Notorious GFT | Wed 25 Feb (10.30)
Festival for a Fiver
Alfred Hitchcock offers one of his most polished romantic thrillers in which Ingrid Bergman is partnered with one of her favourite co-stars, Cary Grant. Party girl Bergman is the daughter of a convicted spy who is given a chance to redeem herself by working undercover to seduce Nazi agent Claude Rains. Grant is an American agent hot on the trail of an international conspiracy and the more Bergman risks her life, the more Grant falls helplessly in love with her. A tense cloak and dagger mystery with an electric chemistry between the two stars and some scene-stealing villainy from an Oscar-nominated Rains. Here’s Looking at You, Kid Director Alfred Hitchcock Cast Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains USA 1946, 1h37m, U Thanks to BFI
Ólafur Arnalds Plays Broadchurch O2 ABC | Wed 25 Feb (19.00 doors)
Special-priced event £20
Since 2007 Icelandic composer/performer Ólafur Arnalds has built up a dedicated international following and is well established for his genre-crossing compositions blending classical, pop and ambient/electronica influences. He has scored films such as Another Happy Day and Gimme Shelter, and has had tracks featured in Hunger Games and 300: Rise of an Empire. In 2013 he scored the celebrated ITV thriller Broadchurch (winning him a BAFTA Television Craft Award) and in this special event Arnalds will perform the eerily beautiful score live, evoking the rich themes and dark textures explored in the series. Sound & Vision 3h, N/C 15+
On the Trail of the Far Fur Country GFT | Thu 26 Feb (13.15) & Sun 1 Mar (14.20) Kevin Nikkel’s delicate and reflective documentary takes us on an epic journey that retraces a forgotten expedition and rediscovers the neglected narratives of Canada’s Aboriginal population. In 1919, a film crew set out to document the voyage made by the Hudson Bay Company as it travelled North America in search of furs. As Nikkel follows in these footsteps, he breathes new life into the archival film and stops to exhibit the footage to the native people. The result is an intimate and moving reflection on the forgotten histories of the indigenous communities of Canada. Stranger Than Fiction Kevin Nikkel Canada 2014, 1h20m, N/C 8+ Thanks to Five Door Films
Our Extra-Sensory Selves CCA | Thu 19 Feb (20.30) Allison Gibbs’s new film is the result of an exploration on the possibilities of becoming extra-sensory. It refers to things and phenomena that operate beyond the realm of the regular human senses of vision, hearing, touch, taste and smell. Extra-sensory knowledge is produced and received not through the ordinary faculties but via the mind in an expanded state of consciousness and in communication with a highly receptive and sensual body. The film shows one group’s journey as they attempt to reclaim their extra-senses, asking what if we learn to exercise them beyond a personal context, in a larger social and political reality as well? Allison will be present for a Q&A after the screening. Crossing the Line Director Allison Gibbs France/Lithuania/Scotland 2014, film 32m, event 2h approx, N/C 8+ Thanks to CCA
Pale Moon (Kami no tsuki) GFT | Thu 19 Feb (18.15) What tempts anyone from the straight and narrow? Daihachi Yoshida’s award-winning drama follows bank employee Rika (Rie Miyazawa) as she casts aside respectability to get what she really, really wants from life. Trading on the trust she has developed with her elderly clients, Rika starts to embezzle large sums of money and has soon acquired a toy boy lover and a taste for the high life. This cannot end well but her actions are regarded with a sneaking admiration in a country that prides itself on conformity and keeping up appearances. An intriguing morality tale with a knock-out performance from Rie Miyazawa. Window on the World Director Daihachi Yoshida Cast Rie Miyazawa, Sōsuke Ikematsu, Satomi Kobayashi Japan 2014, 2h6m, Japanese with subtitles, N/C 15+ Thanks to Shochiku Co. Ltd
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