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Welcome to the 6th Holmfirth Film Festival Welcome to the 6th Film Festival. We have an exciting programme of popular films, hidden gems, great classics, the best documentaries, children’s favourites and new releases from the past year from the UK and around the world. The evening with Oscar-winning screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, is sure to be a delight, and the special live soundtrack night with Saint Etienne is a must-see event.

The Festival Film Hub: Holmfirth Adult Education Centre

This year we have a new venue, Holmfirth’s Adult Education Centre, which we are - with the co-operation of Kirklees College - bringing back into use as the Festival Hub with two screens, exhibition space and a pop-up bar with food.

Cinema is still a major cultural activity and there is something special about going out to see a film in the company of others. We hope you find a film that delights, surprises and reveals something about the community and world in which we live.

Stephen Dorril Director Holmfirth Film Festival

Our supporters and sponsors

Thanks to Holmfirth Events for their co-operation and support of the Festival. For further details, visit: holmfirthevents.co.uk

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Booking Information General enquiries §§ Tel: 01484 684094 or 01484 681388. §§ Email: info@holmfirthfilmfestival.com

Where to buy your tickets §§ In Person: Holmfirth Tourist Information Centre, 49-51 Huddersfield Road. Tel: 01484 222444 §§ Online: www.holmfirthfilmfestival.co.uk

Ladies Who Lunch §§ The £15 ticket includes light lunch (but not drinks) plus entry to Testament of Youth. The lunch deal is at Mezze, Aldea and Wrinkled Stocking in Holmfirth and is available from 12 noon. Remember the film starts at 2.30pm so leave plenty of time. Available from: §§ Mezze: Huddersfield Road 01484 681311 www.mezze-bar-restaurant.com §§ Aldea: Victoria Square 01484 689003 www.aldeaholmfirth.co.uk §§ The Wrinkled Stocking: Huddersfield Road 01484 681408 www.holmfirthtearoom.co.uk §§ Film only tickets £5 from Holmfirth Tourist Information Centre or online at www.holmfirthfilmfestival.co.uk

Picturedrome Events §§ www.picturedrome.net

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Ticket deals §§ Golden Ticket £40: Allows entry to all the films in the festival apart from the events such as – St Etienne, Ladies Who Lunch, Curry & Film Nights, Film in the Barn, Marsden Film & Food events and LBT films. §§ Special Triple Film Deal: Buy three different film tickets for £10.50 (from TIC only) and save £3.

(Same exceptions apply as for Golden Ticket)

Become a Friend of Holmfirth Film Festival §§ Lend your support to the Festival by becoming a Friend with a chance to socialise and meet like-minded people, and avail yourself of our newsletter updates, offers and discounts on film screenings, and a new film loan scheme. Please contact Clem Bacon: Tel: 01484 684094 or Email holmfirthfilm@gmail.com §§ £15 Single annual membership §§ £25 Joint annual membership (two people at same address)

Sunday Night Films §§ The Festival continues to run films at the Picturedrome and at Southgate Theatre (Honley) on Sunday nights on a monthly basis. Check for details on the Festival and Picturedrome websites.

Disabled access §§ We are keen to ensure that everyone who wants to attend our events can do so. However, the Festival uses a number of different venues, some of which do not have full disabled access. Please contact us in advance to discuss accessibility – we will do whatever we can to assist you – 01484 681388.

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Southgate Theatre, Southgate, Honley

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Massala Lounge, Huddersfield Rd, Holmfirth

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Adult Education Centre, Huddersfield Rd, Holmfirth

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Marsden Bandroom, Marsden Lane, Marsden

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Saturday 16th May Big Hero 6

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Saturday 16 May 2pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley Children: £3.50 Adults: £4.50

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The Imitation Game Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley | £4.50

Saturday 16 May 4.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth Children: £3.50 Adults: £4.50

Dir. Morten Tyldum (UK 2014, 112mins 12A) An award-winning biopic of Alan Turing and a favourite of 2014. Benedict Cumberbatch gives a brilliant portrayal of the mathematician and codebreaker, with Keira Knightley heading up a fine support cast. It follows Turing’s life from childhood, via his breaking of the German codes during World War Two, his controversial private life, to his untimely death.

