walks into a world of historical re-enactments and dressing in character. At a weekend event for enthusiasts, the stakes are raised to the highest levels, and Dercourt is on top form with the thoroughly engaging tale that unfolds. Tense, dramatic and precisely timed, TOMORROW AT DAWN played in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival.

Those who assume classical musicians are sissies may have to adjust their thinking after Tomorrow At Dawn, in which classical music meets historical battle re-enactments to excellent effect.” LISA NELSON, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL We are delighted to welcome director Denis Dercourt to this screening.

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Actor Paddy Considine impressed audiences at Sundance with this feature-length directorial debut, earning himself the Word Cinema Directing Award in the process. TYRANNOSAUR takes an unflinching look at one man’s submission to rage and violence – emotions that threaten to consume him. Widower Joseph (Mullan) is bitter and angry at the world, beating his dog to death and lashing out at youths. Running from the kids he has needlessly aggressed, he takes shelter in a charity shop where he meets good Christian Hannah (Colman). Can she help Joseph emerge from his self-destructive spiral, or will her own dark secrets destroy them both? Themes of redemption, domestic violence and religion are woven together for this intense yet compelling drama – a bold piece of British cinema that places Considine firmly alongside the likes of Mike Leigh.

We are delighted to welcome the director Paddy Considine to the Sat 24 screening.

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UK Premiere Director: Oleg Novkovic. Starring: Uliks Fehmiu, Hana Selimovic, Jasna Duricic.

Serbia 2010. 120 mins. Serbian with English subtitles.

(LA VIDA ÚTIL)

UK Premiere Director: Federico Veiroj. Starring: Jorge Jellinek, Manuel Martínez Carril, Paola Venditto. Uruguay 2010. 67 mins. Spanish with English subtitles.

(BELI, BELI SVET) (CFF 15)

A timely yet magical film for everyone who is working in or passionate about cinematheques. Jorge (played by Uruguayan film critic Jorge Jellinek) has been devoted to Montevideo’s cinematheque for 25 years when he is faced with its imminent closure due to funding cuts and demands that only ‘profitable’ events be held. An ode to the black-and-white silent film era, A USEFUL LIFE takes a turn when Jorge finds himself unemployed and in need of a new distraction. He pursues his love and soon becomes a protagonist in his own romantic movie.

Rightly awarded the New Vision Award at Crossing Europe 2011, WHITE WHITE WORLD is a tour-de-force of vision and innovation.

Transporting a famous Greek tragedy to Bor, a mining village in today’s Serbia, the story begins when a prisoner returns home to find her adolescent daughter is liaising with her old lover and local bar owner, ‘King’. Realistic and convincing performances are contrasted with music – moments when the main characters break into solitary, melancholic songs to tell of their innermost feelings. However, this never feels artificial. Rather, it lures the viewer into sympathising and understanding some of the characters’ most cruel and senseless actions. WHITE WHITE WORLD is a great example of how opera, ancient storytelling and film can meet to present a new vision of the modern world, and of cinema.

Uruguay’s official submission for the foreignlanguage Oscar, A Useful Life celebrates movies while simultaneously acknowledging the insular nature of watching them...” INDIEWIRE Print source: Dogwoof

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White White World builds tremendous power with this unique rhythm of behavior” INDIEWIRE

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THE YELLOW SEA (CFF 18) Director: Na Hong-jin. Starring: Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Cho Seong-ha. South Korea 2010. 140 mins.

UK Premiere Korean with English subtitles.

Set pulses to pound in this bruising South Korean crime thriller – compared by the Hollywood Reporter to A TOUCH OF EVIL. Full of some of the scrappiest on-screen fights since OLDBOY, Na Hong-jin’s second feature delves into the hopeless lives of the Korean-Chinese, or Joseonjok, who live near the North Korean border. Gambler Gu-nam accepts a hit in Seoul to clear his debts yet he secretly yearns to find his estranged wife. At first, preparing to commit murder challenges Gu-nam morally, but events soon crash violently off-course. Best known for THE CHASER, Na Hong-jin’s film confirms South Korea’s ability to make action films that stimulate the grey cells as much as the adrenal glands.

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I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT (CERT TBC) Director: Douglas MacGrath. Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Greg Kinnear, Pierce Brosnan, Kelsey Grammer. USA 2011. TBC mins.

Based on critically acclaimed bestseller by Allison Pearson, I DON’T KNOW HOW SHE DOES IT follows Boston-based working mother Kate Reddy (Parker) trying desperately to juggle marriage, children and a high-stress job. Devoting her days to her job, she spends her nights going home to her adoring, recently downsized architect husband Richard (Kinnear) and their two young children. When Kate gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, and Richard also wins the new job he’s been hoping for, both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate’s charming new business associate Jack Abelhammer (Brosnan), who begins to prove an unexpected source of temptation.

Print source: Entertainment We hope to arrange a special screening of this new film and also to welcome Cambridge novelist Allison Pearson, author of the best-selling book upon which the film is based. Keep a watch on our website and Twitter feed!

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Director: Clay Jeter. Starring: Sarah Hagan, Austin Vickers. US 2011.

Jess, age 18, and Moss, age 12 are second cousins in the dark-fire tobacco fields of rural Western Kentucky. Without immediate families that they can relate to, and lacking friends their own age, they only have each other. Over the course of a summer they venture on a journey exploring deep secrets and hopes of a future while being confronted with fears of isolation, abandonment and an unknown tomorrow.

Bravura cinematography transforms the meandering tale of everyday boredom into a vivid collage of childhood and nature in Jess + Moss with Sarah Hagan resembling a young Brooke Shields or Paulina Porizkova... one of the lessons of Jess + Moss is that beauty is hard to resist.” DAVID D’ARCY This art cinema gem...conveys a magical place’s timeless quality” ROBERT KOEHLER, VARIETY Print source: Visit Films

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THE WOMAN (18) Director: Lucky McKee. Starring: Pollyanna McIntosh, Angela Bettis, Sean Bridgers, Zach Rand, Lauren Ashley Carter. USA 2011. 100 mins.

From author Jack Ketchum (THE LOST, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, RED) and director Lucky McKee (MAY) comes a scandalous tale of two extremes, a feral female force of nature and an abusive parent, on collision course for a brutal showdown with a family caught in between. When Chris Cleek discovers a primitive woman in the wilderness on a hunting trip, he traps and locks her up in a cellar to domesticate her into a civilised human being. Assigning other Cleek family members to her care, the treatment of the woman shifts from compassionate to vicious; from sexual to violent.

McKee tests the limits of viewers’ tolerance with genuine shocks and scares that don’t need sharp weapons to make a disturbing statement. With psychological twists and emotional reveals that keep its haunting climax impossible to turn away from, this stark study of a dysfunctional family is unforgettable.

UK Frightfest 2011

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THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE (CFF 15)

Directors: Isabelle Lavigne, Stephane Thibault. Canada 2011.

80 mins. Arabic with English subtitles.

Director: Marie Losier. US/France 2011. 75 mins.

(LA NUIT, ELLES DANSENT)

Life is not easy for Reda, aged 42, mother of seven with an eighth baby on her way, recently widowed. But she is a powerful and joyful force to be reckoned with – especially when it comes to taking care of her belly-dancing dynasty in Cairo. AT NIGHT, THEY DANCE gives a delightful and honest insight into the workings of Reda’s trade.

The hard knocks endured by a belly-dancing family in workingclass Cairo are translated with artistry and compassion (…) Seldom has Egypt’s capital been so evocatively captured through a domestic prism. (…) Such frankness among Arabic women is all too rare in film …” VARIETY

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Genesis Breyer P-Orridge has been a key figure of the underground music scene for over 30 years. A cult artist in pre-punk and post-punk groups Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, he is considered to be the father of industrial music and a pioneer of acid house and techno. Not content with breaking new ground in music, Genesis has also used his position at the limits of society to challenge the very fundamentals of biology. Transformation is central to his life.

He became a she to resemble his beloved Lady Jaye, now deceased. With peroxide hair, full lips and gold teeth, Genesis does not go unnoticed.

A unique life, modelled on his other, Lady Jaye, who remains an integral part of himself.

Without subscribing to any movement but living life as the ultimate experiment, he has made his body a work of art.

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– THE FIFTH ELEMENT OF HIP HOP (CFF 15) Director: Klaus Schneyder. USA 2011. 55 mins.

In the late 70s a youth culture evolved in the poorer parts of New York which combined several disciplines under the name of Hip Hop. The four classic elements are graffiti writing, DJing, breakdancing, and rapping – but the musical side of this culture was enhanced by a fifth element: ‘Beatboxing’ – vocal imitation of drum rhythms, first inspired by a lack of instruments. Schneyder’s documentary shows how Beatboxing has become a multilingual and diverse form applied in all genres of music, and how it continues to enrich the entertainment world.

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BEN IS BACK (CFF 15)

Director: Elad Zakai. Israel 2011. 26 mins.

A single mother struggles to cope with her son’s release from psychiatric hospital.

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BLOOD IN THE MOBILE (CFF 15)

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Director: Phil Cox. USA/UK/India 2011. TBC mins. English.

Director: Frank Piasecki Poulsen. Denmark/Germany 2010.

82 mins.

Director: Alma Har’el. USA 2011. 80 mins.

Gujarati gumshoe detective Rajesh Ji deals with all the jobs that the corrupt, lazy police force can’t handle themselves – and what marks him out from other maverick crime fighters is the fact that he is absolutely real. THE BENGALI DETECTIVE is a docudrama set in the metropolis of Kolkata. And in true Bollywood tradition, he’s not content with putting his feet up on his desk at the Always agency in between cases – he’d rather be busting a move on TV. The glamour of the dance competition is offset by the Rajesh’s current list of “Investigatings and Security Concerns”: a counterfeit cosmetics company, a domestic violence case and a triple murder. Off duty, though, the comedy and drama of Ji’s life are offset by the touching story of his invalid wife and his young son. Director Phil Cox’s eye for detail makes for a touching and inspiring glimpse into Ji’s Kolkata lifestyle.

Cassiterite is a mineral that is used by the electronics industry, in particular to manufacture mobile phones. Many cassiterite mines are found in the North-Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where there is no regulation of the mining. This is impacting disastrously on the local inhabitants and contributing to the violence in the country. Director Frank Piasecki Poulsen’s harrowing documentary leads him to explore this issue of conflict minerals. Not only deftly entering and filming in the war-torn area, but discovering the horrendous human rights violations that are taking place within the mines. Poulsen also asks who is responsible for this, and do we all have blood in our pockets, and on our hands? A film that makes you think before you send that text message or make that call.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Thu 22 screening.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to this screening.

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(CFF 15) Featuring choreographed dance numbers set against music composed by Zach Condon from the band Beirut and songs by Bob Dylan, rarely has there been a more freewheeling documentary. The protagonists and dancers are the inhabitants Bombay Beach, a long-forgotten town set on the fringes of an artificial lake in the Arizona desert. Once hailed as a seaside resort for the rich and famous 50s Hollywood stars, it’s now populated by a marginalized society in which the American Dream has long since vanished. Alma Har’el captured the life of three protagonists and their relatives and friends with her unique camera-eye and an all-embracing passion for her subjects during the year she spent in Bombay Beach. Not to be missed.

A beautiful, quirky, and ultimately very moving film about the American Dream as it teeters on the edge of a desert sea.” TERRY GILLIAM

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DOCUMENTARY FILM MOB (U)

Director: Chris Durlacher. UK 2011. 60 mins.

