FACT Brochure: 11 July - 21 August

11 July – 21 August 2014

Film, Art and Creative Technology Featuring: Liverpool Biennial 2014 / We Buy White Albums / Organic Cinema / Family Events / FLAG Film Festival / The Best of Independent Cinema from Picturehouse.

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This month at FACT we are very excited to welcome back Liverpool Biennial to FACT. For the 2014 edition of the festival, we are hosting the first UK solo show from American artist and filmmaker Sharon Lockahart.

Rutherford Chang’s We Buy White Album’s comes to Liverpool as part of LIMF. Artist collective, World Wilder Lab, attempt to give vegetation a voice with their project Organic Cinema from 25 July. Our engagement team have been busy preparing for the FLAG Film Festival, Connectivity exhibition and Veterans website launch which are all set to take place over the next few weeks.

On our screens, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood gets a release after 12 years of filming.

Following the real-life development of actor Ellar Coltrane from boy to man, it’s a cinematic first not to be missed.

Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo team up to make sweet music in Begin Again while Philip Seymour Hoffman, in one of his final roles, plays a blue-collar man dealing with his stepson’s death in gritty drama God’s Pocket.

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Programme correct at time of going to press. please check listings before your visit. The management reserves the right to cancel or alter the programme in exceptional circumstances.

Please check your tickets carefully as mistakes cannot be rectified later. Film start times may vary, particularly with special screenings, which may not be preceded by adverts or trailers.

Please arrive on time. Latecomers can spoil the enjoyment of others and are admitted at the manager’s discretion. Admission is subject to our Terms of Admission, available on request.

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Welcome

For more information about the Picturehouse film programme, or to book call 08719025737 (lines open 9.30am –8.30pm) or visit picturehouses.co.uk

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes provides big blockbuster action, continuing from the 2011 reboot of the sci-fi classic.

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Film Continues

Continues

Cold in July (15)

The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (15)

Director Jim Mickle Starring Sam Shepard, Don Johnson, Michael C. Hall USA/France 2014 109 mins

Placid Texan Richard Dane (Hall, TV’s Dexter) kills a burglar in selfdefence. The burglar’s father, Russel (Shepard), is fresh out of jail, and unsettling scenes ensue as he menaces the Dane family. But when swaggering private eye-cum-pig farmer Jim Bob Luke (Johnson) rolls up, the story takes some tense twists and turns as he, Russel and Dane form an uneasy alliance to uncover corruption on a horrific scale.

Director Felix Herngren Starring Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, Mia Skäringer, Alan Ford Sweden 2013 114 mins Swedish with English subtitles

This dark Scandinavian comedy is a succession of absurd chance encounters interlaced with bizarre, Zelig-like flashbacks. Allan Karlsson, played with subtle relish by the distinguished Gustafsson, bumbles his way from a nursing home into a seedy criminal netherworld, with a deliciously typecast Alan Ford (Snatch) as an enraged villain determined to recover the loot Karlsson has inadvertently appropriated.

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Boyhood (15) Director Richard Linklater Starring Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette USA 2014 166 mins

Linklater (Before Midnight) has followed a boy’s life from the ages of six to 18, shooting periodically over 12 years. Ellar Coltrane plays Mason, the son of Mason Snr and Olivia (Hawke and Arquette). As his divorced parents find new partners, Mason

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Jnr faces emotional and physical uncertainties with growing maturity; while the changes he undergoes are obvious, they’re subtly matched by those of his parents in this unique collaborative feat.

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Film From 11 July

From 17 July

From 18 July

Begin Again (15)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (12A)

Finding Vivian Maier (12A)

3D / 2D Director John Carney Starring Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Catherine Keener, Hailee Steinfeld USA 2013 104 mins

In this uplifting tale from the director of Once, Ruffalo is Dan, a New York record-label boss who is flailing in both his personal and professional life, and Knightley plays Greta, a songwriter whose career has derailed since her partner hit the big time.

When Dan hears her performance at an open-mic night, he suspects that she might just be the real deal.