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Dir. Ava Du Verney (US 2014, 127mins 12) A great film based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights march for voting rights with a gripping performance from British actor, David Oyelowo, who brilliantly brings to life Martin Luther King, both the private and the public man.

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The Princess Bride Dir. Rob Reiner (US 1987, 94mins PG) Fantasy romance adventure (adapted from his own novel

by William Goldman), which breathes new life into the damsel-in-distress fairy story.

Funny and smart, the film has developed into a major cult classic.

Swallows And Amazons Saturday 16 May 2pm | Hepworth Village Hall Children: £3.50, Adults: £4.50

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Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Marsden Bandroom, Marsden Food & Film: £15, Film only: £4.50 from www.gingerbreadhousepresents.co.uk

Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Hepworth Village Hall | £4.50

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Dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev (RU 2014, 140mins 15) Many critics regard this Cannes winner as the best film of the year. A beautifully shot film from Zvyagintsev (The Return) about a fisherman who fights back against the endemic political abuse and corruption in Russia.

Obviously hated by the Putin regime it also has universal appeal.

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Dir. Claude Whatham (UK 1973, 90mins U) Remastered, Arthur Ransome’s classic tale of a group of children playing pirates the Lake District in their school holidays is beautifully innocent and well portrayed by the child cast. Happy memories of adventure for nostalgic adults and parents.

Dir. Theordore Melfi (US 2014, 102mins 12) Bill Murray, back in top form in this funny and heart-warming drama, is a curmudgeonly old man who likes to drink a lot, hang around bars and go to racetracks, but is persuaded to look after a neighbours’ son.

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Dir. Paul King (UK, 2014, 95mins. PG) A magical family film that is a joy for both children and film critics. The books of Michael Bond have been brought to the screen with real charm and pleasure.

Dirs. Dona Hall & Chris Williams (US 2014, 108mins PG) This Disney/Marvel collaboration is a hugely entertaining action and brilliantly animated comedy adventure about the special bond between a young boy and a robot who find themselves thrown into a dangerous plot…

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Saturday 16 May 12pm & 2.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth Children: £3.50 Adults: £4.50

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Dr Simpo’s Animation Workshop Saturday 16 May 11am - 4pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £5 Learn how to experiment and play with imagery in this 2D animation workshop, under the supervision of an experienced cartoonist and film-maker. Each session ideal for 6-16 year olds – Very limited numbers.

Booking required – Holmfirth Tourist Information Office.

Saturday 16 May 12.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Huddersfield resident Melanie Lenihan has worked all over the world designing and doing make-up for film and television, including Game of Thrones, the Harry Potter films and Pride. Melanie has worked on Holby City and Silent Witness and will be demonstrating the new techniques she has developed for casualty make-up and talking (with film clips) about her experiences.

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Saturday 16 May 5pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Robert Freeman (UK 1968, 90mins 15) Ultra rare cult film, written

by Ian La Frenais and Donald Cammell (Performance), of the swinging sixties features hippy girls, wrestlers(!), LSD, Pink Floyd and Nirvana, and an amazing geodesic dome in which they live at Frenchman Pond, Surrey. Is it any good? Who knows – but it is brilliant.

With talk about the actor Sir Stanley Baker: Yorkshire Post film critic and writer, Tony Earnshaw, will be talking about the life of one of Britain’s leading actors in the late 1950s and early 1960s, (Sir) Stanley Baker. Illustrated with clips from his films, he will also introduce one of Baker’s neglected classics from this popular and charismatic Welsh actor who also produced some of the big films of the era such as Zulu.

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Introduced by Lee Broughton of the University of Leeds as part of a season of post-Civil War westerns. The screening has been supported by the Leverhulme Trust.

International Short Films Saturday 16 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE An incredible selection of the best INTERNATIONAL short films from every corner of the SHORT FILMS globe -familiar names, emerging HOLMFIRTH local talent and International OFFICIAL SELECTION prize winners. An amazing mix of styles, genre and theme... but be prepared to be shocked, startled, amused, confused and entertained.

