Foyle Film Festival Spring Programme 2016

FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS

SPRING CINEMA PROGRAMME @ NERVE CENTRE

MONDAY 18 APRIL – TUESDAY 31 MAY 2016 COMING THIS SEASON: 45 YEARS // TRUMBO // ROOM // THE REVENANT // EVEREST //

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WELCOME We’re delighted to present our Spring Cinema Programme, offering you an exciting choice of contemporary, foreign language and documentary films to enjoy over the next few weeks.

Following ‘Oscar® Season’ we bring together the big winners of 2016, including Lenny Abraham’s outstanding and disturbing Room, the musical revolution featured in Straight Outta Compton, and the brilliant brutality of The Revenant and The Hateful Eight.

Although narrowly missing out on an Oscar® win, Charlotte Rampling gives the performance of a lifetime in 45 Years playing a woman whose long, and seemingly successful, marriage is threatened by a ghost from her husband’s past.

Intrigue, greed, corruption and cover up are themes that feature heavily throughout the programme – from a behind the scenes look at that unique symbol of Russian artistic expression, the Bolshoi Ballet (Bolshoi Babylon), to the US real estate crash of 2007 (The Big Short), and the blacklisting and jailing of actors and writers for their political beliefs in the 1950s (Trumbo).

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APRIL FILMS

TUESDAY 19 APRIL @ 8PM

BOLSHOI BABYLON E MM

A GR RO NCH G IN AU PR L

UK.2015. Director(s): Nick Reed, Mark Franchetti. Cast: Maria Alexandrova, Maria Allash, Sergei Filin. Duration: 1hr.26mins. Cert: PG

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MONDAY 18 APRIL @ 8PM

45 YEARS

UK.2015. Director: Andrew Haigh. Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, Geraldine James. Duration: 1hr.35mins. Cert: 15 Just one week before his 45th wedding anniversary, Geoff (Tom Courtenay) receives a surprise letter. The body of his ex-girlfriend has been found perfectly preserved after falling into a glacier in the Swiss Alps 50 years earlier. The emotional fallout of the discovery puts untold strains on Geoff’s relationship with his wife Kate (Charlotte Rampling) as his mind wanders back to the past

and Kate finds herself helpless in the face of his grief.

“Charlotte Rampling has never been better.”

Tim Robey, The Telegraph “Full of restraint, from both its director and leads, this is a quiet gem with the power to move.”

Empire Magazine

Complimentary Reception: To launch the Foyle Film Festival’s Spring Programme, complimentary refreshments will be served before the screening of 45 Years.

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The Bolshoi. A symbol of Russia, a national treasure and one of the most famous institutions in the world. Recently, however, the theatre has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons: intrigue, personal attacks and management changes have created lurid headlines.

Now, for the first time and with unparalleled access, the theatre directors have allowed the backstage process to be documented.

“Stunning. The real life Black Swan.“ Caroline Frost, HuffPostUK “A veritable hotbed of scheming, backstabbing and favouritism.”

The Hollywood Reporter

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MONDAY 25 APRIL @ 8PM

INNOCENCE OF MEMORIES

UK. 2015. Director: Grant Gee. Cast: Pandora Colin, Mehmet Ergen. Duration: 1hr.37mins.

Cert: 12

WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL @ 8PM

THE AMERICAN DREAMER USA.1971. Director(s): L.M. Kit Carson, Lawrence Schiller. Cast: Dennis Hopper, L.M. Carson, Lois Ursone. Duration: 1hr.30mins.

Cert: PG Even though The American Dreamer was made in 1971, it is tempting to regard the film as an artefact of the Sixties, in part because Easy Rider remains a cinematic landmark of the era. Certainly much of what Schiller and Carson captured with their cameras plays today like a string of Sixties clichés: the flower-power clothing and hairstyles, the hippie commune surroundings, the would-be guru spouting pseudoprofundities, the paranoia

about the establishment. But eras are notoriously hard to define, and these phenomena say more about Dennis Hopper than about the time in which the film was made. Most people were living ordinary lives while the events filmed by Schiller and Carson were unfolding in the desert of New Mexico.

“An amusing, compelling, enlightening study of Dennis Hopper’s healthy young ego…”

HK and Cult Film News

Fans of Terence Davies’ heartfelt ode to his hometown Liverpool in Of Time And The City will be drawn to Innocence Of Memories, from fellow British filmmaker Grant Gee. A slow-paced yet mesmerising documentary, it interweaves an epic romance and nostalgic love letter to Istanbul to shed light on the past, present and future of its setting. Part alternative travelogue, part meditation on love and loss, it explores the nature of a great city as a living, breathing entity and how memory is inextricably linked to time and place. Gee collaborated in the writing of his latest endeavor with Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who also features throughout.