Between 1929 and 1945, a group of tweed-wearing radicals and pin-striped bureaucrats created the most influential movement in the history of British film: the British Documentary Movement. They were inspired by a big idea – that films about real life would change the world. BRITAIN THROUGH A LENS assembles a collection of captivating film portraits of Britain, during the economic crisis of the 1930s and the Second World War, revealing the fascinating story of what was also going on behind the camera and of how the documentary became part of British culture.

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HUMPHREY JENNINGS A lovingly restored selection of early films by the renowned British documentarian and visual poet.

New digital HD print.

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CALVET (18) Director: Dominic Allan.

UK 2011. 86 mins. French with English subtitles.

“See you next Saturday” were the final words Jean Marc Calvet said to his son before he disappeared from his life in 1996. Tattooed, pierced and heavily-built Calvet hardly inspires sympathy. Having lived a dark and violent life his life spiralled out of control.

When director Dominic Allan encountered him in Nicaragua years later he found a man at rock bottom. Yet this man was somehow producing magnificent paintings despite his rampant paranoia, isolation and insatiable appetite for crack cocaine and alcohol. Today Jean Marc Calvet’s work exhibits in New York and sells for tens of thousands of dollars. At the end of the road Allan discovers a man whose art is as electrifying as his life story, accompanying the painter on a powerful quest for personal redemption.

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THE CAMERA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (CFF PG)

CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST 3D (CFF 15)

Director: Mandy Chang. UK 2011. 62 mins. English, French with English subtitles.

In 1988, Mark Lewis brought us CANE TOADS: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY, highlighting the disastrous impact of a rather unpleasant amphibian on the fragile Australian ecosystem. Imported from Hawaii as a potential predator for a pest afflicting sugar cane crops, the giant, poisonous-skinned toads turned out to be a far worse problem, ignoring the grubs they were brought in to control and eating just about everything else instead, breeding out of control. 22 years on, Lewis picks up the story in this irreverent eco-horror documentary charting the toad’s unstoppable march across the continent. The first independently financed documentary ever to be shot in 3D, Lewis’s film demonstrates several inventive ways for dealing with these oversized pests, including cricket bats, lawn mowers and rockets – but with the cane toad population estimated at 1.5 billion, there’s still some way to go.

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THE CAMERA THAT CHANGED THE WORLD celebrates craftsmen and artists who built and handled the first portable cameras in the summer of 1960.

Unfettered by the behemoth equipment that had hampered documentary film making for so long, young camera operators such as D.A. Pennebaker and Richard Leacock were able to trial run a new ‘Direct Cinema’ approach. Here the two pioneers offer their memories of a new cinematic dawn, which coincided with the emergence of Cinéma Vérité in France.

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DON’T LOOK BACK (CFF PG) Director: D.A. Pennebaker. USA 1967. 96 mins.

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D.A. Pennebaker’s film of Bob Dylan’s 1965 solo acoustic tour, capturing the artist at a key stage in his life.

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Director: Mark Lewis. Australia 2010. 85 mins.

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Director: Gereon Wetzel. Starring: Ferran Adrià, Oriol Castro.

Germany 2011. 108 mins. Catalan, French, English with English subtitles.

(CARTOGRAFIA DE LA SOLEDAD)

Director: Marieke Schellart. Netherlands 2011. 50 mins

Director: Nocem Collado. Spain 2011. 68 mins. Hindi/Nepali/ Dari with English subtitles.

In this personal documentary director Marieke Schellart (35) reveals how she as a single modern woman struggles with the biological clock – and how, to give herself more time, she plans to extend fertility by freezing her eggs.

Observing widows from India, Nepal and Afghanistan – countries with the highest population of widows in the world, the most child widows and largest percentage of widows respectively – CARTOGRAPHY OF LONELINESS is not just telling their stories, but showing how they are able to rise out of their solitude. What emerges are their similarities, despite location and culture.

Filled with heart-breaking accounts, beautiful photography and simple, truthful filmmaking, this is an important testament of unjustifiable pain.

Print source: nocemcollado@gmail.com

CHARCOAL BURNERS (CFF U) (SMOLARZE)

Director: Piotr Zlotorowicz. Poland 2011. 15 mins.

Every summer, Marek and Janina work as charcoal burners in the Bieszczady Mountains. Far from civilization, they live according to a rhythm set by nature.

Print source: Polish National Film School

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LEAP BEFORE YOU LOOK (CFF 12A) Director: Stephane Goldsand. Mexico/USA 2011. 22 mins

Faced with his wife’s desire to become a mother, a filmmaker goes on a quest to find out how people decide to have kids and identify the source of his own hesitation.

Print source: Catharsis Media

BOFFIN & BOFFIN (CFF 12A) Director: Ed Blythe. USA 2011. 15 mins.

A pair of distinguished IVF scientists struggle to get pregnant – but you can’t always make babies without making love...

Print source: edblythe@gmail.com

Kitchen king Ferran Adrià is serious about eating. He doesn’t just sample and sip, he scoffs like Homer Simpson, and you can see for yourself in Gereon Wetzel’s documentary EL BULLI: COOKING IN PROGRESS. Regular winner of the San Pellegrino ‘World’s Best Eatery’ award, Adrià’s restaurant closed in 2010 and was converted into a non-profit organisation promoting culinary creativity. EL BULLI spans fifteen months of hectic behind-the-scenes footage, covering the conception of a menu for El Bulli’s notoriously brief and exclusive open season. Short on interview or explanation, Wetzel’s celebration of a cooking master is a vicarious feast of food fetishism and kitchen choreography, which will leave you with a rumbling belly and a deeper appreciation of the genius behind El Bulli.

Print source: Autlook films

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Director: Hairless Films Collective. USA. 76 mins.

In a rural Pennsylvanian farming and logging community, Eleanore, aged 91, has been caring for her developmentally disabled son Ronnie for 64 years. Theirs is an extremely close bond, based around profound love and a life of quiet daily ritual.

Deciding that she can go on no longer, Eleanore decides to move Ronnie into a group home. The resulting film traces the surprising and changing nature of their relationship over the next 7 year.

Beautifully and movingly told, the story of Ronnie and Eleanore highlights themes – the loneliness of old age, independence, mortality and dealing with disability – that resonate the world over.

Print source: Hairless Films

OUR ORDERED LIVES (CFF 12A) Director: Christine Entwisle. UK. 10 mins

Escaping from the horror of her own actions, a young woman is catapulted from the claustrophobia of her West Cumbrian home, leaving a trail of feathers in her wake.

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Director: Fahad Mustafa. Austria 2011. 70 mins. German and Russian with English subtitles.

FC Chechnya is a football club run solely by Chechen refugees and asylum seekers in Carinthia. Acting as a social support base and a means for psychological release during the horrendously drawn-out and mentally exhausting asylum process, the football club is home to a number of fascinating stories. The film focuses on three young asylum seekers who find themselves submerged in the murky waters of the asylum seeking process. Through a series of perceptive and insightful interviews, the film explores their hopes and dreams for the future, and how football provides them a lifeline to the world they were once used to.

Print source: Globalistan Films

FUNGUS (SVAMP) (CFF 15) Director: Charlotta Miller. Sweden. 8 mins.

Paralyzed by grief and with an itchy genital area, Katrin lets things fall apart.

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Director: Lee Fulkerson. USA 2011. 96 mins.

Director: Corinna Belz. Germany 2011. 97 mins.

Director: Craig Constantine. With: Bernd Wechner, Elijah Wald, Morgan Strub. USA 2011. 71 mins.

Tracing the research of Dr. T. Colin Campbell, a nutritional biochemist, and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, a former surgeon, director Lee Fulkerson argues that heart disease, diabetes and even some forms of cancer could be prevented by adopting a whole foods, plant-based diet. Stemming from his own personal desire for lifestyle change, Fulkerson attempts to alter his own diet as he talks to people about their health conditions and discusses change with representatives across the health industry. Whether you’re a health guru or hamburger apologista, this film is guaranteed to make you think twice before your next lunch.

Gerhard Richter, one of the internationally most significant contemporary artists of our times, granted filmmaker Corinna Belz access to his studio in the spring and summer of 2009 where he was working on a series of large abstract paintings. In quiet, highly concentrated images, the film gives us a fly-on-the-wall perspective of a very personal, tension-filled process of artistic creation. In her intelligent and perceptive film, Corinna Belz brings us closer to the complex processes of artistic creation.

Gerhard Richter Painting is the penetrating portrait of an artist at work – and a fascinating film about the art of seeing.

Intertwining the history of her homeland with the story of her return there for her marriage, filmmaker Ana Garcia successfully brings together her past and her future. The union that is her wedding is portrayed in parallel with the troubled history between Spain and Gibraltar, and as these two opposing forces come together it becomes powerfully apparent that the country’s history is her family’s story as Gibraltarians. And this is where the film finds its heart – in the people, who have a deep-rooted sense of who they are; their patriotism both resilient and moving. Themes of love and respect run throughout, as strong as the rock that represents the country itself. Told with energy and spirit through the many voices of her family, friends and countrymen, this is a film that truly shows that home is where the heart is.

Interweaving a coast-to-coast hitchhiking trip with the underground history of bumming rides, documentary maker Craig Constantine thumbs a lift and pops the bonnet on a secret stash of archive materials, including a longsuppressed US government study on the safety of hitchhiking. Overtaking myths and pulling over for plenty of surprising facts, the film reveals a kaleidoscope of road-going chancers – from teenage thrill-seekers to an acclaimed sculptor and cop blasting ABBA. Print source: October Wind Productions

THE STRANGER (CERT TBC)

Director: Rodd Rathjen. Australia 2011. 10 mins.

Inappropriate behaviour costs nothing...

Print source: roddrathjen@gmail.com

Print source: Monica Beach Media Wallace Cancer Care will host a panel discussion and take questions after the screening. The panel will be lead by Professor Rob Thomas, consultant oncologist at Addenbrooke’s and Bedford Hospitals and Dr Eleni Tsiompanou, Specialist in Palliative Care and Chair of Nutrition and Food Group for Help the Hospices.

Print source: Soda Pictures

Director: Ana Garcia. UK 2011. 83 mins.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Mon 19 screening.

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Director: S. Casper Wong. USA 2011. 75 mins.

Peter Harmer of Stories – Projects in Film to help them commemorate the 80th anniversary of the opening of their school. The Village College was created as part of a pioneering educational and social initiative conceived by Henry Morris, then Secretary of Education for Cambridgeshire. During the Great Depression, Prince Edward (later Edward VIII) toured some of the most poverty stricken areas of his father’s kingdom – including Sawston, where the young Prince had the privilege of opening the first Village College in the country. Shot on a £25,000 budget from the Heritage Lottery fund, HENRY MORRIS looks at the life and legacy of the ‘educator extraordinary’ himself, mingling modern re-enactment with original archive footage preserved by the school.

Directors: various. UK. 70 mins.

Director: Thomas Lawes. UK 2011 TBC mins. English.

Print source: Stories – Projects in Film

Print source: BFI

Thomas Lawes’ nostalgic documentary celebrates independent cinema tradition, showing how its renaissance is now a worldwide phenomenon.

Lawes interviews former staff, industry experts and customers, including proud projectionist John Brockington, who has been a stalwart of Birmingham’s projection boxes since 1955.