Tony Benn – Will And Testament Saturday 16 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Skip Kite (UK 2014, 93mins 12A) Tribute to the irreplaceable Tony Benn. Shot over the last 2 years of his life, the film provides us with his distinctive viewpoint on the political and historical events of his long and active career. Informative and moving, this is essential viewing, whatever your political point of view.

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Saturday 16 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Dir. Fernando Baldi (Italy 1968, 88mins 18) An enjoyable classic re-mastered and re-released 60s spaghetti western – a mysterious gunfighter (Terence Hill) is employed as an executioner by a corrupt political boss, who wants to steal the farmer’s land. But Django has other ideas…

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The Touchables

Saturday 16 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Joseph Losey (UK 1960, 97mins 12) Very fine Losey film with the ever impressive Baker – basing his performance on his gangster friend Albert Dimes – as the mastermind of a racetrack robbery who is double-crossed over the loot.

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Saturday 16 May 10pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Jennifer Kent (Australia 2014, 92mins 15) One of the most critically-acclaimed horrors of recent years. Mr Babadook is a children’s book which a single mother reads to her troubled son. Afterwards, strange things starts to happen. Is Mr Babadook having an effect on real life?

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Sunday 17th May How To Train Your Dragon 2

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Cobain: Montage Of Heck Sunday 17 May 2pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50 DO CU M EN RY TA

Dir. Dean DuBlois (US 2014, 102mins PG) Winner of the Golden Globe for the year’s best animated feature. A great and thrilling sequel of the fantastical adventures of the Viking, Hiccup, and his dragons.

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Dir. Brett Morgan (US 2015, 132mins 15) An in-depth and authorised biography based on the personal archives and home movies of Kurt Cobain of Nirvana, who killed himself in 1994. The band’s many followers will love this intimate portrait of the music anti-hero who spoke to a generation of grunge lovers.

Faust – Barry Russell Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £5.00 CK VE A LI DTR UN SO

Dir. Yann Demange (UK 2014, 97mins 15) 1971: The Troubles. A young soldier is deployed to the increasing ‘security situation’ in Belfast. Accidentally separated from his unit, he is left to face the aftermath of a riot on the dangerous streets of the city. Terrific British thriller from debut director..

The Book Of Life

Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Hepworth Village Hall | £4.50

Dir. Jorge R. Gutierrez (US 2014, 95mins U) A bedazzling and joyous animated fantasy adventure – better than Disney - with a unique visual style. A young man has to choose between his family’s expectation and following his heart. One of the best children’s films of the year.

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Mr Turner

Sunday 17 May 2pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley Children: £3.50, Adults £4.50 CH

Dir. F. W. Murnau (Germany 1926, 116mins PG) Silent cinema classic recently re-mastered and restored. Based on the dramatic poem by Goethe of Mephisto, who bets he can corrupt a good man. Accompanied by a specially commissioned new live soundtrack by the internationally renowned local composer, Barry Russell and his group inspired muscians.

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The Theory Of Everything Sunday 17 May 7.30pm | Southgate Theatre, Honley | £4.50

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Dir. Mike Leigh (UK/France/Germany 2014, 147mins 12A) A critically-acclaimed and beautifully filmed biopic that traces the later life of artist J.M.W. Turner and tells the story behind his great works. Timothy Spall plays the eccentric painter, learning to paint in preparation for the role, and rightly received the Cannes Best Actor award.

Dir. James Marsh (UK 2014, 123mins 12) Based on the memoir of his wife, the romantic and uplifting story of Cambridge student and future astrophysicist, Stephen Hawking, proved to be an audience pleaser with an Oscar winning performance from British actor, Eddie Redmayne, in the title role.

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Sunday 17th May Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth Saturday 16 May 11am - 4pm & Sunday 17 May 11am - 4pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £5 Create and sculpt 3D abstract animated imagery under the supervision of an experienced cartoonist and film-maker. Each session ideal for 6-16 year olds – Very limited numbers. Booking required – Holmfirth Tourist Information Office

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Sunday 17 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Dir. Andy Wicks (UK 2015, 46mins U) Introduced by Director Andy Wicks with a Q&A with Champion John Hill Beautifully filmed account by local film-makers of charismatic Penistone farmer, John Hill – a three times World Champion ploughman. Filmed in England and at the World Ploughing Championships in Canada, John leads the English team into battle against rivals from 27 countries with some very interesting results.

