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Welcome to the Manchester Film Festival 2020. Our 8 day-long extravaganza will,

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r e t s e h c n a M Film Festival once again, introduce filmmakers and their on screen stories from around the world to Manchester. This edition’s opening night film TRAUMFABRIK will spearhead our new Das Kino selection, book ending exciting indie premieres throughout the week with closing night documentary BILLIE. We look forward to our usual blend of fun and thought-provoking gatherings of partying, educational talks and filmmaker insights, all of which will be held at our partner venues that include Odeon, Great Northern Warehouse, Culture Plex, City Suites, Impossible and Melia. A special welcome to our new partners One Bright Dot and, as always, a huge embracing thankyou to all our staff, volunteers and hosts that make this festival one of the best. Bee inspired, Bee entertained, Bee at MANIFF 2020.

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ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | 7TH MARCH AT 19:00 MARTIN SCHREIER / GERMANY / 125 MINUTES / GERMAN, FRENCH, RUSSIAN, ENGLISH LANGUAGE WITH EN SUBTITLES STARRING: Emilia Schüle, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Svenja Jung, Ken A romantic drama set in 1961 that follows a young studio extra’s ambitious efforts to reunite with the French girl he loves after being separated by the construction of the Berlin Wall.

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JAMES ERSKINE / UNITED KINGDOM / 90 MINUTES FEATURING: Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write Billie Holiday’s definitive biography. Over 8 years, she recorded over 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer’s short, tumultuous life - but the book was never finished and the tapes never heard. Until now.

Anchored around these never-before-heard interviews, BILLIE will play out like a film noir. Melding archive, drama, animation and still images, BILLIE will capture the complexity of a legend through the eyes of the woman whose obsession would lead to her own mysterious, untimely death.

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Lost Transmissions + music video wurlitzer ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 17:30 KATHARINE O’BRIEN / UNITED STATES / 105 MINUTES STARRING: Simon Pegg, Juno Temple, Alexandra Daddario, Tao Okamoto When an acclaimed music producer goes off his medication for schizophrenia, his friends chase him though the LA music scene to help commit him to a psychiatric hospital, revealing the troubling inadequacies of our mental health care system.

INCLUDES Q&A WITH DIRECTOR

Write When You Get Work + music video Lee Ann Womack’s “hollywood” ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 19:45 STACY COCHRAN / UNITED STATES / 100 MINUTES STARRING: Finn Wittrock, Emily Mortimer, James Ransone

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Ruth Duffy is getting by on an assistant’s salary at a pricey school for girls in Manhattan, managing to move beyond the trouble and loss of her teenage years. Jonny Collins is working local jobs near the Throgs Neck Bridge in the Bronx. When they cross paths after years apart, Jonny is as consumed with Ruth as he was in their high school days, and he infiltrates her life for love and profit.

INCLUDES Q&A WITH DIRECTOR

100 Things + music video Vigilantes - The Way it Ends ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | MONDAY 9TH MARCH AT 18:00 FLORIAN DAVID FITZ / GERMANY / 110 MINUTES / STARRING: Florian David Fitz, Matthias Schweighöfer, Miriam Stein, Hannelore Elsner

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Best friends Toni and Paul decide to relinquish all of their belongings for 100 days, whereby they receive one of their items back on each day. During this challenge the two realize, that the only thing they cannot be without is their friendship. A story about contemporary materialism and the quest for the truly important things in life.

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official selection Cold Feet + music video hole in the roof ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | TUESDAY 10TH MARCH AT 20:00 WOLFGANG GROSS / GERMANY / 97 MINUTES / STARRING: Heiner Lauterbach, Emilio Sakraya, Sonja Gerhardt

Sweethearts + music video trouble in my mind ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH AT 19:45 KAROLINE HERFURTH / GERMANY / 107 MINUTES / STARRING: Karoline Herfurth, Hannah Herzsprung, Anneke Kim Sarnau

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Forced together by fate and an ill-executed diamond robbery, professional criminal Mel and her easily-panicked hostage Franny are in a race against time. Soon pursued by a relentless detective and the greedy Berlin underworld, the mismatched pair are left with no other choice than to work together.