Resisting predictable plot turns, Carney keeps us guessing the trajectory of our two lost souls in this crowd-pleaser.

Director Matt Reeves Starring Gary Oldman, Keri Russell, Andy Serkis USA 2014 130 mins

Directors John Maloof, Charlie Siskel USA 2013 84 mins

This sequel to 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes finds the majestic Caesar (Serkis) leading his fellow simians against a band of human survivors of a devastating virus. The ensuing struggle will determine who ultimately rules the planet. Using the latest stop-motion technology, innovative director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) guarantees that this new incarnation of the popular sci-fi thriller is as engrossing as ever.

This documentary is a tribute to Vivian Maier, an unsung genius of urban photography. The accidental discovery of her work by real-estate agent John Maloof resulted in her posthumous recognition as one of the finest street photographers of the 20th century. Paying homage to her work as well as exploring the strange twists and turns of her life, this film is dense with images, interviews and revelations, painting a fitting and moving portrait of the artist.

Contains moderate violence, threat and infrequent strong language.

Contains infrequent child abuse references.

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Film From 25 July

From 25 July

From 31 July

From 1 August

Joe (15)

Believe (PG)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Cert TBC)

Mood Indigo (12A)

3D / 2D Director David Gordon Green Starring Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter USA 2013 117 mins

Director David Scheinmann Starring Brian Cox, Jack Smith, Natascha McElhone, Toby Stephens UK 2013 96 mins

Director James Gunn Starring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper USA 2014 TBC mins

Director Michel Gondry Starring Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou France/Belgium 2013 94 mins French with English subtitles

The titular Joe (Cage), an ex-con, runs a rough-neck crew thinning out forested land for dubious purposes. One day adolescent Gary (Sheridan, a revelation in Mud) turns up persuasively begging for work.

Recognising Gary’s desperation, Joe becomes his mentor and ultimately protector from an aggressively drunk father (Poulter, a real-life drifter who died post-production). As was director David Gordon Green’s previous film Prince Avalanche, this is an atmospherically raw work about life at the moral and economic margins, but with tougher undertones.

Young Georgie (Smith) enjoys kicking a ball around the Manchester backstreets with his mates, and also doing the odd bit of thievery. When legendary ex-Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby (Cox) hears about him, he elects to come out of retirement and coach the ragtag team to compete for the local Junior League Cup, facing many setbacks – and his own haunting memories of the 1958 Munich air disaster – along the way.

Marvel’s latest epic adventure boasts ultra-imaginative settings and a starry ensemble cast. After stealing a mysterious orb, adventurer Peter Quill (Pratt, Zero Dark Thirty, Parks and Recreation) goes on the run, and is forced into an uneasy truce with four supernatural misfits: Rocket (voiced

by Cooper), a gun-toting raccoon; Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel), a treelike humanoid; the deadly Gamora (Saldana); and the vengeful Drax the Destroyer (David Bautista).

Sweet-natured inventor Colin (Duris, Populaire) falls in love with Chloé (Tautou, Amelie). When she develops a rare illness that involves a lily growing inside her lungs, he must resort to increasingly quirky inventions in order to provide for her. Based on a novel by Boris Vian, Gondry’s (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) film is a riot of visual puns, delightful animations and comedic sleights.

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Contains moderate violence and nudity.

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Film From 6 August

From 8 August

The Inbetweeners 2

God’s Pocket (15)

(Cert TBC) Directors Damon Beesley, Iain Morris Starring Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas, Blake Harrison UK 2014 TBC mins

After The Inbetweeners Movie proved the biggest-grossing (in every sense) UK film comedy ever, the temptation to make a sequel proved too much for the young actors who play TV’s ultimate bad lads. Once again Simon Bird, James Buckley, Joe Thomas and Blake Harrison travel abroad for their misadventures, although this time they’re letting Europe off lightly and opting instead to descend Down Under.

Director John Slattery Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro USA 2014 89 mins

In his penultimate role before his death, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays corrupt meat trader Mickey.