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Dir. Claude Green (US/UK 2015 92mins PG) Director Claude Green Presents The Premier of his very fine, warm-hearted independent film with excellent performances set In 1980, in which a college student decides to hitch across America. Along the way he is picked up by a con artist, recently out of jail. Along the back roads of Texas, they begin to bond.

Sunday 17 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson (US 2014, 149mins 15) Talented director Paul Anderson (Magnolia, There Will Be Blood) creates just the right atmosphere for this stoner detective story set in a drug-fuelled 1970s’ Los Angeles. Based on the novel by the brilliant Thomas Pynchon, audiences either adore it or just can’t get their head round it.

T.Dan Smith + Paul Salveson Sunday 17 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Dir. Amber (UK 1987, 85mins) Experimental mixture of thriller and documentary, featuring T.Dan Smith himself and revealing the true complexity behind the infamous scandal of bribery and corruption in local government during the 1960s which resulted in him being sentenced to five years in jail. In a mixture of interviews and political drama, the film reveals the informal power structures tying together businessmen, consultancy companies and politicians and argues that these remain as strong and questionable as they ever were.

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Sunday 17 May 5pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Lucio Fulci (Italy 1971, 103mins 18) Bizarre and brilliant visual example of Italian Giallo cinema. Stars the cult actress Florinda Bolkan and, strangely, Stanley Baker (see talk on Baker) in tale of psychedelic orgies, hallucinogenic fantasies and bloody murder. Wonderful.

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Diplomacy Dir. Volker Schlöndorff (France/Germany 2014, 82mins 12) Absorbing drama set in 1945, as allied forces are advancing towards Paris. The Swedish consul-general meets with the German military governor of occupied France, in order to try to convince him not to destroy the city and all its historical landmarks. Winner of the Palme D’or in Cannes and the Academy Award for Best Foreign film.

Wakolda Dir. Lucía Puenzo (Argentina 2013, 94mins 12) Macabre drama- thriller, based on a true story. Set in Patagonia in 1960, it tells the story of a mysterious German doctor who befriends and takes an interest in a family who are setting up a lodging house.

An intriguing story, adapted by Lucia Puenzo from her own novel.

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Inherent Vice

Sunday 17 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £6.00 LE UB L D O BI L

Double Bill: Diplomacy And Wakolda

Followed by a discussion with Visiting Professor of the University of Huddersfield, Paul Salveson, who campaigns with the Yorkshire First party for northern regional government.

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Monday 18th May The Picturedrome - Holmfirth

Local Film Night Monday 18 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £5 Always a popular night, this year we present a cornucopia of new, old and historic film and photographs chronicling life in the Holme Valley and surrounding areas.

A special event will be the unveiling of a recently discovered 100 year old 35mm film of Holmfirth in the archives of Helen J Bray Studios, which the Festival, with Helen’s collaboration, has had restored.

World premier of a short film about the multi-talented Wylbert Kemp; A Valley Man, artist, actor, author, photographer, filmmaker, dramatist, barber and umbrella maker. By Tim Copsey and Heather Norris Nicolson. Celebrating its 75th Anniversary (1940-2015), the Holmfirth Camera Club present images of Holmfirth, a history of the Club and the best from its photographers. Plus Marion at Bamforth (John Murray, 1980); Mike Wade and the Tour de France; The 1953 Coronation; old Holmfirth; Victor Grayson and more.

Far From The Madding Crowd Monday 18 May 7.30pm | Choppards Mission | £4.50 Dir. John Schlesinger (UK 1967 170mins 12) With a new version just out, here is a chance to see the original classic film starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp, now restored and remastered in shimmering Dorset sunlight by its brilliant cinematographer, Nick Roeg.

Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth Monday 18 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Jonathan Glazer (UK 2013, 106mins 15) Critically acclaimed science fiction adaptation. An extra terrestial being adopts a disguise of a human female (a superb Scarlett Johansson), and drives around Glasgow streets attempting to lure men into her van. Visually absorbing, sensual, and a more than a bit scary.