Old picture palaces all over the UK are facing extinction, and THE LAST PROJECTIONIST focuses on Birmingham’s Electric, the oldest working cinema in Britain – which saw out the silents over a hundred years ago, had a stint as a wartime news outlet during WWII and spent the 70s and 80s catering to connoisseurs of adult film. These venerable vintage cinemas offer contemporary film lovers an old school alternative to the mainstream – but does the switch from 35mm to digital mark the end of an era for projectionists?

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Sun 18 screening. Print source: Thomas Lawes

Raw and intense, LULU captures those emotions we hold closest to us, and is soon completely enthralling – at once unbelievable yet fiercely real. Lulu is a world-class cancer researcher breaking new ground, when she discovers she herself is dying of breast cancer at 42.

Her remaining 15 months are captured by her best friend and lover (Wong), who fell in love with the brilliant scientist and chain-smoking rebel when she was Lulu’s student abroad. Like no other documentary seen this year, Lulu’s story, her passion and character, will stay with you: this is more than just a testament to great documentary filmmaking. As aptly put

by LA Weekly: “Lulu will absolutely charm you, precisely because she’s not trying to”.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Thu 22 screening.

A collection of films from the BFI archive, offering unique insight into some of the varied and curious folk traditions from across Britain – a rare document of many local customs that might otherwise be lost. From the ‘sexy, savage’ Cornish May Day rites of Alan Lomax’s OSS OSS WEE OSS, to Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane’s footage of ferociously fought traditional football; from children’s games in London’s bombed East End to intricate sword and step dances, this collection of poetic documentaries, long unseen television reports and rare silent film footage reveals just how powerful and enduring the folk traditions of Great Britain have always been. This selection of newly remastered films features innovative fiddle and melodeon accompaniments by contemporary folk musicians.

We hope to welcome the filmmaker to the Wednesday 21 screening.

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In the late 1960s a Ford Motors plant in Mahwah, New Jersey dumped toxic paint sludge. As the local Indian community’s children played in this colourful waste little could they conceive of the devastation to follow. Rashes swiftly led to cancer, chronic diseases and for many, death. Ford officially tidied up the site in the 1990s but most of the waste remained. MANN V. FORD follows the resident Ramapough Indians and their legal team as they take on Ford and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Over the course of five years their fight for justice led from community centres to the halls of government. Maro Chermayeff and Micah Fink’s red-raw documentary charts the emotional journey of this real-life, high-stakes drama.

Director: Varon Bonicos. UK 2010. 90 mins.

Suit up for this stylish documentary covering the last 12 years of fashion designer Ozwald Boateng. Director Varon Bonicos intimately charts the extraordinary career of the first black tailor to open up shop on London’s Savile Row, capturing the journey and evolution of the man as well as the designer. Originally intended to be a five month project, Bonicos hung around as Boateng’s life hurtled breakneck through divorce, business meltdown, appointment at Givenchy, marriage to a Russian model, his own American reality series and all with a work ethic to match.

Jamie Foxx, Giorgio Armani, Paul Bettany and many more smartly-attired commentators step up in a biographical film as unique, layered and compelling as its subject. Quick simply the bestdressed film you’ll see this year.

Print source: Trinity Films

Directors: Maro Chermayeff, Micah Fink. USA 2011. 105 mins.

Print source: Show of Force

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MODIGLIANI’S GENUINE FAKE HEADS (CFF PG) Director: Giovanni Donfrancesco. Italy/France 2011. 60 mins.

Italian, English and French with English subtitles.

In 1984, during one hot summer in Livorno, Italy (the hometown of painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani) three students with a wicked sense of humour and an electric drill went to work carving several Modigliani-esque busts, partly as a joke, partly as a means of demonstrating their skills.

This set off an international chain reaction among art critics and historians who raved about these exceptional new discoveries of the Master’s work.

Soon the town was over-run by experts and news crews all wanting to catch a glimpse, much to the bafflement of the locals.

Print source: TBC

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(VANNLILJER I BLOMST) Director: Emil Stang Lund. Norway. 14 mons.

The suspended synchronized swimming guru Labanosov entices overweight women to join him in his mission to prove Isaac Newton wrong.

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THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD (12A) Director: Morgan Spurlock. USA 2011. 88 mins.

Everything’s for sale these days, including the title of Morgan Spurlock’s documentary about product placement in the movies. Spurlock made a name for himself in SUPERSIZE ME by eating nothing but McDonalds for a month.

Here he tackles advertising head-on by making a film about advertising financed solely by advertisers he manages to find in the film.

Taking viewers through the process from cold calling to pitching ideas to eventually shoehorning their commercials into the movie itself, Spurlock blows the lid off product placement with outrageous levels of cheek.

Part advert, part education – THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD is the most fun audiences will have with product placement since the sponsor scene in WAYNE’S WORLD. And yes, he even gives McDonalds a call...

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SOUND IT OUT (CFF 12) Director: Jeanie Finlay. UK 2011. 74 mins. English A cultural heaven in one of the most deprived areas in the country, Sound It Out Records is run by the drily philosophical Tom Butchart, whose wealth of knowledge helps customers track down that elusive rare vinyl. Directed by Jeanie Finlay, who grew up nearby, the film follows a number of the shop’s long-standing customers, from the Makina boys and the devout Status Quo fan, to the presenters of a dance music radio show run from a garden shed in Billingham. Funny, heartfelt and intimate, SOUND IT OUT is a celebration both of the Northern soul and good music.

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ANALOGUE KINGDOM (U)

Director: Esther Johnson. UK. 24 mins. English.

An intricately composed, lovingly paced and charming paean to Gerald Wells, founder and Curator of the British Vintage Wireless and Television Museum, and his passion.

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STREET KIDS UNITED (CFF U) Director: Tim Pritchard. UK 2010. 75 mins.

Following the South African team, the Umthombo Young Stars, throughout the Street Child World Cup in Durban in 2010, this is a heartwarming story of determination, spirit and hope.

Emerging from varied backgrounds of poverty and crime, the children need to show discipline and willpower to turn their backs on the attractions of the street. Through the trials and tribulations that they need to overcome, one question remains unanswered: once it is all over, will the children go back to their former lives?

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to the Thu 22 screening.

Building on the success of the inaugural event, Street Child United has been established by Amos Trust, Action for Brazil’s Children’s Trust and Momentum Arts to deliver the 2014 Street Child World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Street Child World Cup was an idea born in Cambridge that aims to transform the lives of street children around the world.

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THE ULTIMATE SURVIVOR (PG)

Director: Valetin Thurn. Germany 2011. 88 mins. German, French & English with English subtitles.

Director: Morgan Neville. USA 2011. 91 mins. English.

Director: Philip Hind. Narrator: Neil Wood. UK 2011. 59 mins.

THE ULTIMATE SURVIVOR is director and writer Philip Hind’s first solo project, an in depth look at one of Oxford’s historic and unusual landmarks; the Picture Palace cinema. The Owners, staff, cinemagoers and historians celebrate its 100th anniversary in this centennial-spanning look at how the cinema deserved the proudly bared title of ‘the ultimate survivor’. Overcoming neglect, squatters and the very real threat of demolition, the Picture Palace has proved it is not just a historical icon but also a much beloved feature of Oxford’s current cultural scene. The documentary is a permanent testament to the importance of a local cinema with a bright future.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to this screening.

In the midst of the international social upheavals of the 1960s, a new style of songwriter was emerging. Defined by a tendency for brutal self-analysis and raw, open emotion, these songwriters counterpointed heart-stopping tales with the simplest of musical accompaniments.

Los Angeles became the city where these songwriters gathered, and their musical home became an old beatnik folk club with an appropriate moniker: The Troubadour. It quickly became the beating heart of the American musical scene. Recounting their stories (amongst others) are the now world-famous singersongwriters Carole King, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell and Kris Kristofferson, all of whom found initial fame playing at The Troub’.

Following the club’s 50th anniversary in 2007, the film follows the celebratory concerts and discusses the enduring spirit of friendship and creativity which defined the era.

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In a world constantly battling against famine, TASTE THE WASTE presents an uncomfortable truth: 50 percent of all food is thrown away – every second salad, every second potato and every fifth loaf of bread. The majority ends up in waste disposals before it even reaches the consumer. Valentin Thurn asks urgent questions: Who turns food into waste? What are the consequences of the global food waste for our climate, and for seven billion people?

He finds answers from farmers, supermarket managers, garbage men and cooks in Germany, Austria, Japan, France, Cameroon, Italy and the US. He also finds people who have developed alternatives to stop this waste. TASTE THE WASTE is a documentary everyone should see – one that, despite its shocking message, offers hope.

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THE LAST PROJECTIONIST (CFF PG) See entry on page 40.

CFF STAFF 2011 Tony Jones

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There is a colourful mixture on offer from this year’s German film productions, dealing with some rarely explored historical subjects (the Baltic German history in THE POLL DIARIES, for example) as well as providing a fresh perspective on more familiar themes (IF NOT US, WHO? dealing with the Baader Meinhof story). There are pressing political issues at stake in the documentary UNDER CONTROL, examining the validity of nuclear power plants, and urgent questions asked about corporate power (THE CITY BELOW). Private lives in modern, multicultural Berlin are pushed into the limelight in BURNOUT, and you will experience a gripping thriller if you decide to watch THE SILENCE.

ANDUNI (CFF 15)

ABOVE US ONLY SKY (CFF 15)

UK Premiere Director: Jan Schomburg. Starring: Sandra Hüller, Georg Friedrich, Felix Knopp. Germany 2011. 88 mins.

German with English subtitles.

(ÜBER UNS DAS ALL)

One could say of Martha’s life that it’s wellbalanced, fulfilling – happy. She enjoys her teaching job, has a group of loyal, loving friends and, above all, she has Paul. The man she loves and has been living with for several years now. With Paul at her side, the positive, energetic Martha has no fear of the future. Then two policewomen show up at her door, and with just a few words tear her life apart.

The man Martha has been living with is a phantom

– a presence that seems to have glided out of her life without leaving a trace – his life a lie. As she tries to cope, she meets Alexander, and a simple, single gesture of his hand suffices to remind her of Paul. But can Alexander fill the void? Winner of the European Cinema Label at Berlinale 2011 for its “economical story-telling (and) humour alongside strong emotions”.

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PHILIPP (CFF 15)

Director: Fabian Möhrke. Starring: Max Hegewald, Hans Jochen Wagner, Vanessa Krüger, UK Premiere Anna Bolk. Germany 2010. 40 mins. German with English subtitles.

With oversized glasses on his narrow face and abundant sarcasm, Philipp lurches through a life that is not actually his own. At an age when people should be talking about plans for the future, he is trapped in helpless silence.

His overly chummy father aims to sort it

out – but opposition slowly rears its head.

(Filmfestival Cottbus) Audience Award Festival Premiers Plans d´Angers 2011, France Print source: Jost Hering Films

Director: Samira Radsi. Starring: Irina Potapenko, Florian Lukas, Tilo Prückner. Germany/Armenia 2011.

88 mins. German and Armenian with English subtitles.

UK Premiere Armenian Belinda feels at home in Germany, where she was born, lives and studies just like any other German girl her age. But when she loses her father, she is suddenly drawn into the traditional Armenian lifestyle of her migrant relatives. Her aunts require her to work in their seamstress shop and secretly plot to marry her off to one of her kind. While Belinda is becoming increasingly curious about her roots, their traditional ways also threaten her relationship with Manuel, a German. She embarks on a journey into the past and the present to find out who she really is. ANDUNI shows a culture that is exciting and complex, and a love story that reaches beyond family traditions.