When his crazy stepson Leon is killed in a clapped-out local factory, Mickey’s life quickly unravels with little apparent chance of redemption.

But Mickey’s wife Jeanie (Hendricks) suspects that Leon’s death was not what it seemed. Slattery draws edgy performances from all concerned in this claustrophobic, darkly humorous drama.

From 8 August

Lilting (15) Director Hong Khaou Starring Ben Whishaw, Pei-Pei Cheng, Peter Bowles UK 2014 86 mins

When his lover Kai (Andrew Leung) dies, Richard (Whishaw, Skyfall) and Junn, Kai’s Chinese-Cambodian mother (Cheng, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon), share their grief.

Junn is hampered by her lack of English, while Richard is forced to

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hide the fact that her son was gay, but the pair gradually develop a bond. Hong Khaou’s touching debut feature draws especially magnetic performances from its two leads.

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Film From 8 August

From 15 August

From 15 August

All This Mayhem

The Rover (15)

Wakolda (Cert TBC)

Director David Michôd Starring Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy Australia/USA 2014 103 mins

Director Lucía Puenzo Starring Alex Brendemühl, Florencía Bado Argentina/Spain/Norway/France 2013 TBC mins Spanish with English subtitles

(Cert TBC) Director Eddie Martin Featuring Tas Pappas, Ben Pappas UK/Australia 2014 TBC mins

Super-talented Australian brothers Tas and Ben Pappas rose to dominate the world of competitive skateboarding in the 1990s, but their success came at huge personal cost. Eddie Martin’s gripping documentary unflinchingly reveals their highs and lows.

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In a post-apocalyptic world, Eric (Pearce, Lawless) has his car stolen by three ruthless outlaws led by Henry (McNairy, Argo). The chase is then on for Eric to recover his car, a hunt that soon involves Henry’s injured brother Rey (Pattinson, Cosmopolis). David Michôd’s bleakly atmospheric film – which packs the same visceral punch as his Animal Kingdom – has all the atmospheric desperation of The Road and the Mad Max saga.

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Fugitive Nazi Josef Mengele (Brendemühl) is living incognito in an Argentinian hotel run by a young couple whose 12-year-old daughter (the luminous Bado) is small for her age. The apparently kindly doctor offers to help her with injections of his ‘growth hormone’, unaware that an Israeli agent (Elena Roger) is on his trail. This gripping drama is based on director Puenzo’s own bestselling novel.

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Film From 15 August

From 15 August

Hector and the Search for Happiness (15)

Dinosaur 13 (Cert TBC)

Director Peter Chelsom Starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Toni Collette Germany/Canada 2014 120 mins

Hector (Pegg) is an affluent young London shrink with a spirited livein girlfriend (Pike), and various troublesome and troubled patients who reinforce his misgivings about the existence of true, enduring happiness.

So he throws everything aside and jets off around the world in a quest to find it. This feel-good movie’s starry cast includes Stellan Skarsgård, Christopher Plummer, Jean Reno and Toni Collette, and writer-director Chelsom rolls things along with huge style and infectious energy.

Director Todd Douglas Miller USA 2014 TBC mins

In 1990 the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found was uncovered in South Dakota’s badlands. Dinosaur 13 reveals what happened next as overzealous government officials launched legal action against its discoverers. The result is an unexpectedly gripping David vs Goliath tale.

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August 2014

The Keeper of Lost Causes (15) Director Mikkel Nørgaard Starring Nikolaj Lie Caas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter Denmark/Germany/Sweden 2014 97 mins Danish with English subtitles

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Exhibitions Image: © Sharon Lockhart, Pódworka, 2008.

Courtesy the artist, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels, and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles.

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5 July – 26 October

Liverpool Biennial 2014: Sharon Lockhart Galleries 1, 2 & Public Spaces / FREE Entry / Tue – Sun / 11am – 6pm

FACT and Liverpool Biennial present the first UK solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist Sharon Lockhart.

Known for creating film and photography portraying often overlooked subjects in everyday life, Lockhart’s practice is underpinned by a commitment to immersing herself in new environments and building intimate relationships with people and places.