The Knife That Killed Me

Monday 18 May 6.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Holme Valley resident Michael Groom has worked in film for 10 years, including with Director Michael Winterbottom. Currently developing his new short film, The Merciless Beauty, based on a John Keats poem and set in the modern day, and his first feature. Michael will talk about his experiences, the mechanics of funding, and will screen his acclaimed short film, The Selkie’s Lover (2013).

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Monday 18 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Young film-maker Alex Hopley has taken historian Eric Hobsbawm’s phrase to describe the Swing Riots of the early 1800s to produce a really interesting film on the Luddities which shows that there was much more to them than merely smashing machines. Based on interviews with historians and neo-Luddites, the attempt to preserve community, values and ideas in the face of technology and corporate greed is totally relevant to today.

Local photographer Richard Littlewood talks about and exhibits his photographs of the remaining textile mills involved in the Luddite battle. Local historian and neo-Luddite Alan Brook will provide an overview.

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Monday 18 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dirs. Kit Monkman & Marcus Romer (UK 2014, 97mins 15) Great independent Yorkshire film, based on the book by Leeds author Anthony McGowan. A highly compelling film of a familiar subject - bullying in school - told in an unusual way. Great soundtrack by former University of Huddersfield Music student, Tom Adams.

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Monday 18 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Dir. Jan Sverak (Czech.

2002, 108mins 12) An authentic and effecting film about the Czech airmen who served as fighter-pilots with the RAF during World War Two – the director’s father was one of them, with superb aerial photography, which has been a big hit with audiences. Talk By Professor Wendy Webster of the University of Huddersfield about her research into the key role played by these airmen and their experiences of life in Britain and on their return to Czechoslovakia in 1948.

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Tuesday 19th May The Picturedrome - Holmfirth

An Evening With Simon Beaufoy Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50 LK TA FILM &

Born in Keighley in 1967, the Oscar winning Simon Beaufoy is one of Britain’s most successful screenwriters with major awards (BAFTAs/Golden Globes) for The Full Monty and Slumdog Millionaire, and a string of hits, including 127 Hours and The Hunger Games.

He will be talking about his career and creating successful films, and his new projects, including the film, Everest.

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Dir. Orson Welles (Spain 1965 119mins 12) Welles didn’t direct just two classics, Citizen Kane and The Magnificent Ambersons; he produced a magnificent third.

Against the odds, over time Welles produced this truly great film, set during the War of the Roses and based on Shakespeare’s loveable rogue, Falstaff. It stars Welles, John Gielgud, Jeanne Moreau and Margaret Rutherford.

Ida Tuesday 19 May 8.00pm | Holmfirth Parish Church | £4.50 Dir. Pawel Pawlikowski (Poland 2014, 82mins 12A) This deeply moving film is many critics’ best of the year. Anna, an orphan, is training to be a nun and before taking her vows visits her only living relative. As they talk a tragic story of the family history emerges, leading the two women to find more about where they come from.

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Dir. Lasse Hallstrom (UK 2012, 106mins 12) Screening of the quirky and inspirational romantic comedydrama - an adaption of Paul Torday’s book, starring Ewan McGregor as a fisheries scientist who is asked by businesswoman (Emily Blunt) to set up the sport of fly-fishing in the desert.

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Tuesday 19th May Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth K AC I T E BL W H S I C & L AS C

Jigsaw Tuesday 19 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Val Guest (UK 1962, 107mins 12) An undiscovered British gem. Jack Warner is very good as the detective investigating a chilling murder on the Brighton coast. An atmospheric and engaging murder mystery which is helped by the modern and brilliant cinematography by Arthur Grant. A big fan of the film, Reel Solutions’ Bill Lawrence will introduce the film.

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In Order Of Disappearance Tuesday 19 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Hans Petter Moldan (Norway 2014, 114mins 15 - subtitled) Really enjoyable Nordic Noir thriller, in which snowplough driver Nils Dickman (the ever brilliant Stellan Skarsgård) decides to take revenge against those he holds responsible for his son’s death. He’s outnumbered, but on his own terrain, and revenge is a dish served very cold.