“A haunting nocturnal piece…”

Jonathan Romney, The Observer

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APRIL/MAY FILMS

TUESDAY 26 APRIL @ 8PM

DARK PLACES

UK/France/USA.2015. Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Christina Hendricks, Chloë Grace Moretz, Corey Stoll.

Duration: 1hr.52mins. Cert: 15 The sole survivor of a home invasion where she witnessed the death of her mother and sisters, Libby Day (Charlize Theron) lives with the knowledge that her testimony as a seven-year-old sentenced her brother, Ben (Corey Stoll), to life in prison for the horrendous crime. Twentyfive years later Libby meets Lyle (Nicholas Hoult), the head of a group of true-crime enthusiasts, The Kill Club, who convince her to re-examine the events of that night. As new memories and old suspects flood back into her life, Libby begins to question her own testimony and sets out to discover the truth of her tragic past.

“Charlize Theron as Libby is electrifying. Her repressed energy is like a ticking time bomb.”

Angus Wolfe Murray, EyeForFilm.co.uk 6 APRIL FILMS

WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL @ 8PM

PASOLINI

France/Belgium/Italy.2014. Director: Abel Ferrara. Cast: Willem Dafoe, Maria de Medeiros, Riccardo Scamarcio. Duration: 1hr.24mins. Cert: 18. Language: English/Italian/French

Abel Ferrara’s biopic of acclaimed filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, who died under mysterious circumstances in 1975, his body discovered on a beach near Rome. The film follows the final day of the director’s life as he ponders his plans for the future in the wake of his controversial final movie Salo.

“The conjuring of a spellbinding narrative of Pasolini’s last day on earth takes the audience from childhood memories, via graphic film clips, to a comet following, unfinished future.”

Anne-Katrin Titze, EyeForFilm.co.uk

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TUESDAY 3 MAY @ 8PM

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON USA.2015. Director: F. Gary Gray.

Cast: Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Aldis Hodge, Neil Brown Jr. Duration: 2hrs.27mins.

In the late 1980s, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music.

Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels, armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent, stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

Nominated for an Oscar® “Straight Outta Compton is near note-perfect. It is mesmerising from start to finish; the timeless beats bang, the story engrosses from the outset, and this new cast is virtually faultless.”

Paul Heath, The Hollywood News

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WEDNESDAY 4 MAY @ 8PM

THURSDAY 5 MAY @ 8PM

Italy/France.1981. Director: Francesco Rosi.

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzoglorno, Andréa Ferroél. Duration: 1hr.53mins. Cert: PG. Language: Italian with English subtitles

USA.2015. Director: Ryan Coogler. Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Sylvester Stallone, Tessa Thompson.

Duration: 2hrs.13mins. Cert: PG-13

THREE BROTHERS (TRE FRATELLI) CREED

In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counsellor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labour disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come: Raffaele imagines his death, Rocco dreams of lifting the youth of Naples out of violence, drugs and corruption, Nicola pictures embracing his estranged wife. Meanwhile, the old man and his young granddaughter explore the rhythms of the farm and grieve together.

Nominated for an Oscar® “Shows how societal violence is a toxin in the lives of these characters.”

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Practice 8 MAY FILMS

Adonis Johnson is the son of the famous boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died in a boxing match in Rocky IV (1985). Adonis wasn’t born until after his father’s death and wants to follow in his father’s footsteps. He seeks a mentor who is the former heavyweight boxing champion and former friend of Apollo Creed, the retired Rocky Balboa. With Rocky’s help they hope to get a title job to face even deadlier opponents than his father.

Nominated for an Oscar® “Hot damn! We have a winner… Creed is the greatest underdog movie since Rocky.”

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone “Stallone delivers a knockout performance.”

James Mottram, Total Film

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MONDAY 9 MAY @ 8PM

TRUMBO

USA.2015. Director: Jay Roach.

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren. Duration: 2hrs.4mins. Cert: 15 In 1947, Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was Hollywood’s top screenwriter until he and other artists were jailed and blacklisted for their political beliefs. Trumbo recounts how Dalton used words and wit to win two Academy Awards® and expose the absurdity and injustice under the blacklist, which entangled everyone from gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) to John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Otto Preminger.

Nominated for an Oscar® “Steeped in cigarette smoke and pinko-paranoia, Trumbo delivers a suitably noirish take on one of Hollywood’s less glorious eras.”

Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

TUESDAY 10 MAY @ 8PM

ROOM

Ireland/Canada.2015. Director: Lenny Abrahamson. Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers. Duration: 1hr.58mins.