Perhaps the most significant of these is her friendship with a young Polish girl Milena, with whom she has formed a continuing collaboration, three separate aspects of which will be shown at FACT. Supported by Kadist and neugerriemschneider.

Liverpool Biennial is funded and supported by Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council, the European Union Regional Development Fund and Founding Supporter James Moores

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Specials ExhibitionRelated Films

Sharon Lockhart has curated a programme of films about childhood which have inspired the development of her new film to be premiered at FACT in October.

16 July, 6.30

30 July, 6.30

13 August, 6.30

Nana (15)

Paper Moon (PG)

Wadjda (PG)

Director Valérie Massadian France 2011 68 mins French with English subtitles

Director Peter Bogdanovich USA 1972 102 mins

Director Haifaa Al-Mansour Saudi Arabia/ Germany 2012 97 mins Arabic with English subtitles

Nana is four years old and lives in a stone house beyond the forest.

One late afternoon, coming back from school, she finds the house deserted and must journey into the darkness.

This portrayal of the world is seen from her perspective.

Adapted from the novel Addie Pray

by Joe David Brown, Paper Moon is the story of Moses Pray and Addie Loggins. The film is set in the Depression-era Midwest and follows the growing friendship between a con man and a young girl who may or may not be his daughter.

6.30pm / Screen 3 / £9.50, £7.50 (Members & concs)

6.30pm / The Box / £9.50, £7.50 (Members & concs)

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The first Saudi Arabian feature to be directed by a woman, shot in the suburbs of Riyadh, Haifaa Al-Mansour’s film tells the story of a ten-year-old who wants to buy a green bicycle to race against her friend Abdullah.

6.30pm / The Box / £9.50, £7.50 (Members & concs)

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Events Family Events

From 25 July

Organic Cinema 26 July / 23 August / 20 September

23 August

Biennial Family Workshops

Visit The Zone

FACT Public Spaces / FREE (drop in) / 12pm – 4pm / Suitable for children 5-12yrs and their parents/guardians

Illchester Park, Birkenhead (Near Birkenhead North Train Station) / FREE / 12pm – 4pm

We have some exciting family workshops coming up during the Biennial led by Artist Najia Bagi. All workshops are free to attend and activities are designed to be enjoyed by children and ‘big kids’ alike! Keep an eye on on fact.co.uk for more information, or contact anna.kronenburg@fact.co.uk to sign up to our family newsletter.

Image: 100 Spoons and You, Installation for families by Najia Bagi, Tate Liverpool, 2014

The Garden by LEAF at FACT / FREE

Plants, bacteria and millions of other living entities surround us all the time and are vital to our well-being.

However, their behaviour, and their very existence, constantly escapes human perception. What if we could see and hear what plants and microorganisms “talk about”?

Artists Close & Remote took visitors to our last exhibition on a journey to the Zone, an exciting art work developed in collaboration with The Mersey Forest and inspired

by Bidston Moss in Birkenhead.

Visit The Mersey Forest’s Illchester festival in August, there’ll be fun family activities and you can pick up a map of the Zone and explore it for yourself.

Artist Collective, World Wilder Lab explores how the flora and fauna of the café at FACT reacts to their surroundings. Through visuals generated from real time data, and displayed on digital screens, they aim to give vegetation a voice.

This project was developed for FACT through workshops between the artists and Freehand Connects group in partnership with The Garden by LEAF. With the support of the Culture Programme of the European Union.

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Coming Soon 15 August – 15 September

Rutherford Chang’s We Buy White Albums FACT Loading Bay / FREE / 12pm – 5pm

FACT and Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) have joined forces to present this incredible, obsessive vinyl project by New York-based artist Rutherford Chang. Chang’s mission is to travel the world buying copies of The Beatles’ White Album, which he displays in exhibition spaces.

We Buy White Albums will be shown in a pop-up space in FACT’s Loading Bay, located on Wood Street, with Chang in residence to discuss the project and buy even more versions of the album from visitors.