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Petty criminal Denis suddenly finds himself in the position of a caretaker for the stroke patient Raimund. All he wanted to do was break into Raimund’s house in order to pay off his debts to some disagreeable crooks. When Raimund’s granddaughter Charlotte shows up to check on him, Denis must continue to play the role of caretaker – very much to Raimund’s dismay. A game of cat-andmouse begins, in which the handicapped senior and the clever young man put their resources to terrific use...

Kids Run ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | THURSDAY 12TH MARCH AT 18:00 BARBARA OTT / GERMANY / 104 MINUTES / STARRING: Jannis Niewöhner, Lena Tronina, Eline Doenst, Giuseppe Bonvissuto Andi’s life is a constant battle for his home, his three children and the woman he still loves. He only has two weeks to pay her back the borrowed 5,000 EUR. When he loses his job, an amateur boxing tournament looks like the only solution.

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Language Arts ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | FRIDAY 13TH MARCH AT 20:15 CORNELIA DURYÉE / UNITED STATES / 127 MINUTES STARRING: Ashley Zukerman, Sarah Shahi, Pamela Reed

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It’s 1993, and high-school English teacher Charles Marlow, has spent decades shrinking from life, hiding away from the disappointments that have trailed him. When his student/ protegé Romy proposes a photojournalism project documenting collaborations between autistic youth and senior dementia patients, Charles tailspins into his past, confronting the errors of his youth.

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Noise + music video End of Wine ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 15:15 JEREMY LAVAL / FRANCE / 105 MINUTES / STARRING: Guillaume Duhesme, Berangere McNeese A man deafened by an accident begins to hear the thoughts of other people and uses the ability to investigate the disappearance of a missing girl.

INCLUDES Q&A WITH DIRECTOR

Loop + music video Cousin John - The Arrival ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 17:30 BRUNO BINI / BRAZIL / 98 MINUTES / STARRING: Bruno Gagliasso, Bia Arantes, Branca Messina, Nikolas Antunes, Roberto Birindelli, Zécarlos Machado

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After his girlfriend’s murder, Daniel, a physics student becomes obsessed with the idea of going back in time to stop the tragedy. He lets himself be consumed by his own obsession until after years of isolation, he finds the solution. Daniel then gives up his future and returns to the past. However, he is not the same man.

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Before the Fire + music video Miccoli - Angels & Demons ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 19:45

CHARLIE BUHLER / UNITED STATES / 92 MINUTES / STARRING: Jenna Lyng Adams, Jackson Davis, M.J Karmi, Ryan Vigilent, Charles Hubbel, Tim Driscoll, Dakota Morrisiey

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Love Type D + music video Wicked Game - Karina Ramage ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 15:15 SASHA COLLINGTON / UNITED KINGDOM / 95 MINUTES STARRING: Maeve Dermody, Rory Stroud, Tovah Feldshuh A woman who has been dumped eleven times in a row, discovers to her dismay that she has a loser in love gene.

INCLUDES Q&A WITH DIRECTOR AND LEAD ACTORS

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Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming TV star, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past – threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary.

Broken Law + music video Astronaut by Jelly Bean ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 17:30 PADDY SLATTERY / IRELAND / 85 MINUTES STARRING: John Connors, Tristan Heanue, Graham Earley, Gemma-Leah Devereux, Ryan Lincoln, Gary Lydon, Ally Ni Chairain

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Dave Connolly is a respected Guard but his loyalty to the law gets tested by his ex-convict brother Joe who is in desperate need of his help following a botched robbery. Dave finds himself embroiled in a cover-up that somehow leads to a secret relationship with Amia, an unhappily married woman who also happens to be the victim of his brother’s crime.