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Love Architecture – Wings Of Desire Tuesday 19 May 6.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE The Huddersfield Society of Architects present as part of Love Architecture 2015 a special screening of a true classic in which an angel becomes fascinated with a beautiful trapeze artist and decides to become mortal. It poses timeless questions of ‘what it means to be’ into the urban stage-set of preunification Berlin. Ultimately, all human concerns, including the sense of architectural permanence, are just ephemera.

The night, including a short film by the architect and designer, Charles and Roy Eames, Powers of Ten (US 1977, 9mins), is introduced by architect Carl Meddings of the University of Huddersfield.

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Tuesday 19 May | 7.30pm Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE

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Dir. John Maloof & Charlie Siskel (US 2014, 84 mins U) One of the very best documentaries of the year, it tells the strange and fascinating story of the discovery of an amazing archive of photographs of an unknown photographer, whose work is now recognised as one of the finest of the 1950s and 1960s. So just exactly who was Vivian Maier?

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The Strange Case Of Victor Grayson MP Tuesday 19 May 7.30pm | Marsden Bandroom, Marsden | FREE

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Screening of a fascinating 1980s BBC drama-documentary about the firebrand MP. Grayson was a superb orator who won the Colne Valley seat in 1907, standing as a socialist. After a short but controversial parliamentary career, he lost the seat at the 1910 General Election. After World War One, Grayson lived a flamboyant lifestyle in London, but in 1920 he was observed leaving his flat with two men and was apparently never seen again.

Chef Tuesday 19 May 7pm | Massala Lounge, Holmfirth | £12.50

Dir. Jon Favreau (US 2014, 114mins 15) Sharp, funny and spicy, a simple joy from Actor/Director Jon Favreau with a great cast, including Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson, about a chef who gets hammered with online reviews and decides to rediscover his love of cooking by buying a food truck.

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Wednesday 20th May The Picturedrome - Holmfirth

Curry & Film Night

Saint Etienne Playing Live To How We Used To Live

The Hundred-Foot Journey Wednesday 20 May 7pm | Massala Lounge, Holmfirth | £12.50

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Plus a set of the band’s hits (He’s On The Phone, You’re In A Bad Way, Only Love Can Break Your Heart).

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How We Used To Live Dir. Paul Kelly (UK 2013 70mins U) One of the highlights of the Festival will be the much loved Saint Etienne playing live to Paul Kelly’s brilliant and acclaimed cinematic portrait of London, created from archive colour footage from 1950 to 1980. The band’s cool, swinging 60s’ electro pop soundtrack written by Paul Wiggs with the vocals of Sarah Cracknell is a perfect match for this elegant and evocative film.

Dir. Lasse Hallstrom (US 1014 124mins PG) A real crowd pleasing comedy-drama bursting with flavour in which an Indian family with a talented chef moves to rural France and opens an curry house opposite a not-so pleased and icy Helen Mirren (who is in great form).

Dir. Amma Asante (UK 2013, 99mins 12) Period drama set in 18th century England, in which the mixed race illegitimate daughter of a British admiral is brought up by her aristocratic great uncle and his wife, and plays a part in the movement to abolish slavery. Visually impressive, with very strong performances from the cast.

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Wednesday 20th May Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth

Mike Wade – Tour De France

A Most Violent Year

Wednesday 20 May 1pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE

Wednesday 20 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50

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Dir. Mike Wade (UK 2015, 45 mins) Screening of experienced local film-maker’s excellent documentary on last year’s Tour de France; its impact on Holmfirth and the local community during the build-up to and the race itself. Includes missing footage of the tour going through the town and surrounding villages.

Dir. J.C. Chandor (US 125mins 15) A murkily brilliant, cool and effective crime drama from one of the best new US directors (Margin Call, All is Lost). In this character-led story in the manner of Sidney Lumet, a legitimate businessman tries to keep his truck company afloat in the most violent year (1981) of New York’s history.

Odd Man Out

Amour Fou

Wednesday 20 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50

Wednesday 20 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 FE U AT RE

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Dir. Carol Reed (UK 1947, 111mins PG) In the shady back streets of Belfast, an IRA leader goes into hiding and is the subject of a large-scale manhunt after being wounded in a heist gone wrong. As good as The Third Man, this is another great Carol Reed film. James Mason considered this to be his best performance.