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He will also be selling his own version of the White Album, made by layering 100 copies over one another (both the audio and cover designs) showing how very different the same LP can be.

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Vintage Sundays 13 July, 6pm

20 July, 6pm

27 July, 6pm

3 August, 6pm

10 August, 6pm

17 August, 6pm

Jules et Jim

Some Like it Hot (U)

Chinatown

Jaws (12A)

Guys and Dolls (U)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (15)

Director Billy Wilder Starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe USA 1959 121 mins

Director Roman Polanski Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway USA 1974 130 mins

Director Steven Spielberg Starring Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss USA 1975 124 mins

Director Joseph L Mankiewicz Starring Jean Simmons, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra USA 1955 149 mins

In Wilder’s funniest comedy, two jazz musicians go on the run, dragging up as members of an all-girl band to escape the clutches of Chicago mobster George Raft.

Private detective Jake Gittes finds murder, corruption and enigma in 1930s LA. Polanski’s distinctly dark thriller twists its way to a powerful, shocking denouement.

After a holidaymaker is killed, a police sheriff, a shark hunter and an oceanographer enter an unbearably tense duel at sea with a deadly Great White Shark.

Fairly glittering with intelligence and invention, this musical charts the romance between gambler Sky Masterson and the Salvation Army girl he woos to win a bet.

Director Sergio Leone Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach Italy/Spain/West Germany 1966 179 mins

(PG) Director François Truffaut Starring Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre France 1962 106 mins French with English subtitles

In Paris before World War I, Austrian Jules and French Jim both fall in love with Catherine.

This unforgettably bittersweet story is a French New Wave masterpiece.

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The definitive spaghetti western follows a taciturn loner, a bounty hunter and a Mexican bandit across the stunning, panoramic West during the American Civil War

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Specials Liverpool Pride

Returning for its fourth year, Pride this time brings stories in the best fairy-tale tradition.

Found Footage Film Festival

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Thursday 7 August, 8.30pm Thursday 14 August, 8.30pm

GBF (15) 93 mins

Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?

(Cert TBC) 83 mins

Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger (Cert TBC)

Struggling filmmaker Anna is earning money by dancing in a vagina costume when she meets the sexy Katia. This funny, eccentric romcom co-stars Guinevere Turner (Go Fish, The L Word).

A film about performance artist and writer Kate Bornstein – trans-dyke, reluctant polyamorist, sadomasochist, recovering Scientologist, pioneering gender outlaw and all-round good egg.

In this hilarious comedy, this year’s must-have accessory is a Gay Best Friend – and the feisty girls at North Gateway High will stop at nothing to get one, including accidentally-on-purpose outing a classmate.

Thursday 24 July, 9pm

The Found Footage Film Festival is a one-of-a-kind event showcasing videos found at garage sales and charity shops and in warehouses and dumpsters throughout North America. Curators Joe Pickett (The Onion) and Nick Prueher (Letterman, Colbert) take audiences on a guided tour of their latest and greatest VHS

Thursday 31 July, 8.30pm

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finds, providing live commentary and where-are-they-now updates on the people in these videotaped obscurities. From the curiously produced industrial training video to the forsaken home movie, the Found Footage Film Festival resurrects forgotten treasures and serves them up in a lively celebration of all things found. fact.co.uk picturehouses.co.uk

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Thursday 21 August, 8.30pm

Thursday 28 August, 8.30pm

Gerontophilia (Cert TBC) 82 mins

Jack & Diane (18) 105 mins

Bruce La Bruce’s tender and surprising love story follows a young man who works at an old people’s home. When he develops more than friendly feelings for one of the residents, he vows to help him escape.

“I just wanna unzip my body and put you in there…” Juno Temple stars in a dark fairy tale that’s half teen flick, half horror movie – with a cameo by Kylie Minogue as you’ve never seen her before.

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Specials Monday 4 August, 6.30pm

Saturday 16 August, 6pm

Sunday 17 August

Thursday 21 August

WWI Centenary: A Night at the Cinema in 1914

God Help the Girl

Big Society The Musical

The Art Party!