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UK Premiere BLACK BUTTERFLIES (CFF 15)

Director: Paula van der Oest. Starring: Rutger Hauer, Carice van Houten, Liam Cunningham. Germany, Netherlands, South Africa 2010. 100 mins.

Rejected by her father and despite love affairs with many men, no one can give South African poet Ingrid Jonker what she seeks. It is not until Nelson Mandela, in his first speech to the South African Parliament in 1994, reads Ingrid Jonker’s poem ‘The child who was shot dead by soldiers in Nyanga’ that she finds recognition, being hailed as one of the greatest poets in South Africa..

BLACK BUTTERFLIES is the riveting love- and lifestory of the young poet – a powerful portrait of a strong-headed woman and talented yet troubled artist during the Apartheid regime. Carice van Houten (VALKYRIE, BLACK BOOK) inhabits the character in a breathtaking tour de force, starring opposite Liam Cunningham (THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY) as her all-consuming love and Rutger Hauer (BLADE RUNNER) as her oppressive father.

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BURNOUT (CFF 15) (ABGEBRANNT)

UK Premiere Director: Verena S. Freytag. Starring: Maryam Zaree, Tilla Kratochwil, Lukas Steltner, Keywann Fischer, Marie Louise Heinzel, Leon Kilian. Germany 2011. 102 mins. German with English subtitles.

Berlin tattooist and single mother of three, Pelin (Maryam Zaree) collapses when one day her problems overwhelm her: her son eats her boyfriends drugs and ends up in hospital, social services threaten to take away her children and she loses her job. Burnt out, she is offered the chance to go on a recovery programme for single mothers by the seaside. At first she causes trouble, but then she meets the very different Christa (Kratochwil) and slowly a friendship develops. Director Verena S. Freytag’s award-winning script tells a story that could be taken from many existing lives in Berlin. At its heart, BURNOUT is a coming of age story about an immature woman who is learning how to become a grown up, and a mother.

We are delighted to welcome the filmmaker to this screening.

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THE CITY BELOW

IF NOT US, WHO?

(CFF 15) (UNTER DIR DIE STADT)

(CFF 15) WER WENN NICHT

Director: Christoph Hochhäusler. Starring: Mark Waschke, Nicolette Krebitz, Robert Hunger-Buehle. Germany 2010. 110 mins. German with English subtitles.

Thanks to a chance meeting at a mandatory cultural event, Roland Cordes, 55, and a member of the board of a large bank, encounters the wife of a new employee: Svenja Steve, 33. There is an immediate attraction between the two. When a bank manager is murdered in Indonesia, Cordes seizes his chance and suggests Svenja’s husband Oliver for the position, even though there are better qualified people to take the job. With Oliver in Jakarta, a love affair develops – but when Cordes’ scheme is exposed, Svenja suddenly ends the relationship, plunging him into turmoil. At the same time in Jakarta: Oliver is being threatened. Svenja begs him to return. In a dramatic night, Cordes quits his position on the board of directors, Svenja jogs through a park at night, and Oliver stops to reflect for the first time in his life... But is it really over?

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WIR? Director: Andres Veiel. Starring: Michael Wittenborn, Lena Lauzemis, Alexander Fehling, Maria-Victoria Dragus, August Diehl. Germany 2011. 104 mins. German with English subtitles.

Germany in the early 60s: a time of departure.

Bernward Vesper, son of the Nazi writer Will Vesper, is rebellious. During the night, he slams the angry words into his typewriter that he wants to throw in the face of the establishment.

When he meets Gudrun Ensslin, it’s the beginning of an extreme affair: unconditional, excessive, beyond all thresholds of pain.

Together they set off to conquer the world. But less than 10 years later, Bernward is caught up in the madness of drugs and Gudrun throws herself into the armed underground. For both of them, there is no turning back.

Vesper (is) a remarkable, fascinating, figure and uncovering it is the true achievement of Veiel’s film.”

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THE POLL DIARIES (CFF 15) (POLL)

UK Premiere Director: Chris Kraus. Starring: Edgar Selge, Paula Beer, Richy Mülle. Germany 2010. 134 mins. German, Estonian, French, Russian with English subtitles.

On the eve of World War I, 14-year-old Oda von Siering returns to Poll, her family home on the Baltic coast, a region uneasily shared

by Germans, Russians and Estonians. She carries with her the mortal remains of her mother. Awaiting the inquisitive girl are her father Ebbo, an eccentric scientist with a dubious interest in eugenics, her aunt Milla, who flees reality through music and affairs, and other members of her aristocratic German family who cling to their privileges in a world on the brink of disaster. Upon finding a wounded Estonian anarchist on the estate, the impulsive Oda hides him and secretly nurses him back to health, aware that her deed could trigger a chain reaction of uncontrollable violence. FOUR MINUTES director Chris Kraus’ THE POLL DIARIES hauntingly evokes the end-of-days atmosphere of a doomed society at the crossroads of the German and Russian Empires.

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THE SILENCE (CFF 18) (DAS LETZTE SCHWEIGEN)

Director: Baran bo Odar. Starring: Katrin Sass, Burghart Klaußner, Karoline Eichhorn, Roeland Wiesnekker. Germany 2010. 119 mins. German with English subtitles.

A bicycle found in a wheat field. A missing girl. Is history repeating itself? 23 years ago, a young girl named Pia was raped and murdered at this exact spot. Has the same thing happened now to 13-year-old Sinikka? Krischan, the retired police inspector who led the first investigation, is convinced that there’s a connection between the two crimes. As the days go by, an unbearable heat sits over the town’s modest homes like a bell jar. And behind the doors, once intact worlds begin to fall apart.

In this strikingly commanding feature, Baran bo Odar (UNDER THE SUN) confirms his status as one of the most promising and talented young directors of today. His exceptional directing skills and distinctly cinematic language give this screen adaptation of a bestselling novel his unmistakable signature.

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UNDER CONTROL (CFF 15) (UNTER KONTROLLE)

UK Premiere Director: Volker Sattel. Germany 2011. 98 mins. German with English subtitles.

Coincidentally made just before the atomic catastrophe in Japan, UNDER CONTROL gives an exclusive and fascinating insight into nuclear power – with frank and thorough access filmmaker Volker Sattel (AFTER EFFECT) would not have been able to gain post-Fokushima. Beautiful compositions of retro control rooms, old villages and rural farms overshadowed by the towering plants are accompanied by interviews with employees and managers about security procedures and safety measures, their relationship to the (occasionally opposing) villagers and past experiences of near accidents. With its often meditative images and restrained soundtrack, the film gives the viewer time to observe and reflect upon the history and safety of nuclear power plants without imposing any opinion of its own.

Perhaps cinema’s most magnificent look at nuclear energy” VARIETY Print source: Credo Film

The screening will be followed by a talk on this topic by specially invited guests – please visit our website for details.

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Director: Vincente Minnelli. Starring: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant. USA 1951. 113 mins.

Director: Douglas Trumbull. Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint. USA 1972. 89 mins.

Gene Kelly plays Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter living in Paris who is discovered by a wealthy heiress on the streets of Montmartre. Jerry soon meets and falls in love with a beautiful young dancer called Lise (Leslie Caron) who is already engaged to a famous cabaret artist. Jerry’s friend Adam Cook (Oscar Levant), an aspiring pianist/composer, offers a comically cynical take on matters as complications begin to arise. Winner of six Academy Awards in 1951, including Best Picture, Vincente Minnelli’s AN AMERICAN IN PARIS is possibly the greatest achievement in movie musicals from the 1950s.

Bruce Dern stars as Lowell, introverted caretaker of a vast greenhouse located on a space station – the last remaining greenery rescued from a dying planet earth. Regarded as a weirdo by the three other human crewmembers, he takes refuge in the company of a trio of endearing robots named Huey, Dewey and Louie. But when word comes from home that the greenhouse can no longer be sustained and is to be destroyed, Lowell is faced with a stark choice: obey orders and watch the last of nature disappear forever, or turn against his own crewmates... A classic – but frequently overlooked – piece of cinematic SF, directed by legendary visual effects genius Doug Trumbull, who supplied the stunning spaceships for (amongst many others) Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and Spielberg’s CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND.

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Tartan Films: A Tribute

Under the idiosyncratic leadership of Hamish McAlpine, Tartan brought a staggering array of international cinema to the UK – including classic works by Eisenstein, Bergman, Pasolini, Cocteau and Herzog. But it was in finding and distributing works by, new, groundbreaking filmmakers that McAlpine proved most adept. In a world increasingly given over to the multiplex, it was largely thanks to Tartan that cinephiles were able to discover and explore Almodóvar, Breillat, von Trier, Haneke and dozens more – not to mention the new wave of hugely influential Asian horrors, including AUDITION, RING, THE EYE and DARK WATER. Many of the latter were released on Tartan’s subsidiary VHS/DVD labels Tartan Terror and Tartan Asia Extreme, whose output attracted a huge following.

For those in the know, Tartan became a byword for cinema that was genuinely new, adventurous and exciting.

It also made a stand for the integrity of these works, sparking some memorable scraps with the BBFC. At a time when some distributors were growing conservative and circumspect, McAlpine championed the raw and the uncut, preserving many controversial works threatened by censors – not least IRREVERSIBLE and OLDBOY. We celebrate the work of Tartan with a selection of films from its rich back catalogue, and an opportunity to hear the inside story from the passionate provocateur himself.

Hamish McAlpine will be in conversation with Guardian film critic Peter Bradshaw on Thursday 22 September, at 8.00pm. See page 7 for full details.

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Director: Michael Haneke. Starring: Ulrich Mühe, Susanne Lothar, Arno Frisch, Frank Giering. Austria 1997. 108 mins.

Director: Gasper Noé. Starring: Monica Bellucci, Vincent Cassel, Albert Dupontel, Philippe Nahon, Jo Prestia. France 2002. 97 mins. French with English subtitles.

Georg is looking forward to a happy holiday with his wife Anna, son Georgie and their dog. But when they arrive at their idyllic Austrian lake house, they soon find themselves pestered by a polite but rather insistent pair of young men named Peter and Paul (or is it Paul and Peter?) – both of whom are dressed in tennis whites and seem to have a keen interest in golf. But these are not the games they have in mind. As Peter and Paul take over and their ‘games’ become increasingly sadistic, the family realise they must turn to violence to survive this relentless, inexplicable ordeal. Haneke’s film – as much to do with cinema itself as it is to do with contemporary tastes in horror – prompted walkouts at Cannes, but remains one of the most memorable and affecting films of – and about – screen violence, as gripping as it is disturbing.

A remarkable, provocative and horrifyingly brutal portrayal of love and revenge from controversial director Gasper Noé (SEUL CONTRE TOUS). Starring off-screen husband and wife Vincent Cassel (L’APPARTEMENT) and Monica Bellucci as lovers whose lives are shattered by an act of extraordinary violence, Noé’s much discussed film tells the story backwards through a series of carefully choreographed, audaciously long takes. The end result is a powerful, transgressive, nihilistic and profoundly disturbing treatise on the nature of free will. Something of an enfant terrible who once stated an ambition to make a film more violent than STRAW DOGS and SALO combined, Noé is also a director of real intelligence and insight; IRREVERSIBLE is perhaps his masterpiece.