Cert: 15 The extraordinary story of Jack, a spirited five-year-old who is looked after by his loving and devoted mother. Like any good mother, Ma dedicates herself to keeping Jack happy and safe, nurturing him with warmth and love and doing typical things like playing games and telling stories. Their life, however, is anything but typical – they are trapped, confined to a 10-by-10-foot space that Ma has euphemistically named Room. Ma has created a whole universe for Jack within Room, and she will stop at nothing to ensure that, even in this treacherous environment, Jack is able to live a complete and

fulfilling life. But as Jack’s curiosity about their situation grows, and Ma’s resilience reaches its breaking point, they enact a risky plan to escape, ultimately bringing them face to face with what may turn out to be the scariest thing yet: the real world.

Won an Oscar® “Brie Larson gives a breakout performance as a mother kept in captivity in this faithful retelling of Emma Donoghue’s novel… A moving, heartbreaking portrait of familial love.”

Andrew Collins, Radio Times

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MONDAY 16 MAY @ 8PM

99 HOMES

USA.2015. Director: Ramin Bahrani. Cast: Andrew Garfield, Michael Shannon, Laura Dern, Tim Guinee, Noah Lomas.

Duration: 1hr.47mins. Cert: 15

WEDNESDAY 11 MAY @ 8PM

THE REVENANT

USA.2015. Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu. Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck. Duration: 2hrs.36mins. Cert: 15 Inspired by real events, The Revenant is an immersive and visceral cinematic experience capturing one man’s epic adventure of survival and the extraordinary power of the human spirit. In an expedition of the uncharted American wilderness, legendary explorer Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own

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hunting team. In a quest to survive, Glass must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption.

Won three Oscars® and three Golden Globes “The Revenant is gory, vicious, unforgiving, yet still highly nuanced, emotional and worthwhile.”

Sarah Khan, Toronto Film Scene

A single father desperately trying to support his son and his mother goes to work for the ruthless businessman who evicted them from their home.

He is seduced by the glamorous world of high finance and grabs the chance to provide for his family’s future, but to get it he will have to deprive other families of their homes.

“Garfield is superb in the film, delivering a performance that is heartbreakingly raw – his eviction of an elderly man (based on a real eviction witnessed by the director) is morally horrific but unquestionably on point.”

Sacha Hall, The Hollywood News

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TUESDAY 17 MAY @ 8PM

JUST JIM

UK.2015. Director: Craig Roberts. Cast: Emile Hirsch, Craig Roberts, Richard Harrington. Duration: 1hr.24mins. Cert: 15 Jim (Craig Roberts) is a teen loner who is completely friendless and is being bullied at school. When his dog, his sole companion, disappears, he is left hopeless and depressed.

That is until he returns home to find a new neighbour, Dean (Emile Hirsch). A cool, chainsmoking American, he makes Jim his project and attempts to make him popular. As things begin to work out, Jim is delighted, until his new friend turns against him and becomes dangerous. Manipulating Jim’s parents, Dean is set to destroy Jim’s life unless he can find a way to fight back.

“An interesting debut from Roberts and is definitely a director, and actor, to keep an eye on.”

Kat Smith, The Hollywood News

WEDNESDAY 18 MAY @ 8PM

THE HATEFUL EIGHT USA.2015. Director: Quentin Tarantino. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Bruce Dern. Duration: 3hrs.7mins. Cert: 18 Set after the Civil War, bounty hunter John Ruth (Russell) is transporting vile criminal Daisy Domergue (Leigh) to be hanged, but takes shelter from a blizzard at Minnie’s Haberdashery. Tarantino’s eighth movie recalls his first, Reservoir Dogs, being similarly fuelled by claustrophobia, suspicion and intrigue.

Won an Oscar® “Forget good, everyone here is just bad and ugly. Samuel L. Jackson, the best interpreter anywhere of Tarantino’s street Shakespeare, is a sparking livewire as Maj.” Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

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MONDAY 23 MAY @ 8PM

THE BENEFACTOR

USA.2015. Director: Andrew Renzi. Cast: Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning, Theo James.

Duration: 1hr.33mins. Cert: 15 In previous years, rich philanthropist Franny (Richard Gere) was delighted to be in the company of his old friends (Dylan Baker and Cheryl Hines) and their teenage daughter, Olivia (Dakota Fanning).

Involved in a car wreck where he emerges as the only survivor, Franny spends the next period of his life sinking into prescription drug addiction and isolation.

“Richard Gere is exceptional, pulling off the flamboyant style and exuberant nature of Franny, but also managing to make him feel three dimensional.”

Luke Shaw, EyeForFilm

12 MAY FILMS

TUESDAY 24 MAY @ 8PM

EVEREST

UK/USA/Iceland.2015. Director: Baltasar Kormákur. Cast: Jason Clarke, Ang Phula Sherpa, Thomas M. Wright. Duration: 2hrs.1min Cert: 12 On the morning of 10 May 1996, climbers from two commercial expeditions start their final ascent toward the summit of Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. With little warning, a violent storm strikes the mountain, engulfing the climbers in one of the worst blizzards ever encountered by man. Challenged by the harshest conditions imaginable,

the teams must endure blistering winds and freezing temperatures in an epic battle to survive against almost impossible odds.