Director Lynne Harwood Starring Paula Simms UK 2014 90 mins

Directors Tim Newton, Bob and Roberta Smith UK 2014 TBC mins

Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and democratic form of entertainment, with live musical accompaniment. This special compilation from the BFI National Archive recreates the glorious miscellany of comedies, dramas, travelogues and newsreels that would have constituted a typical night out in 1914, including a comic short about a face-pulling competition, a sensational episode of The Perils of Pauline, scenes of Allied troops celebrating Christmas at the Front, and an early sighting of one of cinema’s greatest icons.

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(15) plus Set by Belle & Sebastian, Live via Satellite Director Stuart Murdoch Starring Emily Browning, Olly Alexander, Hannah Murray UK 2014 112 mins

Belle & Sebastian co-founder Stuart Murdoch’s directorial debut is infused with wistful, infectious charm.

When Eve (Browning, Sucker Punch) absconds from a Glasgow rehab centre where she’s being treated for anorexia, she falls for sensitive rock musician James (Alexander). She soon inspires both him and his friend Cass (Murray, Game of Thrones’ Gilly) to find their groove – and with it, themselves.

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When no one hears you shout… sing. Set in Liverpool against the backdrop of austerity, this gritty, innovative musical revolves around 40-something Linda. When her job working with young offenders is axed, she can think only of defiant 14-year-old Connor. With 15 original musical numbers, and more than 300 local people involved in making the film, this home-grown spectacle – receiving its Liverpool premiere here – is not to be missed.

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Part documentary, part road movie, part political fantasy, The Art Party! champions the place of art in education and politics through a kaleidoscopic mix of performances, interviews and imagined scenes.

To celebrate its release, FACT will be taking part in the simultaneous UK-wide art parties being held on Thursday 21 August, the day GCSE result are announced. Directly after the screening there will be art, music and festivities in Ropewalks Square (outside the FACT building). Join us!

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Discover Tuesdays

Discover stunning cinema. Whether it’s a cult classic, an art-house gem or a riveting documentary, there will always be a chance to see something different and brilliant in our weekly slot.

Join us in the bar after the film for our Film Club with Ben Howarth (except the first Tuesday of the month).

15 July, 6pm

22 July, 6pm

29 July, 6pm

5 August, 6pm

12 August, 6pm

19 August, 6pm

Keeping Rosy (15)

A Touch of Sin (15)

Camille Claudel 1915

Finding Vivian The Golden Maier (12A) Dream (12A)

O Lucky Man

Directors John Maloof, Charlie Siskel USA 2013 84 mins

Director Lindsay Anderson Starring Malcolm McDowell UK/USA 1973 184 mins

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(PG) Director Steve Reeves Starring Maxine Peake, Blake Harrison USA/UK 2014 93 mins

Ambitious workaholic Charlotte (Peake, giving a powerful performance) finds her life nightmarishly unravelling after she is turned down for promotion. Set in London, this stylish and unpredictable psychological thriller recalls the dark wit and tension of Hitchcock.

Director Zhangke Jia Starring Wu Jiang, Lanshan Luo, Vivien Li China 2013 130 mins Mandarin with English subtitles

Director Bruno Dumont Starring Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent France 2013 95 mins French with English subtitles

With a nod to King Hu’s 1971 martial-arts epic A TOUCH OF ZEN, Zhangke Jia presents four fables set in contemporary China, which together become a most telling reflection of a nation in rapid and uneasy transition.

Juliette Binoche gives a dazzling performance as the sculptor Camille Claudel, who was confined to a mental institution by her family in 1913. A beautifully poised, elegant film about madness and the creative spirit in confinement.

When John Maloof stumbled upon a huge cache of negatives, they led to the posthumous discovery of an unsung genius – Vivian Maier, now hailed as one of the finest street photographers of the 20th century. This film pays tribute to her life and work.

Contains infrequent child aduse references.