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official selection Days of the Bagnold Summer ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | THURSDAY 12TH MARCH AT 20:15 SIMON BIRD / UNITED KINGWOM / 85 MINUTES STARRING: Tamsin Greig, Grace Hogg-Robinson, Rob Brydon.

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A teenager spends his summer listening to heavy metal music and trying to get along with his librarian mom.

The Manchester Film Festival in association with One Bright Dot presents Filmmaker Studio LIVE and Indie film insight talks. Taking place over five days of the festival from the 9th-12th March the in- conversation shows will feature directors, cast, producers and writers from the world of independent film discussing their stories, the filmmaking process, financing and everything in-between. Attendees will then have the opportunity to ask MANIFF guest speakers questions in a more in-depth discussion than that of the post screening Q&A format.

Individual shows are free of charge.

Tickets can be purchsed in advance at www.maniff/tickets with an optional donation of ÂŁ2 to the Teenage Cancer Trust.

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The Italian Spirit of Le Mans - Back to 24h + music video Origins ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 13:00 NICCOLÒ MARIA PAGANI / ITALY / 52 MINUTES / FEATURING: Roberto Lacorte, Giorgio Sernagiotto, Andrea Belicchi, Felipe Nasr The documentary about the only entire Italian racing team who attended at the historic race 24 Hours of Le Mans.

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Mosley ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 15:15 MICHAEL SHEVLOFF / UNITED KINGDOM / 96 MINUTES FEATURING: Max Mosley The life and career of controversial F1 and political figure, Max Mosley.

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Tommy Emmanuel: The Endless Road ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | MONDAY 9TH MARCH AT 20:15 JEREMY DYLAN POTTS / AUSTRALIA / 80 MINUTES FEATURING: Tommy Emmanuel, Barry Gibb, Steve Vai, John Oates, Joe Satriani From the Australian outback to Music City USA, a child guitar prodigy dedicates his life to become the world’s greatest acoustic guitarist, even as revelations of dark family secrets send him into a battle with addiction that threatens to destroy his career, his family and his life.

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official selection Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | TUESDAY 10TH MARCH AT 18:00 ROB CHRISTOPHER / UNITED STATES / 75 MINUTES FEATURING: Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor

Le Champion ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH AT 18:00 BEN DAMON / AUSTRALIA / 75 MINUTES FEATURING: Sakio Bika, Mike Tyson Le Champion is the story about the life and career of one of Australia’s unknown world sporting champions, Sakio Bika, a journey about poverty, prejudice, determination and one man’s quest for acceptance.

INCLUDES Q&A WITH PRODUCER

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Barry Gifford (David Lynch’s WILD AT HEART and LOST HIGHWAY) is one of America’s greatest storytellers. In ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO, his gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in 1950s Chicago (narrated by Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon and Lili Taylor) provide the backdrop for an impressionistic documentary portrait of a vanished time and place.

Chasing the Present ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | FRIDAY 13TH MARCH AT 18:00 MARK WATERS / UNITED STATES / 97 MINUTES / ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURING: Russell Brand

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Director Mark Waters’ visually stunning documentary follows James Sebastiano, a materially successful young man, as he engages in a perpetual battle against anxiety. During this life-changing journey James explores why a person who seemingly has it all, can still suffer from debilitating panic attacks in the hope that he can learn how to finally break free from his crippling anxiety.

INCLUDES Q&A WITH DIRECTOR, PRODUCER AND JAMES SEBASTIANO

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Knots: A Forced Marriage Story ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 13:00 KATE RYAN BREWER / UNITED STATES / 76 MINUTES Forced and child marriage is happening all across the U.S., legally.

Three survivors - Nina, Sara, and Fraidy - take us on a journey into the depths of this human rights abuse hiding in plain sight.

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Tenere ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 15:15 HASAN SÖYLEMEZ / TURKEY / 92 MINUTES / Tenere tells the true story of African people who set out from Agadez, Niger, crossing the desert to reach Libya and Europe. In the film, we witness the arduous journey of Bachir from Agadez and his companions in a truck resembling Noah’s ark. We see how they struggle both physically and emotionally with harsh natural conditions, thirst and many other problems. claim.