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THE SEVENTH SEAL (PG) Director: Ingmar Bergman. Starring: Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Nils Poppe, Bibi Andersson. Sweden 1957. 96 mins. Swedish with English subtitles.

Endlessly imitated and parodied, Bergman’s landmark THE SEVENTH SEAL retains its ability to spellbind the audience.

Von Sydow stars as a 14th-century knight, Antonius Block, wearily heading home after ten years of combat. Disillusioned by unending war, plague and misery Block has concluded that God does not exist. As he comes to consciousness on a bleak and forbidding shore, he encounters Death (Ekrot). Unwilling to give up the ghost, Block challenges Death to a game of chess; if he wins, he lives; if not, he’ll allow Death to claim him. As they play, the knight and the Grim Reaper get into a discussion about whether God exists. One of the most influential European movies of all time.

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SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE (18) Director: Park Chan-wook. Starring: Song Kang-ho, Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Du-na, Lim Ji-Eun. South Korea 2002. 121 mins. Korean with English subtitles.

The first of Park Chan-wook’s remarkable Vengeance trilogy (with OLDBOY and LADY VENGEANCE) is as brutal a revenge movie as you’re ever likely to see. For want of a suitable donor, the deaf-mute brother of a young woman visits a blackmarket ring, which leads to organ theft, which in turn prompts kidnapping, suicide and several revenge killings of Jacobean savagery. No director diagnoses the dolorous underbelly of contemporary Asia as perceptively as Park, who examines a Korean nation reeling from economic free fall. Though a deserving avenger, Ryu acts out of a determined miasma of human indifference, and somehow unexpectedly elicits sympathy as he carries out his murderous retribution.

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WILD SIDE (18) Director: Donald Cammell. Starring: Christopher Walken, Anne Heche, Joan Chen.

UK/USA 1995. 111 mins.

Bruno Buckingham (Walken) is an international money launderer who has need of the talents of Long Beach bank executive Alex Lee (Heche). But Alex offers more than the usual counter services – she also moonlights as a $1,500-a-night call girl.

Little does Bruno realise, however, that she’s also caught the eye of his beautiful wife Virginia (Chen). Bruno’s chauffeur, meanwhile, is setting out to blackmail Alex – and isn’t at all what he seems to be. This noirish, erotic thriller was the fourth and final film by Scottish director Donald Cammell (his debut was PERFORMANCE – which he wrote and co-directed with Nic Roeg); tragically, he committed suicide when arguments with WILD SIDE’s producers led to the film being substantially recut against his wishes. This restored version was released by Tartan in 2000 to critical acclaim.

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Director: Andrew Rossi. With: David Carr, Carl Bernstein, Bruce Headlam. USA, 2011. 88 mins.

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Director: Orson Welles. Starring: Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead. USA, 1941. 119 mins.

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As aged newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane dies alone in his cavernous mansion, Xanadu, a servant hears him utter his enigmatic last word, “Rosebud”. A reporter sets out to piece together Kane’s life and uncover “Rosebud’s” significance.

Orson Welles’s cinema debut, 70 years ago, rightly remains in most enlightened film critics’ top ten films. CITIZEN KANE displays a dazzling mastery of the medium that has seldom been matched, from the opening sequence of impressionistic moonlit atmospherics to expressionist camera angles, chiaroscuro lighting and complex long takes – together marking the most striking technical and stylistic advances since Fritz Lang’s innovations in M. A fascinating jigsaw of scenes from a life pieced together with great artistry and verve, it remains as relevant today as it was in 1941 and is a prescient exploration of the absolute power of the media mogul and how power inevitably corrupts.

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SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESSFRI(PG) Director: Alexander Mackendrick. Starring: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Martin Milner, Sam Levene. USA 1957. 92 mins.

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TWEETS AND WIKILEAKS ARE CONSPIRING to subvert today’s media landscape in ways that could never have been anticipated.

Andrew Rossi’s PAGE ONE offers us the opportunity to think about the choices we have in learning about the changing world in which we live. Rossi spotlights the burgeoning blogosphere from the perspective of the media division of The New York Times, and shows us how the old school journalistic grapevine still has a place in modern media alongside newer working models. PAGE ONE depicts an institution whose proven techniques need to be preserved even as technology races ahead of itself. The face of the paper is the incisive social media watchdog David Carr, who fights to defend the validity of hard newsprint copy in a society spoon-fed on internet news.

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3. 30 This compelling story of an untouchable Broadway columnist and a toadying press agent in the 1950s features Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis at their absolute best. Lancaster is plausibly cold and mean as J.J. Hunsecker, a megalomaniacal character modeled on the once-all-powerful Walter Winchell. Hunsecker is portrayed as a grotesque man who loves, and revels in, the dirty business of destroying lives in print. Curtis’s corrupt, power-worshipping Sidney Falco moves toward him like a moth to a flame; he’s a sycophant for all seasons. Perverse and decadent.

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THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE (PG) Director: Val Guest. Starring: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd, Michael Goodliffe. GB, 1961. 98 mins.

In THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE ex-journalist Val Guest crosses the news story with the disaster movie.

Hero reporter Peter Stenning (Edward Judd) has to cover the disastrous consequences caused by America’s and the Soviet Union’s nuclear test programmes: the Earth has been knocked off its axis and is headed for the sun.

The film used the actual offices of the Daily Express for some scenes, and Guest cast the paper’s ex-editor Arthur Christiansen. The threat to humanity seems frighteningly contemporary, whilst the newspaper world is strikingly accurate. And whilst the film lacks the special effects of contemporary films, it offers the pleasures of pacy journalistic dialogue, a typically realistic London and an imaginative take on science-fiction’s never-ending prophecies of doom. The closing scene ranks with the best cinema finales: the Express prepares two headlines: “Earth Saved” and “Earth Doomed”.

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This largely factual account of the life and death of crusading Irish crime journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett, who attended the screening at the 2003 Festival with director Joel Schumacher) combines standard biopic with an exposé of the ruthless gangster subculture that existed in 1990s Dublin. Cate Blanchett is Guerin, the real-life glory-hunting reporter who seemingly roamed Dublin with impunity, flitting from the police to informer to the very highest criminals, and accumulating exclusives along the way. As Guerin, Blanchett exhibits ambition and a tireless pursuit of her quarry, and a burning desire to do the right thing.

In short, the entire film, perhaps deliberately, begs the question of how far one should go for principles and career. Was she brave or foolish? Tenacious or complacent in her self-belief she was untouchable?

Where does it stop? Whatever our conclusions, for Guerin it meant paying the ultimate price for her byline.

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A riveting, relentless, cerebral thriller with an authentic backdrop, ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN remains an absorbing portrait of a local story that became national and then international, with two incredulous men at its heart – as relevant now as it was on release.

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A journalistic detective story of unprecedented importance that eventually brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon, the tale of Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward is the stuff of legend. Pakula’s film painstakingly follows the trail from a minor break-in at Democratic Party National headquarters to the very heart of government, illustrating the rottenness of 1970s American politics and the integrity of a few good men determined to do right. As

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This unsentimental portrait of a reptilian journalist and the media circus he creates around a news story gave Kirk Douglas arguably his greatest role. Cynical big city reporter Chuck Tatum, languishing on a smalltown paper after one scandal too many, hits upon the story of his career. Manipulating and manufacturing the drama of a local man trapped inside a silver mine to suit his own needs, he abuses his profession (and the fading victim) to create a sensation that will renew his reputation. Based on real-life events, ACE IN THE HOLE is that rare piece of cinema: a harsh and sour portrait of a hard-boiled newspaperman pursuing a story like a terrier. Prescient and bitter, it showcases the public’s insatiable appetite for bad news and, in Chuck Tatum, presents the journalist as malicious puppet master.

Quite simply, a masterpiece.

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WAKEFIELD EXPRESS (U) Director: Lindsay Anderson. GB, 1952. 33 mins.

Heavily influenced by the work of Humphrey Jennings, WAKEFIELD EXPRESS is a documentary featurette that follows the journey of a small West Yorkshire newspaper in its centenary year – from a reporter interviewing an elderly woman through to the paper going to press.

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Opening with a one-line statement that “what follows is based on actual case files” ZODIAC tells the story of a crime spree that gripped San Francisco and baffled the law.

The Zodiac carried out a string of indiscriminate killings between July 1969 and the early ‘70s. But it was his taunting of the police in a series of sinister letters and peculiar coded messages that set him apart from ‘regular’ murderers.

TABLOID (CFF 15)

Director: Errol Morris. Starring: Kent Gavin, Joyce McKinney. USA, 2010. 87 mins.

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David Fincher’s take on the story considers how the overwhelming nature of the case took its toll on those at its heart. Thus his film, far from being a straight detective story, becomes a multi-personality biopic, focusing on the various individuals at the heart of the investigation and what their personal sacrifices meant for their health and minds.

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Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon. USA 1974. 105 mins.

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Jaded newshound Hildy Johnson (Lemmon) is quitting his job at the Chicago Examiner to get married – but plans are cut short when notorious murderer Earl Williams escapes and turns up hidden in a roll-top desk. With the scoop of a lifetime under his nose, Hildy is conflicted – and scheming editor Walter Burns (Matthau) sees a way to hang on to his star reporter... The 1928 hit play upon which the film was based had already proved a rich seam for filmmakers, being adapted in 1931 and then remade in 1940

by Howard Hawks as HIS GIRL FRIDAY. For Wilder, it was a return to the familiar territory of SOME LIKE IT HOT, sharing its 1920s setting, madcap plot and snappy dialogue, as well as screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond and one of its leads (Lemmon). Nevertheless, its tempting to read echoes of contemporary events in its underlying themes of corruption – not least the Watergate scandal.

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Family Film Festival Opening Night Preview Screening!

Following the super success of last year, the Second Cambridge Family Film Festival will once again present special programmes featuring kids’ favourite TV and film characters, old and new, in a family-friendly environment – and at an affordable price.

Whether they’re infatuated with OCTONAUTS, entranced by TINGA TINGA TALES, bewitched by BAGPUSS or gripped by THE GRUFFALO (not literally, we hope...) there’ll be something that’s just right for all junior film fans. We’re really excited to be launching this year’s Festival with a very special sneak preview of the new 3D version of one of the greatest family films of all time – Disney’s THE LION KING! Look out for the friendly Family Film Festival team, who will be clearly visible around the Arts Picturehouse and who are there to make your child’s visit to the cinema (and yours) a little bit easier – and a whole lot more fun! There’ll even be a quiet ‘chill-out’ zone in the venue complete with kids’ books and craft materials, where you can settle down if all the excitement gets too much for little ones…

With competitions, craft activities and giveaways adding to the film fun, you’ll all be able to enjoy a family trip to the cinema as never before. On the Festival’s opening Saturday, 17th September, ticket holders for OCTONAUTS will also be able to try some amazing cake pops made by our friends

at Cambridge Cookery School! Plus our lovely sponsors at Heffers Bookshop on Trinity Street will be hosting some special Family Film Festival-themed activitiesin-store at 3pm to celebrate the Festival - pop along on Saturday 10th September to explore, rescue and protect with the Octonauts, and on Saturday 24th September you can find out how your favourite animals came to be with a terrific Tinga Tinga Tales storytime. Check out the Family Film Fest pages on www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk for more info.