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Director Diego Quemada-Díez Starring Brandon López, Rodolfo Domínguez, Karen Martínez Guatemala/ Spain/Mexico 2013 108 mins Spanish with English subtitles

Winner of a directing award at Cannes 2013, this suspenseful, moving and visually intense film follows a group of Guatemalan teenagers as they struggle to cross perilous country and illegally enter the USA in search of a new life.

Contains moderate violence, sexual threat, moderate bad language and natural nudity.

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In this riotous follow-up to the director’s satirical masterpiece IF…. Mick Travis (McDowell, A CLOCKWORK ORANGE) takes a job as a travelling salesman.

By turns dreamlike, hilarious, frightening and absurd, his adventures take him on a picaresque odyssey through a Britain ravaged by capitalism and post-colonialism.

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Screen Arts National Theatre Full price £17.50 / Members £13 / Concessions £14

Thursday 17 July, 7pm

Live Skylight 210 mins approx

Shakespeare’s Globe Full price £20 / Members £13 / Concessions £15

Monday 28 July, 12pm

Captured Live The Tempest

Live: Sunday 20 July, 7pm - extra screen added!

Encores: Tuesday 22 July, 12pm & Thursday 24 July, 7pm

For the first time in more than three decades, comedy legends Monty Python will perform live on stage together this year. Broadcast from London’s O2 Arena, Monty Python Live (mostly) will play in cinemas around the globe on Sunday 20 July.

210 mins approx

Monday 4 August, 12pm

Captured Live Macbeth 210 mins approx

Monday 11 August, 12pm

Captured Live A Midsummer Night’s Dream 210 mins approx

Glyndebourne Full price £20 / Members £13 / Concessions £15

Sunday 10 August, 5.30pm

Live La Traviata

180 mins approx (image)

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Rightfully regarded as among the world’s finest-ever comedians, their eagerly awaited reunion promises to be among the biggest live events of 2014.

Full price £15 / Members £12 / Concessions £13

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Community & Learning 31 July – 2 August

23 & 24 July

Freehand presents:

Connectivity

Throughout FACT / FREE / 12pm – 6pm each day

The Box / FREE (drop in) / 12pm – 5pm each day

Delve into alternative cinema from around the world with FLAG, a threeday festival of all things film. We will be featuring a schedule of short films that have been specially selected from across the globe, workshops and international themed events throughout FACT.

FACT’s resident group of emerging young artists Freehand Connects present an exhibition of their own work. From painting, to photography and film, explore Liverpool’s future creative landscape and meet the talented young artists who are shaping it.

FLAG Film Festival

There will be loads of opportunities to improve your filmmaking as well as to learn new skills and share your ideas with like-minded people. Plus, if you are already a young filmmaker based in Liverpool, enter your film into FLAG Film Competition for a chance to see your work featured on the big screen!

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Community & Learning Veterans

Interview with

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Brett Squires, Liverpool Veterans Website Coordinator

17 July

Liverpool Veterans Website Launch and Digital Showcase Screen 1 / FREE - to book your place please email emily.gee@fact.co.uk / 11.30am – 1.30pm

Veterans in Practice (FACT’s creative programme for ex-forces) have been busy producing some amazing creative projects which will première at this exciting event, including: the launch of ground-breaking website a new documentary about alternative therapies and a series of animations exploring the transition from military to civilian life.

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My name is Brett, I’m ex forces and I have been attending the Veterans in Practice group for 18 months. I first heard of FACT through the Liverpool Veteran’s project who told me they were starting a photography project. I didn’t really get out of the house much so decided to give it a go, as it would keep me off the ale for at least one day a week.

It was good to meet other ex-forces personnel and everyone got on great. 18 months later I’ve done numerous projects including animations, made a documentary about holistic therapies called Alternative Sceptics and I’ve interviewed veterans from the Battle of the Atlantic.

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The latest project I’m working on is a Veteran’s website. I personally think this is a good project as veterans will be able to access it to find out about housing, money, health and everything else ex-forces struggle with once back in civvy street. The website will also have an online space so veterans can exhibit their creative projects. So here I am today with a job, a flat, and a lot more confidence so thanks to everyone who has supported me on my journey.