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Chèche Lavi (Looking for Life) + music video Madben - Grief, dance to death ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 17:30 Sam Ellison / Mexico / 76 Minutes / Two Haitian migrants find themselves stranded at the US-Mexico border, strangers in a strange land. With no way forward and no one to depend on but each other, difficult choices lead the two friends towards very different futures.

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official selection Live from the Astroturf, Alice Cooper ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 19:45 STEVEN GADDIS / UNITED STATES / 57 MINUTES FEATURING: Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Chris Penn Alice Cooper reunites with the surviving members of the original lineup of the band to perform a blistering set on a small stage of pink astroturf at independent music store Good Records in Dallas, TX, 40 years after the band parted ways. Store owner Chris Penn pulls off the near insurmountable task of organizing the event and keeping Alice’s appearance a secret until the original shock-rocker hits the stage.

JUSTIN KROOK / AUSTRALIA / 87 MINUTES From the Creators of CHEF’S TABLE, and the Producer of 13th, MACHINE is an exploration of identity, creativity, and humanity, as we grapple with Artificial Intelligence and our place in a world where machines appear to be smarter than humans.

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Machine ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 13:00

Up From The Streets ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 15:15 MICHAEL MURPHY / UNITED STATES / 103 MINUTES FEATURING: Terence Blanchard A feature length documentary that explores the history and culture of New Orleans through the lens of music.

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ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 17:30 ERIN DERHAM / UNITED STATES / 90 MINUTES

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Documentary about the surprising world of taxidermy. Told through the eyes and hands of acclaimed artists across the world, the film explores this diverse subculture, where sculptors must also be scientists, seeing life where others only see death. From an all - female studio in Los Angeles that has elevated taxidermy to the forefront of fashion and modern art, to fine artists in the Netherlands, these passionate experts push creative boundaries.

HEROES WEAR LEOS - Brianna Tutt / United States / 12 Minutes MATHEW VS PRITCHARD - Jake Hardy / UK / 17 Minutes A LONG WAY TO WINNING - James Baines / UK / 6 Minutes SECOND SIGHT - Cole Sax / United States / 27 Minutes DIVIDED WE DANCE - Anna Prichard / France / 15 Minutes HENG YUE - Tara Darby / UK / 5 Minutes

Doc Shorts 2 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | THURSDAY 12TH MARCH AT 18:00 THE VASECTOMY DOCTOR - Paul Webster / Ireland / 11 Minutes FATHER WILL I SEE AGAIN? - Daniel Grasskamp / UK / 15 Minutes THREE CHORDS AND THE TRUTH - Virginia Heath / UK / 21 Minutes UNSURFED AFGHANISTAN - Nico Walz / Germany / 29 Minutes NOT A PET - Andrea Walji, Jack Wylson / UK/ 5 Minutes

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Doc Shorts 1 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | MONDAY 9TH MARCH AT 18:00

Doc Shorts 3 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 15:15 JOEL - Leo Buckley / UK / 13 Minutes TONY FRAGINALS - Ben Young / UK / 17 Minutes LIONS IN THE CORNER - Paul Hairston / United States / 10 Minutes FAREWELL, FAREWELL, FAREWELL - Ricardo Castro / Mexico / 30 Min. OUT ON A LIMB - James J Dann / Switzerland / 10 Minutes

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Short Session 1 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 13:00

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BEYOND - Mira Rumpel / Austria / 12 Minutes ILL FEELINGS - Allison Flom / US / 10 Minutes ADAMS - Tom Stern / US / 20 Minutes YOUR BROTHER LIAM - Daniel Muller / US / 10 Minutes HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU AT NIGHT - Andree Ljutica / US / 17 Minutes FROM THIS DAY FORWARD - Karel van Bellingen / UK / 15 Minutes

ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 15:15 SWEEPERS -Pierre-Marie Charbonnier, Simon Pierrat / France / 3 Min. BAD ASSISTANT - Kyle Cogan / United States / 26 Minutes NICO - Hugo Becker / France / 17 Minutes THE SNATCHER - Christopher McGill / UK / 17 Minutes THIS IS ENGLISH - Sam Hurlock, Joe Beverley / UK / 9 Minutes OTHELLO - Siobhan Schwartzberg / UK / 10 Minutes

Short Session 3 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 17:30 INSANE LOVE - Eitan Pitigliani / Italy/ 20 Minutes WHAT REMAINS - Eliza Godlewska / Poland / 27 Minutes GRACE - Alexia Oldini / United States / 6 Minutes IN THE NIGHT - Thibaut Buccellato / France / 6 Minutes FAMILY TREE - Jessica Benhamou / UK / 7 Minutes SPANISH PIGEON - Stefan J Fideli, Philip Barantini / UK / 15 Min.

Short Session 4 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 19:45 FEATHERWEIGHT - Sam Lara / Australia / 13 Minutes O HOLY GHOST - Mark Bradhsaw / UK / 15 Minutes RED - Karina Węgiełek / Poland / 30 Minutes A LIGHT ONCE THERE - Bloom / United States / 13 Minutes SCHMETTERLING - Ella Scanlon / UK / 10 Minutes

Short Session 5 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | MONDAY 9TH MARCH AT 20:00

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TOUCHSCREEN - Arthur Halpern / United States / 15 Minutes DISTINGUISHED FEELINGS - Keren Marciano / France / 17 Minutes BIKE OF A BOY - Nicolas Ehret / Germany / 30 Minutes WATER OFF A DUCK’S BACK - Thomas Morelli / UK / 10 Minutes SEMI SKIMMED - James Soldan / UK / 8 Minutes CHOPPER - Giorgos Kapsanakis / UK / 10 Minutes

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ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | TUESDAY 10TH MARCH AT 18:00 LET’S ROLL - Chris Thomas / UK / 23 Minutes THE PRISONER’S SONG - Bilal S. Haider / United States / 14 Minutes MISSING A NOTE - Beth Moran / UK / 15 Minutes THE MAIDS WILL COME ON MONDAY - Harley Chamandy / Canada / 12 Min. NO ONE KNOWS. - Tao Zhang / China / 20 Minutes

Short session 7 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | TUESDAY 10TH MARCH AT 20:00

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BRIGHTON AVENUE - David Wills / UK / 20 Minutes A MODERN MAGICIAN - Mark Heller / UK / 11 Minutes ASTRONAUT - Joseph Connor / UK / 8 Minutes THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH - Caroline Smith / UK / 15 Minutes IT’S ME - Helen Randag / UK / 15 Minutes SHE - Matt Greenhalgh / UK / 5 Minutes

Short Session 8 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH AT 18:00

DIGITAL CONNECTION - Tarek Shayne Tabet / Germany / 13 Min. NEW YORK RHAPSODY - Salvatore D’Alia / United States / 14 Min. RETURN TO SENDER - Lou Dubigeon / United States / 20 Min. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN THROAT - Tim Potter / Australia / 17 Min LOLA - Alexander Vlahos / UK / 16 Minutes

Short Session 9 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH AT 19:45 CASIOPEA - Fernando Manso / Spain / 14 Minutes LA GLORIA - Mary Evangelista / United States / 15 Minutes THE LOST SCOT - Julien Cornwall / UK / 15 Minutes THE FIVE MINUTES - Shange Zhang / China / 10 Minutes THE PLUNGE - Simon Ryninks / UK / 10 Minutes OH, SORRY - Justin Giddings, Ryan Welsh / United States / 15 Min.