All children must be accompanied by an adult at all times and we cannot be responsible for children who are left alone – anyway, we’d rather you enjoyed our events together! No unaccompanied adults will be admitted to any Family Film Festival screening.

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LION KING 3D (U) Directors: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff. Voices: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones. USA 1994. 89 mins.

What could be better than talking, singing lions? Talking, singing lions in 3D of course! Nearly a decade since THE LION KING last appeared on the big screen, Disney’s Oscar® and Golden Globe® winning film is back; bolder and brighter and, um, in 3D. Disney’s Bob Chapek, president of distribution, announces that “the all-new 3D format immerses viewers in the epic settings and puts them face-to-face with these beloved characters.” Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. Helped by wandering misfits Timon and Pumbaa, wise old Rafiki, and his childhood love Nala, Simba journeys to reclaim his role in the great circle of life.

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NATURE’S WAY CHARLIE AND LOLA AND TINGA TINGA TALES (U)

Director: Darragh O’Connell. UK 2010. 45 mins.

Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions. UK 2007 and 2010. 45 mins.

The Octonauts are a team of undersea adventurers who are always ready to dive into action! Their mission: to explore new underwater worlds, rescue amazing sea creatures and protect the ocean. Based on the richly imaginative books by award-winning design team, Meomi, this massively-popular new TV series combines elements of classic team adventure with stunning CGI animation to transport little ones into a magical world under the sea. We’re presenting three exciting Octonauts episodes – The Blobfish Brothers, The Electric Torpedo Rays, and the double-length special The Great Penguin Race.

A special programme of three beautifully-crafted and gloriouslyanimated tales from celebrated children’s television production company Tiger Aspect Productions.

Charlie and Lola Autumn Special – Everything Is Different And Not The Same. Lola is so looking forward to going back to school for the Autumn Term – she has her new woolly tights, though they do crinkle a bit, and can’t wait to show Mrs Hanson her new pencil case. But soon she finds out that everything at school is a little bit different and not the same – and she doesn’t like it one bit.

PLUS Tinga Tinga Tales – Why Ants Work Together... Life is hard when you’re so tiny!

And Tinga Tinga Tales – Why Skunk Smells… Naughty baboon tricks skunk into tasting the yucky smellyfruit!

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THE GRUFFALO (U) Directors: Jakob Shuh, Max Lang. Voices: Rob Brydon, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt. UK 2009. 30 mins.

Recently voted the nation’s favourite bedtime story, the magical tale of a plucky mouse who takes a walk through the deep, dark wood is brought to enchanting life in an all-star adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best-selling book. This beautifully animated, BAFTA-nominated treat features the vocal talents of Robbie Coltrane as The Gruffalo, Helena Bonham Carter as the Narrator, Rob Brydon as the Snake, and James Corden as the Mouse.

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TO INFINITY – AND BEYOND! (U)

SPRITES 10 (PG)

Directors: various. UK 1969 – 1977. Approx 65 mins.

This dazzling selection of family-friendly shorts has been hand-picked for the new digital generation by ondotzero – an international contemporary digital arts and design organisation.

Let the Family Film Festival team guide you through this brave new digital world, and dip into a range of fun stories and visually stimulating animations from across the globe which promise to entertain, enchant and delight. All materials screened are suitable for children of all ages, although very young audiences may find the nature of some of the scenes and imagery rather intense.

MUMBAI CHARLIE (CFF PG)

Directors: Various. 2008 – 2010. Approx 65 mins.

Join Mr Benn, The Clangers, Ivor The Engine, and Bagpuss as they head up, up and away for exciting adventures in outer space. Mr Benn steps into the Fancy Dress Shop’s changing room and emerges as a Spaceman; Major Clanger makes a flying machine; the mice use their Marvellous Mechanical Mouse Organ to sing Bagpuss a song about a woman who flew up to the Sun; and Ivor The Engine discovers a UFO… or is it?

Characterised by their easy charm, iconic imagery and wonderfully catchy soundtracks, these beautifully-crafted animations feature some of the most enduring TV characters of all time. This special programme is designed to introduce children to a range of televisual delights from the days before CBeebies – and to bring a nostalgic smile to parents’ faces.

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Director: Deepak Verma. Starring: Kulvinder Ghir, Neeraj Pathak, Jace Desay.

India/UK 2011. 28 mins.

MUMBAI CHARLIE is a heartwarming film about the curious and unexpected adventures of VJ – a young Mumbai businessman and reluctant heir to a business empire. On his way to the biggest meeting of his life in rural Gujarat, lost, ill and extremely stressed, he finds himself in the strange and wonderful world of a community entirely dedicated to the magic of Charlie Chaplin. There, he begins to understand what is truly important in life, learning from Charlie’s philosophy that “a day without laughter is a day wasted”. The film was inspired by the real-life ‘Charlie Circle’, a Chaplin appreciation society in the Gujarat town of Adipur.

Join the cast and crew of MUMBAI CHARLIE for a free, informal Q&A and interactive workshop after the film – giving you the chance to perfect your own Charlie Chaplin walk!

We recommend that this event is suitable for children aged 10 upwards.

As this is not a Family Film Festival screening it is open to all, including unaccompanied adults for whom normal Festival ticket prices apply. Tickets for 16 year olds and younger cost £4.00, with adults who are accompanying them paying just £2.00.

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Released in 1974, MARIKEN VAN NIEUMEGHEN – ultimately a collaboration with 800 people – was selected for the Official Competition of the Cannes Film Festival. No film from the Netherlands has received this honour since. His subsequent features have followed a unique and often bizarre vision.

Saturday 17 September 8.15pm • Arts Picturehouse

Although popular on the festival circuit, none of his films have achieved distribution in the UK. Cambridge Film Festival presents a chance to catch up with a unique vision of cinema, and meet the man himself.

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Director: Jos Stelling. Starring: Gene Bervoets, Sylvia Hoeks, Sergey Makovetskiy.

Netherlands 2007. 110 mins. Dutch and Russian with English subtitles.

Director: Jos Stelling. Starring: Freek de Jonge, Jim van der Woude, Catrine Wolthuizen, Gerard Thoolen. Netherlands 1984. 90 mins.

The submission for Best Foreign Film Oscar 2008 from the Netherlands, DUSKA is the perfect Film Festival movie. Bob is a film critic who lives opposite his favourite cinema. He is now working on a screenplay inspired by the young cashier in the cinema. While attracted to her, he expects nothing but fantasy until she has a row with her boyfriend. At the same time, Duska arrives on his doorstep – a man he met at a Russian film festival some years back – but neither speaks the other’s language.

Once in Bob’s apartment, Duska shows no sign of leaving.

DUSKA demonstrates all of Stelling’s fascination with language, communication and humour and with European Shooting Star, Sylvia Hoeks, lighting up the picture, it is enchanting viewing.

Opening with a beautiful sequence in a theatre, THE ILLUSIONIST establishes its genesis in Freek de Jonge’s stage show. However, Stelling quickly opens it out into the imagination of a figure who looks around the corner of the theatre dressing room. Blending fiction, reality, dream and illusion effortlessly THE ILLUSIONIST is the story of two brothers, one of whom pursues his ambitions, while the other is sent to a mental institution by their parents.

Lost childhood, failed ambitions, the threat of brain surgery, an unremitting mother, a suicidal father and a rich grandfather define the course of action. A film with no dialogue but much sound and fury – and winner of the Golden Calf and Critics Prize at the 1984 Dutch Film Festival.

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Brings to mind a much more bizarre Tati movie.”

THE WORLDWIDE CELLULOID MASSACRE

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Director: Jos Stelling. Starring: Jim van der Woude, Stéphane Excoffier, John Kraaykamp Netherlands 1986. 96 mins. Dutch and French with English Subtitles.

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Director: Jos Stelling. Starring: Dirk van Dijck, Kees Prins, Peer Mascini, Katja Schuurman, Netherlands 1999. 105 mins. Dutch with English subtitles.

Like THE POINTSMAN, NO PLANES NO TRAINS is based on a book

by Jean-Paul Franssens. It floats beautifully from the opening close-up of a butterfly on a plant to the final moments of the film – a dream-like comedy, resplendent with larger then life characters. Gerard goes to his regular pub just as the manager is setting up for the day, ready to say goodbye to all the regulars as he is leaving for Italy that night. Gerard goes completely unnoticed by the rest of the company, however, and one sad event follows the next. He only gets attention when he brags about his brother Mario Russo, a popular singer, with whom he is at odds – a fact that becomes painfully apparent when Mario unexpectedly drops by the pub...

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When an elegant French woman steps of a train in the middle of the night, she finds herself not on a platform, but the middle of nowhere, yet close to a signal box. Stranded, she finds the pointsman, a man who barely speaks. She meets the small number of characters who come into his life, surviving winter into spring and summer. Shot in the UK’s most remote station, Corrour, THE POINTSMAN is a study of characters, largely free of dialogue, understood through gesture and look.

Stelling’s exploration of the uses and abuses of power is art house fare, but neither obscure nor elitist. Enthralling performances generate a claustrophobic tension, but there’s humour too.” TIME OUT Print source: StellingFilms

Director: Jos Stelling. Starring: Frans Stelling, Ton de Koff, Lucie Singeling, Aya Gill. Netherlands 1977. 120 mins. Dutch with English subtitles.

An unusual and opulent portrait of the great painter, sketcher and etcher is Stelling’s third film and continues a fascination with Dutch culture, using the imagery of early Dutch masters.

From an early age he had always wanted to make a film about Rembrandt. He chose his twilight years, when Holland’s greatest painter made his last self-portrait, attempting to capture the painter’s past by means of his paintings and drawings. The film is like a search for the light, a lesson in looking. Using almost exclusively amateurs who worked for nearly two years in front of Jos Stelling’s camera in old robes, it is amazing what is achieved – the 17th century and Rembrandt’s paintings are brought to life. To accentuate his personal involvement, Stelling chose his brother Frans to play the young Rembrandt.

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Starring: Gheorghe Dinica, Radu Beligan, Ioana Ana Macaria. Romania 2001.

80 mins. Romanian with English subtitles.

“This was the first time I tried to make a film with the ambition of triggering a moral electroshock. (…) THE AFTERNOON OF A TORTURER is a film about the total incapacity of Romanians to confess and repent.” In Romania, Frant Tanda˘ra˘, a former torturer in the prisons of the Communist regime, is ready to confess his crimes to a journalist and former political prisoner.

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“NIKI AND FLO is a very dear film of mine. Maybe because it’s my last film, in every way, or maybe, who knows, my first film in a different kind of accounting.” Angela and her husband have decided to leave Romania for a life in the United States. Niki, Angela’s father, is torn between his wish to see his daughter happy and his desire to have her close by; meanwhile, Flo, the father of Niki’s son-in-law and a kind of domestic tyrant, slowly exerts control over Niki. The script was written by Cristi Puiu (STUFF AND DOUGH, THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU).

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THE OAK (CFF 15) (Stejarul)

Starring: Maia Morgenstern, Razvan Vasilescu, Victor Rebengiuc. Romania, 1992. 105 mins.

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A rare chance to see the debut feature by Cristian Mungiu (who made the groundbreaking 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS starring Anamaria Marinca), premiered in Cannes in 2002. This tragicomedy is set in post-Ceausescu Romania, where the destinies of several people cross – a couple going through a crisis, a young woman seeking a husband in Italy and a police officer on the verge of retirement.