“Visually stunning. Everest succeeds in capturing the experience, putting you right there thousands of feet in the air where no man was meant to go.”

Travis Hopson, Examiner.com

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WEDNESDAY 25 MAY @ 8PM

THE BIG SHORT

USA.2015. Director: Adam McKay. Cast: Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt. Duration: 2hrs.10mins. Cert: 15 As early as March of 2005, a small handful of commodities traders, financial analysts and stock speculators were able to foretell the spectacular and unprecedented collapse of the American banking sector; the biggest since the Great Depression. With banks convolutedly shifting money between various failing accounts based on a housing market previously thought infallible, a widespread fraud that few could see unfolding was about to come tumbling down.

Won an Oscar® “Adam McKay’s financial-crisis comedy turns a dense economics lecture into a hyper-caffeinated postmodern farce.”

Andrew Barker, Variety “The Big Short will affirm your deepest cynicism about Wall Street while simultaneously restoring your faith in Hollywood.”

A.O. Scott, The New York Times MAY FILMS 13

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THURSDAY 26 MAY @ 8PM

HITCHCOCK/ TRUFFAUT

Director: Kent Jones. Cast: Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Peter Bogdanovich, Olivier Assayas, David Fincher, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese.

Duration: 1hr.19mins. Cert: 12A Filmmakers discuss how Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book “Cinema According to Hitchcock” influenced their work. Hitchcock/Truffaut is a gentle but revealing documentary, over 50 years after the exhaustive interviews conducted by François Truffaut. Concentrating on reevaluating Hitchcock’s work and the context surrounding both directors, just as much as the interviews themselves, makes it really quite comprehensive.

Stellar contributors, like directors Scorsese and Assayas, aren’t afraid to both praise and criticise Hitchcock, reminding us that he was not always considered the huge success of today.

“A fantastic and instructive piece of work, essential viewing for true cinephiles.”

Sound On Sight

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TUESDAY 31 MAY @ 8PM

LIFE

UK/USA/Germany/Canada/Australia.2015.

Director: Anton Corbijn. Cast: Robert Pattinson, Dane DeHaan, Joel Edgerton, Ben Kingsley, Kristen Hager, Kelly McCreary, Peter Lucas.

Duration: 1hr.51mins. Cert: 15 Photographer-turned-director Anton Corbijn chronicles the creation of an icon with the story of the brief union between ambitious shutterbug Dennis Stock (Robert Pattinson) and a rising young star called James Dean (Dane DeHaan). Aiming to make both their names with a photoshoot for Life magazine, Stock follows his enigmatic subject through the publicity-stifled jungle of Hollywood to the more breathable air of his hometown in Indiana. The dual edge of fame is put under the magnifying glass in a drama that coolly captures the mood and look of the era – and the man.

“Diverting as a portrait of the nascent celebrity industry, with fine performances from Dane DeHaan and Robert Pattinson.”

Empire

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CINEMA PROGRAMME @ A GLANCE MONDAY 18 APRIL – TUESDAY 31 MAY EVENING FILMS MONDAY 18 APRIL @ 8PM

45 YEARS

TUESDAY 19 APRIL @ 8PM

BOLSHOI BABYLON

WEDNESDAY 20 APRIL @ 8PM

THE AMERICAN DREAMER

MONDAY 25 APRIL @ 8PM

INNOCENCE OF MEMORIES

TUESDAY 26 APRIL @ 8PM

DARK PLACES

WEDNESDAY 27 APRIL @ 8PM

PASOLINI

TUESDAY 3 MAY @ 8PM

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

WEDNESDAY 4 MAY @ 8PM

THREE BROTHERS (TRE FRATELLI)

THURSDAY 5 MAY @ 8PM

CREED

MONDAY 9 MAY @ 8PM

TRUMBO

TUESDAY 10 MAY @ 8PM

ROOM

WEDNESDAY 11 MAY @ 8PM

THE REVENANT

MONDAY 16 MAY @ 8PM

99 HOMES

TUESDAY 17 MAY @ 8PM

JUST HIM

WEDNESDAY 18 MAY @ 8PM

THE HATEFUL EIGHT

MONDAY 23 MAY @ 8PM

THE BENEFACTOR

TUESDAY 24 MAY @ 8PM

EVEREST

WEDNESDAY 25 MAY @ 8PM

THE BIG SHORT

THURSDAY 26 MAY @ 8PM

HITCHCOCK/TRUFFAUT

TUESDAY 31 MAY @ 8PM

LIFE

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