Short Session 10 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | THURSDAY 12TH MARCH AT 20:00 THE MOTIONS - Frank Donnangelo / United States / 15 Minutes SHORT CALF MUSCLE - Victoria Warmerdam / Netherlands / 13 Min. THE WIDOW - Brendan Young / Australia / 28 Minutes SNAPSHOTS - Phoebe Barran, Lliana Bird / UK/ 13 Minutes CLASS - Jamie Delaney / UK / 10 Minutes

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Short Session 11 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | FRIDAY 13TH MARCH AT 18:00 LETTERS TO GOD - Yves Cohen / France / 15 Minutes DAY RELEASE - Martin Winter / Germany / 35 Minutes THE LOST WEEKEND - Ryan O’Leary / United States / 14 Minutes LEAVING TO LIVE - David Rodrigues / France / 8 Minutes MAMA - Simon Maria Kubiena / Austria / 13 Minutes FINGERS CROSSED - Sacha Teulon / UK / 13 Minutes

Short Session 12 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | FRIDAY 13TH MARCH AT 20:00 HUNGRY JOE - Paul Nicholas Holbrook, Sam Dawe / UK / 23 Minutes THE HISTORY OF MONSTERS - Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz / United States / 20 Min. COCAINE FAMINE - Sam McMullen / Ireland / 13 Minutes WIDOW - Tulsi Shivaanand / UK / 7 Minutes HIDDEN IN DARKNESS - Romeo López Aldana / Guatemala / 11 Minutes HYPNOSIS - Grégoire Vaillant, Charles-Edouard Dangelser / France / 7 Min.

Short Session 13 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 13:00 TRIP’S DUPLAGE - Spencer Squire / United States / 15 Minutes NIGHTINGALE - Edward Palmer / UK / 9 Minutes SICKBOY - Julian Muller/ United States / 15 Minutes INNOCENCE - Ben Reid / UK / 20 Minutes LIBERA ME - Victor Trifilieff / France / 19 Minutes THE WATCHMAKER - Charlie Fonville / United States / 5 Minutes

Short Session 14 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 17:30 TIJUANA - Mary Lyn Chambers / United States / 15 Minutes JANE - Kathryn Prescott / United States / 15 Minutes CALL CONNECT - Indianna Bell / Australia / 16 Minutes THE DELIVERY - Ted Clarke / UK / 18 Minutes SAFE STATES - Anthony Ladesich / United States / 6 Minutes ARCHER - George Howard / UK / 10 Minutes

Short Session 15 ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 19:45 SWEET TOOTH - Shannon Ashlyn / Australia / 23 Minutes STORMCHASER - Gretl Claggett / United States / 27 Minutes DESERT - Fred Daenen, Colin Javaux / Belgium / 20 Minutes BEN, FRANKLY - Ahmet Tan / Germany / 9 Minutes THE HANGED MAN - Jeremy Chi-hang Au / UK / 14 Minutes

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ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 15:15 THE BOOKSHOP - Susan Lynch / UK / 14 Minutes DE KUS - Parker McMillan / Netherlands / 15 Minutes A STRANGER COMES HOME - Fredrik Mortensen / Norway / 11 Min. EXTRA INNINGS - John Gray / United States / 9 Minutes BEING AND NOTHINGNESS - Ashley Avis / United States / 30 Min.

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Animated Shorts ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 13:00 PREHEATED - Luke Snedecor / United States / 6 Minutes LISTEN TO ME SING - Isabel Garrett / UK / 11 Minutes FEATHERWEIGHT - Kayleigh Gibbons / UK / 8 Minutes THE BIRD & THE WHALE - Carol Freeman / Ireland / 7 Minutes HUGO & HOLGER - Teddy Halkier Kristiansen / Denmark / 14 Min. BUG - Joaquín Ortiz / Argentina / 8 Minutes INTO THE FLAME - Sean McClintock / United States / 6 Minutes ADA - Dane Winn / UK / 11 Minutes MISTER MONSTER - Guo Site / China / 6 Minutes MASTER MOLEY BY ROYAL INVITATION - Leon Joosen / UK / 30 Min