We are delighted to welcome actress Anamaria Marinca to the Fri 23 screening.

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Director: Radu Muntean. Starring: Paul Ipate, Adi Carauleanu and Dragos Bucur.

Romania 2006. 92 mins.

Set during the confusing night of 22 December 1989, when Ceausescu was about to fall after decades of harsh dictatorship.

The original inspiration for the film was a tragic incident that received considerable media attention, in which two armoured squads of Interior Ministry troops who went to protect a military unit were accidentally butchered. Radu Muntean (BOOGIE, TUESDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS) creates a highly unusual, personal view of those days.

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STUFF AND DOUGH (CFF 15) Director: Cristi Puiu. Starring: Alexandru Papadopol, Dragos Bucur, THU Ioana Flora. Romania 2001. 91 mins. Romanian with English subtitles.

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105 mins. Romanian with English subtitles.

Before her breathtaking performance in 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS (2008) Anamaria Marinca played roles in SEX TRAFFIC (2004) and YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH (2007). She has since performed on the London stage, at the Young Vic and National Theatre, and has appeared in BOOGIE, THE COUNTESS, STORM, FIVE MINUTES OF HEAVEN and many more.

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actress Anamaria Marinca (4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, 2 DAYS) has also selected her three favourite New Wave films, and will be attending the Festival to talk about her choices and experiences. To give you a glimpse of the future, we also present a short film programme featuring some of Romania’s most promising new directors.

STUFF AND DOUGH follows a young man who is given a 6 . 0 0 suspiciously large amount of money and only four hours to deliver a bag of ‘medical goods’. Directed by Cristi Puiu (who went on to make the internationally acclaimed THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU), it marked the beginning of the New Wave and an exciting decade of cinematic goods.

The rawness and the energy, together with the exacting precision of the formal concept were so breathtaking that (…) he proved to have influenced profoundly the evolution of the New Romanian Cinema. I myself divided it into BC (before Cristi Puiu) and after.” ALEX. LEO S,ERBAN

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film world by storm. To celebrate, we look back at some of the highlights of the movement, starting with the work of one of the most inspiring figures for young directors, Lucian Pintilie – widely regarded as Romania’s Godard or Bergman. He has chosen three of his own films especially for Cambridge Film Festival. Renowned

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in Oslo. During a short layover on the Malpensa airport in Milan, she realizes her wallet is gone.

May 1984. Viorel – a nerd from the smithing class of a communist industrial high-school – enters a rivet-production contest hoping to win the attention and affection of Ileana – a schoolmate from the sewing class.

Director: Daniel Sandu. 15 mins.

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MUSIC IN THE BLOOD (MUZICA IN SANGE)

Mircea, a long-time employee of the National Company of Motorways and National Roads, brings along his nephew George, an educated but jobless young man, in order to introduce him to his boss in the hopes of getting him a job at the same company.

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Director: Ioana Uricaru. 14 mins.

Petre (Andi Vasluianu) is convinced that his son is very gifted, but Gypsy music business is very tough.

Ingrid (Monica Barladeanu), a beautiful and cosmopolitan Romanian woman, is travelling by plane returning to her home

Director: Adina Pintilie. 30 mins.

Some time during the communist dictatorship in Romania, a man tries to cross the Danube illegally using an oxygen cylinder.

With thanks to: Mihai Chirilov (Transilvania International Film Festival), actress Anamaria Marinca, director Lucian Pintilie, Alina Salcudeanu (Romanian Film Centre, Bucharest), James Bell (Sight & Sound), Ramona Mitrica (Ratiu Foundation/ Romanian Cultural Centre, London) The Romanian New Wave Celebration is supported by

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Audrey and David wash their dirty linen in public while debating the question: “How much is too much?”

Director: Chihiro Amemiya. Japan/USA. 16 mins.

Filmed during World Aids Day 2010, the film follows New York-based poet and activist Rob Vassilarakis as he tells his turbulent life story through his poetry, and comes to terms with his sexuality and life with HIV.

A 75-year-old Japanese man has been acting in adult videos for 15 years without telling his family.

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LITTLE DEATHS Director: Ruth Lingford. USA/UK. 11 mins.

Set to an aural mosaic where the speakers articulate their deeply personal thoughts on the orgasmic experience, LITTLE DEATHS depicts an intoxicating series of impressionistic, animated interpretations of these thoughts.

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Father Viollet is a modern priest (for the 1930s and 40s). He fields thousands of questions from men and women who are all trying to strike the delicate balance between Catholic morality and the physical practicalities of marriage. No easy task...

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When God and the Devil go on a rock climbing weekend in Wales, it’s down time – a chance to call a temporary truce.

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Set in rural Shropshire, the film explores the life of Tobi, a teenager disillusioned with family life, friends and the community around her as she makes preparations to run away.

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A father and son – roles now reversed as one becomes the caretaker of the other – execute a delicate dance at the edge of the sea.

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Director: Marta Minorowicz. Poland. 24 mins.

At the end of the summer holidays, a man who works in the Bieszczady Mountains spends time with his grandson. Surrounded by the wilderness, they try to understand one another.

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Director: Hanjin Park. USA. 14 mins.

THE MAN WITH THE STOLEN HEART

An accidental encounter between a young man and a couple turns into a game of light and shadow.

Mistakes have consequences, even for those demons that walk among us.

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Director: Alex Hardy. UK. 7 mins.

Director: Ashlee Page. Australia. 15 mins.

It is Giorgi’s day of reckoning: his initiation into the violent world of the family business.

Director: Thomas Guerrier. UK. 12 mins.

Returning home through the scrub after a night out two teenage girls seek respite from the stifling heat in a water tank. But the intimate mood takes a dangerous turn when they discover they are trapped...

Mark Gatiss stars as a glacial hitman who gets out of his depth in a run-down B&B.

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THE PIANO TUNER (L’ACCORDEUR)

Director: Olivier Treiner. France. 13 mins.

A piano tuner pretends to be blind in order to get close to his clients. Because he sees things that he should not, Adrien witnesses a murder.

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Director: Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith. UK. 8 mins.

Director: Lars Kornhoff. Germany. 18 mins.

A surreal tale about a Man who wakes up one day only to discover his heart has run away.

16-year-old Leon breaks into a chic mansion in a wealthy neighbourhood. He heads straight for the nursery where he takes a sleeping child from its crib, leaving nothing but a handwritten note behind. But Leon has something entirely different in mind than it first seems...

ALMOST (BEINAHE) Director: Uwe Greiner. Germany. 11 mins.

Oscar jumps on his subway train as he does every day. But that morning, a sideways glance changes everything...

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

THE ROAR OF THE SEA

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Director: Nadine Voss. France/Germany. 20 mins.

Director: Michael Davies. UK. 13 mins.

Directors: Ana R. Fernandes and Torsten Truscheit.

Cape Verde/Germany. 27 mins.

Away from home – the Congo – Michel seeks asylum in Germany. Meanwhile, nine-year-old Sophie misses the school field trip and is forced to return home alone. Events bring the two together in a tragic way.

Challenging the belief that old people can’t fall in love, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT is also an acknowledgement of a fear of losing one’s memory – and of facing up to a lifethreatening illness.

An African refugee, whose identity is unknown, is being interrogated in prison. The guard decides to help the refugee, even if it means risking his own job. But time is getting short and the deportation machinery is already in full swing.

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SUN is sealed when she crosses paths with a scheming old woman who harbours a dark secret.

Director: Grant Orchard. UK. 7 mins.

A New Yorker’s daily encounter with a chicken plays out over 100 years with increasingly apocalyptic results.

Director: Keir Burrows. UK. 15 mins.

Director: Prasanna Puwanarajah. UK. 13 mins.

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THE EXTERNAL WORLD Director: David O’Reilly. Ireland/Germany. 15 mins.

A little boy learns to play the piano.

COLOURBLEED Director: Peter Szewczyk. Poland/UK. 9 mins.

A young girl dreams of brighter days in a forgotten Eastern European city. Her fate

A man searches for a simple beacon of tungsten light in a world over-lit by energysaving bulbs.

THE SOLOIST (DER SOLIST) Director: Pierre Hansen. Luxembourg. 15 mins.

Heinrich Lob, a single, overweight, 55-year-old PE teacher, had no intentions of reinventing the wheel. His life was in perfect harmony until a ping-pong paddle hit his head.

BLINK OF AN EYE (AUGENBLICKE)

Director: Martin Bargiel. Germany. 20 mins.

Some dreams shouldn’t be remembered.

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GHOST

Director: Yaron Bar. Israel. 8 mins.

Director: Dahci Ma. Korea. 10 mins.

An everyday train voyage slowly turns into a nightmare.

A starving man’s imagination spirals out of control in an empty house.

THE WELL (EL POZO)

HERE, NOW & TOMORROW (AB MORGEN)

Director: Guillermo Arriaga. Mexico. 8 mins.

In the middle of the remote and rugged desert of Coahuila two grandparents take care of their orphaned grandchildren – but the smallest falls into a deep well.

Directors: Stefan Elsenbruch and Raphael Wallner. Germany.

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En route to visit her mother, Jade stops at a motel with her family. There she gets lost in the torrid labyrinth of her mind...

The story of a man who buys another man’s life in order to save his own.

Director: Piers Thompson. UK. 25 mins.

A woman arrives at a port town in an unknown country at dawn, and appears to be running from her past.

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Selected by MovieMaker Magazine as one 16 America’s “coolest film festivals,” the Disposable 1 0. 30 Film Festival was created in 2007 to celebrate the artistic potential of disposable video: short films WED made on non-professional devices such as one-time 21 1 0. 45 use video cameras, cell phones, point and shoot cameras, webcams, computer screen capture software, and other readily available video capture devices. Now in its fourth year, the San Francisco-based Disposable Film Festival offers a forum dedicated to the creative potential of this new mode of filmmaking through screenings, competitions, and other events to showcase the best work within the disposable genre.

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Project Trident returns to the Cambridge Film Festival for the third consecutive year, with a very special selection of the dark, the weird, and the downright ridiculous – films so new, so revolutionary, that most of them are still in a state of feverish production as we write. That is the beauty of Tridentfest!

For Cambridge we have a special programme of selected films highlighting the startling new creative possibilities opened up by the lo-fi, low-tech and low cost; refreshing, spontaneous and the complete antithesis of the megabudget, CG-laden style-over-content Hollywood blockbuster.

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The Disposable Film Festival Mission: “The Disposable Film Festival supports and celebrates the democratization of cinema made possible by new, inexpensive video technology, offering a legitimate forum in which the work of zero-budget and non-traditional filmmakers is taken seriously and exhibited in theaters around the United States and internationally. Through workshops, competitions, panels, and other events intended to educate and inspire, the Disposable Film Festival promotes experimentation and helps build the track record needed for a new generation of filmmakers to enter and change the industry.”

THROWN Director: Rydian Cook. UK. 14 mins.

A family bereavement leads to a favourite chair

Theatre being assigned to the scrap heap, until a seemingly

Inspired by the murder of Hertfordshire traveller, Mark Lindgren, HEAVEN’S SECRET is narrated by a young inhabitant of Heaven who wants to tell us how he died and the secret to ascendance.

THE NEST Director: Emily Cooper. UK. 11mins.

It is seemingly just another school morning for Laura and her mother, Alice.