Dir. Jessica Hausner (Austria 2015 96mins 12) Set in Berlin 1810 and of Germanys’ greatest romantic poet, Heinrich von Kleist, and the historical events surrounding his famed suicide. Hausner is one of the most interesting directors around (her previous Lourdes was wonderful). Beautifully composed, this is an oddly affecting bone dry tragic-comedy of manners.

Film and Talk Wednesday 20 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE

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100th Birthday Of Frank Sinatra To celebrate the 100th birthday of Frank Sinatra, University of Huddersfield music lecturer, Dave Calvert, will present a talk, On Stage, On Screen and in the Steam Room: A History of the Rat Pack, along with the screening of The Frank Sinatra Spectacular (US 1965, 90mins), a rare recoding of the iconic singer and actor performing live with Rat Pack associates, Sammy Davis jnr. and Dean Martin.

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Thursday 21st May The Picturedrome - Holmfirth

Schools Animation

Birdman

Thursday 21 May 6.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | FREE

Thursday 21 May 8pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £4.50 FE U AT RE

Premier of the animated delight, Calamity Cow, made by local schools, including Hepworth and Hade Edge, in conjunction with Friend to Friend, and sponsored by Longley Farm.

The Golden Cowpat Award will be presented to the best CowCapers film conjured up by the in the Moo Mooovie section.

Calamity is by nature very clumsy in this mad-cap adventure about where milk, ice-cream, butter and yoghurts come from (particularly her favourite - strawberry).

Barry Russell’s Day Workshop Turn up at the Picturedrome (11.00am) to perform a new film score that night. Bring your instruments of all kinds: Barry will bring loads more. All Adults and Children welcome.

Friend to Friend is a registered charity in rural South Kirklees, which aims to work with older people to enable them to improve their quality of life and to reduce isolation.

Winners of the design a cow and design a cow’s jersey competition will receive vouchers for ice cream kindly sponsored by Longley Farm, the funding body for the project.

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Curry & Film Night

Dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu (US 2014, 116mins 15) One of the films of the year. In the multi-award-winning film, former Batman actor Michael Keaton gives a career best performance as the former superhero actor, trying to make a comeback by writing, directing and starring in his Broadway debut. During his comeback, his demons, in the form of his Birdman character’s voice, haunt him.

Thursday 21 May 7pm | Massala Lounge, Holmfirth | £12.50 Dirs. Steve Jamison & Mike Brett (UK 2014 97mins U) A classic but original underdog story that is a true crowd-pleaser.

You don’t need to like football to enjoy this documentary about the ‘world’s worst football team’ as a new coach attempts to turn the American Samoan team into winners.

The Artist And Making Art Thursday 21 May 7.00pm | The Barn at Malkin House, Holmfirth £12.50 with Wine and Cheese Holmfirth is home to numerous creative people. A programme of beautiful and highly creative short films looking at the sometimes mysterious, sometimes pragmatic but always fascinating subject of making art - with films about Ivon Hitchens, Ken Matsuzaki, JeanNicolas Gérard, Sid Burnard, Lee Kang-hyo and others - making pots, paintings and photographs. Thanks to Goldmark Art Gallery, Rutland, for the use of these fantastic films.

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Thursday 21st May Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth The Films Of Robert Hamer - Talk By Alistair Billem LM K FI TAL &

The Long Memory Thursday 21 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Hamer’s career was as marked by its swift decline as it was by his rise within the ranks of Ealing Studios’ golden period of the 1940s and early 50s. After directing the classic Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), he fell out with the Studio which resulted in him directing a number of less well known films. Alistair Billem of the University of Huddersfield presents The Long Memory (1952), one of Hamer’s best non-Ealing productions with its themes of isolation and betrayal visited in previous films such as It Always Rains on Sunday (1947).

Mystery Film

The Tales Of Hoffman

Thursday 21 May 2pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50

Thursday 21 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 CL

Dir. Farida Pasha (Switzerland 2013, 92mins U) Just on released in the UK, this award-winning documentary is perfectly composed and an extraordinary sensory experience. Lyrical and beautiful to watch, it tells the story of an Indian family’s efforts over eight months to make the ‘whitest salt on Earth’.