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PORTRAITIST - Cyrus Neshvad / Luxembourg / 15 Minutes RUNNING NAKED IN THE UNIVERSE - Guillaume Levil / France / 17 Min. THE WEST KERRY COWBOY - Cian O Connor / Ireland / 18 Minutes LONELY LAURA AND HER SISTER NIAMH - Florence Hyde / UK / 15 Min. ISABEL - Matthew Murdoch / UK / 15 Minutes JUDY - Matthew Dunster / UK / 16 Minutes

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Twenty in 20 MA NIF F film Archive Screenings Indie films celebrating their 20th birthday in 2020 get their time to shine from the projector once more at MANIFF 2020. This year’s selection of classic films includes REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, MEMENTO, AMORRES PERROS, CHOPPER, THE BEACH, BATTLE ROYALE, CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON, BILLY ELLIOTT and one for the family, CHICKEN RUN.

Chicken Run ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 8TH MARCH AT 11:00 PETER LORD, NICK PARK / UNITED KINGDOM / 84 MINUTES STARRING: Mel Gibson, Julia Sawalha, Phil Daniels When a cockerel apparently flies into a chicken farm, the chickens see him as an opportunity to escape their evil owners.

Requiem for a Dream ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | MONDAY 9TH MARCH AT 22:00 DARREN ARONOFSKY / UNITED STATES / 102 MINUTES STARRING: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island people are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Memento ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | TUESDAY 10TH MARCH AT 22:00 CHRISTOPHER NOLAN / UNITED STATES / 113 MINUTES STARRING: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano A man with short-term memory loss attempts to track down his wife’s murderer.

Amorres Perros ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | WEDNESDAY 11TH MARCH AT 21:30 ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU / MEXICO / 154 MINUTES / SPANISH LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES STARRING: Emilio Echevarría, Gael García Bernal, Goya Toledo

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A horrific car accident connects three stories, each involving characters dealing with loss, regret, and life’s harsh realities, all in the name of love.

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ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | THURDSAY 12TH MARCH AT 22:00 DANNY BOYLE / UNITED STATES / 120 MINUTES STARRING: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton.

Battle Royale

Vicenarian Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss. Excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | FRIDAY 13TH MARCH AT 21:45 KINJI FUKASAKU / JAPAN / 115 MINUTES / In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninthgrade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary “Battle Royale” act.

Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SATURDAY 14TH MARCH AT 13:00 ANG LEE / TAIWAN / 120 MINUTES / STARRING: Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang A young Chinese warrior steals a sword from a famed swordsman and then escapes into a world of romantic adventure with a mysterious man in the frontier of the nation.

Billy Elliott ODEON GREAT NORTHERN | SUNDAY 15TH MARCH AT 13:00

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STARRING: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Tarô Yamamoto

STEPHEN DALDRY / UNITED KINGDOM / 110 MINUTES STARRING: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.

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Saturday

Traumfabrik

Sunday

Chicken Run

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8th

19:00

Gala Premiere

11:00

le Mans Back to 24 13:00

Shorts 1 13:00

Mosley 15:15

Monday

100 Things

Doc Shorts 1

Tommy EmmanuEl

Shorts 5

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18:00

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Tuesday

roys World

Shorts 6

Shorts 7

18:00

Cold Feet

18:00

wednesday

le champion 18:00

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10th

11th

Thursday 12th

Friday 13th

Saturday 14th

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20:00

Shorts 8

sweethearts

18:00

Shorts 9

19:45

19:45

Kids Run

Doc Shorts 2

shorts 10

18:00

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Days of the Bagnold Summer

chasing the present

Shorts 11

language arts

18:00

crouching tiger 13:00

Before the Fire

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shorts 13 13:00

shorts 15

19:45

19:45

Billy elliot

animated shorts

13:00

billie 19:45

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20:15

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Knots

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15:15

Live from the Astroturf 19:45

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lost transmissions 17:30

Write When you get work

Shorts 3 17:30

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Shorts 4 19:45

requiem for a dream 22:00

memento 22:00

amorres Perros

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The beach 22:00

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shorts 16 15:15

loop

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Chèche Lavi

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broken law

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Stuffed

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