One day I asked if I could do some voluntary work with FACT, then the role of Website Coordinator came about and I got the job!

My role is to work within the team at FACT to develop the new veterans website and once its up and running Ill be coordinating and collating all the content. The role is sponsored by the Poppy Factory for 18 months. Having never worked in an office or with office equipment before it was a challenge to say the least, however I think I grasped the basics. I really do think I have brought some life to the hub especially with my cute smile and belting jokes.

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Black Magic Camera FACT Services have increased their range of projectors, added some great digital playback options and brought in the Blackmagic 4Kproduction facility, which is at the forefront of digital camera technology.

This equipment takes their service to the next level and they are getting excellent feedback from the kit. If you would like further information on any of the kit or want to talk about your technical needs then their AV and production teams are available to help.

Email them at services@fact.co.uk or get in touch by phone on 0151 707 4402 Image: courtesy of Black Magic

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Clubs and Groups Saturday Mornings

Tuesdays and Thursdays before 5pm

Kids’ Club

Silver Screen Club A club for the over-60s

Games and activities from 10.30am Film starts at 11am

Annual membership is free, and members’ tickets are £4.50 including a tea or coffee and biscuits.

Annual membership £4 Tickets £1.50 / Non-members £3.50

Tue 29 July Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (PG) 130 mins

Sunday Mornings

Autism-Friendly Screenings Film starts at 11.30am For people on the autism spectrum and their familes, friends and carers.

Tickets £3 No concessions or free tickets for support workers

12 July / 13 July

Aladdin (U) 90 mins

19 July / 20 July

Spirited Away (PG) 125 mins

26 July / 27 July

London International Animation Festival Shorts (Cert TBC) TBC mins (image above and top)

Kids’ Club note: Parents may leave children over eight alone in screenings but should be aware that the cinema is not providing any official childcare. We do, however, take special precautions for Kids’ Club screenings to provide as safe an environment as possible for younger audiences. These include increased staffing and ensuring that customers over 18 are not admitted to the screening unless they are accompanying a child. If you leave your children in the cinema please be there on time to collect them at the end of the film.

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2 August / 3 August

Muppets Most Wanted (U) 113 mins

9 August / 10 August

Viking Adventures from the British Museum (U) 59 mins

16 August / 17 August

Film TBC

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Tuesday Mornings

Toddler Time Film starts at 11am Designed to introduce pre-school children to the big screen.

Tickets £3, accompanying adults FREE when you join Toddler Time (membership FREE).

All shows are approximately 30 mins long.

15 July London International

Animation Festival Shorts

Thursdays

Big Scream Film starts at 11am Doors open at 10.30am By joining Big Scream parents can visit our cinema without having to find a babysitter or worry about their baby disturbing others.

Membership is FREE, for two people per baby, valid until the baby’s first birthday.

Ticket £6 for Big Scream members.

17 July

Boyhood (15) 166 mins 24 July

Begin Again (15) 104 mins 31 July

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (12A) 130 mins 7 August

22 July Ben & Holly

Guardians of the Galaxy (Cert TBC) TBC mins

29 July Rastamouse 12

14 August

5 August Masha and the Bear 12 August Olly the Little White Van 8 19 August Timmy Time 13 picturehouses.co.uk/toddlertime

Lilting (15) 86 mins 21 August

Hector and the Search for Happiness (15) 120 mins picturehouses.co.uk/BigScream

FACT Membership Join Now £5.50 of your Membership goes towards our awardwinning community and engagement programme, plus Picturehouse and FACT offer you a fantastic set of benefits:

3 FREE Cinema Tickets + £2 off when you buy full priced cinema tickets + Discounts at The Garden

by Leaf at FACT, the FACT Bar and other local venues.

FACT Membership 1 Year Single: £36 | Retired (Over 60) £30 | Student £10 1 Year Joint: £67 | Retired (Over 60) £55 For more information about discounts available with your Membership card, visit us at Box Office, see fact.co.uk/ membership or call 0871 902 5737

FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is a Registered Charity No. 702781