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Thursday 21 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50

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This mystery sci-fi film is one of the year’s very best action thrillers.

Take a chance – if you don’t like it, you get your money back.

Dirs. Emeric Pressburger & Michael Powell (UK 1951, 138mins U) Now restored and re-released, this is a brilliant and gloriously filmed adaption of Offenbach in what is regarded as the finest screen version of an opera. Starring Moira Shearer, the direction and cinematography of this classic has been an inspiration to many film-makers.

Plus the Fairtrade Foundation’s film, Fairtrade Matters.

Holme Valley Fairtrade works to promote fairtrade and encourage people to “shop local, think global”, with decent working conditions, sustainability and fair terms for farmers in developing countries. www.holmevalleyfairtrade.com

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Friday 22nd May The Picturedrome - Holmfirth E S CH DI N L A O LU H W

Ladies Who Lunch

Testament Of Youth Friday 22 May | Lunches start at 12pm at participating restaurants in Holmfirth (Mezze, Aldea, Wrinkled Stocking) | Film 2.30pm Picturedrome, Holmfirth | Lunch and film: £15, Film only: £5.00 Dir. James Kent (UK, 129mins) An unabashed romantic epic, beautifully realised, it has a wonderful central performance from Alicia Vikander as Vera Brittain, on whose memoir of love, the First World War and remembrance, this is based.

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Sing-Along-With The Sound Of Music Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Picturedrome, Holmfirth | £5.00 Dir. Robert Wise (US 1965, 174mins U) Bring out the lederhosen and sing along with Julie Andrews in this enduring classic. Certain to be a riotous night.

Plus the first screening of Cosmic Onion’s Yorkshire Yodellers The hills of Holmfirth are alive with the sound of yodelling!

Two Days One Night

Interstellar

Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Hepworth Village Hall | £4.50

Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield | £6

Dir. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France/ Italy 2014, 95mins 15) Brilliant performance from Marion Cottilard, playing a woman suffering from depression who has one weekend to convince her fellow workers to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job. Tense, emotionally engaging and highly relevant to contemporary life – today’s Cathy Come Home.

Dir. Christopher Nolan (US/UK 2014, 169mins 12) Special 35mm Screening In collaboration with the LBT A thrilling, thought-provoking and visually stunning story of a brilliant NASA physicist who plans to save mankind by transporting Earth’s population to a new home in the universe via a wormhole. A must see on the big, big screen.

Tickets available on 01484 430528 or www.thelbt.co.uk/contact-lawrence-batley.

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Friday 22nd May Adult Education Centre - Holmfirth

Friday 22 May 1pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE Yorkshire-born Nicci Topping, who has for many years been working with UK and International clients, such as Vidal Sassoon, Pepsi, Vodafone, casting actors for major feature films, pop promos, adverts, videos and the theatre. She will be talking about her experiences in the industry and featuring clips from her varied work, including The Rise of the Krays, Black Prince and Northern Soul.

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Blade Runner (Final Cut)

Lefty Caligari Launch ‘Thorns In The Ideas Of Bland Society’

Friday 22 May 1pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50

Friday 22 May 7.30pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | FREE

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Friday 22 May 7pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50 Dir. Owen Gower (UK 2014, 113mins 15) Award winning documentary presenting a unique insight into the Miners’ Strike of 1984-5. Full of contributions from miners, their wives and supporters, and featuring much unseen archive footage, this is the emotionally raw and inspiring story of those who lived through these momentous political events. Followed by a discussion on the 30th anniversary of the end of the strike.

Friday 22 May 10pm | Adult Education Centre, Holmfirth | £4.50

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The Vanishing

Local poet and film-maker, Lefty Caligari, presents his debut collection of illuminatographs – a unique assortment of short films that illuminate, amuse an acute and enduring sensitivity. A programme of short films and a Q&A with this talented artist, poet Sal Murray and founder of Artists in Mind, John Holt.

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Dir. George Sluizer (Netherlands/France 1988, 106mins 15) Considered to be one of the best true horror films ever made (ignore the US remake with Jeff Bridges). Rex is a young man whose girlfriend mysteriously vanishes from a petrol station during a holiday: he then starts the long and twisting search to find her – it ends in a truly stunning climax.

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