But the differences between their points of view leave us haunted by questions about Laura’s father.

insignificant discovery leads to a change of heart.

STATESMEN Director: Tom Goudsmit. UK. 24 mins.

A portrait of three American men and their relationship with the world around them.

EARTH TO EARTH: NATURAL BURIAL AND THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND Director: Sarah Thomas. UK. 30 mins.

Set in the ever changing landscape of Barton Glebe – a Christian, woodland burial site near Cambridge – this film explores changing attitudes towards death, disposal and relationships with the landscape.

What we can say is that there will certainly be a selection of films

by Ryd Cook, Thom Dobbin, Christian Lapidge, Simon Panrucker, Johnboy Davis, Tom Martin, Andrzej Sosnowski and Carl Peck. And, in addition to the customary extravaganza of strange, homemade B-movies – with the usual interactive Q&A’s from the filmmakers themselves – Tridentfest 2011 also features the world premiere of THE PURPLE FIEND! Directed by Trident alumnus Carl Peck – a year and a half in the making and surrounded by a fever of hype (it says here) – this 30 minute mini-epic promises “to smash boundaries and blow minds to smithereens”.

On New Years Eve, dapper chums Professor Laminut and Googy are celebrating, but when their evil nemesis Count Viper crashes the party they must use all their cunning and zeal if they are to save the world by the stroke of midnight. This globe-spanning tale follows Professor Laminut and Googy on their quest to find the ‘Sacred Colocolo of Porabolus’ – a holy relic thought by modern society to have been lost in the mists of time...

Was it worth all those months of fake blood, real sweat and occasional tears? Come and find out at TRIDENTFEST 2011.

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They are offering all film festival ticket holders 10% off their total bill (a la carte menu only).

Only a five minute walk down Regent Street.

(CFF 15) 66 mins.

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A selection of shorts by filmmakers from the East of England capturing the drama of life, love and the relationships that can make and break us. The films were made with the support of the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund and received National Lottery through EM Media East.

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SUNNY BOY

Director: Chris Dundon. UK 2011. 18 mins.

Director: Jane Gull. UK 2011. 11 mins.

Ellie is a teenage boxer desperate to make the ABA Boxing Academy and leave behind her unsupportive father. With the trials fast approaching she must face the challenges outside the ring and learn the true meaning of success.

Danny and his overprotective father live in a world of darkness due to his rare skin condition.

He longs to be a regular teenager playing football out in the sun.

I WISH I WERE AN ELEPHANT Directors: Karen Penman, Liam Brazier. UK 2011. 4 mins.

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An animation conveying the fragility of life, how we should make the most of every moment and accept, without regret, the inevitability of our own existence.

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE Director: Andrew Brand. UK 2011. 15 mins.

A couple’s troubled relationship collides with a stranger’s good intentions.

JUMPING FOR JOY Director: David O’Neil. UK 2011. 18 mins.

An unrequited love is finally resolved over a painful insurance scam.

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A series of award-winning shorts from the Zagreb School of animation, spanning the ‘golden years’ from the 1950s through to the 1970s, presented by animator Elizabeth Hobbs.

The latest crop from Croatia, including titles featured at Cannes and the prestigious Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.

This programme is accompanied by a selection of short animations from Anglia Ruskin University students, introduced by artist and university lecturer Jim Butler, who runs the BA in Illustration & Animation at Anglia Ruskin University.

MY WAY (MOJ PUT)

IN CHAINS (U LANCIMA)

Director: Veljko Popovi´c and Svjetlan Junakovi´c. Croatia 2010. 7 mins.

Director: Daniel Sulijic. Croatia 2011. 8 mins.

ALONE (SAMAC) Directior: Vatroslav Mimica. Croatia 1959. 11 mins.

Mimica uses a dialogue-free animation to explore abstract emotions in this Kafkaesque tale of isolation in a bureaucratic system.

ERSATZ (SUROGAT) Director: Dušan Vukoti´c. Croatia 1961. 9 mins.

On the beach, a tourist inflates a whole village in plastic in which everything is reproduced, including sentiments.

THE WALL (ZID) Director: Ante Zaninovic. Croatia 1965. 3mins.

Two people encounter a wall. One immediately gives up, but the other refuses to admit defeat.

THE CAT (MACKA) Director: Zlatko Bourek. Croatia 1971. 10mins.

It is based on an old Aesop fable: a young poet is

lonesome until Venus provides him with company, transforming his cat into a wonderful girl.

THE FLY (MUHA) Director: Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša. Croatia 1966.

8 mins.

The relationship between a man and bothersome fly, whose aggravating persistence grows into an obsession.

TUP TUP Director: Nedeljko Dragic. Croatia 1973. 10 mins A city dweller in a big apartment is kept awake at night by the constant sounds of two musical beats.

We observe two monsters insulting each other, a noble weapon auction... Through several interconnected episodes, this film criticizes today’s lifestyles.

THE ORNAMENT OF THE SOUL (ORNAMENT DUSE)

NO SLEEP WON’T KILL YOU (NESPAVANJE NE UBIJA)

Director: Irena Pranjic Jukic. Croatia 2011. 6 mins.

Director: Marko Mestrovic. Croatia 2010. 9 mins.

The film visualises a phrase often used as a figure of speech, each character’s personality and character depicted as diverse pulsating ornaments interwoven with their visible aura.

What happens when the dream takes control over reality?

THE ROOM (SOBA) Director: Ivana Juric. Croatia 2010. 5 mins.

Director: Zdenko Gasparovic. Croatia 1978. 14 mins.

An animated short based upon the music of Eric Satie.

DOVE SEI, AMOR MIO

Elizabeth Hobbs is an award-winning, independent animator working in East London under the name Spellbound Animations. Elizabeth also runs animation workshops in museums, galleries and schools and lectures at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

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A story about growing up and maturing, about anxiety and ambition illustrated through a tale of shoes.

In a hotel room a woman (doll) is waiting for the call from her lover (doll). His arrival and their sexual intercourse are like a ritual.

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Director: Velijko Popovi´c. Croatia 2011. 10mins.

Is the comfort of routine and the happiness it provides enough to keep us slaves forever?

FLOWER OF BATTLE (CVIJET BITKE)

Director: Simon Bogojevic Narath. Croatia 2011. 20 mins.

The Arcadian atmosphere of a hazy underworld hosts unusual characters: an Illusionist, a Civil Entity, a Wooden Puppet and a silent, but dangerous Swordsman.

Many thanks to: Sanja Borcic (Zagreb Film), Vanja Sremac (Croatian Audiovisual Centre), Vanja Andrijevic (Bonobostudio), Elizabeth Hobbs and Jim Butler.

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For the latest information on tickets and prices, please check our website at www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk, or call the Picturehouse booking line on 0871 902 5720. * Concessionary tickets are available at all times for people in full time studies, claimants and senior citizens (valid ID required). You must bring proof of status when you collect your ticket. Calls cost 10p per minute from a landline.

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The Cambridge Film Festival is operated by the Cambridge Film Trust (registered charity no. 1120059). We therefore regret that Picturehouse gift vouchers and Membership free tickets cannot be redeemed for Festival screenings.

There will also be no Student Beans, Big Scream!, Orange Wednesdays, Kids’ Club or Silver Screen offers for the duration of the Festival.

The Festival Three Colour Pass enables you to buy multiple tickets at a discounted rate. Members who buy a Festival Three Colour Pass receive the discount on Member ticket prices.

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THE ARTS PICTUREHOUSE BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 www.picturehouses.co.uk 38-39 St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR Book tickets in advance for ALL venues through the Arts Picturehouse.

The Arts Picturehouse screens a year-round programme of the best in new and classic cinema over three screens (including one THXcertificated for best quality sound and another RealD 3D enabled). All screens are licensed, so you can take your drink from the café-bar in with you. You do not have to be a member to view films at the Arts Picturehouse, but if you are you’ll receive discounts on tickets, free preview screenings and priority booking for the Festival.

CINEWORLD BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 (via Picturehouse box office) | www.cineworld.co.uk | Leisure Park, Clifton Way, Cambridge CB1 7BY Tickets can be booked in advance at the Arts Picturehouse and via Cineworld’s Box Office for showings at Cineworld (recommended for Unlimited Pass holders). Cineworld Cinema offers a wide range of films from around the world, from Hollywood to Bollywood, specialist films to family films. Regular presentations include Monday Classics, Wednesday Specials and a dedicated children’s club, Movies for Juniors, every Saturday morning.

EMMANUEL COLLEGE BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 (via Picturehouse box office) | www.emma.cam.ac.uk | St Andrew’s Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AP Founded in the 16th century, Emmanuel College is ideally located just opposite the Arts Picturehouse. Its historic surroundings will play host to a number of special screenings and events. The Queen’s Building, designed by Sir Michael and Patty Hopkins and voted ‘Building of the Year’ when it first opened, houses an impressive tiered auditorium.

JESUS GREEN LIDO BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 (via Picturehouse box office) | Jesus Green, Cambridge, CB4 3AX At around 90 metres long the Jesus Green Swimming Pool is one of the longest outdoor lidos in Europe. Found hidden behind tall trees next to the River Cam on Jesus Green the pool was opened in 1923.

Today it retains many of its original features and constantly proves to be a much used attraction for Cambridge residents and visitors alike.

Back in 2005 a short documentary, JESUS GREEN POOL, exploring the seasonal nature of the pool and its devotees was shown at the Festival. Season closes Sunday 11th September.

SAWSTON CINEMA AT THE MARVEN CENTRE, SAWSTON VILLAGE COLLEGE BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 (via Picturehouse box office) | www.sawstoncinema.org.uk | Youth Community Centre, New Road, Sawston, CB22 3BP Spicer’s Theatre was the home of cinema in Sawston from 1932 until falling attendance led to its closure in the ‘60s. Since then, it has been a Youth and Community Centre managed by the neighbouring secondary school, Sawston Village College – but thanks to support from the Cambridge Film Trust, the UK Film Council and South Cambridgeshire District Council, films are once again being screened, with young people from the school running projection and all front-of-house operations.

Parking is available on the Sawston Village College site.

MURRAY EDWARDS COLLEGE BOX OFFICE: 0871 902 5720 (via Picturehouse box office) | www.murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk | Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DF Purpose-built conference rooms in this modern centre provide facilities for product launches, summer schools, receptions and conferences. The private foyer leads to the raked lecture theatre and a flexible range of syndicate rooms and offers a beautiful reception area, which overlooks the decking area and gardens.

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ABOVE US ONLY SKY (GERMAN) ACE IN THE HOLE (FRONT PAGE) ACT OF GRACE AFTERNOON OF A TORTURER, THE (ROMANIAN) ALBATROSS ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (FRONT PAGE) AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN ANALOGUE KINGDOM ANDUNI (GERMAN) ANIMATION FROM CROATIA (SHORTFUSION) AS IF I AM NOT THERE AT NIGHT THEY DANCE ATROCIOUS

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BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE, THE BEAT BOXING BEN IS BACK BENGALI DETECTIVE, THE BERNARD HERRMANN BLACK BUTTERFLIES (GERMAN) BLOOD IN THE MOBILE BOATLOAD OF WILD IRISHMEN, A BOFFIN & BOFFIN BOMBAY BEACH BRITAIN THROUGH A LENS: THE BRITISH DOCUMENTARY FILM MOB BULLHEAD BURNOUT (GERMAN)

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